CTU rallies in Springfield to demand greater funding for city’s schools
SPRINGFIELD — Teachers and school employees represented by the Chicago Teachers Union swarmed the Illinois Capitol building on Wednesday to rally for full funding of the state’s largest public school system amid the depletion of federal COVID-19 relief money that has the district facing a fiscal cliff.
The union is pushing for more than $1.1 billion in state funding it says is owed to Chicago Public Schools following a 2017 overhaul of the state’s formula for funding public schools.
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