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Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools.Bucking warnings from Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King, the school board amended and narrowly passed a roughly $10 billion budget proposal Thursday that assumes the district will receive $150 million more in state funding than projected. Eleven board members voted to reverse hundreds of school-based staff layoffs included in King’s proposal, heeding the demands of the Chicago Teachers Union and the principals union. Appointed board members Anusha Thotakura, Debby Pope, Cydney Wallace, Angel Velez, Ed Bannon, Emma Lozano, Karen Zaccor, Michilla Blaise, and Norma Rios-Sierra, as well as elected board members Jitu Brown and Ebony DeBerry voted to increase the state funding projection of $2.78 billion by another $150 million. Elected board members Angel Gutierrez, Carlos Rivas, Che “Rhymefest” Smith, Ellen Rosenfeld, Jennifer Custer, Jessica Biggs, and Therese Boyle voted no. Elected board member Yesenia Lopez abstained. District officials pushed the school board to approve the budget this week so they could secure short-term borrowing by Sept. 2 — two days before paychecks go out — and avoid a “de-facto shutdown” of schools. In a statement after the vote, a spokesperson said the district “cannot guarantee that CPS will receive financing in time for the September 4 payroll” given the board’s changes.“Failing to meet payroll is unacceptable,” the statement said. “This places the District at significant risk of being in violation of the law and collective bargaining agreements. It may also damage our credit rating and severely restrict our future borrowing capacity for capital projects and operational needs. Most critically, any disruption in pay directly threatens the stability of our schools, impacting our students, families, and dedicated staff.”The vote came after hours of public testimony and an unusual two-hour recess. During that time, CPS lawyers provided legal advice about amending the budget, according to multiple sources. Earlier this week, after a push from SEIU Local 73, CPS took furloughs out of its proposal by increasing the amount it expects to receive in special taxing district dollars, known as TIF surplus dollars, which are controlled by the mayor and City Council. But board members and the Chicago Teachers Union want more pressure on state lawmakers, who have not yet fulfilled a goal to fund all schools to what it considers 90% adequacy. The state considers CPS funded at 73%. “If we’re not including the state in this conversation, we are fooling ourselves and we are robbing our kids of opportunities,” said appointed board member Michilia Blaise, who introduced the plan to revise King’s budget. “Let’s make it clear to our students that cuts to school communities will not come lightly.” With the state’s veto session scheduled for November, it’s not clear any new money would come in time for this school year.Some key Democratic lawmakers have promised to help boost school funding, including House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch. At the board meeting, State Senator Robert Martwick, who represents parts of the Northwest Side and some suburbs, told board members he will fight for more funding. King warns of consequences to revising her budget proposalBefore the vote, King defended her budget plan, noting that CPS has lost 45,000 students in the last seven years but has hired 10,000 more staffers. Despite school-level cuts, she noted most laid off staffers are rehired in other vacant positions and highlighted an increase in special education and bilingual staff.She also warned of the risks of assuming more state funds will come through. King recalled her time as a principal in 2017, when CPS had adopted a budget expecting more state funding than previous years that didn’t come through after then-Governor Bruce Rauner vetoed related legislation. CPS imposed big cuts, and King had to lay off staff at her school. “This was severely disruptive to my students,” King said. “Those are the faces that I see. Those are the conversations that I recall, and that is why I put forth the recommended budget that I did.” School board has a heated debate Board members were starkly divided. Several elected board members not aligned with the teachers union and Mayor Brandon Johnson underscored the risks of assuming there will be more state money. Elected member Jennifer Custer called the idea of expecting a $150 million increase in state money a “hallucination.” Elected board member Che “Rhymefest” Smith said he will help advocate for more funding from the state and the city. Smith, a rapper and songwriter, recited a poem he crafted in response to one delivered during public comment by a CTU member: “They say the mayor owes a billy, give it again and again, and don’t make us look silly,” referencing the $1 billion in TIF dollars the mayor and City Council surplused last year, of which CPS got $577 million. Board president Sean Harden warned TIF surplus is not a guarantee either. At least a dozen school staffers, clad in bright red CTU shirts, urged the board to revise the budget and push the state to pay up. Several teachers said teacher layoffs mean bigger class sizes and breaking relationships with students. CTU President Stacy Davis Gates acknowledged the difficult decisions King and her team faced and laid the blame on state lawmakers, including Gov. JB Pritzker. She said the union will help CPS pressure the state.“Let’s assume that doing this together makes it impossible for people to keep telling us no,” said Davis Gates, who is also the president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers. Board member Jitu Brown also said he believes the “political will” to boost state education funding is there. Dian Palmer, president of SEIU Local 73, which represents 16,000 support staffers, remained skeptical that a majority of state lawmakers will agree to increase CPS funding. “Unsecured revenue cannot pay our (Special Education Classroom Assistants) rent in September,” Palmer said. “It cannot guarantee a bus aide on the bus when school opens. Our students do not get to wait for Springfield to make up its mind, and neither should this board.” Kia Banks, head of the principals union, supported an amended budget. She said she was encouraged that Illinois House Speaker Welch is interested in boosting funding. “If (funding) doesn’t come through, like in 2017, it’s devastating, and I don’t think they would want that on their record,” Banks said of state lawmakers. But Justin Marlowe, director of the Center for Municipal Finance at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy, said the state now has “far less” incentive to act. If the state can’t come up with the money, “CPS will have to own the consequences,” he said in an email. Reema Amin is a reporter covering Chicago Public Schools. Contact Reema atramin@chalkbeat.org.

