By Chris Geovanis, CTU Communications Director | August 20, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Budget, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot, mayor
3:45 p.m. TODAY, Tues, Aug. 20: Press conference, CPS/BOE budget hearings CPS central offices, 42 W. Madison, Chicago CTU officers, rank and file to testify against proposed budget cuts to schools, frontline staff Proposed FY 2020 CPS budget cuts funding to hundreds...
By CTU Communications | August 8, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Budget, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, Contract, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot
Actual numbers show cuts to social workers, school nurses, while hundreds of schools will take budget hits. CHICAGO—Chicago Teachers Union staff spent much of Thursday analyzing the budget that CPS issued today—and that Mayor Lightfoot claims produces...
By CTU Communications | August 8, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Budget, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Jesse Sharkey, Strike
Allocation decisions could cut funding to hundreds of schools, while CPS, Mayor refuse to enshrine public promises in enforceable contract. CHICAGO—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement today in response to CPS’ formal FY...
By CTU Communications | January 16, 2019 | News
File under: Budget, Chicago Board of Education, Contract, Special Education
Note: The following language was copied directly from a post published last March on the CTU website. However, the links below to the Excel sheet and the linked CPS memo are current. Using our contract for SPED workload reduction funding and usage: Article 45-4.7 Per...
By Chicago Teachers Union | April 17, 2018 | Press Release
File under: Budget, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, ISBE, Jesse Sharkey, Rahm Emanuel, SBB: School Based Budgeting, Springfield
“Mayor is again prioritizing paying bond holders who are laughing all the way to the banks they own – while continuing to harm our students by refusing to seek new revenue from those most able to pay,” say teachers. CHICAGO, April 17, 2018 – The new school...
