Manar not a fan of governor’s school funding plan

Posted on April 13, 2016

By RFD News Network

SPRINGFIELD – State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Decatur) said Gov. Bruce Rauner’s plan to pump another $120 million flowing into the school funding formula funnels dollars away from schools with the greatest need.

“The governor’s proposal is not a reform proposal, it’s simply pours more money into a broken system,” Manar said.

Manar explained one Central Illinois School District that stands to lose money under the funding plan stands as an example of the downside of the funding plan.

“Just take, for example, what’s happened in Taylorville in the last several years – 40 percent of teachers have been laid off,” said Manar. “What the governor wants to do would cut Taylorville, the fact he is proposing spending more in the state budget.”

Rauner has called for full education funding to the foundation level for the first time since last decade.

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