CPS Set to Lay Off 1,000 Teachers

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jun 27, 2011 2:12PM

This can only go over well with the Chicago Teachers Union. Chicago Public Schools is ready to lay off up to 1,000 teachers as it continues to find ways to balance an over $700 million deficit.

The layoffs include an annual reduction in staff due to school closings and enrollment declines. But they also will include small cuts to 150 supplemental teaching positions held by certified non-classroom teachers and program reductions.

Tenured teachers who lose their jobs because of enrollment issues will receive full salary for one year. Tenured teachers fired for budgetary reasons, on the other hand, are SOL but are eligible for day-to-day substitute jobs and will be given help to apply for vacant positions and establish online hiring profiles, under a new School Board policy.