Seth Perlman/AP file
An elected school board in Chicago and expanding fertility treatment coverage to include same-sex couples and women over 35 were among the measures that advanced in the General Assembly Wednesday, the second day legislators met in Springfield and virtually for session.
House members voted in favor of legislation that would amend the state’s insurance code to provide coverage for the “diagnosis and treatment of infertility … without discrimination on the basis of age, ancestry, color, disability, domestic partner status, gender, gender expression, gender identity,” according to the language of the bill.
State Rep. Margaret Croke, D-Chicago, the lead sponsor of the bill, said it’s “about equal access to coverage and will make Illinois insurance far more inclusive.
Mayor Haircut about to be rolled again. The Empress has no clothes
An elected school board means that CPS can be run as effectively as the rest of Chicago. /s/
The irony of Lightfoot working against her campaign promise (albeit a compromise) is so Lori Lightfoot and her ineptitude at both governing and politics.
Reality?
Things like that happen with no allies.
Pathetic.
Rob Martwick kneecaps property taxpayers once again doing the bidding of public sector unions
=== Rob Martwick===
Are you also against democracy?
Seems so.
===Why can’t my daughter return to high school? Three words: Chicago Teachers Union===
Press release…
Building on efforts to improve education and career outcomes, Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation that expands access, equity and opportunity in Illinois’ education system. This legislation strengthens the state’s priorities in delivering high-quality learning from cradle to career by supporting public schools, making college education more affordable, investing in vocational training, and expanding the teacher workforce –all with a heightened equity focus on communities that have been disproportionally impacted by longstanding disinvestment.
“This legislation accomplishes so much to expand access – from early childhood services to AP courses; To achieve equity – by addressing learning loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic; And to broaden opportunity – by evaluating and streamlining our workforce programs so more students might choose a career in education,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Improving education, and especially early childhood educat