Special Board Meeting

42 W Madison St Chicago, IL 60602 (Directions)

Read the participation guidelines Sean B. Harden President, and Members of the Board of Education Enclosed is a copy of the Agenda for the Special Board Meeting to be held on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at CPS Loop Office, 42 West Madison Street, Garden Level, Board Room. The Board and the Chief Executive Officer have determined that registered speakers who wish to present during Public Participation may have the option to participate in person at the location of the Board meeting or virtually via an electronic platform. The public will have access to the meeting via live stream at cpsboe.org. Public Participation Guidelines are available on www.cpsboe.org. For the May 7, 2025 Special Board Meeting, advance registration to speak will be available beginning Monday, May 5th at 9:00 a.m. and will close on Tuesday, May 6th at 9:00 a.m. Anyone interested in speaking can sign up. After the 24-hour registration period, a lottery will randomly select a set number of speakers from those who registered. For example, if 100 people register, the lottery might select 5 of them to speak. This process gives everyone a fair chance to address the Board. Advance registration during this period is available by the following methods: Online: www.cpsboe.org (recommended) Phone: (773) 553-1600 To ensure equity of access to address the Board, an individual may not speak at back-to-back meetings and more than one meeting per month. If you register for back-to-back meetings and more than one meeting per month, you will not be included for that meeting lottery. In the event an individual registers to speak at a consecutive meeting, the individual will not be called to address the Board. However, if less than the allotted number of speakers register for a meeting, the limitation on speaking at consecutive meetings and/or more than once within a month will not apply, and those previously ineligible to speak will be reinstated in the lottery and may be eligible to speak. Advance registration to observe will also be available beginning Monday, May 5th at 9:00 a.m. and will close on Tuesday, May 6th at 5:00 p.m. or until all slots are filled. Advance registration during this period is available by the following methods: Online: www.cpsboe.org (recommended) Phone: (773) 553-1600 Although Advance Registration is recommended, you can also register to observe a meeting on the day of a Special Board Meeting via: Same Day in Person Observer Registration: 42 W. Madison Street lobby Registration Time: Opens at 8:50 p.m. and will remain open for the duration of the Special Board Meeting Same Day, In-Person Observer Registrations are taken on a first come, first serve basis as seats become available. The Public Participation segment of the meeting will begin following the Committee Updates and proceed for no more than 5 speakers for ten minutes. Speakers selected through the lottery will receive instructions for Public Participation. Members of the public may submit written comments for Board of Education meetings via the Written Comments Form on the Board’s website at www.cpsboe.org or mailed to 1 N. Dearborn, Suite 950. Written comments received between the day the public agenda is posted through 5 p.m. the day after the Board of Education meeting will be submitted to the Board and posted within five (5) business days on our website at www.cpsboe.org. The complete, final Agenda of Actions from the April 24, 2025 Board meeting is on our website: http://www.cpsboe.org/meetings/past-meetings.

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