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IASA News in Brief
IASA’s Clark becomes President of the Association of State Executives
IASA Executive Director Dr. Brent Clark began his one-year term as the
President of the Association of State Executives (ASE) on July 1. The ASE includes
the executive directors of 49 states and focuses its efforts on developing closer ties
with the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), networking and
improved communication.
The Past President serves as an ex-officio member of the AASA Executive
Committee, a role Dr. Clark will fill in 2016.
ASE began in 1963 with Illinois, eight other states and Canada forming the
Executive Secretaries of State Associations of School Administrators, which later
became the Association of Executives of School Administrator Associations
(AESAA), the forerunner of ASE.
IEMA Helps Schools Remove Unused Radioactive Materials
More than 60 Illinois schools already have benefitted from a
state program that helps schools safely remove unused radioactive
materials at no cost. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency
(IEMA) is encouraging other schools to check for similar materials in
storage closets and laboratories and to contact IEMA about
collection and disposal.
Types of radioactive materials found in schools are chemical compounds containing uranium or
thorium and small solid sealed sources. This material is commonly used in chemistry, physics, and earth
science experiments to demonstrate the physical and chemical properties of radioactive material.
There is no cost to schools for IEMA’s removal of the materials. A school not using IEMA’s program
could pay more than $1,000 for disposal of the material. In addition, a spill of the materials at the school
could create extra expenses for cleanup activities.
Any schools with unwanted radioactive materials can contact IEMA at (217) 558-5135 for more
information about the Orphan Source Recovery Program School Initiative.
FY 2016 IASA Membership Drive
The IASA FY 2016 Membership Drive is officially underway!
Click
here to renew your membership online.
Please contact Misti Murphy at
mmurphy@iasaedu.org with any changes so we can keep our
database up to date.