Former state university employee Carl Heine, who retired in August 2018, saved $123,200 toward a pension over 28 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.
Former state school employee Michael Lambdin, who retired in August 2018, saved $174,252 toward a pension over 35 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.
Sandwich Community Unit School District 430 reported 105 suspensions for 2016-17, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.
Somonauk Community Unit School District 432 reported 26 suspensions for 2016-17, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.
Somonauk Community Unit School District 432 decreased per-student spending 4.8 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of public schools data.
Sandwich Community Unit School District 430 increased per-student spending 17.1 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of public schools data.
Dekalb Community Unit School District 428 reported one expulsions and 1,212 suspensions for 2016-17, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.
Indian Creek School District 425 reported 13 suspensions for 2016-17, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.
Dekalb Community Unit School District 428 increased per-student spending 15.4 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of public schools data.
Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426 reported 175 suspensions for 2016-17, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.
Hinckley-Big Rock Community Unit School District 429 reported five suspensions for 2016-17, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.
Despite Illinois’ status as having the worst tax burden in the country and its rising outmigration, state Rep. Jeff Keicher (R-Sycamore) has not lost hope on the economic outlook.
For the second year in a row, NIU’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has been recognized by the national professional organization CSHEMA (Campus Safety, Health and Environmental Management Association).
Days after the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education’s Sri Lankan visitors left the NIU campus in late April, their hosts already were planning to book flights to Asia for August.