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REVIEW DECEMBER 25, 2024
Budget pressures could impact K-12 funding
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Christmas lights brighten the night on the 800-1100 blocks of Beloit during Light Up Beloit, December 15
State Board of Education gets briefing on fiscal landscape ahead By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois
Public schools in Illinois have enjoyed several consecutive years of substantial increases in state funding, thanks largely to steady growth in state revenues and a new funding formula that lawmakers approved in 2018. But whether that can continue into the upcoming fiscal year is an open question that state lawmakers will have to face when they return to the Statehouse in January. With budget forecasters predicting flat revenue growth over the next year and continued demands for increased spending in other areas of the budget such as pension costs and health care, members of the IlliSee K-12 FUNDING on page 3
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John Rice: A Child’s Christmas
Tom Holmes: Two Christmas narratives
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