ILLINOIS GOVERNOR REVEALS PENSION REFORM PLAN
I won’t go into details about the “Reform Plan”, I’m sure you have heard and read about it in the news. I doubt it will be acted upon by the legislature until after the November election. The legislators don’t have the intestinal fortitude to consider anything until the election is over.
I do want to comment on the message that it sends to the teachers of Illinois. I believe the reform sends the following message:
1. When the governor says that education is the number one priority in Illinois, he doesn’t include the teachers in that. Education is the most important, teachers are not.
2. We are heading back to the days when college education majors and beginning teachers knew they were entering a profession where pay and benefits will never be on a par with the private sector jobs.
3. Teachers had a nice little run of several years where they were beginning to feel appreciated because their
I do want to comment on the message that it sends to the teachers of Illinois. I believe the reform sends the following message:
1. When the governor says that education is the number one priority in Illinois, he doesn’t include the teachers in that. Education is the most important, teachers are not.
2. We are heading back to the days when college education majors and beginning teachers knew they were entering a profession where pay and benefits will never be on a par with the private sector jobs.
3. Teachers had a nice little run of several years where they were beginning to feel appreciated because their