“… The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times recently reported that CPS enrollment dropped by 10,000 students in 2018, after previously dropping by 11,000 in 2017. Without that protection in the new law, CPS would have seen big state funding cuts going forward. In other words, Illinois politicians are rewarding CPS for losing customers and perpetuating the district’s failed brand of education. The funding formula guarantees money for CPS even as its students flee.”