Chicago Public Schools Didn’t Maintain Eligibility Paperwork for Basketball Players

From Chicago Sun-Times

A week after Curie High School (Illinois) won the city basketball championship, a Chicago Public Schools investigation revealed that seven Curie basketball players had been ineligible for the entire season because the correct paperwork hadn’t been filed.

The Chicago Sun-Times’ No. 1-ranked team was stripped of its city title and 24 victories for the season.

Now, a Sun-Times investigation has found that CPS officials can’t say for sure whether basketball players at every school — including the top teams — were eligible.

That’s because the school district is missing most of the paperwork required to show team and player eligibility, documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request show. The district ignored initial requests for the data and later released it.

The lack of accountability regarding the academic eligibility of student-athletes raises serious questions about the academic success of the students, the lessons the students are learning from school leaders and what it means for the future of the players, education experts said.

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