JB Pritzker Does Not Have The Funds Available For Chicago Children

“There’s $1.6 billion that the state of Illinois rightfully needs to ensure that the people of Chicago receive those dollars.”

More and more city leaders have taken up Johnson’s message, and the Chicago Teachers Union has adopted it as a rally cry. But Pritzker, who has signed multiple budgets boosting K-12 funding, insists that right now, there’s no extra money available.

Following Illinois’s decision to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses last year, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed House Bill 3125 into law, expanding privileges. HB 3125 will allow undocumented immigrants to become driving instructors.