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Springfield – Illinois schools may soon be getting their state-aid payments through a more equitable system, according to State Sen. Dave Syverson (R-Rockford), now that bipartisan majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly have approved new school-funding reform legislation. “The most important thing is that we have a new school funding formula that will for the most part direct money

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Education funding progresses, job creation increases but remains a problem for Illinois, and a rush of bill signings and new laws top the news during the week. Ed Funding Talks Education funding talks progressed during the week to the point where “an agreement in principle on historic school funding reform” was reached between the four legislative leaders

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Despite the Illinois Senate’s vote to override the Governor’s Amendatory Veto of Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) this week, Senate Republicans continue to call on all sides of this important issue to work together toward a bipartisan solution that will bring parity to the state’s school funding formula. The Illinois Senate also passed a bipartisan measure that

Springfield – Democrats once again voted to take money from the majority of the state’s schools to pay for a bailout of Chicago’s failing schools, with their vote to override the Governor’s veto of Senate Bill 1, according to State Sen. Dave Syverson (R-Rockford). “The Governor’s veto made Senate Bill 1 a fairer solution to fixing our broken school funding

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Gov. Bruce Rauner issued an amendatory veto of education funding reform legislation this week, rewriting it so every school district in the state receives fair and equitable school funding. Republicans are calling for Democrats to accept the amendatory veto, saying it offers a fair way to fund all Illinois school districts. However, if Democrats refuse to accept

State Sen. Dave Syverson (R-Rockford) released the following statement: “It’s very frustrating that Democrats have once again chosen to play political games rather than negotiate in good faith on a fair funding solution for all the children of Illinois. They have continued to drag out and delay this process with their unwillingness to move off of their version of Senate Bill

SPRINGFIELD, IL – To avoid creating an unnecessary crisis for Illinois schools, Senate Republicans are calling on the Senate Democrat majority to remove their parliamentary hold on Senate Bill 1, an evidence-based school funding measure, so that the governor can issue an amendatory veto that would make it fair and equitable to all 852 Illinois school districts.  Also this week,

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois residents’ paychecks will take a permanent hit due to the Democrats’ 32 percent income tax hike included in their budget last week, but a closer look at the Democrats’ spending plan reveals a state budget that is not balanced, may not make a significant dent in the state’s nearly $14.5 billion in unpaid bills and is

SPRINGFIELD, IL – The state’s two-year budget impasse came to a temporary end this week as the General Assembly, despite vetoes by Gov. Bruce Rauner and objections by a majority of Republican legislators, passed a budget that contained a permanent 32 percent income tax increase, while failing to incorporate any meaningful government reforms. Senate Republicans are standing firm in their

State Sen. Dave Syverson (R-Rockford) released the following statement after the Senate passed an unbalanced, incomplete budget: “The 2011 tax hike proved that we can’t simply tax our way out of the problems that have plagued our state for years. Yet here we are again, asking the families of this state to take on a 32% permanent income tax hike