Barbara Byrd-Bennett pled guilty to steering $23 million in no-bid city contracts in October 2015. Barbara Byrd-Bennett, the former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison on Friday for plotting to collect kickback returns from no-bid city contracts that were worth millions, reports the Chicago Tribune. […]
This act of generosity went down days after he had a disappointing meeting with Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner.
Illinois launches an investigation of Chicago Public School's finances. The governor plans to take control of the financially troubled school district.