ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Illinois State Board of Education Offices*
100 North First Street
Springfield, Illinois
4^th Floor Board Room

SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS AND AGENDA
February 21-22, 2001

WORK-STUDY SESSION I
Board Room
4^th Floor

1. Special Education Due Process Review:  Findings of Study
   • Cover
   • Study of the Illinois Due Process Procedures
2. Special Education Certification Rules and Regulations
   • Cover
   • Summary of Proposed Rules to Implement Special Education Certification Structure
3. Waiver Issues:  Physical Education
   • Cover
4. Waiver Rules
   • Cover
   • Title 23:  Education and Cultural Resources
     Part 1-Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision
5. Teacher Effectiveness:  The Education Trust Report
   • Cover

CLOSED MEETING AND DINNER
Governor's Cabinet Room
2^nd Floor
Renaissance Hotel

THURSDAY, February 22

1. Improved Learning Environments
   • Cover
2. East St. Louis Annual Performance Report
   • Cover
   • Annual Report to the State Superintendent from the Financial Oversight Panel for East St. Louis School District #189 as of November 2000
3. Board Priority Reports (under separate cover)
   • Board Priority Accomplishments-February 2001

PLENARY BUSINESS MEETING

1. Approval of Minutes: January 17-18, 2001
   • MINUTES OF THE WORK-STUDY SESSION I and CLOSED MEETING (January 17-18, 2001)
   • MINUTES OF THE WORK-STUDY SESSION II and CLOSED MEETING  (January 18, 2001)
   • MINUTES OF THE PLENARY BUSINESS MEETING (January 18, 2001)
2. Public Participation
3. Immediate Action Items
   1. Special Education Certification Rules
      (See Work-Study Session I)
   2. P.E. Waiver Policy
      (See Work-Study Session I)
   3. Waiver Rules (See Work-Study Session I)
   4. Superintendent Travel Expenditures
      (under separate cover)
4. Announcements and Reports
   1. Chairman
   2. Superintendent
   3. Committees
   4. Members
5. Adjourn

  * All meetings are accessible to persons with disabilities