FOIA Requests—FY 2013

The Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) provides public access to government documents and records. As a state agency, the Illinois State Board of Education is subject to the Illinois FOIA. Requests filed under the Freedom of Information Act, response letters, and responsive documents are themselves public records and are subject to FOIA requests.

FOIA request logs are available online beginning July 1, 2009.

The following table contains ISBE’s FOIA log FY 2013 (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013). Links from three columns provide access to requests submitted, correspondence between ISBE and requesters and documents provided.

NOTE: If the Document Provided column is blank, the FOIA request is not yet completed.

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FY 2013 *(Updated 5/28/13)* Return to Top
Log #	Date Received	Requester	Organization	Requests	Corres-pondence	Documents Provided?
13-344	5/16/2013	Laurie King	MSF&W Consulting	A copy of the winning proposal, which includes the technical narrative proposal, for the Child Nutrition Programs Programmer/Analyst – Reference # 22030289 that was awarded to LRS Consulting Services.	response	Yes (PDF)
13-343	5/15/2013	Sherri Badertscher		Guidance on next steps in her FOIA request to Forrestville Valley School District	response	No (Directed to another agency)
13-342	5/15/2013	Robert Skolnik	Landmark Newspaper	A copy of any and all public comments about proposed amendments to Section 226.730 (Special Education) of Part 226 that were submitted in 2013 by David Kodama, a resident of Riverside, Illinois and a member of the Riverside Elementary School District 96 Board of Education.	response	Yes (PDF)
13-341	5/10/2013	Kristi Pokornowski		Information on how to access the air quality test results of her classroom	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-340	5/10/2013	Kyle Hillman	National Association of Social Workers Illinois Chapter	A list of all Type 73 School Social Workers, including mailing addresses, and date of certification in a digital format, active and inactive.	response	Yes (Excel)
13-339	5/8/2013	Dan Hausman	Health & Disability Advocates	All information and documents CPS has provided to ISBE related to the verification of compliance regarding early intervention.	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2)
13-338	5/7/2013	Parent		All information, written, or otherwise, provided by the District, in response to Investigation No. 2013- 0383.	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-337	5/6/2013	Todd Frazier		A copy of the Audit Report ISBE might have related to the “Adjustment of a filed finding on a previous claim” for the following: 1. Arbor Park School District 145, RCDT 07-016-1540-02, ($206,442), FY 08 payable FY 09 2. Arbor Park School District 145, RCDT 07-016-1540-02, ($209,526.67), FY 11 payable FY 12 3. Arbor Park School District 145, RCDT 07-016-1540-02, ($209,526.67), FY 12 payable FY 13 4. Porta Comm Unit School Dist 202, RCDT 38-065-2020-26, ($160,124), FY 12 payable FY 13 5. Decatur School District 61, RCDT 39-055-0610-25, $43,206, FY 11 payable FY 12 6. Decatur School District 61, RCDT 39-055-0610-25, ($166,988), FY 12 payable FY 13 7. Limestone Comm High Dist 310, RCDT 48-072-3100-16, $12,066.39, FY 11 payable FY 12 8. Limestone Comm High Dist 310, RCDT 48 072-3100-16, 9$144,555), FY 12 payable FY 13 9. Galatia CUSD 1, RCDT 20-083-0010-26, 9$46,420.66), FY 12 payable FY 13 10. Gavin School Dist 37, RCDT 34-049-0370-02, $104,620, FY 11 payable FY 12 11. Mattoon CUSD 2, RCDT 11-015-0020-26, ($383,568), FY 06 payable FY 07 12. Mattoon CUSD 2, RCDT 11-015-0020-26, ($107,411), FY 07 payable FY 08 13. Mattoon CUSD 2, RCDT 11-015-0020-26, ($276,157), FY 08 payable FY 09 14. Mattoon CUSD 2, RCDT 11-015-0020-26, ($286,436), FY 09 payable FY 10 15. Mattoon CUSD 2, RCDT 11-015-0020-26, ($197,938.31), FY 10 payable FY 11.	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2)
13-336	5/3/2013	Richard Elsenpeter	Elsenpeter Productions	Principal contact information including the school’s name, school street address, school phone number, e-mail address and grade level of school	response	Yes (Excel)
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13-334	5/1/2013	Rick Nelson	U.S. Naval Academy	Information regarding whether 3rd grade and 4th grade students who did not have an IEP were allowed to use a calculator during the math portion of the Spring 2012 state testing	response	Yes (information provided)
13-333	5/1/2013	Adrian Duron		The number of children (birth to age 18) and young adults (ages 18-22) placed and paid for by ISBE in psychiatric residential treatment facilities during FY 2012 and 2013, including the number of children in each facility, the name and address of the facility and the average daily cost per child. If the child’s education is paid for by a different entity, please include that information as well	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-332	4/30/2013	Cass Casper		1. Copies of all collective bargaining agreements covering sworn employees, including police, peace, or security officers within the Illinois Department of Education from 2005 to the present; 2. If separate from (1), copies of all wage scales covering sworn employees, including police, peace, or security officers within the Department of Education from 2005 to the present. 3. Copies of all collective bargaining agreements covering Investigators within the Illinois Department of Education from 2005 to the present; and 4. If separate from (3), copies of all wage scales covering Investigators within the Department of Education from 2005 to the present	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-331	4/29/2013	Anne Hallett	Grow Your Own	Information regarding TAP test takers from January 1, 2013 – March 31, 2013 or April 15, 2013	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-330	4/26/2013	Jennifer Geegan	American Institutes for Research	A copy of the winning proposal and any reviewers’ comments and/or score sheets for SBE: Rebid Statewide Evaluation of 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program	response	Yes (Excel, PDF)
13-329	4/29/2013	Todd Frazier		A copy of the Audit Report ISBE might have related to the "Adjustment of a field finding on a previous claim" for several school districts for several years	response	Yes (PDF)
13-328	4/29/2013	Bradford Hubbard	Loyola University Chicago	The name, district name, district mailing address, email address and phone number of all Illinois high school district or unit district (that include a high school) superintendents with at least five years in their current position, excluding those in Lake and McHenry counties	response	Yes (Excel)
13-327	4/26/2013	Elisabeth Solomon	Information Action Center	1. The number of black male high school students who graduated on time in 2012. 2 The percentage of black male high school students who graduated on time in 2012. The number of black female high schools students who graduated on time in 2012 and the percentage of black female high school students who graduated on time in 2012	response	Yes (figures provided)
13-326	4/25/2013	Parent		Copies of any information ISBE obtains in the process of investigating a complaint regarding their child	response	Yes (docs mailed)
13-325	4/26/2013	Alison Winslow		Copies of the certified Limitation of Administrative Cost Worksheets for FY 06 - FY13 for the following school districts: Avoca SD 37, Sunset Ridge SD 29 and Kenilworth SD 38	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3)
13-324	4/25/2013	Jennifer Seto	Iknow LLC	A copy of the winning proposal and the scoring sheets for RFP 22030006	response	Yes (Excel, PDF)
13.323	4/25/2013	Lea Anne Frost, Beverly Johns, Valerie Owen, Olga Pribyl and Sharon Soltma	Attorney General’s Select Committee on Special Education – ISBE as a Monitoring and Enforcement Agency Subcommittee	1.Which districts are on focused monitoring currently and what year were they placed on this system? 2. Of the districts identified for focused monitoring this year, which ones were found to be in compliance with no need for further review? 3. What type of training do the ISBE Principal Consultants receive in conducting focused monitoring? Is there a means to gauge inter-rater reliability? Are the training documents and protocols available for public inspection? If so, what is the process for gaining access to these documents? 4. Though focused monitoring relates to Compliance Indicator 5A, a running theme in our discussion related to ISBE focus monitors strongly encouraging districts to find some students as eligible for services under 504 as opposed to IDEA. Under what conditions would a focus monitor strongly encourage the 504 process to districts as opposed to IDEA? 5. Are the final reports generated by the focused monitors to the districts public and available for release? If so, what is that process for gaining access to these documents?	response	Yes (Excel, PDF2, PDF3)
13-322	4/25/2013	Joseph Ryan	Chicago Tribune	1. A copy of any complaints regarding Harvey District 152 received by ISBE in the last 24 months. 2. A copy of all records related to any investigation/review or audit (outside of routine audits submitted by the district) regarding the spending of state funds at District 152 in the last 24 months. 3. A copy of any correspondence with District 152 staff/administration regarding such investigation/audit/review	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2)
13-321	4/25/2013	Andrea Evans	UIC College of Education	A variety of elementary and middle school attendance data for the 2009-2010, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school years at the state, district and school level	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-320	4/24/2013	Patricia Lopuszanski		1. ISBE Helpdesk Policies and Procedures along with the guidelines provided for sharing the identity of the public when someone submits a question/concern, or any other drop down choice. 2. Does the identity and personal information stay within the ISBE and remain confidential? Is it documented anywhere that a person's identity and the information electronically submitted to the Helpdesk could be shared with any outside entity? 3. All copies in any form of communication forwarded/sent to Carla Cumblad and/or Donald Schlomann from the ISBE Helpdesk or any other department or entity of the ISBE as it relates to Patti (Patricia) Lopuszanski and/or Jim Lopuszanski	response	Yes (information provided)
13-319	4/24/2013	Christen Ng	Ingenuity Incorporated	All teachers currently employed in Chicago (District 299), their ISBE certificate type, and all associated endorsements (code, description, grade level) and NCLB Highly Qualified Subject Areas (ISBE TSR Subject, Federal group, and Highly Qualified Method)	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-318	4/24/2013	Ryan Wamser		Case records of the revocations and suspensions of certificates list that he received from 2007 to the most current
13-317	4/23/2013	Laura O'Connor	Whitted, Cleary and Takiff	All ISBE/state certification information regarding Abby Hanlon, an employee of the Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization ("NSSEO")	response	Yes (information provided)
13-316	4/22/2013	Rebecca Harris	Catalyst Chicago	Data on the endorsements held by CPS high school teachers (similar to the state Teacher Service Records but listing the endorsements each teacher holds) for the most recent year available	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-315	4/22/2013	Amy Zimmerman	Health & Disability Advocates	All information and documents CPS has provided to ISBE related to the verification of compliance regarding early intervention	response	Yes (PDF)
13-314	4/19/2013	Liz Sylvia		Information about the # of students with IEPs who also receive ELL services	response	Yes (figures provided)
