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Thursday, Aug 17, 2017 - Posted by Rich Miller

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Gov. Rauner touts plan for Illinois children at Governor’s Day
Calls for support of his plan to fairly distribute school funding

Governor Bruce Rauner addressed hundreds of visitors today at the State Fair’s Governor’s Day, emphasizing his effort to ensure Illinois schoolchildren receive fair and equitable funding in their classrooms.

He stressed the importance of his plan for the future of Illinois schools. Under the Governor’s plan, 98% of school districts receive more money than they would under the current plan pushed through the legislature by Mike Madigan.

Rauner is focused on putting the money where it belongs, in Illinois classrooms, instead of providing special deals for the broken financial structure in Chicago.

From Governor Rauner’s remarks:

“Everyone in Illinois deserves a great education for their children, regardless of what their family income is, regardless of where they live, regardless of their neighborhood. Every neighborhood needs a great school. We as Republicans fight to make sure we have school fairness and school equity, and we’ve got the best K-12 system in America, and that’s what we’re going to get with this new education funding formula.” …

… “we’ve had a broken education system in Illinois for decades.” …

… “we’re going to get more money from the state into our K-12 system and I want it equitably spread throughout the state, equally for the city and the suburbs and around the state of Illinois. ” …

…”We had the beginnings of a good bill drafted up and I was excited about it, but you know what happened? Speaker Madigan and his cronies grabbed that bill and stuffed in a massive bailout, a massive special deal for the city of Chicago.”

       

18 Comments
  1. - Norseman - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 10:21 am:

    The first email got it right. Nothingness is all we’ve gotten from Rauner.


  2. - My New Handle - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 10:21 am:

    Rauner sure loves the word “massive.” Like the massive amount of his own money he spent to buy loyalty from the Repub legislators.


  3. - West Sider - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 10:21 am:

    I can’t tell the difference.


  4. - Skeptic - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 10:26 am:

    What? No pineapples?


  5. - Dome Gnome - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 10:26 am:

    Best Team in America™ or Testing, Testing Team in America ™???


  6. - Flynn's mom - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 10:31 am:

    Was the New Trier system broken?


  7. - Anon221 - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 10:32 am:

    Looks like someone at press@brucerauner.com pressed a little too fast;)


  8. - OpenYourEyes - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 10:34 am:

    I like how they addressed the “100s” of visitors. There was maybe 50 people around for his speech. I assume that since he had a microphone they are addressing the entire State Fair Grounds. Of course, they must all be there for him.


  9. - justthefacts - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 10:36 am:

    Can he explain why the Superintendents Association thinks his “plan” is a giant step backwards in terms of equitable funding? He is banking on people not taking time to dig in to the realities of this and blaming evil “Chicago”.


  10. - Anon221 - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 10:39 am:

    OpenYourEyes- So the “hundreds of visitors” are like Trump’s Inauguration crowd… they counted tweets and Facebook posts and media coverage??? ;)


  11. - Henry Francis - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 10:48 am:

    Guv’s team sure likes to tout the “98% of school districts” line.

    How about instead of counting school districts, you count the percentage of kids affected.

    Something tells me the 2% of school districts that get shorted under the Guv’s plan contain a lot more than 2% of the kids.


  12. - Just Curious - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 11:08 am:

    He should have attended the hearing yesterday morning where the superintendents slammed his AV of SB1. He and his “team” are out of touch.


  13. - Earnest - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 11:22 am:

    ?…”We had the beginnings of a good bill drafted up and I was excited about it, but you know what happened?

    Um….you threw in a bunch of things that were never a part of years of bipartisan negotiations?


  14. - @MisterJayEm - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 12:15 pm:

    Oof.

    Good thing Dianna didn’t hire the Second Best Team in America®…

    – MrJM


  15. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 12:18 pm:

    At least it’s not an email from a foreign prince asking for money to get his $100 million.

    This is just “normal” embarrassing.


  16. - Ghost - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 12:38 pm:

    OW Rauners plan for Il children is entitled A Modest Proposal


  17. - sal-says - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 5:04 pm:

    The first email is far better. Nothing there that Unfit IL Gov can screw up.

    And that new ‘BITA’ ! Wow, just Wow. LOL.


  18. - igotgotgotgotnotime - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 5:06 pm:

    “Everyone in Illinois deserves a great education for their children, regardless of what their family income is, regardless of where they live, regardless of their neighborhood.”
    Except for the kid he clouted out of Payton Prep to open a spot for his Winnetka-living daughter. I mean, let’s not be ridiculous.


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