The FY2023 budget for Chicago Public Schools (CPS) includes the funds needed to improve demands, standards-based instructions and give children of Chicago the help they require in the wake of the previous two trying years of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Federal pandemic relief fund is assigned to bolster academic, social, and emotional resources for students so that they feel safe, welcomed, and supported, as well as the investments that are made at the District level and at the school level using state and local taxpayer funds.

This budget enables schools and teachers to carry on achieving the District's predetermined goals — academic growth, financial stability, and integrity — and building on our record-breaking successes despite the pandemic's challenges.

The FY2023 budget is an increase over the District's FY2022 budget of $9.3 billion and includes an increase in per-pupil funding of 8% to ensure that our kids and schools are financed equitably and responsibly, totals $9.4 billion to continue this critical work. Funding for schools is $4.6 billion in our proposal, up over $240 million from FY2022.

The District has budgeted for a total of 43,378 full-time employees (FTE), an increase of 1,621 FTE from FY2022 with allocations that include an additional:

• 524 teachers;

• 745 school support staff, including classroom paraprofessionals, case managers, security guards, and other school-based personnel;

• 155 citywide student support personnel, including nurses, social workers, and other personnel working in schools;

• 103 additional staff in the Offices of Teaching and Learning, College and Career Success, and Diverse Learner Supports and Services to support core instructional priorities and content capacity;

• 66 instructional support leaders and other network-based staff to support school leaders and staff with core instructional priorities; and

• 17 administrative staff, including 12 new positions to support network safety and crisis teams

Finally, our FY2023 capital budget invests $645 million in projects to address priority facility needs that support 21st century learning environments that will help keep our children healthy and safe and improve their educational experience.

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