CPS Elected School Board Advances in Springfield
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Could Chicago be on the path to having an elected school board?
Like Chicago mayors before him, Mayor Rahm Emanuel got to handpick seven members to sit on the Chicago Board of Education. Future mayors would no longer get that opportunity under a measure advanced Thursday by the Illinois House. Amanda Vinicky has the latest.
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CPS Elected School Board Advances in Springfield
Clip: 4/4/2019 | 5m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
Like Chicago mayors before him, Mayor Rahm Emanuel got to handpick seven members to sit on the Chicago Board of Education. Future mayors would no longer get that opportunity under a measure advanced Thursday by the Illinois House. Amanda Vinicky has the latest.
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