State Board of Education
Superintendent's Archived Messages
2005
December
19, 2005 -- Upcoming Deadlines; Student Assessment;
Resources for Districts; Rules; Professional Development;
Special Education;
Illinois School Purchasing Network; Federal Grants and Programs; Scholarship
Opportunities; Nutrition; News from other agencies; Employment Opportunities;
In the News.
December
12, 2005 -- Upcoming Deadlines; Illinois School
Purchasing Network; Federal Grants and Programs; Student Opportunities; Fine Arts; Special
Education; Nutrition; News from Other Agencies; Employment Opportunities; In
the News.
December
5, 2005 -- Professional Development; Fine Arts;
Illinois School Purchasing Network; Federal Grants and
Programs; Nutrition; Curriculum and Instruction; Accountability;
Employment Opportunities; In the News.
November
28, 2005 -- Acountability; Professional Development;
English Language Learning; Funding and Disbursement;
General Counsel; Federal Grants and Programs; Nutrition
Programs; Staff Development; Hurricane Relief Efforts;
Employment Opportunities; In the News.
November
21, 2005 -- State Board News; Funding and Disbursement;
General Counsel; Federal Grants and Programs; English
Language Learning; Nutrition Programs; Curriculum and
Instruction; Staff Development; Hurricane Relief Effort;
Employment Opportunities; In the News.
(Updated Edition - Updates include adjustment of two
web links for ease of access (School Calendar Guide and
School Wellness Policy Task Force Member Listing) and the
correction of an ISBE phone number in the Supplemental
General State Aid article.)
November
14, 2005 -- Curriculum and Instruction; Legal;
Student Assessment; Professional Development; School
Hurricane Relief Effort; Federal Grants and Programs;
Employment Opportunities; In the News.
November
7, 2005 -- Federal Grants and Program; School
Business and Support; Special Education Services; Legal;
Nutrition Program; Professional Development; Recognition;
School Hurricane Relief Efforts; External Vacancies;
In the News.
October
31 -- Funding and Disbursements; Student Information
System; Curriculum and Instruction; Special Educatio;
Legal; Federal Grants and Programs; Nutrition Programs;
School Hurricane Relief Efforts; External Vacancy List;
In the News.
October
24 -- Katrina Relief for Schools; Illinois School
Hurricane Relief Efforts; Accountabilit; Recognition
Opportunities; Federal Grants and Programs; Funding and
Disbursements; Professional Development; Kudos; External
Vacancy List; In the News.
October
17 -- Accountability; Federal Grants and Programs;
Funding and Disbursements; Data Analysis; Special Education;
Student Assessment; Curriculum and Instruction; Professional
Development; Kudos: External Vacancies; In the News.
October
11-- Data Analysis; Funding and Disbursements;
Fiscal Support; Special Education; School Business and
Support; Student Assessment; Accountability; Curriculum
and Instruction; Rules Nutrition Programs; Professional
Development; External Vacancie; In the News.
October
3 -- Curriculum and Instruction; Special Education;
Student Assessment; Accountability; School Safety; Nutrition;
Special Announcements; Professional Development; School
Business and Support; NCLB; Data Analysis; External Assurance;
External Vacancy List; In the News.
September
26 -- Topics: Special Announcements; Professional
Development; School Business and Support; CLB; Data An;
External Assurance; Grants and Scholarships; Legal; Funding
and Disbursements; In the News.
September
19 -- Topics: School Business and Support; Curriculum
and Instruction; External Assurance; Kudos; Professional
Development; Data Analysis; NCLB; Grant and Scholarship
Opp; Legal; Funding and Disbursements; External Vacancies;
In the News.
September
12 -- Topics: Federal Requirements; Early Childhood;
Curriculum and Instruction; Kudos; Nutrition; Professional
Development; Data Analysis; Student Assessment; NCLB;
Grants and Scholarships; Legal; Funding and Disbursements;
External Vacancies; In the News.
September 6 -- Topics: Data Analysis; External Assurance;
External Vacancies; Funding and Disbursements; Grant
and Scholarship Opportunities; In the News; Kudos; Legal;
NCLB; Nutrition; Professional Development; Special Announcement;
Student Assessment.
