USD116 BOE Update: Sept. 3, 2024

The Board discussed different options for changing Board policy around public comment during Board of Education meetings.

Some preliminary suggestions:

• Limit the time to 3 minutes per speaker
• Limit the time for public comment on a specific topic
• Set up time for engagement with board members outside of board meetings as an alternative option
• Limiting overall time for public comment to a set time period (i.e., an hour) at the start of the meeting and more time given at the end
• Addressing misinformation during the topic when discussed or during Board report

Two board members will work on a proposal/presentation related to the Board Policy change and present it to the board for a vote at a future meeting.

We currently have 4,159 students enrolled for 2024-25 compared to 4,369 in 2023-24. The difference of 209 is for various reasons, including people who have moved out of the country, out of state, to private schools, home schooling and other various reasons.

Student movement into the District:

• 89% of our students remained in District
• 15% of students came from Champaign
• Other Illinois schools

View Enrollment Report

The interim Chief Financial Officer reviewed the 2024-25 budget. Some highlights:

• Property taxes compose 70% of the District’s operating revenues
• The $50,000 TIF I revenue from the City of Urbana will be utilized district-wide for technology
• The Education Fund assumes $850,000 in revenue from energy incentives and credits for the geothermal system that was placed into service at Thomas Paine in August 2023. Additional Inflation Reduction Act solar credits can be expected for FY26

2024-25 Final Budget Assumptions
2024-25 Final Budget Summary

Summary of 2024-25 budget changes Education Fund

Programs at Urbana Adult Education Center (UAEC)

• ELA- English Language Acquisition
• HS Diploma
• CNA- Certified Nursing Assistant
• partnership with OSF- Heart of Mary Medical Center
• partially funded by the United Way
• CNA Bridge (helps students gain skills to be successful in CNA program)
• Entrepreneurial Bridge (NEW)
  
• Citizenship Class (partnership with University YMCA)

2024-25 UAEC Program Goals

• Enrollment: 425 (10% increase)
  
• Measurable Skills Gains (12+ attendance hours): 41%
• Post-Test Rate: 65%
• CNA/CNA Bridge Graduates: 75
• Persistence Rate: HSD- 76%, ESL- 79%
• CNA State Exam Pass Rate: 97%
• HS Diploma Average Attendance Hours: 125

Urbana Adult Education Center FY25 Budget

UAEC Presentation

Q: What kind of volunteers are you looking for?

A: We are looking for people to work with our students one-on-one outside of their classes.

Dr. Ivory-Tatum shared a tentative FY24 BOE Agenda Calendar for the Board of Education to discuss.

View the Tentative FY25 Board Agenda Calendar

Dr. Ivory-Tatum's Superintendent Report: Sept. 3 Supt. Report

Highlights:

• September is Attendance Awareness Month
• C-U Marching Showcase is on Sept. 23 at UHS at 7 p.m.

Student Ambassador Report: Sept. 3 Student Ambassador Report

• Foreign Language
• UHS events