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Jacksonville SD 117 board moves into closed session citing personnel, negotiations, student-discipline and litigation
Summary
At 6:31 p.m. on May 21, 2025, the Jacksonville School District #117 board voted to enter closed session, citing statutory exceptions for personnel matters, collective bargaining/salary schedules, student-discipline cases and probable or pending litigation (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), (2), (9), (11)). The board returned to open session at 7:08 p.m.
The Jacksonville School District #117 Board of Education moved into closed session during its Committee Session on May 21, 2025. Mr. Lonergan moved and Mrs. Wilson seconded the motion to adjourn into closed session at 6:31 p.m.; the motion carried with all seven members recorded as voting yea.
The board specified the following statutory bases for the closed session: appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)); collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or deliberations concerning salary schedules (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2)); student disciplinary cases (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9)); and litigation when an action is filed or probable/imminent (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)). The meeting minutes record the full statutory language used when the motion was made.
The board reconvened in open session at 7:08 p.m. after a recorded motion by Mr. Lonergan and second by Mrs. Wilson; the minutes show a unanimous yea vote. No public details of what was discussed in closed session are recorded in the open minutes, consistent with the statutory confidentiality of many of these topics.
