Division Descriptions
Administrative Services • Assessment • Budget & Financial Management • Career & Technical Education • Curriculum & Instruction • Data Analysis and Progress Reporting • Data Systems • Early Childhood • Educator Certification • Educator and School Development • English Language Learning • External Assurance • Fiscal & Procurement • Funding & Disbursements • Fiscal Support Services • General Counsel • Grants & Programs • Governmental Relations • Human Resources • Internal Audit • Legislation • Nutrition Programs • Public Information • Regional Offices of Education Services • Rules • School Business Services • Special Education Services • Superintendent • Superintendent's Conference • Teaching & Learning Services • Technology Support • Waivers
Agency General Information
100 N. 1st Street
Springfield, IL 62777
866/262-6663
100 W. Randolph
Suite 14-300
Chicago, IL 60601
312/814-2220
Agency Divisions
Administrative
Administrative Services —
Administrative services support the overall operations of
the Agency by offering the following services: facility
management and security; mail and messenger services; warehouse,
receiving and delivery services; and print and copy services.
Board Services — 217-557-6626
Human Resources —
217-782-6434
Handles personnel functions, including but not limited to, employment, compensation, benefits, diversity, labor
relations, personnel records and employee assistance. Provides
a range of training and education opportunities to ISBE staff
that will create a culture of continuous improvement in the
agency.
Internal Audit Division — 217-782-2237
Conducts internal risk analysis and audits.
Public Information Department — 217-782-4648
Provides information to media, educators, legislators, stakeholders
and the public; oversees teacher and school recognition programs;
produces internal and external communications material; and
designs and manages agency web site.
State Superintendent — 217-782-2221
Superintendent's Conference
Fiscal Support Services — 217-782-0249
Budget and Financial Management Division — 217-782-0249
Coordinates consolidated fund management and budget/accounting
functions throughout the Agency.
Data Systems — 217-782-4313
Designs, develops, and maintains automated data processing
systems for Agency, regional offices and school district
clients; provides systems analysis, computer programming,
database design and administration, systems testing and
evaluation, and user training.
External
Assurance Division — 217-782-7970
Provides consolidated and comprehensive financial and compliance
audit and monitoring services.
Fiscal and Procurement — 217-785-8777
Funding
and Disbursements Division — 217-782-5256
Oversee the accounting, claims, vouchering and expenditure reporting of all state and federal grant funds to school districts and other service providers; approve and disburse all special education categorical program applications for state funding; via the Illinois Purchase Care Review Board, propose tuition and room and board rates for approval; oversee all pupil transportation and provision of service; process all claims for child nutrition; provide technical assistance for completing all public school calendars; process all federal A-133 Single Audits.
School
Business Services — 217-785-8779
Collects and researches school district financial data,
oversees school district reorganization, provides financial
consulting and technical assistance to school districts
and operates the health life safety program.
Technology Support — 217-782-4313
Supports Agency’s technology helpdesk services, networking,
servers and video teleconferencing;
coordinates mainframe processing and output; converts hardcopy
data to electronic media for computer processing.
General Counsel/Legal — 217-782-8535
Legal Division — 312-814-2236
Develops and reviews external agreements as appropriate.
Provides advice to the State Superintendent, State Board and all agency divisions on
various legal issues. Coordinates with the Office of the
Attorney General on litigation against or on behalf of the
agency. Issues legal opinions for Regional Education Offices
upon request.
Governmental
Relations Department — 217-782-6510
Provides policy development and agency planning based on
data analysis, public reporting of performance in relation
to legislative requirements and Board goals; Agency business
planning and performance measures; gives special attention
to school and district accreditation, state student assessments,
school improvement and support for districts and schools
in academic difficulty.
Rules and Waivers Division — 217-782-5270
Develops administrative rules and processes waiver requests.
Supervised by General Counsel
email: rules@isbe.net
email: waivers@isbe.net
School Support Services for All Schools — 217-557-6763
Educator Certification — 217-557-6763
Processes and issues teacher, school service personnel, and school administrator certificates and paraprofessional letters of approval. Coordinates candidate testing for state certification. Administers the “Grow Your Own” Teachers Initiative (GYO): http://www.growyourownteachers.org/.
