This page presents a list of Illinois Representatives and their stances on Educational Issues. As future educators, it is important for us to stay alert to how education is being represented at the national level and to contact our representatives to let them know how they are doing. In order to contact your representative, find out what district you are in using this website: http://www.elections.il.gov/DistrictLocator/DistrictOfficialSearchByAddress.aspx and then search for your representative's website for their contact information.
Senators
- Dick Durbin (Democrat)
- Next Election: 2020
- Voted against vouchers
- Has voted for several bills to increase funding across public education
- Sponsored bills to subsidize student loan debt
- For comprehensive sex ed
- Voted against giving aid to schools that allow voluntary prayer
- Rated 91% by the NEA
- Mark Kirk (Republican)
- Next Election: 2016
- Has blocked bills that would help former students with refinancing their student loan debt
- For flexible federal funding and emphasis on local control
- Has voted for some funding in public education
- Has voted against additional funding for minority higher education
- Rated 27% by the NEA
Representatives
- Bobby Rush
- First District
- No vouchers
- Yes to requiring testing
- Sponsored a loan forgiveness bill
- Yes to teacher development grants
- Rated 92% by the NEA
- Robin Kelly
- Second District
- Sponsored loan forgiveness bill
- Daniel Lipinski
- Third District
- Voting yes to advance funding for minorities and public education in general
- Luis Gutierrez
- Fourth District
- Teacher development grants
- Much support for more funding in public education
- Wants to advance smaller class sizes
- Rated 100% by the NEA
- Mike Quigley
- Fifth District
- Comprehensive sex ed
- Voted to advance funding for green public schools
- Peter Roskam
- Sixth District
- Has voted against more funding for public schools
- But voted for reauthorizing the DC scholarship program
- Danny Davis
- Seventh District
- Yes to testing
- Yes to more funding for minorities in education and public schools in general
- Wants to reduce class size
- Sponsored loan forgiveness bill
- Rated 92% by the NEA
- Tammy Duckworth
- Eighth District
- Against vouchers
- Sponsored subsidizing student loans
- Janice Schakowski
- Ninth District
- Yes to testing
- Yes for most increases in public education funding
- Reduce class size
- Sponsored student loan forgiveness
- Sponsored subsidizing student loans
- Supports funding for teacher training
- Rated 92% by the NEA
- Bob Dold
- Tenth District
- Supports local control
- Against vouchers
- Bill Foster
- Eleventh District
- For subsidizing student loans
- Has voted to increase funding for green public schools
- Mike Bost
- Twelfth District
- Supports charters, corporate investment and merit pay
- Supports vouchers
- Supports Common Core
- Rodney Davis
- Thirteenth District
- Supports vouchers for public, private and religious schools
- Randy Hultgren
- Fourteenth District
- Supports vouchers
- Did vote in favor of DC scholarship program
- Sponsored funding for teaching abstinence in public schools
- Denounces Common Core
- John Shimkus
- Fifteenth District
- Voted against funding for minority colleges
- Yes for testing
- Yes for vouchers
- Wants prayer in schools
- Rated 25% by the NEA
- Adam Kinzinger
- Sixteenth District
- Voted yes to reauthorize DC Scholarship program
- Cheri Bustos
- Seventeenth District
- Sponsored student loan subsidization
- Wants well-equipped schools and well trained teachers
- The Eighteenth district is currently vacant
All information on our Illinois Representatives was collected from the following sources:
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