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Illinois lawmakers considering plan to limit tenure, strike rights
- 12-17-2010
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Blog by Jim Broadway/Catalyst
In Government and Policy This is not a time of holiday cheer for teachers’ unions in Chicago and throughout Illinois. A hastily formed committee of the Illinois House of Representatives will hold hearings in Aurora this week with an agenda threatening to erode tenure and other job protections enjoyed by educators, and even to curtail dramatically the unions’ right to call a strike. As is often the case with the Illinois Legislature, it is a challenge that arose with little warning. The committee was formed just two weeks ago. It has eight members, four Democrats and four Republicans, but none represent Chicago. Its charge is to recommend “education reform” legislation that could be enacted no later than January 11, just a month from now. What kind of reform? The official record is silent. No legislation is pending. No subject matter has been revealed. The only agenda circulating has been provided by interest groups: Advance Illinois, an education reform organization whose board is co-chaired by former Republican Gov. Jim Edgar and William M. Daley of JPMorgan Chase & Co., brother of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley; and Stand for Children Illinois, an affiliate of an Oregon-based group that promotes charter schools. (more…)
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