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2024 Local School Council Key Dates

Date Description
10/16 Nomination period begins
2/14 3:00 p.m. Deadline to file LSC candidate paper forms in person at the Office of LSC Relations or the school where the candidate seeks to run
2/21 Deadline to submit LSC election judge applications to LSCJudge@cps.edu
2/28 5:00 p.m. Deadline to file Pre-election challenges. Challenge Forms must be e-mailed to LSCelectionchallenge@cps.edu or filed in person in the lobby at 42 W. Madison St., Chicago, Illinois.
3/11 - 3/19 Schools conduct candidate forums in-person or virtually
3/22 3:00 p.m. Deadline for parent and community candidates to deliver campaign literature to school

3:00 p.m. Deadline for school staff candidates to deliver campaign literature to the principal

4/08, 4/09 or 4/11

4/08, 4/09 or 4/10

Elementary Schools with 7th & 8th grades conduct Binding Student Elections for students 

High Schools conduct Binding Student Elections for students

4/10 Elementary School LSC Election for Parent and Community Candidates and the School Staff Candidate Preference Poll Day
04/11 High School LSC Election for Parent and Community Candidates and the School Staff Candidate Preference Poll Day
4/18

5:00 p.m. Deadline to file Post-election challenges. Challenge Forms must be e-mailed to LSCelectionchallenge@cps.edu or filed in person in the lobby at 42 W. Madison St., Chicago, Illinois.

8:00 p.m. Deadline for LSCs to convene a meeting to certify the results of the non-binding advisory polls for parent and school staff, if applicable, student candidates and recommend candidates for community and advocate member positions

4/22 12:00 Noon. Deadline for Principal to enter results of tie-breaker lottery in the LSC Dashboard or notify Network Office of LSC failure to conduct tie-breaker lottery
4/24 12:00 Noon. Deadline for Principal to complete and email Certification of Poll Results and Candidate Recommendation Form (Form 28-22) to OLSCR lscrelations@cps.edu

4/26

4/25

2:00 p.m. Deadline for Network Offices to conduct tie-breaker lotteries for schools whose LSCs failed to do so by 4/28

3:00 p.m. Deadline for schools to deliver Security Envelope B to the Network Office

4/30 3:00 p.m. Deadline for Network Office to notify concerned schools of results of tie-breaker lotteries and to complete the Certification of Poll Results and Candidate Recommendation Form (Form 28-22) reflecting tie-breaker results to concerned school and OLSCR lscrelations@cps.edu
5/03

3:00 p.m. Deadline for Principal to record results of tie-breaker lottery conducted by Network Office in LSC Dashboard

5:00 p.m. Deadline for Network Office to deliver Security Envelope B to OLSCR

5/24 - 5/30 Chief Executive Officer or designee to mail Post-election Challenge Results to challengers, challenged or interested candidates and concerned school Principal
6/27 The Board of Education appoints all members of ALSCs/BOGs, for the new two-year term of office beginning July 1
7/01 - 7/14 LSCs conduct annual organizational meetings

Office of Local School Council Relations

773-553-1400

773-553-1402 (Fax)

Garfield Park Office
2651 W. Washington Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60612