Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday gave Democrats a hard deadline to send over a school funding bill — declaring he’ll call a special legislative session if it’s not on his desk by Monday.

 

Rauner has spent much of this week saying he plans to issue an amendatory veto of the Senate school funding formula bill, which passed with bipartisan support on May 31. He plans to take out what he’s calling a “Chicago bailout” — some $220 million to pay for Chicago teacher pensions. The measure that cleared also included about $250 million in a special block grant.

 

“I want that bill. That bill must be on my desk by noon on Monday,” Rauner said in Downstate Auburn. “If it is not on my desk I will call a special session for the General Assembly and demand that they come back here to Springfield and do their jobs every day until we get schools funded and open on time.”

 

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