Region 19 Meeting March 27, 2014Agenda

  1. Call to Order
  2. Secretary’s Report (approve minutes of March 5th meeting, as posted online)
  3. Treasurer’s Report
  4. Bills paid
  5. Current balance
  6. Larry turning the reins over to Carist
  7. Local Reports
  8. Bureau Valley:
  9. Chadwick/ Milledgeville:
  10. Dakota:
  11. East Dubuque:
  12. Eastland:
  13. Freeport EA:
  14. Freeport Custodial:
  15. Freeport Transportation:
  16. Lena-Winslow TA:
  17. Lena-Winslow ESPA:
  18. Morrison:
  19. Orangeville:
  20. Prophetstown-L-T:
  21. River Bend:
  22. River Ridge:
  23. Scales Mound:
  24. Stockton:
  25. Warren:
  26. West Carroll EA:
  27. West Carroll ESPA:
  28. Retired
  29. GPA Report – Paul Everding
  30. UD Report – Scott Rude
  31. Business and Information Sharing
  32. Region 19 Constitution & ByLaws Committee Review: one or two more volunteers to join Susan Nicholas and Jack Stone?Meeting?
  33. How can we improve the Relevancy of IEA to our members?ideas from each local?
  34. Region 19 needs a volunteer to be the contact for the Living Wage Task Force. Send personal contact information to Mary.MacKenzie @ieanea.org. Open hearing Thurs,4/10/14, at RA—see more at iealivingwage.wordpress.com
  35. Rock River Valley Retired future meetings

4/14/14 with Rep. Mike Smiddy and pizza (rsvp by noon that day) at Sterling office,

5/1/14 with Rich Frankenfeldon TRS pension info at Wagon Wheel in Sterling (rsvp by 4/23/14),

  1. April 26, 2014,IEA-Retired Conference, Oakbrook Doubletree, 1909 Spring Road, Oakbrook, IL ; online registration coming soon; Questions?- call Kim Riley IEA-Retired Bloomington IEA Office 309.662.5359
  2. A “teacher evaluation” section has been added under the “Resources” tab on our IEA homepage.
  3. Bylaw Amendments

No. 1-A Biennial budget starting 2014-2015. Board Support (BS)

No. 2- Retired BS

No. 3- Higher Ed members who are not assigned a class for a semester (BS)

No. 4- If BA 3 passes charge Higher Ed members half dues. (Wait for actual language)

No. 5- Change wording to align bylaw language to state law. (BS)

  1. Graduated Income Tax
  2. May 4 is the deadline for getting it on next ballot
  3. Varying increases in new revenue from $1-5.4 billion
  4. Personal tax rate from 4-9.5%
  5. Guiding Principles
  6. Save 50% of population
  7. Revenue raised be consistent with present tax structure
  8. Fairness
  9. Pension Update
  10. Lawsuits consolidated-Sangamon Count
  11. New SUAA (State University AA)-Attorney General seeking to consolidate
  12. Lawsuit attorneys working together
  13. Next step
  14. Setting schedule
  15. State to respond
  16. Proposed Budget Cuts

K-1 $967 million

Higher Ed $248 million

Human Services $719 million

Public Safety $303 million

General Services $144 million

  1. IEA Initiatives
  2. Charter School- we are supportive if controlled by local school boards
  3. HB 3754 abolishes charter school commission. Pro
  4. SB 2779 eliminate charter appeal process
  5. SB 2887 Return to work-Higher Ed
  6. HB 3937 Expands the moratoria of charter schools for 4 more years
  7. Other Legislation
  8. Highly qualified PE teachers
  9. Student Data Privacy
  10. IMRF-13th check rollback
  11. ISBE inititiatives
  12. who can run for school bd,
  13. language for new assessments,
  14. charter schools abide by ELL, spec ed, etc. policies
  15. align charter school calendars with public schools
  16. process federal grants
  17. TB testing,
  18. school safety drills
  19. CAPE needs volunteersto help!
  20. Free online courses-Professional development- 20 spots open-free-CPDU’s
  21. IEA master calendar for 2014-2015 available
  22. Stakeholder summit—Starting a call center/hotline/help line
  23. Leadership Competencies packet that members can use to evaluate their locals.
  24. Subcommittee Reports
  25. NEA-RA Illinois Night -Denver Performing Arts Complex- July 1st
  26. 6-7 Cocktails, flavored oxygen bar, & tour
  27. 7-8 Sit-down Dinner
  28. 8-10 Cash Bar/Dance
  29. Music played all night
  30. $75
  31. TRS 12.8% increase + $7 billion. Funded at 40%. Been the same since 1970
  32. NEA has over 3,000 complete Common Core lessons on their website-Betterlesson
  33. Make sure your CPDUs are entered as they are earned and are up-to-date ASAP
  34. ESP council is discussing combining ESP, Higher ED, Retired and/or CORE conferences.
  35. NEA Great Public Schools grant opportunities
  1. Region 19 donation for Scholarship Committee’s Silent Auction table at the 2014 RA? Volunteers Susan Nicholas, Tracy Diestelmeier, and Jen Laity secured donations from Chestnut Mountain Lodge, etc. and will bring to Grand Ballroom on second floor of the Hilton, Thursday, April 10

Note: Three Region 19 IEA Scholarship recipients for 2014-15 school year: Sarah Peterson, daughter of Sharon Peterson of Bureau Valley E.A., Alexander Fruth & Andrew Fruth, sons of Melinda Fruth of Rock River Valley Retired.

