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Board adopts charter accountability resolution after weeks of public testimony on closures and union neutrality
Summary
After extensive public testimony from union leaders, parents and charter operators, the Chicago Board of Education adopted a resolution that requires clearer notification and new contract provisions for charter closings, greater transparency around closures and financial data, and new labor-related conditions for operators.
The Chicago Board of Education on May 29 approved a resolution (RS7) that changes how the district will approach charter authorization and renewals, after a day of public testimony and a lengthy debate among board members.
The resolution requires more notice and stronger wind-down protocols when an operator proposes to close a campus, expands the district’s ability to request financial information from operators during renewal, and adds contract language intended to protect students and families during transition. The adopted text includes a labor-related provision that, after voluntary recognition of a bargaining unit, asks charter operators not to challenge that recognition before the National Labor Relations Board for one year; the board amended the clause language before final passage.
The resolut…
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