Illinois was not providing enough money from the state to help fund schools. So that's why local governments and local school boards had to raise property taxes. Now We've gone from only 24% funding from the state level to 40% funding from the state level. That alleviates the burden on local school boards to raise property taxes. That's. We're trying to make it easier on local property owners and easier on schools, and we've been doing that. (05:34–05:42)
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Asserts that state funding for schools in Illinois increased from 24% to 40%.
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