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| Subject: Chicago’s school funding disaster just got a lot worse Tue Aug 01, 2017 7:08 pm | |
| llinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) vetoed part of an education funding bill Tuesday, making it uncertain how much state money — if any — public schools across the state will receive for the about-to-start new school year. In a claim that belongs in the why-let-facts-get-in-the-way category, he said the legislation was a “bailout” of the financially beleaguered Chicago school system, the third-largest in the country. It wasn’t.
According to WBEZ, public schools are supposed to receive first state payments for the new school year Aug. 10, but some have said they will have to borrow money or make cuts, “and they warn of more dire circumstances if f the standoff drags on.” As is often true, the school districts at the most risk are those in poorer areas, where there is less income from property taxes than in wealthier areas to make up for state shortfalls.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/08/01/chicagos-school-funding-disaster-just-got-a-lot-worse/?utm_term=.9e9ff93e2115 |
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