More Illinois Catholic schools close; candidates call for change – Center Square

Lawmakers allowed Illinois’ Invest in Kids scholarship tax credit program to expire Dec. 31, 2023. Pastors at St. Stanislaus Kostka and St. Jerome said government scholarships taken from Catholic schools were a factor in their schools’ pending closures. And St. Matthews in Glendale Heights closed in 2024, with Diocese of Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks citing “a large annual deficit and substantial loss of funds due to the sunset of the Illinois Tax Credit Scholarship.”
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OldJoe
3 months ago

God Forbid that there is an alternative to unionized public schools.

Fed Up Taxpayer
3 months ago

We need a return to values in our schools – the only value Illinois teachers know has a dollar sign and their name written right next to it.

Religious schools are ignored by the state and thus, so are religious values for families – but it should mean something to lawmakers. JB doesn’t want people getting too far from the BS messaging he sends out to his minions – but our society is the one paying the price.

Fullbladder
3 months ago

It’s a shame. You can blame the Archdiocese for not publicly rebuking the satanist Left and contrasting Christian values against the Left/Democrats. What has their silence gotten them?

JackBolly
3 months ago
Reply to  Fullbladder

A lot more free-loaders in the parish?

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