Superintendent's Archived Messages
2007
December 19, 2007
-- Illinois Textbook Loan Program; Important Information Regarding
Certification and Regionally Accredited Institutions of Higher
Learning; Meningitis Prevention Update; FY08 Charter School
RFP Released; SB 140-PA 95-0338 Student’s with instruction
permits and cell phone use; Green Cleaning Schools Act; Summer
Food Service Reminder; Champions for Healthy Kids Grant Application
due January 15; Make and Keep These New Year’s Resolutions;
10 Top Common Citations on Administrative Reviews; 2008 Freida
J. Riley Teacher; 17th Annual Early Literacy and Illinois
Reading Recovery Conference; Entries now being accepted for
‘Poster, Poetry and Prose Contest; Illinois high school
seniors sought for National Youth Science Camp honors.
December 11, 2007
-- FY08 Charter School RFP Released; SB 140-PA 95-0338 Student’s
with instruction permits and cell phone use; Green Cleaning
Schools Act; 2007-2008 Non-Certified Staff Salary Study; 10
Top Common Citations on Administrative Reviews; Champions
for Healthy Kids grant applications; Summer Mandate; Go for
the Bronze, Silver or Gold - HealthierUS School Challenge;
Missing Children Records Act — Important Update; 2007
Illinois Youth Risk Behavior Survey Results Released; Governor’s
Green Youth Award; 17th Annual Early Literacy and Illinois
Reading Recovery Conference; Illinois high school seniors
sought for National Youth Science Camp honors.
December 5, 2007
-- Assessment Ordering Window to Close; 2007-2008 Non-Certified
Staff Salary Study; Missing Children Records Act—Important
Update for You to Note; 2007 Illinois Youth Risk Behavior
Survey Results Released; TECH 2008; Summer Mandate (Nutrition);
Go for the Bronze, Silver or Gold - HealthierUS School Challenge;
Governor’s Green Youth Award; NHTSA Announces Proposed
Rules on Seat Belts in School Buses; Jane Addams Day –December
10; Minerals Education Awards; Third Annual Illinois Work
Zone Safety Calendar Contest.
November 28, 2007
-- TECH 2008; NHTSA Announces Proposed Rules on Seat Belts
in School Buses; November 30 – due date to submit application
for Dairy Council’s 2007 Breakfast Award; Jane Addams
Day – December 10; Minerals Education Awards; National
Excellence in Urban Education Award; 2008 United States Young
Aviation Artist Contest; Third Annual Illinois Work Zone Safety
Calendar Contest.
November 20, 2007 -- Invitation
to Comment on Rules; School Food Service Forum Wrap-up; November
30, Due Date to submit application for Dairy Council’s
2007 Breakfast Award; $3,500 School Breakfast Start-Up Grants
Available. Apply Online Today!; Driver Education Enrollment
Guidance; Privacy Guidance; Preventing the spread of MRSA;
Highly Qualified Bilingual Teachers, Special Education Teachers
and Teachers in Small Rural Schools; Short Term Tax Anticipation
Program for Cook County; National Excellence in Urban Education
Award; 2008 United States Young Aviation Artist Contest; Create-A-Greeting-Card
Scholarship; Third Annual Illinois Work Zone Safety Calendar
Contest.
November 14, 2007 -- Short
Term Tax Anticipation Program for Cook County; Del Rey Tortilleria,
Inc., announces recall of its flour tortilla products; Emergency
Management Satellite Seminar/Webcast, November 16; School
Breakfast BECAUSE; $3,500 School Breakfast Start-Up Grants
Available. Apply Online Today!; Healthy Cuisine for Kids Seminar
in Chicago: March 11-14, 2008, Registration Deadline is February
1, 2008; Privacy Guidance; Preventing the spread of MRSA;
Driver Education Enrollment Guidance; Highly Qualified Bilingual
Teachers, Special Education Teachers and Teachers in Small
Rural Schools; Invitation to Comment on Rules; Technology
Integration Plan Illinois Arts Education Week Poster Contest;
Limitation of Administrative Costs Worksheet; ICEE Mini-Grants;
Virtual Economics 3.0 – a Tool for ALL Teachers; School
Board Member Day; Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship.
