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Sarah Karp | WBEZ

Latest Chicago elected school board voting map emerges

The appointed Chicago Board of Election, currently headed by President Jianan Shi, is transitioning to an elected board beginning in 2025. (Manuel Martinez / WBEZ)

State lawmakers are out with yet another proposed map of voting districts for Chicago’s first elected school board slated for November 2024 — and they’re hoping it will be passed by legislators who will gather in Springfield next week for the end of a fall veto session.

The new map, released late Tuesday, aims to satisfy advocates who want a map that reflects a voting population that reflects the minority-majority school district. The new map has fewer majority-white districts than previous maps and more districts where Latino Chicagoans are either the majority or a plurality.

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