Aurora Democratic State Rep. Barbara Hernandez is happy with education spending in the $53.1 billion spending plan signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday.

Hernandez says she would have liked to see funding for one of her initiatives to provide student teachers with a stipend that didn’t make it into the budget this time around.

She says she wants to do something to reduce the property tax burden, but notes that the pandemic left many people needing more services from the state in addition to the recent migrant crisis.