Call Meeting to Order/Roll Call
4^th Floor Board Room

School District Showcase

Education Policy/Planning Issues

• Routes to Paraprofessional Qualification**
  • Cover
• Approval of New Teacher Preparation Programs**
  • Cover
• Institutional Accreditation Decisions**
  • Cover
• System of Support Update
  • Cover
• Amendments to the 2002 Academic Early Warning List **
  • Cover
• Assessment & Accountability Issues**
  • Cover
• Continuous improvement Plan for Special Education **
  • Cover
  • Illinois Continuous Improvement Plan (Revised)
  • Illinois Continuous Improvement Plan Status Report
  • Illinois Continuous Improvement Plan Cost Projection
• Rules for Adoption:**
• Part 25 Certification)
  • Cover
  • Recommended Amendments
• Part 226 (Special Education)
  • Cover
  • Recommended Amendments
• Rules for Initial Review:**
  • Part 25 (Certification)
    • Cover
    • Recommended Amendments
  • Part 27 (Standards for Certification in Specific Teaching Fields)
    • Cover
    • Recommended Amendments

Finance and Audit Issues

Adoption of the 2002 School District Financial Profile Designation Lists**
• Cover
• Standard Monthly Reports:
• Finance, Audit, Agency Operations Budget Status Reports **
  • Cover
  • Appropriations and Spending by Program
  • Financial Status Report (Contract & Grant Detail)
  • $1 M Contract - State Assessment Program
  • Monthly Headcount Graph
  • Staff Detail
  • Personnel Transactions
• Assessment Contract RFSP; BGR Contract
• Financial Oversight Panel and School Finance Authority Status Report
  • Cover
  • Round Lake Annual Report
  • Hazel Crest Loan Agreement

THURSDAY, March 20, 2003

Governmental Affairs Issues

• State Legislative Update
  • Cover
• Federal Legislative Update
  • Cover

1. Call Meeting to Order/Roll Call
2. Public Participation
3. Approval of Minutes:
   • February 19, 2003 Board Meeting
     • General and Plenary Session
4. Immediate Action Items**
• Accept the Notices of Objection from the University of Illinois, the University of Chicago, and Blackburn College and defer matter for further State Board consideration
• Approve the minimum score levels for the ACT WorkKeys test and a minimum scaled score for the ETS ParaPro Assessment
• Provisionally approve teacher programs at:
  • Aurora University
  • Dominican University
  • Eastern Illinois University
  • Illinois State University
  • Judson College
  • National-Louis University
  • St. Xavier University
  • University of Illinois at Springfield and authorize the Superintendent to inform the institutions of the State Board's decisions
• Assign Continuing Accreditation with Probation to Illinois College and require a full visit within two years of this decision; assign Continuing Accreditation with Conditions to North Central College and require a focused visit within two years of this decision; assign Continuing Accreditation with Conditions to Olivet Nazarene University and require a focused visit within two years of this decision; authorize the Superintendent to inform the institutions of the State Board's decisions
• Adopt the amendments to the 2002 Academic Early Warning List by deleting two schools and adding five schools
• Adopt 88% as the threshold for the attendance rate at the elementary/middle school level as part of the AYP and safe harbor factors
• Adopt the use of a hybrid model to demonstrate growth on the IMAGE assessment
• Approve the revised Illinois Continuous Improvement Plan for Special Education and authorize its transmittal to the United States Department of Education
• Adopt the following rules:
  • Part 25 (Certification) 91
  • Part 226 (Special Education)
• Authorize solicitation of public comment on the following rules:
  • Part 25 (Certification) 219
  • Part 27 (Standards for Certification in Specific Teaching Fields)
• Adopt the 2002 School District Financial Profile Designation Lists including the Financial Early Warning and Watch Lists
• Accept the Finance, Audit, Agency Operations, and Budget Status Reports
• Approve the RFSP for the State Assessments
5. Announcements and Reports
• Superintendent
• Chairman
• Committees
  1. Board Operations - Jan Steiner, Chair
  2. Finance & Audit - Richard Sandsmark, Chair
  3. Joint Education - Ronald Gidwitz, Chair
  4. Governmental Relations - Bev Turkal, Chair
  5. Education Policy Planning - Vacant, 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.