Gov: School Funding Reform Can Wait

Gov. Bruce Rauner says an overhaul of Illinois' outdated school funding formula can be done over time. Rauner supports a rewrite but says the formula is complex, broken and changing it will take time. Speaking in Paxton, the Republican says he doesn't want to hold up the budget and funding schools if it takes longer than August. Top Democrats want a revision now. Lawmakers from both parties agree the formula, last changed in 1997, should be revised over concerns that it penalizes students in poorer districts. Rauner and the legislative Democrats remain deadlocked on a spending plan for the fiscal year that started in July.