Program information and details for the 2016 Joint Annual Conference is available in the Conference Preview. This booklet includes titles, descriptions, and time slots for all workshops and panel sessions, along with a master schedule and details about other Conference events and activities. Follow the links below for additional information about this year's conference.

Learn more about the initiative for public education in Illinois to guide educators, legislators, labor, business, parents, and community members as they work together toward the common goal of fulfilling the promise of public education in Illinois. And for the latest updates and interviews, click HERE.

The September/October issue of The Illinois School Board Journal offers insight and direction on Illinois' new student discipline law, which aims to reduce exclusionary discipline, such as expulsions and suspensions. The Journal also looks at the role restorative justice plays in student discipline. Also, "Getting on, and staying on, the ballot," is a helpful piece offering the best practices to employ, and possible pitfalls to avoid, in preparing and submitting nominating papers for school board candidates. Read these and more in the current Journal.

Compiled each week during sessions of the General Assembly and as needed during off-session times, Alliance Legislative Reports summarize major legislative activities and bills of interest to school leaders. Read the latest ALR here (8/26/16).