August
29 --Topics: Accountability; Data Analysis;
English Language Learning; External Vacancies; Funding
and Disbursements; Grant and Scholarship Opportunities;
In the News; Legal; Legislative Update; NCLB; Nutrition;
Professional Development; ROE; News; Student Assessment.
August
22--Topics: Data Analysis, Accountability, Professional Development, Legal, Funding
and Disbursements, News, Grant Opportunities, In the News.
August
15--FY06 special education “extraordinary” district
allocations; Illinois Alternate Assessment updates; Legislative
changes affecting the waiver process; Interim guidance
for special education services for parentally placed
private school children with disabilities; Notice of
completed rulemaking; · Identifying English language
learners; Legislative update; State Farm Good Neighbor
Service Learning Award; Technology grants available for
rural schools; Healthy Schools Campaign focuses on use
of “green” products and processes; Best Buy
education technology grants; Barnes & Noble local,
regional and national sponsorships; Revised grant guidelines
for Starbucks Foundation; Weekly news clips.
August
8--Interrupted school days/heat policy;
Permissible ISAT/IMAGE test for grades 3-8 window for 2006; School treasurer
bonds; Clarification on driver facilities that will allow school bus driver “S” endorsements;
Legislative update; School breakfast program start-up incentive grant funds
are available; Take advantage of FREE nutrition education and training services;
Satellite seminar program on local school; Weekly News Clips.
August
5--Supplemental Educational Services (SES) are
a part of the student remediation efforts contained in
the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
August
1--OMB A-133 Single audit now requires DUNS number
for recipients of direct federal aid; All driver facilities
will now process school bus driver “S” endorsements;
Registration guidance – residency, homeless pupils
and school fee waivers; Restrictions on presence of sex
offenders on school grounds – new laws; Invitation
to comment on rules; Hearst foundation scholarships;
Barbara Bush foundation for family literacy invites grant
applications; National geographic education foundation
announces guidelines for teacher grants; Bills signed;
Employment opportunities; Weekly news clips.
July
25--ISBE Student Information System; Message
regarding changes to the teacher service record; Grade
2 assessment of reading and mathematics test dates; IMAGE;
Legislative update; Student assessment data corrections
reminder; Illinois alternate assessment coordinators;
Random student drug testing federal grant application
available; Illinois Teacher of the Year available; “At
the Table”.
July
18--Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
posts AYP Determinations; Legislative Update; 2004-05
mandated categorical statutory deadlines approaching;
District transportation claims; Special education private
facility and personnel claims; Department of Education
grants available for student drug testing programs; School
health index is now interactive and online; Notice of
completed rulemaking; Weekly news clips.
July
12--Superintendents’ Conference – September
1 and 2, 2005; Reading Improvement Block Grant Update;
Social and Emotional (SEL) Learning Standards Performance
Descriptors; School bus driver “S” endorsement
information; ISBE employment opportunities; Weekly news
clips.
July
5--Legislative Update; Dental exams required;
Title I carryover waiver modification; Invitation to
comment on rules; Weekly news clips.
June
27--Important notice concerning the grade 5;
ISAT reading results; End of session report available;
Invitation to comment on rules; Notice of completed rulemaking;
ISBE employment opportunities; Weekly news clips.
June
20--State Board of Ed approves change to IMAGE
cut scores; Testing window change for ACCESS for ELLs;
USDE issues statement regarding requirements for paraprofessionals;
Employer TRS contribution change on salaries paid from
federal funds; Reading Improvement Block Grant; Healthy
and safe schools initiative; Bring history to life at
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum;
Educational opportunities at Adler Planetarium and Astronomy
Museum; Weekly news clips.
June
13--SchoolHouse and IWAS postings; Testing window
change for ACCESS for Ells; Invitation to comment on
rules; ISBE employment opportunities; Weekly news clips.
June
6--Editing of schoolhouse data and posted test
results; New deadline for FY 05 NCLB consolidated amendments;
2004-05 General State Aid claim statutory dates; NHTSA
restates rollover warning for users of 15-passenger vans;
The school report card data collection forms on IWAS-reminder;
Kindergarten focus groups; ISBE employment opportunities;
News clips.
