Mayor Brandon Johnson, CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and CTU President Stacy Davis Gates during a news conference Thursday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

City, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) leaders on Thursday announced plans to extend a program similar to the city’s parental leave policy that guarantees 12 weeks paid leave to birthing and non-birthing parents to all CPS employees by the start of the 2023-2024 school year.