Ex-Chicago Public Schools leader charged with corruption

The former CEO of Chicago Public Schools 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 has taken "full responsibility for her conduct," according to her lawyer, Michael Scudder. She resigned earlier this year as the leader of the third-largest school district in the U.S.

According to the indictment, Byrd-Bennett expected to receive kickbacks worth 10 percent of the value of the no-bid contracts, or about $2.3 million.

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