The fight against Senate Bill 16 is officially over because the proposal has been withdrawn. You stopped the shift in school funding by staying focused and vocal throughout this process. Keep an eye on local education budgets to ensure those tax dollars stay where they belong.
November 8, 2014
Final supporters
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Legislation has been introduced and is moving through the General Assembly that would dramatically change the way the state funds public education in Illinois. As currently drafted, Senate Bill 16 will have a direct and negative impact on northwest suburban Cook County schools by diverting millions in General State Aid for Education away from local school districts to other districts in Illinois.
Senator Matt Murphy, Representative David Harris, and Representative Tom Morrison believe suburban legislators, regardless of party, need to stand together in support of suburban schools and property taxpayers. They recognize that suburbanites fund their schools primarily through the high property taxes they pay. They also recognize that suburbanites send more money in income taxes down to Springfield than our area gets back in state benefits, especially since the passage of the 67% income tax increase in 2011. Given these facts, Senator Murphy and Representatives Harris and Morrison oppose Senator Manar's SB16 proposed cuts of up to 90% of suburban schools' state funding and call on all suburbanites to oppose it as well.
If you agree, please add your name to the following petition and contribute to this effort by sharing the petition with your friends, family and colleagues.
In addition to signing the petition, we ask you contact your state
representative and state senator personally to express your concerns about this
measure and ask them to sign this petition and vote “No" on Senate Bill 16.
What is Senate Bill 16?
Last July, a committee of state legislators was charged with recommending
ways to improve public education funding in Illinois, which has remained
unchanged since 1997. Despite the bipartisan efforts of the committee, Democrat
lawmakers unilaterally acted to draft SB 16, legislation that failed to
incorporate many of the committee’s recommendations and which does not address
the glaring inequities in how education is funded in Illinois.
If enacted into law, SB 16 will make sweeping changes in how the state funds education. Generally, school districts with higher assessed property values, like ours, will receive much less state funding. Other districts will receive much more in state funding.
SB 16 is a redistribution of current state resources that dramatically changes the way in which limited state funding is distributed among school districts.
How will SB16 impact suburban Cook County?
As a whole, SB16 would phase out a total of $70.8 million from northwest suburban Cook County schools. All 12 school districts located across northwest suburban Cook County will lose upwards of $1 million dollars. Of those 12 schools, 7 districts will have their funding cut by more than $5 million. Six suburban Cook County school districts will lose more than 70% of state funding.
This will result in cuts to arts and sciences, after-school and
extra-curricular programs, and salary cuts or layoffs for teachers and faculty.
Suburban property taxpayers will be asked to once again dig in
their pockets to supplement the loss in state funding.
What can you do?
SB16 has already passed the Senate. It is expected that the House will vote
on SB16 this fall or during the January "lame duck" session.
We need your help.
Please contact your Illinois Representative to voice your opinion. Northwest suburban Cook County is served by the following State Representatives:
Representative David Harris, District 53, (224) 764-2440, [email protected]
Representative Thomas Morrison, District 54, (847) 202-6584, [email protected]
Representative Fred Crespo, District 44, (630) 372-3340, [email protected]
Representative Michelle Mussman, District 56, (847) 923-9104, [email protected]
Representative Elaine Nekritz, District 57, (847) 229-5499, [email protected]
Please contact your Senators to voice your opinion.
VOTED NO - Senator Julie Morrison, District 29, (847) 945-5200
VOTED YES - Senator Dan Kotowski, District 28, (847) 656-5414
Visit the General Assembly website for the Senate Bill 16 roll call: www.ilga.gov
Updates
October 22, 2014
We have moved the petition to the official website to ensure your information goes directly to the office. Click the link above to add your name to the formal record. Send this link to three people in your district and ask them to sign before the next vote.
October 22, 2014
The momentum behind this effort has grown beyond what I originally imagined. Move over to the official website link to sign the new form and then text this link to three people who live in the district.
Reached 100 supporters
October 22, 2014
79 Comments
We chose this area to buy a home so our kids could attend quality schools in a safe neighborhood. Making this change will hurt students and families that cannot afford it. We alerady supplement quite a bit with school fees, extra curicular fees, school supplies, donations for parties, field trip costs, etc. Adding another $1,000 per student burden to us in addition to expecting us to keep up with what we already pay is just not right. Some families, like ours, also have ongoing medical bills for chronic illness. Money does not grow on trees and the proponents of this bill better realize that.
Great job Senator Murphy providing the facts at the October 21st, forum at the Metropolis ballroom, and championing the effort to vote against this bill! You are doing exactly what we need; making citizens aware of what the Chicago and downstate legislators are trying to do, how devastating it would be to us and then taking a strong position against it. Thank you!
As a 19 year veteran of the Board of Education, it is imperative we stop this bill. Senator Murphy continue the good work.
I support equitable access to quality education but not by shifting scarce resources. Illinois should re-evaluate it's funding mechanisms and target high cost budget items, such as Pension Reform. We should not be 50th out of 50 for state funding of education. Let's strive to be top 10!
Very concerned if passed by second grader will lose the extra accidemic support he needs to reach milestones in ccsd15.
We are paying taxes to support OUR (where we live) schools, not att in the area
We are paying taxes to support OUR (where we live) schools, not att in the area
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The fight against Senate Bill 16 is officially over because the proposal has been withdrawn. You stopped the shift in school funding by staying focused and vocal throughout this process. Keep an eye on local education budgets to ensure those tax dollars stay where they belong.
November 8, 2014
Final supporters
Thank you for your interest in signing Sen. Murphy's #STOPSB16 petition. In order to
make the petition more accessible, we have moved Sen. Murphy's petition
to his website. To sign the petition, please copy and paste the following link
into your browser to sign the petition on his website: http://www.senatormattmurphy.com/Resources/SenateBill16Petition.aspx
We apologize for any inconvenience. We value your support, and encourage you to circulate this petition among friends and family. As a collective voice we can have the greatest impact!
