Electronic Resource Center
This website provides an online, searchable database for best practices and resources
in school business management. Items in the database focus on activities that have
measurable impact on school districts.

The database contains over 700 electronic documents provided by school business officials
for their colleagues to reference, download, modify, and use in their own school entities.

A few examples:

• Employee handbooks (Support staff)
• Job descriptions (Various positions)
• Request for proposal and Bid specification samples (Banking services)
• Policies and Guidelines (Records retention)
• Numerous submission forms

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Purchasing Manual

The handbook is broken down for easy accessibility: Downloadable components

Risk Management Handbook

The handbook is broken down for easy accessibility: Downloadable components

Purchasing Websites
Illinois Joint Purchasing Program through Illinois Department of Central Management Services

State, Local, & Federal Financing for Illinois Public Schools
Local Records Commision of Illinois

Illinois Department of Labor (Prevailing wage)

School & Library division (E-Rate)

Illinois School Code (pdf)

Emergency Numbers Template (pdf)

U.S. Communities
The Illinois Association of School Business Officials, the Association of School Business
Officials International (ASBO), the National Association of Counties (NACO),
the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP),
the National League of Cities (NLC), and the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM)
sponsors the U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance.

The U.S. Communities program provides all local agencies in the U.S. with publicly
competitively bid contracts for various products and services. Most local agencies
may piggyback on a contract competitively solicited by another public agency,
thereby eliminating the need to re-solicit. Through the buying power of large purchasers
in the U.S. Communities program all local government agencies receive access
to excellent pricing and contract terms.

U.S. Communities offers local agencies:

• Competitively bid contracts by a lead, local agency
• Most favorable local agency pricing
• No cost to participate
• National sponsorship by leading associations and purchasing organizations
• A broad range of high quality products such as office/school supplies,
  office furniture, industrial supplies, electrical & data comm supplies,
  janitorial supplies, technology product, P.E. supplies,
  park and playground supplies, office machines, and carpet and flooring
• The aggregate purchasing power of public agencies nationwide
• Management by public purchasing professionals

More information: Visit www.uscommunities.org or info@uscommunities.org