Illinois Senator Iris Y. Martinez has started a petition calling on Chicago Public Schools to institute a one-year moratorium on school closures. The petition calls upon CPS officials to allow enough time to let parents, teachers, and students be heard and for concerns about academic support, security, and transportation to be addressed before any schools are closed. Senator Martinez is sponsoring Senate Bill 3239 that would enforce a one-year moratorium on CPS closures to allow public input.
“Last year legislators came together with educators, parents, administrative officials, union officials and education advocates to evaluate how education facility decisions are implemented, and reform that process so that the focus would be on the benefit of the children attending these schools,” Martinez said. “CPS is currently not following the intent of the legislation signed into law last year born from the Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force. Communities want to have a voice in school facility decisions and they have the right to be heard.”
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