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The Chicago Teachers Union’s governing body has voted to send the latest school reopening terms proposed by Chicago Public Schools to the union’s 25,000 members for a vote. The vote has the ability to officially end the standoff with district officials. The union’s House of Delegates voted with 85% approval — 526 in favor, 82 against and 12 abstentions — to hold a full rank-and-file vote on the tentative deal, moving the nation’s third-largest school system one step closer to returning toward in-person learning for Chicago students. Under the plan debated at the delegates’ virtual meeting, at least 2,000 vaccines, doses will be offered to preschool and special education cluster program staff this week, with their students scheduled to return to schools Thursday. Vaccination efforts were a critical part of past negotiations.