Chicago school board

Governor Pritzker is urging the release of the full ethics report on Harry Benton. The Chicago Teachers Union is actively opposing Jessica Biggs' campaign for the Chicago School Board.

Chicago School Board members are divided over a Chicago Public Schools budget proposal that includes teacher layoffs and furloughs. The proposal has sparked disagreement among board members.

Chicago school board announced partial members of the Black Student Achievement Committee, formed to oversee the district’s Black Student Success Plan. The committee, selected from 500 applicants, includes community leaders, educators, and administrators, with four additional members to be announced later.

Chicago's mayor has not created a noncitizen advisory board for the school board, as mandated by state law, despite 18 months passing since the first elected members were seated. The advisory panel, intended to give noncitizen families a voice in school board matters, remains unestablished ahead of the November school board elections.

The Chicago Teachers Union is supporting Hilario Dominguez in the race for Chicago's first elected school board president. Dominguez, a former student and teacher at Chicago Public Schools, previously served as the Political Director of the CTU.

The Chicago school board postponed charter school renewal decisions for six of seven schools until June 10, citing ongoing oversight debates. District officials proposed a new monitoring process with longer renewal terms, but some board members, aligned with the Chicago Teachers Union, demanded stronger oversight due to recent financial instability in the charter sector. The Acero network, which closed seven campuses, received a five-year renewal recommendation.