This four-hour professional development leadership course fulfills the training requirement contained in the Illinois School Code. Course content includes instruction in education and labor law; financial oversight and accountability; and fiduciary responsibilities. Every new school board member elected or appointed must complete this training within the first year of the first term. Also covered in this course is Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) training, required for board members prior to voting on a dismissal based on an “optional alternative evaluation dismissal process for PERA evaluations.”