CPS moves further from funding adequacy despite getting more state dollars
<p>Chicago Public Schools need about $1.9 billion more from the state in order to provide an adequate education, a gap that has grown over the past two years, according to data released Friday by Illinois education officials.</p><p>The news will immediately bolster growing calls for the state to give the city’s school district more money. CPS faced a $732 million deficit this year, and just last week, the school board approved a budget that included hundreds of staff cuts in central office and classrooms.</p><p>A majority of board members sought to lessen those cuts by backing a revised budget — against the wishes of Supt.
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<p>Chicago Public Schools need about $1.9 billion more from the state in order to provide an adequate education, a gap that has grown over the past two years, according to data released Friday by Illinois education officials.</p><p>The news will immediately bolster growing calls for the state to give the city’s school district more money. CPS faced a $732 million deficit this year, and just last week, the school board approved a budget that included hundreds of staff cuts in central office and classrooms.</p><p>A majority of board members sought to lessen those cuts by backing a revised budget — against the wishes of Supt. Macquline King — that assumes $150 million more from the state. After passing that budget in a controversial split vote, they vowed to go to Springfield during the November veto session to pressure lawmakers to come up with the funding.</p><p>CPS is not alone.
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- <p>Chicago Public Schools need about $1.9 billion more from the state in order to provide an adequate education, a gap that has grown over the past two years, according to data released Friday by Illinois education officials.</p><p>The news will immediately bolster growing calls for the state to give the city’s school district more money. CPS faced a $732 million deficit this year, and just last week, the school board approved a budget that included hundreds of staff cuts in central office and classrooms.</p><p>A majority of board members sought to lessen those cuts by backing a revised budget — against the wishes of Supt.
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