Budget Public Hearings

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM

CPS Loop Office
42 W. Madison Street
Chicago, IL 60602
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NOTICE
PUBLIC HEARINGS
FY26 BUDGET FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR
CHICAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION
(COMMONLY KNOWN AS “CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS”)


TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Public notice is hereby given by the Chicago Board of Education that it has prepared a FY26 Budget for the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year in tentative form, and that five (5) copies thereof, available for public inspection, have been filed and are now on file in the Office of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago (commonly known as “Chicago Public Schools”), 42 W. Madison Street, Garden Level, Chicago, Illinois 60602 and available at www.cps.edu/budget and that said Board of Education will hold two (2) Public Hearings upon said Budget on Tuesday, August 19, 2025.

Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Hearing Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Board Room 42 W. Madison Street, Garden Level
Chicago, Illinois 60602

Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Hearing Time: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Board Room 42 W. Madison Street, Garden Level
Chicago, Illinois 60602

Registered speakers who wish to present during Public Participation may have the option to participate in person at the location of the Public Hearing or virtually via an electronic platform. The public will have access to the meeting via live stream at www.cpsboe.org.

For these two Public Hearings, advance registration to speak will begin on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 5:00 pm and will close on Friday, August 15, 2025 at 5:00 pm. Anyone interested in speaking can sign up. After the 48-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 15 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:

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.

Advance registration to observe will also be available beginning Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 5:00 pm and will close on Friday, August 15, 2025 at 5:00 pm or until all slots are filled. Advance registration during this period is available by the following methods:

The Public Participation segment of the Public Hearings will conclude after the last person who has registered to speak has spoken, or at 2:30 pm for the first hearing on August 19th and 6:00 pm for the second hearing on August 19th, whichever occurs first.

Members of the public may submit written comments related to the FY26 Tentative Budget via the Written Comments Form on the Board’s website at www.cpsboe.org or mailed to 42 W. Madison Street, Garden Level by 5:00 pm August 20, 2025.

Dated at Chicago, Illinois
August 13, 2025
Chicago Board of Education

By: /s/ Sean B. Harden
President

Attest: /s/ Susan J. Narrajos
Secretary

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CPS Loop Office
42 W. Madison Street
Chicago, IL 60602 (Map)