2011
03.29

Jones defended the schools bill the whole year – nwitimes.com

Jones defended the schools bill the whole year – nwitimes.com

Calumet City | State Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City, is to mix it up with local school districts with a bill that poorly performing schools threatened with a calendar year

<. p> On Saturday, the freshman legislator and Calumet City City Council his new district office to 1910 Sibley Blvd opened. and spoke about the bill requiring elementary schools and continue to set up schools in his district to a meeting would be the year when it also shows on the list of the State University for three consecutive years.

This bill

local educators concerned. Last week, Thornton said District 215 Superintendent Creg Williams fractions School Board members that this bill would fight the cost of training at a time when many districts to add their budgets balance.

Jones and contradicts claims that his bill with the general will of the Board of Education of Illinois is to have more schools for educational activities without a summer break behavior.

“This is in agreement with the State Council and its goals,” Jones said. “We should try that. If (pilot program) does not work, then I will. Shoot

” … If they are not sufficient to improve the exit from the watch list, while money is wasted, “he said.” We need to take radical steps to improve our schools. This is the education of our children. “

Jones said in his parliamentary district, there are six school districts that are currently on the watch list state – was including Dolton School District 149, which he said on the watch list for eight years and do not improve significantly enough, his opinion .

Jones said his comments will not be taken as an attack on District 149th

Last week, Jones said publicly the State Board of Education asked the district for what he says is the use of newsletters to investigate the district for election purposes He specifically cited a recent mailing that the phrase used. “The team to complete the dream” slogan of the campaign by the School Board President Darlene Gray Everett, Vice President Sheryl Tillman

used Although beaten.

Jones Tillman in the feature race of the legislative process seat, he wins, he said he holds no grudge against him. On Saturday, Jones invited the candidates for school board D.149, and Darius Hogans Cassie Holbert, with him at the opening his office released.

Bill calendar year is one of only two of the seven remaining sponsored Jones and the 19 he co-sponsor. For all the Illinois House, only about 360 of invoices is passed inserted 4900 this year, the legislative committees .

Despite opposition educators, Jones said he is confident the bill will at least go through the full House this spring with a bill he co-sponsor, which allows neighboring cities to create “economic corridors”.

He said the existing law

makes these cities compete with one another to their detriment, because the company will move from city to city to get the best tax advantage. corridors so that the city lower the taxes as a way to win business “Everything has ground to a halt on the tax implications word closed this year,”

The other measure, he led -. creating the tax credit to a veteran in the Committee -.

, he said.

Jones defended the schools bill the whole year – nwitimes.com

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