Board approves slate of funding, procurement and personnel items; tables one dismissal
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Summary
The Chicago Board of Education on Jan. 29 approved multiple procurement and financial items (including authorization tied to up to $1.65 billion in tax anticipation notes), adopted personnel and settlement items, approved LSC appointment for Owen School, and tabled a tenured-teacher dismissal to Feb. 26.
The Chicago Board of Education voted Jan. 29 to adopt a series of resolutions and procurement actions and recorded multiple roll-call votes.
Key results: The board approved a resolution authorizing amendment and related actions tied to issuance of educational-purpose tax anticipation notes in a maximum principal amount not to exceed $1,650,000,000 as part of a package of financial and procurement items adopted by roll call (vote recorded 19 ayes, 0 nays). The board also approved several procurement and contract items (PR 1–PR 5) and delegated procurement reports.
Personnel and legal actions: The board adopted appointments for assistant general counsel and increased outside counsel spending authority, and it approved workers' compensation lump-sum settlements and a proposed settlement on a pending matter; these items were adopted by roll call with votes recorded in the public record.
Local School Council action: The board approved the appointment to the Owen Local School Council (vote recorded 15 ayes, 1 nay, 2 abstentions) and deferred a separate Hancock LSC appointment to the Feb. 26, 2026 meeting.
Motions and recesses: Member Pope moved for a 30-minute recess; the motion was adopted (19 ayes, 0 nays). The board later approved a motion to enter closed session; the clerk read the final tally into the record.
Tabled dismissal: A dismissal resolution accepting a hearing officer’s recommendation for tenured teacher Adebisi Ige was opened for discussion; after a point of order and public debate, the board voted to table the dismissal to the Feb. 26, 2026 regular board meeting (motion to table adopted 14 ayes, 5 nays).
What this means: The board’s votes move forward district contracting, procurement and financing authority while leaving open some personnel matters for further review. The $1.65 billion authorization reflects short-term cash and debt-management authority rather than a single new spending program.
Recorded motions (representative): - Recess (m.o.1): Motion moved by Member Pope; adopted 19–0. - PR 1–PR 5 and related procurement: adopted (roll-call recorded 19–0). - Owen LSC appointment: adopted 15–1–2 (ayes, nays, abstentions). - Motion to table dismissal of Adebisi Ige: adopted 14–5 (tabling to 02/26/2026).
The board’s official minutes and the posted agenda provide full roll-call tallies and the final board report documents.