Saturday, July 8th, 2006

TODAY at State School News Service
Information of current interest to educators and education advocates in Illinois

Schools in the News
Media accounts of school-related developments in Illinois and nationally, updated 7/6/2006

'June anxiety' over state payments ended
Illinois school districts annually face the prospect of seeing their own budgets knocked out of balance by the timing of state funds

Intro: Education keys 2006 elections
For reasons that are complex and compelling, school funding emerges as the top election-year issue in 2006.

State budget for FY 2007 (starts July 1)
The legislature requires school districts to post their budgets for at least 30 days before adopting them. Should the legislature do the same with its $55.3 billion budget?
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July 7: Future prison needs linked to 2nd graders
To project prison needs in ten years, look at the at-risk status of today's second-graders
July 5 SSNS: Law finally makes campaign lie true
It took a long time, but a law's been passed that would have made a 2004 smear tactic less mendacious
June 30 SSNS: Students to be financially literate
Gov. Blagojevich signs legislation requiring students to study financial literacy. Seem ironic to you?
June 27 SSNS: Mayors leave legislature behind
Mayors caucus moves ahead with task force on school funding and accoutability, even though legislators failed to act
Updated 2007 education legislation roundup
This is a list of bills of interest to public schools that passed the General Assembly this session.
May 30 SSNS: Lottery still a shell game
Text of May 30 SSNS newsletter documenting yet another way the state Lottery has failed schools
Meeks gives all, gets promise in return
Here is the May 25 SSNS newsletter, the latest available.
SSNS Education Newswire May 24, 2006
Public and media reaction to the governor's plans to fund schools with Lottery sale proceeds
$1.5 million in AP grants released
News release from State Board of Education describes grant program and identifies recipients
SSNS: Governor, Meeks reach agreement
Here is the text, with active links, of the latest State School News Service newsletter.