March 31, 2011
The Illinois General Assembly heard the Civic Federation’s call for the State of Illinois to implement an accountability and performance reporting system. The Budgeting for Results initiative that was enacted as part of the fiscal year 2011 budget will now continue as an annual requirement with the signing of House Bill 5424 into law in February 2011. The purpose of the bill is to force the state to reduce spending to match its reasonably expected revenues, just as the Civic Federation’s state research institute has recommended in its reports on the state budget.