http://chicagopublicradio.org/CityRoom_Story.aspx?storyID=12937
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has vetoed $3.5 million in grants, which would have provided $250 per pupil to 34 new and recently opened public charter school campuses in the Chicago public school system and an additional school in Kane County. Responding to the cuts, Elizabeth Evans of the Illinois Network of Charter Schools said “the Governor's veto of the charter startup grants and his failure over the last five years to provide leadership on broader education funding reform issues have created a doublewhammy for public school children, particularly in the African American and Latino community." The start-up funding had been overwhelmingly approved by the General Assembly.
Source: Chicago Public Radio
Date: 08/24/2007
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