Budget pressures could impact K-12 funding – Capitol News IL

“I do not envy anybody involved in that process because it won’t be a fun time,” Eric Noggle, of the legislature’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, told the State Board of Education. The Governor’s Office of Management and Budget’s projection of a $3.2 billion state budget deficit assumed a $444 million increase in school spending, as well as a $1.1 billion increase in health care expenses and a $437 million increase in pension contributions, among other increases.