State Board of Education
Superintendent's Archived Messages
2004
December
20, 2004--Eligible districts may still apply for Title
IID (Ed Tech) funds; Defibrillators in public schools; Free
resource for administrators, teachers, health service providers;
New National Board Certified Teachers; Weekly news clips.
December
10, 2004--Extending the Textbook Loan Program deadline;
New census estimates affecting Title I released for 2001 and
2002 income year; Testing schedule; Increase in Employer TRS
percentage for federal grants effective July 1, 2005; Reading
Flip Charts grades 4-8; Defibrillators in public schools;
TECH 2005; ISBE employment opportunities; Weekly newsclips.
December
3 , 2004--New IWAS System - Estimated Best Three
Months Average Daily Attendance; Invitation to comment
on rules; Notice of completed rulemaking; Researcher Seeking
Mistakes; Nature in Legend and Story Conference; Weekly newsclips.
November
19, 2004--2004 report cards now available online;
Agency streamlining press release; Reading First district
meeting; Invitation to comment on rules; ISBE employment opportunities;
Young Authors’ Conference; Center for African Studies;
grant opportunities for K-12 and community college faculty;
Meeting the Challenge XV; Weekly newsclips.
November 12, 2004--Employer
contribution rate to increase on salaries paid from federal
funds; Charter school RFP released; Reminder: 2003-04 performance
report for districts receiving Title funds due November 19;
Reminder: Invitation to meet board members; New online teacher
resource available through U.S. Geological Survey; Weekly
Newsclips.
November 5, 2004--Meet
State Board members and Interim State Superintendent Dunn;
Preventing gasoline burns; Fall housing reports (schools)
and unfilled positions reports (districts); Immunization reports
due November 15; Employment opportunities; “Raising Student
Achievement” Conference; First Amendment Campaign-free curriculum
guide; Teachers and students invited on virtual expedition;
Audio Journal Available; Newsclips.
October
29, 2004--2003-2004 NCLB Performance Report Available
in IWAS; 21st Century Community Learning Center Programs;
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Standards; Teacher and Administrator
Salary Information; Winter Weather Preparedness Week; Teacher
and Administrator Fulbright Exchange Program Winners; Thomas
Lay Burroughs Award Nominations; Those Who Excel Nominations;
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Information for Students;
Weekly Newsclips.
October
22, 2004--FY 2005 State & Federal Expenditure
Reports/Claims Due List; New Public School Calendar Inquiry
System; NAEP; Flu Vaccine Health Department Advisory; Learn
And Serve RFP Released; Science Supplies Warning; Professional
Development Needs Assessment Survey - Reminder; Mental Health
Policy – Reminder; PSAE/Graduation - Reminder; Spring
Testing Dates for 2005 - Reminder; Physicians and Health Experts
Available for Career Fairs. Newsclips.
October
15, 2004--Annual Claim for Pupil Transportation Reimbursement
Revisions; New Interim Assistant Superintendent for Teaching
and Learning; PSAE/Graduation; Spring Testing Dates for 2005;
Notice of Completed Rulemaking; National Mock Election; Thomas
Lay Burroughs Award Nominations; Those Who Excel Nominations;
Middle School Symposium; Beyond Field Trips – Children’s
Museum Event; Newsclips.
October
8, 2004--Tax Anticipation Warrant Program; Automated
External Defibrillator·HB 4232; IMAGE Testing Grades
and Dates · Reminder; Breakfast Start-Up Incentive
Grants; Invitation to Comment on Rules; Satellite Broadcast
- "Measuring the Effectiveness of the Nation's Food Service
and Retail Food Protection System"; iVote 2004; Newsclips.
October
1, 2004--Notice to Superintendents of districts that
made changes in their list of schools receiving Title I funds
for FY 04-05 compared to FY03-04 or that are declining Title
I funds for FY 2004-2005; 203-2004 Driver Education Claim
Report due October 1; Safe and Healthy Schools Grants; Prairie
State Achievement Examination as a Condition of Graduation
Public Act 93-857 – Reminder; IMAGE Testing Grades and
Dates – Reminder; Illinois Assessment Frameworks - Reminder;
Homework Assistance Information; Educating Students on the
Electoral Process; News Clips.
September
29, 2004 (Special)--School Report Card information.
