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It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a dramatic school funding formula overhaul must be accompanied by a “Hold Harmless.” (OK, maybe not universally, but school funding changes almost always include a provision that protects districts from getting less money than they used to. That’s a “Hold Harmless.”) As Springfield continues working on school funding reform, the concept […]
Chicago – Stand for Children Illinois PAC, which supports elected officials and candidates who make the best interests of students a top priority, today announced its endorsement of candidates in the upcoming 2016 general election. “Our state’s education system has made important gains over the course of the last several years, with the help of policies setting […]
Updated: May 31, 9:50am There is a whirlwind of education funding reforms and budget bill spending in the General Assembly right now. If you’re having trouble keeping up, this blog is for you. SB 231 (MANAR/C. MITCHELL): BETTER FUNDING FOR BETTER SCHOOLS BILL SB 231 moves Illinois’s most-regressive-in-the-nation state school funding method from a complex […]
On Wednesday, March 30, Stand for Children Illinois commissioned a poll to get a pulse for where Chicagoans stand on a potential CTU strike, given the union’s decision to engage in a one-day strike today amid the breakdown in negotiations between CTU and CPS. The result: Chicagoans don’t want another CTU strike. Two-thirds (67%) of […]
Stand for Children Illinois Executive Director Mimi Rodman issued the following statement, today, immediately after Gov. Bruce Rauner’s State of the State address, which highlighted his 10 goals to improve education in Illinois. Gov. Rauner repeatedly talked about working across the aisle to make Illinois schools the best in the nation. We’ve yet to see such compromises […]
Stand for Children Illinois Calls on State Leaders to Hold up Their End of the Bargain in New Federal Every Student Succeeds Act –Civil Rights bill hasn’t been reauthorized since 2001– Chicago, IL–Stand for Children Illinois Executive Director Mimi Rodman issued the following statement following President Obama signing the much-anticipated Every Student Succeeds Act, legislation […]
