After failing to pay the state’s pension debt for decades in Illinois, lawmakers are now at war over school funding. The battles surround a school funding bill, which Governor Bruce Rauner has threatened to amend, by eliminated money for Chicago Public Schools. Rauner claims that the school funding bill lawmakers put together is just a pension bailout for Chicago Public Schools. That could be anywhere from $100-million to $250-million or 2 to 3-percent of the states total spending for schools. The governor gave lawmakers a deadline on Monday to send him the revised bill, and when they didn’t, he forced them back into Springfield by calling for a special session. Democratic Senate president John Cullerton, from Chicago, says he wants to discuss the matter in person with Rauner, but instead, he insisted of opening up a costly special session. This leaves some school districts in Illinois wondering if they will be able to have the funds to keep their doors open this fall. The 1st check from the state normally arrive at around mid-August. This bill, which has numerous support from area superintendents, is called SB1.