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2004 Archive
- January
22, 2004--State Board
of Education Approves Continuation of Hazel Crest
School District for FY05
- January
9, 2004--Illinois shares
spotlight in Education Week's Quality Counts
report
- January
8, 2004--State Board of
Education approves FY05 budget
- January
7, 2004--Announcement
of Public Forum
- February
20, 2004 -- State Board
Approves New English Language Standards
- February
18, 2004 -- Governor
recommends more than $400 million for Illinois schools
- February 18, 2004 -- State
Board Revised Guidelines for Non-Public School Recognition
- February 4, 2004 -- Schiller:
"Our schools are not failing"
- February
3, 2004 -- State Superintendent
presents budget that keeps the lights on for schools
- March
25, 2004 -- Board Approves Schools
in Academic Early Warning and Academic Watch Status
- March
25, 2004 -- Number of Schools
on Financial Watch List Grows
- March
23, 2004 -- Schiller: Governor's
School Construction Power Grab is LosingProposal for Schools
and the Legislature
- March
17, 2004 -- Illinois receives
high marks in national Preschool report
- March
9, 2004 -- State Board encourages
celebration of the arts
- March
8, 2004 -- Finalists for State
Teacher of Year Announced
- March
5, 2004 -- Illinois Mathematics
and Science Partnerships Grants Awarded
- April
26, 2004 -- New electronic grant
system is a "win-win for school districts"
- April
23, 2004 -- State Board Approves
Academic Improvement Awards Program
- April
23, 2004 -- Illinois receives
highest grade for High Quality Teacher Standards
- April
17, 2004 -- Environmental Science
Teacher "Cleans-Up"
- April
15, 2004 -- Nearly 300 school
staffers will be recognized as part of the 30th annual Those Who Excel Program
- May
28, 2004 -- Electronic Grant
Management System Available
- May
27, 2004 -- 100 Schools to
Receive Academic Recognition
- May
27, 2004 -- 100 Schools to Receive
Academic Recognition
- May
20, 2004 -- Illinois State Board
of Education Vice-Chair Resigns
- May13,
2004 -- Statement of Janet Steiner,
Chair of Illinois State Board of Education
- May
12, 2004 -- 98 Schools to Receive
Academic Recognition
- May
7, 2004 -- State Teacher Certification
Board Suspends North Greene Teacher's Licenses
- May
7, 2004 -- Governor Restores
Certification Funds
- June
24, 2004 -- Schiller announces
East St. Louis Interim CEO
- June
16, 2004 -- State Board of
Education adds Supplemental Educational Service Providers
- June
16, 2004 -- Hundreds see AYP
improve after participating in ISBE data verification process
- June
16, 2004 -- State Education
Board Adopts Illinois Early Learning Standards
- June
10, 2004 -- 100 Schools Receive
Academic Recognition
- June
9, 2004 -- East St. Louis Board
of Education and ISBE join together
- July
29, 2004 -- State Assessment
results encouraging Achievement gap continues to close
- July
29, 2004 -- ISBE Releases
Updated 2003 AYP Status--Nearly 450 schools see AYP improve
- July
20, 2004 -- ISBE awards 21st
Century Grants to help close achievement gap
- July
16, 2004 -- ISBE and IBM Set
to Launch Electronic Student Identification System
- August
31, 2004 -- Illinois college-bound
seniors increase scores on SAT--More take AP test
-- even more eligible
- August
20, 2004 -- Retention rates
for Illinois public school teachers remain high -- State
Board releases annual educator report
- August
20, 2004 -- ISBE releases its
first Special Education Performance Annual Report
- August
18, 2004 -- Illinois ACT Scores
Rise: Second straight year since all public high school
juniors began taking ACT
- September
29 , 2004 -- ISBE Opens School
Report Card Window Early In Response to Local Requests
- September
24, 2004 -- State Superintendent
Schiller Resigns
- September
22, 2004 -- State Board Sets
Agency Priorities
- September
20, 2004 -- Downstate Educator
Appointed Interim Superintendent
- September
2, 2004 -- Illinois State Board
of Education moves forward with enhanced state assessments
- October
26, 2004 -- Fast Growth Grants
Issued to Districts
- October
21, 2004 -- New State Board
of Education to streamline rules and regulations
- October
19, 2004 -- Illinois State Board
of Education Employee Named Illinois Principal of the Year
- October
12, 2004 -- Two Chicago-area
Teachers Receive National Recognition
- October
10, 2004 -- New State Board
of Education announces agreement for charter high school
in Venice
- November 18, 2004 -- New State
Board of Education streamlines agency operations
- November 17, 2004 -- New State
Board of Education team and Illinois schools clean up School
Report Cards
- November 16, 2004 -- State
Superintendent to Discuss School Report Cards
- November 9, 2004 -- Illinois
State Board of Education
awards grants to struggling schools
- November 9, 2004 -- Illinois
to pilot parent involvement model for students with autism--Illinois
only state selected
- November 9, 2004 -- Illinois
receives one of five national grant awards for special education
- November 4, 2004 -- Gov. Blagojevich
expands program to feed up to 40,000 additional Illinois
children
- November 3, 2004 -- New State
Board of Education reaches major milestone in eliminating
teacher certification backlog
- December 16, 2004--New State
Board of Education pledges support for Blagojevich ban on
violent video games--Policy to address ban in schools
- December 16, 2004--Illinois
school superintendent recommends retaining college entrance
exam as part of state tests--Offers equal access
for all students
- December 15, 2004--State Board
of Education releases 2003-2004 State School Report Card--More
schools and districts meet No Child Left Behind requirements
this year
State Superintendent calls for reform of Federal No Child
Left Behind law
- December 9, 2004--State Board
of Education and AFSCME Local #2811 announce tentative contract
agreement--State Board and union negotiators agree
to four-year contract
