Governor Rauner vetoed a 215 million dollar education funding package for Chicago Public Schools. HB4036: Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that in addition to any other transfer that may be provided by law, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer, from such funds and in such amounts as the State Comptroller shall determine, the total sum of $215,000,000 into the General Revenue Fund. Provides that the sum transferred shall not require the direction of or notification from the Governor. Effective upon becoming law, but does not take effect unless an Act of the 100th General Assembly appropriating the sum of $215,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to Chicago Public Schools becomes law.

The program that has boasted language and literacy development to improved cognitive skills for students is on the verge of nonexistence. This dual language Immersion at LVCS promote children’s academic achievement. Please help us save the dual language immersion at LVCS.

Strong public schools = strong communities! Stop robbing public education through ESAs!!!

To whom it may concern: We write as former College Hill Independent editors and contributors. We were dismayed to learn about looming cuts to the Indy and other campus publications, which could force many outlets to end their printed editions altogether. The Undergraduate Finance Board slashed budgets “out of the blue” and without explanation, according to editors quoted in an April 18 Brown Daily Herald article. Students deserve better. For us and many others, the Indy was central to our education, to building community both on-campus and off-, and to gaining the practical experience that helped us build careers in writing, publishing, and design. The loss of the paper's print edition will mean a decline in the role the Indy plays on campus and in Providence at large, and a sharp reduction in the breadth and depth of the education it offers to students interested in exploring careers in media and the arts. Hundreds of students at Brown and RISD contribute to the Indy every year. They come from a wide variety of backgrounds to express themselves through journalism, fiction, criticism, illustration, and more. The Indy provides a single forum for their collaboration, cutting across disciplinary boundaries and bringing diverse interests into direct conversation. The paper is run by consensus. We worked together to meet layout and print deadlines, debate controversial editorial decisions, and collectively determine the direction of the publication. At the completion of each issue, we felt proud to have created an object that represented not just our individual viewpoints but our ability to work together. As more than 25 years of archives can show, the paper provides an ongoing record of the issues that students have found most urgent. Because the paper is distributed throughout Providence, print has always been more than just a medium for the Indy. It is also a physical manifestation of Brown and RISD’s connection to to the larger Providence community. Students, faculty, and staff are very much a part of the life of Providence, and a print publication distributed beyond College Hill provides an opportunity to engage and critique the institutions' roles. Many of us have gone on to have careers in graphic design, newspaper journalism, and publishing. Our contributions to the Indy came stapled to our first job applications. Killing the print paper would disadvantage current students hoping to pursue similar vocations. We urge the Undergraduate Finance Board to reverse course. Restore full funding to the Indy and other campus publications, and protect Brown's commitment to student-run, student-organized publications.

NC Schools will be forced to lay off current teachers, most likely those who specialize in art, music, physical education, and STEM. This would reduce or eliminate specials as currently offered in our schools.

Principal Bowman has made great strides in making Parkmead better in her short tenure. She has much more to do.

Education Secretary Betsy Devos just okayed further gouging of student borrowers. Lenders can charge 16% fees on borrowers who miss payments after DeVos axed former President Obama's policy that prohibited companies from gouging students.

A local Superintendent has the ability to effectively solve Birmingham's problems of corruption and nepotism. We want someone who is highly qualified and effective. There are several applicants who fit these wishes.

This is about basic fairness for the 44 million borrowers who owe $1.4 trillion in student loan debt. DeVos's decision to reverse Obama's policies with no coherent explanation or substitute effectively means that the Trump administration is placing the welfare of loan contractors above those of student debtors. http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/DeVos-Undoes-Obama-Student-Loan-Protections-11066031.php

As a retired public school teacher from Michigan, I am familiar with Betsy DeVos's position on education and fear that our public schools are endangered. I have witnessed charter schools at work in Michigan often times with poor results. Under the emergency manager in Michigan, schools have been taken over with private managers with poor results. If no profit is seen, the schools are then abandoned. We need education not profit in our schools.

Previous legislation by the NC Legislature mandated reduced class size in grades K-3, BUT no money was allocated for this mandate. In Wake County, NC, for example, this results in needing 400 new teachers and classrooms for the 2017-18 school year. BEGINNING WITH THE 2017-18 SCHOOL YEAR: THE ONLY WAY MOST NC SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN FULFILL THIS UNFUNDED MANDATE IS BY ELIMINATING ALL ELEMENTARY ART, MUSIC AND P.E. TEACHERS AND TURNING THE GYM, ART & MUSIC ROOMS INTO CLASSROOMS. HB13 eliminates the mandated class size requirements in the previous legislation until funding and space are created.

Evanston is currently struggling to fund its schools, its social service organizations, and its cultural institutions. Yet, President Trump's government proposes moving monies away from the EPA, HHS and the State Department to further inflate the military budget. We urge the City Council to let President Trump know this runs counter to our values as human beings and as a community. Taxpayers in the U.S. are paying $528.49 billion for the Department of Defense. This amount of money could alternately be used to fund: + 6.54 million elementary school teachers for one year, or + 7.13 million clean energy jobs created for one year, or + 9.51 million infrastructure jobs created for one year, or + 5.28 million jobs with supports in high poverty communities for 1 year, or + 59.31 million Head Start slots for children for one year, or + 51.15 million military veterans receiving VA medical care for one year, or + 15.91 million scholarships for university students for four years, or + 22.72 million students receiving Pell Grants of $5,815 for four years, or + 222.93 million children receiving low-income health care for one year, or + 595.33 million households with wind power for one year, or + 148.46 million adults receiving low-income healthcare for one year, or + 367.73 million households with solar electricity for one year. This is our money. It should be our choice how it is spent.