The school district has joined a lawsuit suing the state of Illinois for failing to adequately fund public education. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected] Robert Cohen ...

After-school funding was released, but billions of dollars remain frozen, weeks before the start of the school year.

Lawsuit aims to force US Education Department to release vital funds for low-income students, English learners, immigrant ...

CHICAGO | Two Illinoisans are suing the State Board of Education and Gov. Pat Quinn, claiming the way the state funds schools is unfair to taxpayers. Lawsuit: IL education funding unfair to ...

CHICAGO | Two Illinoisans are suing the State Board of Education and Gov. Pat Quinn, claiming the way the state funds schools is unfair to taxpayers.

The lawsuit is consistent with the position of the Illinois State Board of Education, which has said $7.2 billion more would be needed to meet the goal of 100 percent funding to adequate levels.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office said the state was expected to receive an estimated $219 million in federal ...

In 2008, the Chicago Urban League sued the state and ISBE, describing Illinois’ education finance system as a “failed school funding scheme” that creates wide financial gaps between school ...

SPRINGFIELD — A judge issued a ruling this month that reads as a scathing indictment of the way his state funds and oversees public education. Education funding lawsuits may show what’s ahead ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Public Schools sued Illinois on Tuesday claiming the state's method of education funding discriminates against its largely black and Hispanic student body. The ...

The Chicago school board, along with five parents, sued Gov. Bruce Rauner and the state of Illinois on Tuesday, alleging that the state’s education funding formula creates a separate and unequal ...

A state program intended to deliver equitable funding for Illinois school districts in low-income communities was lambasted by critics who are asking lawmakers in Springfield for more than $1 ...