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Monday, January 07, 2008

Governor Blagojevich Moves Budget


Last Friday, Governor Blagojevich imposed an “amendatory veto” on SB 783 the BIMP bill. The bill was flawed in that a provision to increase special education personnel reimbursement funding would have been delayed for one year. The Governor's veto fixed this flaw. Naturally, the governor's office in its usual style issued a press release stating that the Governor had given Illinois schools a funding increase of $560 million. His action did not increase any spending over that approved by the General Assembly nearly two months ago. What the Governor did do, was increase the anxiety level and create the need for extra borrowing in many school districts. Hopefully when the General Assembly convenes on January 9th , 2008 they will accept this veto and approve the bill so schools can begin to receive the promised and needed funds.


posted by Jay Tiede @ 1:49 PM