Program and Services
State Transitional Bilingual Education
— Experience has shown that public school classes
in which instruction is given only in English are often inadequate
for the education of children whose native tongue is another
language.
Title III (NCLB) —
Federal funds for serving English language learners and
immigrant students. Information about Annual Measurable Achievement
Objectives (AMAO's) can be found here.
Guidance
— U.S. Department of Education: Education Department
General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR)
Immigrant Education Program
—This program provides funds to State educational agencies for support to local school districts that experience large increases in their student enrollment due to immigration. These grants are to be used to provide high-quality instruction to immigrant children and youth and to help those children and youth make the transition into American society and meet the same challenging State performance standards expected of all children and youth. For more information contact Ángel Quiñones-Cuadrado at 312-814-3196.
Migrant Education Program
— This program provides supplemental education
funding to schools for the purpose of improving educational
opportunities for children of Migrant Agricultural workers
to better attain grade-level proficiency and enable them to
achieve high standards.
Spanish Teacher
Exchange Program — For over ten years, the
Illinois State Board of Education has maintained a "Memorandum
of Understanding" with the Spanish Ministry of Education.
School Aged Refugee and
Immigrant Services — The Refugee Children
School Impact Grant Program (RCSIG) funds social service agencies
serving refugee families to help integrate refugee children
into Illinois schools. Social service agencies offer after
school tutoring programs, counseling and assistance in communication
between the school and family, parent education and cultural
orientation for teachers.
ROE - ELL Professional
Development Initiative
The Bilingual
Transition to Teaching program recruits and
trains and places professionals with Bachelor’s degrees
into the teaching profession. Partnered with the Northern
Illinois University, and twelve Chicago area school districts,
the USDE funded project assists individuals to become certified
bilingual/ESL teachers in high-need school districts.
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