September 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM - Board of Education Meeting

A. To consider information regarding the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees, specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or specific volunteers of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a specific individual who serves as an independent contractor in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or a volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)

B. Collective negotiating matters between the District and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2)

C.   To consider a student discipline/residency/transportation matter 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9)

D.   To consider pending litigation 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)

E.  Security procedures, school building safety and security, and the use of personnel and equipment to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the public, or public property 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(8)

F.   The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the District, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5)

A consent agenda consists of items that are, by general agreement, acceptable to all Board Members without discussion and can be approved by a single vote.  The Consent Agenda shall include items of a routine nature on which the Board of Education has received sufficient background information to take action on the items presented for approval.  Typically, the following routine items are included as part of a Consent Agenda: 1) minutes; 2) bills for payment; 3) periodic reports; 4) personnel; and 5) resolutions that are adopted annually.

Cook County taxing districts adhere to the Truth in Taxation Law (35 ILCS 200/18-55; Division 2).  This law requires the District to estimate the necessary amount of its aggregate levy not fewer than 20 days before taking action to adopt the levy.  If the estimated levy exceeds 105% of the amount extended on the aggregate levy of the preceding year, then the District must follow the specific public notification requirements.  

Regardless of the levy amount, the District considers it good practice to continue with the spirit of the Truth in Taxation Law by complying with notification and public hearing requirements. This resolution authorizes the Administration to proceed with the preparation of the 2025 levy and to announce the public hearing 2025 date of September 30, 2025.

Section 5/17-1 of the Illinois School Code requires an annual budget to be prepared in tentative form by "... some person or persons designated by the board, and in such tentative form shall be made conveniently available to public inspection for at least 30 days prior to final action thereon."  Members of the Board of Education will designate the Superintendent to cause a tentative budget to be prepared for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
In addition, the Local Government Travel Expense Control Act, 50 ILCS 150/10, and Board of Education Policies 2:125 and 5:60 requires the Board of Education to review the Maximum Allowable Reimbursement Amount (MARA).  The adoption of this resolution will set that amount equal to the budgeted travel expenses amount for the 2026-27 fiscal year.

The IASB Policy Reference Manual provides a system for regular updating of policies to ensure legal compliance and provides cross-referencing of related policies and the legal references. Every policy is reviewed at least once every five years or as a result of state or federal, Illinois School Code, or Illinois School Board of Education regulation or rule changes. The administration also makes recommendations for policy revisions as needed. Additionally, the Board is required by School Code to review select policies either annually or biennially. Press Update 119 Drafts.

The district is in its last year of a three-year contract with Safeway Transportation. The district will prepare to go out to bid for a new transportation contract for the 2026-2027 school year. The board has expressed interest in reviewing opportunities for providing in-district transportation services. This will be discussed as part of the planning process.

A. To consider information regarding the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees, specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or specific volunteers of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a specific individual who serves as an independent contractor in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or a volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)

B. Collective negotiating matters between the District and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2)

C.   To consider a student discipline/residency/transportation matter 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9)

D.   To consider pending litigation 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)

E.  Security procedures, school building safety and security, and the use of personnel and equipment to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the public, or public property 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(8)

F.   The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the District, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5)