Lawmakers tussle over impacts of ‘equitable’ school funding in Illinois – Center Square

“We have seen tremendous increases in state-level funding, but it hasn't translated into any sort of decreases for property tax funding either,” state Rep. Blaine Wilhour said. “Should we just expect property taxes to increase exponentially for forever?”
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Fed Up Taxpayer
3 hours ago

Maybe the public schools can stop spending millions on their turf fields, fancy scoreboards and other nonsense. School vouchers would go a long way to holding schools accountable.

PPF
1 hour ago

Or the local voters can choose to elect school board members that want even more spending for even better scoreboards and even fancier turf fields. We will let the voters decide instead of random complainers.

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