The attorneys general said an expected $219 million in federal education funding used to pay for after-school and summer ...

SPRINGFIELD — A judge issued a ruling this month that reads as a scathing indictment of the way his state funds and oversees public education. Education funding lawsuits may show what’s ahead ...

SPRINGFIELD — A judge issued a ruling this month that reads as scathing indictment of the way his state funds and oversees public education.

Education funding lawsuits may show what’s ahead for Illinois. ... They all do a better job than Illinois of providing equitable funding for high-poverty school districts.

Twenty-four Democratic states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the Trump administration’s ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office said the state was expected to receive an estimated $219 million in federal ...

Repeated failure of similar lawsuits isn't stopping yet another group from suing over Illinois' notoriously inequitable method of funding public schools. As mentioned in a story in the Post ...

A group of public school districts sued Illinois on Wednesday, claiming the state was not providing adequate funding for them to comply with state-mandated learning standards.

The U.S. Department of Education froze the funding without warning June 30, a day before it's typically sent to Pennsylvania ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois judge said on Wednesday he will rule later this month on whether to temporarily halt how the state distributes funds for public schools after lawyers for Chicago ...

CHICAGO | Using property tax revenue to fund schools is unconstitutional and discriminatory, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Chicago Urban League.