The Adult Education Program at City Colleges of Chicago provides crucial educational resources for hundreds of thousands, especially those economically disadvantaged immigrants and working-class residents in Chicago.

The Adult Education program offers free classes to Chicagoans in high school equivalency (G.E.D.-A.H.S.D.), English as a Second Language (E.S.L.), job readiness, career preparation, digital literacy and transition to college. Black, Hispanic, Indigenous, Immigrant, and multiracial students who are overrepresented in dropout statistics, people with disabilities, and those in and returning from the carceral system need access to Adult Education.

In 2023, the remaining 300 instructors, from the 500 when Chancellor Salgado started, impacted 26% of all students enrolled in the C.C.C. and 32% of all Adult Education students in Illinois. Despite their invaluable contributions, many C.C.C. Adult Educators face challenges such as part-time status despite working full-time hours, job insecurity, and inadequate access to affordable health insurance and sick days while working without a contract for the last nine months.

We urge C.C.C. Board of Trustees and Administration to:

A) Expand the availability of adult education classes and strengthen the program's capacity to serve our students

B) Strengthen the public workforce of teachers and coordinators, providing a fair contract and the necessary support for delivering quality education

C) Work towards the common good and strengthen the Adult Education program's capacity to meet the educational and human needs of Chicago's minority, immigrant, and working-class residents.

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