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- Are Chicago Public Schools closed today? Hundreds of Illinois schools closed due to weather (2024)
The closures range from schools in nearly every Chicago area county and suburb, including Joliet, ... - Illinois law now requires schools to report bullying to parents within 24 hours (2023)
Illinois school officials are now required to notify parents ... - Illinois schools and police punish students with costly tickets for minor misbehavior (2022)
ILLINOIS, USA — This story was originally published by ProPublica. The courthouse lobby echoed like a crowded school ... - Illinois schools outspend, underperform neighbors (2021)
Illinois test scores lag nearby states as administrative bloat ... - Southern Illinois schools struggle with teacher, substitute shortages (2021)
Illinois is facing a statewide teacher shortage and school districts in ... - Threatening messages sent to Illinois school officials following reopening plans prompts investigation (2020)
An investigation is underway in Evanston after a school district received at least one email to the school board, which was ... - Central Illinois schools can tour Lincoln museum with grants (2019)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Schools in in five Illinois central counties can apply for funding to visit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum starting, ... - Illinois Schools Could Ask For Tax Increase - Alton Daily News (2016)
In the spring of 2015, 43 school districts in Illinois had local tax increases on the ballot. Twenty of those tax increases passed. This March, 40 school districts acro ... - Many Illinois school districts hiring bus drivers - fox2now.com (2016)
ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – It's back to school for many students across the area. Some school districts are finding themselves low on bus drivers. The Il ... - Back to School: Illinois schools fight teacher shortage - WPSD Local 6 (2016)
Some students going back to school this fall will find fewer teachers in their classrooms. Class sizes in Illinois are, on average, 16 students to every teacher, according to ... - Illinois Schools Rank 13th Best in America - Patch.com (2016)
Illinois parents scrambling to collect school supplies, set carpool schedules and finish extracurricular enrollment can rest easy knowing their children attend some ... - Illinois School District Adopts Digital STEM Curriculum for Next Generation Standards - T.H.E. Journal (2016)
Troy Community Consolidated School District 30 (TCCSD) has adopted a new digital STEM curriculum for use by students in grades K-8 district-wide. The Illinois district is ... - Fast Facts: How does Illinois school - Reboot Illinois (2016)
Illinois school funding has moved center-stage in Springfield as Gov. Bruce Rauner calls for one approach and another controversial bill to change how the state provides m ... - Illinois School District Introducing Biometric Payments in Cafeterias - findBIOMETRICS (2016)
A school district in the suburbs of Chicago is implementing a biometric payment system for school cafeterias, reports CR80 News. The system will let students of L ... - Illinois governor announces selections to bipartisan Illinois School Funding Reform Commission - Positively Naperville (2016)
CHICAGO – Governor Bruce Rauner reaffirmed his commitment to reforming the current school funding formula today by creating the Illinois School Funding Reform Commission. “Education is the most important thing we do as a society, but Illinois has ...Rauner repositions on school funding formula with new panelChicago TribuneNew Commission To Tackle Reform ... - Illinois School Board Fires Principal Who Banned Black Student from Attending Prom Over Spoken Word Poem - Atlanta Black Star (2016)
The official reason for the principal's firing remains unknown, but it comes just weeks after Pitcock banned 18-year-old student Taiylar Ball from attending prom. He claimed Ba ... - Rauner, Democrats push rival Illinois school budget plans - fox2now.com (2016)
ReutersCHICAGO (AP) _ Gov. Bruce Rauner and majority Democrats are pushing competing plans to ensure schools stay open and government operations continue as Illinois approaches a second year without a full state budget. The major sticking point when ...Illinois school funding battle looms amid budget progressReutersRauner signs stopga ... - City Club of Chicago: Illinois School Funding Formula: Is It Fair? - WGN Radio (2016)
As the second ranking House official, Barbara works closely with colleagues from both parties and all regions of the state to create solutions to the problems that face ... - A critical assignment: Every Illinois school should test its water - Chicago Sun-Times (2016)
Finger-prick tests of some children at the first CPS school with elevated lead levels indicated enough lead in those students' bodies to warrant further testing. We can't assume ... - Rutter: Illinois school boards often forget who pays - Chicago Tribune (2016)
Illinois residents are lectured continually by reformers that the state has too many public bodies and taxing districts — 7,000 — and that consoli ... - Illinois school districts worry about what could happen without a state budget - WQAD.com (2016)
KNOXVILLE, Illinois - Schools south of the Quad Cities are preparing to start a second school year in the fall without a budget in place in Illinois. Administrators from 9 districts in Henderson, Knox, Mercer and Warren c ... - Where Do Illinois School Districts Get Most of Their Education Funding? - Patch.com (2016)
School funding has long been a hot topic because some argue the formula shortchanges school districts in low-income areas. While more affluent school districts can fund upward of 90 percent of their school budget with property taxes, poorer school ...Top 10 biggest winners and losers under Rauner's, Manar's Illinois sch ... - Illinois school funding battle has become key issue in bigger budget struggle - Reboot Illinois (2016)
We saw some examples last week of why school funding reform is so difficult to accomplish in Illinois. House Republican Leader Jim Durkin appeared with Gov. Bruce Rauner at Lyons Townsh ... - Illinois School Considers Cutting Extracurricular Activities - FOX Illinois (2016)
