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  • IARSS Releases 2024-2025 Educator Shortage Report 
    News

    IARSS Releases 2024-2025 Educator Shortage Report 

    The 2024-2025 report finds that the educator shortage in Illinois may be easing,
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  • 2025 Joint Annual Conference Registration Opens June 2
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    2025 Joint Annual Conference Registration Opens June 2

    The Joint Annual Conference will take place November 21-23, 2025 in Chicago, with pre-conference activities beginning on November 20.
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  • IASB Legislative Report 104-05
    Legislative

    IASB Legislative Report 104-05

    Take a look at the education-related news from the past week in the Illinois Capitol in IASB Legislative Report 104-05.
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  • Division Meetings Are Underway
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    Division Meetings Are Underway

    Networking and hot topics await you at these meetings.
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Upcoming Events

  • 12
    Mar 2025
    Mar 12, 2025

    Lake Division Meeting 03/12/2025

    Learn what school board members need to know about the Vision 2030 advocacy framework for public education and how they can support it.
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  • 12
    Mar 2025
    Mar 12, 2025

    Shawnee Division Virtual Meeting 03/12/2025

    Join fellow Shawnee Division members for a featured presentation on The Legalities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education.
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  • 12
    Mar 2025
    Mar 12, 2025

    Southwestern Division Meeting 03/12/2025

    Join fellow Southwestern Division members for an evening of dinner, networking, recognition, and learning! Check-in begins at 5:30 p.m.
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Quick Links

Welcoming New Board Members

After each school board election, state law requires boards to hold an organizational meeting. IASB’s Organizing the Board covers the legal requirements and provides a process for smoothly and efficiently seating new board members. An accompanying resource, Orientation: Building the Board Team assists school boards with familiarizing newly elected or appointed board members with their school board role.

Training Resources

How School Boards Work

Understand and read about the role and functions of boards of education in Illinois. Details about what the board is and does, the legal authority under which school boards operate, and the traits of an effective school board and a good board member are covered in this IASB resource.

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Journal Looks at Career and Technical Education

The March/April issue of the Illinois School Board Journal looks at Career and Technical Education in Illinois.

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