The city of Chicago’s Board of Education is suing the state of Illinois and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner over “separate and unequal systems of funding for public education in Illinois” that has resulted in discrimination against Chicago Public Schools (CPS) children.
“The State treats (CPS)’s schoolchildren, who are predominantly African American and Hispanic, as second-class children, relegated to the back of the State’s education funding bus,” according to the suit.
Filed on behalf of five parents of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) parents, the lawsuit also states, “the reality is that a child’s race continues to dictate whether she or he will receive a good education or something far short. Chicago’s predominantly African American and Hispanic children still suffer from stark educational inequalities.”