September
24, 2004--Notice to Superintendents of districts that
made changes in their list of schools receiving Title I funds
for FY 04-05 compared to FY03-04 or that are declining Title
I funds for FY 2004-2005; 2003-2004 Driver Education Claim
Report due October 1; Safe and Healthy Schools Grants; Prairie
State Achievement Examination as a Condition of Graduation
Public Act 93-857 – Reminder; IMAGE Testing Grades and
Dates – Reminder; Illinois Assessment Frameworks - Reminder;
Homework Assistance Information; Educating Students on the
Electoral Process; News Clips.
September
17, 2004--NIU’s Illinois Interactive Report Card;
2003-2004 Driver Education Cost Claim Due October 1; Tax Anticipation
Warrant Program; A Program for Rural Middle and High School
Teachers; FY2005 Title II-D Allotments Available; Metlife
Essay Contest; National Book Scholarship Fund Offers Literacy
Materials; English Language Learner Students in US Public
Schools: 1994 and 2000; Prudential Spirit of Community Awards;
Teacher Technology Survey; Hearst Scholarship Applications
Due 9/28/04; Harriet Fulbright to Speak; Principal’s
Flip Chart; Assessment Data Update - Reminder; Prairie State
Achievement Examination as a Condition of Graduation - Reminder;
Illinois Assessment Frameworks Update - Reminder; Weekly News
Clips.
September
10, 2004--Prairie State Achievement; Examination as
a Condition of Graduation; General State Aid Hold Harmless;
Limitation of Administrative Costs Worksheet; Student Information
System Survey; Assessment Data Update; Fall Data Collection
Update; Teacher Service Record; 2004 Legislation and the Schools;
Extended Deadline For LPDC Notification; Department of Special
Education Parent/Guardian; Survey to be Extended Through End
of Year; Illinois Assessment Frameworks; New Resources for
Curriculum Standards; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
(TANF) - Clarification; 2004-05 End of the Year Report; Supplemental
Data for FY 03/04 Federal Performance Report; Immunization
School Survey; Student Transfer Forms; Teacher Needs Assessment
Survey; Reading Improvement Block Grant Reports; Rabid Bats
Reports; Those Who Excel Nominations; Last Weekly Message
Using Old Listserv; Challenges and Opportunities in Educating
Refugee Children Conference; National Conference on Interactive
Videoconferencing in Education; News Clips.
August
27, 2004--Final FY05 Title I Allocations Complete;
End of the Year Report Form is Past Due; SES Approval Update;
SchoolHouse Data Update; Invitation to Comment on Rules; Important
Information for Reading First Programs; School Treasurer Bonds
Deadline; Safe School Activities for School Year 2004-2005;
Current ISBE Vacancies; News Clips.
August
20, 2004--Deadline August 21 for 2004 Assessment Data
Corrections on SchoolHouse; Your Immediate Attention is Needed:
School Report Card Data Collection; Criminal Background Check
Notice; Select ISBE Programs Impact on Federal Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families; Technology Survey Deadline Extended; 2003-2004
Driver Education Cost Claim Open; Homeless Program Grant;
News Clips.
August
13, 2004--IMPORTANT SCHOOL STATUS INFORMATION; 2002-2003
NCLB Performance Report Reminder; SchoolHouse Update (2004
Assessment Data Corrections) – Reminder; Report Card
Data Due by August 16, 2004; Preliminary GSA; Education Funding
Hearing Set for Bloomington; Annual Measurable Achievement;
Objectives for Title III (AMAO) Performance Report; Newsclips.
August
6, 2004--SB 2349-Impact on General State Aid; HB 4255
Status-Special Education Extraordinary; AYP Calculations;
Reminder: Report Card Data Due by August 16; SchoolHouse Update
(2004 Assessment Data Corrections); Changes in Local Professional
Development Committees; Student Information System Survey;
Reading Improvement Block Grant Allocations; Canine Associates
International; Newsclips.
July
26, 2004--2004 Assessment Data Corrections; Small
Rural School Achievement (SRSA) Program Funds; Title Program
Performance Reports Deadline Extended; Posting/Converting
Microsoft Excel FY05 Budget Form to Adobe PDF; ISBE at 2004
State Fair; Superintendent’s Conference; Proposals for
“Smaller Learning Communities”; Illinois Recognized
at High Schools That Work; Newsclips.
July
16, 2004--2004 Assessment Data Corrections; Small
Rural School Achievement (SRSA) Program Funds; Title Program
Performance Reports Deadline Extended; Posting/Converting
Microsoft Excel FY05 Budget Form to Adobe PDF; ISBE at 2004
State Fair; Superintendent’s Conference; Proposals for
“Smaller Learning Communities”; Illinois Recognized
at High Schools That Work; Newsclips.
