P.A. 94-410 is the Act that restores gifted education to the School Code, 2005.
For a print-friendly version of the full text, go to
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0410&print=true

HOW TO CONTACT DECISION-MAKERS:
Hon. Rod Blagojevich
Attn: Kristin Richards
Deputy Chief of Staff for Education
Office of the Governor
207 State House
Springfield, IL 62706

Voice:  800-642-3112 or 217-782-0244
Fax:  217-524-4049

Chicago Office
voice:  312-814-2121
fax: 312-814-6775



Dr. Christopher Koch
State Superintendent, ISBE
100 N. First Street
Springfield, IL 62777

(866) 262-6663


General Assembly, to identify committee members, link to their contact information, and follow bill activity:
•    http://www.ilga.gov/     Go to one of these websites to find how to contact your elected officials:
•    http://www.vote-smart.org/
 

Web articles: Go to http://www.pge205.org/  Click on the menu button for Articles
    Scroll down to ARTICLE ARCHIVES: A COLLECTION OF 22 ARTICLES 

Becoming An Advocate for Your Gifted Student:

An Interview with Carol Morreale

Simple Guidelines for Fledgling Leaders

How Can I Support My Gifted Child?, by Linda Kreger Silverman, updated by Sandra Berger

Tips for New Members

Do we know if gifted children are being served appropriately?  Delisle, J.

Helping Your Highly Gifted Child, by Stephanie S. Tolan

How to be a "Pushy Parent," Linda Kreger Silverman, Ph.D.

Questions Parents of Gifted Students Should Ask Schools, by James Gallagher

Parenting tips on educational advocacy, Author(s): Davidson

Institute for Talent Development

Preparing for and holding an effective school meeting Author(s): LaBonte, K., Russell, C. & Russell, G.

How to Make Parent-Teacher Conferences Worthwhile and Productive, By Arlene DeVries

Guiding Gifted Girls Through the Middle School Maze, by Susan R. Rakow, Ph.D.

Supporting gifted education through advocacy, Author(s): Berger, S.

Parent Affiliates with websites. See what others are doing.


Aurora, Naperville, Bolingbrook Indian Prairie Dist. 204 Project Arrow Parent Org. (PAPO) for the Gifted Program http://www.ipsd.org/papo.asp

Barrington Council for the Gifted and Talented http://www.bcgt.org/ 

Chicago Skinner School (Skinner Forum PTO) http://www.skinnersuperstars.net/forum.html

Crystal Lake Friends of Gifted Education (CLFOGE)
•    Des Plaines, Mt. Prospect Family & School Association (FSA) http://www.scienceandartsacademy.org/
•    Downers Grove FRoG: Friends of the Gifted and Talented http://www.dgfrog.org/
•    Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills, Burr Ridge and Oak Brook (District 181) Gifted Education Cooperative (GECO)http://www.geco.hinsdaleinfo.net/
•    Naperville Stage 203 http://www.stage203.homestead.com/
•    Normal Parent Advocates of Gifted Education (PAGES) http://www.unit5.org/gifted/Parent_advocates.htm  
•    Rockford Parents for Gifted Education (PGE) http://www.PGE205.org 
See other gifted information at the following websites:


Acceleration/advocacy issues http://nationdeceived.org/
•    Chicago Area Mensa  http://www.chicago.us.mensa.org/
•    Davidson Institute for Talent Development http://www.ditd.org/
•    Facts presskit http://presskit.ditd.org/GD_Press_Room_Files/gd04_giftededfacts.html
•    FAQs http://www.ericec.org/gifted/gt-faqs.html
•    Federal Javits Program http://www.ed.gov/programs/javits/index.html
•    Genius Denied http://www.geniusdenied.com
•    Gifted Children http://gifted-children.com/
•    Glossary http://members.aol.com/svennord/ed/GiftedGlossary.htm
•    Hoagies' Gifted Education Page http://www.hoagiesgifted.org
•    Hoagies' Kids and Teens Page   http://www.hoagieskids.org
•    Legal rights http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content4/legal.rights.gifted.ed.html
•    Links to other gifted sites http://students.ed.uiuc.edu/ljgriffi/project/giftedinfo.htm
•    National Association for Gifted Children http://www.nagc.org
•    National Research Center http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt.html
•    Parent references http://dmoz.org/Reference/Education/K_through_12/Gifted_Education/Parents/
•    World http://www.worldgifted.org/
•    Order the IAGC publication, A Guide for Parents: Overseeing Your Gifted Child's Education
    by Sally Walker (IAGC Executive Director) and Sandra Schmulbach

  

Also included are:
Text of a Suggested Legislative Letter
•    Web sites for Parents and Educators
•    Periodicals that are parent friendly

Volume discounts are available.
Go to  http://www.iagcgifted.org/publications/orderform.shtml

 

  COLLABORATION COUNTS If you think that you alone cannot do much to improve your school, you are probably right. But if you collaborate with other parents and organizations, you can make a difference. There is strength and power in numbers: