![State Sen. Kyle McCarter (in the red necktie) questions Illinois State Board of Education Superintendent Tony Smith (left) about his "unrealistic" budget request.](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/48171/isbe_at_approps_0__medium.jpg)
ISBE Supt. Defends Budget, Storyteller Request
The Illinois State Board of Education is supposed to spend more government dollars on the neediest schools, according to a new funding plan. Today, lawmakers pushed back against the agency’s proposed price tag.