Our Advocacy Vision

Illinois ASBO will be the foremost knowledgeable voice for promoting sound school business practices to the Illinois Legislature, ISBE and other stakeholders.

  • Our presence will be driven by the Illinois ASBO Board of Directors and executed by the Executive Director and supported by the Legislative Advisory Committee, Lobbyists and Governmental Specialists who work collaboratively with the Alliance on a day-to-day basis to improve outcome for students.
  • Advocacy will be achieved through proactive engagement with the Illinois Statewide School Management Alliance (Illinois ASBO, IPA, IASA and IASB), Vision 2030 and other stakeholder groups.
  • Illinois ASBO members will receive communications and updates.

104th General Assembly Bill Tracking & Updates

The Illinois ASBO Government Relations team offers a bill tracking tool that includes all education-related legislation in the 104th General Assembly. Bills are organized into key categories—Curriculum & Programming, EBF & School Funding, Employment & Benefits, School Finance & Revenue and Miscellaneous—allowing members to easily find topics of interest. The tracker is updated regularly throughout session to reflect new bills and status changes, providing timely, reliable information to support your advocacy efforts. Please feel free to contact Emily Warnecke with any information you believe may be valuable to their advocacy efforts around any of the bills listed in the tracker.

104th General Assembly Bill Tracking & Updates

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103rd General Assembly Bill Tracking & Updates

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Advocacy Alerts

District Reporting Requirements for Vendors & Subcontractors

35 ILCS 200/18-50.2 requires certain taxing districts, including school districts with a property tax levy over $5 million, to make a good faith effort to collect and publish demographic information on vendors and subcontractors, including minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses.

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Illinois Statewide School Management Alliance 

The Alliance is a consolidated effort led by the executive directors and boards from four participating organizations: the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB), the Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA), the Illinois Association of School Business Officials (Illinois ASBO) and the Illinois Principals’ Association (IPA). The ability of each of these organizations to influence public policy is enhanced through the cooperative efforts of the Alliance, which directs all of their efforts at legislation and policy changes that foster a favorable educational climate in Illinois and promotes effective school district leadership and sound business management.

Through combined efforts of all four organizations, the School Management Alliance maintains close liaison with the State Board of Education, Illinois Senate and House Education Committees, Office of the Governor, governmental offices and agencies. Alliance staff members also maintain relationships with dozens of other organizations and interest groups that influence public policy.

In addition to legislative and policy work, the executive directors of the Alliance organizations also oversee multiple joint initiatives including the following alliance-created programs: Illinois School Liquid Asset Fund (ISDLAF+), Illinois Energy Consortium powered by Future Green (IEC), Illinois School Employee Benefit Consortium (ISEBC) and Metropolitan School Employee Benefit Program (MSEBP).