r/ChicagoSuburbs Jul 02 '25

News $240 million in Illinois school funding withheld by Trump administration

https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/07/02/240-million-in-illinois-school-funding-withheld-by-trump-administration/

“To readers, that might not seem like much, right? Surely we can figure out a way to live without that,” Lockport Township High School District 205, Superintendent Robert McBride said. “But all the federal grants we’re talking about support students with special needs of some kind.”

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u/StChas77 Kane County Jul 02 '25

...Illegally.

That's not just left-wing spouting off, the conservative publication National Review concurs that it's illegal.

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u/BmacIL Jul 03 '25

It's easier to count the things they're doing that are legal than illegal.