IN A BOLD AND AMBITIOUS PROJECT, RDR PRODUCED A 22 MINUTE DOCUMENTARY, UNDERSCORING THE CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS BEING FACED BY GRADE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT ILLINOIS. AN RDR PRODUCER AND CREW, ALONG WITH IEA OFFICIALS, TOURED SCHOOL SYSTEMS FROM SUBURBAN CHICAGO TO DOWNSTATE ILLINOIS AND SEVERAL POINTS IN BETWEEN. COMPRISED OF INTERVIEWS WITH ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, THIS PROGRAM WAS AIMED AT STATE LEGISLATORS, THE GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATION TO FOCUS ON THE VOLATILE ISSUE OF FUNDING FOR STATE SCHOOL SYSTEMS.