Advocacy for drastic change in the governance and structure of Illinois educational finance is the theme of this collection of oral presentations. Section 1 contains testimonies by G. Alan Hickrod and Lawrence E. Frank delivered to the Citizens Council on School Problems, focusing on K-12 educational funding problems and solutions. Section 2 contains speeches by Hickrod, Frank, and James Gordon Ward to a special Voice of the Prairie conference, held in Galesburg, Illinois, advocating a constitutional challenge to the Illinois K-12 funding system. Included is the "Declaration of Galesburg," which stimulated the formation of the nonprofit Coalition for Educational Rights. The third section consists of testimony and correspondence from Edward R. Hines, which address the funding and governance structure of higher education in Illinois. References and appendices accompany the articles. (LMI)