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The Chicago Board of Education election took place on November 5, 2024, alongside the statewide general elections. This was the first ever election to the Board, which has been an appointed body since its formation in 1837. [1] The election was planned after the state passed a law in 2021 that would create an elected school board.
A letter sent by an alderman to Illinois state authorities decries the degree to which school board members are allegedly involved in ongoing teacher contract negotiations and asks for an ...
On Nov. 5, Chicagoans will select their pick for president of the United States and a host of statewide and local offices. But one choice on the ballot is new: a candidate to represent their ...
Chicago will hold its first school board elections next month, installing a 21-member hybrid board until 2027, when a fully elected board will take office. Johnson's new picks do not require City Council approval, but a majority of aldermen signed a letter over the weekend calling for a hearing on the matter.
For months, board members for Chicago Public Schools ... Illinois State Board of Elections records show that the CTU contributed more than $2.3 million to his 2023 mayoral campaign. Johnson also ...
The 2024 election will be the first time in Chicago's history that the city will hold a school board election. [14] Per the legislation, in 2026 , the number of electoral districts will be increased to twenty, and an election will be held for the Board of education members from the ten new districts without incumbents. [ 12 ]
The election also saw a record number of requests made for mail-in ballots, with both Chicago and the rest of Cook County seeing numbers of requests surpassing any previous election. [6] In Chicago there were 118,000 such requests, with over 80,000 mail-in ballots ultimately being returned and counted. [7]
The recently appointed head of Chicago’s school board resigned Thursday after reports from the Jewish Insider and Chicago Sun-Times exposed what some Chicago leaders called antisemitic and ...