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IASA Newsletter Editor
Michael Chamness
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Assistant Editor
Mary Ellen Buch
mbuch@iasaedu.org
In this month’s issue
Volume 1, Issue 8
Additional Items
 IASA’s 5Essentials letter to
Dr. Koch P. 4
 Vision 20/20 initiative
seeks input from Illinois
superintendents P. 11
 Affordable Care Act leaves
school districts in legal
limbo P. 15
 New state law mandates
school shooting drill P. 16
 Concentrate on improving
teaching, not just getting
rating P. 17
 Enhanced P.E. Task Force
offers webinar P. 18
 Legislative Agenda: School
funding formula, graduated
income tax on radar P. 19
 IASA Annual Conference
features dynamic lineup of
speakers P. 20
 Registration being
accepted for Joint
Educational Support
Professionals Conference
P. 22
 Do Federal school
breakfast/lunch programs
benefit districts? P. 23
 2013-2014 Principal
Evaluation Tool P. 24
 IASA News in Brief P. 26
 New SB Performance
Rankings File available P.
27
 Getting to know your IASA
Board Members P. 28
 IASA Calendar P. 30
Message from the new
IASA President-Let’s try
common sense approach
P. 6
New school year brings
challenges P. 7-10
Common Core issues
bubble up in state P. 12 ISBE unveils metric value
tables P. 13