Rauner Aide Seeks Chicago Schools' Support For Pension Plan
Illinois Education Secretary Beth Purvis said Wednesday the plan would provide $215 million for retirement accounts administered by Chicago Public Schools.
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Illinois Education Secretary Beth Purvis said Wednesday the plan would provide $215 million for retirement accounts administered by Chicago Public Schools.
Mayor Emanuel is expressing doubts about Governor Rauner's latest proposal for pension relief for the Chicago Public Schools.
Federal prosecutors say that the mastermind of the contracting scandal that ousted Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett helped "lay the foundation" for her to take power so she'd be positioned to steer them lucrative contracts.
Chance the Rapper announced Thursday via Twitter the nine Chicago public schools that will receive $10,000 checks as a part of his $1 million donation to CPS.
The proposed walkout is related to continuing budget problems within the Chicago Public Schools system.
On the heels of a mumps outbreak at Barrington High School, officials at the Chicago Public Schools were monitoring a possible case of the highly infectious virus at an Andersonville elementary school.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he had nothing to do with Chance the Rapper's criticism of Gov. Bruce Rauner.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has flatly rejected Gov. Bruce Rauner's two most recent suggestions for ways to provide the Chicago Public Schools with $215 million in needed teacher pension relief, declaring "the emperor wears no clothes."
Chance the Rapper announced Monday afternoon he will donate $1 million to Chicago Public Schools.
Teachers at the Noble Network of Charter School told their employer they intend to unionize at the city's largest charter school network.
After waiting more than two weeks to meet with the governor about funding for Chicago Public Schools, Chance the Rapper emerged from their sit-down Friday visibly frustrated with what he described as "a lot of vague answers."
After their original plans to meet to discuss education funding fell through due to the tornadoes in central and southern Illinois, Chance the Rapper and Gov. Bruce Rauner have rescheduled and will now meet on Friday.
Federal prosecutors want a judge to send Gary Solomon, the mastermind of a brazen contract-steering scheme at Chicago Public Schools, to prison for nine years.
Chicago Public Schools recently had a hole blown in its budget when Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed a pension-funding measure.
President Donald Trump has lifted the Obama administration's policies requiring public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom matching their gender identity, but the decision likely means little for existing policies in Illinois.
CPS Latino Advisory Committee chairman Jose Rico said his committee's recommendations have fallen on deaf ears at the board, and that schools with mostly Latino students have the least amount of money spent on them.
In a letter to principals released Tuesday evening, Chief Education Officer Janice Jackson wrote, "To be very clear, CPS does not provide assistance in the enforcement of civil immigration law."
Chicago Public Schools is the only district of the state's 859 to have a board chosen by the mayor rather than voters.
Nearly a year after threatening to sue the state of Illinois over its system for funding public schools, the Chicago Board of Education has announced plans to file a civil rights lawsuit.
Only ten students showed up for a protest of CPS budget cuts, including Jasmine Curtis, a student from Englewood.
Earlier this week, the CPS boss sent a letter to parents blaming the Republican for the Chicago schools spending freeze.
The head of the Chicago Republican Party has filed a complaint with the inspector general of Chicago Public Schools - after the Schools CEO Forrest Claypool sent a letter to parents criticizing Illinois' Republican governor.
The cuts come as CPS copes with a $215 million budget gap it blames on Gov. Bruce Rauner.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel touts the city's free college program at a reception for the grand opening of Northwestern Academy.
Chicago sold $1.16 billion in general obligation bonds Thursday, but paid a heavy price for a school financial crisis made worse by Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of a bill promising $215 million in pension help.
