Yes, we all want our schools to be fully funded before the coming school year, and the districts to know how much to expect. We want the State of Illinois to fulfill its financial obligations to our schools, so I am hopeful that the legislation passes that will do so. The complicated measures for calculating each district’s share of funds should be streamlined. It is despicable that the budget stalemate has gone on for nearly a year. It has been reported that “bipartisan groups of Illinois lawmakers are making progress on changes Rauner has said are essential to any agreement on a long-overdue state budget ….. but a compromise remains elusive as the Legislature approaches a critical end-of-the-month deadline. The Legislature has until the end of May to approve a budget for this year and the new fiscal year, which starts July 1, by a simple majority. After that it takes a three-fifths vote to pass a spending plan, making it considerably more difficult to achieve.” This needs to happen! The stalemate is the result of Gov. Rauner deciding to make his demands (that essentially weaken Unions) part of the state budget, when those concerns probably should have been ballot issues, and leading Democrats not succumbing to his demands.
May 13 2016
To what level do you believe our schools will be funded for the coming school year?
Yes, we all want our schools to be fully funded before the coming school year, and the districts to know how much to expect. We want the State of Illinois to fulfill its financial obligations to our schools, so I am hopeful that the legislation passes that will do so. The complicated measures for calculating each district’s share of funds should be streamlined. It is despicable that the budget stalemate has gone on for nearly a year. It has been reported that “bipartisan groups of Illinois lawmakers are making progress on changes Rauner has said are essential to any agreement on a long-overdue state budget ….. but a compromise remains elusive as the Legislature approaches a critical end-of-the-month deadline. The Legislature has until the end of May to approve a budget for this year and the new fiscal year, which starts July 1, by a simple majority. After that it takes a three-fifths vote to pass a spending plan, making it considerably more difficult to achieve.” This needs to happen! The stalemate is the result of Gov. Rauner deciding to make his demands (that essentially weaken Unions) part of the state budget, when those concerns probably should have been ballot issues, and leading Democrats not succumbing to his demands.
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