
CHICAGO (CBS) — A northwest suburban lawmaker was threatening to slash state funding for the College of DuPage, after its board of trustees agreed to a $762,868 severance package for the community college’s retiring president.
Rep. Jack Franks (D-Marengo) said he’ll propose legislation to trim more than $1.5 million from state funding to COD next year – twice the cost of the exit package for outgoing president Robert Breuder.
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Franks also said he thinks the Illinois Attorney General’s office should review the severance package to determine if it’s proper, and whether it could be rescinded.
“I’m not sure it leads to anything criminal. I just think it’s monumentally stupid, and monumentally wrong,” Franks said.
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