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IASB board reviews budget, honors retiring directors at May meeting
Executive director is extended through 2016
Budget assumptions for FY 2013-14 along with a contract extension for the executive director of IASB were approved May 18 by the board of directors.
At their quarterly meeting held in Springfield, the board reviewed the proposed budget and heard from Association Treasurer Dale Hansen and Executive Director Roger Eddy. Using what he termed a “worst-case scenario” for reduced revenues over the next year, Eddy said recent cuts to staff and other expenses should allow the Association to finish the current fiscal year slightly in the black.
However, he warned that income from the joint annual conference, sponsored programs and other revenue-generating services could be lower next year. Expenses, in turn, have been reduced by eliminating several positions, not replacing vacancies and by renegotiating a lease for the Association’s Lombard office.
Dues income and membership are expected to remain the same in FY 2013-14.
The board also ratified a one-year extension of Eddy’s contract, to June 30, 2016. Eddy joined IASB in July 2012, replacing Executive Director Emeritus Michael D. Johnson, who retired after 12 years.
The board of directors honored three of its representatives who are leaving the Association: Joanne Zendol (West Cook), John Coers (Southwestern), and Roger Edgecombe (Abe Lincoln). Each division will elect new directors at their summer governance meetings. Lisa Weitzel has already been chosen to represent the Abe Lincoln division.
The board plans to also honor one other director who will soon be departing from it, namely Tom Cunningham (South Cook). He will attend the August board meeting and be recognized there.
Certificates of Recognition were given by the National School Boards Association for service at the latest NSBA conference. They included Sue McCance (Western), Joanne Osmond ( Lake County), and IASB officers, President Carolyne Brooks, Vice President Karen Fisher, and Past President Joe Alesandrini.
The board conducted an election to fill a vacancy on the executive committee. McCance will take the place of Zendol on that committee. Brooks said that appointments to the audit and nominating committees will be made once the new directors take their seats on the board.
Alesandrini announced that board members who seek to serve as IASB president or vice president need to submit their nomination forms by Aug. 2.
In other matters, the board:
• Heard reports from IHSA liaison Mark Harms ( Corn Belt), Deputy Executive Director Ben Schwarm on state legislative issues, and Associate Executive Director James Russell on the IASB centennial celebration;
• Conducted a board self-evaluation;
• Approved its consent agenda, several policy changes, several executive director indicators, its 2013-14 work calendar, and Ameritrade as a depository for IASB funds;
• Approved Sitton Energy Solutions of O’Fallon for membership in IASB Service Associates.
The next meeting of the IASB board of directors will be Aug. 23-24 in Oak Brook Hills.
Adopt training policy for board members planning to attend Conference
School leaders who are planning to attend the Joint Annual Conference are being encouraged to become pro-active in documenting their professional development experiences and their associated expense at conference.
A new memo on the IASB website summarizes the answer to questions related to attending the conference, with some helpful information that is not at all prescriptive but definitely can be used when or as needed.
The memo contains links to information explaining several accountability factors in detail, including: purpose, policy, financials, reporting, preparing, and news coverage.
Among the memo’s suggestions is that a school board in planning attendance at the conference should adopt a policy supporting professional development for board members: “School boards are encouraged to adopt policies that permit and encourage professional development training,” the memo states, adding that IASB has a sample to support this goal.
The memo goes on to explain:
IASB sample policy 2:120 states, in part: “The school board desires that its individual members learn, understand and practice effective governance principles. The board is responsible for board member orientation and development. Board members have an equal opportunity to attend state and national meetings designed to familiarize members with public school issues, governance, and legislation.
The board president and/or superintendent shall provide all board members with information regarding pertinent education materials, publications, and notices of training or development.”
During the fall preceding the Joint Annual Conference, school boards are encouraged to draft and adopt a resolution confirming their desire to attend their conference and support of professional development for the board.
The 2013 conference will take place Nov. 22-24 and will mark the 100 th anniversary of the Illinois Association of School Boards. Instructions and forms for registration and housing went online June 10. More information about this year’s conference, including instructions and forms for registration and housing, and the memo can be found online at: https://www.iasb.com/jac13/.
Educators get requested one-year moratorium on new charter schools
School leaders have successfully lobbied the General Assembly seeking a one-year moratorium on establishment of new “virtual” charter schools.
