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Chicago Board of Education recesses and approves closed session motion under Open Meetings Act
Summary
After extended public participation on Nov. 10, 2025, the board voted to recess for 10 minutes, reconvened and then passed motion 25-1110-MO1 to enter closed session under section 2(c)(1) of the Illinois Open Meetings Act; a motion to adjourn followed the closed-session motion.
Following public participation at the Nov. 10 special meeting, the presiding officer moved to recess; the motion was seconded and a roll call vote was taken. The motion to recess was adopted and the board recessed for 10 minutes.
After reconvening, Board member Boyle moved the passage of motion number 25-1110-MO1 to commence a closed session “to consider matters permitted under section 2(c) of the Open Meetings Act, subsection 1 as specified in the motion.” The motion was seconded and a roll call vote was recorded; members answered 'Yes' or 'Aye' as recorded and the motion was adopted. The board then moved to adjourn; an additional motion to adjourn passed with the recorded response 'Aye.'
Vote record excerpts (as recorded verbally during roll call): board members who were recorded as voting Yes/Aye during the closed-session motion included Lozano, Smith, Lopez, Velez, Boyle, Rosenfeld, Rivas, Brown, Rio Sierra, Bannon, Vice President Bautista, Gutierrez, Biggs, Thodacora/Thoracora, Blaze, Zachar and Custer; the assistant board secretary recorded the motion as adopted.
Why it matters: Entering a closed executive session typically signals the board will discuss matters exempt from public view, commonly personnel or legal matters, consistent with the Open Meetings Act citation that was used to justify the session.
Next steps: The board moved into closed session and no further public actions were announced on the Nov. 10 public record.
