Bethalto Community Unit School District
Recent News About Bethalto Community Unit School District
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Bethalto Board of Education votes to make masks optional for students and staff
Bethalto’s Board of Education unanimously voted to make masks optional for students and staff on Monday. During the special board meeting, those in attendance listened silently and respectfully as parents, students, grandparents and community members voiced their concerns over mask mandates and urged board members to make masks optional. -
Bethalto school district cancels classes Friday to prepare for special school board meeting on mask mandates
Bethalto CUSD 8 Superintendent Jill Griffin canceled school Friday after what she called “a very difficult and disruptive week,” in order to prepare for a special school board meeting Monday. -
Madison County civil docket May 18-22
Madison County judges Ruth, Dugan, Smith, Threlkeld, and Harrison have law cases scheduled on the civil docket May 18-22. -
Fifth District affirms dismissal of school district funding dispute; Suit alleges school funding should be $15.7B instead of $350M
The Fifth District Appellate Court has affirmed St. Clair County Associate Judge Julie Katz’s order dismissing a funding dispute filed by 21 school districts alleging the state failed to provide the funds necessary to achieve the more rigorous and expensive learning standards required in Illinois. -
Accident at high school soccer game prompts lawsuit
EDWARDSVILLE - A couple claim they a school district and an employee were negligent for allowing them to be carried in the bed of a utility vehicle which then allegedly tipped the pair on to the ground. -
Madison County real estate June 5-10
A property in Bethalto was sold by the Board of Education for $635,000 as part of the recent Madison County real estate transactions for June 5-10. -
School districts granted leave to amend funding dispute suit; Rauner, state withdraw motion to dismiss
St. Clair County Circuit Judge Stephen McGlynn granted leave for several school districts to file an amended complaint in a suit alleging Illinois requires more rigorous and expensive learning standards but failed to provide districts with the necessary funds to achieve the requirements. -
Rauner, state reply to school districts' opposition to dismiss funding dispute
In a response to several school districts’ opposition to their motion to dismiss, defendants named in a school funding dispute argue that it is the “legislature’s exclusive constitutional authority” to allocate state funds. -
School districts file opposition to Rauner, state’s motion to dismiss school funding dispute
In an opposition against the state’s motion to dismiss a dispute over school funding, several school districts argue that the “voluntary” Learning Standards are mandated by required tests that help define the students’ college admission. -
Rauner, state file motion to dismiss school districts' lawsuit over state funding
Attorney General Lisa Madigan argues that claims brought against Gov. Bruce Rauner and the state by 17 school districts must be dismissed, stating that funding for public education is controlled by legislators. -
Several school districts sue Rauner, state for 'financial aid erosion;' They say they weren't provided funding to achieve more rigorous and costly learning standards
After two similar sales tax proposals benefiting schools failed in Madison and St. Clair Counties, several local school districts are suing the state for failing to provide the funding necessary to achieve the more rigorous and expensive learning standards required by in Illinois.