Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at Springfield Early Learning Center Thursday on his Fiscal Year 2024 budget proposal. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]   

Gov. JB Pritzker’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget proposal focuses on increasing funding for early childhood education and college but does not make a substantial funding increase to go directly to underfunded K-12 school districts despite some organizations hoping schools would see a greater funding increase.