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June 1 marks the beginning of our 11th month without a state budget. Many haven't felt the affects of this - 90 percent of the budget is being funded, via special court orders, because of federal-pass through money or individual laws. For the 10 percent of those who aren't being funded, however - state universities, many social service agencies, prisons, state parks - it's an entirely different story.
Two assistant superintendents, Bobbi Williams and Mike Dugan, will be filling in as “co-interims” for departing Superintendent Lisa Taylor at Decatur School District 61.
Illinois' budget crisis will continue, unabated. The regular spring session came to an end Tuesday night, without any resolution to the stalemate that has the state entering its twelfth month without a complete spending plan. There's no plan for the next fiscal year that starts July 1st, either.
Former Republican Governor Jim Edgar says stopgap spending measures like the one proposed Tuesday by Gov. Bruce Rauner is "the worst kind of budget you can have" and takes the pressure off legislative leaders' efforts to come up with a real spending plan. He appeared on WILL's 'The 21st' Tuesday.
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