Gene L. Hoffman Papers (Elmhurst), 1966-1990

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series I.: Retirement and Benefits

Sub-Series A.: Pension Task Force, 1985

Box 1

Folder 1: Retirement Systems, 1985

Folder 2: Review of Mosley Proposal, 1985

Folder 3: Answers to Letters Requiring Information from System, 1985

Folder 4: Pension Information, 1985

Folder 5: Task Force Information, 1985

Folder 6: Funding Strategy, 1985

Folder 7: Pension System Payout, 1985

Folder 8: General Information, 1985

Folder 9: Correspondence, 1985

Folder 10: Memos to Task Force Members, 1985

Folder 11: Letters of Transmittal, 1985

Folder 12: Virgil Hare's Pension Committee Proposal, 1985

Folder 13: Final Task Force Report, 1985

Sub-Series B.: Benefits Committee, 1985

Box 1

Folder 14: Committee Information, 1985

Folder 15: Committee Meeting, August 19, 1985

Series II.: Education

Sub-Series A.: Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Education, 1984-1986

Box 1

Folder 16: Commission on the Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Education, 1984-1986

Sub-Series B.: Education Reform, 1984-1987

Box 1

Folder 17: Speaker Madigan's Preliminary Report on Education Developing a Consensus for Change, March 2-3, 1984

Folder 18: Excellence in the Making:  A Preliminary Report, 1984

Folder 19: Washington, D.C., Department of Education, October 23, 1987

Folder 20: Educational Reform Package, 1985

Folder 21: Speaker Madigan's Report on Education Reform and School Improvement, July 1985

Folder 22: The Education Package of 1985:  An Overview.  House Bill 1070 and Senate Bill 730, 1985

Folder 23: Senate Bill 730, Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1985

Folder 24: Education Compromise, July 2, 1985

Folder 25: Education Reform Review, 1985-1988

Folder 26: Education Reform Act:  Senate Bill 730, Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1985

Folder 27: Report of the Joint Committee on the Oversight in Education Reform, April 1986

Sub-Series C.: Education for Employment, 1986-1990

Box 1

Folder 28: Job Training Partnership Act Handbook

Folder 29: Job Training Partnership Act Workshop, January 30, 1986

Folder 30: Vocational Education, 1986

Box 2

Folder 1: Illinois Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation, 1986-1987

Folder 2: Vocational Instruction Practicum, 1986-1987

Folder 3: Connection Between the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act and the Jobs Training Partnership Act, August 1987

Folder 4: Agency Responses, 1987

Folder 5: Education for Employment Task Force, 1987

Folder 6: Illinois Department of Employment Security - Annual Report, 1987

Folder 7: Illinois Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation, 1987-1988

Folder 8: Economic Competition, Occupational Education, and the West, July 1988

Folder 9: Education for Employment Board Proposal, 1988

Folder 10: Seminar Papers, 1988

Folder 11: Education for Employment, 1988-1989

Folder 12: Meeting with Paula Wolff, July 20, 1989

Folder 13: House Bill 2030 - Education for Employment, 1989-1990

Folder 14: House Bill 2151 - Education for Employment Programs and Services, 1989-1990

Folder 15: Master Plan for Education and Employment, 1990

Folder 16: Enhancing Adult Literacy

Sub-Series D.: Chicago School Reform, 1988-1989

Box 2

Folder 17: Reassessment of the Report of the 1981 Special Task Force on Education, Chicago Public Schools

Folder 18: Senate Bills 651, 652, and 1840, - School Reform, 1988

Folder 19-20: Senate Bills 1839 and 1840, - School Reform, 1988

Folder 21: End of Session Chicago School Reform, 1988

Folder 22: Chicago School Reform, 1989-1989

Folder 23: Implementation of Education Reform in the Chicago Public Schools Second Quarterly Report, Chicago School Reform Authority, April 1989

