Thursday, June 20, 2024 The Board will meet at 5:30 for closed session. The Amended Budget Hearing will not begin prior to 6:00. - Regular Board Meeting

The Board will move to closed session for 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. However, a meeting to consider an increase in compensation to a specific employee of a public body that is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the public and posted and held in accordance with this Act. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1).

Individuals wishing to speak during public comment must complete the Public Comment Form and submit it to the Board Secretary prior to the start of the meeting.

Board Policy 2:230. At each regular and special open meeting, members of the public and District employees may comment to or ask questions of the School Board, subject to reasonable constraints. The individuals appearing before the Board are expected to follow these guidelines:

1. Address the Board only at the appropriate time as indicated on the agenda and when recognized by the Board President.
2. Identify oneself and be brief. Ordinarily, comments shall be limited to 5 minutes. In unusual circumstances, and when an individual has made a request in advance to speak for a longer period of time, the individual may be allowed to speak for more than 5 minutes.
3. Observe the Board President's decision to shorten public comment to conserve time and give the maximum number of individuals an opportunity to speak.
4. Observe the Board President's decision to determine procedural matters regarding public participation not otherwise covered in Board policy.
5. Conduct oneself with respect and civility toward others and otherwise abide by Board Policy, 8:30, Visitors to and Conduct on School Property.

Members of the public may speak during this portion of the meeting. Comments are limited to five minutes. Board members will not respond to public comments or questions during "Public Comments". Should total Public Comments approach or exceed a cumulative time of 30 minutes, the Board may suspend additional Public Comments until immediately prior to the Board and Superintendent Comments portion of the agenda.

Board Policy 2:220 The President shall designate a portion of the agenda as a consent agenda for those items that usually do not require extensive discussion before Board action. Upon the request of any Board member, an item will be withdrawn from the consent agenda and placed on the regular agenda for independent consideration. 

There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as the first item after approval of the Consent Agenda.

Since  the  budget  will  not  be  adopted  on  July  1,  2024,  the  Board  of  Education needs to authorize the District to expend funds in order to cover  the costs of salaries, materials and supplies. The Board of Education is asked to approve  the  School  District’s  expenditure  of  funds to defray necessary and proper expenses and liabilities of the School  District  incurred  for  educational  or  operations  or  maintenance  or  transportation  or  site  and  construction  purposes  of  the  District for  Fiscal  Year 2025, until which time the Annual Budget of the District is adopted in  conformity with applicable sections of the Illinois School Code.

May 23, 2024. $5M expansion coming to Rantoul elementary school. https://www.wcia.com/news/education/5m-expansion-coming-to-rantoul-elementary-school/ 

May 31, 2024. Arts and Foreign Language Education Grant Program Fiscal Year 2024 Recipients. https://conta.cc/3R8UpYJ

Updates: 4:70 Resource Conservation; 4:80 Accounting and Audits; 5:130 Responsibilities Concerning Internal Information; 5:200 Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal; 6:140 Education of Homeless Children; 7:10-E Exhibit - Equal Educational Opportunities Within the School Community.

Rewritten: 2:70-E Exhibit - Checklist for Filling Board Vacancies by Appointment; 2:160-E Exhibit - Checklist for Selecting a Board Attorney.

Review and Monitoring: 2:50 Board Member Term of Office; 2:70 Vacancies on the School Board - Filling Vacancies; 2:125 Board Member Compensation; Expenses; 2:160 Board Attorney; 2:125-E1 Exhibit - Board Member Expense Reimbursement Form; 2:125-E2 Exhibit - Board Member Estimated Expense Approval Form; 2:140-E Exhibit - Guidance for Board Member Communications, Including Email Use; 4:15 Identity Protection; 4:110 Transportation; 5:35 Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act; 5:40 Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease; 5:180 Temporary Illness or Temporary Incapacity; 5:290 Employment Termination and Suspensions; 5:310 Compensatory Time-Off; 6:40 Curriculum Development; 6:110 Programs for Students At Risk of Academic Failure and/or Dropping Out of School and Graduation Incentives Program; 6:150 Home and Hospital Instruction; 7:170 Vandalism.

When: Saturday, July 27 at 10:00 AM.
Where: JW Eater Junior High, Main Gym
What: Join the families of Hal Summers and Margurette Carter as we dedicate the JW Eater gym in recognition of their many years of service to Rantoul City Schools. Followed by an open house and light refreshments.