13-313	4/18/2013	Homer Heard	JNR Adjustment Company, Inc.	A copy of the Certificate of General Liability on “O.C.A. Construction”. Contractor damaged an AT&T fiber optic cable during excavation on Project 2012 Hanson Park PKC	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-312	4/17/2013	Dan Boris	SEIU Local 73	1. For the 2011-2012 school year, each and every Request for Approval of 70/30 Deviation Form received, including ISBE Form 34-38A, ISBE Form 34-38B, ISBE Form 34-38C, ISBE Form 34-38D, ISBE Form 34-38E, for a lengthy list of CPS schools. 2. For the 2012-2013 school year, each and every Request for Approval of 70/30 Deviation Form Received to date, including ISBE Form 34-38A, ISBE Form 34-38B, ISBE Form 34-38C, ISBE Form 34-38D, ISBE Form 34-38E, for a lengthy list of CPS Schools. 3. For the 2011-2012 school year, each and every class size/age range deviation form (ISBE Form 34-41) for a lengthy list of CPS schools. 4. For 2012-2013 school year,, each and every class size/age range deviation form (ISBE Form 34-41) for a lengthy list of CPS schools. 5. For the 2010-2011, 2011 2012 and 2012-2013 school years, the Illinois Special Education Profile for CPS, except instead of only a district profile, please provide information on the Illinois Special for each and every individual school impacted by closure, co-location, turnaround or relocation within said school district, complied through the FACTS and other sources. 6. For the 2010-2011, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years, provide the Illinois Special Education Profile for CPS, except instead of only a district profile, please provide information on the Illinois Special for each and every individual receiving school of students currently enrolled in schools affected by closure, co-location, turnaround or relocation within said school district, compiled through FACTS and other sources	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3, PDF4)
13-311	4/17/2013	Rajesh Gupta	Advent Business Company, Inc.	Redacted versions of all of the responsive bidders for solicitation # 22030006 (SBE: Illinois Longitudinal Data System Knowledge Management System Implementation)	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-310	4/17/2013	Laurie Niedfeldt		1.All Illinois’ Common Core materials/lessons, modules and test questions pertaining to or containing 25 topics. 2. All confidentiality and or non-disclosure forms for those teaching/facilitating “Common Core” 3. All documents relating to who the authors are of these modules. 4. Documents divulging the content of the curriculum to the parents or guardians of the students prior to the installation of this program. 5. The list of all Illinois parochial & charter schools that have implemented “Common Core”	response	Yes (PDF)
13-309	4/16/2013	Todd Frazier		Any documentation related to the "Adjustment of a field finding on a previous claim" for the following: ($1,283,487.00) for Plainfield School Dist 202, RCDT 56-099-2020-22. This adjustment was listed on the General State Aid Entitlement for 2011-2012 Payable In 2012-2013	response	Yes (PDF)
13-308	4/15/2013	Rajesh Gupta	Advent Business Company, Inc.	The score sheet for the award for solicitation # 22030006 (SBE: Illinois Longitudinal Data System Knowledge Management System Implementation)	response	Yes (Excel)
13-307	4/16/2013	Rella Peeler	Camelot	The number of special education students in each school district that are placed in nonpublic therapeutic day schools and to which nonpublic schools that the individual students are placed	response	Yes (Excel)
13-306	4/15/2013	JudithAnn Hartman	United States Naval Academy	1. Does Illinois conduct any statewide testing in mathematics in grades 8 or higher for which nationally-normed (as opposed to criterion-referenced) results are reported? 2. Does Illinois collect and make available any statewide testing in mathematics in grades 8 and higher that includes subtests in math (such as "procedures" or "reasoning" or "computation")? 3. Would you be able to provide me with any document (preferably in an electronic format) that would include nationally-normed student test scores in mathematics in grades 8 or higher for any period prior to 2003?	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-305	4/15/2013	Chris Grodoski		The record of each educator’s FTE (Full Time Equivalent) status	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-304	4/12/2013	Christopher Ball		Copies of the new ISAT Cut Score Reports, showing results by grade, subject, and subgroup for the state, district 299, and school level for district 299 for 2009-10, 2010-2011, and 2011-12 using both new scoring formulas	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-303	4/11/2013	Natalie Danner	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1. All Type 29 teachers, teacher name, date of credential, language of proficiency/target language, school district, school name, school address, level or grade currently teaching 2. All Type 54 teachers, teacher name, date of credential, school district, school name, school address, level or grade currently teaching 3. Type 54 teachers who have an ESL approval or endorsement, teacher name, date of credential, school district, school name, school address, level or grade currently teaching 4. Type 54 teachers who have a bilingual approval or endorsement, teacher name, date of credential, language of proficiency/target language, school district, school name, school address, level or grade currently teaching	response	Yes (Excel)
13-302	4/11/2013	Diane Dallas	Henry Booth House	The current status of multiple Head Start sites currently funded by Henry Booth House	response	Yes (Excel)
13-301	4/10/2013	Sara Mauk	Mauk & O'Connor	ISBE due process evaluations after June 2004	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-300	4/11/2013	Michael Novak		1. Copies of all Certification Statements (online form that is posted on IPCRB's website) that have been completed and submitted to ISBE along with budgeted and/or actual data during the last seven years. 2. Copies of all ISBE/IPCRB emails that reference the Certification Statement from the last seven years. 3. Copies of all ISBE/IPCRB emails to and from Soaring Eagle Academy, Inc., since Feb. 2, 2013. 4. Copies of all ISBE/IPCRB emails referencing Soaring Eagle Academy, Inc., since Feb. 2, 2013	response1, response2	Yes (docs provided)
13-299	4/10/2013	Rebecca Huston	Illinois State Treasurer's Office	E-mail contact information for superintendents, principals, heads of districts, agency officials for public and private schools, public districts and other public units	response	Yes (Excel)
13-298	4/9/2013	Sydney Stigge-Kaufman	East St. Louis School District 189	A PDF copy of a well-scored new (not continuing) TAOEP application submitted to ISBE within the past five years and a copy of the reviewer comments for the application. One example may be the Champaign USD 4 application from 2009 or 2010	response	Yes (PDF)
13-297	4/8/2013	Bradley Sandner	The Sandner Group	A copy of the affidavits filed for the school district treasurer’s surety bond for the Lyons Township 38N, R12E during the period of 2000 to present	response	Yes (docs mailed)
13-296	4/8/2013	Diana Rosario	Chicago Department of Family and Support Services	The contract status of Head Start and Early Head Start sites/agencies that contract with ISBE for the Child Care Food Program, whether they are on the NDL list, deficient or in the process of being reinstated	response	Yes (Excel)
13-295	4/8/2013	Daniel Bastean		A hard copy of eight e-mails Daniel Bastean sent to or cc'ed to the ISBE	response	Yes (docs mailed)
13-294	4/8/2013	Todd Frazier		Documentation related to the “Adjustment of a field finding on a previous claim” for the following: 1. $39,620 during 06-07, $62,002 during 09-10, and ($39,003) during 11-12 for Kewanee CUSD 229, RCDT 28-037-2290-26, 2. $16,494 during 10-11 and $56,302 during 11-12 for South Holland SD 150, RCDT 07-016-1500-02, 3. $124,508 during 10-11 for Comm Unit Sch Dist 300, RCDT 31-045-3000 26	response	Yes (PDF)
13-293	4/5/2013	Veronica Waddell		The number of students served by the SES provider “Grade Plus Tutors” for the 2012-2013 school year. She also would like the number of students who signed up for the program	response	Yes (information provided)
13-292	4/5/2013	Elisabeth Solomon	Information Action Center	1. What number of students by RACE, GENDER, and GRADE LEVEL attended each of the CPS Classical schools and each of the CPS Gifted schools during the 2011-2012 school year? 2. What number of students by RACE, GENDER, and GRADE LEVEL took the test for admittance to each CPS Classical school and each CPS Gifted school during the 2011-2012 school year? 3. What number of students by RACE, GENDER, and GRADE LEVEL passed the test for admittance (with an acceptable admittance score) to each CPS Classical school and each CPS Gifted school for the 2011-2012 school year? 4. What factor(s), if any, other than test score, was used to determine admittance to each of the CPS Classical schools and CPS Gifted schools for the 2011-2012 school year? 5. What testing instrument was used (at each school) to determine admittance to CPS Classical schools and CPS Gifted schools for the 2011-2012 school year?	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-291	4/4/2013	Todd Frazier		Requests documentation related to the "Adjustment of a field finding on a previous claim" in the amount of ($1,437,540.00) for City of Chicago School Dist 299, RCDT 15-016-2990-25	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-290	4/3/2013	Gerald Gilliard		Documents regarding gifted education submitted by Community Consolidated School District 54	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2)
13-289	4/3/2013	Gerald Gilliard		Additional materials submitted by Community Consolidated School District 54 in response to a Request for Proposals as described in Section 14A-45 of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/14A-45]	response	No (docs already provided)
13-288	4/2/2013	Martin Lueken	University of Arkansas	A large volume of information from the Teacher Service Record database for years extending back to 1980	response	Yes (docs mailed)
13-287	4/2/2013	Courtney Stillman	Sraga Hauser, LLC	All records related to The Cove School day program, including, but not limited to, all materials submitted or gathered in connection with or related in any manner to the application of The Cove School for ISBE/GPCRB approval status and the ISBE’s investigation and response to same; any and all materials relative to ISBE’s post-approval monitoring of this facility; and any and all complaints of any nature whatsoever filed with respect to this facility and all records regarding the outcome of such complaints	response	Yes (PDF)
13-286	4/2/2013	Courtney Stillman	Sraga Hauser, LLC	All records related to Midwest Academy, including, but not limited to, all materials submitted or gathered in connection with or related in any manner to the application of Midwest Academy for ISBE/GPCRB approval status and the ISBE’s investigation and response to same; any and all materials relative to ISBE’s post-approval monitoring of this facility; and any and all complaints of any nature whatsoever filed with respect to this facility and all records regarding the outcome of such complaints	response	Yes (PDF)
13-285	4/2/2013	Courtney Stillman	Sraga Hauser, LLC	All records related to the La Europa Academy residential program including, but not limited to, all materials submitted or gathered in connection with or related in any manner to the application of La Europa for ISBE/GPCRB approval status and the ISBE’s investigation and response to same; any and all materials relative to ISBE’s post-approval monitoring of this facility; and any and all complaints of any nature whatsoever filed with respect to this facility and all records regarding the outcome of such complaints	response	Yes (PDF)
13-284	4/2/2013	Steven Nierman	Music Education Services	A copy of the CDS school data file as well as school enrollment numbers, the percentage of free and reduced lunch, fax number, website and email address of the administrator	response	Yes (Excel)
13-283	4/2/2013	Cindy Besecker		Information on any per capita special education tuition charge applicable to Chicago Public Schools	response	Yes
13-282	4/2/2013	Larry Lane	Classic Delight Inc.	A list of Summer Food Service Program sponsors for 2013 if available and 2012	response	Yes (Excel)
13-281	4/2/2013	Sarah Karp	Catalyst Chicago	Copies of each of the completed charter school surveys submitted to ISBE in December 2012 and the two previous years	response 1, response 2	Yes (documents provided)
13-280	4/2/2013	Kevin Dolan	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1. Number and Percentage of ELL Students, by County for both Pre-K and Kindergarten. 2. Number and percentage of Native Languages Spoken by ELL Students, by Language	response	Yes (documents provided)
