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FILE - In this April 2, 2014 file photo, Illinois state Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, introduces an education funding reform bill at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. School districts in the Chicago and St. Louis suburbs would see major cuts to state aid while downstate schools would see gains under a proposal that would drastically overhaul Illinois' complicated school funding formula for the first time in almost two decades. Manar said the state Board of Education's database detailing the estimated impact to the state's 860 school districts, released Wednesday, May 7, 2014, more clearly illustrates that his proposal would provide equity to rich and poor districts across Illinois. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Illinois school funding data fuel reform debate

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Funding bill would help downstate Illinois schools

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FILE - In this April 8, 2014 file photo, Illinois state Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, testifies during a Senate committee hearing at the Capitol in Springfield Ill. Manar has revised an education funding reform proposal in the hopes of gaining more bipartisan support. His proposal would require state school districts to demonstrate need before receiving money. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Illinois senator amends education funding bill

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Illinois state Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, testifies during a Senate executive committee hearing at the state Capitol April 8, 2014, in Springfield Ill. State lawmakers are proposing to dramatically overhaul the state’s school funding formula for the first time since 1997. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

School funding plan advances in Illinois Senate

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Illinois Sen. Andy Manar, D-Staunton, introduces an education funding reform bill that would put almost all state education funding into one pot and then require districts to demonstrate need before receiving part of it, a significant shift from the current method, which factors in a district's poverty for some types of state aid, but not others, during a news conference at the Illinois State Capitol Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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Fire damages Illinois state senator’s office

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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, teachers strike outside Zion-Benton High School in Zion, Ill., after negotiations between the teachers union and District 126 broke down. An education funding advisory committee is urging for the state's school funding formula to be changed to provide more equity to rich and poor districts across Illinois during tough economic times. Lawmakers, who will detail the proposal Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, aim to turn the report into legislation by the spring. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Steve Lundy, File)

Senate study pushes for school funding equity

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