November 7, 2007 --
Technology Integration Plan; Illinois Arts Education Week
Poster Contest; New Web-Based Health/Life Safety (H/L S) Processing
System; Less Red Tape; Driver Education Enrollment Guidance;
Statewide Survey Reveals Priority Areas for Supporting Local
Wellness Policy Initiatives in Illinois Schools; Emergency
Management Satellite Seminar/Webcast, November 16; Reprocessed
Commodity Taste Tests Approaching; NCLB F08 Title I Comparability
analysis; NCLB FY08 Monitoring Instrument; Guidance for schools
on Staph infections; ICEE Mini-Grants; Virtual Economics 3.0
– a Tool for ALL Teachers; School District Library Grant
Program; Try-it! Illinois database trial; School Board Member
Day; Meeting The Challenge XVIII.
October 31, 2007 --
New Web-Based Health/Life Safety (H/L S) Processing System;
Driver Education Enrollment Guidance; Notice of Completed
Rulemaking; 2008 Illinois Textbook Loan Program; Special education
summer claims due November 1; Proposed Medicaid Rule Impacts
School Transportation; Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities
Act Program; Statewide Survey Reveals Priority Areas for Supporting
Local Wellness Policy Initiatives in Illinois Schools; Emergency
Management Satellite Seminar/Webcast, November 16; State Goal
on Wellness Policy Adopted by the Illinois State Board of
Education; NCLB F08 Title I Comparability analysis; NCLB FY08
Monitoring Instrument; Guidance for schools on Staph infections;
School District Library Grant Program; Try-it! Illinois database
trial; Meeting The Challenge XVIII.
October 23, 2007 --
36 districts that have been removed from improvement status;
184 schools that have been removed from improvement status;
2008 Illinois Textbook Loan Program; Physical Education Exemption
Report; FY 08 ADA Safety and Education Block Grant Calculations;
Special education summer claims due November 1; Proposed Medicaid
Rule Impacts School Transportation; HB 1910-PA 95-0152 Interrupted
Day for Individual School Building; Moment of Silence –
SB 1463/ P.A. 95-0680; Public Act 95-0128 – Expansion
of Whistleblower Act; Public Act 95-0352; CDC Launches Health
Education Web Tool for Schools!; FY07 Reading Improvement
Block Grant Performance Report; Illinois Youth Survey Informational
Meeting Scheduled; Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities
Act Program; State Goal on Wellness Policy Adopted by the
Illinois State Board of Education; Summer Mandate; 2007 Statewide
Transition Conference; School Health Days: Hot Issues in School
Health; Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies.
October 22, 2007 (Special
Message) -- Illinois Department of Public Health Guidance
for Schools Student Athletes and Community-Associated Staphylococcus
Aureus (CA-MRSA) Infections
October 15, 2007 -- Moment
of Silence – SB 1463; Public Act 95-0128 – Expansion
of Whistleblower Act; Public Act 95-0352; Charter School Informational
Workshops Scheduled; PA 95-0349 Bullying Prevention Education;
Physical Education Exemption Report; Limitation of Administrative
Costs Worksheet; Adopted budgets due by October 30; 2007-2008
Health & Immunization Data Collection; HB 1910-PA 95-0152
Interrupted Day for Individual School Building; FY07 Reading
Improvement Block Grant Performance Report; 2007 Illinois
State-Wide K-16 Service- Learning Conference; FY07 NCLB Performance
Report; Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Program;
Bridging the Gap in School Meal Service Procurement; Shortcuts
to Successful Health and Fitness Fairs; Summer Mandate; Timely
& Meaningful Consultation with Private Schools; 2005-2006
District Special Education Profiles Now Available for District
Administrative Review; Indicator 14: Post School Outcomes
Survey; 2007 Statewide Transition Conference; School Health
Days: Hot Issues in School Health; Preparedness for Public
Health Emergencies; Illinois’ 2007 Blue Ribbon Schools.
October 10, 2007 --
Charter School Informational Workshops Scheduled; PA 95-0349
Bullying Prevention Education; Physical Education Exemption
Report; Regional Superintendent’s Summary Report on
Recognition for 2007-2008 now available; Limitation of Administrative
Costs Worksheet; 2007-2008 Health & Immunization Data
Collection; Nonpublic Registration, Enrollment and Staff Report
Now Available Through IWAS; Important School: Transportation
Issues 2006-07 Annual Claim for Pupil Transportation Reimbursement
– Correction Period Open; New School Bus Transportation
Laws; Reporting Accidents – School Bus; Fee Changes
– School Bus Driver Background Check; School Vehicle
Use Guidance Document; Eating on a School Bus; Update on General
Assembly & Legislation; PA95-0241 Third Party Contractual
Services; FY07 NCLB Performance Report; Invitation to Comment
on Rules; Notice of Completed Rulemaking; Bridging the Gap
in School Meal Service Procurement; Space is still available
for HACCP/School Food Safety Plan workshop; Timely & Meaningful
Consultation with Private Schools; 2005-2006 District Special
Education Profiles Now Available for District Administrative
Review; Indicator 14: Post School Outcomes Survey; 2007 Statewide
Transition Conference; School Health Days: Hot Issues in School
Health; Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies; FY 08
Heartsaver AED Grant Applications.
