CHICAGO (WLS) -- A battle is brewing over whether Chicago Public Schools or the city responsible for a $175 million pension payment.

Passage of a CPS budget is likely to hinge on how school board members answer that question.

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With books, binders and backpacks, the Chicago Teachers Union is gearing up for a weekend school supply giveaway. Chicago Public Schools students return to classes Monday as the school board weighs the pros and cons of a balanced budget presented by CPS Wednesday. The hang up is over a municipal pension payment.

"The pension payment that's being passed around are for the lowest wage earners in the Chicago public schools," CTU President Stacy Davis Gates said. "I think it's offensive and it's insulting. It ha

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