  1. April 10-12, IEA-RA; see IEA website for more info:
  2. Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605; Single=$190, Double=$199, Triple=$215, Quad=$240, not including 16.4% taxes, including complimentary guestroom internet, check-in is 3pm, check-out is 12pm
  3. self parking=$19 per day;valet=$54
  4. Funding allowance and Guidelines; transportation (the 2014 mileage rate decreased to 56 cents per mile and additional passenger reimbursements will be paid to the driver at the rate of an additional 4 cents per mile for each applicable person);
  5. Wear badges on the floor at all times& Don’t be a no-show
  6. Schedule is P. 67 of Agenda booklet, Note registration times
  7. Region lunch & meeting after open hearings, Thursday, April 10, 11:45am-1230pm; volunteers for 13 of 24 possible open hearings
  8. Region dinner at Zed451 Brazilian Steakhouse 7pm Friday night; delegates are Bureau Valley EA– Rick Wilkin;Freeport EA– Tiffany Kleckler, CaristKoehl, Julianna Bonney; River Bend EA – No delegate elected; West Carroll EA – Deb Manninen; Region 19 Cluster – Cathy Eberle (Orangeville EA), Jen Laity (River Ridge EA), Rebecca L. Roethe (Eastland EA), SueAnn Bamberg (Eastland EA), Jack Stone (Prophetstown-L-T), Ethnic Minority Delegate – Mary Jo Kelley (West Carroll EA), Region Chair – Tracy Diestelmeier, Region Vice-Chair – Kelly Everding
  9. The five proposed bylaw amendmentsthat will be voted on at the 2014 IEA Representative Assembly are posted on the association website for at least 30 consecutive days in advance of the RA.
  10. IEA inquiry for $430/FTE continued service budget increase of $1, $0 increase FT ESP/$215
  11. Baggage check Saturday: new location in Continental Ballrm on lobby level. Pick up within 30 minutes of dismissal or your bags will be taken to front desk where they will charge $2 a bag. IEA recommends $1 donation per bag for Media fund
  12. July 1-5, NEA-RA;
  13. BUREAU VALLEY EA (1)Delegate Rick Wilkin, Alternate Carol Larkin;FREEPORT EA (2) Delegate Tiffany Kleckler, Delegate CaristKoehl, Alternate Julianna Bonney; RIVER BEND EA (1) No delegate elected; WEST CARROLL EA (1) Delegate Deb Manninen, CLUSTER REGION 19 (5) Chadwick/Milledgeville, Dakota, East Dubuque, Eastland, Freeport Custodial, Freeport Trans., Lena/Winslow TA, Lena/Winslow ESPA, Morrison, Orangeville, Prophetstown-L-T, Region 19 Misc., River Ridge, Scales Mound, Stockton, Warren, West Carroll ESPA Delegate Susan Nicholas (Lena-Winslow TA), Delegate Jen Laity (River Ridge), Delegate John A. Stone (Prophetstown-L-T), No delegate elected (2); REGION 19 CHAIR Tracy Diestelmeier
  14. Denver Colorado Convention Center (see IEA website for more info):

Tuesday, July 1: 9am-5pm registration and exhibits, 10am-3:30pm* State Delegation Meeting,

Wednesday, July 2: 9am-5pm registration and exhibits, 7-9am State Delegation Meetings

Thursday, July 3: 7-9am State Delegation Meetings, 10:30am-6pm Representative Assembly

Friday, July 4: 7-9am State Delegation Meetings, 10am-6pm Representative Assembly

Saturday, July 5: 7-9am State Delegation Meetings, 10am-6pm Representative Assembly

Sunday, July 6: 7-9am State Delegation Meetings, 10am-finished Representative Assembly

  1. Projected request Dues CFT up $1- Non certified stay the same.

  1. Illinois (7):
/ Comfort Inn Downtown Denver
401 17th Street
Denver, CO 80202
303-296-0400
Four Seasons Hotel Denver
1111 14th Street
Denver, CO 80202
303-389-3000
Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Convention Center
550 15th Street
Denver, CO 80202
303-623-5900
Hilton Garden Inn Denver Downtown
1400 Welton Street
Denver, CO 80202
303-603-8000
Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center (NEA Headquarters)
650 15th Street
Denver, CO 80202
303-436-1234
Sheraton Denver Downtown
1550 Court Place
Denver, CO 80202
303-893-3333
Springhill Suites Denver Downtown
1190 Auraria Parkway, Suite A
Denver, CO 80204
303-705-7300
*Check your email regularly,after the IEA-RA, for reservation information—each Region will be granted a brief window (3days) to make reservations (concern delegates from same Region may not be in the same hotel?)
  1. Reminder to large local presidents to send in NEA delegate info by 4/10/14 to
  1. State Board still writing rules for new Professional Development law that goes into effect July 1, 2014—differing reports of CPDU new requirements
  2. Monday, July 28, 2014 morning Financial Procedures Training at Sterling office
  3. Other
  4. Adjournment