Even when he becomes mayor, Johnson will have little direct control over the search process for a new superintendent: The civilian-led Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, by municipal code, is responsible for finding and selecting a list of candidates. Commission members have been explicit about their desire to break from past searches steered or sidestepped by previous mayors.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.