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REPUBLICAN CPS FUNDING PLAN AN EMPTY PROMISE

03/28/2017

SPRINGFIELD – A Senate Republican plan touted as financial assistance to Chicago schools is not a solution, but rather a ploy to cover for Gov. Rauner’s recent PR gaffes and reckless veto of a plan that would’ve solved the problem last year, said Democrat State Sen. Omar Aquino of Chicago.

“The Republicans’ plan to give CPS over $215 million without saying where that money will come from sounds like an empty promise to me,” Aquino said. “It will add nearly a quarter-billion dollars to state’s $13 billion backlog of bills by promising CPS funding that may never come. The governor wants to appear to support Chicago Public Schools because people are now confronting him over how poorly he has treated the schools, students and teachers. Perhaps the governor should think twice before grabbing his veto pen and before tweeting at a proud CPS alum like Chance the Rapper.”