{"id":797975,"date":"2026-05-15T10:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/797975\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T10:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:36:17","slug":"cps-chief-macquline-king-subpoenaed-to-testify-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/797975\/","title":{"rendered":"CPS chief Macquline King subpoenaed to testify in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Republican-led congressional committee has subpoenaed Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King<\/a> to testify at a June hearing addressing \u201cattacks on parental rights, inappropriate content, and legal abuses\u201d in classrooms.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers from the U.S. House Education & Workforce Committee issued the subpoena in a Wednesday letter. King previously declined multiple requests to appear voluntarily, citing scheduling conflicts and ongoing investigations by the U.S. Education Department\u2019s Office for Civil Rights, according to a news release from the House body.<\/p>\n

The hearing, scheduled for June 10, is part of a broader effort from conservative lawmakers to scrutinize diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in public schools under the Trump administration. A spokesperson for CPS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe constant refusal to provide testimony blocks the committee from doing its job of conducting oversight and further deepens mistrust in our education system,\u201d committee chairman Rep. Tim Walberg, a Republican from Michigan, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

In a letter to King, Walberg said the committee is examining the district\u2019s compliance with the Civil Rights Act, Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, also known as FERPA. Superintendents from the San Francisco Unified School District and Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia are also slated to testify.<\/p>\n

Last year, CPS faced intense pressure from the Education Department<\/a> over a program aimed at bolstering academic support and other resources<\/a> for Black students. After accusing the district of discrimination, the agency abruptly pulled $8 million in federal grants.<\/p>\n

A committee hearing could catapult King and CPS back into the national limelight. The same House body grilled several university presidents, including former Northwestern University President Michael Schill<\/a>, in 2023 and 2024 over alleged campus antisemitism, \u00a0leading to a string of high-profile resignations.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers first invited King to testify in mid-April. But King wrote back that she could not participate due to \u201cprior scheduling commitments,\u201d according to the committee. The district\u2019s general counsel also said that she would be limited on what information she could share due to the other federal probes, the letter said.<\/p>\n

After the committee gave more potential hearing dates for a hearing, CPS attorneys again wrote back that those investigations would pose \u201csignificant constraints on Dr. King\u2019s ability to provide substantive testimony.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Walberg responded Wednesday that the committee \u201cis not persuaded.\u201d Ignoring a subpoena, which carries formal legal authority, can result in a House vote to hold an individual in contempt of Congress.<\/p>\n

Walberg said that he does \u201cnot take this action lightly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cChicago serves one of the largest student populations in the country, and students, parents and teachers deserve answers \u2014 not silence,\u201d Walberg said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Republican-led congressional committee has subpoenaed Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King to testify at a June hearing…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":797976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,16742,5386,1818,169570,16566],"class_list":{"0":"post-797975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-chicago-public-schools","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois","12":"tag-macquline-king","13":"tag-u-s-house-of-representatives"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116578156097962783","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}