13-279	3/29/2013	Jeffery Wilday	Brown, Hay & Stephens, LLP	Copies of the briefs referenced in a court order	response1, response 2	Documents provided
13-278	4/1/2013	Ryan Wamser		The data from 2000-2013 by year for the number of teacher ethical violations that were investigated by ISBE	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2)
13-277	3/28/2013	Todd Frazier		Any documentation ISBE might have related to the "Adjustment of a field finding on a previous claim" in the amount of ($338,656) for Arcola CUSD 306, RCDT 11-021-3060-26; $395,709 for East Moline School District 37, RCDT 49-081-0370-02; and (169,862) Chicago Heights School District 170, RCDT 07-016-1700-02	response	Yes (PDF)
13-276	3/27/2013	Laura O'Connor	Whitted, Cleary and Takiff	Conformation of whether a student has ever been registered through ISBE as a homeschooled students from 2005 through 2013	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-275	3/26/2013	John Kugler	Substance News	A list or record(s) for anyone named Barbara Byrd Bennett	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-274	3/26/2013	Gwendolyn Zimmerman		The name, district name, district mailing address, email address and phone number of all Illinois public middle school or junior high school principals within suburban Cook and DuPage counties	response	Yes (Excel)
13-273	3/25/2013	Jeanine Perla	Beyond Green	All of the names of the Business Managers and the email addresses of all of the schools in Illinois	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-272	3/25/2013	Jody Geenen		1.All Illinois’ Common Core materials/lessons, modules and test questions pertaining to or containing 25 topics. 2. All confidentiality and or non-disclosure forms for those teaching/facilitating “Common Core” 3. All documents relating to who the authors are of these modules. 4. Documents divulging the content of the curriculum to the parents or guardians of the students prior to the installation of this program. 5. The list of all Illinois parochial & charter schools that have implemented “Common Core”	response	Yes (PDF)
13-271	3/22/2013	Arthur Jumbles		All documents submitted by Pilsen Wellness Center (a/k/a Pilsen-Little Village Community Mental Health Center, Inc) in response to the 2011 RFP for applicants seeking to open an alternative charter, specifically, related to the Alcanzar Charter School. Also, other documents sent by Chicago Public School (CPS) for purposes of ISBE's certification of the proposal submitted by the Institute for Latino Progress, specifically, related to the Alcanzar Charter School	response	Yes (PDF) and informed of copy cost
13-270	3/22/2013	Arthur Jumbles		All documents submitted by the Institute for Latino Progress (a/k/a Instituto Del Progresso Latino) in response to the 2011 RFP for applicants seeking to open an alternative charter. Specifically, related to the Rudy Lozano Leadership Academy. Also, other documents sent by Chicago Public School (CPS) for purposes of ISBE's certification of the proposal submitted by the Institute for Latino Progress, specifically, related to the Rudy Lozano Leadership Academy	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-269	3/21/2013	Withdrawn		Withdrawn
13-268	3/21/2013	Calvita Frederick		The vendor number and how monies were received for NSLP participate Pui Tak Christian School from 2009 to the present	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-267	3/21/2013	Laurie Niedfeldt		1.All Illinois’ Common Core materials/lessons, modules and test questions pertaining to or containing 25 topics. 2. All confidentiality and or non-disclosure forms for those teaching/facilitating “Common Core” 3. All documents relating to who the authors are of these modules. 4. Documents divulging the content of the curriculum to the parents or guardians of the students prior to the installation of this program. 5. The list of all Illinois parochial & charter schools that have implemented “Common Core”	response	Yes (PDF)
13-266	3/20/2013	Trish Haynes		1.All Illinois’ Common Core materials/lessons, modules and test questions pertaining to or containing 25 topics. 2. All confidentiality and or non-disclosure forms for those teaching/facilitating “Common Core” 3. All documents relating to who the authors are of these modules. 4. Documents divulging the content of the curriculum to the parents or guardians of the students prior to the installation of this program. 5. The list of all Illinois parochial & charter schools that have implemented “Common Core”	response	Yes (PDF)
13-265	3/20/2013	David Sellers	Lyons Township High School District 204	A list of all of the Cook County Township School Treasurer Offices	response	Yes (Excel)
13-264	3/19/2013	Kelly Bauer	Northern Star	Copies of the state officials and employee ethics act (SOEEA) work time reporting reports for Eddie Williams, vice president and chief operating officer at NIU	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-263	3/19/2013	Diane Benjamin		The specific information collected for each student, their family/guardians/relatives, and any other statistics or general information collected for individual students and what is done with this information after collection	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-262	3/18/2013	Carol Howard		Requests 1.All Illinois’ Common Core materials/lessons, modules and test questions pertaining to or containing 25 topics. 2. All confidentiality and or non-disclosure forms for those teaching/facilitating “Common Core” 3. All documents relating to who the authors are of these modules. 4. Documents divulging the content of the curriculum to the parents or guardians of the students prior to the installation of this program. 5. The list of all Illinois parochial & charter schools that have implemented “Common Core”	response	Yes (PDF)
13-261	3/18/2013	Janness Abraham		1. All Illinois’ Common Core materials/lessons, modules and test questions pertaining to or containing 25 topics. 2. All confidentiality and or non-disclosure forms for those teaching/facilitating “Common Core” 3. All documents relating to who the authors are of these modules. 4. Documents divulging the content of the curriculum to the parents or guardians of the students prior to the installation of this program. 5. The list of all Illinois parochial & charter schools that have implemented “Common Core”	response	Yes (PDF)
13-260	3/18/2013	Mary Alger		1. All Illinois’ Common Core materials/lessons, modules and test questions pertaining to or containing 25 topics. 2. All confidentiality and or non-disclosure forms for those teaching/facilitating “Common Core” 3. All documents relating to who the authors are of these modules. 4. Documents divulging the content of the curriculum to the parents or guardians of the students prior to the installation of this program. 5. The list of all Illinois parochial & charter schools that have implemented “Common Core	response	Yes (PDF)
13-259	3/18/2013	John Smith		1. Any and all correspondence & information on how and when “Common Core” was brought into Illinois schools. 2. Any non-disclosure documents or other documents teachers sign that teach/implement “Common Core.” 3.The list of all McHenry, IL District 15 & 156 teachers that have signed any/all non-disclosure documents. 4. All “Common Core” lessons, models and or teaching documents (taught via computer or written) that are taught in McHenry, IL District 15 & 156 schools. 5. All correspondence information on how this program is paid for. 6. All correspondence and or policy on parental knowledge of what is being taught. 7. Who wrote the “Common Core” models	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF 2, PDF3)
13-258	3/18/2013	Joe Edwards		1. Any and all correspondence & information on how and when “Common Core” was brought into Illinois schools. 2. Any non-disclosure documents or other documents teachers sign that teach/implement “Common Core.” 3. The list of all District 47 teachers that have signed any/all non-disclosure documents. 4. All “Common Core” lessons, models and or teaching documents (taught via computer or written) that are taught in Crystal Lake District 47 schools. 5. All correspondence information on how this program is paid for. 6. All correspondence and or policy on parental knowledge of what is being taught. 7. Who wrote the “Common Core” models?	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3)
13-257	3/15/2013	Mary Alger		1. Any and all correspondence & information on how and when “Common Core” was brought into Illinois schools. 2. Any non-disclosure documents or other documents teachers sign that teach/implement “Common Core.” 3. The list of all District 47 teachers that have signed any/all non-disclosure documents. 4. All “Common Core” lessons, models and or teaching documents (taught via computer or written) that are taught in Crystal Lake District 47 schools. 5. All correspondence information on how this program is paid for. 6. All correspondence and or policy on parental knowledge of what is being taught. 7. Who wrote the “Common Core” models?	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3)
13-256	3/15/2013	Gerald Gilliard		1. Documents, data or communications indicating the amount of funding ISBE provided to Community Consolidated School District 54 in accordance with: 23 Illinois Administrative Code 227, 105 ILCS 5/14A and any other law, statute, rule or regulation. 2.Documents, data or communications showing the amount of funding received by Community Consolidated School District 54 from the state that the district spent on gifted and talented education since September 1, 2011	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-255	3/15/2013	Judy King		The current NCLB Consolidated Application for the 2012-2013 school year for Chicago School District 299	response	Yes (PDF)
13-254	3/15/2013	Daniel Bastean		A "hard" copy of 12 e-mails to or cc'ed to Christine Kolaz (ckolaz@isbe.net) from Daniel Bastean	response	Yes (docs mailed)
13-253	3/14/2013	Alice Watson	22nd Century Technologies	The bid tabulation for the Longitudinal Data System Programmer Analysts RFP	response	Yes (PDF)
13-252	3/11/2013	Patrick Canna	Canna and Canna, Ltd.	A copy of the certified charters for the following schools: 1. Chicago Virtual Charter School 2. YCCS Virtual High School, and 3. Cambridge Lakes Charter School	response 1 response 2	Yes (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3, PDF4, PDF5 and docs mailed)
13-251	3/112013	Laura Weizeorick	Ottosen, Britz, Kelly, Cooper, Gilbert & DiNolfo, Ltd.	The 2012 audit for Chicago Virtual Charter School and records of any complaints, disciplinary or administrative proceedings or investigations involving K12 managed virtual charter schools that occurred during the time that K12 Inc. managed the charter	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3, PDF4)
13-250	3/8/2013	Susan Murray	Montana Office of Public Instruction	The original and latest Student Information System RFSP and the dollar amount of the final, signed contract for the original Student Information System	response	Yes (PDF)
13-249	3/6/2013	Diane Rado	Chicago Tribune	The 2011-2012 school report card data provided by Illinois districts/schools to ISBE regarding class sizes	response	Yes (Excel)
13-248	3/6/2013	Sarah Sebert		The number of Illinois students served under Section 14-7.02 at each Illinois approved nonpublic special education program	response	Yes (Excel)
13-247	3/6/2013	Sarah Sebert		The number of students served in Department of Juvenile Justice educational programs; the number of those students with identified special education needs; and the number of DJJ special education students who have been identified as Emotionally Disturbed.	response	Yes (figures provided)
13-246	3/5/2013	John Kugler	Substance News	1. A list or records identifying all individuals that hold administrative and superintendent certifications and endorsements in School District 299. 2. A list or records identifying all individuals that have completed the Teacher Evaluator training/modules in School District 299 by code(ETGM, ETNM, ETOM) and Date training received	response	Yes (CD mailed)
13-245	3/4/2013	Adell Medovoy	Donovan Food Brokerage	The list of vendors or groups who submitted applications for summer feeding funds in 2012	response	Yes (Excel)
13-244	3/1/2013	Andrew Affrunti	Gehlbach Law Office	A copy of the Mt. Pulaski Community Unit District #23 policy on bullying that is filed with ISBE	response	Yes (PDF)
