The Chicago Urban League is challenging Illinois' school funding system.Interesting but how else can the public schools can be funded?
The group filed a civil rights lawsuit Wednesday in Cook County against the state and the Illinois State Board of Education. It claims funding schools based on property tax revenue is unconstitutional and violates the 2003 Illinois Civil Rights Act.
League president Cheryle Jackson says minority children aren't getting quality education. She wants changes to make funding more equitable.
Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Lawsuit: Ill. school funding is unconstitutional
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