Use Lottery Profits To Boost School Aid, Edgar Proposes

By Peter Schmidt

Gov. Jim Edgar of Illinois has proposed to use an anticipated increase in profits from the state lottery to fund a $30-million increase in state aid for public schools.

In presenting his $13.4-billion budget plan for 1993 to lawmakers this month, Mr. Edgar also said that new money for elementary and secondary education will have to be obtained by making deep cuts in funding for other state programs.

"Once again, you and I must agree on priorities,'' he said. "And if we agree, as we did last year, that education programs as well as programs for disadvantaged children and the neediest of our citizens deserve to be priorities, we...