13-243	3/1/2013	Maria Johnson		All public records contained within each of the following "folders" (Main Level folders) currently located on the ISBE's website at the following address: ftp://ftpfinance.isbe.net/	response	Agreed to transfer files
13-242	3/1/2013	Katherine Speirs	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	A list of all home day care providers who are participating in the CACFP in the Service Delivery Area (SDA) 10 and SDA 6 (Champaign, Douglas, Iroquois, Macon, Piatt, Vermilion and Cook counties)	response	Yes (Excel)
13-241	2/28/2013	Katherine Iwanik	Loyola University Chicago	Documents relating to the special education and school psychologist budgets and salaries of the Ravenswood Ridge Chicago Public School Network and Pilsen-Little Village Chicago Public School Network from 2008- 2009 school year to the 2012 - 2013 school year	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-240	2/28/2013	Kevin Dolan	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	SIS data for students who have been determined as LEP (Limited English Proficient) in the following grade levels: 00 (birth to 3), 14 (Pre-K), and 15 (kindergarten) for 2011-2012, 2010-2011 and 2009-2010	response	Yes (doc provided)
13-239	2/26/2013	David Jackson	Chicago Tribune	All documents and files pertaining to any ISBE contracts held by Westside Health Authority (WHA) since Jan. 1, 2010	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3)
13-238	2/22/2013	Joe Kreeger	OrganicLife	A list of all private K-12 schools in Illinois, with contact information for the business administrator at each school	response	Directed to data on web
13-237	2/22/2013	John Klingner	Illinois Policy Institute	1. Any and all data regarding total expenditures for every public school district in Illinois for FY 2011 & FY 2012 and 2. Any and all data regarding total teacher payroll for every public school district in Illinois for FY 2011 & FY 2012	response	Yes (Excel, and directed to data on web)
13-236	2/22/2013	Daniel Bastean		A copy of the documents supporting the following amendments in the Quincy Public School District's Amended 2008-2009 Budget:1. Amending the Education Fund's July 1, 2008 beginning "cash" balance from $914,133 to a negative ($1,085,867). 2. Amending the Education Fund's Interfund Loans Payable from $5,500,000 to $3,500,000. 3. Amending the Working Cash Fund's July 1, 2008 beginning "cash" balance from $29,865 to $2,029,865. 4. Amending the Working Cash Fund's Interfund Loans Receivable from $3,900,000 to $1,900,000. 5. A copy of 2010 PAC 5750 that Assistant General Counsel Renee Vilatte received from regional superintendent Debra Niederhauser in a box of information for review and consideration	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF1a, PDF2, PDF2a, PDF3)
13-235	2/22/2013	Deloris Morris		A copy of the 2013 (21st Century Grant) applications submitted for the following agencies: Harold Colbert Jones Memorial Community Center - Chicago Heights, Thornton Fractional THSD 215 - Calumet City Lansing, Boys and Girls Club of Chicago - Ford Heights and Chicago Public School District 299 – Chicago	response	Yes (CD mailed)
13-234	2/21/2013	Parent		A copy of the materials submitted by IPSD District #204 in relation to a formal special education complaint investigation	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-233	2/20/2013	Laura Weizeorick	Ottosen, Britz, Kelly, Cooper, Gilbert & DiNolfo, Ltd.	Copies of the charter proposal for the Early College Charter School in Decatur, Illinois; each of the eleven school districts' denials of the proposal; and any documentation related to those denials for the years 2011 and 2012	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-232	2/19/2013	Amy Zimmerman	Health & Disability Advocates	All information and documents CPS has provided related to Health & Disability Advocates’ class complaint entitled “Class Complaint Against Chicago Public Schools, District 299, for Its Failure to Timely Transition Children from Early Intervention to Early Childhood Special Education” submitted on Jan. 7, 2013	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-231	2/19/2013	Michael Novak		Documents regarding Soaring Eagle Academy	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-230	2/15/2013	Chris Cirillo	Brotschul Potts	Documents regarding the Organization of the Northeast (ONE) funding	response1, response2	Yes (PDF, and docs mailed)
13-229	2/14/2013	Diane Rado	Chicago Tribune	Records related to DCFS notifications received by ISBE	response	Partial denial, figures provided
13-228	2/14/2013	Todd Frazier		The budget detail pages broken down by individual line item Function/Object expenditures for the Williamson County Special Education District Early Childhood-Block Grant for FY 13. He also would like a copy of the assurances for Carterville CUSD #’s Early Childhood Block Grant from FY 06-12	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3)
13-227	2/14/2013	Maria Johnson		The electronic "pdf" files for the public records contained within each of the following: 1."Annual Financial Reports (1996-2011)" @ ftp://ftpfinance.isbe.net/AFR 2. "School District Budgets (2006 – 2013)" @ ftp://ftpfinance.isbe.net/SDB 3. "Annual Statement of Affairs (1996-2011)" @ ftp://ftpfinance.isbe.net/ASP/	response	No
13-226	2/13/2013	Jon Seidel and Becky Schlickerman	Chicago Sun-Times	1. Any and all correspondence, including but not limited to electronic correspondence, between ISBE representatives and representatives of the Maine Township High School District 207 since Sept. 1, 2012; 2. Any and all records, including investigative files, regarding Michael Divincenzo; 3. Any and all records, including investigative files, regarding Emilio Rodriguez; 4. Any and all records, including investigative files, regarding Audrey Haugan; 5. Any and all correspondence, including but not limited to electronic correspondence, between ISBE representatives and DCFS representatives since Sept. 1, 2012 regarding Michael Divincenzo and/or Emilio Rodriguez and/or Audrey Haugan and/or Maine Township High School District 207 and its schools	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-225	2/13/2013	Yvette Turner	ARAMARK Education	A list of all contracts (FSMC, Hybrid, Vended Meals) which exist for “outsourced” food service	response	Yes (Excel)
13-224	2/11/2013	Marcus Albrecht	Illinois Education Association	A copy of the Mt. Olive Community Unit School District #5 Administrative Cost Worksheet for the 2011-2012 fiscal year	response	Yes (PDF)
13-223	2/11/2013	Minh Hoang	Open Minds	For RFP “Illinois Seeks 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program Evaluation Services”, the 1. Name, contact person, mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the organization(s) awarded a contract as a result of this RFP 2. Contract award date 3. Contract award period 4. Contract award amount and 5. List of additional organizations that responded to this RFP	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-222	2/13/2013	Linda Wegner		The racial breakdown of the Content tests’ passing rates used for IL Teaching Certification from 2008- 2012	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-221	2/11/2013	Minh Hoang	Open Minds	For the “Illinois Seeks Early Learning Website Services” RFP, the 1. Name, contact person, mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the organization(s) awarded a contract as a result of this RFP, 2. Contract award date 3. Contract award period 4. Contract award amount and 5. List of additional organizations that responded to this RFP	response	Yes (info provided)
13-220	2/11/2013	Michael Futch	University of California, San Diego	High frequency attendance rates, preferably daily, by school and grade for Cook and DuPage counties with an identifier for school location	response	Yes (Excel)
13-219	2/11/2013	Citizen		Information about the GED	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-218	2/11/2013	Michael Novak		Documents regarding Soaring Eagle Academy	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2)
13-217	2/11/2013	Deborah Miller		Proof of employment records from an elementary school in Oak Lawn, Illinois	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-216	2/8/2013	Laurie Scott	Champaign Community Unit School District #4	A copy of the “new” TAOEP applications submitted for FY 13 by Granite City CUSD 9 and Rockford Public SD 205 and a copy of the reviewer comments for these applications	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2)
13-215	2/7/2013	Natalie Danner	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1.All Type 04 teachers with teacher names, date of credential, school district (of employment), school name, school address, level or grade currently teaching (eg. PreK, K, 1st grade) 2. Type 04 teachers who have an ESL approval or endorsement, teacher name, date of credential, school district (of employment), school name, school address, level or grade currently teaching (eg. PreK, K, 1st grade) 3. Type 04 teachers who have a Bilingual approval or endorsement, teacher name, date of credential, language of credential, school district (of employment), school name, school address, level or grade currently teaching (eg. PreK, K, 1st grade)	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-214	2/6/2013	Jeffrey Biessman	MacMurray College	Copies of the audio recordings taken during the Oct. 2012, Nov. 2012 and Feb. 2013 SEPLB meetings	response	Yes (docs mailed)
13-213	2/5/2013	Parent		Bus recordings from District 300 Bus Company from the dates of Jan. 21-25, 2013	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-212	2/5/2013	Sara Mauk	Mauk & O'Connor	All training materials for hearing officers contracted by ISBE for IDEA administrative hearings from the January 2013 or any other training dates after October 2012 through the present	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-211	2/4/2013	Sarah Sebert	Illinois Child Care Association	The number of public school students in Illinois with IEP's who attended an extended school year program at a public school in 2012 or 2011	response	Yes (info provided)
13-210	2/4/2013	Martha Goodman	Macks Center for Jewish Education	The letter of findings for a state special education complaint filed against the Chicago Public School System in November 2011, regarding the consultation and Child Find process for parentally placed private school children	response	Yes (PDF)
13-209	2/4/2013	Diane Rado, Christy Gutowski	Chicago Tribune	For the last five years – beginning in January 2008 until the current date – all notifications from DCFS to ISBE of any indicated reports of abuse and/or neglect in which school personnel are identified as the perpetrator and all documents included in such notifications, such as the name and title of the school staffer and his or her school and school district. Also, all records of cases in which educator certificates/licenses have been revoked or suspended, either by the state or a regional offices of education	response1, response2	Yes (PDF, docs mailed)
13-208	2/1/2013	Dan Hagan	The Hagan Scholarship Foundation	1. A list of all public all high schools by county 2. Number of 2011 high school graduates for each public high school 3. List of names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses for principals and high school counselors of all public high schools	response1, response2	Yes (Excel1, Excel2)
13-207	1/31/2013	Michael Novak		Documents regarding Soaring Eagle Academy	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3)
13-206	1/30/2013	Monica Conrad	Hodges & Davis, P.C.	All documents, records and/or communications to or from the Academy of Excellence in Learning, including but not limited to all documents submitted by the Academy of Excellence in Learning to be considered an approved program, and all of the academic documents ISBE has on file relating to the Academy of Excellence in Learning	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2)
13-205	1/30/2013	John Harrison		An aggregate copy of Teacher/Administrator/Staff Salaries and Benefits for 2011 and 2012 in Winnebago and Boone counties	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-204	1/30/2013	Lori Asbury	Hidden Healthies	A list of all school nutrition directors for the state of Illinois with addresses and phone numbers	response	Yes (Excel)
