Menu

Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 board meeting, Sep 9, 2026

1 h 37 min · 0 public speakers

Budget cuts and layoffs ▶ 9:27

This board doesn’t post agenda times. Click a board member to jump to where they first speak; we list only members whose voice our check named. Video length 1 h 37 min.

  1. Who spoke · first speaks at
What happened

What happened at this meeting

Board approves virtual speech-language pathologist contract, hears projected $7.7 million budget deficit 2:12

  • The board approved a contract for a virtual speech-language pathologist for Southview Upper Elementary School, which a staff member said currently had no speech services for about 60 students. 2:12
  • In a finance study session, a district staff member presented a '26-'27 budget showing a $7.7 million deficit and said $1.5 million in salaries had been counted twice. 15:53
  • Staff members also discussed raising the tax rate, issuing $5 million in working cash bonds and rising health insurance costs. ~30:17
Item by item (9)
  1. Opening and public comment 0:00
    • The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and a roll call vote on a motion to go into open session. ~0:00
    • No public comments were offered. ~1:01
    • The motion to go into open session and the consent agenda each carried 6⁠-⁠0. 0:33
  2. Treasurer's report 1:19
    • The board took a roll call vote on a motion to approve the treasurer's report. 1:36
    • The motion carried 6⁠-⁠0. 1:54
  3. Virtual speech-language pathologist contract 1:54
    • The assistant director of special education recommended a contract for a virtual speech-language pathologist for 36.25 hours per week at the rate of $106, prorated at 157 school days and paid from IDEA grant funds. 2:12
    • Christopher Easton asked how much an in-person pathologist would cost and whether the virtual person cost about $10,000 more. 3:17
    • A staff member said the positions had been advertised for probably 5 to 7 years with no applicants, and another said 60 is the maximum caseload allowed in Illinois. 3:59
    • The motion carried 6⁠-⁠0. 6:17
  4. Budget review in finance study session 6:30
    • A district staff member said the '26-'27 budget showed a $7.7 million deficit and that removing $1.5 million in duplicated salaries would take the Ed Fund figure from $3.7 down to $2.2. 15:53
    • Christopher Easton said proposed spending of $106.5 million was an 11% increase while the CPI last year was 3.4. 23:28
    • Christopher Easton said balancing the budget by cutting positions at the contract's cost would mean 49 employees, and a staff member replied that it could not be done. 27:36
  5. Tax rate and working cash bonds 29:53
    • A staff member said the tax rate should return to 4.84043, its '24 level, from the current 4.15283, and that a levy increase over 5% requires a public hearing. 30:17
    • The staff member recommended issuing $5 million in working cash bonds and said the impact on taxes would be minimal. 31:14
    • Christopher Easton asked whose job it was to review purchased services and when the board would hear about it. 42:20
  6. Health insurance renewal and negotiations 43:35
    • A staff member said the DEA insurance fund had $591,000 on September 1 and was spending an average of $156,000 a month, so it would not last through December. 45:25
    • A staff member said that with a 15% increase, an individual employee on the Gold Plan would go from paying $175.50 to $405 a month, with rates renewing January 1. 47:52
    • A staff member said one co-op quoted a 6.6% increase on an 18-month agreement, and staff said employees would likely know their rates by the first week of November. 1:02:51
  7. TIF districts and district revenue 1:12:18
    • A staff member said there are 5 TIF districts in Danville and 5 in Tilton and that the district loses about $591,000 a year to Danville and about $1.14 million a year to Tilton. 1:12:18
    • The staff member said the board would meet on the 17th at 5:30 at Tilton Village Hall to present to the village. 1:30:54
    • Christopher Easton cited a study by the Great Cities Institute that said TIF districts in Chicago had grown too large and complex. 1:31:08
  8. Board and superintendent comments 1:32:30
    • Alice Payne described a tour of an early learning center, which Alice Payne said has approximately 550 preschool and kindergarten children. 1:33:31
    • The superintendent commented on the filming of a movie at Danville High School. 1:34:54
  9. Closed session 1:36:31
    • The board adjourned to closed session, where the presiding speaker said no action or votes would be taken. 1:36:31

Written by software from the meeting's transcript and checked sentence by sentence against it.

Other meetings

Other meetings of this board

Video: posted by the district as “Board of Education Meeting 9/09/26”