(The Center Square) – The Illinois State Board of Education has released the 2022 Illinois Report Card showing the highest graduation rate in over a decade, but some say that is misleading. Officials attributed the impr.
Amid a challenging pandemic year, many suburban schools struggled to help students meet proficiency standards in English and mathematics and saw declines in student performance and enrollment.
Amid a challenging pandemic year, suburban schools struggled to help students meet proficiency standards and saw declines in student enrollment, state figures have shown. On Thursday, officials released annual assessment data showing just how severe the issues were in individual school districts.
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 â One day before consolidated elections, the Illinois State Board of Elections executive director was placed on administrative leave after being the subject of an online extortion attempt, ISBE said in a news release.
The eight-member elections board voted unanimously on Monday, April 5, to place Director Steve Sandvoss on leave, according to the release.
The board also approved the appointment of Assistant Executive Director Bernadette Matthews to serve as interim director while Sandvoss is on leave.
âThe board also authorized the agencyâs Chief Information Security Officer, Jeremy Owens, to cooperate fully with the law enforcement investigation, as well as conduct an internal assessment of all SBE devices to which Director Sandvoss had access and ensure the security of the Boardâs systems,â the release states.
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Geneva District 304 has received about $4.2 million in federal coronavirus-relief funding over the past year. (Shutterstock)
GENEVA, IL Geneva District 304 is set to receive nearly $2.6 million from the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion economic relief package signed into law last month by President Joe Biden.
The district-level federal funding allocations come from the third portion of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief program, dubbed ESSER III. District 304 has received about $4.2 million across the three disbursements from the ESSER program.
The third portion includes nearly $122 billion in funding to states and school districts. About $4.5 billion has been set aside for Illinois elementary and high school districts over the next three years, along with $1.3 billion for the state s postsecondary institutions.