13-203	1/28/2013	Larry Gavin	Evanston RoundTable	Documents related to statements in the memo from Superintendent Koch and Deputy Superintendent Morrison to the Board, subject ISAT Performance Levels, for the Jan.23-24 meeting	response	No
13-202	1/28/2013	Linda Wegner		Data regarding newly-certified teachers	response	Yes (PDF)
13-201	1/24/2013	John Kugler	Substance News	1. A list or records identifying all attacks and/or acts violence on school personnel in the Chicago Public Schools from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, 2. A list or records reporting all attacks and/or acts of violence on school personnel in the Chicago Public Schools from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 and 3. A list or records identifying all crimes reported on or about Chicago Public Schools property	response	Yes (Excel)
13-200	1/23/2013	Michael Novak		Documents regarding Soaring Eagle Academy	response	Yes (PDF)
13-199	1/23/2013	Daniel Bastean		A hard copy of several e-mails cc'ed to ISBE's Christine Kolaz	response	Yes (docs mailed)
13-198	1/18/2013	Katy Smyser	NBC 5 Chicago	1. Copies of documents sufficient to show the number of parking spaces ISBE rented at downtown Chicago parking garages/lots for employee use in FY 2012, and the total cost in FY 2012 for those parking spaces; 2. Copies of documents sufficient to show the names and position titles of any and all employees for whom ISBE rented parking spaces from downtown Chicago parking garages during FY 2012; and 3. Copies of documents sufficient to show the amounts each of those employees contributed to help cover those rental-parking expenses during FY 2012	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-197	1/18/2013	Laurie Scott	Champaign Community Unit School District #4	Info related to the TAOEP, including a list of entities that received program funding in FY13, including the amount of the grant award, a list of entities that submitted a “new applicant” proposal for funding beginning in FY2013 which includes the numeric ranking of each proposal as per the review criteria listed in the March 2012 RFP and a copy of reviewer comments and numeric ranking (as per above) for Champaign Community Unit School District #4’s “TAOEP” proposal submitted in the spring of 2010 for the three year program cycle beginning FY2011	response	Yes (PDF)
13-196	1/18/2013	Claire Tinley	UNITE HERE! Local 1	Copy of the Archdiocese of Chicago's most recent "Food Service Management Company/Vendor Invitation for Bid and Contract Submission Form" on file, copy of the "Post Contract Award Summary Sheet" for the Archdiocese's current food service contract, copy of the signed "Bid Summary" form for the Archdiocese's current contract, the name of the Archdiocese of Chicago's food service provider, The type of contract between the Archdiocese and its food service provider and the duration of the contract between the Archdiocese and its food service provider	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-195	1/18/2013	Brian Schwartz	Illinois Principals Association	All hearing officer final orders and ISBE Board formal action from contested cases before the Educator Preparation and Licensure Board (or its predecessor board) from 2000 to present	response	Yes (CD mailed)
13-194	1/18/2013	Catherine McCall Ginsberg	Georgia Department of Education	A copy of the contract (including any amendments) that the Illinois Virtual School entered into with the Peoria ROE, in partnership with the Area III Consortium, to manage and operate the Illinois Virtual School	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-193	1/16/2013	Joe Hallman		All reports for 2005 – 2012 concerning the mandated reporting requirement under the School Safety Drill Act PA-094-0600 for Immanuel Lutheran School in Belvidere, IL	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-192	1/16/2013	Marzenna Gregory	Child, Inc.	A copy of our current CACFP sponsors	response	Yes (Excel)
13-191	1/15/2013	Michael Novak		Documents regarding Soaring Eagle Academy	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF1a, PDF2, PDF3
13-190	1/14/2013	Claire Tinley	UNITE HERE! Local 1	For Chicago charter schools: Copy of each school food authority's most recent "Food Service Management Company/Vendor Invitation for Bid and Contract Submission Form" on file, Copy of each school food authority's "Post-Contract Award Summary Sheet" for its current contract, Copy of each school food authority's signed "Bid Summary" form for its current contract, The name of each school's food service provider, The type of contract between each school food authority and the food service provider, The duration of the contract between the school food authority and the food service provider and If a school has the same food service provider as School District 299 - City of Chicago, please indicate that in your response	response	Yes (PDF)
13-189	1/11/2013	Jim Reed, Jr.	Illinois Education Association	All contracts entered into between the Illinois State Board of Education and the Vallas Group or Paul Vallas between Jan. 1, 2011 and the present	response	Yes (PDF)
13-188	1/11/2013	Shawn Mason	Food for Good	2012 SFSP and 2012 After School Program Data	response	Yes (Excel1, Excel2, Excel3, Excel4, Excel5)
13-187	1/10/2013	Yelena Belski		School (work) email addresses for all school teachers in Illinois	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-186	1/9/2013	Melissa Howard	U.S. Department of Education	Copies of the due process request/complaints filed in April 2012 and September 2012 against Lemont Township High School District #201	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-185	1/8/2013	Mary Jane Goldthwaite		1. All ISBE Monitoring Report(s) , Audit Report(s) and any related documents (written and /or electronic) to/from the ISBE External Assurance Department or Field Audit Staff or any other ISBE Department related to the reports regarding Schiller Park School District 81, Schiller Park, IL, 60176, for the period FY 2006 forward to date. 2. Documents related to the withdrawal of Schiller Park School District 81 from the Leyden Area Special Education Co-op, including: a. Documents related to any site visits to Schiller Park School District 81 and its results; and b. copies of Schiller Park School District 81's and Leyden Area Special Education Co-op’s comprehensive plans required by 105 ILCS 5114-4.01 and 23 Ill.Admin.Code 226.700	response	Yes (docs provided, informed of copy cost)
13-184	1/8/2013	Lisa Duarte	Tristan & Cervantes	All document submitted by the Institute for Latino Progress (a/k/a Instituto Del Progresso Latino) in response to the 2011 RFP for applicants seeking to open an alternative charter regarding. Specifically, related to the Rudy Lozano High School	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-183	1/7/2013	Heather Vogell	Atlanta Journal-Constitution	Item-level analysis for the Illinois curriculum tests given for grades 3-8, as mandated by No Child Left Behind, for each year from the 2006-2007 school year through 2011-2012. This should include psychometric properties of the test after it is given (not simply field testing), including but not limited to p values, point biserials and differential item functioning. If available, please include IRT parameters	response	Yes (CD mailed)
13-182	1/7/2013	John Kugler	Substance News	A list or records identifying of all ISBE certifications for 36 administrators in CPS	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-181	1/7/2013	John Kugler	Substance News	A list or records identifying of all ISBE certifications and Teacher Evaluator Designations for CPS Principal Martin William McGreal	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-180	1/7/2013	John Kugler	Substance News	A list or records identifying of all ISBE certifications and Teacher Evaluator Designations for numerous assistant principals in CPS	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-179	1/7/2013	John Kugler	Substance News	A list or records identifying of all ISBE certifications and Teacher Evaluator Designations for numerous principals in CPS	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-178	1/7/2013	John Kugler	Substance News	A list or records identifying all ISBE certification for 33 administrators in CPS	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-177	1/7/2013	Zaina Zayyad		Complete documents and correspondence regarding Aqsa School in Bridgeview, IL	response	Informed of copy cost
13-176	1/4/2013	Todd Frazier		Copies of the approval page for each year’s Early Childhood Block Grant that Carterville CUSD #5 received from 2005-2012 and the amendment to the FY 12 grant, including the budget detail pages showing Function, Object, and description of the budgeted line items	response	Yes (PDF)
13-175	1/4/2013	Patricia Lopuszanski		Certification and reimbursement info for staff at the Mid-Valley Special Education Cooperative	response	Yes (PDF)
13-174	1/3/2013	James Petrungaro	Scariano, Himes & Petrarca	The complete personnel file of Dr. Margaret Pennington for every position held at the public body	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-173	1/3/2013	Jesse Tepper		Information on what physical/mental health examinations/screens are required by ISBE to be documented in a student’s files to gain admission to the state’s public school system and to maintain matriculations throughout his/her school years	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-172	1/3/2013	Patricia Lopuszanski		Certification and reimbursement information for staff at Mid-Valley Special Education Cooperative	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3, Excel4)
13-171	1/3/2013	John Kugler	Substance News	Copies of all ISBE certifications for Juan Rangel of the UNO Charter Schools	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-170	12/31/2012	Roy McCampbell		Documents related to special education audits/investigations and provisional certificate requests for Schiller Park School District 81	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-169	12/27/2012	Michelle Marsicek		A copy of all complaints received by ISBE within the past five years concerning Arlington Heights School District 25 regarding any matters related to special education.	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-168	12/21/2012	Diane Rado	Chicago Tribune	Any certification action, including suspension, against an educator	response	No (partial denial, no responsive docs)
13-167	12/21/2012	Jermaine Ford	Moraine Valley Community College	A copy of the winning proposal for Solicitation# 22029653: Tenured Teaching Dismissal Hearing Officer Training	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2)
13-166	12/21/2012	Dawn Rhodes	Chicago Tribune	All records related to a teacher's certificate revocation	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-165	12/20/2012	John Kugler	Substance News	Copies of all ISBE certifications for an individual	response	No (No responsive docs)
13-164	12/19/2012	Jim Giovannini	Academic Tutoring Centers	SES documents pertaining to CPS	response	Yes (Excel)
13-163	12/18/2012	Judy King		Several annual reports regarding CPS	response1, response2	Yes (Excel1, Excel2, PDF1, Excel 4, Excel 5)
13-162	12/14/2012	David Jackson and Gary Marx	Chicago Tribune	A letter from ISBE to then CPS CEO Huberman regarding ISBE's concerns about CPS spending of TAOEP monies; any response from Huberman and other CPS officials regarding ISBE's stated concerns; and any further correspondence reflecting the outcome or resolution of this issue	response	Yes (PDF)
13-161	12/14/2012	Patrick Yeagle	Illinois Times	All applications for School Improvement Grants submitted by the Springfield Public School District #186 to benefit Lanphier High School	response	Directed to data on web
13-160	12/10/2012	Fred Spitzzeri	Law Office of Alfred A. Spitzzeri	Information regarding candidates invited to interview for the due process hearing officer vacancies	response	Partial denial, docs provided
13-159	12/6/2012	Molly Beck	State Journal-Register	All correspondence between the Sangamon County Regional Office of Education and the Illinois State Board of Education regarding employed teachers with certification deficiencies between Jan. 1, 2007 and Dec.1, 2012 and all correspondence between the Illinois State Board of Education and all Sangamon County school districts regarding employed teachers with certification deficiencies between Jan. 1, 2007 and Dec. 1, 2012	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-158	12/5/2012	JoAnn Collins		Copies of the Illinois administrative code, state attorney practice laws and any other laws or regulations, memoranda, copies of complaints, due process training materials and/or any ruling made by ISBE that advocates cannot “advocate” at due process hearings and copies of any law, regulation or any due process rules that allow hearing officers to request “credentials” from non-attorney advocates	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-157	12/4/2012	Minh Hoang	Open Minds	Information regarding the Illinois Seeks Special Education Disputes Training Services RFP	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-156	12/3/2012	Minh Hoang	Open Minds	Information regarding the Illinois Seeks Center for School Improvement Services RFP	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-155	12/3/2012	Minh Hoang	Open Minds	Information regarding the Illinois Seeks Special Education Software Maintenance and Support Services RFP	response	Yes (directed to data on web)
13-154	12/4/2012	John Toth		A copy of any and all complaints received by ISBE within the past five years concerning Community Unit School District #200 (Wheaton) regarding any matters related to special education, including copies of any and all formal special education complaints, any and all special education due process hearing requests, and any written requests for mediation concerning special education	response	Yes (PDF)
13-153	12/3/2012	Fred Spitzzeri	Law Office of Alfred A. Spitzzeri	Documents regarding his service as a hearing officer	response	partial denial, docs provided
13-152	12/3/2012	Parents		All documentation between the ISBE and District 148 in reference to their Aug. 10, 2012 complaint and a definition of the term redacted that was indicated in ISBE's Nov. 1 response letter	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-151	12/3/2012	Dan Charleston		A data file listing the following items contained in the Illinois School Report Card for 2012 by District only: District Name, Average teacher tenure, Percentage of teachers with masters degrees or higher Average Teacher salary and Average administrator salary	response	Yes (Excel)
13-150	11/30/2012	Pavlyn Jankov	Chicago Teachers Union	The 2012-2013 school year school-level enrollments for City of Chicago District 299 to include all school identification numbers that ISBE uses for each school, including both the ISBE school identification number and the Oracle five-digit unit ID that CPS uses	response	No
13-149	11/29/2012	Darreyl Young-Gibson		Documents regarding the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences’ involvement in the Corey H decision monitoring by ISBE for the school years 2006-2007 and 2007-2008	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3, PDF4)
13-148	11/29/2012	David Thon	Fair Market, Inc.	The contact information for the sponsors of each Summer Feeding program location	response	Yes (Excel)
13-147	11/28/2012	David Stachura		The total number of grammar school districts in the state that use standards-based grading	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-146	11/20/2012	Mike Cavalieri	Lumen Touch	A copy of the RCDTS (Region County District Type Schools) codes and their corresponding Site Number (The number used to identify the food service program at a school within WINS) in an Excel or CSV file	response	Yes (Excel)
13-145	11/20/2012	Paul Strauss	Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.	Large volume of documents regarding the TAP test	response 1 response 2	Yes (CD mailed)
13-144	11/19/2012	Lindy Carrow		Written transcriptions or audio recordings of the discussions that took place, the motions made and the motions voted on at the June 19, 2012 meeting of the SEPLB and the June 20-21, 2012 meeting of the Illinois State Board that pertain to accepting the ACT Test as an acceptable substitution for the TAP basic skills test	response	Yes (docs mailed)
13-143	11/16/2012	Diane Dallas	Henry Booth House	The current status of several Head Start sites funded by Henry Booth House	response	Yes (Excel)
13-142	11/15/2012	Pamela Jones	WBBM-TV	All records explaining the teacher certification history for an individual who is said to have been a substitute teacher in Harvey Public Schools on or about May 2, 2012, and documents explaining any previous or current disciplinary measures taken against this person as well as dates she may have held a certificate to teach in Illinois	response	Yes (PDF)
13-141	11/14/2012	Heather Vogell	Atlanta Journal-Constitution	Additional back-up documents for the 2011 testing incident that led to the $1,680,000 fine proposed against Pearson	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-140	11/14/2012	Janet Bandy	Illinois Education Association	The cell reference files for the FY11 Annual Financial Reports, FY12 Annual Financial Reports, FY12 Budgets and the FY13 Budgets	response	Yes (Excel1, Excel2, Excel3, Excel4)
13-139	11/13/2012	citizen		The latest edition of the Illinois Handbook of Government	response	No (directed to another agency)
13-138	11/8/2012	Robert Freehill		Historical information about his father’s teacher history in IL public schools	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-137	11/5/2012	Jeffrey Powell	Reno & Zahm LLP	All documents depicting the current legal boundary lines of several school districts	response	No responsive docs
13-136	11/5/2012	Gary Dinowitz		An Excel database of all private schools which will include the name, address, phone number and other relevant information plus the names and emails of all school counselors at each school and an Excel database of all public schools which will include the name, address, phone number and other relevant information plus the names and emails of all school counselors at each school	response	Directed to data on web
13-135	11/2/2012	Alexi Nunn Freeman	Advancement Project	Various data regarding charter schools and Chicago Public Schools	response	(PDF) also informed of copy cost
13-134	11/1/2012	Nilva da Silva	AIR	A copy of the winning proposal and the scoring sheets for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program RFP	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2)
13-133	11/1/2012	Casey Adams		A complete list of closed grievances filed by Chicago Teachers Union Local No. 1 grievants and the UNION from Jan. 1, 2012 to Oct. 31, 2012	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-132	10/31/2012	Andrea Sinclair	HumRRO	A copy of the evaluation of HumRRO’s proposal submission for the PERA Research-Based Study	response	Yes (PDF)
13-131	10/29/2012	Brian Schwartz	Illinois Principals Association	All proposals submitted in response to ISBE’s Center for School Improvement RFSP (Reference Number 22027167)	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3)
13-130	10/26/2012	Parents		A copy of all correspondence between District 148 and ISBE regarding their family since 2007	response	Yes (docs mailed)
13-129	10/26/2012	John Huston	Chicago Tribune	Documents on file related to a teacher who was terminated from Hubbard Woods School in Winnetka School District 36, and his appeal of termination earlier this year and subsequent withdrawal of that appeal	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-128	10/25/2012	Allison Benway	Seyfarth Shaw, LLP	All documents related to ISBE’s contract with U.S. Communities	response	Yes (PDF)
13-127	10/24/2012	Sara Mauk	Mauk & O'Connor	All training materials for hearing officers contracted by ISBE for IDEA administrative hearings from the Oct. 12, 2012 training or any other training dates from July 1, 2012 through the present	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-126	10/23/2012	Karen Drage	Eastern Illinois University	The names of individuals holding provisional certificates as well as the school districts in which they are employed	response	Yes (Excel)
13-125	10/23/2012	Laura Sinars	Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd.	All documentation ISBE possesses in regards to a complaint	response	Yes (PDF)
13-124	10/22/2012	Anne Hallett	Grow Your Own	Various data from the 2012 Basic Skills and TAP test results	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-123	10/19/2012	Leeann Kendall		The 2012 Report Card for Riverton School District # 14	response	No
13-122	10/19/2012	Soyang Kwon	Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago	A list of the Community Eligibility Option (CEO) participating districts located in suburban Cook County (excluding the Chicago Public School District) at SY 2012-2013	response	Yes (Excel)
13-121	10/17/2012	Steve Staeger	WCIA-TV	Receipts and an expense report for all office furniture purchased by the agency in FY 11 and FY 12.	response	Yes (Excel1, Excel2)
13-120	10/16/2012	Denis Roarty	University of Illinois at Chicago	Historical TSR data	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-119	10/15/2012	Citizen		The last known address of a potential witness to a fatal collision	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-118	10/15/2012	Leeann Kendall		The last two years of financial information (budgets, audits, etc) for Riverton School District #14	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2)
13-117	10/12/2012	Michael Holtz	Chicago Tribune	Electronic copies of all rulings, opinions and reports issued by McKinney-Vento Act Ombudsman Michael Pietrzak to the State Board of Education regarding every McKinney-Vento Act dispute resolution hearings he oversaw since he began his tenure approximately three years ago	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3)
13-116	10/12/2012	Tina Stein	WIFR-TV	A list of non-public schools in Boone, Winnebago, Stephenson, Lee and Ogle Counties recognized by the State of Illinois from 1990 to 2012	response	Directed to data on web
13-115	10/12/2012	Don Madden	Edge Public Affairs	A list of every Illinois public school district that has contracted with a private food service management company to provide school lunches, in lieu of school district employees, including the name of such vendors (Aramark, Sodexo, etc.)	response	Yes (Excel)
13-114	10/11/2012	William F. Gleason	Sraga Hauser, LLC	Documents regarding the current legal boundary lines of several school districts	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-113	10/11/2012	Michael Hannan	Alternative Schools Network	Suspension and expulsion data for the 2009-2010 school year for Chicago District 299	response	Directed to data on web
13-112	10/10/2012	Heather Vogell	Atlanta Journal-Constitution	All letters, memos, reports, emails or other correspondence concerning fines either levied or proposed against companies offering a testing-related service to the state since 2001	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-111	10/10/2012	Mary Katherine Campbell	Northwestern University	The salaries of the top ten highest paid public teachers, excluding administrators, from Hinsdale Central High School, Lyons Township High School, Oak Park and River Forest High School, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, and Nicholas Senn High School	response	Directed to data on web
13-110	10/10/2012	Daniel Bastean		The materials the Attorney General’s Director of Constituent Services forwarded to ISBE’s general counsel	response	Yes (PDF)
13-109	10/9/2012	Janet Bandy	Illinois Education Association	The OriginalstAid1213.xlsx file	response	Yes (Excel)
13-108	10/9/2012	Daniel Bastean		A "certified" hard copy of Daniel Bastean's October 7, 2012 dated e-mail to Darren Reisberg sent c/o ckolaz@isbe.net, Subject: Determination QPS budget controversy	response	Yes (PDF)
13-107	10/5/2012	Janet Bandy	Illinois Education Association	The AFR Budget 11-12.accdb files.	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-106	10/5/2012	Gina Bartucci	Illinois School Psychology Association	The most updated list of all public K-12 schools that includes email addresses and contact names for school psychologists, school principals and district superintendents	response	Yes (Excel)
13-105	10/3/2012	Michael Novak		Documents and correspondence regarding Soaring Eagle Academy	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3)
13-104	10/2/2012	Michael Pietrzak		Detailed information about all currently approved and active Illinois Administrators Academy (IAA) courses in a spreadsheet	response	Yes (Excel)
