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to maintain an open and honest dialogue with legislators. The House is not scheduled to be back in Springfield until April 4. The next few weeks while they are back in their home districts is a crucial time to have face-to-face discussions with them about the specific consequences for your district – and especially the impact on your students – if we don’t have an education budget. Thank you for not only persevering but continuing to excel despite all of the obstacles facing public educators.

FY17 education budget School superintendents recently received a letter from Illinois Secretary of Education Dr. Beth Purvis regarding the K-12 budget for the next school year. IASA put out a Capitol Watch that contains the association’s apolitical stance on the budget and school funding reform, including relevant references to the Vision 20/20 blueprint for the future of public education that so many of you helped develop. You can access those talking points by clicking here. While we do not want to end up being pawns in a high-stakes political game of “Chicken,” we do need

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