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During the fall veto session in Springfield last week, lawmakers
discussed a measure that would have changed how the Chicago
Public School Board is put together.
The bill seeks to allow Chicago voters to elect Chicago Board of
Education members who will serve terms starting in January 2025.
And allow Johnson to appoint a school board president for a
two-year term.
State Sen. Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, said Chicagoans should be
able to elect these boards like the rest of the state.
"This, I believe, represents the most comprehensive proposal to
date to bring an elected school board to Chicago," Harmon said.
"Allowing it to join all the other school districts in
Illinois."
Johnson is also in support of the measure.
"As you know, a number of us have been a part of this coalition
that has been pushing for democracy for a very long time,"
Johnson said. "I am very much committed to a fully elected
school board that places us in a position to be effective."
House Bill 2233 passed through the Senate during the fall veto
session but failed to go any further, and now lawmakers will
look to further the measure when they return in January.
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