State Rep. Linda Chapa La Via, D-Aurora, proposed the moratorium in March as an amendment to the charter school law.
“What we’d like to do is slow the process down,” Chapa La Via said at the time. “It’s gone too fast.”
The legislation, signed into law as P.A. 98-0016, would stop movement on new virtual schools until April 1, 2014, and stipulate that the State Charter School Commission report to state lawmakers about student performance in virtual schools, the costs associated, and all issues of oversight. The bill passed the House on April 17 and the Senate on May 21, and awaits the governor’s signature.
The charter plan that prompted the moratorium push revolves around the Illinois Virtual Charter School at Fox River Valley, designed to give students in grades kindergarten through 12 the option of learning at home.
Rep. Chapa La Via said her legislation would place a hold on review of the charter school, which was rejected last month by all 18 school districts it encompassed from Algonquin along the Fox River to Plainfield.
Charter applicants from the fledgling nonprofit Virtual Learning Solutions subsequently filed an appeal with the state charter commission. That commission had the power to uphold or reverse the decision of the local boards unless a moratorium was passed.
Moratorium backers said the state charter school law was passed before the concept of virtual schools became an option. Applying that law in this new environment, districts could be required to pass along 75 to 125 percent of its per-student spending to the virtual charter schools they choose to attend. But it does not weigh in the fact that for virtual charters schools there is no need for costly brick-and-mortar buildings, transportation, food services, etc.
Moratorium opponents counter that the Cambridge Lakes Charter School in District 300and the Youth Connection Charter School both offer high school online education while the Chicago Virtual Charter School is open to students in grades K-12.
Although the virtual charter school proposal included an opening date of Aug. 14, charter supporters anticipated it would open the following year. They said a moratorium will not hamper the timeline.
Virtual Learning Solutions Secretary Ted Dabrowski has been pushing hard to block the moratorium through his office as vice president of policy at the Illinois Policy Institute, a conservative political think tank based in Chicago. Dabrowski posted a report on the Illinois Policy Institute website May 6 that said the moratorium would slow the state’s move “into the 21st century.”
Bill pushing board takeovers held up after Alliance wins amendments
A bill to allow the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to remove elected board members was held up in the House at session’s end after it was amended in the Senate as requested by the Illinois Statewide School Management Alliance.
The bill, SB 2340, sponsored by Sen. Heather Steans, D-Chicago, would have made the entire school board eligible for removal in school districts that remained on academic watch status for three consecutive years. Upon a board’s removal from office, the ISBE would have appointed an “independent authority” to take over all functions of the school board.
Based on school lobbyists’ discussions with ISBE regarding this legislation and in accord with the current statute regarding removal of school board members, over 70 Illinois districts were eligible or would have been eligible for board removal. This unilateral action could have been imposed without applying any specific criteria or standards to trigger such a process.
Based on changes made to the bill, that list had been pared to about 30 school districts subject to possible board removal in the bill’s form before it was held in the House and essentially killed.
Lobbyists said they worked with ISBE and the bill’s sponsor to develop specific, transparent criteria describing poor governance behaviors related to Illinois school board requirements and expectations.
“The Illinois Statewide School Management Alliance caused the Senate changes to the bill because they contain provisions meeting the goals we had outlined to limit takeover of boards,” said Ben Schwarm, IASB deputy executive director. Schwarm listed improved provisions on process, triggers regarding removal of board members for specific cause, and limitations of state powers for suspending elections.
As originally introduced, ISBE would have had the authority to remove entire school boards without fair cause and appoint an “Independent Authority” (IA) to take over operations of the district if certain (non-specified) governance issues were present.
A summary of the revised bill can be found online at: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2340&GAID=12&GA=98&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=73948&SessionID=85.
Code Supplements shipped to those who purchased Code Service
IASB has received shipment of the 2013 Illinois School Code Supplement. Copies have been mailed to school districts and others who previously purchased copies of the 2012-2013 School Code Service. Also, from now until the 2014 Code becomes available next year, all new sales of the School Code Service will include both the 2012 Code and the 2013 Supplement. There is no need to place additional orders.
Although the School Code Supplement often previously appeared as a small booklet, the 2013 version requires a much larger booklet. A massive amount of new legislation enacted during the 2012 veto session made the Supplement thicker, and a bit later in its publication. When researching a statute in print, the new booklet should be used in conjunction with the 2012 School Code, but the booklet should be the first place to look.
