The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) will host public budget
hearings in Springfield, Chicago, and Granite City to collect feedback
and hear ideas from education stakeholders and advocates. Information on
past budgets can be found at http://www.isbe.net/budget.
The budget hearings will be hosted by Curt Bradshaw, Board member
and chair of the ISBE Finance and Audit Committee. The information
collected at the hearings will inform the fiscal year 2018 budget
recommendations ISBE will make to the General Assembly in January.
“Community and stakeholder feedback is more important than ever,
as state lawmakers redesign how the state funds school districts, and
ISBE creates the Illinois State Plan to implement the Every Student
Succeeds Act,” said State Superintendent of Education Tony Smith, Ph.D.
“We have a collective opportunity to define and ensure all students
receive an adequately and equitably funded education. I urge parents,
students, educators, administrators, and community advocates to attend
the budget hearings and share their ideas, priorities, and concerns.”
The public budget hearings for fiscal year 2018 will take place in:
- Springfield – Thursday, Oct. 20, immediately following the
Board meeting (approximately noon) in the Board Room at ISBE (100 N.
First St.)
- Chicago – Friday, Nov. 18, immediately following the Board meeting
(approximately 1 p.m.) in Conference Room 16-503 at the Thompson Center
(100 W. Randolph St.)
- Granite City – Monday, Nov. 21, 4 – 6 p.m. in the Atrium at Granite City High School (3101 Madison Ave.)
ISBE encourages all stakeholders and community members –
including those attending a hearing in person – to submit their
comments on the budget by completing a budget request form (available
at http://www.isbe.net/budget/) and emailing the form to isbeFY18@isbe.net.
