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Transparency and Teacher Layoffs
The SouthtownStar has been looking into south suburb school district spending over the last week amid growing talks of teacher layoffs and cutting school programs. The paper sent FOIA requests to 18 towns and 25 school districts asking for information …
Chicago Board of Education Credit Cards Canceled
Thousands of dollars in artwork, limos, expensive meals and liquor charges by employees of the Chicago Board of Education, such as former presidents Michael Scott and Rufus Williams, along with their staff, have come under scrutiny, the Chicago Sun-Times…
School Districts: Transparency Required.
The public may start seeing more transparency from school districts soon, according to the Sun-Times.
One new piece of legislation (SB2270), introduced by Senators Dan Cronin, Kirk W. Dillard, Chris Lauzen and John J. Millner…
Transparency Reveals the Good and the Bad
Liberty Leader Scott O’Connell sent us a copy of this letter below, which is from a gentleman who sued to obtain access to the Wheaton School District 200 superintendent’s salary. This should highlight and provide yet another reason why transparency …
Model Leadership in Geneva
Citizen activist, Robert McQuillan, 52,has participated in school board meetings for seven years and questioned board members about taxes and spending. Now, he has successfully persuaded School District 304 to post its check registry online.
The Kane County Chronicle covered …
District 150 - Open for Business?
A concerned taxpayer and parent writes in the Peoria Journal about School District 150 opening up its books and letting the public see and better understand how it spends the community’s tax dollars. Scott Donahue makes some solid points — …
Increased School Funding? Let’s See Transparency First.
State Representative Kathy Ryg (D59-Vernon Hills) is on the right track. In the Daily Herald today, Ryg encourages more transparency, writing:
…before additional taxpayer dollars are poured into Illinois’ broken public school system. I have filed HB5769 - Education Fiscal
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Tis the season for school district transparency
Okay...so I’ve spoken of this before… how the education system in America is essentially socialism. Let’s look at how that’s playing out in the day to day here in Illinois.
The state is more than 12 weeks late in
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Transparency, Anyone?
Posted by Kate Campaigne
Any Liberty Leaders living in or near Vernon Hills? According to Libertyville Review, residents’ concerns are rising. Currently the main worry is High School District 128, which is asking for a tax levy with 13.23 …
New Transparent School District - Riverside Brookfield
Posted by Kate Campaigne
A big thanks to Riverside Brookfield High School D208 for joining the list of transparent government bodies in Illinois! And, thank you, Adam Andrzejewski, for your continued hard work!
What school district will be next? County …
