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 …

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 informa…

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 b…

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…

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 l…

The Illinois General Assembly took action on several major pieces of legislation this week. Bills regarding teacher salaries, compulsory school attendance age, superintendent sharing, charter schools, and pensions all advanced. Both chambers finished up their work on Friday and have now hit the half-way point of the session. When the Senate and Hou…

Dr. Jacoby offers his perspective on three important pieces of legislation that will impact districts across Illinois. SB 28 (Bertino-Tarrant, D-Plainfield) would reinstate the five clock-hour provision. Current law gives school districts the flexibility to address the needs of students, and allows learning to be the main factor in determining a sc…

Senate Amendment 1 reinstates the five-hour classroom mandate but provides the flexibility many superintendents desired by carving out exemptions from the five clock hours requirement that includes: Students enrolled in dual credit. Participation in internships. Students participating in youth apprenticeships. Students participating in blended lear…

This week, the governor revealed a plan that would slightly lower the income tax rate for households making under $100,000 and keeps in place the current 4.95% income tax rate for households making between $100,000 and $250,000. The plan is estimated to provide a savings for 97% of tax payers and raise additional revenues of $3.4 billion per year. …

The Alliance Leadership Summit was held this past week; the impact that school leader advocacy had on the Capitol was significant and will continue to help shape the discussion on issues vital to schools going forward. Also in this episode, two major issues impacted by the advocacy efforts of school leadership were the minimum teacher salary bill (…

In our first Legislative Alert Podcast Dr. Jacoby discusses Gov. Pritzker's budget address, the Alliance Leadership Summit as well as the bill action from last week most relevant to school business officials.