REMINDER ABOUT BOARD ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS
Save as PDFPrint Post REMINDER ABOUT BOARD ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS Pursuant to a recent amendment to the School Code, every school board now has until 40 days after the consolidated election to hold its organizational meeting for electing officers and setting a meeting schedule. 105 ILCS 5/10-10. School boards previously had a shorter period of…
Read MoreCOOK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES’ FILING LOCATIONS FOR THE APRIL 4, 2023, ELECTION
Save as PDFPrint Post For several years now, filings for school board candidates have been handled by the County Clerk rather than at the local school districts as was formerly done. The Cook County Clerk handles this increase in the volume of filings by using multiple sites in the suburbs as well as the…
Read MoreRECAPTURE OF AGGREGATE EXTENSION BASE NOW ALLOWS UNDER-LEVY WITHOUT PENALTY
Save as PDFPrint Post NOW ALLOWS UNDER-LEVY WITHOUT PENALTY Since its adoption about 30 years ago, the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (“PTELL” or “tax cap”) has contained an inherent disincentive for school districts and other taxing bodies to ever levy less than the legal maximum in any year. That is because when a district…
Read MoreNEW FINANCIAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON CASH BALANCES AND VENDOR INFORMATION
Save as PDFPrint Post Within the past year, two new financial reporting requirements have been imposed upon school districts. Neither is particularly onerous and neither has penalties specified for noncompliance. Nonetheless, both legal mandates are now in effect. Cash Balances. New Section 17-1.3 of the School Code provides that at the public hearing at…
Read MoreElection Season Do’s and Don’ts – IASB
Save as PDFPrint Post John M. Izzo will present on the topic of “Election Season Do’s and Don’ts” to the Illinois Association of School Boards, In-House Counsel Networking Meeting on October 14, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. https://www.iasb.com/ Save as PDFPrint Post
Read MoreU.S. SUPREME COURT EMPHASIZES RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN SCHOOL CASES
Save as PDFPrint Post Among the typical flurry of cases issued at the end of its session in June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court included two very important cases affecting how the religious freedom clauses in the First Amendment of the Constitution will be applied to educational institutions. One dealt with prayers led by a…
Read MoreNEW ILLINOIS LAW PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AND RETURN OF SICK DAYS TO VACCINATED EMPLOYEES FOR TIME MISSED DUE TO COVID-19
Save as PDFPrint Post Last week, Governor Pritzker signed House Bill 1167 into law. Among other things, this law requires school districts, joint agreements, and charter schools to provide administrative leave days and return previously used sick days to vaccinated employees who previously missed, or will miss, work as a result of COVID-19. As described…
Read MoreAPPELLATE COURT DISMISSES GOVERNOR PRITZKER’S APPEAL ON COVID MANDATES
Save as PDFPrint Post Late Thursday night, the Fourth District Illinois Appellate Court dismissed the appeal from the Sangamon County Circuit Court order rendering unenforceable Governor Pritzker’s Executive Orders mandating masks, close contact exclusions, and vaccinations or weekly testing in schools Some school districts have now already determined not to follow the Governor’s Executive…
Read MoreFULL FUND TRANSFER AUTHORITY RESTORED UNTIL 2024
Save as PDFPrint Post     With the Governor’s approval of Public Act 102-671 on November 30, 2021, the authority of school boards to transfer money between principal school district operating funds without limitation has been restored, at least through June 30, 2024.     Section 17-2A of the School Code has long provided a mechanism for interfund transfers,…
Read MoreGOVERNOR PRITZKER SIGNS LAW CLARIFYING THE ILLINOIS HEALTH CARE RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE ACT
Save as PDFPrint Post In August, Governor Pritzker signed Executive Order 2021-20 requiring all school personnel to be fully vaccinated from COVID-19 or receive at least weekly COVID-19 testing. The Order further ordered schools to exclude any school personnel who do not comply with the vaccination or testing requirement. Since that time,…
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