"My understanding is that it doesn't provide new money for a teachers' contract or for anything else," she said.
The negotiations for a teachers' contract, stalled for 19 months, finally concluded with a tentative settlement on Monday.
She was home yesterday because her school, like many in the state, was closed for a teachers' conference in Atlantic City.
What was little understood when the librarians announced their agreement was that Ms. Weingarten had advised the librarians behind the scenes on how to structure the deal, recognizing that it might serve as a model for a teachers' contract.
After meeting with a lawyer for a teachers' pension plan on another matter and obtaining that man's business card, Mr. Dreier asked to use a phone and was ushered into a conference room by a secretary, according to the document.
Chicago public school officials have said a walkout by the teachers would be illegal because it is not in line with the state-mandated process for a teachers' strike.
