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COVER STORY Budget Impasse Ends! Thanks for your persistent efforts… and thanks to those legislators who stood tall.

The cover collage includes Governor Bruce Rauner (center), and, clockwise from top left, House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, House Speaker Michael Madigan, new Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady, and Senate President John Cullerton.

Past President’s View: Illinois Superintendents Continue to Weather the Storm New IASA President Focuses on ‘Kids First’— Rochester’s Bertrand has High Expectations Celebrating High School Innovators Awards Program— Looking for Students Doing Extraordinary Things

Hazel Crest’s Reading Program Aimed at Stopping ‘Summer Slide’ Illinois CSI: Momentum for Success IASA News in Brief

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IASA Calendar of Events

Volume 5, Issue 7 Summer Issue 2017 LeadershipMatters 17000-7

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