The 2013 Supplement also includes an updated CD version of the complete School Code that is current through all of the 2012 legislative session. The CD includes annotations with case law and other references, all State Board of Education rules and the text of court cases cited in the annotations. The CD is equipped with the Folio Views search engine for easy searching, saving and printing on any personal computer equipped with Microsoft Windows. The CD will not run on Apple or other operating systems.
The 2012-2013 School Code Service also carries a large number of additional statutes pertinent to the public schools, including selected election laws and pension laws, Educational Labor Relations Act, Open Meetings Act, Freedom of Information Act, Economic Disclosure Section of the Governmental Ethics Act, Truth in Taxation Act, Local Records Act, Personnel Record Review Act, Prevailing Wage Act, Emancipation of Mature Minors Act, Local Government and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, Gift Ban Act, pertinent sections from the Juvenile Court Act, School Visitation Rights Act, and a complete index.
Those who have purchased the School Code Service should note that the 2013 School Code CD is an updated version of the entire Code and should be used to replace the now-obsolete 2012 CD. Those who use the CD on a local area network will need to purchase new network licenses for the 2013 CD.
From this point forward, the price of the 2012-2013 School Code Service will be reduced to $60 ($50 for members), plus $7 per order for shipping. For more information or to place orders, phone Tammy Call, IASB publications associate, at extension 1108, or visit the online bookstore at: www.iasb.com/shop.
July 19 deadline for Exhibition of Educational Environments
Proud of a building? Let designers know
Is your district particularly proud of a new building or renovation? Then why not help the architect or other design professional responsible for it earn recognition and awards in the 2013 Exhibition of Educational Environments (EEE) program?
The annual EEE awards program is sponsored by IASB Service Associates, a special arm of the Association comprised of private firms that have demonstrated an exemplary record of providing quality products and services to schools.
The juried competition is open to firms engaged in any aspect of designing public school facilities. The facilities may be intended for instructional, recreational, administrative or other use, but must be completed in time for occupancy with the start of school in the fall of 2013.
Entries are due in IASB offices by July 19, and must be made by — or with written permission of — the author/owner of the project design documents. Each entrant is limited to no more than two project entries a year, and no project may be entered more than once. There is a $300 fee for each entry (maximum two entries).
Nineteen projects were chosen for competition last year and placed on display at the Joint Annual Conference. A description of the 2012 winners can be viewed at: https://www.iasb.com/jac12/eeewinners.cfm .
Plans call for preliminary materials to be submitted by Sep. 9 and evaluated Sep.12. Judging will be done in Springfield on a blind basis by a jury of three board members or administrators and three architects, all appointed by IASB and experienced in school facilities or design.
Since the first Exhibition of Educational Environments was held in 1994, 459 school design projects have been displayed at the Joint Annual Conference. Nearly all are in a database in the IASB Resource Center for use by member school districts.
This School Design Data File is easily searchable to identify school designs that meet specified criteria, including type, size and cost as well as numerous other educational and design features. Access to the database is available to both school officials and their architects.
For more about the School Design Data File, call IASB at ext. 1105, or email jnelson@iasb.com.
Criteria for submissions include suitability for stated program requirements, functional relationships, aesthetics, grade level or departmental organization, flexibility, expansibility, compatibility with external environment, uses of new technology, barrier-free accessibility, energy efficiency, environmental controls, site adaptation, vehicular and pedestrian circulation, activity area groupings, security and building orientation.
All awards will be announced at the conference, with awards of distinction to be presented at the first general session. All entries chosen will be displayed all three days of the conference, Nov. 22-24, next to the conference bookstore.
Entry flyers were mailed in May to superintendents, school architects, regional superintendents and IASB service associates. Contact IASB’s Dana Heckrodt, ext. 1131.
Median years of service for board members now at six, twice that of 25 years ago
IASB records show the median service for Illinois board members is about six years, or about twice what is was 25 years ago. Of 5,099 board members this year, 197 have served 21 years or more and 866 have served more than 10 years.
Comparing those numbers with 1988 totals, back then only 157 board members had completed 21 years or more of service and only 675 had served more than 10 years. There were then 6,170 board members listed in the IASB records.
