Illinois House Unable to Override MAP Grant Veto
Via Herald & Review
“SPRINGFIELD – Hours after the Illinois House failed to override Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a higher education funding bill, the chamber’s Democratic leader announced a new plan to fund universities, community colleges and grants to low-income students, along with several human services programs.
The House will be asked Thursday to consider a bill that would fund the programs at the same levels as the General Assembly approved in May, said Steve Brown, a spokesman for House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago. That funding is tied to another measure that would do away with a requirement that the state repay within 18 months about $450 million that was borrowed from special funds to plug holes in last year’s budget.
Funding for higher education and some human services has been caught up in a deadlock between Rauner and Democratic leaders in the legislature, now in its ninth month.”
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