Illinois State Board Of Education Reversal Of Chicago Public Schools Revocation Of Bronzeville Lighthouse Charter School

On March 1, 2016, the Illinois State Charter School Commission released this final decision reversing the Board of Education for the Chicago Public Schools' (CPS) decision to non-renew the charter that had previously been granted to establish the Bronzeville Lighthouse Charter School. This document states that the CPS Board did not comply with the parties'’ charter agreement or the Illinois Charter Schools Law when it voted not to renew the charter school and that it would not be in the best interests of the current students enrolled to close the school at the end of the academic year . . .