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The Illinois Senate has approved a new system for funding schools that will reduce large disparities between wealthy and poor districts.Legislators voted…
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The Illinois Senate on Tuesday is expected to take up a school funding overhaul that will increase aid to all of the state's more than 800…
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Illinois legislative leaders say they're still working out final details of a plan to fund the state's public schools.Bipartisan leaders have been meeting…
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Legislative leaders Thursday announced a tentative compromise on the thorny issue of school funding, but opposition is mounting to one part of that deal.A…
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Illinois' legislative leaders said Thursday they've reached a tentative agreement in the state's school funding fight, but details are still being worked…
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School superintendents from central and southern Illinois are pushing lawmakers to reach an agreement on overhauling the state's school funding…
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While the just-passed budget deal appropriates just a half year of funding for most government services, schools get a full year.Senate Democrats lost…
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The Unit 5 School Board has agreed to borrow 3.5 million dollars to buy school buses instead of rent them. Unit 5 Business Manager Marty Hickman says Unit…
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Heartland Community College is among several higher education schools suffering from a lack of state funding. The state eventually covered Heartland’s MAP…
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers known as the Budgeteers has forwarded a draft of an outline of a spending plan to the Governor and legislative leaders. It…