Illinois Textbook Loan Program
Grades K – 6
The funding for the 2008 ITLP is $42,826,500 which means
the allotment for schools will be approximately $35 per
student. The 2008 ITLP covers grades K through 6.
The “vendor package” with instructions for
the program was sent out October 5, 2007.
Ordering school materials for the 2008 Illinois Textbook
Loan Program (ITLP) will begin December 15, 2007 and
end March 15, 2008. School allotments and other pertinent
information regarding the program will be mailed to the
school administrators’ attention in early December
2007.
Beginning with
the 2008 ITLP, all schools must utilize the ISBE Web
Application Security (IWAS) system to request materials
in the ITLP. If you need assistance with IWAS,
call the IWAS help desk at 217/558-3600.
Overview
The Illinois Textbook Loan Program was authorized in 1975
legislation to provide textbooks free of charge to any
public or nonpublic student enrolled in grades K-12. Illinois
is not a “textbook adoption state” and this
program is not part of a funding program of that nature.
Curriculum material selections in Illinois are the decision
of each school or local district. The state purchases the
materials selected by the district/school and then loans
the materials to the school for student use. The program
funding is intended to provide supplemental dollars for
student materials and does not provide total funding for
all instructional materials.
To participate, schools must be registered with the Illinois
State Board of Education (ISBE) as in compliance with the
compulsory attendance laws and Title VI of the Civil Rights
Act. Legislation in 1996 specifically added instructional
computer software to the textbook definition. The publishers’ titles
include only those items that meet the definition as required
by the legislation. However, the definition does not include
classroom supplies, consumable items, workbooks, tests,
periodicals, reference items, atlases, maps, globes, or
materials for teachers.
2008 Illinois Textbook Loan Program
The 2008 ITLP is targeted for eligible students in grades
K-6. The total appropriation is $42,826,500. The per-student
allotment is based on the 2006 or the latest enrollment
data for the end of September as submitted to the ISBE
for grades K-6. It is anticipated that the per student
allotment for 2008 is approximately $35. This number could
change due to some schools not using their entire allotments,
vendors lowering prices and dropping unavailable titles,
or dropping/eliminating shipping charges. Due to these
unforeseen circumstances, we strongly recommend that district/school
submit their requests totaling 5% over your projected allotment.
Ordering school materials for the 2008 Illinois Textbook
Loan Program (ITLP) will begin December 15, 2007 and end
March 15, 2008. Staff entering requests should be certain
their request is prioritized with the most important needs
entered first. Everything requested beyond the allotment
is a “wish list” of items with no guarantee
of purchase by the program. (Example: If your allotment
is $170 and you submit your request for 5 $25 items and
1 series for $100, you will receive the 5 $25 items but
not the series. However if you listed the series first
followed by the 5 $25 items, you would receive the series
and a portion of the 5 lower priced items.) Requesting
big dollar items beyond your allotment instead of single
or multiple copies of titles is not likely to result in
receiving additional titles.
Schools have the flexibility to select their curriculum
needs from thousands of items, including textbooks, manipulative,
and both online internet resources and instructional computer
software. Theses are available from about 100 publishers/vendors
participating in the program.
The ITLP system permits searching by ISBN or thirteen
digit product number, publisher name, subject areas, title
key word, type of material, and various combinations of
these. These search results can each be printed out as
needed; however, this is a data file with many thousands
of titles to search. Your search results may overwhelm
your printer and paper supply. The quickest and best search
tool is the ISBN number.
Timelines
| October 5, 2007 |
Vendor Package sent to all interested vendors |
| November 1, 2007 to November 30, 2007 |
Vendors upload instructional material offerings into
the ITLP system via IWAS |
| December 1, 2007 |
School Package sent to all eligible schools |
| December 15, 2007 to March 15, 2008 |
Districts/Schools submit their instructional material
requests into the ITLP system via IWAS |
| After March 15, 2008 |
Purchase orders initiated and sent to those participating
vendors for delivery to schools. |
| April 2008 |
An ORDER RECAP FORM and DELIVERY CONFIRMATION
FORM(S) will be sent to the school administrators.
The RECAP FORM indicates the books ordered for
the district/school. This form is for the district/school
information only.
The DELIVERY CONFIRMATION FORMS are to be returned to ISBE once the
district/school is in receipt of the instructional materials purchased
through the ITLP. It is vital that the Delivery Confirmation forms
are returned to ISBE. ISBE can not process vendors’ invoices
until the ITLP program receives Delivery Confirmation Forms from
the districts/schools. Forms may be mailed to Illinois State Board
of Education, Illinois Textbook Loan Program, 100 North First Street
W-380, Springfield, Illinois 62777 or faxed to 217-785-7926.
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If you have any questions regarding the program, please
call the ITLP staff at 217-782-0734.
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