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CPS plans to cut teacher positions, raise class sizes in bid to shrink $732 million deficit

It’s not yet clear how many teaching positions might be lost, though a WBEZ/Sun-Times analysis estimates it could be more than 700. CPS also plans to cut some assistant principal positions, but will increase spending on special education teachers.

Chicago Public Schools told principals Tuesday that the district is planning to cut the number of regular teachers who work in schools next year, a change that could result in bigger class sizes.

CPS is raising the student-to-teacher ratio it uses to provide funding to schools by 1 for every grade. For example, high-poverty elementary schools will get one teacher for every 23 students in the coming school year, up from one for 22 students this year.

It marks the first time in three years that CPS, facing a deficit, is proposing cuts that will directly hit classrooms. Prior to that, the school district was flush with federal COVID relief funding and did not face big shortfalls.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/05/12/cps-plans-cut-teacher-positions-raise-class-sizes-shrink-723-million-deficit


Cam't wait for next year to pull kids out and bus them to Springfield: will Chicago actually have to fund these next raises by itself??

LOLOL.