Charter Commission Payroll Bill Goes Off The Tracks
This is a clip of a highly entertaining discussion today about the state charter commission. One of ISBE's employees, didn't get her name, was there to explain HB 2855, which makes technical changes so that the staff of the charter school commission can be paid through the ISBE payroll system.
It goes horribly off the tracks when representatives smell a rat. I also smell a rat with this entire commission, which evidently funds itself through private donations, as well as a fee for every charter issued. Of all the madness you see in Springfield, the establishment of this commission is the single worst example of ideological extremism trumping local democracy.
(It's a terrible camera angle. Go full screen. Live a little.)
(It's a terrible camera angle. Go full screen. Live a little.)
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It starts off with the committee not quite understanding that the commission is already established, but then it becomes