{"id":1456,"date":"2023-01-15T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2023-01-17T22:12:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T22:12:21","slug":"illinois-needs-a-path-to-adequate-school-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/our-stories\/illinois-needs-a-path-to-adequate-school-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Needs a Path to Adequate School Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Illinois overhauled its school funding formula five years ago, it came with a goal to fully fund our schools within a decade. So\u2026are we halfway there? Not even close! In fact, a million students still attend underfunded schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most years, the state has gone along with the Minimum Funding Level \u2013 $350 million. At this rate, it will take until 2047 to reach full funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, advocates are saying \u201cminimum\u201d isn\u2019t good enough for our kids. We need a path to adequacy, not a path to mediocrity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The State Board of Education will vote on its budget recommendation on Wednesday and has the opportunity to join the chorus of voices pushing to go beyond the minimum. That\u2019s not a sure thing, though. The board\u2019s finance committee met and recommended you guessed it \u2013 the Minimum Funding Level. Tell the board: increase school funding by $550 million because the minimum isn\u2019t good enough for Illinois students.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ISBE: SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Funding reform created an equitable framework for new funding. Every new dollar helps close the equity gap between low-income and higher-income districts. But our investments to date aren\u2019t moving the needle. Illinois schools are still among the most inequitably funded in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s time to step up and invest $550 million more in Evidence-Based Funding, putting Illinois on a path to adequacy 10 years sooner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s stand up for Illinois children and support the school funding they need to get the education they deserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","color_schema":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,38],"tags":[62,76],"class_list":["post-1456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-civic-action","category-equitable-funding","tag-civic-action","tag-equitable-funding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nIllinois Needs a Path to Adequate School Funding - Stand for Children Illinois<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/our-stories\/illinois-needs-a-path-to-adequate-school-funding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Illinois Needs a Path to Adequate School Funding\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Let\u2019s stand up for Illinois children and support the school funding they need to get the education they deserve.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/our-stories\/illinois-needs-a-path-to-adequate-school-funding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Stand for Children Illinois\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/standillinois\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-15T20:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-17T22:12:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/iStock_000070641125_Large-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@illinoisstand\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@illinoisstand\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/illinois\\\/our-stories\\\/illinois-needs-a-path-to-adequate-school-funding\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/illinois\\\/our-stories\\\/illinois-needs-a-path-to-adequate-school-funding\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Illinois Needs a Path to Adequate School Funding\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-15T20:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-17T22:12:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/illinois\\\/our-stories\\\/illinois-needs-a-path-to-adequate-school-funding\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":235,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/illinois\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/illinois\\\/our-stories\\\/illinois-needs-a-path-to-adequate-school-funding\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/illinois\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/iStock_000070641125_Large-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Civic Action\",\"Equitable Funding\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Civic Action\",\"Equitable Funding\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/illinois\\\/our-stories\\\/illinois-needs-a-path-to-adequate-school-funding\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/illinois\\\/our-stories\\\/illinois-needs-a-path-to-adequate-school-funding\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/illinois\\\/our-stories\\\/illinois-needs-a-path-to-adequate-school-funding\\\/\",\"name\":\"Illinois Needs a Path to Adequate School Funding - 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