October 1, 2007 --
Adopted budgets due by October 30; Teacher Salary Study Form
for 2007-08 Now Available Through IWAS; Nonpublic Registration,
Enrollment and Staff Report Now Available Through IWAS; Final
FY 08 Allocations Available for NCLB Consolidated Application;
Supplemental General State Aid Expenditure Plans due October
30; Regional Superintendent’s Summary Report on Recognition
for 2007-2008 now available; National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards (NBPTS) (New “FALL WINDOW is open”
from September 4, 2007 – December 31, 2007); Funding
Available for Advanced (Retake) Candidates; School Districts
May Now Implement New Principal Mentoring Program; PA95-0241
Third Party Contractual Services; FY07 NCLB Performance Report;
Announcement of School Food Service Forum; Illinois Awarded
Team Nutrition Training Grant; NCLB F08 Title I Comparability
analysis; NCLB FY08 Monitoring Instrument; Presentation from
Superintendents’ Conference now available online; Developing
Excellence and Ethics Success in School, Work and Beyond;
School Safety & Crisis Prevention Seminar; Illinois Arts
Council invites Illinois High Schools to participate in 2008
Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest; Third Annual
Illinois Work Zone Safety Calendar Contest; Prudential Spirit
of Community Awards; FY 08 Heartsaver AED Grant Applications.
September 28, 2007
(Special Message) You can go to http://www.isbe.net/funding/html/gsa.htm
to see an estimate of what your district’s November
GSA payment would be should lawmakers not approve a BIMP.
Again, this is only estimated at this time, but we hope this
will assist you in planning purposes.
September 24, 2007 --
Teacher Salary Study Form for 2007-08 Now Available Through
IWAS; State Student Information System; Illinois Refugee and
Immigrant Conference – Oct. 22 – 23; Final FY
08 Allocations Available for NCLB Consolidated Application;
Supplemental General State Aid Expenditure Plans due October
30; National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS);
Funding Available for Advanced (Retake) Candidates; School
Districts May Now Implement New Principal Mentoring Program;
Timely & Meaningful Consultation with Private Schools;
FY07 NCLB Performance Report; Safe Schools Activities for
FY08; Announcement of School Food Service Forum; Nutrition
Education That Works: An Integrated Approach (An online course
by the Illinois NET Program for PreK-5 Educators); State School
Breakfast Program Start-up Grant: Funds are Available - $3,500
per Eligible School; The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
Offers Free School Food Allergy Program; Illinois Awarded
Team Nutrition Training Grant; NCLB F08 Title I Comparability
analysis; NCLB FY08 Monitoring Instrument; Upgrading Minimum
Browser Requirements; Thomas Lay Burroughs Award Nominations;
State Board Recognition Program; Presentation from Superintendents’
Conference now available online; School Safety & Crisis
Prevention Seminar; Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching
– Golden Apple Central Illinois; ASCD Outstanding Young
Educator Award; Illinois Arts Council invites Illinois High
Schools to participate in 2008 Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation
Contest.
September 18, 2007 --
2007 Report Cards Are Now Available on IWAS; Update: Fall
Data Collections; Illinois Refugee and Immigrant Conference
– Oct. 22 – 23; Upgrading Minimum Browser Requirements;
FY 2008 Special Education Extraordinary Calculations; ISBE
Guidance: Residency, Immigrant Pupils, Homeless Pupils and
Student Fees & Waivers; School Districts May Now Implement
New Principal Mentoring Program; School Districts May Now
Implement New Principal Mentoring Program; Safe Schools Activities
for FY08; School Food Safety Plan, Process Approach to Hazard
Analysis and Critical Control Point Principles Workshop –
October 30; State School Breakfast Program Start-up Grant:
Funds are Available - $3,500 per Eligible School; Vote for
School Lunch Campaign Begins – Celebrates National School
Lunch Week; The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network Offers
Free School Food Allergy Program; Effective and Promising
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs for Latino Youth; Thomas
Lay Burroughs Award Nominations; State Board Recognition Program;
‘Read for the Record’ – Sept. 20, 2007;
Henry B. Betts Award; ASCD Outstanding Young Educator Award;
2007 Homeless Education Poster Contest; National & State
apparel contest winner.
