FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2013 file photo, Lariyah Beasley, a 4-year-old preschool student from Chicago, holds a sign during a rally outside the Chicago Board of Education headquarters in Chicago. School districts in the Chicago and St. Louis suburbs would see major cuts to state aid while downstate schools would see gains under a proposal that would drastically overhaul Illinois' complicated school funding formula for the first time in almost two decades. A database released Wednesday, May 7, 2013, by the state Board of Education illustrates that the proposal would provide equity to rich and poor districts across Illinois. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine, File)