Every stage of your school business career has different challenges,
and Illinois ASBO is here to help you every step of the way. 

Whether you are looking to get into the profession, at your first job and trying to keep track of it all, transitioning in or out of a district or dealing with ever-changing standards, laws and state funding, we’ve got resources to help.


Promoting Your Value at Every Stage

School Business officials are shaping much more than dollars every day in their districts: They are responsible for the management of resources to ensure every aspect of the school district, from food service to technology infrastructure, provides a safe and effective learning environment for children.

As a professional association, part of our role is to promote that profession to those who need to know its value. To support both the profession and our members, we have compiled stories and data to help demonstrate the ROI of an SBO. There is also a new resource available for Superintendents to help justify their investment in a school business professional, evaluate SBOs and invest in your success.

More on the ROI of an SBO

School Business Official Contract Checklist

With the expert help of Sara Boucek, Associate Director and Legal Counsel for IASA and Stanley Eisenhammer, Partner with Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn LLP, we have developed a contract checklist that can be the starting point for analysis of your current contract or discussion about future contracts. Not every contract will contain every clause, but here you can see the key elements that are worthy of consideration.

To accompany this checklist, we have also collected a bank of language clauses from existing school business contracts. Please note that these are only examples and have not been reviewed by our counsel, however, the clauses are currently being used in Illinois contracts.

Illinois ASBO Job Bank

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Mentoring Services

Find Illinois ASBO members are ready and willing to assist your district through mentoring relationships.

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We hope that this will prove a valuable resource to help you build a quality agreement
for your school business position.

Please feel free to modify and change the sample document to meet the specific needs of the position and the district.

Contract Checklist

These clauses are currently being used in Illinois contracts, however, please note that they are only examples and have not been reviewed by Illinois ASBO's counsel. Please seek private, professional counsel when drafting your employment contract.

Contract Language Bank

A Day in the Life of a School Business Official

Want to know more about the challenges and rewards of a career in school business management?

Hear the story of John A. Gibson, Ed.D., CSBO, Chief School Business Official at Homewood SD 153, as he shares why he loves giving back to his community and how networking with Illinois ASBO is pivotal to any school business official's success.

Hear the story of Jan Bush, Business Manager at Murphysboro CUSD 186, as she shares why she loves her career and how Illinois ASBO has been pivotal to her success.