Manar Says Rauner Should Propose School Funding Bill




Education Desk Podcast | NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS show

Summary: Last week, the School Funding Reform Commission wrapped up six months of work trying to fix the state's notoriously inequitable support structure for public schools by producing a report calling for new dollars to go first to school districts that have been historically underfunded. However, the commission stopped short of proposing its own legislation. Sen. Andy Manar , a Democrat from Bunker Hill who has already proposed three school funding reform packages, is calling on Gov . Bruce Rauner's