As Gwen Polk prepares the budget she will present to the Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 Board of Education in September, she has learned that she has approximately $6.2 million in ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — State lawmakers hope to pass a bill in the final month of session to create an evidence-based funding model for Illinois public colleges and universities. Although, the idea ...
After decades of working in nonprofit finance, I've seen how restricted funding can hamstring even the most effective ...
In 2018, our legislators came up with a new funding plan for K-12 schools called evidence-based funding. The plan gave an additional $350 million, called new money, to schools each year. Of that, $300 ...
CHICAGO – State Senator Bill Cunningham (18th District) announced that 12 school districts across the southwest suburbs will receive nearly $8 million in evidence-based funding, in addition to the ...