• March 25, 2004 -- Board Approves Schools in Academic Early Warning and Academic Watch Status
• March 25, 2004 -- Number of Schools on Financial Watch List Grows
• March 23, 2004 -- Schiller: Governor's School Construction Power Grab is LosingProposal for Schools and the Legislature
• March 17, 2004 -- Illinois receives high marks in national Preschool report
• March 9, 2004 -- State Board encourages celebration of the arts
• March 8, 2004 -- Finalists for State Teacher of Year Announced
• March 5, 2004 -- Illinois Mathematics and Science Partnerships Grants Awarded
  

• April 26, 2004 -- New electronic grant system is a “win-win for school districts”
• April 23, 2004 -- State Board Approves Academic Improvement Awards Program
• April 23, 2004 -- Illinois receives highest grade for High Quality Teacher Standards
• April 17, 2004 -- Environmental Science Teacher "Cleans-Up"
• April 15, 2004 -- Nearly 300 school staffers will be recognized as part of the 30^th annual Those Who Excel Program
  

• May 28, 2004 -- Electronic Grant Management System Available
• May 27, 2004 -- 100 Schools to Receive Academic Recognition
• May 27, 2004 -- 100 Schools to Receive Academic Recognition
• May 20, 2004 -- Illinois State Board of Education Vice-Chair Resigns
• May13, 2004 -- Statement of Janet Steiner, Chair of Illinois State Board of Education
• May 12, 2004 -- 98 Schools to Receive Academic Recognition
• May 7, 2004 -- State Teacher Certification Board Suspends North Greene Teacher's Licenses
• May 7, 2004 -- Governor Restores Certification Funds
  

June 2004

• June 24, 2004 -- Schiller announces East St. Louis Interim CEO
• June 16, 2004 -- State Board of Education adds Supplemental Educational Service Providers
• June 16, 2004 -- Hundreds see AYP improve after participating in ISBE data verification process
• June 16, 2004 -- State Education Board Adopts Illinois Early Learning Standards
• June 10, 2004 -- 100 Schools Receive Academic Recognition
• June 9, 2004 -- East St. Louis Board of Education and ISBE join together

• July 29, 2004 -- State Assessment results encouraging Achievement gap continues to close
• July 29, 2004 -- ISBE Releases Updated 2003 AYP Status--Nearly 450 schools see AYP improve
• July 20, 2004 -- ISBE awards 21st Century Grants to help close achievement gap
• July 16, 2004 -- ISBE and IBM Set to Launch Electronic Student Identification System

• August 31, 2004 -- Illinois college-bound seniors increase scores on SAT--More take AP test – even more eligible
• August 20, 2004 -- Retention rates for Illinois public school teachers remain high -- State Board releases annual educator report
• August 20, 2004 -- ISBE releases its first Special Education Performance Annual Report
• August 18, 2004 -- Illinois ACT Scores Rise:  Second straight year since all public high school juniors began taking ACT
  

• September 29 , 2004 -- ISBE Opens School Report Card Window Early In Response to Local Requests
• September 24, 2004 -- State Superintendent Schiller Resigns
• September 22, 2004 -- State Board Sets Agency Priorities
• September 20, 2004 -- Downstate Educator Appointed Interim Superintendent
• September 2, 2004 -- Illinois State Board of Education moves forward with enhanced state assessments
  

• October 26, 2004 -- Fast Growth Grants Issued to Districts
• October 21, 2004 -- New State Board of Education to streamline rules and regulations
• October 19, 2004 -- Illinois State Board of Education Employee Named Illinois Principal of the Year
• October 12, 2004 -- Two Chicago-area Teachers Receive National Recognition
• October 10, 2004 -- New State Board of Education announces agreement for charter high school in Venice
  

• November 18, 2004 -- New State Board of Education streamlines agency operations
• November 17, 2004 -- New State Board of Education team and Illinois schools clean up School Report Cards
• November 16, 2004 -- State Superintendent to Discuss School Report Cards
• November 9, 2004 -- Illinois State Board of Education
  awards grants to struggling schools
• November 9, 2004 -- Illinois to pilot parent involvement model for students with autism--Illinois only state selected
• November 9, 2004 -- Illinois receives one of five national grant awards for special education
• November 4, 2004 -- Gov. Blagojevich expands program to feed up to 40,000 additional Illinois children
• November 3, 2004 -- New State Board of Education reaches major milestone in eliminating teacher certification backlog
  

• December 16, 2004--New State Board of Education pledges support for Blagojevich ban on violent video games--Policy to address ban in schools
• December 16, 2004--Illinois school superintendent recommends retaining college entrance exam as part of state tests--Offers equal access for all students
• December 15, 2004--State Board of Education releases 2003-2004 State School Report Card--More schools and districts meet No Child Left Behind requirements this year
  State Superintendent calls for reform of Federal No Child Left Behind law
• December 9, 2004--State Board of Education and AFSCME Local #2811 announce tentative contract agreement--State Board and union negotiators agree to four-year contract
  

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