Legislation has been introduced and is moving through the General Assembly that would dramatically change the way the state funds public education in Illinois. As currently drafted, Senate Bill 16 will have a direct and negative impact on northwest suburban Cook County schools by diverting millions in General State Aid for Education away from local school districts to other districts in Illinois.
Senator Matt Murphy, Representative David Harris, and Representative Tom Morrison believe suburban legislators, regardless of party, need to stand together in support of suburban schools and property taxpayers. They recognize that suburbanites fund their schools primarily through the high property taxes they pay. They also recognize that suburbanites send more money in income taxes down to Springfield than our area gets back in state benefits, especially since the passage of the 67% income tax increase in 2011. Given these facts, Senator Murphy and Representatives Harris and Morrison oppose Senator Manar's SB16 proposed cuts of up to 90% of suburban schools' state funding and call on all suburbanites to oppose it as well.
If you agree, please add your name to the following petition and contribute to this effort by sharing the petition with your friends, family and colleagues.
In addition to signing the petition, we ask you contact your state
representative and state senator personally to express your concerns about this
measure and ask them to sign this petition and vote “No" on Senate Bill 16.
What is Senate Bill 16?
Last July, a committee of state legislators was charged with recommending
ways to improve public education funding in Illinois, which has remained
unchanged since 1997. Despite the bipartisan efforts of the committee, Democrat
lawmakers unilaterally acted to draft SB 16, legislation that failed to
incorporate many of the committee’s recommendations and which does not address
the glaring inequities in how education is funded in Illinois.
If enacted into law, SB 16 will make sweeping changes in how the state funds education. Generally, school districts with higher assessed property values, like ours, will receive much less state funding. Other districts will receive much more in state funding.
SB 16 is a redistribution of current state resources that dramatically changes the way in which limited state funding is distributed among school districts.
How will SB16 impact suburban Cook County?
As a whole, SB16 would phase out a total of $70.8 million from northwest suburban Cook County schools. All 12 school districts located across northwest suburban Cook County will lose upwards of $1 million dollars. Of those 12 schools, 7 districts will have their funding cut by more than $5 million. Six suburban Cook County school districts will lose more than 70% of state funding.
This will result in cuts to arts and sciences, after-school and
extra-curricular programs, and salary cuts or layoffs for teachers and faculty.
Suburban property taxpayers will be asked to once again dig in
their pockets to supplement the loss in state funding.
What can you do?
SB16 has already passed the Senate. It is expected that the House will vote
on SB16 this fall or during the January "lame duck" session.
We need your help.
Please contact your Illinois Representative to voice your opinion. Northwest suburban Cook County is served by the following State Representatives:
Representative David Harris, District 53, (224) 764-2440, [email protected]
Representative Thomas Morrison, District 54, (847) 202-6584, [email protected]
Representative Fred Crespo, District 44, (630) 372-3340, [email protected]
Representative Michelle Mussman, District 56, (847) 923-9104, [email protected]
Representative Elaine Nekritz, District 57, (847) 229-5499, [email protected]
Please contact your Senators to voice your opinion.
VOTED NO - Senator Julie Morrison, District 29, (847) 945-5200
VOTED YES - Senator Dan Kotowski, District 28, (847) 656-5414
Visit the General Assembly website for the Senate Bill 16 roll call: www.ilga.gov
Updates
October 22, 2014
We have moved the petition to the official website to ensure your information goes directly to the office. Click the link above to add your name to the formal record. Send this link to three people in your district and ask them to sign before the next vote.
October 22, 2014
The momentum behind this effort has grown beyond what I originally imagined. Move over to the official website link to sign the new form and then text this link to three people who live in the district.
Reached 100 supporters
October 22, 2014
79 Comments
This bill is another attempt to extort more tax dollars from the suburubs and give them to Chicago. It explains why Chicago schools will be giving free and reduced lunchs to all children. Not for idealism, but rather for the change in Senate Bill 16 which gives weight in the revised formulae based on the number of student receiving such meals!!!
We chose this area to buy a home so our kids could attend quality schools in a safe neighborhood. Making this change will hurt students and families that cannot afford it. We alerady supplement quite a bit with school fees, extra curicular fees, school supplies, donations for parties, field trip costs, etc. Adding another $1,000 per student burden to us in addition to expecting us to keep up with what we already pay is just not right. Some families, like ours, also have ongoing medical bills for chronic illness. Money does not grow on trees and the proponents of this bill better realize that.
Great job Senator Murphy providing the facts at the October 21st, forum at the Metropolis ballroom, and championing the effort to vote against this bill! You are doing exactly what we need; making citizens aware of what the Chicago and downstate legislators are trying to do, how devastating it would be to us and then taking a strong position against it. Thank you!
As a 19 year veteran of the Board of Education, it is imperative we stop this bill. Senator Murphy continue the good work.
I support equitable access to quality education but not by shifting scarce resources. Illinois should re-evaluate it's funding mechanisms and target high cost budget items, such as Pension Reform. We should not be 50th out of 50 for state funding of education. Let's strive to be top 10!
Very concerned if passed by second grader will lose the extra accidemic support he needs to reach milestones in ccsd15.
We are paying taxes to support OUR (where we live) schools, not att in the area
We are paying taxes to support OUR (where we live) schools, not att in the area
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This bill is another attempt to extort more tax dollars from the suburubs and give them to Chicago. It explains why Chicago schools will be giving free and reduced lunchs to all children. Not for idealism, but rather for the change in Senate Bill 16 which gives weight in the revised formulae based on the number of student receiving such meals!!!