Bright Start is a Section 529 College Savings Program created to help you save for college.The Program offers special tax advantages, flexibility and professional management. Earnings and qualified withdrawals are free from federal income taxes. If you are an Illinois resident, you will receive additional state tax benefits, including the ability to deduct your contributions from your Illinois state taxable income.
The Outlook newsletter is published ten times per year, August through May, for those participating in School Nutrition Programs. In this issue: View The Outlook Newsletter Online; New Local Wellness Policy Resources for Illinois Schools Coming Soon!; Local Wellness Policy Seminar Videotape Available for Loan; Verification Summary Report Due January 18, 2006; Legislation Update and Countdown; KidFest-Chicago Attracts 3,500 Kids, Parents, and School Staff; Administrative Reviews Update; Claim Common Cent$; Taste Tests Held in Oakbrook Terrace and Springfield; Storage of Food Products During Summer Break; Helpful Online Resource Available for New School Lunch Sponsors and Staff; National Food Service Management Institute Website Additions and Updates; Capturing the School Milk Opportunity Workshops Announced; Orlando Selected as Site for Child Nutrition Industry Conference; Illinois Nutrition Education and Training Advisory Council; Special Needs Fact Sheets Available Online; School Nutrition Association Award Applications Due March 1Apply Now!; Welcome New Staff; Go Places With School BreakfastCelebrate National School Breakfast Week in March; National Nutrition Month, March 2006; Calendar of EventsJanuary
Contents include: Every Pixel Tells a Story: The Illinois Digital Archivesby Alyce L. Scott; Electronic Documents Initiative by Connie Frankenfeld; From the Shifted Librarian to the Lipstick and Belly Dancing Librarians: An Introduction to Blogs in Libraries by Lori Bell; Statewide Archival Technology Team (SWAT)by Dennis Danowski and Joe Natale; The Creation of the Statewide Illinois Library Catalog (SILC): An Historical Perspective by Suzanne Schriar; Illinois CLICKS! by Frances Roehm; A Digital Archive of Illinois Historical Aerial Photographs (ILHAP) by Arlyn Booth; Reaching Out Together: Illinois Libraries and Illinois Talking Book Centers by Sharon Ruda, Debbie Taylor, Karen Odean, Diana Brawley Sussman and Lori Bell; The Evolution of Virtual Reference in Illinois by Laurie Bartolini.
The Illinois Register is the official state document for publishing public notice of rulemaking activity initiated by State governmental agencies. The table of contents is arranged categorically by rulemaking activity and alphabetically by agency within each category.