Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signs $50.4 billion budget with key investments in education
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed the state’s $50.4 billion fiscal year 2024 budget... Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed the state's $50.4 billion budget for the next fiscal year into law Wednesday, hailing it for being balanced and its “transformative investments” in early childhood, K-12 and higher education. The budget was signed at Christopher House, a pre-K through eighth grade nonprofit school, to highlight state spending on early childhood development with an initial $250 million investment in a new program called Smart Start that aims to expand preschool access.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed the state's $50.4 billion budget for the next fiscal year into law Wednesday, hailing it for being balanced and what he called its “transformative investments” in early childhood, K-12 and higher education.
Pritzker, flanked by fellow Democrats Senate President Don Harmon and House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, signed the budget at Christopher House, a pre-K through eighth grade nonprofit school, to highlight state spending on early childhood development with an initial $250 million investment in a new program called Smart Start that aims to expand preschool access.
Topics: Illinois, J. B. Pritzker