Classrooms First Commission: A Guide to P-12 Efficiency and Opportunity
In two education rankings, Illinois is an outlier. We are near the top of the list when it comes to the number of school districts in a state. And we are at the bottom when it comes to the states contribution to school funding. This feeds the perception that we are spending too much money on overhead, to the detriment of our students. The Classrooms First Commission was established almost a year ago by Public Act 97-0503 to study this concern and find ways to redirect spending to classrooms from administrative operations.