October 23, 2024 at 6:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order

2. Adjournment to Closed Meeting
Pursuant to IL Open Meetings Act.
A closed session in accordance with the Illinois Open Meeting Act (5ILCS120/2c)  will be necessary to consider one or more of the following subjects including, but not limited to:
120/2(c)(1) Employee appointments, employment, compensation, dismissals, complaints
120/2(c)(2) Negotiations
120/2(c)(3) Selection of a person to fill a public office
120/2(c)(5) Property Acquisition/Lease/Purchase
120/2(c)(8) Emergency Security Procedures
120/2(c)(9) Student Discipline
120/2(c)(10) The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students
120/2(c)(11) Actual/Potential Litigation
120/2(c)(16) Self-Evaluation, practices and procedures or professional ethics when meeting with a representative of a statewide association of which the public body is a member
120/2(c)(21) Closed Meeting Minutes Discussion/Review

3. Reconvene Open Meeting & Discipline Motions

4. Consent Agenda - Request to Approve
Note:  Consent Agenda Items are routine, non-controversial matters and will be considered together and enacted by one motion and one roll call vote.  Anyone desiring to remove an item for separate consideration should request to do so before approval of this consent agenda.  

4.A. Agenda Approval

4.B. Human Resources: 

4.B.1) Regular Items:  Employments, Employment Changes, Leaves of Absence, Resignations, Retirements, Extracurricular Assignments/Changes

4.C. Treasurer's Report

4.D. Business/Finance:

4.D.1) Regular Items

4.D.2) Bills paid from each fund pursuant to board's prior authorization (board policy 4:50)

4.D.2)a) Education Fund                                                              $    657,108.65
Food Service Fund                                                         $      42,762.66
Operation/Maintenance Fund                                         $ 1,052,984.45
Transportation Fund                                                       $             20.00
Fund Summary Total                                                      $ 1,752,875.76

4.D.2)b) Payroll
Payroll dated October 4, 2024 in the net amount of    $   1,476,874.40
Payroll dated October 23, 2024 in the net amount of  $   1,463,567.85
Payroll Total                                                                 $    2,940,44225

4.D.3) October bill/checks from each fund - need Board approval

4.D.3)a) Education Fund                                                              $    944,220.24
Food Service Fund                                                         $      81,234.24
Operation/Maintenance Fund                                         $    152,823.80
Transportation Fund                                                       $      18,126.71
Liability Fund                                                                  $      75,237.17
Fund Summary Total                                                      $ 1,271,642.16

4.E. October 2024, Student Enrollment

4.F. 2024-2025 Family Council Membership List for All District 118 Schools

4.G. Out-of-State Field Trip Request

4.G.1) Meade Park Kindergarten Students - How Wallow Farms - Dana Indiana
     October 25, 2024

4.G.2) Southwest Early Childhood Special Education Preshool - Hog Wallow Farms - 
     Dana, IN - October 25, 2024

4.G.3) Danville High School JROTC Overnight Travel - Annual Springfield Illinois 
     School Board Association Conference - Chicago, IL  - November 16, 2024

4.G.4) Jennifer Larsen, Northeast PE Teacher - America's Healthiest Schools
     Leaders Summit - Little Rock, AZ - October 24-26, 2024

4.H. Illinois Freedom of Information Act - Request Received & Processed

5. Public Comments

6. Curriculum:

6.A. Public Hearing on E-Learning Program

6.B. Approval of 2024-2027 District 118 E-Learning Plan - Recommendation 
Motion and Roll Call Vote

6.C. Danville High School Career and Tech Education Textbook Adoptions - Recommendation 
Motion and Roll Call Vote

7. Educational Support:

7.A. 2024-2025 It's in Your Head Service Agreement Proposal - Recommendation 
Motion and Roll Call Vote

8. Approval of Board of Education Travel Expenses - Request approval of the Board of Education Members ( Dr. Randal Ashton, Shannon Schroeder, Darlene Halloran, Thomas Miller, Alice Payne, and Kimberly Corely) travel expenses to the Joint Annual Conference, held in Chicago, Illinois, November 21-22, 2024. - Recommendation
Motion and Roll Call Vote

9. Business/Finance: 

9.A. Workers' Compensation Third Party Administrator & Excess Coverage Carriers- Recommendation

9.B. 2023 District 118 Tax Levy - Discussion 

10. Informational Items: 

11. Superintendent/Board Comments

12. Adjournment