A bill that would have mandated cursive writing instruction in public elementary schools contained an unknown cost for school districts.

After failing to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto of Senate Bill 1, which stripped a Chicago bailout from the education funding proposal, Illinois House members voted to pass a compromise bill containing the state’s first-ever tax credit scholarship program.

A bill Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed Aug. 25 would have imposed new regulations and fees upon businesses to enforce trampoline safety measures.

Illinois school districts spent $1 billion on district-level administration in fiscal year 2014 – more than any other state.