July
1, 2004--Student Assessment Data Verification; Assessment
Frameworks Update; 2004 Report Card 986-43 Data Collection
Now Available; NCLB Title Programs Performance Reports; Prekindergarten
At-Risk Program Evaluation Report for FY03; Nonpublic Facility
Placement Contract – Form 19-83; NCLB newsclips from
other states; Newsclips.
June
25, 2004--Extension of RFPs and Parent/Guardian Survey
Deadlines; Due Dates for Filling General State Aid Claims;
Missing Enrollment Data Reminder; English Language Proficiency
Standards for Administrators; School Bus Safety; Reading Improvement
Block Grants Reallocation; Newsclips
June
18, 2004--GSA Payments to be Advanced; Chicago Regional
Certification Office Re-Opens; Certification Updates; College
Program Approvals and Accreditations; Certification Board
Appointments; Invitation to Comment on Rules; Transition Outreach
Training for Adult Living (TOTAL) Multimedia Training Package;
Schools Selected to Implement High Schools That Work; USDE
Approves Amendments to the Illinois Accountability Plan; Censorship
in Schools in Libraries exhibit available for display; Lightning
Safety Awareness Week will be observed June 20- 26,
2004; Missing Enrollment Data Reminder; News Clips.
June
11, 2004--100 schools recognized for Academic Improvement
(list); Missing Enrollment Data; Deadline for Annual Student
Report; School Violence Preparedness and Response; Child Abduction
Prevention Education; Newsclips.
June 4, 2004 (Special)--Teacher
Certification Update.
June
4, 2004--Legislative Update; Update on Key Steps in the
2004 State Assessment Data Verification Process; Even Start
Family Literacy Program Update; Newsclips.
May 28, 2004--Legislative Update; Annual Financial Reports
Information; News Clips.
May
21, 2004--Legislative Update; Early Review and Correction
Period for Participation Data-June 10-28; Electronic Grants
Management System (eGMS) Update and Training CD; 2004 Summer
School Approval & Reimbursement for Special Needs Children;
Deadline for Consolidated Application for English Language
Learning Programs; Invitation to Comment on Rules; Notice
of Completed Rulemaking; Academic Improvement Awards; Environmental
Improvement Grant; News Clips.
May 14, 2004--New
Expenditure Threshold for OMB Circular A-133 Audits; FY 2004
State & Federal Grant Amendments and Project Extension
Requests; Reading Improvement Block Grants sent Legislative
Update; Do you know an outstanding educator?; State Police
Request for School Site Information; News Clips.
May 7, 2004--Certification;
Funds Restored; Budget/Joint Agreement Budget Forms; Legislative
Update; Sepcial Ed Parent/Guardian Survey; E-Grants Approval
Groups Setup; Bridges Extended Learning Opportunities; FOCUS
2004 Fall Conference; Newsclips.
April 30, 2004--PRIORITY
Processing of Applications for Certificates and Endorsements;
New Guidelines on Alternate Assessments; Legislative Update;
Guidelines for Participation in State-Developed Alternate
Assessment; Don’t Forget to Submit Your Enrollment Data!;
English Language Learning Updates; Report Card Data Collection;
News Clips.
April 23, 2004--Legislative
Update; Illinois Receives Top Grade for High Quality Teacher
Standards; 2004 Illinois Teacher of the Year Named; Nearly
100 Illinois Schools to Receive Academic Improvement Award;
New Public School Calendar System Available in IWAS; Deadline
Approaching for Fordham; National Childhood Nutrition Employee
Appreciation Week; Summer Food Service Program Week; News
Clips.
April 16, 2004--Legislative
Update; E-Grant Workshops Begin Next Week; FY05 Projected
Allocations; Certification Rules; ADD/ADHD Presentations;
News Clips.
April 9, 2004--Legislative
update; Consolidated Grant Training; Bilingual/ESL Job Fair;
Newsclips.
April 2, 2004--Legislative
update; NCLB Performance Reports Due; Notification of Services
from Illinois School for the Deaf and Illinois School for
the Visually Impaired; NCLB Participation Rate Change; Application
for Approval of Private Residential Placement Room and Board
Reimbursement; Training Available for Transition Planning:
Aligning Characteristics and Developmental Traits with Transition
Service Needs; Additional E-grant Workshop Scheduled; New
OTIS Feature; National Food Service Management Institute’s
Coaching Employee Satellite Seminar Announced; School Breakfast
Start-Up Grants Available Now; 10th Annual Character Education
Conference; Newsclips.
