Illinois House Seeks Hold Harmless School Funding
Three bills sponsored by Rep Renee Kosel Rep Maggie Crotty and Sen Frank Watson would guarantee that all Illinois public school districts receive at least the prior level of state money for 1998 99 1999 2000 and 2000 2001 despite the new school aid reform law The measure aims to shield districts from losses and preserves a hold harmless provision while election year politics shape the debate among suburban and downstate lawmakers and opponents from education groups.
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Illinois
Gail Purkey
Illinois Federation of Teachers
Renee Kosel
New Lenox
Maggie Crotty
Oak Lawn
Frank Watson
Greenville
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Senate
Kosel
Crotty
Downstate
Kosel-Crotty-Watson
Jim Edgar
James “Pate
Philip
Wood Dale
Patty Schuh
William Mahar
Orland Park
Schuh
Watson
Springfield
Edgar
GOP
Patrick Burns
Oak Forest
Illinois Education Association
Scott Pyles
Pyles
False positive breast cancer readings cause real fear
Diane Czyz, 43, with no family history, faced anxiety after a February mammogram showed a lesion. She chose a biopsy, which confirmed no cancer. A New England Journal of Medicine study says annual mammograms yield a 50 percent chance of at least one false positive over 10 years, prompting calls for better patient counseling.
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Diane Czyz
Mokena
Herd
Czyz
New England Journal of Medicine
Olympia Fields Medical Center
Abbi
Lombardo
Diana Bartling
Cancer Support Center
Homewood
Lavanya Chekuri
Chekuri
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