1. United States
2. Ill.
3. Letter

ools in communities of color. A state representative claims she introduced this bill to support schools, but would actually require Chicago Public Schools to cut budgets and close sch Instead of working to provide the funding all Chicago schools need and deserve, her bill would pit our schools, students and communities against each other. We believe this racist proposal violates the civil rights of Chicago families by making sure that elite, wealthy and whiter schools are protected at the expense of other students.