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IL could shoulder debt from faltering tuition program
By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Statehouse News
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois may have to take responsibility for another huge debt.
College Illinois! administrators and lawmakers are talking about ways in which the state can rescue the badly underfunded pre-paid college tuition program.
Read More →Lawmakers move to pay regional superintendents
By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Statehouse News
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois' regional superintendents are expected to leave the fall veto session with their first paychecks since June, but not with answers to questions about their future.
Read More →Half of Illinois high schoolers not reading at grade level
By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Statehouse News
SPRINGFIELD — Half of Illinois’ high school students cannot read or solve math problems at grade level, but state school leaders are not blaming the students or teachers.
They are blaming the federal program No Child Left Behind, or NCLB.
New board takes over troubled College Illinois! program
By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News
SPRINGFIELD — The board that oversees Illinois’ troubled prepaid college tuition program is undergoing an overhaul with the nomination of new members.
Read More →Schools looking for more money next year
By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois taxpayers can voice their opinions on how the state should spend money on elementary and secondary education at five public hearings throughout the state.
The Illinois State Board of Education, or ISBE, will hold its first hearing, beginning at 4 p.m. Wednesday at its office here.
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