Special Education Advisory Committee Meeting

Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 10:30 AM

CPS Loop Office
42 W. Madison Street
Chicago, IL 60602
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Debby Pope, Chair, Therese Boyle, Chair, and 

           Members of the Special Education Advisory Committee

          Enclosed is a copy of the Agenda for the Special Education Advisory Committee Meeting to be held on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 10:30 a.m.  The meeting will be held at CPS Loop Office, 42 West Madison Street, Garden Level, Board Room. The Board President and the Superintendent/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 Committee meeting or virtually via an electronic platform. The public will have access to the meeting via live stream at cpsboe.org.

     Public Participation Guidelines are available on www.cpsboe.org. 

          For the October 15, 2026 Special Education Advisory Committee meeting, advance registration to speak will be available beginning Tuesday, October 13th, at 10:30 a.m. and will close on Wednesday, October 14th, at 10:30 a.m. 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 5 of them to speak. This process gives everyone a fair chance to address the Committee. Advance registration during this period is available by the following methods:

          To ensure equity of access to address the Committee, an individual may not speak at back-to-back meetings and more than one meeting per month.  If you register for back-to-back meetings and more than one meeting per month, you will not be included for that meeting lottery. In the event an individual registers to speak at a consecutive meeting, the individual will not be called to address the Committee. However, if less than the allotted number of speakers register for a meeting, the limitation on speaking at consecutive meetings and/or more than once within a month will not apply, and those previously ineligible to speak will be reinstated in the lottery and may be eligible to speak.

          Advance registration to observe will also be available beginning Tuesday, October 13th  at 10:30 a.m. and will close on Wednesday, October 14th, at 5:00 p.m., or until all slots are filled. Advance registration during this period is available by the following methods:

 Although Advance Registration is recommended, you can also register to observe a meeting on the day of a Special Education Advisory Committee Meeting via:

  • Same Day In-Person Observer Registration: 42 W. Madison Street lobby
  • Registration Time: Opens at 10:15 a.m. and will remain open for the duration of the Special Education Advisory Committee Meeting

          Same-day, In-Person Observer Registrations are taken on a first-come, first-served basis as seats become available.

          The Public Participation segment of the meeting will begin following the Roll Call and proceed for no more than 5 registered speakers for ten minutes. Registered speakers will receive instructions for Public Participation.

          Members of the public may submit written comments for Committee meetings via the Written Comments Form on the Board’s website at www.cpsboe.org or mailed to 42 West Madison, Garden Level. Written comments received between the day the public agenda is posted through 5 p.m. the day after the Committee meeting will be submitted to the Board and posted within five (5) business days on our website at www.cpsboe.org.

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CPS Loop Office
42 W. Madison Street
Chicago, IL 60602 (Map)