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IASB continues to oppose local control issues


By Seth Hancock
  The Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) continues to oppose local control, this year voting down two resolutions on hot topics.
  The IASB is a taxpayer funded lobbyist group for government-run schools and it held its annual convention which included votes on 16 new resolutions on Nov. 20 from member districts concerning the lobbying activities for the coming year. A 21-member resolution committee provides recommendations to member districts prior to the vote.
  Both local control pieces were submitted by Mercer County SD 404, a rural district. Included was a familiar resolution sought for years by rural and downstate districts, those without the resources for school resource officers as well as facing slow police response time, which would allow school districts to determine whether or not to allow properly trained staff to conceal and carry.
  For area school districts, that resolution did get a new supporter in area School District 93 which changed from opposition in the past to support for it this year noting the local control aspect which followed in line with the IASB resolution committee which also supported it. However, School District U-46 continued to oppose it.
  A more dictatorial approach won again as an IASB press release stated “member boards of education voted against a proposed resolution that would call for IASB to support legislation that would allow school districts to set school safety and student protection policies that would allow trained, armed school teachers and staff.”
  The vote was 202-181 against, the closest it has come to passing with 47.3 percent. It had 44.3 percent support, but failed 249-198, in 2019 and 46.9 percent support, but failed 203-179, in 2018.
  The IASB release did not provide vote counts for any of the other resolutions, but another Mercer resolution was voted down advocating for “local school district control of content and curriculum for health and sex education courses offered in their districts.” The IASB resolution committee, U-46 and District 93 supported it.
  The resolution was submitted in response to Senate Bill 818, which has led to parent objections over material they believe is inappropriate for students to be exposed to.
  The IASB did approve seven resolutions including support of indigenous people curriculum, use of cannabis sales tax revenue for education, timing of reorganizing school boards after elections, allowing board meetings to remain virtual regardless if there’s an emergency, expanding broadband access, federal funding for landscaping and expanding teacher licensure to require literacy.




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