IL Federation of Teachers

Illinois is already $6 billion behind on what it’s promised students. This bill would drain school funding across the state while corporations pay less. Tell your lawmaker that this bill is wrong for Illinois: bit.ly/tax-the-ultra-…

Read IFT’s Secretary‑Treasurer Pankaj Sharma's warning in the Evanston Review that the megaprojects bill would make closing that gap even harder, by letting corporations negotiate tax breaks while schools go without. chicagotribune.com/2026/05/12/let….

"I have spent years watching what happens in well-funded schools and what happens in underfunded ones. The difference is not effort or dedication. It is money, and where it comes from."

Take action - tell your lawmaker to prioritize our students: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-l…

East Aurora students - and all Illinois students -deserve to be a higher priority than billionaires. Their futures are at stake.

Hear firsthand from AFT Local 604 members in the East Aurora council how fully funding public education would directly improve the lives of their students.

📣 Then, take action: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-l….

📖 Read and share the full column here: amp.bnd.com/opinion/articl….

If we want a state that truly works for everyone, we have to be honest about who benefits from the current system and who pays the price when public investment falls short.

Higher education is a public good. Tell lawmakers that it’s time our budget reflected that: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-l…

If Illinois wants thriving universities, stronger campuses, and students who can afford to finish what they start, we must fully and equitably fund public higher education, and raise the revenue to do it by asking the wealthiest and corporations to finally pay their fair share.

Illinois’ public universities are being slowly starved—and students are paying the price. Years of chronic underfunding have led to program cuts, fewer faculty and staff, and rising tuition and fees at our public colleges and universities.

📞 Join us with the Illinois Revenue Alliance and @CitizenActionIL for a Tax the Rich Phonebank to talk with Illinoisans about why it’s time to raise fair revenue and fund what our communities truly need. 🗓️ This Thursday, May 14 👉 Sign up here: bit.ly/4udbFO2

Working families are being squeezed while billionaires and big corporations keep getting a pass. There IS money to fully fund schools, healthcare, and services - if lawmakers choose the right priorities.

@JohnMillerUPI 📣 Take action by contacting your lawmakers: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-l….

@JohnMillerUPI 📖 Read the full column and share it: pantagraph.com/opinion/column….

This powerful spotlight by IFT Membership Secretary @JohnMillerUPI lays out what’s really at stake in Illinois right now, and why educators and working people are right to speak up.