Folder 24: Design for Excellence:  Implementing School Reform, May 1989

Folder 25: Chicago Panel on Public School Policy and Finance, 1989

Folder 26: Task Force on School Reform, 1989

Folder 27: Chicago School Reform Task Force Reports, 1989

Sub-Series E.: Special Education for the Handicapped, 1973-1990

Box 2

Folder 28: Notebook from Financing Education Programs for Handicapped Children, Early 1970's

Folder 29: School Problems Commission, February 28, 1973

Folder 30: Cost Analysis of Selected Public Schools Special Education Systems in Illinois, 1973

Box 3

Folder 1: Senate Bills 805 and 969; House Bills 805 and 969, Reimbursement by State to School Districts, 1973-1974

Folder 2: House Bill 2744, Special Education Funding, 1973-1974

Folder 3-4: Special Education Information, 1973-1974

Folder 5: Consumer Protection in Post Secondary Education Conference, March 18-19, 1974

Folder 6: Special Education Funding Sub-Committee, April and May 1974

Folder 7: House Bill 2769 Reimbursement for Special Education, 1974

Folder 8: Special Education Funding Information, 1974

Folder 9: Special Education - Needs - Costs - Methods of Financing, May 1975

Folder 10: Special Programs in Public Schools, June 1976

Folder 11: Public Law 94-142 - The Education for All Handicapped Children Act, 1975-1978

Folder 12: Special Education Project.  Phase II Progress Report, February 1, 1976

Folder 13: House Bill 1463 - Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1976-1980

Folder 14: Special Education Subcommittee - Task Group B, July 1976-February 1977

Folder 15: Special Education Task Forces B and C, 1976-1977

Folder 16: Senate Bill 1055 - Special Education, April 1977

Folder 17: Amicus, Volume 2, Number 5 (photocopy), September 1977

Folder 18: Senate Bill 101 - Special Education, 1977

Folder 19: Senate Bill 393 - Special Education, 1977

Folder 20: Senate Bill 388 - Special Education, 1977-1978

Folder 21: Senate Bill 395 - Special Education, 1977-1978

Folder 22: Revised Rules and Regulations to Govern the Administration and Operation of Special Education.  Draft II, May 31, 1978

Folder 23-24: Fiscal Year 1978 - Annual Program Plan Amendment for Part B of the Education Of the Handicapped Act as Amended by Public Law 94-142, September 1978

Folder 25: Senate Bill 386 - Special Education, 1978

Folder 26: Special Education Subcommittee, 1978

Folder 27: Fiscal Year 1979 Annual Program Plan Amendment for Part B of the Education of the Handicapped Act as Amended by Public Law 94-142, 1978

Folder 28: Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations Amendment, 1978

Folder 29: Implementation Task Force of School Problems Commission - Special Education Subcommittee, February and March 1979

Folder 30: Speech on Special Education Funding, Needs and Programs, March 25, 1980

Folder 31: Special Education - 20 Year Report, 1989-1990

Sub-Series F.: State School Aid Formula, 1970-1973

Box 4

Folder 1: State School Aid Formula Subcommittee, 1970

Folder 2: State School Aid Formula Information, 1970-1971

Folder 3: State Aid Printouts, 1971

Folder 4: State Aid Projects and Formula Printouts, May 1972

Folder 5: House Bill 4663 - Distributive Fund, May and June 1972

Folder 6: House Bill 4465 - State Aid Formula - Special Problems Commission, 1972

Folder 7: State Aid Ideas, 1972

Folder 8: House Bill 1484 - Resource Equalizer Formula, March-May 1973

Folder 9: House Bill 1484 - Information, 1973

Folder 10: State Aid Formula, 1973

Sub-Series G.: Education/Finance Committee and State School Aid Formula Amendment, 1966-1979, 1982-1987

