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Money for Illinois schools in limbo amid political bickering
Source: Reuters
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JULY 26, 2017 / 6:16 PM / 2 HOURS AGO
Money for Illinois schools in limbo amid political bickering
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A special legislative session ordered by Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner devolved into political bickering on Wednesday, leaving the state no closer to having a new school funding formula in place to ensure its more than 850 districts can begin classes on time.
The Republican governor accused Democrats who control the legislature of manufacturing a crisis that will hurt school children by using a parliamentary procedure to hold onto a bill they passed in late May creating an evidence-based funding formula.
Senate President John Cullerton raised concerns that Rauner's threatened use of an amendatory veto on the measure may exceed the governor's constitutional authority. He added that Rauner has refused to meet with him on the bill, which he said will be on the governor's desk by Monday.
"I'm afraid (Rauner's) acting out of anger. He's had a bad month," Cullerton told reporters, citing the legislature's enactment earlier in July of a fiscal 2018 budget and income tax hike over the governor's vetoes and a subsequent upheaval in Rauner's top staff.
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JULY 26, 2017 / 6:16 PM / 2 HOURS AGO
Money for Illinois schools in limbo amid political bickering
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A special legislative session ordered by Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner devolved into political bickering on Wednesday, leaving the state no closer to having a new school funding formula in place to ensure its more than 850 districts can begin classes on time.
The Republican governor accused Democrats who control the legislature of manufacturing a crisis that will hurt school children by using a parliamentary procedure to hold onto a bill they passed in late May creating an evidence-based funding formula.
Senate President John Cullerton raised concerns that Rauner's threatened use of an amendatory veto on the measure may exceed the governor's constitutional authority. He added that Rauner has refused to meet with him on the bill, which he said will be on the governor's desk by Monday.
"I'm afraid (Rauner's) acting out of anger. He's had a bad month," Cullerton told reporters, citing the legislature's enactment earlier in July of a fiscal 2018 budget and income tax hike over the governor's vetoes and a subsequent upheaval in Rauner's top staff.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-illinois-education-idUSKBN1AB2YA