Todays Agenda

What is Vision 20/20?

Pillars of Vision 20/20?
How Can You Get Involved?

Partners
Jason Leahy
Executive Director of IPA

Michael A. Jacoby, Ed.D.

Executive Director of IASBO

Brent Clark, Ph.D.

Executive Director of IASA

Roger L. Eddy
Executive Director of IASB

Creg Williams, Ph.D.

President, (SCSDD)

Patricia Dal Santo

President of IARSS

Priorities
Highly Effective Educators

21st Century Learning

Shared
Accountability

Equitable and
Adequate Funding

Priorities
Highly Effective
Educators

Recruit and Retain

High-Impact Educators
Provide Relevant
Professional Development

Priorities
21st Century Learning

Develop the Whole Child

Preserve Instructional Time
Invest in Early Childhood Education
Link Students to College
and Careers
Expand Equity in Technology Access

Priorities
Shared
Accountability

Expand Educator Role and Responsibility

in State Governance
Implement a Differentiated Accountability
System
Restructure Mandates

Priorities
Equitable and Adequate
Funding

Fund Education Based

on Local Need using an
Evidence Based Model of
Adequacy and Equity
Stabilize State Funding
and Funding for Education
Enhance District Flexibility
to Increase Financial Efficiency

From Vision to Action

2015 Legislative Priorities

2015 Bills

HB 2657 Education
Licensure
Reciprocity

HB 3100 Countywide Sales Tax for

Technology

HB 2683
Differentiated
Accountability
Model
SB 1506 Current
Educators on ISBE

HB 3535 Relief of
Unfunded Mandates

HB 2637
Competitive
Bidding Exceptions
for Purchasing
Pools
SB 1403/HB
4022 EvidenceBased School
Funding Solution

What is an Evidence-Based Approach to

Adequacy and Equity?
A school funding model that identifies how much money per
pupil is needed in each district for every child to have access
to a high quality education.

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How is this approach different from previous

attempts in Illinois?
Costs out strategies based on current practice and research
Objective, transparent model that allows schools and
districts to see what staff their allocated resources
should buy them
Focuses the conversation on what it takes to sufficiently
support students and teachers.
Is not just a random dollar amount or student weighting
that does not ensure sufficient resources to deliver
services.
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What are some of the research elements

included in the evidence-based model?
Intensive teacher training
Trainers
Adequate professional
development days for
teachers
Instructional coaches in all
schools, all levels
Extended learning
strategies

Tutoring, extended days,

academic summer school,
ESL help for ELL students,
special education
Full day kindergarten
Smaller classes in K-3: 15
Critical pupil support /
parent outreach
Technology for schools
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What are the

Potential Effects
of the Research
Based
Recommendations?
Note: An effect size of .25 is
statistically significant. An effect of 1.0
would result in a performance change
from the 50th to 83rd percentile.
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How would it be implemented

through SB1403?
1. A professional judgment panel of leading educators and
policymakers would update a 2008 study that was
completed in 2010.
a. Results in detailed staffing and program costs for
prototypic schools
2. The prototypic model is applied to real schools with costs
differentiated based on:
a. local demographics,
b. student needs and
c. regional cost differences (wage index)

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How would it be implemented

through SB1403?
5. A local minimum share is determined.
6. A statewide hold harmless would be implemented to
ensure that no district receives less state resources than
were received in 2014-15.
7. State appropriation requirements would be calculated by
aggregating the state per pupil portion for all schools in a
district and all districts in the state.
8. A scalable approach to required
appropriations is calculated to result in
full funding of adequacy by the 2020-21
school year.

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Conclusion
The evidence-based adequacy model does not cap spending
at an adequate amount; local districts are free to spend
above the adequacy amount if they choose.
The intent of the evidence-based adequacy model applied
to Illinois is to provide a level of fiscal resources to enable
all students to perform at high levels.

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Who is
Supporting
Vision 20/20?

School District Support:

498 School Districts
758,147 Students
753 Educators
Organizational Support:
IL PTA
AIRSS
IAASE

IACTE

LEASE

IASPA

SDLC

ICPEA

SEAPCO

ICTA

SEDOL

IVVC

WCSEA

IWEL

WACS

HSDO

EFE

LCSSU

ICE

Other Support:
CTBA
Ounce of Prevention
Horace Mann
Charlie Rose

Next Steps

Keeping Our Promise to the Children of Illinois

How Can You Help Keep the Promise to

Illinois Children
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