Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62's outstanding school debt reached $7.5 million as of fiscal year 2024, according to the Illinois State Board of Education, or about $168,131 per student.
Northwestern University, a tax-exempt nonprofit that receives significant public funding to perform services also offered by the state, was approved to receive two grants totaling $55,000,000 in FY2024, according to passed legislation data extracted from the Illinois General Assembly’s FY2024 budget (Public Act 102-6 0698).
John Foley, deputy GOP committeeman for the Evanston Republican Organization, said Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s support for Texas Democrats fleeing their legislature exposes hypocrisy in a state with heavily gerrymandered maps.