Claypool: Without State Funding CPS Schools Won’t Open in Fall (Chicago Public Schools)
Kansas is not alone?
The head of Chicago Public Schools says without a state education budget schools will not be able to open their doors in the fall.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool told the Chicago Tribune that the district does not have the money to open the schools and can't borrow funding because of low credit ratings.
The warning comes from CPS one day after lawmakers failed to pass a budget once again, leaving Illinois with no funding for K-12 schools.
Claypool previously called on Gov. Bruce Rauner to work with lawmakers to pass a state budget favorable to Chicago, but the governor has a different spending plan in mind.
Rauner has been pushing his stopgap spending plan that he calls a “clean” education bill that isn’t a bail-out for CPS.
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GOPers are bad for Kansas, and they are bad for the nation. This is their October surprise. No schools will open.