A closer look at 2013 numbers shows the most common total years of board service is two, with 1,233 school board members in that category. Next most common is four years of service, with 930 members claiming that tenure, followed by six years of service, 692 members, and eight years of service, with 533 members.
The longest-tenured board member had 48 years of service, followed by one member with 46 years on board, and another having 45 years of service.
Workshop set on job of the board president at three locations in August
The effective school board president sets the tone for the entire board – leading and supporting the work of the full board of education. Far more than running the meeting, the board president keeps the board focused on setting district direction, and creates an environment for the airing of divergent views. The president’s job is to maintain open lines of communication with the superintendent, other board members, and the public, as well as stay up-to-date on the legal requirements of the school board.
But how does a board president stay on top of such a demanding job? One way is to attend “Leading Leaders: The Job of the Board President,” an IASB workshop designed specifically for Board Presidents. IASB will offer this interactive workshop this August in three locations. Participants will explore this challenging position, examine the various responsibilities and duties, and network with others throughout the state.
Participants will learn about:
• relationships with the rest of the board and the superintendent
• legal responsibilities
• keys to effective meetings
• parliamentary procedure
• managing board conflict
• communications
• teamwork
The workshops will be held Aug. 10 at Northern Illinois University branch campus, Naperville, Aug. 24 at IASB offices in Springfield, and Aug. 24 at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, Carbondale.
Tuition is $175 per person, which includes materials and meals. To obtain more information or to register, look to the IASB website where the events are listed at IASB’s online calendar, including links to a brochure and registration forms. See the IASB online calendar at https://www.iasb.com/calendar/ .
Spring division attendance for this year was on par with past years, trending up
Based upon registration counts, attendance at IASB’s spring division meetings this year was on par with typical numbers for such meetings in odd-numbered years, with 2,161 registered, compared to 2,181 in spring 2011. In both years, spring division meeting registration counts amounted to 32 percent of all board members and superintendents.
The 32 percent level is up from registrations in odd-numbered years prior to 2011. In spring 2009, for instance, only 30 percent of board members and superintendents registered to attend division meetings.
“The long-term trend is definitely one of increased attendance at division meetings in recent years,” said Cathy Talbert, IASB associate executive director of field services and policy services. Talbert pointed to spring division meeting registration numbers in odd-numbers years since 2007, which have shown a steady rise, adding: “There is a two-year cycle in relation to the election of board members.”
“Each election year we are trying to do more to welcome newly elected board members. Our goal is to familiarize them with what is available from their association, including division meetings. Division meetings provide opportunities for networking, professional development, peer recognition and involvement in association governance,” Talbert explained.
She also noted that board candidate briefings attendance numbers were up, at 371, compared to the 330 who attended spring meetings two years ago.
Appeal from Oklahoma for donations in wake of May 20 tornado
In response to the devastating tornado that killed 10 children and destroyed their elementary school in suburban Oklahoma City on May 20, the Oklahoma State School Board Association (OSSBA) is appealing nationwide to other school districts and associations.
A relief effort has been started to assemble supplies and funds for the victims of the tornadoes, which killed 24 people, destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and displaced hundreds of families. The school that bared the brunt of the tornado was Plaza Towers Elementary School located in Moore, OK.
According to Jeff, Mills, executive director of OSSBA, the relief effort was initiated to offer an opportunity for those wishing to help.
“Our heartfelt prayers and thoughts go out to the victims of the recent tornadoes. When members of our OSSBA family are hurting, we are all hurting,” he said in a message to all Oklahoma school boards. OSSBA is accepting donated school supplies at its office located at 2801 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, 73105. They are also accepting donations of money that will be distributed to the school districts impacted by the storms. Checks can be made out to “OSSBA Tornado Relief.”
School supplies that are needed include notebooks and paper (wide and narrow ruled), markers crayons, glue (bottle and glue stick), backpacks, pens and pencils, pencil sharpeners, erasers, highlighters, dry-erase markers, construction paper, copy paper, binders, rulers, tape, art supplies, gym supplies, desks, and computers.
They are also accepting supplies for families that have been displaced. These include canned goods, formula, diapers, baby wipes, soap, clothing, sunscreen, dog and cat food, trash bags, work gloves, insect spray, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, hand sanitizer, brooms, and shovels.
