The state of Illinois General Assembly and Governor J.B. Pritzker have decided the best way to deal with educational funding is to establish grants based on identity politics rather than merit.
The General Assembly and the governor signed the Retention of Illinois Students and Equity (RISE) Act in 2020. The act authorizes state grants to students that had previously not qualified for federal or state funding. The three main groups the grants now cover:
1) “undocumented” students
2) students that had attempted 75 hours funded by the Monetary Award Program (MAP) grant but had not yet achieved junior status
3) transgender students that do not qualify for other aid due to not registering with selective service.
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.
“If you want more of something, subsidize it; if you want less of something, tax it.” – Ronald Reagan
So we are now subsidizing education based on illegal immigration status and fake gender. Expect more illegals and trans folx
But the rest of us, we have to put full price.
Thanks JB Your billionaire creep.