September 11, 2007 --
2007 Report Cards Are Now Available on IWAS; Update: Fall
Data Collections; Health Examinations (Public Act 95-0422);
Upgrading Minimum Browser Requirements; New School Bus Transportation
Laws; FY 2008 Special Education Extraordinary Calculations;
Application for Recognition of Schools; September 15 Requirement
for Districts to File the Not-Highly Qualified Teacher Report
with Regional Superintendent; ISBE Guidance: Residency, Immigrant
Pupils, Homeless Pupils and Student Fees & Waivers; Kindergarten
Day – Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007; Renewing Administrative
Certificates; ‘Grow Your Own’ Teachers (GYO) Project;
FY07 NCLB Performance Report; Safe Schools Activities for
FY08; Use of Student Biometric Information; School Food Safety
Plan, Process Approach to Hazard Analysis and Critical Control
Point Principles Workshop – October 30; State School
Breakfast Program Start-up Grant: Funds are Available - $3,500
per Eligible School; Got Milk? Get A Cooler!; Effective and
Promising Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs for Latino Youth;
Timely & Meaningful Consultation with Private Schools;
‘Read for the Record’ – Sept. 20, 2007;
2007 Homeless Education Poster Contest; 46th Annual United
States Senate Youth Program.
September 4, 2007 -- Health
Examinations (Public Act 95-0422); Upgrading Minimum Browser
Requirements; Driver Education and Truancy - Implementation
of PA 94-916; Interrupted School Days/Heat; New School Bus
Transportation Laws; Application for Recognition of Schools;
September 15 Requirement for Districts to File the Not-Highly
Qualified Teacher Report with Regional Superintendent; Section
9-18 of the School Code repealed; Fourth Circuit Court of
Appeals rules employment contract is subject to FOIA disclosure;
2007 Assessment Score data now available online through SIS;
New Principal Mentoring Program; Renewing Administrative Certificates;
FY07 NCLB Performance Report; Safe Schools Activities for
FY08; Use of Student Biometric Information; School Food Safety
Plan, Process Approach to Hazard Analysis and Critical Control
Point Principles Workshop – October 30; Childhood Hunger
Relief Act Amended; 10 Year Survey and amendments, Annual
Inspection and ROE Annual Reporting; Timely & Meaningful
Consultation with Private Schools; ‘Read for the Record’
– Sept. 20, 2007; Thirtieth Annual Superintendents’
Conference; Cosmetic Contact Lenses – Information &
Safety Tips; 46th Annual United States Senate Youth Program.
August 28, 2007 --
Driver Education and Truancy - Implementation of PA 94-916;
Interrupted School Days/Heat; September 15 Requirement for
Districts to File the Not-Highly Qualified Teacher Report
with Regional Superintendent; ISBE Guidance: Residency, Immigrant
Pupils, Homeless Pupils and Student Fees & Waivers; Section
9-18 of the School Code repealed; Fourth Circuit Court of
Appeals rules employment contract is subject to FOIA disclosure;
NCLB McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Grant Award Announcement;
2007 Assessment Score data now available online through SIS;
New Principal Mentoring Program; Illinois Textbook Relocation
Program; School-based Child Nutrition Administrative Training
& Handbook; Childhood Hunger Relief Act Amended; Shortcuts
to Successful Health and Fitness Fairs; School Treasurer Bonds;
10 Year Survey and amendments, Annual Inspection and ROE Annual
Reporting; Timely & Meaningful Consultation with Private
Schools; ‘Read for the Record’ – Sept. 20,
2007; Thirtieth Annual Superintendents’ Conference;
Cosmetic Contact Lenses – Information & Safety Tips.
August 23, 2007 --
ISBE Guidance: Residency, Immigrant Pupils, Homeless Pupils
and Student Fees & Waivers; Continuing application for
Technology Immersion Pilot Project; Illinois Youth Survey
Conference Call Training – August 27, 2007; Illinois
Textbook Relocation Program; Interrupted School Days/Heat;
School-based Child Nutrition Administrative Training &
Handbook; Usage of Tort Immunity Fund; School Treasurer Bonds;
10 Year Survey and amendments, Annual Inspection and ROE Annual
Reporting; ISAT and IMAGE Grades 3-8 Testing Dates Set for
2009 and 2010; LEA Determinations; Best Buy Teach Award Program
to Recognize Schools for Creative Uses of Technology; U.S.
