Chicago Public School officials want lawmakers to boost Illinois' income tax to help fund schools. In Springfield yesterday, Board of Education President Rufus Williams tied the funding issue to school safety.
With more money, Williams says the district can provide additional after school activities to keep students off the streets. Twenty CPS student have died in shootings this school year.
WILLIAMS: The thing that we know for sure is that we can't teach them if they're scared, we can't teach them if the teachers are scared and we certainly can't teach them if they're dead.
Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
CPS Pushes for Income Tax Hike
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