CHICAGO – Chance The Rapper donated $1 million to Chicago Public Schools.

That’s about the same amount the district blew through in the time it took set up and hold the press conference announcing the donation at Wescott Elementary School on Monday.

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At CPS’ current rate of spending, based on its 2015 budget of $5.69 billion, the Windy City rapper’s $1 million contribution is enough to fund operations for just over an hour and a half – more than enough time to earn praise from social justice crusaders across the internet.

“Thanks @chancetherapper for giving back to the Chicago community, which gave us so much,” Michelle Obama tweeted Monday evening. “You are an example of the power of arts education.”

Famed Black Lives Matter figurehead DeRay Mckesson also commended his comrade.

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“.@chancetherapper just announced a $1 million donation & a matching funds challenge to Chicago Public Schools to address the funding gap,” he tweeted. “Chance’s commitment to his hometown and to using his platform for the greater good are a model for other influencers.”

“Salute Lil bro!!! @chancetherapper,” fellow hip-hopper T.I. tweeted along with a link to an ABC Chicago story with excited youngsters holding an oversized check at the press conference. “We could ALL learn a thing or two from YOU!!! #USorELSE”

Chance The Rapper, whose real name is Chancelor Johnathan Bennett, grew up on Chicago’s South Side as the son of Ken Williams Bennett, who started his career as an aide for former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington before taking on roles for Obama during his time as senator and president.

Bennett also worked for Mayor Rahm Emanuel since 2014, most recently as “tourism chief” for Choose Chicago, Crain’s Chicago Business reports.

Both Bennetts are undoubtedly familiar with CPS’ never-ending financial crisis, as the elder Bennett was on Emanuel’s team when the mayor warned of imminent financial collapse in 2015 without a massive bailout from the state, EAGnews reports.

The Chicago-born rapper must also be aware of the unaffordable $8.9 billion four-year labor agreement between the city and Chicago Public Schools inked last October, an eleventh-hour agreement secured the evening before a planned teachers strike. That agreement included $100 million more in special union than previous offers from the district and included $30 million in automatic annual “step” raises, special retirement incentives, cash and people for overcrowded schools, and a continuation of teacher pension payments that’s bogged down the budget for years.

But Chance The Rapper made it clear he doesn’t aim to fix CPS’ budget problems with the $1 million donation, or to change how officials manage taxpayer funds.

Rather he’s leveraging his generosity as a publicity stunt to push Gov. Bruce Rauner to “do his job” and provide CPS with a massive $215 million bailout that will only perpetuate the district’s financial dysfunction.

Chance said he met with Rauner, but it didn’t go as well as he’d hoped.

“The governor gave me a lot of vague answers in our meeting and since has called me over the weekend,” he said, according to BuzzFeed. “our talks were unsuccessful. Governor Rauner still won’t commit to giving Chicago’s kids a chance without caveats or ultimatums.”

Rauner spokeswoman Eleni Demertzis issued a statement that pointed out that Chance’s $1 million is nice, but is essentially a pittance in comparison to the momentous financial problems that have plagued the district for decades.

The Rauners have donated roughly $7 million to organizations that help Chicago students, she wrote, but the real solution to fixing the district’s budget saga requires a lot more than a cash infusion.

“While the Rauners are passionate donors to our schools, individual contributions will never be enough to address the financial challenges facing CPS,” the statement read, according to the Associated Press. “It would be helpful if CPS officials came to Springfield and joined in serious good faith discussions about the long-term stability of all of our schools.”