Nebraska reduced its number of school districts from 898 to 249 between 1987 and 2013. Nebraska is currently ranked sixth in the nation in overall K-12 education according to US News and World Report. Nebraska is proof that consolidation of school districts does not come at the expense of education quality.
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.