Tech Plan Appeal Notice

The window of opportunity for Peer Panel review of Technology Plans submitted for 2008 Approval to the Illinois State Board of Education is quickly coming to a close.  All public school districts that have submitted plans online for approval will find the plan status listed on the District Dashboard page housed online at: http://iirc.niu.edu/

Districts who have already submitted a plan, have gone through or missed the panel review process, for any reason, and have not obtained a passing status have until June 4, 2008 to submit an appeal for agency re-review of their technology plan.  A District Superintendent may appeal the ISBE action if the District Technology Plan did not receive approval status by sending an email to Marica Cullen at mcullen@isbe.net by June 4, 2008.  Late appeals will only be accepted under extenuating district circumstances, and such should be noted in the email message requesting an appeal.

Requests for 2008 Technology Plan Approval after May 26 for districts that did not submit a plan for review by the March 1, 2008 deadline will be reviewed case by case.   The decision to accept a plan for review will be made solely at the discretion of the Illinois State Board of Education.  Even if granted, there will be no guarantee of a date of review or relative start dates of E-Rate Services or activities related to state and/or federal grants if the plan is approved.  No plans will be reviewed for 2008-2009 services or project start dates after August 15, 2008.

A date will be announced in the late summer or early fall in reference to the suggested date for online entry of Technology Plans to be submitted for Approval in 2009 to support E-Rate services.  As in the past, among their many supportive duties to your district, your local LTC Director will be contacting districts regarding Tech Plan Technical Assistance opportunities and tech plan writing workshops.  Please continue to monitor this website for news and updates.