Questions about the relief effort can be directed to Amanda Brakebill at amandab@ossba.org or Emily Hutton at emilyhh@ossba.org.
Online Learning Center parliamentary procedure course ideal for new board members
F or those newly elected as school board members, IASB’s Online Learning Center offers a course called “Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure.” The course is $75 for members ($150 for non-members) and can be taken anytime or anywhere.
The online course covers the basics of the subject, including how to use and apply parliamentary knowledge to school board work. The course examines the essentials of Robert’s Rules of Order, “working with the motions chart,” the proper use of amendments and the difference between primary and secondary amendments.
It also explains misunderstood motions, and understanding voting practices such as counting votes, tie votes, and use of the consent agenda.
“It was a very nice presentation,” said Mark Chao, school board member in Skokie-Morton Grove District 69, after taking the course.
For more information or to register visit: https://www.iasb.com/training/onlinelearning.cfm .
Submit nominations for leadership posts
The nominating committee of the Illinois Association of School Boards is seeking candidates for the offices of president and vice president.
The following criteria will be used by the committee in considering nominees:
• leadership experience and general participation in IASB activities
• leadership experience on a local school board
• involvement with other education-related organizations
• other leadership experiences
• special talent or interests of benefit to IASB as currently constituted
Nominating forms are due by Aug. 2 and candidates will be interviewed that same month. The slate of officer candidates will be presented to the Delegate Assembly in Chicago on Nov. 23. To request necessary forms, interested candidates should call Sandy Boston, meetings management assistant director, at ext. 1115.
Full-maintenance policy updating service changing
Cuts in educational funding can mean cuts in district staff. Superintendents have more mandates to comply with, but fewer staff available to meet those requirements. But school districts appear to be doing more with less, something IASB has been helping its members do for 100 years.
Such help will be expanding soon with changes expected to be announced to IASB’s full maintenance policy updating service, PRESS Plus. Since 2005 PRESS Plus has been keeping district policy manuals up to date with changes in law, regulations, and local conditions; saving district staff valuable time; and maintaining the integrity of the manuals’ style, format, cross references, alphabetical index, etc.
Atwood (May 20, The Champaign News-Gazette) After voters approved a ballot question last month approving the consolidation of the Atwood-Hammond and Arthur-Lovington school districts, school officials, teachers and students have begun the process of merging the two districts into a single entity. The merger takes effect on July 1, 2014.
Barrington (May 15, The Daily Herald) Parents in Barrington CUSD 220 appear happy with the status quo — at least when it comes to the school calendar. Casting their votes with red stickers, parents at a May 14 public forum on possible changes in the school year supported keeping the calendar as is, with 95 school days in the first semester and 81 in the second. A major issue — an outgrowth of the district’s strategic plan — is relieving students of the stress of going into winter break with first-semester finals looming.
Champaign (May 6, Champaign News-Gazette) The planned Newcomer Academy in Champaign CUSD 4 will begin bridging immigrant students’ knowledge gaps next year. It aims to intensively help students who can’t read or write in their first language, have missed years of school in their home country or have not learned subjects like math at the same rate as their classmates. The Champaign district has the highest downstate enrollment of such students, experts said, with 146.
Coal City (May 9, Morris Daily Herald) School districts in the Morris and Coal City area are eyeing a 1 percent county sales tax some say could help ease tax burden on property owners. In an informational meeting at the Coal City Early Childhood Center, Jim Burgett and Kevin Heid of the brokerage firm Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc., said the move would lower property taxes, while generating revenue for schools. “Revenue is drying up,” said Burgett. “This is the only new game in town, and it’s a game that makes sense.”
Pilsen (May 15, Progress Illinois) Restoration of early childhood education block grant funding is a must, Chicago-area community groups and parents say. Activists called on Illinois lawmakers to restore $25 million in funding for early childhood education at a gathering in Pilsen May 14. Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget for fiscal year 2013 slashed $25 million from Preschool for All.
South Holland (May 7, NWI Times) Thornton THSD 205 board president Kenneth Williams took an oath on May 7 to serve a new four-year term on the board. But an ongoing case filed by the Cook County state’s attorney seeks to remove him because of a 28-year-old felony conviction. The complaint against Williams was filed late last year over a 1985 forgery conviction in Indiana. He served 22 months of a five-year prison term, has not been arrested for anything since and now operates a barbershop and barber college. The case is pending, and judges have refused to side with the state’s attorney — who contends that the felony conviction makes him ineligible to serve on a school board.
