Amid financial woes, Chicago Public Schools to receive similar state funding increase this year – Chalkbeat Chicago

Still, Chicago gets about 21 percent of the funding distributed through the state’s evidence-based formula — which allocates money to districts based on their students’ needs — but serves about 18 percent of Illinois’ students, said State Superintendent Tony Sanders. “I think it’s important to note that we still have districts that are below what Chicago was funded,” Sanders said.