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Harlem board signals consensus to adopt multiple IASB constitutional amendments and a school-bus safety resolution; moves to closed session
Summary
Board member Diana Johnson asked for and received board consensus to adopt a suite of IASB constitutional amendments and a School Bus Safety Funding resolution; the board then moved to an executive session covering personnel, negotiations, litigation and student matters under cited Illinois statutes.
At the Oct. 27 meeting Diana Johnson asked the Harlem Consolidated School District #122 board for consensus to adopt several proposed constitutional amendments for the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) and to adopt a Resolution on School Bus Safety Funding; the board indicated consensus on each item.
The items Johnson listed for consensus included proposed amendments across multiple IASB constitutional articles: Article II (Membership, Sections 1–6), Article III (Delegate Assembly Section 2), Article IV (Elections Section 1 Nominations; Section 2 Terms of Office), Article V (Board of Directors Section 2 Composition), Article VII (Committee Section 3 Nominating Committee), Article VIII (Divisions Section 4 Officers), Article IX (Resolutions Sections 2–7), Article XI (Miscellaneous Section 7 Declared Emergencies), Article XII (Amendments Section 2 Proposal) and a separate Resolution regarding School Bus Safety Funding. Minutes record the board’s consensus to adopt each listed item.
Later in the meeting the board moved into executive session to discuss a range of topics permitted under the Illinois Open Meetings Act, including employment of personnel (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)), negotiations (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2)), selection of a person to fill a public office (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(3)), purchase/lease of property (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5)–(6)), sale or purchase of securities or investments (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(7)), security procedures (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(8)), student discipline and special education placement (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9)–(10)), pending litigation (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)), establishment of reserves/claims settlement (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(12)), self-evaluation or professional ethics matters (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(16)), and discussion of closed meeting minutes (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21)). The minutes record no formal action items after closed session.
The board adjourned at 6:45 p.m.
