School Boards Earn Recognition for Governance Practices

IASB is recognizing 42 Illinois public school districts and their boards which have earned honors for their governance practices.

The School Board Governance Recognition program acknowledges boards that learn and practice effective governance behaviors as identified in IASB's Foundational Principles of Effective Governance. The focus is on full board development and participation.

School Board Governance Recognition is a two-year award. In 2024, 46 boards of education were presenting the award, which they hold until Summer 2026, when they may apply again.

The following 42 school boards will retain School Board Governance Recognition through Summer 2027. The school boards will be recognized at Division Meetings in Spring 2026 and acknowledged at the Joint Annual Conference this November.

• Arlington Heights SD 25
• Center Cass SD 66
• Community HSD 117 (Lake Villa)
• CHSD 155 (Crystal Lake)
• CHSD 230 (Orland Park)
• Community High SD 99 (Downers Grove)
• Community Unit School District 300 (Algonquin)
• Deerfield SD 109
• Elmwood CUSD 322
• Fieldcrest CUSD 6
• Fox Lake Grade SD 114
• Frankfort CCSD 157C
• Gavin SD 37
• Glenbard THSD 87
• Heritage CUSD 8
• Keeneyville SD 20
• Kildeer-Countryside CCSD 96
• Lake Bluff ESD 65
• Lisle CUSD 202
• Lockport SD 91
• Lyons THSD 204
• Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3
• McHenry SD 15
• Medinah SD 11
• Minooka CCSD 201
• Mount Prospect SD 57
• Mundelein ESD 75
• Mundelein High School District 120
• Naperville CUSD 203
• Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123
• Oak Park-River Forest HSD 200
• O'Fallon THSD 203
• Plano CUSD 88
• Pleasantdale SD 107
• Rantoul City SD 137
• Richland SD 88A
• Riverside SD 96
• Salt Creek SD 48
• Skokie SD 69
• Steger SD 194
• Woodridge SD 68
• Zion SD 6

Past School Board Governance Recognition winners can be found on the Governance Recognition webpage.