13-103	10/2/2012	David Stachura	School District 81	Records of student enrollment for as far back as ISBE has records for School District 81 in five-year increments.	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3, PDF4)
13-102	10/2/2012	David Stachura	School District 81	The number of elementary school districts in the state, the student enrollment of each district and the number of buildings in each elementary school district	response	Directed to data on web
13-101	10/1/2012	Steven Pereus	Enlit, LLC	Revenue, expenditure and asset data for school districts for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-100	9/27/2012	Michael Hannan	Alternative Schools Network	Dropout numbers (SIS exit codes 09, 10, 11 and 14) for the 2010-2011 school aggregated by all race/ethnic categories, grouped according to the grade in school (09, 10, 11 or 12) at the time of student exits and by the following regions: Illinois, Cook County and District 299	response	Yes (Excel)
13-099	9/28/2012	Rosie Casey		A full list/chart of every charter school in the state to include contact information and contact person	response	Yes (Excel1, Excel2)
13-098	9/28/2012	Cheri Hodson	UCLA	Suspension/expulsion data at the district and school level, district and school level data for special education students and disciplinary data separated by race/ethnicity and gender	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-097	9/27/2012	Jackie Daly		Scanned copies of the most recent (2012) Early Childhood/Early Intervention Proposals submitted to ISBE from the following organizations: Bethel New Life, Child Serve and Ounce of Prevention	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-096	9/26/2012	Genie Uli		Records from Winnetka Public Schools District 36	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-095	9/26/2012	Michael Abeja		Electronic copies of the current contracts of Argo Community High School District 217 Superintendent Dr. Kevin O'Mara and Asst. Superintendent Dr. Kathy Black	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-094	9/26/2012	Patti Lopuszanski		Information regarding Short Term Emergency Special Education Certificates, the penalty for falsifying records and hiring teachers that do not have a degree, proper certification or educational background, data regarding not-for-profit schools in Illinois and LBS1 certificate data	response	Yes (Excel1, PDF, Excel2)
13-093	9/25/2012	Matthew Cohen	Matt Cohen & Associates	Documents regarding case numbers, occurrences, and due process requests involving Franczek-Radelet or Franczek-Sullivan and Hearing Officer Michael Risen	response	Yes (PDF)
13-092	9/24/2012	Allan Olbur	Corruption Busters	Documentation related to agreements, contracts, engagement letters and detailed monthly invoices for outside legal services provided to ISBE by Shefsky & Froelich for the period 2005-2012	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-091	9/21/2012	Megan Brilley	WCIA 3 News	The cost of new office furniture for Decatur Public School Superintendent Gloria Davis and what fund paid for it as well as the cost of Davis’ trip to an overseas conference	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-090	9/21/2012	Citizen		A copy of the latest edition of the Illinois Handbook of Government	response	Directed to data on web
13-089	9/20/2012	Harvey Smith	Illinois Interactive Report Card	List of current email addresses and names for all school principals in public schools and all district superintendents for public school districts	response	Yes (Excel)
13-088	9/19/2012	Diane Dallas	Henry Booth House	The current status of 40 Head Start sites funded by Henry Booth House	response	Yes (Excel)
13-087	9/19/2012	Michael Hannan	Alternative Schools Network	Data on suspensions and expulsions for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school years	response	Directed to data on web)
13-086	9/19/2012	Ray Long	Chicago Tribune	Proof of residency that was given on behalf of the student Jillian Duncan-Poole, who received a scholarship from Sen. Annazette Collins	response	Yes (PDF)
13-085	9/19/2012	Ray Long	Chicago Tribune	Copies of any or all legislative scholarships in which paperwork for nominations of students were received after Sept. 1. In addition, he requests the name of the sponsor, full information about the students and any material, correspondence or other documentation regarding an award that was finalized after Sept. 1 because of some reason that caused a general tardiness	response	Yes (PDF)
13-084	9/18/2012	Parent		Records regarding Soaring Eagle Academy and Schiller Park School District 81	response	Yes (docs mailed)
13-083	9/17/2012	Larissa Chinwah	Daily Herald	All ISBE Monitoring Report(s), Audit Report(s) and any related documents (written and/or electronic) to/from the ISBE External Assurance Department or Field Audit Staff or any other ISBE Department related to the reports and Cary Community Consolidated School District 26, Cary, IL 60013 found for the period FY 2006 forward to date. Her request includes all reports pertaining to the GSA Entitlement for 21)(35-2006 payable in 2006-2007 Adjustment of a field audit finding on a previous claim for -$231,794 and any subsequent reports created after that action forward to date	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-082	9/12/2012	Laura O'Connor	Whitted, Cleary and Takiff	All information regarding the updated and/or new regulations published by ISBE regarding the residency of students residentially placed in or out of the state of Illinois	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-081	9/11/2012	Patti Lopuszanski		Information regarding Short Term Emergency Special Education Certificates	response	Yes (Excel)
13-080	9/11/2012	Michael Novak		Records regarding Soaring Eagle Academy	response	Yes (docs mailed)
13-079	9/10/2012	Michael O'Connor	Mauk & O'Connor	Records regarding a complaint	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-078	9/10/2012	Meg Lewis	AFSCME Council 31	Copies of the following completed School Bus Driver training course forms for all applicants and re-applicants who attended initial or refresher training courses in Bloomington or Normal IL for the past two years (9/10/10 to the present date): Form 42-46 A Preregistration Form, Form 42-46 B Attendance Sheet for Initial Training and Form 42-46 C Attendance Sheet for School Bus Driver Refresher Course	response	No responsive docs
13-077	9/10/2012	Stanley Eisenhammer	Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn LLP	ISAT state scale score frequency and/or distribution tables for the 2012 school year	response	No
13-076	9/10/2012	Ashley Foster		Certification information for Sojourner Cain of Chicago Public Schools	response	Directed to data on web
13-075	9/7/2012	Parent		Billing records with services provided for her child	response1, response2	Yes (docs provided)
13-074	9/6/2012	Brenda Davis Koester	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	A list of all providers, both home and center care, who are participating in the CACFP in Champaign, Douglas, Iroquois, Macon, Piatt and Vermillion counties	response	Yes (Excel1, Excel2)
13-073	9/4/2012	Cheryl Pratt	Wolff Group	A report with all of the schools that participate in the NSLP that are using a management company along with their enrollment; a report of all of the schools in IL purchasing commodities from Schwan (cheese) and Tysons (small and large birds) and a list of all the IL schools in the NSLP including their enrollment	response	Yes (Excel1, Excel2, Excel3, Excel4, Excel5)
13-072	9/4/2012	I. David Byrd	Civic Advocacy and Action Group	The following info for each year 2008 - 2012: total workforce, African Americans as a percent of the total and a breakdown of the workforce by several requested categories	withdrawn	N/A
13-071	9/4/2012	Alden Loury	Better Government Assoc.	For each legislative scholarship awarded in 2012: award year, recipient's name, recipient's address (street address, city, state and ZIP code), academic institution, scholarship duration, awarding lawmaker's name and awarding lawmaker's chamber. Additionally, for each legislative scholarship sought but rejected in 2012: award year, recipient's name, recipient's address (street address, city, state and ZIP code), academic institution, scholarship duration, awarding lawmaker's name, awarding lawmaker's chamber, and the reason the scholarship request was rejected	response 1 response 2	Yes (Excel1, Excel2, PDF1)
13-070	9/4/2012	Brooke Whitted	Whitted, Cleary and Takiff	A copy of the most recently submitted Consolidated Financial Report for Soaring Eagle Academy, a copy of the Audit Crosswalk for the 2010-2011 Consolidated Financial Report and copies of all written communication between Michael Novak and ISBE’s Lauren Russell	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-069	8/29/2012	Lisa Wade		A copy of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant that was given to North Chicago in 2011	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-068	8/29/2012	Nancy Giesler		A report for school year 2012-2013 on community code 110227, potatoes bulk dehydrated for processing that shows the school district (recipient agency), pounds they diverted and the processor name they diverted to	response	Yes (Excel)
13-067	8/28/2012	Chani Friedman	Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago	A copy of a complaint response from CPS	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-066	8/23/2012	Deborah Dudley		A copy of the evaluation of Bellwood School District #88 completed by ISBE’s No Child Left Behind Reading First Consulting Team on Nov. 1, 2005	response	No
13-065	8/22/2012	Tracy Marc	Orland School District 135	Contact information for principals and superintendents, including mailing and email addresses, that may be sorted by county	response	Yes (Excel)
13-064	8/22/2012	David Jackson	Chicago Tribune	For the 2010-2011 school year, for each pupil in grades K-8, data showing the grade, school district, enrollment/entry type code, enrollment/entry date, exit enrollment type code and the following exit enrollment data elements, if applicable - Enrollment Exit Date; Enrollment Exit Status; Enrollment Exit/Withdrawal Type	response	Yes (docs mailed)
13-063	8/22/2012	Judy King		Copies of several reports from CPS	response	Yes (PDF1, Excel, PDF2)
13-062	8/22/2012	Scott Reeder	Illinois Policy Institute	Tenure hearing officer decisions made during the previous three years	response	Directed to data on web
13-061	8/21/2012	Daniel Coglianese		The names, addresses, and dollar amounts for legislative scholarship recipients of State Sen. Don Harman (sic) for the 2012-2013 school year	response	Yes (Excel)
13-060	8/21/2012	Michelle Gulsvig		A list of current holders of a substitute teaching certificate to include first and last name, address, city, state, zip code, telephone and email address.	response	Yes (docs mailed)
13-059	8/20/2012	Kris Kuebler	Talking Fingers	A list of emails for 2012-13 ELL program coordinators in Illinois	response	Yes (Excel)
13-058	8/20/2012	Valerie Keener	Illinois Department of Natural Resources	A list of email addresses for all principals in the state	response	Yes (Excel)
13-057	8/20/2012	Cara Hill	ShadowSoft, Inc.	An electronic copy of teachers certified/licensed in Illinois to include a list of data fields	response	Directed to data on web
13-056	8/17/2012	Leah Pouw	YMCA of the USA	A list of 2012 YMCA SFSP sponsors and/or YMCA SFSP sites	response	Yes (PDF)
13-055	8/16/2012	Nick Osborne	Eastern Illinois University	Copies of the consolidation reorganization petition filed by both Odin School District #122 and Odin School District #700	response	Yes (PDF)
13-054	8/16/2012	Amber Egan		Requests teaching certificate types and areas of endorsement (specific endorsements, not general statements such as “Area of Service Endorsed”) and waiver requests for five individuals	response	Directed to data on web
13-053	8/16/2012	Amber Egan		Documents provided to John Kugler of the Chicago Teachers Union in response to his FOIA request for a list of all Provisional certificate requests from CPS for FY09 – FY13 identifying the subject matter to be taught as well as a list or records identifying all certificate waiver requests from CPS for FY 09 through FY13	response	Informed of CD availability
13-052	8/14/2012	Steve Pereus	Enlit, LLC	Financial data for all districts in the state over the last three years	response	Asked to narrow request
13-051	8/13/2012	Scott Reeder	Illinois Policy Institute	The entire email database used for Superintendent Koch's weekly messages	response	Yes (PDF)
