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Ed funding questions

The dean of the University of Illinois' highly rated Gies School of Business told me, "Unfortunately, the state of Illinois has sadly decided that higher education is not a priority. The share of the university operating budget that comes from taxpayer dollars has fallen from over 70% 50 years ago to under 10% today."

The Illinois Lottery announced a record $731 million contribution to the state of Illinois' Common School Fund for Fiscal Year 2019. Why is it that in Michigan that total was $1.7 billion. See a discrepancy here?

Randy F. Gollay

Buffalo Grove

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