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Chicago Public Schools Budget Proposal Would Cut Hundreds of Jobs

The plan leans on one-time transfers and a midyear spending freeze that raises short-term cash risks ahead of a board vote on July 30.

Chicago Public Schools Proposes Hundreds of Layoffs, Five Furlough Days to Close $732 Million Gap

St. Paul Schools Approve Preliminary Budget to Address $14.35 Million Shortfall

Queen of Martyrs Elementary in Evergreen Park to Close After 73 Years

Philadelphia Reverses Plan to Cut 340 School-Based Positions

Pittsburgh School Board Approves Plan to Close 12 Schools and Nine Buildings

CPS Releases Leaner School Budgets, Raises Class Size Targets to Confront $732 Million Gap

JCPS Weighs Short-Term Credit as Tentative Budget Cuts $115 Million

Piura School Theft Strips Classrooms of Tech Worth Over S/100,000

CPS, Lunchroom Workers Turn to Federal Mediation in Pay Dispute

Keller ISD Panels Propose Closing Four Schools as Enrollment Falls

San Jose Unified Board Votes 3–2 to Close Five Elementary Schools

Bailey Clinches GOP Nomination, Setting Up Pritzker Rematch in Illinois Governor’s Race

Philadelphia Schools Unveil Deep Cuts to Close $300 Million Gap, Preserve Teaching Jobs

Peoria Unified Board Closes Two Elementary Schools, Will Reconfigure Cactus High to 7–12

Medford’s St. Joseph School to Close in June After 97 Years

Fort Bend ISD Closes Seven Elementary Schools in 4–3 Vote as Rezoning Begins for 2026–27

East Delhi School Strikes Off Four Students Over Unpaid Hiked Fees, Parents Say

Oakland Teachers Avert Strike With Tentative Two-Year Deal as OUSD Moves to Issue 400 Layoff Notices

Audits Expose $46 Million Gap at Milwaukee Public Schools as Board Weighs Mid‑Year Cuts