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Through our website, you can learn your rights as a taxpayer and parent as well as to which programs, monies and more you may be entitled...and why you may not be able to exercise these rights.

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Betsy Combier

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Email: betsy.combier@gmail.com

 
The E-Accountability Foundation announces the

'A for Accountability' Award

to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.

Winners of the "A":

Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
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The "Funding Crisis" in Illinois is a "Spending" Problem

School Reform
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Photo by: Education Funding by Source

The Facts on how Illinois Taxpayers have been increasing funding of public education since 1983

You may have read about the so-called public school "funding crisis" in Illinois. The reality is, the problem isn't with funding but with school district spending.

Illinois taxpayers have doubled state funding for education over the past decade. State funding for education and total funding for education have grown at an average of between 6% and 7% -- significantly higher than the rate of inflation.

The attached charts were put together by budget experts using State of Illinois data.

The bottom line is that taxpayers have proven their commitment to the funding of public schools for twenty years. The fact that 80% of school districts are in deficit spending is due to administrators and school boards that have failed to achieve the goal set out in the Illinois State Constitution of providing for an "efficient" school system.
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Illinois Public School Salaries (1998-99; 1999-2000;2000-2001; 2001-2002; 2002-2003)

CITIZENS FOR REASONABLE AND FAIR TAXES (CRAFT)

 
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