Earlier this week, Chance the Rapper announced that he was having a meeting with Illinois Governor Rauner to talk about education, specifically Chicago Public Schools.  Chicago Public School’s has been having budgetary issues for quite some time, but currently the school year will end 20 days early if the State of Illinois does not provide more funding.

After a cancellation due to severe weather, the meeting happened today. It didn’t go well, with Chance saying Gov. Rauner gave “vague answers.”

.@chancetherapper is fighting back against @GovRauner‘s cuts to school funding.

“Do your job…give a history of how we ended up here.” pic.twitter.com/9RvBMqz5zQ

— #AllofUs (@TimeForAllofUs) March 3, 2017

.@chancetherapper leaves meeting with @GovRauner apparently disappointed with “vague answers.” pic.twitter.com/E0nUVzDhb8

— Amanda Vinicky (@AmandaVinicky) March 3, 2017

MTV News provided more information about the situation.

2. Illinois has fallen into being one of the most underfunded public school systems in country. but Chicago is 4th biggest system in the US

— MTV News (@MTVNews) March 3, 2017

3. 80% of Chicago Public School students are at/below poverty line, 91% of students are non-white

— MTV News (@MTVNews) March 3, 2017

4. The last few years have seen massive cuts in Chicago Public School budgets, closures of dozens of schools in mostly black neighborhoods

— MTV News (@MTVNews) March 3, 2017

5. Chicago Public Schools have lost many Special Ed teachers, nurses, and librarians. Even shuttered libraries

— MTV News (@MTVNews) March 3, 2017

6 Facing a 46M budget freeze, it was revealed hispanic schools had funds cut at twice rate of majority white schools https://t.co/UX0OzRnWY6

— MTV News (@MTVNews) March 3, 2017

7. @chancetherapper is one of many Chicagoans who are fighting for equitable funding in education for the cities students

— MTV News (@MTVNews) March 3, 2017

Chicago Public Schools and I did not lose today. Please don’t let that become the narrative. Monday morning I’ll have a plan.

— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) March 3, 2017

Although obviously flustered, Chance left a positive message on his Twitter.

Chicago Public Schools and I did not lose today. Please don’t let that become the narrative. Monday morning I’ll have a plan.

— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) March 3, 2017

 

No matter what your political party, education should not be a luxury, and CPS needs funding now.