Downstate schools seek larger state aid in coming year
Downstate school leaders push for a substantial state aid increase as legislators weigh the need across districts. Advocates warn many districts face fixed needs despite economic conditions, while projections show downstate enrollments falling and upstate growing, fueling a turf battle between wealthy Chicago suburbs and poorer rural districts.
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Springfield
Mattoon
Illinois
Chicago
Illinois House weighs boost to foundation level for education funding
The education funding measure would raise the per pupil minimum by 120 to 4680 for a year while holding districts harmless from 1997 funding levels. It would aid districts with growing poverty, amid debate between downstate and suburban schools and support for Education Funding Advisory Board proposals.
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N. Duane Noland
Blue Mound
Education Funding Advisory Board
Heidi Biederman
Peter J. Roskam
Wheaton
Illinois Department of Corrections
House
Franks
Elizabeth Coulson
Glenview
Department of Public Aid
Finding good teachers tops legislature education agenda
Illinois faces a need to recruit about 55,000 teachers over three years with up to 20,000 retiring by 2004 and others leaving for other careers. Lawmakers consider No Child Left Behind requirements, standardized testing in grades 3 through 8, and focus on teaching quality over test prep.
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Springfield
Illinois
Jerry Mitchell
R-Sterling
Mitchell
House
Elementary and
George W. Bush
Maggie Crotty
Doak Forest
Elementary and Secondary Education Committee
Crotty
Illinois Legislature acts to close state budget gap
The Illinois Legislature moved forward with measures amid a budget crisis as Gov. Ryan cites March tax receipts down 90 million and state finances lag behind the prior year. Bills seek job cuts, facility closures, and tax hikes while unions fight wage concessions in court.
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Springfield
Illinois
George H. Ryan
Daniel W. Hynes
Governor proposes closing two prisons in budget plan
Springfield Gov George H Ryan's budget calls for closing Vienna Correctional Center and Valley View Youth Center in St Charles to save money. AFSCME rejects a pay freeze and urges raising cigarette and casino riverboat taxes plus bulk drug purchases. Prisons Director Snyder says a pay freeze would not guarantee keeping both prisons open and notes Vienna can transfer inmates to higher security facilities.
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Ryan
Vienna
Illinois Federation of State
Springfield
George H. Ryan
Valley View
St. Charles
American Federation of State
Afscme
Donald N. Snyder Jr
Snyder
Senate Appropriations Committee
Union
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Decatur
Donna Baiocchi
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Julie A. Curry
Dount Zion
Appropriations Committee
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BY Richard Goldstein
Henry Bayer
Illinois Afscme
Larry K. Bomke
Sinois Afscme
Bayer
William M. Mercer
Health Management Associates
Senate
Jack D. Franks
Woodstock
Radcliffe Street
Marion
Teresa Tarlton
HCM
Assisted Living Federation of America and Life Services Network
Michael Adams
Pediatrics
South Vicksburg
Marion Memorial Hospital
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