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The Council of the Great City Schools is a coalition of 66 of the nation's largest urban public school systems.

Legislative Services

US Capitol

The legislative arm of the Council initiates legislative policies through advocacy on behalf of urban schoolchildren before Congress, the Executive and Judicial branches of the federal government.

What's New

Read the Council's letter urging the U.S. House of Representatives to override the President's veto of the CHIP reauthorization bill
Read the Council's New Study: No Child Left Behind in America's Great City Schools: Five Years and Counting
Read the Talking Points on the Need for Increased Federal Support for Education