13-050	8/13/2012	Vicki VanTuyle	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	E-mail addresses for 2012-2013 school superintendents and principals in Illinois public schools	response	Yes (Excel)
13-049	8/13/2012	David Platt		The internal accounts for FY 2011-2012 for CPS	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-048	8/10/2012	Peggy Wellman		The number of due process hearing requests that have been filed in Adams County Special Education Association within the last five years	response	Yes (info provided)
13-047	8/9/2012	Patrick McKenna		The following documents for Lawrence Hall Youth Services and Therapeutic Day School: FY2010 Title I grant, FY 2010 ARRA, FY 2011 Title 1 Grant and FY 2011 ARRA	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-046	8/9/2012	Ayman Mourad	Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.	Information on the accessibility of Grand Prairie Elementary School	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-045	8/8/2012	Eileen Watson	Eat Enterprises	The bid submitted by Plum Catering for a CACFP program for Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-044	8/8/2012	Michael Pell	Atlanta Journal-Constitution	Records of complaints alleging improprieties on standardized tests by teachers and school administrators at East St. Louis School District and records of personnel actions related to testing improprieties at East St. Louis School District	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2)
13-043	8/6/2012	Patrick McKenna		All original Title 1 grant funding documents that have been submitted at the state, federal and local levels for FY 2013 for Lawrence Hall Youth Services and Therapeutic Day School	response	Yes (PDF)
13-042	8/6/2012	Craig Loew		All documents to/from the External Assurance division, field audit staff or any other ISBE personnel related to the ISBE e-mail documents provided to Loew on 3/13/12 concerning attachments and Cary Community Consolidated School District 26 found for the period 3/9/2012 to date, including all response documents provided and final findings reported to the Cary district by ISBE	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-041	8/3/2012	Citizen		The address for the “Educational Funding Advisory Commission"	response	Yes (information provided)
13-040	8/3/2012	Jordan Anetsberger	Illinois Policy Institute	A list of contact information, including name, email, phone, and/or street address, for the board members of all Chicago school districts that report to ISBE	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-039	8/3/2012	Kathleen Roberts		Information about the TAP 400 Test, including the percentage of pass/fail rates for the state since Feb. 1, 2012 and the percentage of applicants that took the test more than once	response	Directed to data on web
13-038	8/3/2012	Leslie Lehmann	Ellevation Education	The name and e-mail address of the ELL/Bilingual Coordinators for each school district	response	Yes (Excel)
13-037	8/1/2012	Laura Sinars	Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd.	All documentation ISBE possesses in regards to a complaint	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-036	8/3/2012	Charles Fitzpatrick		A list of all school districts that began contracting their school lunch food service programs in the last five years	response	Yes (Excel)
13-035	8/2/2012	Diane Dallas	Henry Booth House	The current status of Head Start sites funded by Henry Booth House and “if they are in seriously deficient process.”	response	Yes (PDF)
13-034	7/31/2012	Jackie Daly		21st Century Community Learning Centers proposals for Family Focus and CPS District 299	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3, PDF4, PDF5)
13-033	7/31/2012	Jackie Daly		Supplemental Education Services (SES) proposal documents for Black Star Project, Garden of Prayer Youth Center, Catapult Learning	response	Directed to data on web
13-032	7/30/2012	Richard Elsenpeter	Elsenpeter Productions	Illinois principal contact information	response	Yes (Excel)
13-031	7/27/2012	Karen Lytwyn	DeKalb County Health Department	The number of special education students by age for DeKalb County as a whole for the most recent year available as well as the number of special ed students by disability category	response	Yes (Excel)
13-030	7/26/2012	Jordan Anetsberger	Illinois Policy Institute	A list of contact information, including name, email, phone and/or street address for the board members of all local school districts in the state	response	No (no responsive docs
13-029	7/26/2012	Cheryl Galligos		A copy of the most recent ISBE compliance review for the following Head Start programs: The Springfield Urban League Head Start Program in Springfield and the PACT Head Start Program in Mt. Sterling	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-028	7/25/2012	Melissa Roberts		Info on transportation reimbursement paperwork for the Oswego 308 School District filed over the last seven years	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-027	7/25/2012	Jon Hill	Limestone Community High School District 310	A list of new principals and their schools/school districts for the following school years: 2010-2011, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013	response	Directed to data on web
13-026	7/23/2012	Ashley Hallock	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Any list that matches the State RCDTS identification number (Region, County, District, Type, and School) to the national NCES ID (National Center for Educational Statistics) for individual schools, particularly non-public schools	response	Yes (Excel)
13-025	7/23/2012	Scott Schwartz	Walden Elementary School	A list of K-8 school teachers’ DOBs to include county and gender (no names or other identifying information)	response	Yes (Excel)
13-024	7/20/2012	Scott Porter	Bluford Schools	Copy of consolidation petition language and one sample copy of a petition circulator sheet for Anna-Jonesboro consolidation question and a copy of the consolidation petition language for the Flanagan-Cornell consolidation question and one sample copy of a petition circulator sheet	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2)
13-023	7/19/2012	May Jadallah	Illinois State University	Contact information, including e-mail addresses, for current superintendents and principals in the state	response	Yes (Excel)
13-022	7/18/2012	Tim Mahoney		Information on case 1988L00829, Chesko William vs. Blair Gregory, which was on the Oct. 1988 docket	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-021	7/18/2012	Parent		Copies of specific documentation submitted in response to the formal complaint investigation for a child by School District 425 Indian Creek	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-020	7/18/2012	Tim Mahoney		Information regarding the People of the State of Illinois vs. Blair Gregory (1987CF0034) from the January 1987 docket	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-019	7/17/2012	Diane Rado	Chicago Tribune	An updated spreadsheet that contains all information (excluding info that would identify a student) reported by districts to the Student Incident Reporting System, related to K-12 campus crimes, each year	response	Yes (Excel)
13-018	7/16/2012	Parent		Copies of all the information/documents that were submitted by District 231 to complaint investigator Karen Handy during the process of a complaint investigation	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-017	7/16/2012	John Kugler	Chicago Teachers Union	A list or records identifying all Teach for America placements in CPS for FY09 – FY 13 identifying the subject matter to be taught and location of teaching assignment as well a list or records identifying all Teach for America placement requests from CPS for FY09 – FY13	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-016	7/16/2012	John Kugler	Chicago Teachers Union	A list or records identifying all Provisional certificate requests from CPS for FY09 – FY13 identifying the subject matter to be taught as well as a list or records identifying all certificate waiver requests from CPS for FY09 – FY13 identifying the subject matter to be taught	response	Yes (Docs provided)
13-015	7/13/2012	Allison Reid	NBC Chicago	Copies of documents sufficient to show how many employees (or computer “users”) accessed each of the following websites from Jan. 1, 2012 until present day: Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. Also, copies of documents sufficient to show how long these employees/users spent on each of those websites during the same time period
13-014	7/13/2012	Janis Lee		Data regarding students who have been sent to alternative schools based on suspensions for the 2010-2011 school year	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-013	7/12/2012	Jose Garcia		A listing of the top 10 largest SES providers in the City of Chicago School District 299 based on number of students served each year in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school year and a listing of the top 10 largest SES providers in the state based on number of students served each year the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school years	response	Yes (information provided)
13-012	7/11/2012	Neal Takiff	Whitted, Cleary and Takiff	Any memoranda or documents regarding the ability (or inability) of local educational agencies to enter into a contract directly with nonpublic schools for the purchase of a predetermined number of spots for special education students and any current or proposed procedures, policies, standards, guidelines or practices, whether or not intended for public distribution, regarding the ability (or inability) of local educational agencies to enter into a contract directly with nonpublic schools for the purchase of a predetermined number of spots for special education students	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-011	7/11/2012	Scott Rozell		The following information regarding individuals who have registered for the ICTS examinations for the dates of Aug. 1-Sept. 1, 2012: the names, addresses and the test for which individuals are registered	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-010	7/10/2012	Neal Takiff	Whitted, Cleary and Takiff	Any memoranda or documents regarding the ability (or inability) of local educational agencies to negotiate rates for services directly with nonpublic schools and any current or proposed procedures, policies, standards, guidelines or practices, whether or not intended for public distribution, regarding the ability (or inability) of local educational agencies to negotiate rates for services directly with nonpublic schools	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-009	7/10/2012	Iona Evans	Labaton Sucharow	Any audits of online/virtual schools including Chicago Virtual Charter School, or its charter or any affiliate, for the school years 2008 through 2011	response	Yes (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3, PDF4)
13-008	7/9/2012	David Jackson and Gary Marx	Chicago Tribune	De-identified student-level data spanning two years, 2009-10 and 2010-11	response	Yes (docs provided)
13-007	7/9/2012	David Jackson and Gary Marx	Chicago Tribune	Copies of all of the GSA claim files, records and documents submitted by City of Chicago SD 299 for each of the last two years for which the GSA claim was submitted by Chicago	response	Directed to data on web
13-006	7/6/2012	David Jackson and Gary Marx	Chicago Tribune	The following aggregate data from Illinois student tracking database, including SIS, for each school year since 2008-2009 for CPS and the state: the count of students in each category of “Enrollment/Entry Type Codes” by grade.	response	Yes (Excel1, Excel2)
13-005	7/5/2012	Latesha Owens		Copies of a student's school records	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-004	7/5/2012	Tara Kadioglu		Any records or statistics regarding current students in Chicago Public Schools who are legal refugees in the United States	response	No (no responsive docs)
13-003	7/2/2012	Rufus Stephens	Preferred Meal Systems, Inc.	A spreadsheet of all school districts in the state with enrollments of 3,000 and above that have signed food service contracts with management companies or vendors	response	Yes (Excel)
13-002	7/2/2012	Daniel Bastean		A copy of the Quincy Public School District No. 172’s amended 2011-2012 budget	response	Yes (Excel)