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According to state data, more than 1,800 of the roughly 2,100 public schools that submitted test results identified some amount of lead in their drinking water. The law did not require districts to take action to reduce elevated lead levels, and state funding was not available to aid schools that wanted to do so. As a result, district responses to finding lead varied greatly,
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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Students’ learning and physical safety come behind increasing teachers’ pay, benefits and job security. Same for union contributions to politicians’ campaigns. Districts should gear up for the lawsuits from those who can allege or demonstrate harm. Some of the liability may not even be dischargable in bankruptcy, were the State to permit such attemmpts to evade liability. The bonanza for plaintiff lawyers should last for at least a decade. (They’re still fighting about Flint, MI).