Does CPS receive funds from the Illinois state lottery?
Yes, CPS does receive revenue that the State of Illinois collects from the Illinois state lottery. The Illinois state lottery is one of the state’s revenue sources for K-12 education funding; it is not additional funding on top of the state K-12 education budget. When the Illinois General Assembly created the state lottery in 1974, it did not restrict the lottery revenue to a specific educational program. Revenue from the lottery is pooled with other revenues in the State General Funds. As a result, lottery revenues have not significantly increased the K-12 state education budget. Because all revenue sources are co-mingled by the state, there is no way of knowing how much is distributed to CPS.
