ACCESS (Advocacy Center for Children's Educational Success with Standards): This Web site, a project of the New York-based Campaign for Fiscal Equity , provides up to date information about school funding and quality reformefforts across the country.
Cost-Out Study for Illinois School Funding (formally known as "A Procedure for Calculating a Base Cost Figure and an Adjustment for At-Risk Pupils That Could Be Used in the Illinois School Finance System") by Augenblick & Myers, Inc., June 2001
Education Funding Advisory Board , Final Report April 2005 . Previous EFAB report from October 2002 can be found here .
Education Week Quality Count Report 2006 : This annual report profiles Illinois and other states regarding key education indicators. (Full access to the Web site requires registration.)
Education Trust's The Funding Gap report, Fall 2005 : This report outlines key gaps in education funding across the nation, particularly for low-income and minority students. The Education Trust also produces other significant resourcesfor education data as does the Education Sector .
Illinois Local Education Agency Retrieval Network (ILEARN): T he database hosted by the Illinois State Board of Education provides education finance information about a specific county, school district, region, or area within the state.
Illinois State Board of Education's "Condition of Public Education 2003" Report
Illinois State Board of Education's Fiscal Year 2007 Proposed Budget
Money Matters: A Reporter's Guide to School Finance , available from the Education Writers Association , which can also be reached at 202-452-9830.