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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Charles Tocci

Five key education questions for the mayoral candidates

A sign is displayed on the front of the headquarters for Chicago Public Schools. (Getty Images)

Chicago’s next mayor will oversee one of the most significant changes in Chicago Public Schools history: the transition from mayoral control to an elected school board.

This transformation of district governance, signed into law over Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s objections, will begin in 2025 with a hybrid board of 11 mayoral appointees and 10 publicly elected members. A fully elected school board takes over in 2027.

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