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CPS employees who stole gift cards should lose license, face other consequenses, DuPage education rep says
Chicago Public Schools employees who allegedly "stole or misappropriated" school-purchased gift cards intended for students and families should face serious consequences, DuPage County Schools Regional Superintendent Darlene J. Ruscitti said during a recent interview.
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Naperville assessor says schools won't get fair funding until property taxes are fair
Property valuation in Illinois, especially in Chicago, must become more uniformly closer to reality before school funding will be more equitably distributed, Naperville Township's longtime assessor told the DuPage Policy Journal.
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Olsen suggests setting aside quibbles, looking at quality of school funding reform
Rep. David S. Olsen (R-Downers Grove) pushed aside some of the "peripheral" concerns about the state's new school funding formula after House approval on Aug. 28, focusing instead on what he described as the "core" of the bill: giving every Illinois schoolchild a chance to succeed.
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Madigan, Emanuel got their way in school funding bill, Ives contends
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) was angry but not surprised at the passage of the state's new public education funding bill, according to a press release.
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Ives targets multiple aspects of school funding measure
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) takes issue not only with the special funding for Chicago Public Schools (CPS) that was included in Senate Bill 1 -- before being stripped of the provision by Gov. Bruce Rauner -- but with many other aspects of the school funding measure, according to a recent post on her website.
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Winger backs Rauner vow to spread public school funding evenly
Rep. Christine Winger (R-Wood Dale) wants to hand Gov. Bruce Rauner the scissors, figuratively speaking.
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Chicago Teacher’s Union leader Lewis refuses to stand for national anthem
Days after reaching a “tentative contract” with the Chicago Public Schools that averted another threatened teacher’s strike, Chicago Teacher’s Union (CTU) leader Karen Lewis led a personal strike of her own, refusing to honor the United States of America by standing during its national anthem.
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Villa Park’s Conroy sole DuPage backer of Chicago Public Schools bailout
State Rep. Deb Conroy (D-Villa Park) voted to support a state taxpayer bailout of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) last week.
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Holan flunks Manar’s education budget proposal
Believing a proposed school funding change to unfairly burden taxpayers, Republican candidate Heidi Holan (District 46) recently decried State Rep. Andy Manar’s plan to alter Illinois’ strategy for funding Chicago Public Schools in a statement.
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Smith calls for CTU renouncement from opponent
State Senate Republican candidate Michelle Smith issued a statement criticizing recent claims made by Chicago Teachers Union (CTUI) President and Illinois Federation of Teachers Vice President Karen Lewis comparing Gov. Bruce Rauner to an ISIS recruit.