May
31--Safe schools training; Children’s Privacy
Protection and Parental Empowerment Act; FY 2005 Transition
Assistance; Illinois State Teacher Certification Board;
Lightning Safety Awareness Week scheduled June 19-25,
2005; EPA invites applications for clean school bus grant
program; Weekly news clips.
May
23--Notice of School Technology Revolving Loan
Program for FY06; School report card data form now online;
Prairie State Achievement Exam dates set for 2006; One
percent exception application reminder; Openings available
for Standards Aligned Classroom Initiative teams; Criminal
background checks; Reading Improvement Block Grant update;
U.S. Department of Education “American Stars of
Teaching”; Employment at ISBE; Weekly news clips.
May
16--Consequences for not meeting "Highly
Qualified" requirements; Student fees clarification;
SchoolHouse discrepancy reports; ISBE Student Information
Systems (SIS) training; Public Hearing set for ISBE Strategic
Plan; State Board seeks public comment on IDEA Part B
application; Conference announced; Helping students with
diabetes succeed; Progress in International reading literacy
study; Presidential environmental youth awards program;
Attention teachers of the arts: showcase opportunity
announced; Vacancies at ISBE; Weekly news clips.
May
9--Discrepancy check report update: ISAT - IMAGE
- IAA Grades 3 - 8; Correction in date of State Board
meeting; Illinois’ Part B IDEA application available
for public comment; Seeking host families for foreign
exchange students; Student fees; FY 2006 NCLB Consolidated
Application now available; Notice of completed rulemaking;
Tools for projecting FY 2006 General State Aid; Fraud
Alert; Social Emotional Learning Professional Development
Survey 2; External vacancies at ISBE; Weekly news clips.
May
2--Illinois Alternate Assessment update; ISBE
and Illinois PTA unveil mock-up of parent-friendly Illinois
School Profile; Notice of completed rulemaking; Student
Information System news; SCHOOLHOUSE data correction
window to open May 2-13, 2005; Student count for testing
and results; U.S. Department of Education seeks nominations
for American Stars of Teaching; NEW SLC competition and
upcoming bidders’ conferences; Weekly news clips.
April
25--State Board of Education action items from
April meeting; School District Financial Profiles released;
Follow-up on social emotional learning surveys; Invitation
to comment on rules; Professional Development Needs Assessment
Survey; Video tool kit for Refugee and Bilingual Program
students; Preventing diseases associated with animals
in public settings; State TBE/TPI and Federal Title III
consolidated application workshops; 21st Century Community
Learning Centers Program; Mediacom Communications offers
scholarships to high school students; U.S. Department
of Education seeks nominations for American Stars of
Teaching; Positions available at ISBE; Weekly newsclips.
April
21--Urgent Information: New Criteria for Identifying
Teachers as “Highly Qualified”
April
18--Invitation to comment on rules; Release of
the 2005 School District Financial Profile; SCHOOLHOUSE
reminder from Student Assessment; Last chance to register;
Professional Development Needs Assessment Survey; State
TBE/TPI and federal
Title III consolidated application workshops; Illinois Learn and Serve America
grants awarded; Video tool kit for Refugee and Bilingual Program students; "Compendium
of Measures to Prevent Disease with Animals in Public Settings"; Weekly
newsclips.
April
11--School Improvement Plans due May 1; Early
Childhood Block Grant continuation applications electronic;
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Practices - Survey; IAASE
receives international recognition; Illinois State Board
of Education announces history teacher award; "National
Imagine a Technology Blackout Day"; Weekly news
clips.
April
4 --President Bush orders flags flown at half
staff; Changes to Illinois Accountability Workbook proposed
to USDOE; Early childhood block grant continuation applications
go electronic; Criminal history record information symposium
announced; 2004-05 Illinois teacher salary study online;
What's important now with child nutrition; weekly news
clips.
March
31 , 2005 (Special)--School endowment fundGov.
Blagojevich announces comprehensive Higher Standards,
Better Schools plan.
March
28-- Consulting teachers needed; First day of
testing enrollment; 2005 ISAT and PSAE pilot test materials;
Testing security breach; Advanced Placement Incentive
Program (APIP) request for proposal (RFP) and bidder’s
conference/webcast; Announcement of E-Grants trainings;
2005 summer programs for teachers;
Employment opportunities; Weekly news clips.
