Illinois' public universities are underfunded, forcing tuition hikes and cuts that threaten access and affordability for ...

Illinois boosts school funding by $307M in new budget, but education advocates say more is needed to close persistent equity ...

Illinois ranked No. 1 for what it spent per student on higher education in 2024, paying more than double the national average ...

So the crisis ... and unfair funding mechanisms. The state’s Commission on Equitable Public University Funding, filled with stakeholders, issued a report this spring saying that Illinois public ...

Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) signed Illinois’s $55 billion fiscal 2026 budget into law on Monday, the largest budget in the ...

Education is a lightning rod for Trump administration cuts, threats, and orders. As part of WNIJ’s “Uncertainty” series, ...

(Capitol News Illinois) - With $49,000 in student loan debt ... state-level programs like SmartBuy offer an alternative answer to combating the crisis. But federal funding, legislative approval and ...

“This pandemic gave us a taste for funding ... its own budget crisis. While the mayor faults Martinez for failing to lobby the state for more money for the schools, Illinois Gov.

The Illinois ... of Education that helped Illinois schools and child care facilities buy locally grown fresh produce from Illinois farmers for use in meals and snacks. Other areas of funding ...

A $290,000 grant from the Illinois Board of Higher Education will fund training and support ... health concerns so they can effectively alert the crisis team. In addition to using the grant funding, ...

(WAND) — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Illinois says the Illinois State ... WAND News the loss of the grant has put it in a funding crisis. The grant is from federal dollars distributed ...