Waukegan Community Unit School District 60
Recent News About Waukegan Community Unit School District 60
-
How many H-1B petitions were made by Illinois employers during 2024?
In 2024, 20,166 H-1B petitions were filed by employers located in Illinois, as per data provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services via the H-1B Employers Data Hub.
-
How many H-1B petitions made by Illinois employers were approved during 2024?
In 2024, 98.7% of H-1B petitions filed by employers in Illinois were approved, according to data from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services via the H-1B Employer Data Hub.
-
Students to be eligible for private school scholarships under new state program
The new public school funding bill recently passed by the Illinois Legislature includes a scholarship program that would award donated funds to students in lower-income families — up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level — so that they may attend the school of their choice.
-
Handful of school districts to see property tax relief under school funding bill
Some Illinois legislators are questioning the value of the recently passed public school funding measure, Senate Bill 1947, because of its generous benefits to Chicago and other school districts that are slated to receive targeted property tax relief.
-
Rauner looks to House to send more money to most state schools
Gov. Bruce Rauner must rely on the Illinois House to trust the math of the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) after the Senate on Sunday seemingly ignored an analysis showing that 97.5 percent of public schools would get more money under Rauner's amendments to Senate Bill 1.
-
Education board analysis shows widespread benefit of Rauner's school funding changes
Nearly every public school in Illinois would receive more state money under Gov. Bruce Rauner's amended version of Senate Bill 1 than via the formula in the bill's original form, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has determined.