Better School Funding NOW! Sign up now for Ralph Martire forum
Sign up now for a lunchtime forum with Ralph Martire, director of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability (CBTA).- When: Friday, October 11, 2013, noon to 1 pm
- Where: 70 E Lake Street, Chicago (conference room)
Here’s what CBTA’s web site says about that:
Since the 1970’s, Illinois has struggled to solve its inequitable and inadequate school funding system: (i) three blue ribbon commissions have been formed; (ii) two state Supreme Court cases have been litigated; and (iii) numerous proposals to put band-aids on the existing system have been offered. Unfortunately for the two million public school children in Illinois, all attempts have failed.CBTA recently released a critical analysis of the Chicago Public Schools’ 2014 budget, which opens with this statement:
Past attempts failed primarily for one reason – they did not recognize that the fundamental cause of the state’s inequitable, inadequate school funding system is the state’s antiquated fiscal system. Until Illinois comprehensively fixes the way it raises the revenue that funds public services, education funding reform will continue to fail.