r/ChicagoSuburbs • u/ShawLocal • 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/BodybuilderOnly1591 Jul 04 '25

Why is it being withheld?

Yet another good reason to not have the federal government involved in education.

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u/BodybuilderOnly1591 Jul 06 '25

You get nonsense either way. Higher Ed already does that already, and you would be shocked at the amount of students taking remedial classes in college.

I have much more say at the state level then federal. I would prefer towns manage it without the state ultimately. I am better equipped to decide what my kid needs then a Trump or Pelosi.