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While CPS could not provide a total number of asylum-seeker children enrolled in its schools and the financial impact of the new students remains to be seen, the FY2023 budget had provided $3 million in new funding for more bilingual teachers and dual-language program coordinators, as well as the formation of bilingual advisory councils. As of February, CPS reported to have more licensed teachers “than any time before,” with 20,850. Of those, 2,255 are bilingual educators.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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