Chicago Public Schools warned a Lori Lightfoot aide about emails seeking student volunteers before her campaign defended their efforts.
The Board of Ethics confirmed Tuesday that a complaint filed against the Lightfoot campaign has been referred for investigation to the Chicago Inspector General's office.A senior Chicago Public Schools official had notified Mayor Lori Lightfoot's reelection campaign that soliciting student volunteers through their teachers was not permitted hours before the campaign publicly defended its recruitment effort as a "common practice," email records show.
The Lightfoot campaign issued a series of amended statements in the hours after WTTW Channel 11 first reported the recruitment effort Jan. 11. The initial response defended the solicitation, calling the volunteer work a "common practice" that campaigns at all levels have used "for decades" to give "countless high school and college students the opportunity to learn more about the election process.
The CPS ethics policy prohibits district employees from forwarding materials from political campaigns. The policy further prohibits school staffers from using their positions to engage in political activity or doing political work on school time.
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