Money on the Table at CPS Board Meeting
Clip: 7/21/2015 | 4m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
CPS voted to approve taking on jmore than $1 billion in additional debt.
The summer of 2015 has been rife with financial complications for Chicago Public Schools. The district has long been in a billion dollar budget hole, and school board members today voted to approve taking on just over a billion dollars in additional debt. Chicago Tonight's Brandis Friedman joins us Wednesday with details.
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Money on the Table at CPS Board Meeting
Clip: 7/21/2015 | 4m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
The summer of 2015 has been rife with financial complications for Chicago Public Schools. The district has long been in a billion dollar budget hole, and school board members today voted to approve taking on just over a billion dollars in additional debt. Chicago Tonight's Brandis Friedman joins us Wednesday with details.
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