CHICAGO, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker addressed the Trump administration’s potential elimination of the Department of Education saying the move would devastate students across Illinois.
“Students in rural communities who rely on federal funding to keep their schools open, students with disabilities and special needs who receive additional support in their classrooms, low income students who depend on Pell Grants to earn their college degrees, all will be affected,” Pritzker said.
During President Trump’s campaign, he called for states to take over the role of managing money for the groups Pritzker mentioned, instead of the federal government…