CPS teachers head to Springfield to demand more funding
CHICAGO â Hundreds of Chicago Public School teachers are headed to Springfield to demand more money for schools. They're going there to rally at the capital for a day of action. Teachers pulled off from CPS headquarters early Wednesday morning. Dozens of teachers said they wanted to make Chicago schools fully funded.State lawmakers are in their final days of budget talks for the next fiscal year.
One teacher from every district-run school will head to Springfield on approved release Last week, CPS sent parents a letter about Wednesday's day of action because they say what the state is offering would create a $400 million deficit. The teachers union plans to ask for $1 billion more in funding.Lawmakers say that number is a non-starter.
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