School district · Education
Local School Councils (LSCs)
No current vacancy
Chicago Public Schools · Chicago, Illinois
Local School Councils govern individual CPS schools by approving how school funds and resources are allocated, developing and monitoring the School Improvement Plan (CIWP), and evaluating and selecting the school's principal.
Who currently sits on it
IAAC has not yet published a verified membership list for this body. Rather than guess, this stays empty until it has been read from an official source.
What the role involves
- Approve how school funds and resources are allocated
- Develop and monitor the School Improvement Plan (CIWP)
- Evaluate and select the school's principal
How the seat is filled
- Who appoints
- Parent and community representatives are elected; teacher and staff representatives are appointed by the Board following a preference poll; student representatives are appointed by the Board following a binding school election
- Who is eligible
- Open to parents, community members and school staff; students in 6th grade or higher in schools with grades 7-8 and in high schools are eligible. No experience or formal education is required. Members must complete training within six months, file an Annual Statement of Economic Interests, complete a Criminal Conviction Disclosure Form, and pass a fingerprint-based background investigation.
- Residency required
- Varies
- Term
- 2 years (student representatives serve one-year terms)
- Meets
- Not stated by the agency
- Time commitment
- Not stated by the agency
- Compensation
- Not stated by the agency
- Status
- No current vacancy
- Official notice
- cps.edu →
- Apply
- cps.edu →
- Last verified by IAAC
- Jul 26, 2026
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