Corporate reform under the radar in Illinois. And the return of Paul Vallas.
Rod Blagojevich, Roland Burris and Paul Vallas back in the good old days.
Jim Broadway, who publishes the always informative Illinois Policy School Updates, brings to our attention the latest in Illinois’ trail of corporate reform: First, the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) – drafted by a committee headed by IEA Executive Director Audrey Soglin. PERA required teacher evaluation include student growth performance measures. Then Senate Bill 7, a collaborative effort between the state’s union leadership and Stand for Children. Among its many features, it did away with tenure and seniority rights.
Next in line: The Illinois State Board of Education’s Center for School Improvement.
It hasn’t received as much attention as PERA and SB7. The St. Louis Post Dispatch carried a brief
The in box. Defending the pension provision.
Fred,
If the Constitutional Admendment passes it will certainly hurt everyone in many ways. I do believe. however, if they try to change the Cola provision of the penison plan, based upon the Admendment to the Constitution it will go to court and the final outcome will be a status quo for the Cola provision. I, also, believe that this Admendment will not have any affect on the Constitutional safeguards that we now enjoy.
All that being said, if the Admendment passes, there will not be any improvements in the pension