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Five years after Illinois lawmakers overhauled the way public schools in the state are funded, some say huge disparities still exist, but backers of the change say progress is being made.
Five years ago, Illinois adopted an evidence-based funding formula for schools, designed to narrow the disparity between the best- and worst-funded districts. Has it worked?
Five years later, huge disparities still exist among districts, both in funding and academic performance, but lawmakers from both parties who were part of negotiating the new law say it has provided huge benefits, especially to those schools that were most underfunded.