Chicago Board of Education

38 meetings on our record, 18 of them from the past year · typical meeting 3 h 17 min · 322,809 students · 20 members on our roster · The city of Chicago

Next · Thursday, December 17, 2026
10:30 AM · CPS Loop Office, 42 W. Madison Street, Chicago, IL 60602 · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have
Aug 27, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Sean B. Harden, President · Connie L. Anderson, Member · Ed Bannon, Member · Jessica Biggs, Member · Michilla Blaise, Member · Therese Boyle, Member · Jitu Brown, Member · Jennifer Custer, Member · Ebony DeBerry, Member · Angel Gutierrez, Member · Yesenia Lopez, Member · Emma Lozano, Member · Debby Pope, Member · Norma Rios-Sierra, Member · Ellen Rosenfeld, Member · Che "Rhymefest" Smith, Member · Anusha Thotakura, Member · Angel L. Velez, Vice President · Cydney Wallace, Member · Karen Zaccor, Member

Meetings on our record

38 meetings on our record, 18 of them from the past year

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38 meetings

Board meeting · 3 h 41 minThursday, August 27, 2026Chicago Board of Education tables arts high school resolution to September 10th meetingSpeakers: Sean B. Harden, Ed Bannon, Ebony DeBerry, Debby Pope and 2 more
Play 3:25:47
Special meeting · 30 minThursday, August 13, 2026Board adopts resolutions on millionaire surcharge and vacant property penalty questionsSpeakers: Sean B. Harden, Ed Bannon, Jennifer Custer, Ebony DeBerry and 2 more
Play 4:26
Board meeting · 6 h 22 minThursday, July 30, 2026Chicago board amends and adopts fiscal 2027 budget on 11-7 voteSpeakers: Sean B. Harden, Ed Bannon, Jennifer Custer, Debby Pope and 2 more
Play 4:58:08
Public hearing · 3 h 53 minMonday, July 20, 2026Chicago board holds second hearing on proposed $9.88 billion FY27 budgetSpeakers: Sean B. Harden, Angel L. Velez, Ed Bannon, Debby Pope and 2 more
Play 2:07
Board meeting · 4 h 47 minThursday, June 25, 2026Chicago Board of Education approves Chicago Public Schools legislative agenda 16-0Speakers: Angel L. Velez, Ed Bannon, Ebony DeBerry, Debby Pope and 2 more
Play 4:31:25
Board meeting · 5 h 32 minThursday, May 28, 2026Chicago board postpones votes on charter school renewals to June 10Speakers: Sean B. Harden, Jennifer Custer, Ebony DeBerry, Debby Pope and 2 more
Play 5:10:49
Special meetingTuesday, May 19, 2026
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Board meeting · 4 h 51 minThursday, April 23, 2026Chicago board postpones vote on Pantoja campus self-closure to May 28 meetingSpeakers: Sean B. Harden, Ed Bannon, Jennifer Custer, Karen Zaccor and 2 more
Play 4:11:53
Special meeting · 2 h 16 minMonday, March 30, 2026Speakers: Sean B. Harden, Angel L. Velez, Ed Bannon, Debby Pope and 2 more
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Board meeting · 3 h 17 minThursday, March 19, 2026Chicago board adopts Aspira charter amendment to carry out emergency revocationSpeakers: Sean B. Harden, Ed Bannon, Debby Pope, Ellen Rosenfeld and 2 more
Play 2:58:06
Special meeting · 20 minMonday, March 9, 2026Chicago Board of Education votes 10-0 to go into closed sessionSpeakers: Sean B. Harden
Play 1:11
Board meeting · 5 h 35 minThursday, February 26, 2026Chicago board defers vote on adding 25 after-school vendors to March 4Speakers: Sean B. Harden, Angel L. Velez, Debby Pope, Jitu Brown and 2 more
Play 4:59:03
Board meeting · 3 h 12 minThursday, January 29, 2026Chicago board tables unfinished business item, adopts tax anticipation note resolutionSpeakers: Sean B. Harden, Angel L. Velez, Ed Bannon, Ebony DeBerry and 2 more
Play 2:43:32
Special meeting · 19 minTuesday, January 20, 2026Chicago Board of Education hears union representatives, votes 17-0 to enter closed sessionSpeakers: Sean B. Harden, Debby Pope
Play 5:18
Special meeting · 1 h 03 minMonday, December 29, 2025Chicago Board of Education adopts amended fiscal 2026 property tax levy, 15-5Speakers: Sean B. Harden, Ed Bannon, Jennifer Custer, Ebony DeBerry and 2 more
Play 1:00:15
Board meeting · 5 h 04 minThursday, December 18, 2025Board approves agenda items including bonds not to exceed $1,800,000,000Speakers: Sean B. Harden, Angel L. Velez, Debby Pope, Norma Rios-Sierra and 2 more
Play 4:07:09
Special meeting · 35 minMonday, November 10, 2025Chicago Board of Education votes to go into closed session after public commentSpeakers: Sean B. Harden, Therese Boyle
Play 33:18
Special meeting · 1 h 52 minTuesday, November 4, 2025Board approves Chicago High School for the Arts becoming district-managed fine arts schoolSpeakers: Sean B. Harden, Jennifer Custer, Ebony DeBerry, Karen Zaccor and 2 more
Play 1:19:34
Special meeting · 1 h 35 minThursday, October 30, 2025Board approves city agreement on $175 million payment, tables Epic Academy charter itemSpeakers: Sean B. Harden, Jennifer Custer, Debby Pope, Ellen Rosenfeld and 2 more
Play 1:30:54
Board meeting · 4 h 23 minThursday, October 23, 2025
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Federal district ID 1709930 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting dates and agenda times from the district clerk