November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Call to Order
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2. Approval of Meeting Agenda
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3. Closed Session** (Policy 2:220) To Discuss:
--Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2). --The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5). --Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11). --The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or specific volunteers of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a specific individual who serves as an independent contractor in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or a volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. However, a meeting to consider an increase in compensation to a specific employee of a public body that is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the public and posted and held in accordance with this Act. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1). |
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4. Stronger Together in 109
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5. Public Hearing: Truth in Taxation/Tax Levy
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6. Superintendent's Report
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7. Community Participation Relative to Matters on the Meeting Agenda (Policy 2:230)
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We welcome your comments and questions and give them serious consideration. The first community participation is solely for comments about matters on this agenda. Before you deliver your comment, please identify yourself and state the agenda item to which your comment is directed. The second community participation period is for comments about any matter. Please limit the length of all comments to no more than three (3) minutes.
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8. Informational Items
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8.1. Redefine 109
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8.2. Freedom of Information Requests (Policy 2:250)
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8.3. Acceptance of Fiscal Year 25 Audit
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8.4. FY26 School Maintenance Grant
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8.5. Recommendation for Cisco Secure Access
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8.6. Resolution to Rescind District 109's Previously Approved Resolution on June 17, 2025 to Withdraw from the TrueNorth Educational Cooperative with an Effective Date of July 1, 2026
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9. Action Items
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9.1. Consent Agenda*
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9.1.1. Approval of Meeting Minutes: Committee of the Whole Minutes, Regular Meeting Minutes, and Closed Session Meeting Minutes from October 16, 2025 (Policy 2:220)
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9.1.2. Personnel*
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9.1.2.1. Resignations/Retirements* (Policy 5:210)
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9.1.2.2. Leave of Absence* (Policy 5:250)
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9.1.2.3. Employment of Certified Staff* (Policy 5:200)
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9.1.2.4. Employment of Educational Support Staff* (Policy 5:280)
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9.1.2.5. Employment of At-Will Staff* (Policy 5:270)
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9.1.3. Bills for Payment* (Policy 4:80)
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9.2. Treasurer's Report
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9.3. Recommendation to Accept Fiscal Year 25 Audit
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9.4. Resolution Approving Aggregate Levy for the Year 2025
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9.5. Resolution Authorizing a Supplemental Property Tax Levy to Pay the Principal of And Interest on Outstanding Limited Bonds of School District 109
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9.6. Resolution Authorizing Levy for Special Education Purposes
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9.7. Recommendation for the Board to Take Action to Approve a Resolution to Rescind District 109’s Previously Approved June 17, 2025 Resolution to Withdraw from the TrueNorth Educational Cooperative with an Effective Date of July 1, 2026
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10. Committee Reports (Policy 2:150)
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11. Open Community Participation (Policy 2:230)
Description:
We welcome your comments and questions and give them serious consideration. The second community participation period is for comments about any matter. Please limit the length of all comments to no more than three (3) minutes.
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12. Board/Superintendent Other
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13. Closed Session** (Policy 2:220) To Discuss:
--The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or specific volunteers of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a specific individual who serves as an independent contractor in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or a volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. However, a meeting to consider an increase in compensation to a specific employee of a public body that is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the public and posted and held in accordance with this Act. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1). |
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14. Reconvene to Open Session for the Sole Purpose of Adjournment
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15. Adjournment
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