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IEA budget hearings. Before the storm. « Fred Klonsky's blog

IEA budget hearings. Before the storm. « Fred Klonsky's blog

IEA budget hearings. Before the storm.

Tomorrow around 6PM a blizzard is expected to hit Chicago dumping up to 20 inches of snow on the City with winds up to 40 miles an hour by Wednesday noon.

Tonight I’ll be heading over to the Region office of the IEA for a budget hearing in preparation for the Representative Assembly in March.

Passing the IEA budget is the main formal business of the RA. Discussions around the budget provide an opportunity to raise questions about IEA policy and direction.

Tonight we get to look at the salary of the Director of Field Services ($492,620), and Area Coordinators (total