ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Holiday Inn-Collinsville/St. Louis*
1000 Eastport Plaza Drive
Collinsville, Illinois 62234-6103
Phone: 618-345-2800

SCHEDULE AND AGENDA OF MEETINGS 
October 16 & 17, 2002

WEDNESDAY, October 16, 2002

Call Meeting to Order/Roll Call
Ballroom A/B
Holiday Inn-Collinsville/St. Louis

School/District Dialogue with ISBE
East St. Louis School District #189

• East St. Louis School District #189 Financial Oversight Panel-Annual Report**
  • Cover
  • Annual Report to the State Superintendent for East St. Louis School District #189

BREAK/LUNCH
St. Clair Room

Education Policy/Planning Issues

• NCATE/State Partnership Agreement & Protocol (Draft)
• Cover
• Draft Protocol (Attachment 1)
• Draft ISBE/NCATE Partnership Agreement (Attachment 2)
• Middle Level Certification - Survey Results and Next Steps**
  • Cover
  • Middle Level Certification Survey Comparison: July and September (Table 1)
  • Middle Level Certification Survey Response Data File (Table 2)
  • Middle Level Certification Survey Item Analysis (Attachment 3)
  • University Capacity Survey Results (Attachment 4)
  • Summary of AIMS Survey Results (Attachment 5)

• Illinois GED Testing Program Application Fee**
  • Cover
• Rules for Initial Review**
• Part 25 (Certification)
  • Cover
  • Rules

Finance and Audit Issues

• Standard Monthly Reports:**
• Finance, Audit, Agency Operations Status
  • Cover
  • Appropriations and Spending by Program
  • Federal Applications and Awards
  • Financial Status Report (Contract & Grant Detail)
  • Monthly Headcount Graph
  • Staff Detail
  • Personnel Transactions
• District Financial Profile System Status Reports - (replaces FAAS)
  • Cover
  • Report
• Hazel Crest School District 152 1/2 Petition**
  • Cover

THURSDAY, October 17, 2002

STATE BOARD MEETING RECONVENES***
Ballroom A/B
Holiday Inn-Collinsville/St. Louis

Governmental Affairs Issues

• State Legislative Status Report
  • Cover
• Federal Legislative Status Report
  • Cover
• Washington Education News

PLENARY BUSINESS MEETING***

1. Call Meeting to Order/Roll Call

2. Public Participation

3. Approval of Minutes:  September 18 & 19, 2002
   • General Session
• Plenary
  
4. Immediate Action Items**
• Accept the East St. Louis Financial Oversight Panel-Annual Report
  (see Wednesday's Agenda)
• Review the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Notification of Objection
• Accept the Middle Level Certification Survey-Results & Approve Next Steps
  (see Wednesday's Agenda)
• Approve the Illinois GED Testing Program Application Fee
  (see Wednesday's Agenda)
• Authorize Solicitation of Public Comment on Rules: Part 25 (Certification)
  (see Wednesday's Agenda)
• Accept and approve the Standard Monthly Reports:
  • Finance, Audit, Agency Operations Status Reports (see Wednesday's Agenda)
• Accept the petition requesting an Emergency Financial Oversight Panel for Hazel Crest School District 152 1/2, certify the district in financial difficulty, and authorize the Superintendent to appoint the Financial Oversight Panel
  (see Wednesday's Agenda)
5. Announcements and Reports
• Superintendent
• Chairman
• Committees
  1. Board Operations - Connie Rogers, Chair
  2. Finance & Audit - Richard Sandsmark, Chair
  3. Joint Education, Ronald J. Gidwitz, Chair
  4. Governmental Relations, Bev Turkal, Chair
  5. Education Policy Planning, Marilyn McConachie, Chair
• Members
6. Other Information
   • Monthly Status Report on Rulemaking

  *All meetings are accessible to persons with disabilities.
**Action Items
**Meeting will begin at the conclusion of the previous session.