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100
Considered the only employee of the Board.
What is the Superintendent?
100
These newest standards focus on preparing all students for college or career.
What is Common Core Standards?
100
Must respond to requests for information under this law.
What is Freedom of Information Act or FOIA?
100
Daily pupil attendance and value of property tax affect this.
What is State Aid?
100
Periodic facilitation of effective leadership, improved teamwork, and successful board meetings.
What is School Board Self Evaluation?
200
This is the tool that sets out governance direction for the district and conveys expectations and promises to staff and community.
What is the Policy manual?
200
This task force was charged with recommending ways schools could improve learning opportunities and reduce costs.
What is the Classrooms First Commission?
200
Gives school boards power to adopt and enforce all necessary rules for management and governance.
What is Illinois School Code?
200
This fund has lost 42% in state funding in the past three years and was almost eliminated last year.
What is Transportation Fund?
200
IASB solution to keeping board policies updated and current with legal requirements.
What is Press and Press Plus?
300
Now required of every elected official.
What is Open Meetings Act Training?
300
According to Diane Ravitch, this is the single most reliable predictor of student test scores.
What is family income?
300
This bill implements major changes in reduction in force (RIFS).
What is Illinois Education Reform or IL SB 7?
300
This limits property taxes extended to a maximum % increase regardless of enrollment or costs.
What is a Tax Cap?
300
Provides guidance for lobbyists on desires and needs of school boards.
What is Resolution process?
400
Provides standards and principles for representing public interest in education.
What is Code of Conduct for Board members?
400
This online tool can be used to help boards make decisions about student learning and achievement.
What is the Illinois Interactive Report Card?
400
This forbids school officials from picking which student groups have access to school programs and facilities.
What is Equal Access Act?
400
Some districts are placing this on local ballots in an effort to increase revenues.
What is 1% sales tax?
400
Legislative report sent weekly to schools to convey info on school related legislation.
What is Alliance Legislative report?
500
This allows for all routine board business to be approved in one motion and vote.
What is Consent Agenda?
500
This requires school districts to incorporate student growth as a significant factor in principal and teacher evaluations.
What is Performance Evaluation Reform Act? (PERA)
500
New law restricting employers from requesting social networking passwords, effective 1/2013.
What is Facebook Password Law?
500
Foots the lions share of the bills for public schools.
What is the local taxpayor?
500
Quarterly meetings held in 21 regional geographical areas to provide education, training, and updates to local school boards.
What is a Regional Division meeting?