Emanuel defends accounting gimmick in school budget

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday he signed off on a $6.8 billion school budget with an accounting gimmick right out of his predecessor’s playbook to keep cuts out of the classroom.

“New York City, Milwaukee, Philadelphia all get much, much more money-per-pupil than the city of Chicago. Close to about $1,500-a-student, if not more.

Taxpayers spend over $15,000 per pupil to send a kid to a Chicago Public school and strongman Rahm Emanuel is complaining!