SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois House will convene to take up the contentious school-funding issue.
But lawmakers don’t plan to attempt to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of the legislation Wednesday.
The Republican governor used an amendatory veto this month on Senate Bill 1 . The proposal would create a new school-funding formula. Rauner says it provides too much money for Chicago and limits state financing flexibility.
The Senate voted to override the veto on Sunday.
Rep. Will Davis is a Homewood Democrat who sponsored Senate Bill 1. He says he will put the governor’s rewrite into a new bill for a House vote. If it fails, the House deadline for an override vote is Aug. 29.
Illinois has no mechanism for providing state aid with schools opening as early as Wednesday.