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Chicago teachers and community leaders urge state action as CPS faces large budget gap
Summary
Union leaders, parents and community advocates told the Chicago Board of Education they face needless cuts unless state and city revenue solutions are secured, citing a district shortfall exceeding $700 million and urging coordinated action in Springfield.
Public testimony at the Chicago Board of Education’s agenda review committee on May 13 focused squarely on the district’s budget, with union leaders and community members urging coordinated action to find new revenue rather than repeated cuts to school programs.
Stacy Davis Gates, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, told the board the district’s proposed budget is “unsatisfactory and dead on arrival,” and urged district leadership to join unions and city officials in pressing Springfield for additional resources. “How do you have school without teachers?” Gates asked, arguing the district should…
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