All Metro East-area public school districts will see increases in state funding under the new Senate Bill 1 school funding reform law, according to data compiled by the Illinois State…
Private schools could play a key role in the future funding of public schools in Illinois. Part of the deal that got all four legislative leaders on the same page regarding school funding…
Whether Illinois schools will receive state funds to open in the fall will depend on a compromise between two parties that have historically not been very good at working together:…
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has placed four Madison County school districts — Edwardsville Community Unit School District (CUSD) 7, Triad CUSD 2, Alton CUSD 11 and…
The year 2016 in Illinois brought economic uncertainty as Springfield legislators, both Democrat and Republican, refused to budge over a state budget and finally agreed to a “stop-gap”…
It continues to be a numbers game as a vote is scheduled for this week on overriding the governor’s veto on school funding. Can House Speaker Michael Madigan and the Democrats convince…
The slow journey to reform school funding in Illinois may have been blown up Friday after Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) called a press conference alleging Gov. Bruce Rauner had released…
It’s been 15 years since the students at Cahokia CUSD 187 had band or orchestra classes, due to cost-cutting at the district, said Superintendent Art Ryan. “We’ve got one choir…
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