State Representative Tom Morrison (R-Palatine) has posted an
on-line petition in opposition of Senate Bill 16, a bill that would strip
millions away from hundreds of Illinois school districts and channel the money
toward Chicago and other schools.
The petition is available on Morrison’s legislative web site
at www.repmorrison54.com, or through
a direct link at http://www.ilhousegop.org/sb16_petition.
SB16 is a massive rewrite of the school funding formula that
determines how General State Aid (GSA) is distributed to Illinois’ school
districts. It does not add any additional funding toward education. As written and approved in the Senate, the
bill uses a weighted formula that is punitive to most suburban school
districts.
“My school districts will lose most of their GSA if SB16 is
approved in the House of Representatives and signed into law by the Governor,”
said Morrison. “The bill does not solve funding inequities in Illinois. It only
redistributes existing state resources in a way that creates a new list of
education funding winners and losers.”
Morrison is a co-sponsor of House Resolution 1276, a measure
that denounces SB16 and encourages a comprehensive and fair funding reform
process that is inclusive of all stakeholder points of view. “I support
equitable and reasonable reforms to school funding, but SB16 is not the
answer,” said Morrison. “House Resolution 1276 encourages lawmakers to halt all
efforts to pass that bill and to engage in a process with all stakeholder
groups represented at the table, so that ultimate reforms benefit all students
and not just some of them.”
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