Potato Board offers grant to promote healthy school nutrition
environments; 30th Annual Superintendents’ Conference.
August 13, 2007 --
ISBE Guidance: Residency, Immigrant Pupils, Homeless Pupils
and Student Fees & Waivers; Continuing application for
Technology Immersion Pilot Project; Illinois Youth Survey
Conference Call Training – August 27, 2007; Interrupted
School Days/Heat; Usage of Tort Immunity Fund; School Treasurer
Bonds; 10 Year Survey and amendments, Annual Inspection and
ROE Annual Reporting; ISAT and IMAGE Grades 3-8 Testing Dates
Set for 2009 and 2010; LEA Determinations; School Social Work
Manual; 30th Annual Superintendents’ Conference.
August 6, 2007 -- Assessment
Corrections – Calendar of Events – 2007; AYP Appeals
process; New Principal Mentoring Program; Illinois Youth Survey
Conference Call Training – August 27, 2007; Expect Mailing
to School Food Authorities and Individual School Sites this
Month; School Treasurer Bonds; 10 Year Survey and amendments,
Annual Inspection and ROE Annual Reporting; Clarification
on age-related guidelines for provision of FAPE; ‘Heads
Up: Concussion in Youth Sports’.
August 1, 2007 -- Assessment
Corrections – Calendar of Events – 2007; Continuing
application for Class Size Reduction Pilot Program; New Principal
Mentoring Program; Illinois Youth Survey Conference Call Training
– August 27, 2007; School Vehicle Use Guidance; Recent
Improvements in Commodities Help Schools Serve Up the Dietary
Guidelines to Students; Notice of Completed Rulemaking; 10
Year Survey and amendments, Annual Inspection and ROE Annual
Reporting; 2007 Sustainable University Symposium.
July 25, 2007 -- AYP
Appeals process; Continuing application for Class Size Reduction
Pilot Program; Child Nutrition Commodity/Salvage Disbursements;
History of Child Nutrition Programs; Illinois Schools Can;
Deadline for filing the final amended School District Budget
with ISBE (school districts only).
July 16, 2007 -- AYP
Appeals process; FY08 Learn and Serve America continuing applications
now available; FY08 Learn and Serve America continuing applications
now available; New Sponsors and New Staff are encouraged to
register for ‘Basic Training Workshops’; Useful
Nutrition websites; Notice of Completed Rulemaking; Deadline
for filing the final amended School District Budget with ISBE
(school districts only); NASA Explorer Schools.
July 9, 2007 -- Fall
Criminal History Record Information Symposium – Sept.
19; Spend Two Hours Online to Get Two CPDU Credits this summer;
National Food Service Management Institute’s Resource
Guide; Update: Special Education Directors’ Conference
2007 – Focus on Best Practice; Superintendents’
Conference Registration is now open.
July 2, 2007 -- Illinois
educators attend USDE Summit; Illinois Mathematics and Science
Partnerships grant program; Migrant Education Program Funding
Available; Driver Education and Truancy - Implementation of
PA 94-916; Illinois School Bus Drivers & DOT Medical Cards;
Fall Criminal History Record Information Symposium –
Sept. 19; Update: Special Education Directors’ Conference
2007 – Focus on Best Practice; Superintendents’
Conference Registration is now open.
June 25, 2007
-- Lowered flags to honor fallen Illinois soldier; New Principal
Mentoring Program reminder; Administrator Certificate Renewal
& Employment; Illinois Mathematics and Science Partnerships
grant program; Reminder: 2006-07 General State Aid Claims
Due; Enhance Your Local Wellness Policy By Joining Team Nutrition;
Orientation to Child Nutrition Management Seminars Offered;
Introduction to the Incident Command System for Schools course
now available online; Lightning Safety Awareness Week in the
state of Illinois is June 24-30, 2007; IDEA Determination;
Update: Special Education Directors’ Conference 2007
– Focus on Best Practice; Superintendents’ Conference
Registration is now open.
June 18, 2007
-- Informational meetings on Choice and SES; Training on new
state recommended IEP forms; Department of Defense Fresh Fruit
and Vegetable Program; Special Education Directors’
Conference 2007 – Focus on Best Practice; Helen Keller
Deaf-Blind Awareness Week 2007.
