>"Public schools expenditures are ~$35 Billion/year."
That all appears way off.
"This year, the governor plans to increase the state’s education general fund by $498.1 million — a 5.4% increase — for an overall budget of $9.7 billion."[1]
Additionally the Illinois state gas tax which is the second highest in the US is 40 cents a gallon.[2][3]
That was just Pritzker's proposal for the state's portion of the elementary and secondary education general fund. There are other funds to account for, as well as the federal's contribution which are past proposal and have been enacted. Better source is to grab straight from Illinois.gov's site [1].
Look at: Fiscal Year 2022 Budget, Table I-A Operating and Capital (xls) - Cell J373 + Cell J438.
Total Elementary And Secondary Education = $27.7B.
Total Higher education = $4.7B.
Look at: Fiscal Year 2022 Budget, Table I-A Operating and Capital (xls) - Cell J373 + Cell J438.
Total Elementary And Secondary Education = $27.7B. Total Higher education = $4.7B.
So ~$32.5B for FY22.
[1] https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/budget/Pages/BudgetBooks.asp...