Larry Frank
Illinois Education Association, NEA
Mr. Frank worked as a band director in IL public schools for 3 years and at Illinois State University for 10 years. After completing his PhD, he served as Executive Director of the Coalition for Education Rights Under the Constitution, a partnership of about 80 Illinois public school districts and Illinois organizations that brought the suit The Committee v Edgar which challenged the Illinois system of school funding. He then worked in Research for the Illinois Education Association as a school funding and tax law consultant and finished his career at the IEA as Director of Educational Policy and Research.
