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Illinois State Board of Education met Feb. 20.

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. Swearing-In of Board Member(s)/Roll Call (as needed)

3. Public Participation

A. Individuals who wish to sign up for public participation may complete 1) an online form that will be available from 7:30 a.m. until the start of the meeting on February 20, or 2) sign in on a public participation sign-in sheet that will be available at 100 N 1st St, Springfield, IL from 7:30 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.

4. Presentations

A. PEAC Presentation

B. CTE: Connecting the Future of Learning Work

5. Closed Session

A. The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee 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. The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5)

C. 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 f or the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)

D. Meetings between internal or external auditors and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal control weaknesses, identification of potential fraud risk areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards of the United States of America. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(29)

6. Public Participation

A. Public Participation (as needed)

7. Superintendent's Report - Consent Agenda

A. *Approval of Minutes – Plenary Minutes: January 15, 2025

B. *Approval of Cut Scores for the Social Science-History and Early Childhood Education Licensure Content Tests

C. *Approval for Publication -- Part 100 (Requirements for Accounting, Budgeting, Financial Reporting, and Auditing) Reporting Requirements & Cleanup

D. *Approval of the Spring 2025 Waiver Report

E. *Approval for Adoption - Parts 228 (Transitional Bilingual Education) and 680 (State Seal of Biliteracy) Cleanup & Proficiency Standards

F. *Contracts & Grants Over $1 Million – Approval of Truants’ Alternative and Optional Education Programs Grant Notice of Funding Opportunities/Request for Proposals

G. *Contracts & Grants Over $1 Million – Approval of Increased Funding to Illinois State University to Administer the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program

H. *Contracts & Grants Over $1 Million – Approval of Intergovernmental Agreement with the Illinois Center for Transition and Work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

I. *Contracts & Grants Over $1 Million – Approval of Intergovernmental Agreement with Eastern Illinois Area Special Education for the Specific Learning Disabilities Support Project

J. *Contracts & Grants Over $1 Million – Approval to Release and Award the Request for Sealed Proposals for the Behavior Assessment Training Project

K. *Acceptance Item – Financial Audit of the Illinois State Board of Education Report for the Year Ended June 30, 2024

8. Contracts & Grants Over $1 Million – Approval of FY 2025 Continuation School Improvement Grants

Contracts & Grants Over $1 Million – Approval of FY 2025 Continuation School Improvement Grants

9. Election of Board Officers – Illinois State Board of Education Bylaws Article IV(A)3 (as needed)

Election of Board Officers – Illinois State Board of Education Bylaws Article IV(A)3 (as needed)

10. Announcements and Reports

A. Superintendent’s/Senior Staff Announcements

B. Chair of the Board's Report

C. Member Reports

11. Information Items

A. ISBE Fiscal & Administrative Monthly Reports

B. FOIA Monthly Report

12. Adjourn

Adjourn

https://go.boarddocs.com/il/isbe/Board.nsf/Public