Illinois State Board of Education met Jan. 18.
Here is the agenda provided by the board:
1. Roll Call/Pledge of Allegiance
A. Consideration of and Possible Actions on Any Requests for Participation in Meeting by Other Means
2. Public Participation
A. Individuals who wish to sign up for public participation may complete 1) an online form that will be available from 8:30 a.m. until the start of the meeting on January 18, or 2) sign in on a public participation sign-in sheet that will be available at 555 W. Monroe Street, Chicago IL from 8:30 a.m. until the start of the meeting. Participants will be able to review the guidelines and indicate if they wish to speak in person or via phone. Phone participants may dial 571-317-3112; access code is 919-127-
637.
3. Resolutions
A. Dr. Carmen I. Ayala, State Superintendent of Education
B. Outgoing Board Members
4. Swearing-In of Board Member(s)/Roll Call (as needed)
5. Presentation/Discussion
A. Preliminary SY2022-2023 Enrollment Report
B. Assessment Update
C. FY 2024 Budget Recommendation
D. Strategic Plan Update - Enhancements & Accomplishments
6. Closed Session
A. The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or specific volunteers of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a specific individual who serves as an independent contractor in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or a volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. However, a meeting to consider an increase in compensation to a specific employee of a public body that is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the public and posted and held in accordance with this Act. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)
B. Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)
7. Public Participation (as needed)
8. Superintendent’s Report – Consent Agenda
*All action consideration items listed with an asterisk (*) below are considered to be routine and will be enacted in one motion and vote. Any Board member who wishes separate discussion on any item listed on the consent agenda may remove that item from the consent agenda, in which event the item will be considered in its normal sequence.
A. *Approval of Minutes – Plenary Minutes, December 14, 2022
B. *Approval for Publication – Part 151 (School Construction Program)
C. *Approval of Amendment to ESSA Accountability Exit Criteria
9. Approval of the Fiscal Year 2024 Birth through 12th Grade Education Budget Recommendation
10. Upcoming Board Action
A. Approval of Cut Score Recommendations for Redeveloped Licensure Tests - Teacher of Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Early Childhood Special Education, LBS II: Behavior Intervention Specialist, LBS II: Curriculum Adaptation Specialist, LBS II: Multiple Disabilities Specialist, and LBS II: Transition Specialist
B. Contracts & Grants Over $1 Million – Approval of Agency Technology Infrastructure Refresh
C. Contracts & Grants Over $1 Million – Approval of Contract with Berkeley Evaluation and Assessment Research Center at the University of California for KIDStech
D. Contracts & Grants Over $1 Million – Approval of Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund II Grant with Erikson Institute
E. Contracts & Grants Over $1 Million – Approval of Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund II Grant with Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (INCCRRA)
F. Contracts & Grants Over $1 Million – Approval of the Release and Award of the Request for Sealed Proposals for Student Information Systems (SIS) Contractual Team
G. Approval of Spring 2023 Waiver Report
11. Update – Evidence-Based Funding Formula Audit
12. Announcements & Reports
A. Superintendent’s/Senior Staff Announcements
B. Chair of the Board’s Report
C. Member Reports
13. Information Items
A. ISBE Fiscal & Administrative Monthly Reports
B. FOIA Monthly Report
14. Adjourn
https://www.isbe.net/Documents_Board_Meetings/20230118-Agenda.pdf
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