Citizens Information Center

1. Name, phone number and email address for all elected officials
2. Name, phone number and email address for all department heads and senior administrator
    
   • Board Members
   • Development and Training Completed by Board Members
   • Administrators, Principals (click link on page for school or dept page and more information)
   • School District 15 Organization Chart

1. A calendar disclosing one year’s worth of scheduled public meetings
2. Agendas and board packets are posted online 48 hours prior to board meetings
3. Meeting minutes for the previous five years
4. Board packets for the previous five years
    
   • Meeting Dates/Agendas/Minutes/Board Briefs/Videos
   • Strategic Plan

1. Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, submission information
2. General address, phone number and email for submission
3. Specific FOIA officer name, phone number, email
4. Response time disclosure
5. Fee disclosure
   • Freedom of Information Act

1. Last five years of detailed budgets in searchable format
   • School District 15 Annual Budget (Click on School District 15 Budget and the year you seek)

1. Last five years of audited comprehensive annual financial reports in searchable format
   • Financial Reports 
     • Annual Financial Auditor's Report
     • Single Audit Report Package
     • Annual Statement of Affairs
     • ISBE Annual Financial Report

1. Five years of individual third-party searchable expenditures via bill list or check register
2. Five years of searchable third-party annual expenditures, total expenditures to each vendor for year
   • Monthly Individual Expenditures
   • Financial Reports 
     • Annual Statement of Affairs

1. Five years of searchable individual employee wage compensation (all W-2 wage earnings salary, bonuses, overtime)
2. Five years of searchable individual employee benefit compensation (health, dental and life insurance; retirement payments; etc.)
   • Salary Compensation Reports
   • Negotiated Agreements (includes salary schedules and benefits info)
   • Gross Payment for Certificated and Non-Certificated Personnel (Click on Annual Statement of Affairs and the year you seek)

1. Current requests for proposals and bidding opportunities, more than $25,000 in value
2. Instructions on how to submit a bid or proposal
3. Approved vendor contracts, more than $25,000 in value
4. Individual employee contracts
5. Collective bargaining contracts
   • Bids/Requests for Proposals and summary of the Board of Education's purchase results 
   • Approved vendor contracts greater than $25,000
   • Negotiated Agreements (includes salary schedules and benefits info)
   • Gross Payment for Certificated and Non-Certificated Personnel (Click on Annual Statement of Affairs and the year you seek)

1. Post contracts that disclose the value and purpose of lobbying efforts for the past five years
2. Disclose any taxpayer-funded lobbying organizations that local government pays fees to
3. Post a statement that the local government doesn’t engage in any lobbying or pay dues to a taxpayer-funded lobbying organization, if this is the case
   • Community Consolidated School District 15 employs Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, a lobbying firm, to represent their interests in Springfield in connection with the Chicago Bears' development project.
   • The District is a member of the IASB and ED-RED. All groups have lobbying components:
     • IASB (Illinois Association of School Boards)
     • ED-RED ('The voice of suburban schools,' is an advocacy organization that monitors and actively influences education policy at the Illinois Statehouse, particularly issues that are priorities for our member school districts.)

1. Disclose tax rates for all major revenue sources of the local government’s own taxing power including property, sales, telecommunication, hotel, etc.
2. Disclose all fees
3. Disclose all revenue sources

School District 15 revenue sources are listed in the CAFR (Comprehensive Annual Financial Report). Please refer to the CAFR for breakdown in sources. For further breakdown of School District 15 Tax Levy, please refer to the Financial Documents page. School District 15 also collects fees for book rental, material, and technology fees. Other fees are optional, including interscholastic sports, student insurance, and bus fees.

• Financial Documents
• Student Fees
• Certificate of Tax Levy

• District News

• District and School Report Cards