Thursday, October 8 - Agenda Review Standing Committee Meeting - Student Success

The Chicago Public Schools Board of Education Student Success Committee met on October 8, 2026, to review education and family-engagement items and make recommendations to the full board. The principal procurement items were an amendment to the library book, e-book, and related-services vendor pool, adding five vendors and expanding e-book services within the existing contract budget, and a proposed out-of-school-time (OST) vendor pool with a not-to-exceed amount of $16 million. The library pool’s reported minority- and women-owned business participation was 57.8% of approximately $18 million in total spend; minority-owned participation remained below its separate 20% goal, with outreach intended to add two such businesses. For the OST pool, procurement negotiated price reductions of at least 10% for 69 of 126 vendors. FY27 funding was confirmed, while FY28–FY29 funding was anticipated from future grants and other district resources. The committee recommended both items advance to the full board; no full-board award or expenditure approval occurred at this meeting.

The committee also recommended advancing a five-year renewal application for the state school-improvement waiver, with no additional cost, and a health-education policy that presenters said would have no immediate financial implications and would rely on existing resources. The committee’s recommendation on the health policy was recorded as favorable despite some members stating they did not recommend it. Members discussed updating school-accountability designations to align with state requirements, with no direct budget impact, and proposed Title I parent-board bylaws, also described as having no financial implications; the bylaws discussion is incomplete in the transcript. No procurement activity was identified for those policy and governance items.