School Finances

Gov. Bruce Rauner has launched a website to show that most school districts stand to gain more state funding under his plan than under the Democrats'...

Updated at 11 a.m. July 25 with statement from House Speaker Mike Madigan — Illinois lawmakers must hold the summer’s second special session due to…

Illinois passed a budget Thursday for the first time since 2015, and is giving more money to education than in previous spending plans.But several years…

Several Metro East school superintendents are among the 413 public school leaders who are calling on Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the…

Four school districts in Madison County are on Illinois State Board of Education’s financial watch list for having low cash reserves and a high debt…

Missouri’s budget for the next fiscal year has cleared its second major hurdle, but the next one won’t be quite so easy. The House passed all 13 budget…

Hours after measures to increase the sales tax for schools failed in both Madison and St. Clair counties, two school districts from each county sued the…

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is taking major issue with a statement issued on Friday by Attorney General Chris Koster about public school funding.What prompted…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: The Illinois state Board of Education Wednesday tabled a move to provide $9 million in emergency…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 28, 2011 -The principal of a St. Louis elementary school inflated attendance figures -- the…