By Howard Packowitz
SPRINGFIELD – An apparent breakthrough in Springfield as legislative leaders and Gov. Bruce Rauner said they reached a school funding agreement. That means District 87 and Unit 5 might soon receive overdue state dollars to help balance their budgets.
House and Senate Republican leaders, including Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady of Bloomington, released a statement Thursday announcing they made a deal “in principal on historic school funding reform.”
Democrats said leaders had reached a “bipartisan agreement in concept and will meet again on Sunday in Springfield.”
The bill is being drafted, and the governor’s staff said Rauner “looks forward to the coming days when the legislation is passed by both chambers.”
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