UPDATE: Representatives Theresa Mah and Lindsey LaPointe Commit Support to HB 5815

The support is growing. HB 5815 is the next step the chicago elected school board needs. The board’s ability to hire its own staff must be guaranteed. Without this, the board will be too weak […]

Elected School Board next-steps Legislation! Back to the Capitol! To Springfield tomorrow, Tuesday, for HB 5815! Be ready.

I will post updates. Last week we won the first committee assignment. We are building votes quickly. We will coordinate what we can. We just have to keep pushing. It is Too important. And so […]

Dear Representative, Thankful for you, and your staff/Imagine the single working parent serving on the Chicago School Board with no staff,

Dear Representative, I can think of another thing for which I am thankful: Your staff. Your legislative aid holds your Springfield office together and your constituent service staff are always sensitive to local needs.  But […]

UPDATE: HB 5815 for School Board Steps now filed in Illinois Senate! SB 4247 by Senator Martwick.

News From The Public Education Legislative Front— Just in time to prepare for the second week of Veto Session, when the Illinois State Chambers will return to Springfield for the last time of 2022, Senator […]

Breaking: Senator Martwick commits to filing Senate Bill version to Pass School Board Common Sense Next Steps: HB5815

Passing HB5815, the common sense next step for the elected school board, providing them a staff, is one step closer! Thank you Senator Martwick!

Release: CPS Elected School Board, Mayor already Destroying. —Chicago Sun Times

We knew it. The Mayor of Chicago and City Council will do everything it can to Crush the Upcoming Elected School Board. Tell your rep to support HB5815.