«Illinois has the most inequitable education funding system in the nation, where poorer districts spend as little as $ 6,000 per student while wealthier districts spend up to $ 30,000 per student,» Ostro said in a statement. (chicagotribune.com)
Gov. Jerry Brown's finance department has released estimated payment amounts for districts based on the new education funding system adopted earlier this month by the Legislature as part of the 2013 - 14 state budget. (k-12daily.org)
It also fails to address the $ 100 million (and growing) windfall charters receive each year from the broken special education funding system. (educationvoterspa.org)