But she said there must be a budget at least a few days before then to make the payments on time.
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Rauner has asked lawmaker to approve a plan that increases funding by $235 million.
School funding is one of the major points of disagreement so far.
CHICAGO Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner expressed optimism on Monday that the financially struggling state could begin fiscal year 2017 on Friday with a temporary budget in place to fund essential services. IL has been singled out as the only state to go without a budget for a year – and more.
The third-largest US public school system had been seeking $480 million from IL for teacher pensions and a revamping of the state school funding formula to ensure more money flows to poor students.
Rodney Estvan, a school funding expert with the Access Living disability rights group, said CPS might be able to open this fall without a state education budget.
July 1 is a critical date for state operations. Court orders have forced the state to continue funding Medicaid and paying state workers.
Lawmakers will return to Springfield on Wednesday.
“I have said it before, and I say it again today: we must not bail out a broken system that refuses to change the way it does business”, Rauner said in a prepared statement issued Tuesday morning.
Both plans include $151 million for grants to help students pay tuition for spring semester 2016. REPUBLICANS -Full-year education plan increases funding for schools by more than $240 million, with no district losing money. It also includes money for core operations and programs for public safety, health and welfare, according to a Rauner administration memo.
The district used $870 million in proceeds from a separate series of short-term borrowing to get through the year. About $680 million of that amount comes from the Education Assistance Fund.
Human services would be funded at $650 million from the Commitment to Human Services Fund. The Democrats’ plan would also give CPS roughly $112 million for pensions; it’s the only district that now doesn’t have the state paying the employers’ share of teacher retirement contributions.
An alternate proposal drafted by Democrats will also introduce bills to fund education and state services. High school graduates look at this mess, fear for their future, and enroll in out-of-state colleges.
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Applying President Cullerton’s pension reform proposal to CPS teachers’ pensions would save Chicago taxpayers billions in the long run and give them the resources to hire more teachers. Rauner calls it a “bailout”.