(CNN Newsource) — Some Illinois schools are now considering cutting sports and other extracurricular activities, since there is still not a state budget in pl ... - Illinois school districts considering later start times - The Southern (2016)
"They are driven by their biology to go to bed late," said Soorya, who is an Illinois representative for the Maryland-based group Start School Later. "The pric ... - Senate passes Illinois school funding reform bill - Reboot Illinois (2016)
In a 31-21-3 vote, the Illinois Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that would overhaul the school funding formula to make it more equitable for poorer districts. Prior to being called for a vote, the Senate's Democratic Downstate Caucus held an ...Illinois Senate passes school funding bill, but prospects uncertainChicago ... - Rauner move squashes Illinois school funding reform measure - Chicago Tribune (2016)
The latest attempt to overhaul how money is doled out to school districts across Illinois stalled Wednesday after Gov. Bruce Rauner threw cold water on the plan, despite doubts the measure had enough support to reach his ... - Illinois school district consolidation provides path to efficiency, lower tax burdens - Illinois Policy (2016)
On average, Illinois school districts serve just 2,399 students per district, the fifth-lowest among states with school populations over 1 million. Conversely, California school districts aver ... - Southern Illinois schools push for better funding - Herald & Review (2016)
An Executive Mansion employee removes signs supporting the Fair Tax bills before the Illinois General Assembly that were taped to the outside of the governor's residence in Springfield. A proposed amendment to the Illinois ... - Illinois school board backs agreement with ACLU for alternate access to religious classes - Sharonherald (2016)
The Effingham, Illinois Daily News reports that under the terms of the agreement, school buses will bring students to school about 15 minutes before the start of the school day. Moreover, a ... - Gov. Rauner releases Illinois school funding details - Peoria Journal Star (2016)
SPRINGFIELD — Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner released figures Tuesday detailing how much each Illinois school district would receive next year under his education budget, setting the stage for another battle with Democrats who have their own proposal.Rauner skips chance to restore fairness to school funding in IllinoisChicago TribuneIllinois gov ... - Illinois school funding debate breaks along political, geographical lines - Chicago Tribune (2016)
Andy Manar said he believes his latest version of a plan to redirect the way the state sends money to local schools — including cash for teacher pension relief to Chicago — should be the start for comprehensive talks to end Illinois' lengthy budget ...School funding reform proposal introduced i ... - Sullivan president visits Illinois school as top post finalist - Times Herald-Record (2016)
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — Illinois Central College had to pass the husband test and the financial sustainability test before Karin Hilgersom applied to be the community college's ... - Almost 60 percent of Illinois school districts deficit spend - Peoria Journal Star (2016)
Reboot IllinoisSPRINGFIELD — Most school districts across Illinois are spending more than they're taking in and dipping into reserves or borrowing to stay afloat, according to new state data. On Wednesday, the 2016 School District Financial Profile Scores was ...These 32 Illinois school ... - Former Illinois school music director sues Catholic church for firing - Dubuque Telegraph Herald (2016)
CHICAGO — The former music director of a suburban Chicago Catholic parish who was fired after becoming engaged to his same-sex partner is suing the parish and the Arc ... - Southern Illinois schools experiencing bus driver shortage - KFVS (2016)
Public schools in southern Illinois are experiencing a school bus driver shortage. The Carterville Community Unit School District #5 is one of several districts ... - Student slave skit leads to apology from Illinois school - Fox News (2016)
Raw Story“Clearly, it did not come off as humorous, but there was no maliciousness or ... - Illinois School Apologizes for Mock Slave Auction - Breitbart News (2016)
The Barrington School District offers sincere apologies to those offended by a skit our high school Latin students conducted at the Illinois Junior Classical Conven ... - Lawmakers tackle Illinois school funding - Quad City Times (2016)
Peoria Public RadioLikewise, Superintendent Daniel Cates of Palatine-based Township High School District 211 told the panel that his district, the largest high school district in the state, would stand to lose $8 million ... - Educators, lawmakers urge changes in Illinois school funding - Quad City Times (2016)
According to the Education Trust, a national nonprofit, Illinois is the worst in the nation, on average, spending the least amount per student. The Illinois Education ... - Tribune analysis: More Illinois schools reach key measles vaccine threshold - Chicago Tribune (2015)
All but 2.8 percent of Illinois schools met the 90 percent threshold in 2013-14 — an improvement over the 2008-09 school year, when 5.1 percent of schools had less t ... - Illinois Schools Form a New Blueprint for Public Education - WQAD.com (2015)
Belleville News DemocratLocal Illinois school districts will meet on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 to discuss how to improve public education in the state. Schools in Henry, Stark, and Bureau Counties will meet to discuss the new bl ... - Cut a bold bargain on Illinois schools, Gov. Rauner - Chicago Tribune (2015)
Public education in Illinois faces an array of long-entrenched challenges. Over the past year, some Democratic legislators have taken aim at one of those challenges, how state tax revenue is allocated to schools. That's a fine first step. With help ...Meet Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's Six New AppointeesHuffington PostRauner ... - Illinois Schools Make List of "Best School Districts in America" - NBC Chicago (2015)
Three Illinois school districts were ranked among the top school districts in the nation, according to a new report. Adlai E. Stevenson High School was the top-ranking Illino ...
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