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| For Immediate Release | Friday, August 13, 2021 | ISBE announces agenda for Aug. 18 meeting in Springfield |
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has announced the following agenda for its regular business meeting at 10 a.m. Aug. 18.
View the information packet for the meeting here. Individuals who wish to sign up for public participation should complete an online form that will be available from 8:30-9:30 a.m. This form will also be accessible at 100 N. First Street, Springfield, IL. Participants will be able to review the guidelines and indicate if they wish to speak. All public participation speakers must be present at the Board meeting. The live audiocast link will appear on the
ISBE.net homepage at the start of the meeting. ISBE will also video-record the meeting and post the recording on the ISBE website after the meeting concludes. All ISBE meetings are accessible to persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations to access the meeting should contact the Superintendent's office no later than one day prior to the meeting. Contact the Superintendent's office at the State Board of Education by phone at (217) 782-2221 or TTY/TDD at (217) 782-1900. The chairperson may call for a break in the meeting as necessary in order for the Board to go into closed session.
Illinois
State Board of Education ISBE 4th Floor Board Room 100 N. First Street, Springfield, IL
August 18, 2021 10 a.m.
AGENDA -
Roll Call/Pledge of Allegiance
- Consideration of and Possible Actions on Any Requests for Participation in Meeting by Other Means
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Public Participation
- Individuals who wish to sign up for public participation should complete an
online form that will be available from 8:30-9:30 a.m. This form will also be accessible at 100 N First Street, Springfield, IL. Participants will be able to review the guidelines and indicate if they wish to speak. All public participation speakers must be present at the Board meeting.
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Presentations
- ESSER Update
- School Year 2021-2022 Re-opening Update – Panel Discussion
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Closed Session
- The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. However, a meeting to consider an increase in compensation to a specific employee of a public body that is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the public and posted and held in accordance with this Act. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)
- Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)
- Meetings between internal or external auditors and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal control weaknesses, identification of potential fraud risk areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards of the United States of America. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(29)
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Public Participation (as needed)
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Superintendent's Report – Consent Agenda
*All action consideration items listed with an asterisk (*) below are considered to be routine and will be enacted in one motion and vote. Any Board member who wishes separate discussion on any item listed on the consent agenda may remove that item from the consent agenda, in which event the item will be considered in its normal sequence. - *Approval of Minutes – Plenary Minutes: June 16, 2021
- *Rules for Initial Review - Part 268 (After-School Grant Program)
New Program
- *Emergency Rules - Parts 1, 25, 28, 29, 65, 210, 226, 240, 252, and 401 COVID-19
Transition Recovery Eligibility
- *Rules for Adoption - Part 1 (Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision)
Computer Science Standards
- *Rules for Adoption - Part 1 (Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision))
Spanish Language Arts Standards
- *Rules for Adoption - Part 228 (Transitional Bilingual Education) Provisional Screening for English Learners Update
- *Rules for Adoption - Part 680 (State Seal of Biliteracy) English Proficiency
- *Approval of Revised FY 2022 Board Meeting Calendar.
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Upcoming Board Action
- Rules for Initial Review - Part 1 (Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision)
Time Out/Physical Restraint
- Rules for Initial Review - Part 1 (Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision)
Substitute Teacher Recruitment Firms
- Rules for Initial Review- Parts 1, 25, 28, 29, 65, 210, 226, 240, 252, and 401
Special Education Services Eligibility
- Contracts & Grants Over $1 Million – Approval of Sole Source Contract with OneGoal for Postsecondary Transitions
- Contracts & Grants Over $1 Million – Approval of ESSER II Bridging/Transitions – Early Childhood Jump Start Kindergarten and First Grade
- Contracts & Grants Over $1 Million – Approval of Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund II Grant with Illinois Action for Children
- Contracts and Grants Over $1 Million – Approval of FY 2022 Title I, Part A, Section 1003 School Improvement Grant Allocations
- Contracts and Grants Over $1 Million - Approval of YouthBuild Illinois Grant
- Contracts and Grants Over $1 Million - FY22 Digital Equity Formula Grants
- Contracts and Grants Over $1 Million – Request for Approval to Release an RFSP & Award of contracts for the Next Generation of IL-EMPOWER Learning Partners
- Approval of the Extension of the Oversight Panels for North Chicago and East St. Louis
- Approval of the Fall 2021 Waiver Report
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Discussion Items
- September Board Retreat Planning
- FY23 Budget Development Process
- Public Participation Policy Discussion
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Announcements & Reports
- Superintendent's/Senior Staff Announcements
- Chair of the Board's Report
- Member Reports
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Information Items
- ISBE Fiscal & Administrative Monthly Reports
- FOIA Monthly Report
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Adjourn
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