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Brand New Day ha debutado con una recaudación histórica de 3,2 millones de euros en un solo día, convirtiéndose en el mejor estreno jamás registrado en España y dejando claro que el superhéroe de Marvel sigue siendo uno de los mayores fenómenos cinematográficos del planeta.

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Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.Iris Taylor, a champion for quality education and healthcare in the Detroit Public Schools Community District, died Thursday at 74.Taylor’s death comes a week after she filed to run for reelection on the school board. Taylor wanted to run one last time to continue the work she’s done over the years and to bring stability to the board, friend and former board member Sherry Gay-Dagnogo told BridgeDetroit. Taylor was treasurer for the DPSCD board, the former nursing director for the City of Detroit, and a longtime nurse and health care administrator for the Detroit Medical Center. DPSCD Superintendent Nikolai Vitti and board President LaTrice McClendon said Taylor was a driving force in the district’s progress.“Her guidance shaped decisions that will benefit generations of Detroit students, and her presence at the board table will be greatly missed,” the joint statement said.McClendon said all members are deeply saddened by the loss.Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield also released a statement, saying the city “lost one of its most dedicated and impactful servant leaders.” “A Detroiter through-and-through her entire life, Dr. Taylor’s 45-year career in the health field undoubtedly helped to improve and to save countless Detroiters’ lives,” she said. “Her impact as a member and past president of the Detroit Public Schools Community District board also cannot be understated. She was a true leader and a steady hand that helped make the great progress being made by the district and by its students possible.” Former Mayor Mike Duggan said in a statement that Detroit has “suffered a great loss.”“She has been my close friend for more than 20 years,” said Duggan, the former president and CEO of DMC. “She made an enormous impact in helping save the Detroit Medical Center, rebuilding the Detroit Public Schools after their return to an elected School Board, and improving the lives of Detroiters in her leadership in the Detroit Health Department.”Taylor took the reins of the first elected DPSCD board in 2017 as president. For years before that, the former Detroit Public Schools board was appointed under state emergency management.When Taylor was sworn in, she said it was the new board’s job to prove it was trustworthy and transparent.DPSCD school board member Iris Taylor, shown here during the June 2019 graduation at Cody High School, passed away a week after she filed to run for reelection.Taylor lost reelection in 2020 but won again in 2022. She also served as board chair of the DPSCD Foundation beginning in 2024 and was integral in the return of Davis Aerospace Technical High School to Detroit City Airport.“Throughout her remarkable career, she brought together leaders across healthcare, education, philanthropy, government, and business because she believed lasting change happens when communities unite around a shared purpose,” the DPSCD Foundation said in an Instagram post honoring Taylor. Gay-Dagnogo, who served on the school board with Taylor until Gay-Dagnogo became the city’s ombudsman last year, was shocked to hear of Taylor’s passing. She last saw her on July 7 at an event hosted by former board member Angelique Peterson Mayberry. Taylor and Gay-Dagnogo both received distinguished alumni awards from Wayne State University in May. “We talked about going out to brunch,” Gay-Dagnogo said. “She was getting ready to go out of town for a gospel music workshop. It’s a little melancholy thinking just how fleeting life can be.” A leader in healthcareA product of Detroit Public Schools, Taylor graduated from Central High School. Taylor later graduated from Wayne State, earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing in 1974 and 1978, according to the university. She received her doctorate in 1996. Taylor began her career in 1975 as a head staff nurse at DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center. She was eventually promoted into leadership roles, becoming DMC’s chief nursing officer and senior vice president of patient care in 1999. Taylor was appointed president of Harper Hospital and Hutzel Women’s Hospital before leading Detroit Receiving in 2004. In 2010, she became chief business officer for DMC, but would return as president of Detroit Receiving before her retirement from the medical center in 2015. Ramona Benkert met Taylor in the late 1990s when she was a nurse practitioner at Detroit Receiving Hospital. Benkert, who’s now the dean of the Wayne State College of Nursing, said Taylor was a mentor and a “motivating leader.” “She was the true embodiment of a servant leader,” she said. “It wasn’t about her. It was about improving systems of care, improving healthcare and improving public education in the city. It’s always been about service for Dr. Taylor. It’s hard to find that in a leader to be able to do all those things for the community as well as improve the lives of so many people.” In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Duggan appointed Taylor as director of nursing for the Detroit Health Department. The position had been vacant since 2019. In her role, Taylor was responsible for being the city’s lead public health nurse, overseeing clinical operations and public outreach. An advocate for health hubs Taylor encouraged DPSCD to open Health Hubs across the district. The hubs have distributed food and resources to families thousands of times and helped reduce chronic absenteeism since opening in 2023, according to the district.Gay-Dagnogo said the hubs project was Taylor’s “baby,” and that she wanted to ensure children in the district receive quality health care. Being prepared and having strategic plans for her goals were Taylor’s strengths on the school board, Gay-Dagnogo said. “How are we going to get from A to B to C? That is something that is often missed in people that have a vision,” she said. “They don’t think through strategically, ‘What are the steps to get there?’” Thirty-four people are running for five open seats on the board for the November election. Taylor was one of three incumbents running to reclaim seats on the DPSCD board in the Nov. 3 election. Last week, two other current board leaders, McClendon, who chairs the board, and vice chair Corletta Vaughn, were disqualified from the ballot. Gay-Dagnogo said she’s glad she got to be in the presence of Taylor’s genius and see her generosity as a servant of Detroit. “I wish that her story of the accomplishments and the impact that she had at DMC and the cohort of nurses that she helped to mentor could have been heightened and shared while she was among us,” she said. “But I am glad that our alma mater honored us both this past May, and we got a chance to celebrate that together. She will sorely be missed.” Micah Walker is a reporter for BridgeDetroit. You can reach her at mwalker@bridgedetroit.com.Hannah Dellinger covers Detroit schools for Chalkbeat Detroit. You can reach her at hdellinger@chalkbeat.org.

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El Ministerio Público intentó obtener órdenes de captura contra los exfiscales Rafael Curruchiche y Saúl Sánchez, pero ambas solicitudes fueron rechazadas por los jueces que conocieron los casos.   Por Alexander Valdéz  La intención del Ministerio Público (MP) de obtener una  órden de captura contra los exfiscales Rafael Curruchiche y Saúl Sánchez no prosperó. El ... Read more The post Jueza rechaza solicitud de captura contra el exfiscal Rafael Curruchiche appeared first on Prensa Comunitaria.

O grupo palestino Hamas confirmou que fechou um acordo com negociadores do Egito, dos EUA, do Catar e da Turquia para entregar suas armas e garantir a reconstrução da Faixa de Gaza, após as ações genocidas e o descumprimento contínuo do cessar-fogo por Israel, que vitimou milhares de pessoas na Palestina e devastou a região. […] Fonte

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said Thursday the state would provide an $800 credit and expedited admission processing for any of the hundreds of incoming Howard University freshmen who were abruptly told last week that they no longer had a place at the school.