SPRINGFIELD – Five years ago this month, Illinois lawmakers passed legislation that overhauled the way public schools in the state are funded. The so-called Evidence Based Funding…
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a package of bills Tuesday, April 19 that make up a roughly $46 billion Fiscal Year 2023 state general revenue funds budget that includes increased…
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday, Feb. 2 offered a $45.4 billion general revenue budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year that would include new spending on education…
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Education Association, one of the largest teacher unions in the state, on Tuesday, March 23 released its third annual state of education report examining…
SPRINGFIELD — A task force formed to study ways to reduce property tax burden on Illinois residents is calling for consolidation of school districts and other local units of government…
Each year in February, Illinois’ governor must propose to lawmakers a spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. The General Assembly will then spend the next several months…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers worked into the early hours of Tuesday morning to pass a $42.3 billion state budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year that Democrats say would fully…
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has tied his second-year state budget proposal to the unfinished marquee policy initiative of his first year — a constitutional amendment that allows…
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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois schools are still grappling with a teacher shortage that ...
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SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week asked the College Board for ...