March
21--Revised ISBE Organizational Chart; First
day of testing enrollment; One percent exception application
reminder; Agenda for ISBE Student Information System
pilot conference call; Reading improvement block grant
update; 2005 statewide Service Learning Conference; Advanced
placement incentive program RFP to be released; Invitation
to comment on rules; Notice of completed rulemaking;
News Clips.
March
14--Seeking changes in Illinois’; Accountability
Workbook; Waivers (TBA per Randy); Check 2004-05 Teacher
Service Record data; Student Assessment/Enrollment counts;
Student Information System (SIS) – overview online;
Invitation to comment on Rules; Technology training for
educators; Applying for exemptions from the school breakfast
requirement in the Childhood Relief Act; News Clips.
March
7---Illinois Honor Roll schools; Residency and
homelessness; School District Annual Financial Report
Verification Process coming soon; Advanced Placement
Incentive Program (APIP) grants; ISAT and IMAGE testing
begins;Invitation to Comment on Rules; Qualified Zone;
Academy; Bond (QZAB) Program for calendar years 2004
and 2005 authorization; Those Who Excel banquet · date
and location change; Enhancing Chemistry: A conference
for chemistry teachers; Much work completed in developing
Student Information System in Illinois; News Clips.
February
28---Policy statement regarding the application
of NCLB sanctions; No Child Left Behind (NCLB) data collection;
Early Childhood Block Grant RFPs released; Early Childhood
Block Grant continuation applications go electronic;
School Breakfast: Great Performances; Summer course for
Spanish teachers; Conference on sexual exploitation of
teens by older partners; Weekly News Clips.
February
22---Illinois Childhood Hunger Relief Act; March
11 postmark deadline for School Code waiver applications;
Illinois State Board of Education to host forum on assessment
and accountability for students with disabilities; Early
Childhood Block Grant RFP released; Early Childhood Block
Grant continuation applications go electronic; Upcoming
survey of critical technologies for CTE/math/science
teachers; Summer Food Service program; Severe Weather
Preparedness Week; ISBE employment opportunities; Discover!
Institute; Weekly newsclips.
February
16, 2005 (Special)--School endowment fund.
February
14--ISBE website maintenance; Report card survey;
2002 Census data for FY2006 Title I allocations; Board
Meeting access – reminder; Register your Service
Learning Project; IDEA Reauthorization Discussion groups;
Wild Illinois History project; March is Nutrition Month;
Weekly newsclips.
February
7--Ad Hoc rules committee; Corrections windows
announced for 2005 state assessment; Prairie State Achievement
Examination request for sealed proposals (RFSP); Illinois
Alternate Assessment; Apply for the Student Advisory
Council; Notice of completed rulemaking; Microsoft Agreement
savings; Social/Emotional Learning Standards available
online; Weekly Message email reminder; Health and academic
achievement; Applications available for National Youth
Science Camp; Early Reading First Program; Black History
Month Living Histories Project; Enhancing chemistry conference
announced; Tourette Syndrome camp programs; Weekly newsclips.
January
31--Board announces changes to five districts’ AYP
status; Eight school districts to receive consolidation
incentive grants; Notice of completed rulemaking; Abandoned
Newborn Infant Protection Act; Weekly newsclips.
January
24--Finance and Audit Committee budget hearings;
Corrections windows announced for 2005 State Assessment;
News Clips.
January
18--New IWAS system—Estimated Best Three
Months Average Daily Attendance; Mental health policies;
Guidelines for school and district improvement panels;
LEA Special Education Profiles now available at www.isbe.net;
Even Start Family Literacy RFP released; Announcement
for Needs Assessment Report; Pre-ID label now due; NAEP
testing; Illinois Alternate Assessment; ISBE employment
opportunities; News Clips.
January
10--Misinformation on District AYP; E-Rate Program
temporary numbers available for new or recently consolidated
districts; Final FY 2005 state mandated categorical prorations
calculated; Funding available for districts serving migratory
children; Illinois Mathematics and Science Partnerships
Grants awarded; Helping children cope with disaster;
ISBE employment opportunities; Weekly news clips.
