# Committee on Education and Child Development meeting, July 28, 2025

- When: Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 12:30 PM (Chicago time)
- Where: City Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street - Chicago, IL 60602
- Status: Scheduled & Published
- Committee: [Committee on Education and Child Development](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/education-and-child-development)
- Video: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1104221827
- Transcript: [full text](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/transcripts/1104221827.txt) (15,973 words, automatic captions)

## Meeting notes

> AI-written from the transcript. Speakers are inferred from cues in the recording, so treat names as estimates and check the video at the linked time.

The Committee on Education and Child Development held a subject matter hearing on how federal funding changes affect the City Colleges of Chicago. Eight members of the public spoke during public comment, several raising concerns about the Chicago Public Schools do-not-hire list and the treatment of Black educators and students. The committee approved its Rule 45 report and motions allowing members to participate remotely. City Colleges Chancellor Juan Salgado presented the system's 2026 budget, enrollment growth, federal grant exposure and requests for City Council support, and the presidents or leaders of all seven colleges described their campuses. Alderperson Rossana Rodríguez Sánchez asked about transfer applications, mental health crisis training, federal policy concerns and immigration enforcement, and the meeting adjourned without other action.

Topics: City Colleges of Chicago, federal funding cuts, college enrollment, CPS do-not-hire list, early college and transfer, student basic needs, immigration enforcement, mental health workforce

### Agenda items discussed

- [29:43](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/3C49B6FD-6B5E-F011-BEC1-001DD80992D5?t=1783) Public comment
- [56:03](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/3C49B6FD-6B5E-F011-BEC1-001DD80992D5?t=3363) Approval of the Rule 45 report: passed
- [56:20](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/3C49B6FD-6B5E-F011-BEC1-001DD80992D5?t=3380) Motion to allow Alderperson William E. Hall to participate remotely: passed
- [56:37](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/3C49B6FD-6B5E-F011-BEC1-001DD80992D5?t=3397) Subject matter hearing on the City of Chicago's response to federal education funding cuts and their effect on City Colleges: discussed

### Alderpersons who spoke

- [Jeanette B. Taylor](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/20) (chair): Opened the hearing on how the federal government not releasing funds affects City Colleges and asked how the colleges plan to keep young people enrolled. ([56:37](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/3C49B6FD-6B5E-F011-BEC1-001DD80992D5?t=3397)); Described attending Dawson Tech, said cost keeps many young people from college, and asked what City Colleges did differently to regain students lost during COVID. ([1:16:43](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/3C49B6FD-6B5E-F011-BEC1-001DD80992D5?t=4603)); Asked each college president to describe their location, the community served, the student population and what support they need from the Council. ([1:22:58](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/3C49B6FD-6B5E-F011-BEC1-001DD80992D5?t=4978))
- [Rossana Rodríguez Sánchez](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/33) (alderperson): Asked why transfer applications rose 118 percent to Chicago State University compared with 32 percent to UIC. ([1:23:53](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/3C49B6FD-6B5E-F011-BEC1-001DD80992D5?t=5033)); Asked to be briefed through the chair on City Colleges agreements or programming with Roosevelt High School. ([1:26:25](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/3C49B6FD-6B5E-F011-BEC1-001DD80992D5?t=5185)); Proposed that City Colleges design curriculum to train non-clinician mental health crisis workers for the city's CARE model to address a shortage of clinicians. ([1:27:11](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/3C49B6FD-6B5E-F011-BEC1-001DD80992D5?t=5231))

## Documents

- [Notice](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/edc7aa56-9345-4bb9-b8f1-61760aa4f6c6.pdf)
- [Agenda](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/cd8c348f-232c-4835-ac48-1e79ebcfb147.pdf)

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