SB16 does not increase the level of education funding, but rather it changes the way in which limited state funding is distributed among school districts. As currently written, SB16 will have a direct and significantly negative impact on Orland School District 135. More than $5 million dollars per year that would be allocated for District 135 will be redistributed to other school districts throughout the state. This will result in a loss equivalent to 67 staff positions and $1,046 per student, per year.
Orland School District 135 Parents For Education believe all students deserve a quality education. We believe the solution is not to take from some to give to others, but rather seek a more viable course of action that will provide equitable funding for all students of Illinois. Therefore, we urge our legislators to VOTE NO on Senate Bill 16.
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Focus on ADEQUACY of funding at the state level before just decimating the funding of high performing districts to bring everyone to an under-funded level! This bill will harm the education of kids of all types all over the state!
This is a bill that is not addressing the actual problems. Giving poorly run districts more money to waste will not solve the problem that exists in funded schools. If the State of Illinois paid the % of education money they actually said they would to all the districts and we will be in a better situation.
There have to be more viable solutions than proposed in SB 16 that would provide assistance to downstate school districts without stripping school districts such as ours of essential funding in the process. Vote No to SB 16.
Senate Bill 16 could have a devastating effect on many districts in Illinois. As much as the funding of education in Illinois needs to be reorganized, this bill is the wrong way of going about the issue. I hope for positive changes, not ones that are only going to create more negativity.
Please vote no, just because our property values remained as compared to other suburbs, that does NOT give you the right to take it out on our children's education which we pay dearly for per year on our property taxes in Orland Park.
I vote no on senate bill 16
I strongly oppose SB16. Our taxes have gone up as the value of our home has plummeted. We hang on because of the high quality school district we are in. SB16 would significantly jeopardize this!
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SB16 does not increase the level of education funding, but rather it changes the way in which limited state funding is distributed among school districts. As currently written, SB16 will have a direct and significantly negative impact on Orland School District 135. More than $5 million dollars per year that would be allocated for District 135 will be redistributed to other school districts throughout the state. This will result in a loss equivalent to 67 staff positions and $1,046 per student, per year.
Orland School District 135 Parents For Education believe all students deserve a quality education. We believe the solution is not to take from some to give to others, but rather seek a more viable course of action that will provide equitable funding for all students of Illinois. Therefore, we urge our legislators to VOTE NO on Senate Bill 16.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
October 24, 2014
Reached 100 supporters
October 14, 2014
301 Comments
I strongly oppose SB16. Our taxes have gone up as the value of our home has plummeted. We hang on because of the high quality school district we are in. SB16 would significantly jeopardize this!
Focus on ADEQUACY of funding at the state level before just decimating the funding of high performing districts to bring everyone to an under-funded level! This bill will harm the education of kids of all types all over the state!
This is a bill that is not addressing the actual problems. Giving poorly run districts more money to waste will not solve the problem that exists in funded schools. If the State of Illinois paid the % of education money they actually said they would to all the districts and we will be in a better situation.
There have to be more viable solutions than proposed in SB 16 that would provide assistance to downstate school districts without stripping school districts such as ours of essential funding in the process. Vote No to SB 16.
Senate Bill 16 could have a devastating effect on many districts in Illinois. As much as the funding of education in Illinois needs to be reorganized, this bill is the wrong way of going about the issue. I hope for positive changes, not ones that are only going to create more negativity.
Please vote no, just because our property values remained as compared to other suburbs, that does NOT give you the right to take it out on our children's education which we pay dearly for per year on our property taxes in Orland Park.
I vote no on senate bill 16
I strongly oppose SB16. Our taxes have gone up as the value of our home has plummeted. We hang on because of the high quality school district we are in. SB16 would significantly jeopardize this!
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I strongly oppose SB16. Our taxes have gone up as the value of our home has plummeted. We hang on because of the high quality school district we are in. SB16 would significantly jeopardize this!