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Mayor Richard Daley called Thursday for Gov. Rod Blagojevich to take the lead in improving state funding for schools, marking the latest example of friction between the two Democrats. […]The governor has repeatedly said he would veto sales or income tax increases to boost education funding. But Daley said Thursday that Blagojevich and his “financial whiz kids'’ in Springfield must figure out where additional money can come from, even as he acknowledged the state has suffered financial difficulties.
“You know when you’re president, governor and mayor, you have to lead. You lead … especially (because) education is the only issue in Illinois. That’s the major issue. Forget about everything else. It’s education,'’ Daley said.
I really don’t see how the General Assembly passes a budget with just $140 million more for schools, as the governor has proposed. And here’s why:
Daley said the $140 million in new spending for public schools included in the governor’s budget could leave Chicago with as little as $16 million in additional funding in 2006.After state-mandated early childhood education programs are factored in, only $5 million would be left to close the Chicago Board of Education’s projected $175 million budget gap, the mayor said.
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 11:10 am
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