SB0101 Summary

• Establishes local school councils for each attendance center in Chicago Public Schools, including small schools, with 12 voting members comprised of the principal, 2 teachers, 6 parents, 1 non-teacher employee, and 2 community residents.

• Adds student representation to secondary schools and schools enrolling grades 7-8, with 3 student members at secondary attendance centers and 1 student member at schools with grades 7-8.

• Changes student member selection from advisory polls to binding elections, making student preferences binding on the Board rather than advisory only.

• Increases supermajority vote requirements for budget transfers from 7-8 votes to 8-9 votes depending on school type, and adds prohibitions on dress codes based on hairstyles historically associated with race, ethnicity, or hair texture.

• Modifies school probation procedures to restore local school council powers (approval of school improvement plans and budgets) and require collaborative relationships with network chiefs for schools on probation for 5 or more years.