Educator and School Development — 217-782-2948
Ensures educator and school compliance with all relevant Illinois laws, rules and regulations. Specific functions of the Division include: granting recognition to nonpublic and charter schools; coordinating public school compliance with regional offices of education; granting certificates of approval to private business and vocational schools; implementing and monitoring the professional development and growth of Illinois teachers, administrators and school service personnel; ensuring educator compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act; and overseeing the approval and monitoring of university professional preparation programs for educator certificates.
Nutrition
Programs Division — 217-782-2491
Administers state and federal nutrition programs and the
federal food commodities program.
Teaching and Learning Services for All Children — 217-782-0354
Educational Programs — 217-782-0354
Career
and Technical Education Division — 217-782-4620
Develops and provides programs that infuse workplace and
career preparation into the K-12 school curriculum by integrating
with and complementing the Illinois Learning Standards;
Coordinates partnerships with regional workforce entities
and higher education, occupational skills standards and
transition programs that smooth students' pathways from
high school to advanced education and training. Works to
promote agricultural education.
Early
Childhood Division — 217-524-4835
Develops and provides materials and support for the Illinois
Early Learning Standards and their use in early childhood
programs, and for programs that focus on children from birth
to eight years old, early intervention for at-risk students,
pre-Kindergarten programs, early literacy, and partnerships
among schools, communities and service providers.
English
Language Learning Division — 312-814-3850
Supports programs for students (bilingual, immigrant, migrant,
and refugee) acquiring knowledge and skills in the English
language, including, but limited to: Transitional Bilingual
Education (TBE), Transitional Programs of Instruction (TPI),
Federal NCLB/Title III Language Instruction Programs for
Limited English Proficient Students (LIPLEP) and Emergency
Immigrant Education Program (IEP); Refugee Children School
Impact Grant (RCSIG) and Migrant Education Program (MEP).
DELL also sponsors a Visiting Teacher Exchange Program (VTEP)
with the Spain Ministry of Education where additional teachers
can be recruited by school districts for cultural exchanges
and a Title II Bilingual Transition To Teaching (BTTT) alternative
teacher training program.
Grants & Programs — 217-524-4832
Provides services and support to districts with schools
in academic difficulty. Contact for public school choice
information for schools in academic difficulty. Contact
for Summer Bridges program.
Special
Education and Support Services — 217-782-4870
Provides programs and services for students with specialized
educational needs.
Special Education Services- Springfield — 217-782-5589
Assures that special education programs and services meet
state and federal requirements; includes monitoring least
restrictive environment compliance, administering due process
system, providing mediation services, conducting compliant
investigations, approving policies and procedures, conducting
focused and comprehensive reviews, approving nonpublic special
education facilities and other compliance functions. Provides
technical assistance and training to school personnel, parents
and others on the special education rules, processes and
procedural safeguards. Provides support to local education
agencies and parents to facilitate and improve services
for special education-eligible students; conducts and coordinates
technical assistance and professional development activities
in special education program and service areas; administers
the special education surrogate parent program; works with
the State Advisory Council on the Education of Children
with Disabilities and other advisory councils.
Special Education Services - Chicago — 312-814-5560
Provides monitoring and compliance resolution for District
299. Oversees adherence to the Corey H. Settlement
Agreement. Provides technical assistance and training to
school personnel, parents and others on the special education
rules, processes and procedural safeguards. Provides support
to local education agencies and parents to facilitate and
improve services for special education-eligible students;
conducts and coordinates technical assistance and professional
development activities in special education program and
service areas.
Standards & Assessments — 217-782-0354
Assessment Division — 217-782-4823
Administers the state student assessment system, including
the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT), Prairie
State Achievement Examination (PSAE), the Illinois Measure
of Annual Growth in English (IMAGE), the Illinois Consumer
Education Proficiency Test (ICEPT), the Illinois Alternate
Assessment (IAA); and coordinates Illinois' participation
in the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP).
Curriculum
& Instruction Division — 217-557-7323
The Curriculum and Instruction Division is responsible for
a wide array of state and federal grant programs and projects.
Division staff develop and provide materials and guidance
for the implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards,
Reading First Program and various Technology Initiatives.
Other division programs support and enhance quality learning
for all Illinois students.
Data Analysis and Progress Reporting Division — 217-782-3950
Analyzes data for policy and planning; coordinates annual reporting on progress related to Board goals and legislative requirements.
