Committee on Education and Child Development

Education

Politics

Monday, Jan. 11, 2021
9:30 a.m. CST

This is a remote assignment to cover two back-to-back meetings of City Council’s Committee on Education and Child Development:

9:30 a.m.: brief meeting
10 a.m.: subject matter hearing on the re-opening of Chicago Public Schools. This public hearing, the purpose of which is to receive an update on the city’s response to COVID-19, has been rescheduled from Monday.

These meetings will be live-streamed at https://livestream.com/accounts/28669066.

At this link you’ll see several video “events” with various statuses and titles. Click on the event that is “Live” or “On Air”––it will likely be titled “COC-Council Chambers” or COC-Council/Committee Meeting (2)”.

If none of the streams appear to be live you may be early or the meeting may be starting late. Wait a few moments and try refreshing your Internet tab.

All past meeting videos may be found at https://vimeo.com/user100351763.

Check the source website for additional information

Agency Information

Chicago City Council

chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov

(312) 744-3166

@ChiCouncil

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The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago and consists of the Mayor and Aldermen elected from each of the City’s fifty wards. Source

If you attend a meeting in person, be prepared to go through a security checkpoint and show photo ID.

Meetings are also livestreamed at https://www.chicityclerk.com/.

At this link, scroll down to “Meeting Notices.” Look for “Watch now” and click on the link with the meeting title to go to a livestream page. If you don’t see a link for the meeting, you may be early or the meeting may be starting late. Wait a few moments and try refreshing your Internet tab.

Recordings of past City Council meetings may be found here: https://vimeo.com/user100351763/videos/sort:date.

See also: “What to Expect at a Meeting of Chicago’s City Council” via the Better Government Association.