June 11, 2007
-- 2007 testing update; Assessment Corrections - Calendar
of Events – 2007 Testing; Informational meetings on
Choice and SES; Special Education reimbursement for behavior
analyst services; Reading Improvement Block Grant Update;
Bilingual Early Childhood Certification Assistance Program;
2006-07 Final Public School Calendars; FY 2007 Transition
Assistance; Illinois Sex Offender Registry has a new mapping
function; Looking for Spanish Child Nutrition Outreach and
Nutrition Education Materials?; Training on new state recommended
IEP forms; Special Education Directors’ Conference 2007
– Focus on Best Practice; Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness
Week 2007; Space Shuttle Atlantis Flight Director from Illinois.
June 4, 2007
-- Lowered flags to honor Illinois’ fallen; Informational
meetings on Choice and SES; Tool to Access Characteristics
of Effective Sex and STD/HIV Education programs; Free school
employee wellness program guide available online; Reminder:
Grant Payment Schedule/Outstanding Obligations; Be Food Safe
Toolkit Available; New Color Me Healthy Workshop; Join Team
Nutrition Today!; Invitation to Comment on Rules; School District/Joint
Agreement Budget Forms now available online; Training on new
state recommended IEP forms; Special Education Directors’
Conference 2007 – Focus on Best Practice.
May 22, 2007
-- FY08 Reading Improvement Block Grant Applications; Nutrition
Training Available During Summer Months; Nominations accepted
for ‘Golden Carrot Awards’; Invitation to Comment
on Rules; Notice of Effectiveness of Rulemaking; Assessment
correction process for 2007; Assessment Corrections - Calendar
of Events – 2007 Testing; Golden Apple announces free
summer seminars for Illinois teachers; National School-Based
Mentoring Conference – June 13-14,2007; Northwestern
University’s Safe Campus Conference – July 9-11,
2007; State Student Advisory Council seeks members.
May 15, 2007 -- Assessment
correction process for 2007; Assessment Corrections - Calendar
of Events – 2007 Testing; FY 2008 Employer Contributions
to TRS – Federal Grants; Summer Food Service Program;
Training Workshops; Expect School Year 2007–08 Household
Eligibility Application Online in May; New Principal Mentoring
Program reminder; NASBE HIV/AIDS Policy Brief; FY 2007 Readiness
and Emergency Management for Schools; 2nd Annual High School
Challenge Conference set for June 14 & 15, 2007; Samsung’s
Hope for Education 2007 program; Nominations now being accepted
for 2007 Freida J. Riley Teacher Award; State Student Advisory
Council seeks members.
May 8, 2007 -- FY08
Consolidated Application to Serve English Language Learners
(ELLS); Clarification of Core Functions of Administrative
Districts Acting as Fiscal Agents for Joint Applications or
Cooperatives/Joint Agreements; FY 2007 State and Federal grant
amendments and project extension requests; Developing a Food
Safety Program; Offering Recess before Lunch Research; Invitation
to participate in National Essential Skills Study online;
2006-2007 Dental Data Collection; Illinois Middle Schools
invited to celebrate Illinois Arts Week 2007; Illinois Agricultural
Education/FFA School Officials’ Workshop and Luncheon
June 14; State Student Advisory Council seeks members.
April 30, 2007 --
Reporting of the Bilingual Education 2007 Annual Student Report
(ASR); Early Childhood Block Grant applications available;
Grant opportunities for Regional Offices of Education; Illinois
School Purchasing Network; 2006-07 Final Public School Calendars;
2007 – 2008 School Meals Calendar Posted; Subscribe
to Illinois Schools Can! E-Newsletter (Nutrition); 2007 Applications
for 1% Cap Exceptions – application reminder; Doctor
of Education Degree Program in School Executive Leadership;
Scholarship opportunity from the Illinois Restaurant Association
Educational Foundation; National public comment on campus
and school safety.
April 23, 2007
-- McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth
Program FY08 RFP released; Regional Safe Schools Program continuation
application; Changes in Special Education division; Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) Program –
Seventh Annual Safe School Symposium; Update on FBI Background
Checks: Adam Walsh Child Protection & Safety Act of 2006.
April 17, 2007 --
ISBE, Arts Council team up to strengthen arts and foreign
language programs; Advanced Placement Grants News; McKinney-Vento
Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program FY08 RFP
released; RFP for Truants’ Alternative and Optional
Education Program (TAOEP) Professional Development; Announcing
the ‘2007 Refugee and Immigrant Conference’; Meeting
the Special Needs of Children Satellite Seminar April 25 (Nutrition);
Classroom Breakfast Funds Available; 2006-07 Final Public
School Calendars; 2nd Annual High School Challenge Conference
set for June 14 & 15, 2007; Online professional development
available for math teachers.
