A major policy change for family leave is on the way for Chicago Public Schools employees.
It's a big win for the Chicago Teachers Union, which, back in January, had pushed CPS to change the policy, but then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot insisted it should be a matter of negotiations.Johnson exchanged hugs with a pair of teachers after announcing plans to grant up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to CPS employees.
"With the creation of this policy, our teachers and school leaders can not only show up for their students, but for their own families," Johnson said. "When CPS employees have adequate time and support to take care of themselves and their families, this will ultimately, it will ensure that once they return from leave they come back refreshed, energized."
CPS CEO Pedro Martinez was asked about the challenge of filling vacancies and how much it might cost the district. The head of the Chicago Teachers Union, which had demonstrated unsuccessfully at City Hall for the changes back in January, called this new policy transformative.
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