Statewide (May 9, The Daily Herald) Following pressure from lawmakers to limit tackling in youth and high school football practice, the Illinois High School Association approved new safety policies on May 8 seeking to limit injuries. The safety policies limit practice time. Under the change, coaches would be required to gradually increase the number of pads players could wear and the time they can practice throughout preseason. After the sixth day of the preseason, players will be allowed to dress in full pads and participate in full contact drills.
KIDS pilot in year two
Adopted in 2012, the Kindergarten Individual Development Survey (KIDS) is a comprehensive process to assess kindergarten students’ growth and development and provide information about their developmental competencies, with the goal of improved classroom instruction. The pilot begins its second year this summer with training sessions throughout the state for district leaders. To inquire about participating, contact the Division of Early Childhood at 217/524-4835.
School funding at crossroads
State board members and legislators have agreed to work together to closely study the state education funding formula and develop principles and strategies to make it more equitable. The General Assembly has adopted a resolution (SJR 32) to appoint a task force to study this issue. An ISBE working group will develop materials that will provide direction and guidance for the task force’s recommendations, according to State Superintendent Christopher Koch.
New standards survey
A survey of 1,300 teachers across the state revealed that 80 percent of respondents are working in school districts with implementation plans for the new Illinois Learning Standards, which are based on the Common Core. State officials said “this is ensuring more students will be instructed under the more rigorous, internationally-benchmarked standards.” The majority of those responding report components of the new standards for math and English Language Arts are already part of their current lessons or will become part of instruction next school year. To see the survey results, visit: http://www.isbe.net/common_core/pdf/ataglance.pdf .
New board members
New board member workshops are filling up fast. The next available open date are the New Board Member Boot Camps in Springfield and Tinley Park, June 14-15. For more information about the program visit: https://www.iasb.com/calendar/nbmworkshopbrochure2013.pdf . Or to register visit: https://www.iasb.com/calendar/register.cfm?ID=1902 .
Summer office schedule
IASB offices in Springfield and Lombard observe a summer schedule for a few days in July and August. That will mean the offices will be closed July 4-5 and on several Fridays this summer.
Staffing cutbacks
Amid the current funding crisis facing local school districts, IASB is being affected as well, and has made a reduction of three part-time staff positions and one full-time position. In order to be in compliance with policies of the IASB Board of Directors, a conservative budget approach was required, according to IASB Executive Director Roger Eddy.
In taking a comprehensive look at organizational staffing, member services, and the overall budget, three part-time policy consultants and a secretary were identified for a reduction in staff. A number of vacancies will be left open for the foreseeable future.
Title I funding projected
Projected FY14 Title I allocations have been calculated for school districts, and a statewide summary is posted online. For programmatic questions on Title I allocations, contact ISBE at 217/524-4832. The statewide summary is at: http://www.isbe.net/funding/pdf/nclb_prelim_allocations14.pdf .
June 14 – Mandatory Board Member Training, Tinley Park
June 14-15 – New Board Member Boot Camp , Tinley Park
June 14 – Mandatory Board Member Training, Springfield
June 14-15 – New Board Member Boot Camp, Springfield
June 15 – Basics of Governance Workshop, Tinley Park
June 15 – Basics of Governance Workshop, Springfield
June 18 – BoardBook Demonstration Webinar, Online
June 18 – Three Rivers Governing Board Meeting, Rockdale
June 19 – South Cook Governing Board Meeting, Country Club Hills
June 21-22 – New Board Member Boot Camp, Moline
June 21 – Mandatory Board Member Training, Moline
June 21-22 – New Board Member Boot Camp, Champaign
June 21 – Mandatory Board Member Training, Champaign
June 22 – Basics of Governance Workshop, Champaign
June 22 – Basics of Governance Workshop, Moline
August 10 – Leading Leaders: The Job of the Board President , Naperville
August 23-24 – IASB Board of Directors Meeting , Oak Brook Hills
August 24 – Leading Leaders: The Job of the Board President , Springfield
August 24 – Leading Leaders: The Job of the Board President , Carbondale
For more current information, see www.iasb.com/calendar/