Planning calendar

The Chicago Board of Education holds its monthly Board meeting on the fourth Thursday of each month, unless otherwise indicated. Members of the public are welcome to present during the public participation portion of the meeting.

Board meetings will be held at CPS Loop Office, 42 West Madison Street, Garden Level, Board Room and will begin at 10:30 a.m., unless otherwise noted. The Board President and the Chief Executive Officer have determined that registered speakers who wish to present during Public Participation may have the option to participate in person at the location of the Board meeting or virtually via an electronic platform. The public will have access to the meeting via live stream at www.cpsboe.org.

For Board meetings, advance speaker registration will be open the Tuesday preceding the Board meeting at 10:30 AM and close Wednesday at 10:30 AM. Anyone interested in speaking can sign up. After the 24 hour registration period, a lottery will randomly select a set number of speakers from those who registered. For example, if 100 people register, the lottery might select 30 of them to speak. This process gives everyone a fair chance to address the Board. Advance observer registration will open the Tuesday preceding the Board meeting at 10:30 AM and close Wednesday at 5:00 PM, or until all observer slots are filled unless otherwise noted. Advance registration during this period is available by the following methods:

• Online: www.cpsboe.org (recommended)
• Phone: (773) 553-1600

Further, let the official record reflect that the 2026-2027 Planning Calendar has been prepared in accordance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act and will be available for public distribution. With the transition to the Fully Elected School Board on January 15, 2027, the ARSC meeting schedules for 2027 will be announced at a later date. To learn more about Committee Meetings click here. 

Updated September 29, 2026