CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - A new report finds Chicago Public Schools need more funding to make the grade, but the state's superintendent doesn't intend on budging.
$1.2 billion, that's how much newly released state data finds CPS will need in order to be considered adequately funded. That's over $90 million dollars more than what was projected last year and slightly more than Mayor Johnson has requested from leaders in Springfield.
"Chicago this year, for the second year in a row, is a tier two school district. That means there are districts above them that are in need of more resources," said State Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders.
"This does not mean that we've reached where we need to be in terms of putting resources into public education, I think everybody agrees that we need to do more. But, this is a continued commitment of the state to continue the journey of funding our schools adequately and equitably."
CPS officials have said the increase has to do with a wave of migrant students learning English for the first time and a drop in local tax revenue.
Sanders said those factors were all considered in the state's evidence-based funding formula, but weren't enough to move the needle ahead of what he calls an exciting new school year.
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