Issue Position: Education and School Funding

Issue Position

As always, Representative Williams remains strongly committed to ensuring that our neighborhood schools receive the funding and resources they need. We made education a priority this session, and K-12 education funding was increased by $375 million. Additionally, $3.5 billion from the capital bill will be spent on long overdue construction projects for our public schools. This session we also passed a $40K minimum teacher salary, to guarantee that teachers are paid a fair and living wage. Representative Williams will continue to work closely with local school administrators, LSCs and advocacy organizations to ensure our schools are adequately funded. Representative Williams looks forward to working with Mayor Lori Lightfoot to find new ways that our city and state government can work together to support and elevate our neighborhood schools.

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