FAQ on SB1947: What’s next
9/28/17 FAQ on SB1/SB1947 – Though Illinois has a new, more equitable school funding formula, several questions have emerged about the mechanics and implications of this landmark legislation. F ...
9/28/17 FAQ on SB1/SB1947 – Though Illinois has a new, more equitable school funding formula, several questions have emerged about the mechanics and implications of this landmark legislation. F ...
“Can you tell what my zip code is?” –by Melisa Livingston, Citizens for Education, Taylorville IL That’s the first question JT Boehme asks in a recent video titled “Dear Politicians” featuring s ...
Comparing Education Funding Proposals May 20, 2017 The Illinois State Board of Education recently released a model that shows the distribution of education funding under HB 2808, Amendment 1 (click “H ...
May 1, 2017 Now–more than ever–is the time to take action in fixing the state’s broken formula to fund education. Illinois legislators must change our outdated, inequitable funding system ...
March 29, 2017 Rural community lacks resources to serve growing African, Hispanic population By Bob Dolgan Communications Director Advance Illinois When junior high students move to Beardstown from pl ...
A poem by Wynell Verrett-Butler, a Funding IL’s Future coalition member Whose moral values put our youth in harm’s way? Whose moral values let them get gunned down then turn their heads a ...
March 13, 2017 Wynell Verrett-Butler, a great-grandmother and resident of Dixmoor, is a dynamic force in the fight for a fair education system in Illinois. Of the roughly 3,600 people who live in Dixm ...
Delays in state payments of “mandated categoricals” are impacting finances of school districts in communities across the state, including in CUSD #9, which serves parts of Macoupin, Jersey ...
Update by Joshua J. Cauhorn, Associate at Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella’s Litigation practice group and author of The Search for the Magic Formula: History of Illinois School Funding Reform. ...
Schools in the Southwestern School District strive to provide the supports all students need to succeed, but must work with limited resources. By Brad Skertich Superintendent Southwestern CUSD #9 Rece ...
Jenny Moats and Taylorville Citizens for Education prepare for next phase of advocacy. By Bob Dolgan Communications Director Advance Illinois The fight for equitable school funding has inspired parent ...