CPS in line to receive $105 mil. from feds; But Daley still

Chicago's financially strapped public schools are in line for a $105 million windfall from the new federal jobs bill -- enough to restore high school class sizes, bilingual education and other program cuts -- but probably not in time for the start of school Sept. 7.

The one-time windfall -- and the Board of Education's ever-changing budget shortfall -- appears to be undermining efforts to persuade the Chicago Teachers Union to forfeit a 4 percent pay raise or agree to other concessions.

The union's House of Delegates met Wednesday evening and voted unanimously to reject the concessions proposed by CPS.

Shortly beforehand, CTU President Karen Lewis accused …