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Friday, July 15, 2011

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: More on the sham that was SB7

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: More on the sham that was SB7

More on the sham that was SB7

No money in the state budget for mandated principal training

If you needed any more evidence to show why the anti-union, Illinois SB7, rammed through the legislature by corporate reformers and Mike Madigan, was a sham, look no farther than the budget. The Chicago New Cooperative reports that the state budget that Gov. Pat Quinn signed on June 30 is missing a key component sought by education advocates: money.
In the final days of the session, lawmakers stripped more than