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 Thank you! program may be found at www.ilcatholic.org. Illinois lawmakers recently approved and Governor Bruce Rauner We would like to publicly thank the state representatives and senators residing in the Diocese of Springfield-in-Illinois who voted for SB 1947. signed into law Senate Bill 1947, which modernizes the state’s Their “yes” vote required a difficult balance of competing issues to education funding method into an “evidence-based” formula that consider, and we thank them for making the children of Illinois a priority. ensures adequacy and equity to public schools across the state.

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

Rep. Daniel Beiser Rep. Rep. Gov. Bruce Rauner (312) 814-2121 (618) 465-5900 (217) 223-0833 (618) 651-0405 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Rep. Rep. Rep. Bill Mitchell Sen. Sen. Dale Righter (217) 324-5200 (309) 836-2707 (217) 876-1968 (309) 664-4440 (217) 235-6033 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Rep. Timothy Butler Rep. Rep. Sen. William Haine Sen. Chapin Rose (217) 782-0053 (618) 416-7407 (618) 392-0108 (618) 465-4764 (217) 607-1853 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Rep. Rep. Rep. Katie Stuart Sen. Andy Manar Sen. (618) 548-9080 (217) 782-0044 (618) 365-6650 (618) 585-4848 (217) 223-0833 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]