April 9, 2007 -- Technology
planning process; Reporting of the 2007 Bilingual Education
Program Delivery Report; (Nutrition) Successful Special Events
Begin with Early Planning – Plan Now for Fiscal Year
2008 Observances; (Nutrition) Week of the Young Child Approaching
– April 22-28; Invitation to Comment on Rules; Notice
of Completed Rulemaking; Teacher Orientation Workshop offered
at Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum; Online
professional development available for math teachers; (Teacher
Resources) Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust.
April 2, 2007 -- Teacher
Service Record; 2nd Annual Illinois Statewide Bilingual Parent
Summit set for April 14; Summer Bridges program training;
Illinois e-Plans; Barriers to Implementing Breakfast Survey
Results – Funding Identified as Biggest Need; School
Nutrition Association’s Awards and Scholarships; 13th
Annual Character Education Conference set for July 19-20,
2007; Illinois History Teacher of the Year--Applications are
due Monday, April 9.
March 26, 2007 --
RFPs for Mathematics and Science Partnerships; Safe and Drug-Free
Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) Program – Seventh
Annual Safe School Symposium; Nutrition Programs Newsletters
Posted Online; Seamless Summer Option Applications Online;
IDOT’s Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program Grant applications
due; Bilingual Transition to Teaching Program accepting applications;
National WWII Museum’s art contest deadline is March
30; Volunteers needed for Human Trafficking Awareness Outreach
Day on May 5.
March 20, 2007 --
Qualified Zone Academy Bond (QZAB) Program; Doctor of Education
Degree Program in School Executive Leadership; 3-A-Day-of-Dairy
Nutrition Education Grant Due April 6; Find the Evidence Theme
for Illinois Dietetic Association’s Spring Assembly;
First 100 Volunteers Receive Half-Price Registration for School
Nutrition Association’s Conference – July 15–18,
2007; FY08 NCLB: Training for grant coordinators; Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) Program –
Seventh Annual Safe School Symposium; Indirect Cost, Cost
Allocation Plans and Retirement Guidance.
March 13, 2007 --
Lowered flags honor Illinois’ fallen (Staff Sgt. Paul
M. Latourney); State Board seeks public comment on FY 2007
IDEA Part B application; Revised Memorandum for Part C to
Part B Transition; Invitation to Comment on Rules (Parts 1,
25, 475, 485); ‘Pi Across America’; Support to
children of military personnel; FY08 NCLB: Training for grant
coordinators; Early Dismissal, Delayed Starts and School Closings.
March 6, 2007 -- Identification
of Students with Disabilities in Illinois – By the Numbers;
2007 Applications for 1% Cap Exceptions – application
reminder; Notice of Completed Rulemaking (Part 60 & 70);
‘Differentiation and Understanding by Design: Connecting
Content and Kids'; Horace Mann – Abraham Lincoln Fellowship
Program application deadline approaching; Safer Schools Seminar;
Educator opportunities at National Museum of Mexican Art;
Two Illinois students win national volunteer awards –
Eight other students are recognized; ESL/Bilingual/Dual Language
Job Fair; Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
– Unused Funds; Reading First Given “Effective”
Rating by OMB; Eighth Annual National School Change Awards;
FY08 NCLB: Training for grant coordinators; FRIS Inquiry Enhancement.
February 27, 2007 -- Announcement
of SEL and Mental Health Support Grants; Lowered flags honor
Illinois’ fallen (Army Sgt. Pedro J. Colon and Army
Pfc. Ryan C. Garbs); AYP Appeals Process; ISBE Student Information
System (SIS) 2007 Assessment Correction Process Conference
Calls; Illinois ASPIRE – South and Central Regions announce
2007-2008 School Demonstration Site RFPs; Severe Weather Preparedness;
“Gifted Left Behind”; 2nd Annual Illinois Statewide
Bilingual Parent Summit set for April 14; Nutrition Programs
Announces 2007 Training Schedule; Eighth Annual National School
Change Awards.
February 14, 2007 -- Notice
of Completed Rulemaking—Part 227 (Gifted Education),
Part 232 (Summer Bridges Program) and Part 270 (Advanced Placement);
Illinois School Purchasing Network (ISPN); FY07 Title 1 Adjustments
Applied to FY08 Allocations; Make the Choice: Tobacco or Health?;
Free Fitness Education Program for 3rd and 4th Graders—Ready,
Set, FIT!.