Box 4

Folder 11: Conclusions and Recommendations of Task Force on Education, 1966

Folder 12: Project A, 1970

Folder 13: Multiplier, 1970-1971

Folder 14: Court Case - Serrano - School Financing, 1971

Folder 15: Governor's Multiplier Freeze, February 2, 1973

Folder 16: Court Case - Rodriquez - Tax Reform, 1973

Folder 17: Problems with the State School Aid Formula, 1976

Folder 18: School Problems Commission - Administrative Data, 1977-1984

Folder 19: Access Court Cases, 1979

Folder 20: House Bill 3114 - Formula Computation, 1980

Folder 21: Court Cases - Rodriquez and Serrano, 1980

Folder 22: Senate Bill 954 - State School Aid Formula Amendment, 1981

Folder 23: House Bill 1071 - Elementary and Secondary Education, 1981

Folder 24: House Bill 1353 - State School Aid Amendment, 1981-1982

Folder 25-26: State School Aid Formula Amendment Information, 1981-1982

Folder 27: House Bill 1271 - State Aid 1982

Box 5

Folder 1: House Bill 2384 - State Aid Formula, 1982

Folder 2: Fiscal Year, 1983

Folder 3: School Problems Commission Meeting, March 3, 1987

Folder 4: State School Aid Formula Information, 1987

Folder 5: State School Aid Formula Fiscal Year, 1987

Folder 6: Senate Bill 187 - State Aid, 1987

Sub-Series H.: School Board Construction Act, 1973-1974

Box 5

Folder 7: Senate Bill 905-909 - School Board Construction Bond Act, 1973-1974

Folder 8: Senate Bill 905-909 - Capital Development Board Act, 1973-1974

Folder 9: Senate Bill 905-909 - Capital Development Board Agenda, June 13, 1974

Sub-Series I.: State Board of Education, 1961-1978

Box 5

Folder 10: State Board of Education, Original Version

Folder 11: State Board of Education, Suggested Revision

Folder 12: State Board of Education, 1961-1973

Folder 13: State Board of Education, 1965-1970

Folder 14: State Board of Education, 1971-1973

Folder 15: House Bill 661 and 662 - State Board of Education, 1971-1973

Folder 16: House Bill 661 and 662 - State Board of Education Bill, 1971-1973

Folder 17: State Board of Education, Revised, January 28, 1973

Folder 18: House Bill 661 - State Board of Education, 1973

Folder 19: House Bill 661 - State Board of Education Correspondence, 1973

Folder 20: House Bill 661 - State Board of Education Court Challenge, 1973-1974

Folder 21: State Board of Education, 1978

Sub-Series J.: Revenue Subcommittee, 1972

Box 5

Folder 22: Revenue Subcommittee, August 1972

Sub-Series K.: School Finance Task Force, 1972

Box 5

Folder 23: School Finance Task Force, 1972

Sub-Series L.: Governor's Education Committee, 1972

Box 5

Folder 24: Educational Finance Task Force, 1972

Folder 25: Report to Task Force on School Finance, March 1972

Folder 26: School Finance Task Force Notes, 1972

Sub-Series M.: Resource Equalizer Formula, 1973

Box 5

Folder 27: Resource Equalizer Printouts, 1973

Sub-Series N.: School District Reorganization and Consolidation, 1973-1988

Box 5

Folder 28: Suggestions for School District Reorganization, 1971-1972

Folder 29: Unit District Material, November 1972-April 1974

Folder 30: Opportunities for Excellence - Final Report of the Committee on School Organization, March 1973

Folder 31: House Bill 1409 - School District Reorganization, April 1973

Box 6

Folder 1: Senate Bill 665 - Educational Services Regions, April and May 1973

Folder 2: School District Reorganization Information from Gordon Hoke, April-June 1973

Folder 3: Jo Davies County School Reorganization Feasibility Study, June 1973

Folder 4: A Profile of the Substandard Public School Districts in Illinois, July 1973

Folder 5: School District Consolidation Information, June 1973-February 1974

Folder 6: School Consolidation Information, 1973-1986

Folder 7-8: School Regulations in Relation to Private Business and Vocational Schools, 1975-1977

