lawmakers recently approved and Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law Senate Bill 1947, which modernizes the state’s education funding method into an “evidence-based” formula that ensures adequacy Thank you! and equity to public schools across the state. SB 1947 also introduces a five-year Scholarship Tax Credit program, which offers access to a quality education for low-income and working-class students across the state at Catholic and other private schools. The Catholic Conference of Illinois worked for two- and-a-half years to get the Scholarship Tax Credit program approved. More details about the program may be found at www.ilcatholic.org.

We would like to publicly thank the state representatives and senators residing in the Archdiocese of who voted for SB 1947. Their “yes” vote required a difficult balance of competing issues to consider, and we thank them for making the children of Illinois a priority.

Please call or email the governor and the following lawmakers who voted “yes” for SB 1947.

REPRESENTATIVES Rep. Rep. Michael McAuliffe Rep. Arthur Turner Sen. John F. Curran Sen. 630-325-2028 773-444-0611 773-277-4700 630-243-0800 847-945-5200 Rep. Jamie Andrade [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 773-267-2880 [email protected] Rep. Rep. Martin Moylan Rep. Barbara Wheeler Sen. Sen. 773-296-4141 847-635-6821 847-973-0064 708-848-2002 773-763-3810 Rep. Luis Arroyo [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 773-637-2000 [email protected] Rep. Ann Williams Rep. Gregory Harris Rep. Sen. Sen. Antonio Munoz 847-923-9104 773-880-9082 708-893-0552 773-869-9050 773-348-3434 [email protected] Rep. Patricia Bellock [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 630-852-8633 Rep. [email protected] Rep. Elaine Nekritz Rep. Sen. Michael Hastings Sen. Chris Nybo 847-229-5499 847-252-9311 708-222-5240 815-464-5431 630-969-0990 Rep. Daniel Burke [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 773-471-2299 Rep. Rep. Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson Sen. Rep. Kelly Burke Rep. 847-231-6262 708-396-2822 [email protected] 708-756-0882 773-363-1996 708-425-0571 773-445-8128 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Rep. Michael Zalewski Rep. Nick Sauer Sen. , III Sen. Martin Sandoval 708-442-6500 Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin Rep. Thaddeus Jones 847-984-2485 773-995-7748 708-656-2002 773-417-1020 [email protected] 708-933-6018 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] SENATORS

Rep. Rep. Sen. Sen. Rep. Sen. Pamela Althoff 773-667-0550 847-478-9909 708-430-2510 773-743-5015 847-673-1131 815-455-6330 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Rep. John C. D’Amico Rep. Sen. Kimberly Lightford Sen. President John Cullerton 773-736-0218 Rep. 773-445-9700 708-343-7444 773-769-1717 708-613-5939 773-883-0770 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Rep. Rep. Silvana Tabares Sen. Thomas Cullerton Sen. Sen.

708-799-7300 Speaker Michael J. Madigan 773-522-1315 630-903-6662 847-623-3006 773-933-7715 773-581-8000 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Rep. Anthony DeLuca Rep. Rep. Andre Thapedi Sen. Bill Cunningham Sen. Dan McConchie Gov. Bruce Rauner 708-754-7900 847-599-2800 773-581-9250 773-445-8128 224-662-4544 312-814-2121 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]