February 5, 2007 --
Printed 2006 ISAT Reports; Verification and approval of financial
reports due February 15; Clarification of reporting requirements
for Indicator 11 on Illinois State Performance Plan; Physical
Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (PECAT) now available;
Illinois 2006-2007 Teacher of the Year available for speaking;
2007-2008 Those Who Excel nominations now available; Third
Grade Cabbage Plant Program; Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship
for Academically Talented 7th Graders; Lexile Conference;
Storage of Commodities over summer break; Department of Defense
fresh fruit and vegetables; Don’t Delay! Last Chance
to Register for Illinois Schools Can! Regional Workshops.
January 29, 2007 --
Criminal Background Check Symposium; New census estimates
affecting FY 08 Title I released for 2004 income years; Coming
soon…revised FY 2007 Final Title I allocations, adjustments;
Multidistrict Application for NCLB; Training schedule set
for new data reporting codes for Early Childhood Special Education;
School District Annual Financial Report (ISBE Form 50-35)
Verification Process – upcoming email broadcast; Migrant
Education Summer Program; Check Your Diversions to Processors;
Action for Healthy Kids Campaign for School Wellness New Field
Reports; CTE educator scholarships available; Illinois 2006-2007
Teacher of the Year available for speaking; Residential summer
institute for teachers at Cal State Polytech; Illinois Department
of Natural Resources launches Wild Illinois History web site;
ISBE 2006 Annual Report.
January 22, 2007 --
Lowered flags honor Illinois’ fallen; 2006-2007 Dental
Data Collection; January 31 deadline to demonstrate highly
qualified status for Federal report; American Stars of Teaching
award nominations open; Administrator Academy Courses to be
offered at the Illinois Technology Conference for Educators
(IL-TCE); Administrator Academy Courses to be offered at the
Illinois Technology Conference for Educators (IL-TCE); Illinois
Fatherhood Initiative Essay Contest – What My Father
Means to Me; Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
launches young Abe look-a-like contest; Illinois Amber Alert
Poster Contest; Scholarships to study in Taiwan; Illinois
High School Seniors sought For National Youth Science Camp
Honors; Summer Food Service Program; Advanced Placement Course
Audit update; New assessment tool for Cultural Appropriateness
and Inclusiveness of Instruction; ISBE 2006 Annual Report.
January 16, 2007
-- Lowered flags honor Illinois’ fallen; 21st Century
Community Learning Centers Technical Assistance Conferences;
Non-Certified Staff Salary Study Worksheet; Invitation to
Comment on Rules; Daily physical education requirement; TSR/NCLB
Data Correction Procedure; National Science Chemistry Lab
Safety Guide available online; Illinois Department of Public
Health Resource for Healthier Schools; Department of Energy
Academies Creating Teacher Scientists (ACTS) Program; Illinois
Standards Initiative; Early Childhood Block Grant RFP for
0 to 3 released; School Incident Reporting System; Illinois
Association of School Personnel Administrators Conference;
Health and Safety Workshop for Art Educators; U.S. Department
of Education announces cities for Fourth Annual Best Practices
Summer Workshops; Job Shadow Day; American Stars of Teaching
award nominations open; Illinois Amber Alert Poster Contest;
Scholarships to study in Taiwan; Illinois High School Seniors
sought For National Youth Science Camp Honors; 29th Annual
Illinois High School State Dance Festival; Local Wellness
Policy Workshops Announce New Grant Opportunity for Illinois
Schools.
January 8, 2007 -- Evaluation
of Principals; Assessing English Language Learners (ELLs):
A Collaborative Invitation for Educators; Grant for chemistry
teachers in rural high schools announced; President's Committee
on the Arts and Humanities announces grant opportunity; Fall
Veto Session; Register weather radios; 21st Century Community
Learning Centers Request for Proposals; Abraham Lincoln Presidential
Library and Museum Teacher Workshop Series; The “Men
in Schools Volunteer Day” Program.
January 4, 2007 --
Flags at State of Illinois buildings continue to fly at half
staff; Estimated best three months average daily attendance
IWAS application; 2004 CPPRT and DHS Poverty Counts for FY
2008 GSA Available; Final FY 2007 Mandated Categorical Prorations;
Invitation to Comment on Rules (Part 1 Public Schools Evaluation,
Recognition and Supervision); Notice of completed rulemaking
(Part 235 Early Childhood Block Grant); Verification Summary
Report due January 18, 2007; School Wellness Policy Task Force
Statewide Nutrition Standards Report released; Illinois School
Nutrition Association’s 57th Annual Conference Announced—School
Nutrition Steps Up to the Plate; Nutrition Education That
Works: An Integrated Approach.
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