BASSC adheres to a two-tier governance and operational system per its Article of Joint Agreement (revised and ratified in 2012). Per Illinois statute, the primary oversight of BASSC falls to its Governing Board. In 2012, the Articles of Joint Agreement, which is the document that binds its 23 member districts was revised. 

The following are excerpts from these articles:

The Governing Board is composed of one Board of Education member from each of its 23 member districts who have been selected to serve as a Governing Board member. The Governing Board is authorized to delegate to its Executive Board the authority to manage particular operations of the cooperative, but always has the right to reserve to itself the full authority to continue to govern BASSC.

The Governing Board shall seek the advice of the Executive Board on matters pertaining to employment and budget.

The Governing Board shall appoint an Executive Board, consisting of each of the superintendents of the 23 member districts. It shall also appoint a Chair Person, a Vice Chair Person , and a Member at Large. The Executive Board shall likewise appoint a Chair Person and a Vice Chair, and shall carry out management functions of the day-to-day operations of BASSC. The Executive Board meetings are monthly. 

In accordance with the Open Meetings Act, the minutes of open meetings are available for public inspection within seven days after they are approved by the respective Boards of the Belleville Area Special Services Cooperative, and will be kept on the BASSC website for no less than 60 days.

The Governing Board and the Executive Board members are as follows:

Governing Board		Executive Board
Connie Elmore  Wesclin Community Unit District #3 Pamela Leggans Lebanon School District #9 Kristin Geis Mascoutah School District #19 Ron Musenbrock St. Libory School District #30 Jim Heil Marissa Community Unit District #40 Katie Main New Athens School District #60 Andy Bittle Freeburg School District #70 Vicky Staub Freeburg H.S. District #77 Ken Davis Shiloh Village School District #85 Rebecca Huller O’Fallon School District #90 Chairperson Governing Board Laurie Burian Central of O’Fallon District #104 Tom Bostick Pontiac-Holliday School District #105 Carla Randolph Grant Comm. Consolidated District #110 Doug Gray Wolf Branch School District #113 Sean McKee Whiteside School District #115 Rosetta Davis High Mount School District #116 Kenya Logan Belleville School District #118 Karen Kunz Belle Valley School District #119 Renee Pipher Smithton School District #130 Gary Huwer Millstadt School District #160 Robert Phillips Harmony-Emge School District #175 Vice-Chairperson Governing Board Barb Ducey Signal Hill School District #181 Carol Eckert Belleville H.S. District #201		Mrs. Jennifer Filyaw, Superintendent Wesclin Community Unit District #3 Chairperson Executive Board Mr. Patrick Keeney, Superintendent Lebanon Community Unit District #9 Dr. Craig Fiegel, Superintendent Mascoutah Community Unit District #19 Dr. Thomas Rude, Superintendent St. Libory Consolidated District #30 Mr. Jeffrey Strieker, Superintendent Marissa Community Unit District #40 Mr. Brian Karraker, Superintendent New Athens Community Unit District #60 Mrs. Tomi Diefenbach, Superintendent Freeburg Comm. Cons. District #70 Mr. Greg Frerking, Superintendent Freeburg High School District #77 Mr. Dale Sauer, Superintendent Shiloh Village School District #85 Mrs. Carrie Hruby, Superintendent O’Fallon Community Cons. District #90 Mrs. Dawn Elser, Superintendent Central of O’Fallon School #104 Dr. Julie Brown, Superintendent Pontiac/Wm. Holliday District #105 Mr. Matt Stines, Superintendent Grant Comm. Consolidated District #110 Mr. Scott Harres, Superintendent Wolf Branch District #113 Mr. Mark Heuring, Superintendent Whiteside School District #115 Mrs. Beth Horner, Superintendent High Mount District #116 Dr. Ryan Boike, Superintendent Belleville Public Schools #118 Mr. R. Dane Gale, Superintendent Belle Valley School District #119 Dr. Ryan Wamser, Superintendent Smithton Community Cons. District #130 Dr. Brad Landgraf, Superintendent Millstadt Consolidated District #160 Mr. David Deets, Superintendent Harmony-Emge School District #175 Mr. Kelly Bohnenstiehl, Superintendent Signal Hill School District #181 Dr. Brian Mentzer, Superintendent Belleville High School District #201

2022-2023 Board Meeting Dates
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