Public Records & Reports

Unit 5's Finance Department provides a complete overview of the current fiscal year's budget under its department page. Click the link below to be taken directly to the Budget at a Glance page of the website.

UNIT 5 BUDGET AT A GLANCE

Additional annual budget details, including links to the PDFs of the current physical year's budget and the previous two fiscal years' budgets, are available on the Finance department's home page. They have been duplicated below for ease of access. You may also click on the link below to be taken to the department page.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT PAGE

Bullying, intimidation, and harassment diminish a student’s ability to learn and a school’s ability to educate. Preventing students from engaging in these disruptive behaviors and providing all students equal access to a safe, non-hostile learning environment are important District goals.

Definition

Bullying includes cyber-bullying and means any severe or pervasive physical or verbal act or conduct, including communications made in writing or electronically, directed toward a student or students that has or can be reasonably predicted to have the effect of one or more of the following:

1. Placing the student or students in reasonable fear of harm to the student’s or students’ person or property;
2. Causing a substantially detrimental effect on the student’s or students’ physical or mental health;
3. Substantially interfering with the student’s or students’ academic performance; or
4. Substantially interfering with the student’s or students’ ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by a school.

Prohibition

Bullying is prohibited in each of the following situations:

1. During any school-sponsored education program or activity.
2. While in school, on school property, on school buses or other school vehicles, at designated school bus stops waiting for the school bus, or at school-sponsored or school-sanctioned events or activities.
3. Through the transmission of information from a school computer, a school computer network, or other similar electronic school equipment.
4. Through the transmission of information from a computer that is accessed at a non-school-related location, activity, function, or program, or from the use of technology or an electronic device that is not owned, leased, or used by the District or school, if the bullying causes a substantial disruption to the education process or orderly operation of a school.

Reporting Bullying

Anyone, including students, staff members, and parents/guardians, who has information about actual or threatened bullying is encouraged to report it immediately.  Reports may be made using the Report Form for Bullying, Safe2Help, or verbally to the District Nondiscrimination Coordinator, a Complaint Manager, Building Principal, Associate Building Principal, Assistant Building Principal, or any staff member with whom the student is comfortable speaking.  For more information, see Board Policy 7.180 Prevention of and Response to Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment. 

Unit 5 Finance Department publishes the Certified Administrator & Teacher Salary & Benefits Report on its department page. They have been duplicated below for convenience.

The District is interested in hearing suggestions and receiving concerns from students, families, and members of the community.  Any individual may use the Concern Resolution Form to make a suggestion or express a concern. In some cases, depending on the concern (e.g., bullying, harassment), you may be redirected to complete an additional form or provide additional information. All suggestions and concerns will be referred to the appropriate level staff member or administrator who is most able to respond in a timely manner. Each suggestion or concern shall be considered on its own merit. An individual not satisfied may file a grievance under Board Policy 2.260, Uniform Grievance Procedure. The District encourages, but does not require, individuals to follow proper channels of authority prior to filing a grievance.

Unit 5 provides the Concern Resolution Information on the following pages of its website: For Families, For Staff, and Board of Education.

The Unit 5 Finance Department provides the following information on its department page. It has been duplicated here for ease of access.

Unit 5 is currently engaged in these employee contracts.

Please click on a link below to view Unit 5's current additional contracts.  The link will open a new window or tab in your browser.

Unit 5 Contracts

From the Illinois State Board of Education website: The Illinois Report Card is an annual report released by the Illinois State Board of Education that shows how the state, and each school and district, is progressing on a wide range of educational goals.  The Report Card offers a complete picture of student and school performance in order to inform and empower families and communities as they support their local schools.

There are two versions of the Illinois Report Card for the state, schools, and districts. The first version is the Customizable Report Card. This is a static, filterable, printable PDF version of the official Report Card. The second version is the Illinois Interactive Report Card or IIRC. This version is web-based, intuitive, and allows users to view performance comparisons between schools and districts, review trend data, and break data into subcategories.

District special education data regarding the State Performance Plan indicators for students with IEPs is accessed through the IL Interactive Report Card link. After selecting a specific district, the custom report card builder button is used to select “Students with IEPs” and generate a PDF report.

All versions of the Report Card can be accessed via www.illinoisreportcard.com.

Search McLean County USD 5 on the website to find the most up-to-date report card for our district.

View Unit 5's dedicated Freedom of Information Act page to learn who the FOIA officers are and further information about the filing and processing of FOIA requests in the district. Review this page also for readily available documents. You may also find it helpful to review the state's FOIA law to see which documents fall and do not fall under FOIA.

The district provides access to immunization reports through Google Drive. Click the link below to be taken to the folder providing access to these reports. If you have issues accessing the folder, please email district@unit5.org.

IMMUNIZATION REPORTS

The Unit 5 Finance Department published the complete IMRF Compensation Report on its department page. The information has been duplicated below for ease of access.

Unit 5 uses Board Books to host its agenda and meeting minutes. The link below will take you to this external website so you can view the information. The link and further meeting details, including recordings, are available on the Board of Education page.

UNIT 5 SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA & MINUTES

Board member photos and contact information are available on the Board of Education page. Contact information has been duplicated here for ease of access.

The following information is available on the Board of Education page. It has been duplicated here for ease of access.

Board Members' Training and Development Activities

The District is required to post on its website the names of all Board members who have completed professional development leadership training (required for Board members taking office after June 13, 2011). 

Each Board member must complete training on the Open Meetings Act. 

After the implementation of the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) evaluations, each Board member participating in PERA evaluations must complete a training program. 

To view a current listing of Board Members' training, please click on link below: 

training

For additional information about Illinois Compiled Statute 105 ILCS 5/10-16a,  please click on the link below:

  http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=010500050K10-16a

McLean Unit 5 takes student privacy seriously.  The Illinois General Assembly passed the Student Online Personal Protection Act, or SOPPA, with the intention of providing transparency to stakeholders about the resources each school district uses. The district technology department works diligently to ensure we are compliant with SOPPA, as are the vendors we select for technology-based services pertaining to students. 

SOPPA information is available through the U5 Technology page on the website and on the Technology Department's Google Site. Click the link below to be taken directly to the Google Site.

STUDENT DATA PRIVACY

From the Student Handbook:
"Suicide and Depression Awareness and Prevention Youth suicide impacts the safety of the school environment. It also affects the school community, diminishing the ability of surviving students to learn and the school’s ability to educate. Suicide and depression awareness and prevention are important goals of the school district. 68 High School Handbook 2024-2025 The school district maintains student and parent resources on suicide and depression awareness and prevention. Much of this information, including a copy of the school district’s policy, is posted on the school district website. Information can also be obtained from the school office. Safe2Help Illinois Safe2Help Illinois offers students a safe, confidential way in which to share information that might help prevent suicides, bullying, school violence or other threats to school safety. This program is not intended to suspend, expel, or punish students. Rather, the goal is to get students to “Seek Help Before Harm.” Call: 844-4-SAFEIL Text: SAFE2 (72332) Email: HELP@Safe2HelpIL.com Additionally, resources are available by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing 988 or through the Crisis Text Line by Texting HOME to 741741 to connect with a Crisis Counselor."

STUDENT HANDBOOK

Unit 5 Human Resources uses Frontline to manage applications. The link below will take you to Unit 5's application portal, hosted by Frontline.

UNIT 5 EMPLOYMENT WEBSITE