Education Desk Podcast | NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS show

Education Desk Podcast | NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS

Summary: The NPR Illinois Education Desk is a community funded initiative to report on stories that impact you. Stories on the state of education from K-12 to higher education.

Podcasts:

 Compromise School Funding Plan Passes House | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 233

It took three different votes, but Illinois may finally be getting the new school funding formula lawmakers have been working on for the past few years. The state House of Representatives yesterday approved a new evidence-based school funding plan. It's a compromise, containing most of the plan Democrats proposed months ago, plus a new $75 million program that would provide tax credits to organizations offering private school scholarships. Teachers unions criticized that provision. But

 Rauner's School Doesn't Like His Veto | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45

Schools across Illinois are still waiting for state money while legislative leaders try to agree on a new funding formula. Governor Bruce Rauner vetoed large portions of a Democrat-sponsored plan, saying it was too generous to Chicago Public Schools. The list of educators lobbying for lawmakers to override that veto includes some surprising names.

 Gov's SB1 Veto Surprises Some In His Party | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45

Schools are set to receive payment from the state in just three days, but that can’t happen until the Illinois legislature approves a new “evidence-based” funding model.

 School Funding Depends On Compromise Or 36+71 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 212

With schools set to open in just a few weeks, Illinois still doesn't have any way to send money to schools. K-12 funding has become the latest partisan battleground at the statehouse, and yesterday, one procedural misstep may have inadvertently made the gridlock even worse.

 ISBE Supplied Staffers DIY School Funding Simulator | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45

Gov. Bruce Rauner has launched a website to show that most school districts stand to gain more state funding under his plan than under the Democrats' plan. How he calculated those numbers is a question reporters have asked repeatedly. We turned to the state board of education for answers.

 School Funding Special Session Keeps Legislators & Gov. At Odds | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53

After the first day of a special session on education, Democratic lawmakers and the Republican Governor Bruce Rauner appear no closer to resolving the dispute that could hold up money for school districts. Rauner continues to demand Democrats send him the funding plan so he can change it and remove additional money for Chicago teacher pensions.

 Gov Presses School Funding Fight | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 725

Gov. Bruce Rauner is calling lawmakers back from their summer vacation to deal with a new school funding plan in special session starting Wednesday. The issue has turned into a showdown between the Republican governor and the Democrat-controlled legislature, with the fate of k-12 school children in the balance.

 Rauner Gives Dems A Deadline For School Bill | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32

Monday at high noon — That's the deadline Gov . Bruce Rauner has given Democrats to send the school funding bill to his desk. The new state budget requires this revamped funding formula, but Rauner plans to veto certain parts of the plan. He promises every school district -- except Chicago -- lots more money once he gets to veto portions of the Democrats' bill.

 Rauner Demands School Funding Bill Now | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 44

Lawmakers approved a state budget more than a week ago. But the education portion remains uncertain. For the money to flow, Democrats added a provision that requires enactment of a new school funding plan . Democrats have passed such a plan through both chambers, but Gov. Bruce Rauner, a Republican, says he’ll veto parts of it.

 Lawsuit Demanding School Funding Gains More Plaintiffs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41

The shakeup in Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office seems to signal a tougher stance on school funding. The state spending plan passed by the General Assembly requires adoption of a new funding formula, but Rauner has promised to veto the only school formula plan that got legislative approval. This standoff might make the lawsuit filed by 21 school superintendents more relevant. The lawsuit, filed in April, demands that Illinois honor its constitutional obligation to provide a high quality education for

 School Funding Tops Short List Of Demands | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 494

On Sunday, House Speaker Michael Madigan issued three demands for budget negotiations, and one of them was for Gov . Bruce Rauner to sign Senate Bill 1 — a massive overhaul to the state’s school funding structure. But he also said he was open to changes in that bill. Education Desk reporter Dusty Rhodes gives us a refresher course on what those changes might be.

 The High Price Of Poverty | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 473

If you had to place a bet on where student test scores have plummeted over the past decade and a half, where would you put your money? Chicago Public Schools? Galesburg? Urbana? A new study on student achievement in Illinois shows some surprising results.

 Barickman's School Funding 'Compromise' Focuses On CPS | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 411

Earlier this week, a group of Illinois Republicans announced a series of compromise measures they said could lead to a state budget. It includes a revised school funding plan, sponsored by State Senator Jason Barickman , of Bloomington. Barickman calls his latest plan quote a huge step forward.

 School Funding Battle Boils Down To CPS. Again. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 414

The fate of school funding reform in Illinois hinges on downstate sentiment about Chicago Public Schools, and legislators' grasp of a complex, new formula. The governor has already pledged to veto the legislation. And now, the battle has State Sen. Andy Manar accusing Education Secretary Beth Purvis of lying.

 Community Colleges: 'Can't Keep Pulling Rabbits Out Of Hats' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 773

The ongoing budget impasse has been particularly difficult for Illinois' institutions of higher education, which have received a mere fraction of their usual state funds. Community colleges depend on the state to supply 30 percent of their overall budget, but that formula has evaporated over the past two years. John Avendano is the president of Kankakee Community College, but he's also president of the Presidents Council — the group made up of all Illinois community college presidents. He spoke

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