Lawmakers decline to extend private school scholarship tax credit program
Veto session adjourns without renewing Invest in Kids Act
Education
Scholarship tax credit program among issues still on the table with 3 legislative days remaining
Illinois lawmakers debate the future of the Invest in Kids program, nuclear moratorium, staff unionization, and more during veto session.
Latest state school report card shows proficiency gains, persistent gaps on racial lines
Illinois students showed improvement in reading and math but achievement gaps continue along racial lines.
160 years later, activist Elizabeth Packard honored in place of psychiatrist she exposed
In June 1860, Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard was committed to the Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane in Jacksonville ...
Pritzker signs bills expanding protections for Native Americans
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a package of bills Friday extending cultural protections to Native Americans in Illinois and requiring the ...
State board of education looking for new providers in preschool ‘deserts’
Even though Gov. JB Pritzker has yet to sign the budget bill lawmakers just passed, the Illinois State Board of ...
Lawmakers approve kindergarten reform, plan to address childhood literacy
Lawmakers are looking at several ways to improve learning outcomes and access for young students in Illinois.
House passes bill prohibiting book bans
Illinois House passes bill to prevent library book bans, protecting free speech despite Republican opposition.
Pritzker touts higher education plan, joins call for pharmacies to state abortion pill plans
On his latest marketing tour to sell his state budget plan, Gov. JB Pritzker visited a community college in Normal ...
Pritzker touts $70 million plan for addressing teacher shortage
Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday highlighted a proposed grant program that would direct $70 million per year over the next ...
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