Several students from high schools in Kendall County recently joined Rep. Randy Hultgren’s (IL-14) second annual class of STEM Scholars, a student leadership program dedicated to promoting the benefits of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

The recently passed public school funding measure, Senate Bill 1947, is slated to provide targeted property tax relief to certain sections of Illinois, including several school districts in Kendall County.

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.

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.

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) should not get a pension bailout, but no state school should be rewarded for failing its students, the superintendent of Lisbon Community Consolidated School District #90 contends.

Kendall County's six school districts will receive an extra $6.73 million this year if the Illinois House accepts Gov. Bruce Rauner's version of a school funding bill, according to an analysis by the Illinois State Board of Education.

Gov. Bruce Rauner has called legislators back to Springfield to work on the state's public education funding measure after growing tired of waiting for it to reach his desk despite passing both houses.

The "hold harmless" clause in the Senate's school funding measure is a sneaky way for legislators to shift more money into the Chicago Public School (CPS) system, Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) told Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson, hosts of "Chicago’s Morning Answer" radio show, recently.

Sen. Jim Oberweis (R-Sugar Grove) recently threw his support behind Gov. Bruce Rauner’s vow to issue use an amendatory veto if and when he receives Senate Bill 1 from Democratic lawmakers to remove provisions favorable to Chicago Public Schools (CPS), according to a release.

State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit (D-Oswego) voted Wednesday night to bail out Chicago Public Schools (CPS), shifting state school funding from suburban districts.