Rules

Proposed Rules and Amendments

The following chart shows all the rules of the State Board that are undergoing some kind of change at this time.  As rulemaking actions are completed and changes take effect, items will be deleted from the top of the chart.  As new rulemaking actions are initiated, they will be added to the bottom of the chart, along with their respective deadlines for public comment.  Public comment may be submitted on any item for which the deadline has not yet passed, either via e-mail (addressed to rules@isbe.net) or via standard mail (addressed to Shelley Helton, Agency Rules Coordinator, ISBE, 100 North First Street - S-493, Springfield, Illinois 62777-0001).  To check on the status of any item whose comment period has already ended, send an inquiry to rules@isbe.net. To view any of the State Board's rules as they are currently in effect, go to "Rules Currently in Effect".

Title and Number of the Part Status
Proposed Rules for Part 25 (Certification)

To review the changes made in the proposed rules in response to public comment and the rationale for those changes, click here. Please note that any changes subsequently made in response to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules will not be included in that document.

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 JCAR review is complete; filing is imminent.
Proposed Rules for Part 375 (Student Records)

To review the changes made in the proposed rules in response to public comment and the rationale for those changes, click here. Please note that any changes subsequently made in response to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules will not be included in that document.

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 JCAR review is complete; filing is imminent.
Proposed Rules for Part 425 (Voluntary Registration and Recognition of Nonpublic Schools)

The version of these amendments adopted by the State Board is identical to the version that the Board initially reviewed in September 2011 and can be viewed here.

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 JCAR review is complete; filing is imminent.
Proposed Rules for Part 1 (Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision)

The version of these amendments adopted by the State Board is identical to the version that the Board initially reviewed in October 2011 and can be viewed here.

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking

 Adopted by the Board January 26, 2012; JCAR review is pending.
Proposed Rules for Part 151 (School Construction Grant)

The version of these amendments adopted by the State Board is identical to the version that the Board initially reviewed in October 2011 and can be viewed here.

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking 		Adopted by the Board January 26, 2012; JCAR review is pending.
Proposed Rules for Part 50 (Evaluation of Certified Employees under Articles 24A and 34 of the School Code)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 The public comment period has ended; Board adoption is pending.
Proposed Rules for Part 1 (Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 The public comment period has ended; Board adoption is pending.
Proposed Rules for Part 235 (Early Childhood Block Grant)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 The public comment period has ended; Board adoption is pending.
Proposed Rules for Part 30 (Programs for the Preparation of Principals in Illinois)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Public comment due: February 14, 2012
Proposed Rules for Part 226 (Special Education)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Public comment due: March 26, 2012
Proposed Rules for Part 575 (School Technology Program)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Public comment due: March 26, 2012
Proposed Rules for Part 51 (Dismissal of Tenured Teachers under Article 24 and Tenured Teachers and Principals under Article 34 of the School Code)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Public comment due: April 2, 2012