Fair Funding for Illinois Schools

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1. 101
   Name: Kathy Tegtmeyer on Apr 5, 2004

   State: IL

   Comments: Changes need to occur within the state of Illlinois to addressed the fiancial crisis the we are currently in. How are the children going to reach their full potenial if class sizes continue to increase Schools are laying teachers off and having larger class sizes. Also, money that is being reimbursted for private schooling is taking away from public education. Parents who choose private education have made a choice and should pay for it.

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2. 102
   Name: Don Castelli on Apr 5, 2004

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3. 103
   Name: Don Castelli on Apr 5, 2004

   State: IL

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4. 104
   Name: Michael Anthis on Apr 5, 2004

   State: IL

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5. 105
   Name: MICHAEL BORTEL on Apr 5, 2004

   State: IL

   Comments: As a former public school teacher of 34 years I cannot believe the inequitable manner in which school districts across the state are funded. There should be no rich districts and no poor districts and it is a shame that the Governor and our legislators have done so little on this issue to allow so many school districts face growing deficits year after year

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6. 106
   Name: Ann Anthis on Apr 5, 2004

   State: IL

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7. 107
   Name: Wendy Theehs on Apr 5, 2004

   State: IL

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8. 108
   Name: Karen Parks on Apr 5, 2004

   State: IL

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9. 109
   Name: Hollie Guist on Apr 5, 2004

   State: IL

   Comments: Please! Please! Please!

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10. 110
    Name: Gary Barla on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

    Comments: We have taken all the pork out of our budgets at our school board level. Now we are faced with cutting teachers and increasing class sizes. The state must hold up their end of the funding promise made to the Illinois students and partents.

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11. 111
    Name: Carolyn Taylor on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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12. 112
    Name: Patricia Bramlet on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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13. 113
    Name: Stephen Latman on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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14. 114
    Name: Larry Phifer on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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15. 115
    Name: Elaine Bickham on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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16. 116
    Name: Jean M. Kobelt on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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17. 117
    Name: Ruth Engstrom on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

    Comments: Those of us in Illinois on a fixed income can not keep paying higher taxes on property. There has to be another way for school funding to happen.

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18. 118
    Name: Debra Jensen on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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19. 119
    Name: Charlotte Durkin on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

    Comments: Per pupil spending should be equal throughout the state in order to insure that all children, regardless of the economic status of their community, receive quality educations. Partial or complete funding through income tax instead of property tax would also be more equitable.

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20. 120
    Name: Greg Fischer on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

    Comments: It's time to develop a plan that is fair to the children and taxpayers of Illinois. Spend your energies exercising sound judgement rather than bickering.

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21. 121
    Name: Maureen Pollitt on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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22. 122
    Name: Michael Wells on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

    Comments: Mike Madigan is a the biggest roadblock in Illinois Public Education.

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23. 123
    Name: Joy Parisi on Apr 5, 2004

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24. 124
    Name: Rita Kueny on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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25. 125
    Name: Jerry Moyer on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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26. 126
    Name: Donna Clauson on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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27. 127
    Name: Nancy Todd on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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28. 128
    Name: Jose Bayron on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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29. 129
    Name: F. Larry Copes on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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30. 130
    Name: Thomas Weyland on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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31. 131
    Name: Michael Harper on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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32. 132
    Name: Mary Wilde on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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33. 133
    Name: Susanne Coe on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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34. 134
    Name: Claire Safford on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

    Comments: Inaction is not an option. Illinois has neglected education and adequate education funding for much too long. It's time to do the right thing, not the expedient thing!

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35. 135
    Name: George Safford on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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36. 136
    Name: Randy Lawrence on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

    Comments: I agree in whole with this petition, however we must be realistic in getting the governor to act by this fall. He has an agenda for taking over the entire public education system, and that is where his attention will lie. Let's get the legislators to move, so the gov will gladly follow!

