With budget cuts, unpaid bills and possible pension changes costing the schools money, some lawmakers are concerned with the education of Illinois’ students.  Chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education, Gery Chico says that the state has been making empty promises to school districts and their funding keeps getting lower…



School districts in most states receive more than half their revenue from the state.  Chico says if the trend continues education will suffer tremendously, businesses won’t want to hire Illinois’ graduates and the quality of life for the next generation will decline.