Chicago Education Groups Funding Cuts Suit Heads to Court as Clock Ticks

Chicago Education Groups Funding Cuts Suit Heads to Court as Clock Ticks

A legal scramble unfolded Wednesday as education advocates raced to court in a last-ditch effort to halt the sudden loss of $60 million for Illinois after-school programs, funding cuts they warn could gut extracurricular learning across the state. The federal reductions are scheduled to take effect Thursday, Jan. 1, a timing critics say lands like a trapdoor beneath thousands of students just as they return from winter break. Duelling Courtrooms…