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Unions and advocates press Chicago board to back progressive revenue as budget gap looms
Summary
Union leaders and community advocates urged the board to adopt a resolution backing progressive state revenue solutions to close a large structural deficit; speakers urged coordinated action in Springfield and warned further cuts would harm students and programs.
Public testimony and board discussion Wednesday focused on the district’s budget shortfall and an emerging resolution endorsing progressive revenue measures to close the gap.
Stacy Davis Gates, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, told the committee that the district faces a structural deficit and urged the board and the community to press Springfield for sustained new revenue.…
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