Illinois ASBO Legislative Alerts Podcast Illinois ASBO

IASA hosted Illinois ASBO Executive Director/CEO Dr. Michael Jacoby to discuss the financial implications of the pandemic for Illinois schools.

Dr. Jacoby reviews the laws enacted in the 2019 Legislative Session that specifically apply to school business. Here are just a few of the bills that might affect your district: Salary History, HB 834, the Teacher Shortage Bill, HB 1472, a bill addressing the hiring of individuals with prior marijuana convictions, HB 2121 and also Senate Bill 1371 addressing the controversial Door Lock Devices law. For more information on all of the bills passed in the 2019 legislature download your PDF copy of the 2019 Digest of Bills Passed.

As the deadline for EBF reporting gets nearer, Dr. Jacoby revisits this topic with guest Sara R. Shaw, Senior Manager for Fiscal and Academic Solvency from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) about the latest on EBF.

Sara shares key dates to be aware of for the EBF Spending Plan. She also gives links to valuable resources including information on how you can talk to ISBE directly about your EBF questions.

ISBE EBF RESOURCES :

Calendar of Key Dates for the EBF Spending Plan.

Find EBF resources, including deep-dive webinars and data collection instructions on ISBE’s website.

Talk to ISBE directly about your EBF questions through Calendly, office hours available every Thursday, 9am-noon, with sign-ups at: https://calendly.com/site-based.

The deadline for site based expenditure reporting submissions is approaching fast (8/15/19)! Join Dr. Jacoby as he interviews Sara R. Shaw, Senior Manager for Fiscal and Academic Solvency from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) about ESSA site based expenditure reporting (SBER) as well as the latest news on EBF. 

Sara shares key dates to be aware of for both ESSA SBER and the EBF Spending Plan. She also gives links to valuable resources including information on how you can talk to ISBE directly about your EBF & ESSA questions. 

 

ISBE EBF & ESSA RESOURCES :

www.isbe.net/site-based - Find EBF & ESSA resources, including deep-dive webinars and data collection instructions on ISBE’s website. 

www.iasbo.tools/SiteBasedGuide - Download a PDF Guide for Site-Based Expenditure Reporting. 

Talk to ISBE directly about your EBF & ESSA questions through Calendly, office hours available every Thursday, 9am-noon, with sign-ups at: https://calendly.com/site-based.

Dr. Jacoby shares his final thoughts on this legislative season; some to celebrate, some to think about for the future. In this episode he discusses four big pieces of legislation important to school business officials, the 3% cap on end-of-career salaries for the pension system, the new minimum teacher salary, property taxes and construction  grant relief for school districts.

Dr. Jacoby discusses a bill that could impact schools and their communities the most, HB 3053 (Mayfield, D-Waukegan). Scheduled to be heard Wednesday, May 15, HB 3053 addresses forced school district consolidation. The School Management Alliance urges you to fill out a witness slip in opposition to this bill as well as contact your legislator and let them know how this bill will affect our school communities. Also on the table this week is SB 690, the proposed Property Tax Freeze as well as several new revenue packages for Illinois.