Local WSIU
(2008-08-26)
CHICAGO, IL
(wsiu) -
Illinois state senator James Meeks says he'll call off the school boycott he's organized in Chicago if state leaders support a plan to pump funding into key under-performing schools.Meeks has been calling on Chicago public school students to skip the first day of classes next week to protest poor funding. He wants them to try to enroll in schools in the city's more affluent suburbs.
But Meeks now says he'll drop those plans if Governor Rod Blagojevich, house speaker Michael Madigan and senate president Emil Jones agree to put 120-million dollars into key schools in Chicago, the south suburbs and downstate.
Madigan spokesman Steve Brown says Madigan has agreed to meet with Meeks but can't commit to spending. The governor and Jones haven't commented yet.
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