Several CPS schools are rejecting their budgets with cuts wbez.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wbez.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The move is symbolic because CPS has the final say, but the move offers insight into how a new needs-based approach to distributing money is playing out.
A coalition of community groups, public health advocates and parents of Chicago Public School students accused Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Gov. J.B. Pritzker of caving to political pressure to lift the mandates and putting Black and Brown lives in danger in the process.