Catalyst Chicago

Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/catalyst-issues/2005-04-discretionary-spending/)
Councils across the district are feeling financially squeezed this year, and those at schools on probation find themselves squeezed out entirely. The percentage of state and federal dollars going into schools’ discretionary pots is shrinking, and the purchasing power of those dollars has diminished significantly, a Catalyst analysis has found.