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Timeisnowto+ixIllinois’brokensystemforfundingschools
• Are we doing enough as a state to make sure every student has access to the resources needed to be successful and supported?
• Would we seGle on inves+ng only $6,000 in our own child, while
other districts invest $30,000 in their children?
• If the answers are no, then we must ensure equity in school funding for every child in Illinois
• The +me is now to fix this broken system
• We shouldn’t ask another genera+on of children to wait for the great educa+on they deserve
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Illinoishassomeofthelargestincome-basedachievementgapsinthecountry
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Source: NAEP 2015.
Low-income students are less than half as likely to read at grade level at the end of 4th grade as their wealthier peers, and are less than half as likely to perform math at grade level in 8th grade.
Percent of students performing at grade level
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Andhasamongtheworstrace-basedachievementgapsinthecountry
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Illinois race-based achievement gaps, NAEP, 2015.
Source: NAEP, 2015.. Advance Illinois Analysis.
Illinois is among the 10 worst states in its white-black achievement gaps in both 4th Grade Reading and 8th Grade Math
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Researchshowslow-incomestudentshavegreaterneedsthatrequireadditionalresources
• Low-income students have greater social, emo+onal, and physical needs than do other students
• Addressing these needs requires addi+onal resources and services to ensure students’ success
• But in Illinois, these students are actually funded less than other students because of our reliance on local property taxes
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Park Forest Spend: $13,418 Low-Income: 86%
Maywood Melrose Spend: $9,705 Low-Income: 100%
Chicago Spend: $13,433 Low-Income: 92%
Township 113: $20,821 (13%) Bannockburn 106: $20,921 (34%)
Naperville Spend: $13,194 Low-Income: 17%
ButwithinIllinois,ourhighest-povertyschoolsspendlessperstudentthanourlowest-povertyschools
Peoria Spend: $12,929
Low-Income: 90%
Infact,Illinoishasthemostinequitablefundingsysteminthecountry
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NOTE: Low-income students are defined as those quo qualify for free or reduced-priced lunch. Source: Funding Gaps, Educa+on Trust, 2015
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IL spends $0.81 on low-
income students
Ohio spends $1.22 on low-income
students
For each dollar spent on non-low-income students…
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Spending per Student in Illinois 2012
$10,842
$12,882
Schools with Most Students of Color
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…Andprovides$2,000lessperstudentfordistrictswiththemoststudentsofcolor
Source: Educa+on Trust
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Source: United States Census Bureau. Public Educa8on Finances: 2013. June, 2015.
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We need to add more revenue
into an equitable formula
Weneedmoremoneyineducationbutaddingrevenuewithout+ixingtheformulaisn’tasolution
Ending prora+on is a band aid
Illinois’statefundingformuladoesnottargetenoughdollarsbasedonneed.
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Mandated categoricals
Chicago block grants*
Funding source
General State Aid: Formula Grant
Other Funds
All other categoricals
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Source: Illinois State Board of Educa+on Budget, 2015.
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Keyprinciplesshouldunderlieanewfundingformula
Illinois needs a comprehensive funding fix that:
1. Gets resources to districts based on their students’ needs;
2. Uses a single, straighoorward model (that ends special deals);
3. Consistently takes into account school districts’ ability to support local schools with local funds when alloca+ng state dollars;
4. Funds all districts in the same way, which includes pension parity for Chicago, the only school district in Illinois that does not receive state funding for pensions.
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Current system Integrated formula
GSA formula
Categorical
Supplemental grant
Chicago block
Source: ISBE 2014 Budget Book, ISBE FY13 State Disbursements
A weighted formula means Illinois could combine all GSA and most categoricals and allocate resources according to a single, transparent, integrated formula
Integrated formula
Categorical
Thisformulasimpli+ieshowstatedollarsaredistributed
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