Ex-CPS leader to plead guilty to accepting no-bid kickbacks

By Michael Tarm and Sophia Tareen Associated Press writers

Posted October 9, 2015 2:24 PM

The former Chicago Public Schools CEO plans to plead guilty to corruption charges announced Thursday that allege she helped steer more than $23 million worth of no-bid contracts to education companies in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.Barbara Byrd-Bennett, who resigned earlier this year as leader of the nation’s third-largest school district, “takes full responsibility for her conduct,” said her lawyer, Michael Y. Scudder.He said she would plead guilty at a later …

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