The governing body of the Chicago Teachers Union has rejected giving up 4 percent teacher raises to avoid layoffs, continuing the standoff over Chicago's school funding crisis.
"No matter what savings CTU members could offer CPS, the Board offered no guarantee that layoffs or class size increases would stop," said union president Karen Lewis after the Wednesday vote.
While the district released a balanced budget Monday that would require it to drain reserve funds, negotiations between the two sides have not determined a way to avoid about 1,200 teacher layoffs.
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