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Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Purchased Care Review Board met May 6.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

Chairman Luke Corry called the meeting to order at 1:01 p.m. Roll call was taken, and a quorum was present.

PRESENT

Luke Corry, Chairman, Illinois State Board of Education, Finance Center

Marc Staley, Vice Chairman, Governor’s Office of Management and Budget

Justin Carlin, Department of Children and Family Services Office of Planning and Budget

Chris Dirks, Department of Healthcare and Family Services Bureau of Health Finance

Camille Hicks, Department of Public Health Office of Policy, Planning, and Statistics

Rahnee Patrick, Secretary, Department of Human Services Division of Rehabilitation (1:04)

Kristen Patton, Chaddock Attachment and Trauma Services, (non-voting member)

REMOTE

ABSENT

Vacant, Department of Human Services Division of Developmental Disabilities

STAFF

Andrew Krupin, Beatriz Martinez Escobedo, Christine McClintock, Seth Whitworth, Mary Lanoue and Patricia Peyton, Illinois State Board of Education

MINUTES

Chairman Corry asked for a motion to approve the minutes and attachments from the March 4, 2025 meeting. Mr. Staley made a motion to approve the minutes and Mr. Dirks seconded the motion. The motion passed on a unanimous vote, and the minutes and attachments were approved. Chairman Corry asked for a motion to approve the minutes and attachments from the April 1, 2025 meeting. Mr. Staley motioned to approve the minutes and Mr. Dirks seconded the motion. The motion passed on a unanimous vote, and the minutes and attachments were approved. Chairman Corry asked for a motion for approval of closed session minutes. The board is required by the Open Meetings Act to review and approve the minutes from the closed sessions. On discovering it, there is a second timeline, and the board needs to work through the approval of the closed session meeting minutes now. Mr. Corry asked for a motion to approve the closed session minutes. Mr. Staley made a motion to approve the closed session minutes. Mr. Dirks seconded the motion. The motion passed on a unanimous vote, and the closed session minutes were approved.

PUBLIC COMMENT

Betty Lindquist of Connections spoke on the passing of D.D. Fischer and to honor him on all his work and passion to the children with special needs.

Sally Sover of Illinois Association of Private Special Education Centers also spoke on the passing of D.D. Fischer and wanted to recognize his incredible service over the years.

Michael Fischer of Fischer Consulting spoke on the passing of his father, D.D. Fischer. He expressed his thankfulness to everyone’s kind words and a special thank you to Christine McClintock and Beatriz Martinez Escobedo on all their hard work.

Chairman Corry expressed the boards condolences on the passing of D.D. Fischer.

CLOSED SESSION

Chairman Corry asked if there was a need to go into closed session. Mr. Staley moved that the board go into closed session pursuant to Section 2(c)(21) of the Open Meetings Act to discuss minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the Open Meetings Act, for purposes of semi-annual review of the minutes mandated by law. Mr. Carlin seconded the motion. The motion passed in a unanimous vote and the board went into closed session at 1:14 p.m. Mr. Staley moved that pursuant to Section 2.06(d) of the Open Meetings Act, the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board has reviewed the minutes of its closed session from December 5, 2023. He further moved that the closed session minutes from December 5, 2023, need for confidentiality still exists as to all or part of those minutes and it is necessary to protect the public interest or privacy of an individual by keeping them confidential. Mr. Carlin seconded the motion. The motion passed in a unanimous vote. The closed session ended at 1:18 p.m.

SCHOOLS

Ms. Martinez Escobedo and Ms. McClintock presented rates for the 2024-25 school year. Please refer to the Minutes Attachments for all rates presented, their amounts, and the actions taken.

There were several requests for extension of the filing deadline for fiscal year 2024-2025. After discussion, the requests were considered. Mr. Staley moved to approve the fiscal year 2024-2025 extension requests; Mr. Carlin seconded the motion. The motion passed, and the fiscal year 2024 extension requests for Special Education Services, Merlin Day Academy, KVC Missouri, The Hope School, School of Expressive Arts & Learning, The Baby Fold, SEAL South Inc, Parkland Preparatory Academy Inc, and Parkland Preparatory Academy South, Inc. were approved. Ms. McClintock and Ms. Martinez Escobedo presented the Medians and Inflation Factors for 2025-26 that will be posted to the webpage. Mr. Staley motioned to approve the Medians and Inflation Factors. Ms. Patrick seconded; it passed with a unanimous vote.

OLD BUSINESS

Chairman Corry reminded the board members to complete the Open Meetings Act training.

NEW BUSINESS

Chairman Corry inquired about the appointments to the Nominating Committee and Chair. Mr. Dirks and Ms. Hicks volunteered to be appointed.

Mr. Krupin gave an update on PA 103-0644 going before the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) on Tuesday May 13, 2025.

ADJOURNMENT

Chairman Corry asked if there was any additional business for the board’s consideration. Hearing none, he asked for a motion to adjourn. Mr. Dirks made a motion to adjourn the meeting; Mr. Carlin seconded the motion. The motion passed in a unanimous vote. The meeting adjourned at 2:13 p.m.

The next regularly scheduled monthly meeting of the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board will be at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in the Boardroom on the fourth floor of the Illinois State Board of Education.

https://www.isbe.net/Documents_IPCRB/050625-Minutes.pdf