Commentary: Illinois lawmakers have actions they can take this spring to strengthen quality educational opportunities for all children.
A Chicago Public Schools classroom at Kershaw Elementary School in the Englewood neighborhood is shown in March 2021.
While I am a strong advocate for Catholic education, I am also an advocate for families who choose public school education. Everybody wins when parents, who know their children best, have the opportunity to pick the schools that meet their children’s needs. Lawmakers have three specific actions they can take this spring to strengthen quality educational opportunities for all children.First, lawmakers can increase public education funding.
I urge lawmakers to preserve this extraordinary progress. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has recommended $506 million in increases to K-12 public education including an additional, and I commend him for his recommendation. However, state forecasters indicate that this year, revenue is coming into state coffers at a level higher than originally projected. There is an opportunity to increase EBF funding above $350 million, which would do even more to help Illinois families.
Second, the governor’s education plan also included increasing state funding to recruit teachers from diverse communities and an. Last year, the MAP program provided 145,000 grants to low-income students to help pay tuition at a public or private college, university or trade school in Illinois. Access to higher education can lift all Illinois students to better outcomes, and I urge representatives and senators to increase MAP funding in this year’s budget.expires soon.
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