Can Chicago Finally Get An Elected School Board? After Years Of Fighting, Advocates Push State Senators To Pass 2019 Bill – Block Club Chicago

In 2019, the Illinois House of Representatives approved a bill — for the third time in three years — creating an elected board to oversee CPS, the nation’s third-largest school district. But the measure was never voted on by the Senate. Then-Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot initially supported an elected school board, but later criticized the bill as a “recipe for chaos and disaster” because of its size and asked for time to study the issue more.
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Tom Paine's Ghost
5 years ago

An elected Chicago School Board will simply become another high paying/no work boondoggle for CTU members. Stuffed with Teachers Union vermin, it will simply rubberstamp massive pay raises and minimal work over and beyond the current obscene CTU member salaries.

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