This Fall, CTPF will hold elections for: 

• Two (2) Teacher Trustees to serve three-year terms from November 2023 – November 2026 
• Three (3) Pensioner Trustees to serve two-year terms from November 2023 – November 2025 

Candidate Eligibility

Teacher Trustee 

Candidates for Teacher Trustee must be a CTPF Member, other than a Principal/Administrator, as defined by the Illinois Pension Code (40 ILCS5/17-106); have been assigned on a regular certificate for at least 10 years in the Chicago Public Schools or Charter schools within District 299 (this includes anyone who is licensed and has worked in the Chicago Public Schools or Charter Schools for at least 10 years on a regular certificate, including as a substitute); and be nominated by a petition signed by at least 200 contributors who are not Principal/Administrators, as provided in 40 ILCS 5/17- 139(1).  

Pensioner Trustee  

Candidates for Pensioner Trustee must be a service, reciprocal, or disability pensioner receiving monthly payments from the Fund; and be nominated by a petition signed by at least 100 pensioners, as provided in 40 ILCS 5/17-139(2). 

Nomination Packets 

Submitting Completed Nomination Packets: A candidate’s signed nomination petition(s) must be received by the Election Coordinator or his/her designee, on behalf of the Recording Secretary, by U.S. Mail, email, or facsimile. Signatures submitted online using the secure portal will automatically be remitted to CTPF.  

The Fund reserves the right to request a candidate’s original nomination petitions. Petitions must be returned by September 29, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. (CT).

Visit Election Central for additional information.