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(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Despite overwhelming passage of legislation mandating an elected school board in Chicago, Mayor Lightfoot says she’s still hoping to persuade lawmakers to make major revisions to the measure. The bill that would eventually create a 21-member elected Board of Eduction by 2027 passed the House on Wednesday.

Danny Scott, whose kids attend a Chicago public school on the Northwest Side, was surprised when he was notified last minute on a recent Sunday that his second grader wouldn’t have class the next day. Not only was the teacher going to be absent, the school had no substitute to replace her.

The Illinois statehouse has approved the creation of a fully-elected school board in the city of Chicago over the objections of Mayor Lori Lightfoot. House Bill 2908 passed 70 to 41 and will soon land on the desk of Governor J.B. Pritzker, who has been vocal in his support of the legislation and will sign it.

Chicago could be on the brink of having an elected school board by 2027, serving up a major defeat to Mayor Lori Lightfoot and a victory for her frequent political opponent, the Chicago Teachers Union. Today, the Illinois House approved a bill for an elected school board in the city,...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago moved a step closer to having an elected school board under a measure approved Wednesday by the Illinois House. The House voted 70-41 on a plan that would phase out the current decades-old system where the mayor appoints seven board members and create a 21-member elected board by 2027. The plan, which has already won Senate approval, requires Gov. J.B. Pritzker's signature. The first-term Democrat has supported the idea.

CHICAGO, June 16, 2021 — The Chicago Teachers Union issued the following statement regarding today’s historic passage of HB2908, which gives Chicago public school students and families an elected representative school board:. Today’s vote represents the will of the people, and after more than a quarter of a century, moves...

Testing companies, along with education administrators and politicians who have drunk the testing Kool-Aid, can’t stop talking about the “learning loss” of students this past year. “If you ask me about learning loss, I’ll tell you about students who are taking care of their siblings. I’ll talk to you about...

CHICAGO (AP) — Legislators returned to Springfield to take up a massive overhaul of energy policy that includes a bailout for nuclear plants and closing coal-fired plants, but negotiations stalled Tuesday. Proposals on energy and an elected school board in Chicago are outstanding following a whirlwind legislative session that ended...