Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett

A small group of protesters hold a press conference in Federal Plaza as former Chicago Public Schools Superintendent Barbara Byrd-Bennett is being arraigned on Oct. 13, 2015.

Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Oct. 13, 2015, after her arraignment.

Former Chicago Public Schools Superintendent Barbara Byrd-Bennett leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after speaking to the media on Oct. 13, 2015.

Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett walks away from media after apologizing for her misdeeds at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Oct. 13, 2015. Byrd-Bennett plead guilty to steering multimillion-dollar no-bid contracts to an education consulting firm in exchange for the promise of kickbacks and perks.

The former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago after her arraignment on October 13, 2015.

Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett, right, arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Oct. 13, 2015, in Chicago for her arraignment on charges she steered multimillion-dollar no-bid contracts to an education consulting firm in exchange for kickbacks.

Felicia Davis, from left, of the mayor’s office, police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, Building Commissioner Michael Merchant, CTA President Forrest Claypool and Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett walk from Ross Elementary to Dulles Elementary on May 3, 2013, to experience the walk students have each day.