Requests for new K-12 funding in Illinois likely to outstrip available resources – Capitol News IL

The list of requests included 51 categories of school spending, with increases totaling $747.9 million, including $68.5 million for implementation of ISBE’s new literacy plan; an additional $30 million to hire more special education teachers to relieve staff shortages; a $30 million increase for multilingual education; and a $60 million increase in early childhood block grants.

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Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case

Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.

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