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Chicago Public Schools Board President Frank Clark, here at an Aug. 24, 2016 Board of Education meeting, says the district has come a long way with its budget plan, despite a half-billion-dollar deficit.

Speakers at CPS hearing assail budgeting practices

May 22, 2019 at 11:51 p.m.

In a series of occasionally sharp exchanges on Wednesday, Chicago Public Schools officials defended the district's fiscal practices amid fresh rebukes from advocates and labor union members over a $5.7...

Chicago Public Schools headquarters in downtown Chicago on June 28, 2017.

CPS debuts new high school application website

May 22, 2019 at 11:51 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools launched its new high school application website on Wednesday, allowing students and guardians a first opportunity to research programs through the online process before a three-month bidding...

Adrian Segura, staff member at the Noble Network of Charter Schools, chants with a group of supporters during a protest held outside of Chicago Public School headquarters on Oct. 6, 2016.

Noble faces court date with teachers trying to unionize

June 2, 2018 at 10:55 p.m.

The city's largest charter school operator is headed toward a December legal showdown with teachers who've accused school leaders of obstructing ongoing efforts to form a labor union. Teachers trying...

CPS proposes $5.7 billion budget, including $269 million in help from city

May 15, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools on Friday unveiled a $5.7 billion operating budget "framework" for the coming school year that relies on well over a quarter-billion dollars in help from the city...

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza speaks to the City Club in Chicago on March 20, 2017, and blasts Gov. Bruce Rauner's handling of state finances.

Mendoza sends schools long-overdue cash as state misses first scheduled payment

May 15, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

State Comptroller Susana Mendoza sent $429 million in overdue payments to Illinois school districts Thursday, an effort designed to provide some cash on a day the state missed sending its...

Emanuel says latest CPS test scores show improvement

May 22, 2019 at 11:47 p.m.

In the face of ongoing financial troubles and an impasse over state education funding, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools officials on Thursday said new standardized test scores show...

Governor Bruce Rauner laughs after a reporter asks him about the Cubs after speaking at the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago on Monday, July 24, 2017, about the SB 1 school funding bill.

Lawmakers hear how education-funding impasse will affect schools

June 3, 2018 at 12:54 a.m.

With both state legislative chambers set to return to Springfield next week, Illinois House members on Wednesday heard testimony that put a spotlight on how schools across the state are...

CPS announces layoffs, says it will delay budget proposal to give state more time to act on funding

June 3, 2018 at 1:22 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools on Monday moved ahead with plans to lay off about 950 teachers and staff members but delayed the planned unveiling of its operational budget, citing a need...

Laurence Msall, president of the Chicago Civic Federation, listens during a panel hosted by the City Club of Chicago on May 19, 2015.

CPS buys short-term relief with bonds that will carry costs for decades

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools' latest long-term borrowing deal will buy the district a bit of financial breathing room through 2019 but comes at an immense cost to future generations. By the...

CPS budgets: Did your school lose money?

May 22, 2019 at 11:44 p.m.

Of the 642 school budgets released by Chicago Public Schools this week, 336 are getting more money and 306 are getting less compared with last year. The district is projecting...

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