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The refinancing faced some initial pushback earlier this month from aldermen concerned the proceeds might be used to help plug Chicago Public Schools’ budget deficit. In response, aldermen ...
Chicago Public Schools were the most racial-ethnically separated among large city school systems, according to research by The New York Times in 2012, [47] as a result of most students' attending schools close to their homes. In the 1970s the Mexican origin student population grew in CPS, although it never exceeded 10% of the total CPS student ...
Chicago budget update Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has eliminated property-tax increases from his latest budget proposal for 2025, but at least 15 members of the city council remain opposed to ...
Public schools should prioritize student services over lining pockets of out-of-state tech companies, private contractors and administrative bloat CPS students deserve every ounce of funding ...
Generally speaking, the mayor and city departments comprise the executive branch of the city government, and the city council comprises the legislative branch. [3] However, the mayor does have some formal legislative functions such as being the presiding officer of the council and being able to break tie votes, and informally has dominated legislative activity since the late 19th century.
The board sets educational policies and guidelines for public and private schools, preschool through grade 12. It analyzes the aims, needs and requirements of education and recommends legislation to the Illinois General Assembly and Governor for the benefit of the more than 2 million school children in the state.
(The Center Square) – Although the Chicago City Council passed a budget for 2025 this week, the city’s financial problems are not going away. Chicago taxpayers are looking at a billion-dollar ...
In 2003, he began to work as the budget director for Chicago Public Schools, serving under Arne Duncan, then the district's CEO. [2] In 2008, he was made chief financial officer, and in 2009 he was made regional superintendent for the West Side of Chicago. [1] [2] Two months after being made regional superintendent, he left to work in Nevada. [2]