Illinois fails to provide schools with the full funding they're owed

The state has continuously failed to provide schools with the full funding they're owed, instead choosing to fund its school children at the bare minimum.

Report: Illinois schools won't reach 'adequate funding' by 2027

Hundreds of Chicago Public Schools educators are going to Springfield on Wednesday to ask for more state funding. They maintain that the ...

Confused about… whether Illinois owes Chicago Public Schools $1 ...

If the Evidence-Based Funding (EBF) Formula were fully funded, Illinois schools would see about $4.5 billion more in State funds, of which around $1 billion ...

Gov. Pritzker stands firm: State doesn't owe Chicago schools $1.1 ...

According to the Illinois State Board of Education, if the state had decided last fiscal year to just all of a sudden abandon the funding “ramp” ...

Why Illinois still isn't fully funding its schools - Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Public Schools had to rely partly on budget cuts to close a $505 million deficit for next school year's budget.

School funding formula hasn't kept up with the times, Kaegi says

... Illinois fails to provide schools with the full funding they're owed. "Our taxation system for schools and other kinds of local governments ...

Illinois criticized over funding equity for low-income schools

A state program intended to deliver equitable funding for Illinois school districts in low-income communities was lambasted by critics who ...

State doesn't owe Chicago schools $1.1 billion : r/illinois - Reddit

Gov. Pritzker stands firm: State doesn't owe Chicago schools $1.1 billion. Illinois Politics.

Pritzker Calls CPS Budget Deficit 'Challenging,' Advises Against ...

“I think we all acknowledge, just by virtue of our following the evidenced-based funding model, that we are not funding properly education, K-12 ...

Mayor dodges loan questions, says state 'owes' public schools | Illinois

“They're gonna owe the second-largest school district, U-46, more resources. School districts in Waukegan, Tamms, Illinois, East St. Louis: all ...

Illinois Schools Face Financial Cliff as Pandemic Aid Ends

More than $5.8 billion of the $7.8 billion in federal funds awarded to Illinois schools since March 2020 has been spent. In Chicago, the school system faces a ...

Illinois advocates make another push to fully fund schools - Chalkbeat

By only placing $350 million into the state's evidence-based funding formula – the minimum amount recommended by law – the state will not be ...

Draft report calls for consolidating schools, increasing state share of ...

SPRINGFIELD — A task force formed to study ways to reduce property tax burden on Illinois residents is calling for consolidation of school districts and other ...

Opinion: Chicago's public schools have never been fully funded

The funds, along with the results of our most recent contract, are the reason that Chicago Public Schools is leading other school districts in ...

Evidence-Based Funding - Illinois State Board of Education

All organizational units that are owed more than $10 received a letter from ISBE on April 12, 2022, notifying them of the approximate amount they are owed by ...

Education finance solutions | Illinois Policy

Critics of Illinois' current education system often claim that Illinois' state funding formulas are unfair and that they favor the districts with the most ...

How Long Must Illinois Students Wait for Fully Funded Schools?

district in state and local funds to ensure they have the necessary resources so that all public school ... they are subject to federal budgetary fluctuations.

Funding Illinois' Future Response to Passage of FY25 State Budget

Federal dollars were a lifeline for districts to provide these supports; but with the impending loss of federal dollars this fall, school ...

Disparities Across Districts: How Illinois school funding causes ...

In Illinois, over 83% of school districts are inadequately funded and over 50% of schools receive 70% or less of adequate funding.

CPS Board Approves Balanced Budget, But Concerns Remain ...

District officials have said CPS is owed $1.1 billion from the state in order for it to be fully-funded under Illinois' funding formula.