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37. 137
    Name: Sanddra Thornhill on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

    Comments: It is becoming more obvous that the system that is in place is not working. The governor and legislators need to do the responsible thing and seek adequate funding that does not rely so heavily on individual property owners.

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38. 138
    Name: Nick Boncuore on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

    Comments: Please focus on funding for education!!!!

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39. 139
    Name: Alexandra Polites on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

    Comments: We need change now. The outstreaching ramifications of bare bones schools in Illinois will effect everyone in the community.

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40. 140
    Name: Orrin Merritt on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

    Comments: Authorize county govenment to establish a sales tax which would go directly to the county education fund to be divided equally to each child's school. The total collect from the county in one year would decrease the property tax for each property owner equally. Adjustment of the percentage of assessment would reduce the tax rate in porportion to the poperty owned. Keep the middle man out of the picture. Use only existing administrations to oversee the money. Do not create another layer of administrators which uses the much needed money for schools. Education increase the quality of life for everyone. Compared to the increase some counties wish to get to build more jails. Prevention of problems is more cost effective than clean up.

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41. 141
    Name: Ruth Economos on Apr 5, 2004

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42. 142
    Name: Kathy Ellison on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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43. 143
    Name: E Lundal on Apr 5, 2004

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44. 144
    Name: Dawn Castellanos on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

    Comments: Please help our schools and their children!!

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45. 145
    Name: Laurie Powell-Fuller on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

    Comments: I have been teaching at-risk students since 1978. My class number has always been approximately 20 students. THis year I have 25, with probably more than that next year. The 20 in a class was extremely challenging. Words cannot express how difficult it is to try to reach and teach 25 kids with the problems my students have. This is compounded by the fact that many of our support services have been cut in the past 2 years, and many more are scheduled to be cut.

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46. 146
    Name: Mary Baker on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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47. 147
    Name: Albert Castellanos on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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48. 148
    Name: Mary Thompson on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

    Comments: School funding in Illinois is broken and our 2.2 million schoolchildren need your help. In January, Education Week gave Illinois an F for school funding fairness because of the huge disparity between rich and poor districts. Illinois was the only state to receive a failing grade, and this wasn't the first time. This was the fourth year our state received an F. However, in your State of the State address and in your Budget Address you made it clear that education is important to you. This year most Illinois schools faced fewer teachers, at-risk programs, sports, foreign languages, arts and music to name a few. Class sizes are larger and parents are coping with higher school fees. It is my understanding that other states provide almost half of school funding while Illinois' share is just 37 percent - and that's up only 4 percentage points from ten years ago. I do understand that the federal government portion of funding comes to approximately 10 percent; but that leaves Illinois communities having to provide the balance of the education funding – a whopping 53 percent. This funding doesn’t even address the No Child Left Behind Act, which has put added burdens on Illinois schools with a program which is underfunded by about 80 percent. Instead, you and the General Assembly expect local property taxpayers to carry the unfair burden, while Illinois school children are falling behind because programs are cut due to a lack of funding. As homeowners, we need property tax relief—but most importantly, as community members we need adequate funding for our schools. Illinois is not meeting its constitutional responsibility as the primary funding source for public education. Governor, your statement about not addressing a major overhaul of the state's school funding until lawmakers approve your plan to take over the State Board of Education is a wrong approach. To me that sounds like hard-ball politics. The future and education of our children is at stake; the future of an overtaxed public is at stake; and the future of our state is at stake. Aren't these more important issues than rearranging a bureaucracy Decades of talk have not fixed the problem of education funding in Illinois. I realize there are many solutions and countless groups to advocate change however no substantive, long term solution is or will be viable unless you and the General Assembly makes public education a priority.

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49. 149
    Name: Geri Hannah on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

    Comments: Instead of educating our children's minds your putting guns in their hands. Stop the craziness Governor.

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50. 150
    Name: James McEnroe on Apr 5, 2004

    State: IL

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