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Democratic state lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled their latest attempt at drawing districts for an elected school board in Chicago, a little more than a year before voters first cast ballots for the body and days before the legislature reconvenes in Springfield for its final scheduled session of the year. The new map represents the legislature’s third attempt at crafting boundaries for 20 ...

The Senate Special Committee on the Chicago Elected Representative School Board has reconvened public hearings on the map that will define board districts.

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The General Assembly had planned to adjourn Friday, but Democratic leaders blew that self-imposed deadline. So lawmakers will return to Springfield on Wednesday to wrap up unfinished business, which includes the state budget and the elected school board map.

Districts for the soon-to-be-elected Chicago Board of Education must be drawn by July 1, but those who spoke at the latest public hearing said the newest draft is rushed.