A public hearing is set for Thursday for residents to voice how Chicago Public Schools should balance its budget. The hearing comes before the school board votes on an amended budget next week. Heading into the first of two hearings this week,

More questions than answers came out of Thursday's Chicago Board of Education hearing, the first of two to discuss how Chicago Public Schools plans to pay for several pending obligations. The 21 board members have just one week left to decide if they will approve a proposed $139 million budget amendment that could potentially help pay for a new teachers contract or pay for pensions.

At the center of the hearing is a proposed budget of $139 million that was amended by Chicago Public Schools. The proposed budget falls $175 million short of financing pensions for non-teaching staff.