Budget gives Pritzker more authority as some warn supplemental needed to balance – Center Square

While the Invest in Kids school choice scholarship program is not extended in the budget, a new program, Pritzker’s “Smart Start,” funds $250 million for more early childhood education. House Minority Leader Tony McCombie had concerns: “Whether or not this program, as good as it is, is it going to be sustainable? It’s subject to appropriations."

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