> March 26, 2004--Legislative
update; Assessment Test Dates; ISBE adds Dolton as Supplemental
Educational Service Provider; NIU Survey Results; Updates
to the State and Federal Grant Administration Policy Handbook;
Summer Food Services Program; Help Students Avoid Bankruptcy;
SchoolMatch; Newsclips.
March 19, 2004--Education
Agency Sesquicentennial; Administrative Rules Work Group;
Legislation Update; Opportunity to Comment on Proposed Rulemaking:
Special Reminder; Notice of Completed Rulemaking; Student
Information System Update; Illinois Assessment Frameworks
for Grade 11 Now Posted on Website; Announcement of E-Grants
Training; Occupational and Physical Therapy in Illinois Schools;
Enrollments on First Day of Testing to be Collected Electronically;
Guidance for Districts that have Schools Identified for Corrective
Action; Business Community Shows Support; National Youth Science
Camp Application Announcement; Migrant Education Summer Programs;
Foreign Exchange Teachers Recruitment; Newsclips.
March 12, 2004--Education
Agency Sesquicentennial; Administrative Rules Work Group;
Legislation Update; Opportunity to Comment on Proposed Rulemaking:
Special Reminder; Notice of Completed Rulemaking; Student
Information System Update; Illinois Assessment Frameworks
for Grade 11 Now Posted on Website; Announcement of E-Grants
Training; Occupational and Physical Therapy in Illinois Schools;
Enrollments on First Day of Testing to be Collected Electronically;
Guidance for Districts that have Schools Identified for Corrective
Action; Business Community Shows Support; National Youth Science
Camp Application Announcement; Migrant Education Summer Programs;
Foreign Exchange Teachers Recruitment; Newsclips.
March 5, 2004--Legislative
Update; Updated Information Regarding the 2004 Assessment
of English Language Learners; New Pupil Transportation Inquiry
System'; Elimination of Some State Expenditure Reports; Certification
Updates; Math and Science Partnership grants released; 2004-2005
Official Public School Calendars; Drivers Education Work Zone
Awareness Program; Illinois Arts Education Week; Newsclips.
February 27, 2004--Legislative
Update; Financial Profiles; PSAE, ISAT, and IMAGE Security
Measures; Futuristic Presentation; RFPs Released; National
School Breakfast Week; Nontraditional Breakfast Service Options
(book); Remembering Victims of the Holocaust; Newsclips.
February 20, 2004--New
English Language Proficiency Standards approved; Students
New to the U.S.; Financial Profiles Coming Out; Proposed Rule
Making; New Uses for OTIS; NCLB & eGrant Management System
Training; Data Verification Deadline Reminder; United States
Department of Agriculture Commodity Alert A672 Pork Roast;
GIS in K-12 Education: Opening Your Student's Eyes with GIS
& GPS; Week of the Classroom Teacher; Illinois Teacher
of the Year Available to Speak; National Eating Disorders
Awareness Week; Severe Weather Preparedness Week; Essay Contest;
Young Authors Conference; Newsclips.
February
6, 2004--Charter School RFP Released, Announcements,
Newsclips.
January
30, 2004--2003 Report Cards Available Online; Assessment
Update; Four Illinois Schools Selected to Implement High Schools
That Work; Invitation to Comment on Rules; USDA Letter Regarding
Mad Cow Disease; Funds Available to Support Artists Residence
in Illinois Schools; News Clips.
January
23, 2004--Board meeting, New census data available
– Immediate attention suggested, Illinois garners top
marks in Teacher Aide support and development, Important assessment
information, Opportunities web page, Century Program announced,
Middle Grade Conference, Newsclips.
January
16, 2004--Proposed FY05 Budget; Student Identification
as Multiracial on Assessment Forms;Complete FY 2005 RFP Schedule;
Newsclips.
January 9, 2004--FY05
Budget Approved; 2003 Test Verification; Looking Ahead to
2004 Testing – “An Ounce of Prevention”; Advance
Notice of 2004-05 Test Dates; Spaces Available on Due Process
Screening Committee; Invitation to Comment on Rules; Notice
of Completed Rulemaking; FY04 Final Mandated Categorical Prorations;
Announcements; Newsclips.
