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If one aspires to become a politician in Illinois, there's one tried and tested route. Attend private elementary and high schools.

State bureaucrats will dictate how many teachers Illinois school districts must hire and how much to pay them if a school funding bill is signed into law this month.

State bureaucrats will dictate how many teachers Illinois school districts must hire and how much to pay them if a school funding bill signed into law this month.