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Will County executive committee declines to place Educational Choice advisory referendum on ballot
Summary
After a lengthy presentation from an Illinois Policy Institute advocate and extended committee questions about how the federal scholarship tax‑credit would work locally, the executive committee voted against placing an advisory Educational Choice (FSTC/ECCA) referendum on the primary ballot.
Jess Plowman, an Illinois Policy Institute staffer who identified herself as a Will County resident, asked the committee to place an advisory referendum on the county primary ballot so voters could signal support for the federal scholarship tax‑credit program and encourage local Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs) to form and apply. "By opting into this program, students who need extra support in school will have access to the same resources regardless of their family's financial backgrounds," Plowman said during her presentation.
Committee members pressed…
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