What a great night to come together for our Climate Celebration - thank you to all the advocates, activists, youth leaders and everyone who worked to pass #CEJA in IL! #FossilFreeIL #twill

RT @SSKedreporter: CPS budget plan hedges on city pension payment, promising only if more money comes along. CPS also counting on $379 mil….

I commend @ChiPubSchools Interim Chief Dr. Macquline King for proposing an equitable budget for CPS which puts kids first - and rejects a risky borrowing strategy in favor of long term fiscal stability. The CPS budget team clearly worked diligently to turn over every seat cushion.

Join me and tune in live to today's meeting of the Chicago School Board meeting, where CPS will present the budget for the upcoming school year.

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This.

Regardless of what’s included in this year’s budget, the financial challenges facing CPS aren’t going away. As I told @fox32news, if I could snap my fingers and fully fund CPS today, I would! Until then, I remain committed to working collaboratively with all stakeholders to.

As we await details of CPS' final budget proposal, I want to thank @ChiPubSchool Chief Dr. Macquline King for her strong leadership and continued efforts to ensure the fiscal stability of CPS in the face of very significant budgetary challenges.

RT @paschutz: CPS sources: the schools’ CEO Macquiline King will present a budget this week that does NOT include a short term loan and pus….

On "Chicago Tonight" this evening, colleague Rep. Curtis J. Tarver II and I continued our conversation about Chicago Public School funding and the need to provide fiscal stability for public education throughout the state.

Tune in this evening to Chicago Tonight, where I'll be discussing Chicago Public School fiscal challenges and the upcoming budget, streaming live at 5:30pm.

It is a transformative time for the Chicago Public Schools as we transition to a fully democratically elected school board. Let's take this opportunity to reshape the conversation - replacing the rhetoric and talking points with a real effort to listen and learn from each other.

As always, the conversations around school funding are complex and challenging - and today was no exception. It is clear there are no easy answers and no quick fixes. But we can all agree that prioritizing equitable and sustainable funding for CPS (and all IL school districts) -.

Today, I joined Leaders Curtis Tarver, @evadinadel EvaDina Delgado, @theresamah4rep and other members of the House Executive Committee for a discussion on CPS finances. We heard from an array of stakeholders about the fiscal challenges facing CPS, what we've done as a State to

Thank you @jennicuster for sharing your insights and perspective with the committee today - and for highlighting the need for collaborative conversation and intergovernmental engagement. Appreciate your service and commitment to our schools.

I had a wonderful time today with the seniors at Martha Washington for Bingo, donuts, and coffee. Thanks to @AldMattMartin and @SenatorSara6 for joining, and to @ILTreasurer's team for assisting residents with I-CASH searches!