Democrats and Republicans continue the fight on where Senate Bill 1 is heading. Govenor Bruce Rauner said Wednesday that House Speaker Michael Madigan is using local school districts as a pawn in the game to get the education funding reform plan into law.
48th District State Senator and co-sponsor of Senate Bill 1 Andy Manar says that’s not true, and he has no idea what the governor’s plan is for school funding. He says he has made many requests for meetings with Rauner leading up to the special session that started Wednesday.
Rauner says Speaker Madigan inserted the Chicago pension payment into the bill at the last minute, and it takes money away from other local school districts.
Manar says he wants to hear the governor’s plans for the bill so the two sides can reach a compromise on the bill.
