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    to add to that Archived Message

    Posted by Riverbender on February 8, 2019, 1:47 pm, in reply to "Warning"

    in addition even more spending money is demanded

    ...education officials have dropped the pretense of wanting that money over time. State Board President Tony Smith wants the $7 billion in new money right now. The State Board of Education’s latest funding request calls for an 86 percent increase in state operating spending on education. With that request, the education budget totals more than $19 billion, which would consume more than 50 percent of the state’s current budget....

    https://wirepoints.org/illinois-education-officials-want-half-of-state-budget-for-k-12-education/#respond


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