Folder 9: 20th Report of:  The Status of School District Reorganization in the State of Illinois to:  Illinois School Problems Commission, May 1982

Folder 10: 21st Report of:  The Status of School District Reorganization in the State of Illinois to:  Illinois School Problems Commission, 1983

Folder 11: Conference Committee Report on Senate Bill 513, 1983

Folder 12: Reorganization Source Material, 1983-1987

Folder 13: Report of the DuPage County Reorganization Committee, 1985

Folder 14: School District Organization in Illinois, May 1985

Folder 15: Senate Bill 242 - School Consolidation, 1985

Folder 16: Senate Bill 730 - School Reorganization, 1985

Folder 17: First Conference Committee Report on Senate Bill 730, 1985

Folder 18: School District Reorganization, January 1985-January 1986

Folder 19: Discussion Committee, August 1985-February 1986

Folder 20: School Consolidation, August 1985-July 1986

Folder 21: School Reorganization, November 1985-March 1986

Folder 22: Case Record Copies, 1985-1986

Folder 23: School District Reorganization, 1985-1986

Folder 24: Senate Joint Resolution, 1985-1986

Folder 25-26: House Bill 935 - Reorganization of School Districts, 1985-1986

Folder 27: Committee to Reorganize Schools for Tomorrow, January 1986

Folder 28: The 1985 Illinois Policy Survey, Center for Governmental Studies, Northern Illinois University, February 1986

Folder 29: General Assembly, Spring 1986

Folder 30: Correspondence and Petitions Regarding Senate Bill 730 - Unit School Consolidation, 1986

Box 7

Folder 1: School District Reorganization, 1986

Folder 2: Is School District Reorganization in Illinois Necessary?  A Follow Up Study, 1987

Folder 3: School District Size, 1988

Series III.: Legislative Process and History

Box 7

Folder 4: Legislative History of House Bill 1845, A Paper by Gene Hoffman, July 1973

Series IV.: DuPage Water Commission

Box 7

Folder 5-6: DuPage Water Commission Information, 1982-1984

Folder 7: House Bill 557 - DuPage Water Commission, October-December 1984

Folder 8: DuPage Water Commission, 1984

Folder 9: Senate Bill 1732 - DuPage Water Commission, 1984

Folder 10: DuPage Water Commission, 1986

Folder 11: Dupage Water Commission, Fiscal Year 1987

Folder 12: DuPage Water Commission Newsletter, April 1987-April 1990

Series V.: Outdoor Advertising and Billboards

Box 7

Folder 13: House Bill 2458 - Billboards, 1984

Box 8

Folder 1: House Bill 858 - Strict Highway Advertising, 1984-1985

Folder 2: Billboards Information, 1984-1987

Folder 3: House Bill 859 - Billboard Usage Fee, 1985

Folder 4: House Bill 565 - Billboard Bill, 1986

Folder 5: Outdoor Advertising Meeting, August 28, 1987

Folder 6: Billboard Meeting, November 13, 1987

Folder 7: Fantastic Signs Versus City of Elmhurst Court Case, 1987

Folder 8: House Bill 625 - Billboard Legislation, Fiscal Year 1987

Folder 9: National Advertising Company Versus the Village of Downers Grove Court Case, June 1987-March 1988

Folder 10: National Advertising Company Versus the Village of Downers Grove Court Case, Brief and Argument, 1987-1988

Folder 11-12: National Advertising Company Versus the Village of Downers Grove Court Case, Appendix to the Brief and Argument, 1987-1988

Folder 13: Billboard Regulations, 1988-1989

Folder 14: Billboard, 1989-1990

Series VI.: Miscellaneous

Box 8

Folder 15: House Calendar 80th General Assembly, June 19 and 27, 1978

Folder 16: House Calendar 81st General Assembly, June 30, 1980