State Board of Education
Superintendent's Archived Messages
2002
December 20, 2002--Condition
of Education/FY04 Budget Proposal; 2002 Academic Early Warning
List and Academic Watch List; Assessment and Accountability
Task Force Recommendations; Supplemental Education Service
Providers; Livingston School District Financial Oversight
Panel.
December 13, 2002--Assessment
and Accountability Task Force; Hazel Crest Finance Authority;
State Board Meeting Agenda; State Board Appointments; State
Board Student Advisory Council; Violence Prevention Conferences.
December 6, 2002--Legislature
acts to keep Hazel Crest doors open; ISBE upholds Champaign’s
charter school denial; State Board Summary from November 21;
Illinois gains 222 Nationally Certified teachers.
November 22, 2002--State
Board Information and Hospitality Room at the Triple I Conference;
General Assembly Actions; State Board Meeting Highlights;
State’s Fiscal Condition; Assessment and Accountability
Task Force; No Child Left Behind Updates; Federal Student
Aid Information; Information on Achievement, Educator and
Funding Gaps in Illinois; Report of the After-School Initiative
Task Force.
November 15, 2002--New
date for releasing superintendent salaries; Your feedback
is essential to developing new assessment framework; Triple
I Conference; 20-Minute State Board Packet; Free Online resources
available to all Public Schools.
November 8, 2002--Draft
of a proposed framework for state assessment; Requests received
for local superintendent salaries; Illinois schools selected
for "Following the Leaders"; Illinois Alternate
Assessment information goes online; ISBE approves emergency
loan for Hazel Crest 152 ½; American Education Week
resources available from NEA; Referenda fare poorly November
5.
November 1, 2002--Additional
public hearings scheduled on assessment/accountability; Application
deadline nears for ISBE vacancies; State Board meeting summarized:
October 16-17, 2002; Burroughs Award nominations due soon.
October 25, 2002--2002-03
Unfilled Positions Survey now on line; State Superintendent
appoints Hazel Crest Financial Oversight Panel Members; Governor
proclaims Principal Appreciation Day; Those Who Excel/Teacher
of the Year nominations now available.
October 18, 2002--Hazel
Crest School District 152.5 petitions for Financial Oversight
Panel; Financial Profile provides more accurate picture of
school district finances; State Board calls for stronger requirements
for middle-grade teachers; ISBE waiver website gets makeover;
Nominate your board president for Burroughs Award.
October 15, 2002--Assessment/Accountability
Task Force discussions are frank, productive; ACT results
from April 2002 PSAE being shipped to districts; 20-Minute
State Board Packet for October meeting in Collinsville; ISU
gets grant to expand NBPTS pool.
October 11, 2002--NCLB
Update - Guidance on Providing Information to Military Recruiters;
Model Notice for Directory Information under the Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
October 4, 2002--Officially
accepting applications for the management positions; definition
of highly qualified located on NCLB page; anecdotal information
from you about the impact of the budget crisis; Illinois Certification
Testing System goes on line; State Board September meeting
summary.
September 27, 2002--Assessment
and Accountability Task Force; ISBE Vacancy List; 21st Century
RFP available; State Board to conduct meeting, budget hearing
in Collinsville; E-mail reminder for superintendents, principals,
board presidents.
September 20, 2002--Annual
Superintendent's Conference Speech Excerpts; Research shows
teaching Standards yields higher achievement; External reviewer
says ISAT technically reliable, valid; Board defines “highly
qualified” teacher, expectations for SES providers; Board
offers opportunities for feedback on budget, assessment/ accountability;
State Board explores school improvement success stories with
new agenda item; Board approves Title II Institutional Report
Card, fall Waiver Report.
September 19, 2002--Schiller
Establishes Task Force to Review Student Assessment, School
Accountability; First public hearing in Springfield September
23.
September 13, 2002--Follow
up on my call for “a few good men and women” ; 20-Minute
Board Packet for September 18-19 Meeting; ISBE conducts first
of four budget hearings on September 19; State Technology
Plan needs your scrutiny; Scholarships, annual stipend make
NBPTS process more appealing; Federal grants support technology
capabilities in new, renovated schools; Parent involvement
is focus on TV public service announcements.
September 6, 2002--ISBE
is looking for a few good men and women; Illinois one of nine
states to get federal Reading First Grant; 9/11 website offers
ideas, materials; State Board's August action, discussion
summarized.
August 30, 2002--Funding,
Achievement and Teacher Gaps; make the state education agency
a more efficient and effective agency; Corrections to school,
district reports of state test results; High Schools: grade
12 PSAE retake voucher use; IDPH: take precautions against
West Nile Virus at outdoor events; IDPH update on immunization,
health examination rules.
August 27, 2002--Attendance
at the Education Funding Advisory Board meeting at the State
Board; College Board released the 2002 SAT and Advanced Placement
results; Statement by State Superintendent Robert E. Schiller
Regarding EFAB Recommendations.
August 21, 2002--Governor's
Commission on Revising the School Code continues its series
of public hearings.
August 16, 2002--Introduction
to regular communication with local administrators.
August 16, 2002--"Heads-up"
regarding release of school and state ACT data for the Class
of 2002.
August 12, 2002--
Public Hearings Set on Revised School Code Draft; First General
State Aid Payments Distributed Today.
