Currently, there is a large discrepancy on how schools are funded in Illinois. The counties with large populations and businesses spend 3 to 5 times as much per student as the smaller counties. This funding inequity is an outrage and its practice should be abolished.
The education of every child in Illinois is important. Because of this fact and the fact that increased funding alone will not help all the children of Illinois. It is time for the State to fund each and every child of the State equally regardless of the school they choose.
In addition, increased money does nothing to reform and hold the public schools of this State accountable for the education they provide. Funding the child holds schools accountable to the parents since the parents choose which school their child attends.
Each child should be treated equally under the law of Illinois. Therefore, each child should be funded equally regardless of sex, race, creed or most importantly their place of residence.
Why is this necessary?
Reading, Writing & Resurrection (See Chart Below)
Illinois rated a C for Academic Achievement (Lower than Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa), D for Low-Income/Minority Students, C for Standards, C for Truth in Advertising, F in Data Quality- US Chamber of Commerce Education Report Card
How Do You Help Poor Students? (Inner city example)
South Carolina Teens gets a job to pay for private school to escape failing public school
This could just as easily be Illinois. How many parents now pay for Private school or homeschool for this very same reason? I know of several and my family is one of them
School slaps mom with $9,156 bill (Beach Park Schools, Lake County, IL)
Teacher Panel Calls for Overhaul of Pay Across Profession
Problems with Choice under NCLB and State funding
Report Raises Questions About High-School Courses
Charter Schools Outperform Public Schools Again
Money Does Not Equal Performance
Chicago Public Schools: 260,000 Reasons to Fund The Child
Steve Jobs: It’s the Unions
What Have Our Schools Been Doing With Their Ever-Increasing Taxes?
Are Illinois Schools Underfunded?
Union President Reveals Truth
Referendums: It’s Never For the Kids (Just like HB750 or GRT)
The links above are just a sampling of stories that point out why it is important to start funding the child and stop funding the bureaucratic system in its current form. Pumping more money into a broken system will not get the results that parents and the next generation need or deserve. I encourage you to read these articles and consider a new direction. Do this for the sake of all children. Illinois can lead the nation in educational outcomes with a solution as simple as funding each and every child equally.
