A new public school funding bill recently passed by the Illinois Legislature, SB1947, includes a scholarship program that would award donated funds to students in lower-income families — up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level — to provide them the opportunity to attend private schools.
Athletes in Action tracks players with ties to communities within the Kendall County Times coverage area as they compete at the collegiate level. The following football players will compete during the week of Aug. 27 to Sept. 2.
Shortly before the House passed Senate Bill 1947 on Monday, Rep. Keith Wheeler (R-Oswego) told his fellow representatives that bipartisan compromise had finally come about.