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* Mayor Brandon Johnson’s full letter to Senate President Don Harmon is here. Here’s his tweet…
Selective enrollment schools were created to foster integration in CPS, not to codify segregation. pic.twitter.com/IRIWprn3k5
— Mayor Brandon Johnson (@ChicagosMayor) May 23, 2024
* Rep. Margaret Croke’s full statement…
I am deeply disappointed to learn that President Harmon may not call this bill. While his letter agreement with the mayor contains some concessions, it does not protect magnet or charter schools and still allows for changes in admissions criteria for selective enrollment schools.
The CPS school budgeting process has been hidden from both the public and from Springfield legislators, and I fully expect that disproportionate cuts will be made to magnet schools and charters will eventually be close.
Most of us in both Chambers voted in favor of an elected school board. We should ensure that Chicago voters maintain the right to have their elected school board members make these decisions. I hope when the Senate realizes that this letter falls horribly short from how it is being spun that they will reconsider and run this bill.
* The elections omnibus bill is here. More on the pink slime sites issue is here. Background on the red light cam story is here. Background on Tiffany Henyard’s salary ploy is here.
* Ozinga background is here.
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, May 24, 24 @ 7:01 am
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