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Groundbreaking Education Reform on the Docket in Illinois
The Illinois House of Representatives is debating a revolutionary school choice bill today that could ease state budget pressures while saving thousands of children from the perils of a crumbling public education system.
The bill, Senate Bill 2494, would give parents in underperforming Chicago school districts a voucher to cover educational expenses at nonpublic schools. Essentially, rather than pursuing the tired agenda of shoveling more taxpayer dollars into failing schools, SB 2494 would allow the money to follow the student to a school of his or her parents’ choice. The Illinois Policy Institute has a detailed breakdown of the bill’s major provisions, a few of which I’ll summarize.
With Illinois’ budget shortfall approaching $12 billion, some anti-reform activists are claiming this bill would increase government spending. That is patently false; the amount of each voucher will be equal to either the current level of per pupil spending or the cost of tuition, whichever is less. No new bureaucratic institutions will be created to administer the program.
Students currently trapped in failing schools will be given a lifeline. Vouchers will be available to kids in the lowest-performing 10 percent of Chicago Public Schools. Students in the state’s most overcrowded 5 percent of schools will also be offered vouchers. Over time, we only hope that the voucher program can be expanded in Chicago and statewide, injecting competition and accountability into the education marketplace.
Newspapers across the state have endorsed SB 2494. So has the Wall Street Journal. School choice should be a no-brainer for the Illinois House. Whether you live in the state or are concerned about the trajectory our national public education system is following, call the provided list of target legislators listed below and tell them to vote yes for a sensible budgetary policy, and yes for the future of Chicago’s low-income children.
See the list of targets below.
|
Representative |
District |
Capitol Number |
District Number |
|
Elizabeth Coulson |
17 |
(217) 782-4194 |
(847) 724-3233 |
|
Michael P. McAuliffe |
20 |
(217) 782-8182 |
(773) 792-0749 |
|
Sandra M. Pihos |
42 |
(217) 782-8037 |
(630) 858-8855 |
|
Franco Coladipietro |
45 |
(217) 782-8158 |
(217) 782-8158 |
|
Dennis M. Reboletti |
46 |
(217) 782-4014 |
(630) 530-2730 |
|
Kay Hatcher |
50 |
(217) 782-1486 |
(630) 553-3223 |
|
Sidney H. Mathias |
53 |
(217) 782-1664 |
(847) 222-0061 |
|
Suzanne Bassi |
54 |
(217) 782-8026 |
(847) 776-1880 |
|
JoAnn D. Osmond |
61 |
(217) 782-8151 |
(847) 838-6200 |
|
Sandy Cole |
62 |
(217) 782-7320 |
(847) 543-0062 |
|
Rosemary Mulligan |
65 |
(217) 782-8007 |
(847) 297-6533 |
|
Ronald A. Wait |
69 |
(217) 782-0548 |
(815) 547-7771 |
|
Robert W. Pritchard |
70 |
(217) 782-0425 |
(815) 748-3494 |
|
David R. Leitch |
73 |
(217) 782-8108 |
(309) 690-7373 |
|
Donald L. Moffitt |
74 |
(217) 782-8032 |
(309) 343-8000 |
|
Angelo Saviano |
77 |
(217) 782-3374 |
(708) 453-7547 |
|
Renée Kosel |
81 |
(217) 782-0424 |
(708) 479-4200 |
|
Jim Durkin |
82 |
(217) 782-0494 |
(708) 352-7700 |
|
Bill Mitchell |
87 |
(217) 782-8163 |
(217) 876-1968 |
|
Dan Brady |
88 |
(217) 782-1118 |
(309) 662-1100 |
|
Jim Sacia |
89 |
(217) 782-8186 |
(815) 232-0774 |
|
Jerry L. Mitchell |
90 |
(217) 782-0535 |
(815) 625-0820 |
|
Jil Tracy |
93 |
(217) 782-8096 |
(217) 223-0833 |
|
Richard P. Myers |
94 |
(217) 782-0416 |
(309) 836-2707 |
|
Mike Fortner |
95 |
(217) 782-1653 |
(630) 293-9344 |
|
Raymond Poe |
99 |
(217) 782-0044 |
|
|
Rich Brauer |
100 |
(217) 782-0053 |
|
|
Ron Stephens |
102 |
(217) 782-6401 |
(618) 651-0405 |
|
William B. Black |
104 |
(217) 782-4811 |
(217) 431-1986 |
|
Keith P. Sommer |
106 |
(217) 782-0221 |
(309) 263-9242 |
|
John D. Cavaletto |
107 |
(217) 782-0066 |
(618) 548-9080 |
|
David Reis |
108 |
(217) 782-2087 |
(618) 392-0108 |
|
Roger L. Eddy |
109 |
(217) 558-1040 |
(618) 563-4128 |
|
Chapin Rose |
110 |
(217) 558-1006 |
(217) 348-7673 |
Posted by Joshua Culling 
on Monday, May 3, 2010 11:27 AM EDT
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