Illinois State Board Of Education Reversal Of Chicago Public Schools Revocation Of Betty Shabazz International Charter School

On March 1, 2016, the Illinois State Charter School Commission released this decision reversing the Board of Education for the Chicago Public Schools' (CPS) decision to revoke the charter to establish the campus of Betty Shabazz International Charter School –Barbara A. Sizemore Academy (BASA). This document states the Commission's’ conclusion that the District did not comply with the parties’ charter agreement or the Illinois Charter Schools Law when it revoked the BSI Charter with regard to the BASA Campus and that it would not be in the best interests of current BASA students to close the school at the . . .