Illinois Families for Public Schools is also calling for school screen time limits and the appointment of a new chief privacy officer for Chicago Public Schools.

District officials said they have done a lot to preserve arts education and increase academic rigor at the former contract school. But supporters on the school board said they want to see more.

The incumbent school board member cited “special interests prepared to spend millions of dollars” as a reason for bowing out.

The scholarship program, which rolls out next year, has raised questions of equitable access for all students and its implications on public school funding.

One family is looking forward to a new year of learning. But one mom, Jaciel Cathey, says the unpredictability of the district’s budget is impacting how long she’ll keep her son in CPS.

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Pritzker’s name has come up in speculation about which Democrats could run for president in 2028, potentially bringing his education record into the national conversation.

The school board wants voters to give their opinion on a new statewide millionaires tax and a city penalty on the owners of vacant properties. Both could generate revenue for public schools.

The board’s vote assumed an additional $100 million in unrestricted funds from the state but CPS says that money won’t be enough to reinstate every position cut earlier this summer.

The firms tied to former Ald. Isaac “Ike” Carothers and former Blagojevich administration official Bamani Obadele have gotten campaign business from Gov. JB Pritzker and in the hotly contested race for Chicago School Board president.

Two incumbents and two would-be board members survived efforts to throw out their signature petitions, and one other candidate was kicked off the ballot.

The board will consider asking Chicago voters whether they support a state millionaires tax and new penalties for owners of undeveloped city lots.

The new funding calculations from state officials fall short of what Chicago’s school board assumed the district would receive in its recently passed budget.