Overview
- The House Education and Workforce Committee subpoenaed Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King to testify at a hearing now set for June 10.
- King had declined earlier invitations, citing a schedule conflict and saying active Office for Civil Rights and Title IX investigations would limit her testimony.
- CPS general counsel Elizabeth Barton told the committee those probes prevent King from discussing district policies in detail or how they were developed.
- Committee chair Rep. Tim Walberg said this is his first subpoena as chair and argued CPS refusals block the panel’s oversight work.
- The hearing comes as CPS faces fallout from last year’s federal funding cutoff tied to programs for Black students and transgender bathroom and locker-room access, reflecting a wider Republican push to challenge progressive school policies.