July 11, 2017 — Advance Illinois Co-Chairs John Edwardson and Marin Gjaja wrote a guest column for Crain’s Chicago Business advocating for the Governor to sign Senate Bill 1 and end the uncertainty facing school districts. Here’s the full column: Last week, the General Assembly took the first step toward ending the financial uncertainty Illinois […]
Read MoreCHICAGO (July 7, 2017) — For years, Advance Illinois has been part of a coalition advocating for a fix to the state’s broken funding formula, which provides only 81 cents for low-income students for every dollar spent on wealthier students. The state can no longer afford to have the quality of a student’s education determined […]
Read MoreCHICAGO (July 4, 2017) — Fix the Formula Illinois members, including Advance Illinois, released the following statement upon the Senate’s passage of SB6 and SB9. After two years without a budget that protects schools, the General Assembly has now passed a full budget on a bipartisan basis that provides security for our schools and students. […]
Read MoreCHICAGO (July 2, 2017) — Advance Illinois urges the General Assembly to act today to pass a comprehensive budget including the revenues to fund it. Without a full budget, many school districts will not be able to open their doors in August and many are already working on contingency plans. We can’t afford to have […]
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