Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 25 states and attorneys general to file a lawsuit against the Trump ...

SPRINGFIELD — A judge issued a ruling this month that reads as a scathing indictment of the way his state funds and oversees public education. Education funding lawsuits may show what’s ahead ...

After-school funding was released, but billions of dollars remain frozen, weeks before the start of the school year.

School districts across the country have filed different lawsuits to try to get the U.S. Department of Education to release ...

The school district has joined a lawsuit suing the state of Illinois for failing to adequately fund public education. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected] Robert Cohen ...

The lawsuit is consistent with the position of the Illinois State Board of Education, which has said $7.2 billion more would be needed to meet the goal of 100 percent funding to adequate levels.

Along with Pennsylvania, 25 states and the District of Columbia are challenging what they call the federal government's ...

Chicago Public Schools, which have about 380,000 students, received about 15% of the state’s $10.6 billion in education funding, despite enrolling nearly 20% of Illinois' public students in 2016.

A group of public school districts sued Illinois on Wednesday, claiming the state was not providing adequate funding for them to comply with state-mandated learning standards.

Education funding lawsuits may show what’s ahead for Illinois. ... They all do a better job than Illinois of providing equitable funding for high-poverty school districts.

SPRINGFIELD — A judge issued a ruling this month that reads as scathing indictment of the way his state funds and oversees public education.