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Illinois Democrat’s plan to blow up the public school system. « Fred Klonsky

Illinois Democrat’s plan to blow up the public school system. « Fred Klonsky:


Illinois Democrat’s plan to blow up the public school system.

Illinois is a blue state.
We’re not talking about Walker’s Wisconsin or Kasich’s Ohio.
We talking Democrats. Chicago’s Mayor Emanuel. Governor Quinn. Party Chairman and Speaker Madigan. Senate President Cullerton.
Governor Pat Quinn’s pension proposal, which he claims he was “put on this earth” to create, will blow up the state’s public schools just as sure as I’m writing this.
And combined with Madigan’s proposal for a constitutional amendment to prevent improvements in pension benefits and the Cullerton plan to move the pension obligation to local districts, what we have is a looming disaster for public education in Illinois that is truly epic.
Just take Quinn’s proposal to extend the retirement age to 67.
Combined with Senate Bill 7, which ended tenure as we know it, this is a one-two punch that will get rid of senior