During the veto session, State Rep. Jed Davis (R-Newark) uncovered what he deems to be a legislative scheme to drive electoral outcomes. He believes that changes being made to Chicago's school board election timing are a strategic ploy aimed at influencing statewide elections in favor of Democratic candidates.
Of the 33,338 citizens living in Bureau County in 2021, 96.9% said they were only one race, while 3.1% said they were two or more races, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained in June.
In Putnam County's school district, there were more white students than any other individual ethnicity in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.