Financially strapped public colleges have been given a temporary reprieve as Governor Bruce Rauner has signed a stopgap funding bill. TheĀ $600 millionĀ package includes a percentage of the funds colleges and universities normally get in a year, along with money for the need-based tuition grant program called MAP. In a statement following his signing of the bill, Rauner called the college funding bill a “first step toward compromise” on a complete budget, but he repeated his mantra that a larger deal has to include elements of his pro-business, anti-union reform agenda.
Rauner Signs College Funding Bill
Effingham, IL / Effingham Radio
Apr 25, 2016 | 4:09 PM