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Contact Information

Gina Hopper
Division Administrator
(217)524-4832

ACCOUNTABILITY WORKBOOK for NCLB

AYP (adequate yearly progress)

- Home page
- Calculation methods
- Sanctions for schools that change Title I status
- Schedule of sanctions
- District (chart)
- School (chart)
BRIDGES, Extended Learning
BULLYING REPORT (ISBE, 2001)
CHOICE
COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS, 21st Century
COMPACT between school and parent, sample letter

COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL REFORM

- Home page
- Amendment form (FY06)
- Budget and assurance (FY07)
- NIU surveys (2006)
  - Coordinator
  - Principal
  - Teacher
- School Improvement Plan Audio Conferences

CONSOLIDATED APPLICATIONS

- General (ISBE's NCLB application)
- Grants (Title)

CONTACTS

- Advisory committees
- Agency Information
- ISBE Directory
- Practitioners Committee

CORRECTIVE ACTION

- Corrective Action Guidance
- Standards-Aligned Curriculum Development Resources
- e-PLANS
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

DATA

- Home page
- School Report Cards
DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN (DIP)
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
EDUCATOR QUALITY (NCLB)
eLEARNING (educational technology)
e-PLANS, district/school improvement/restructuring/Title I

EXTENDED LEARNING (Summer Bridges)

- Home page
- Budget Summary and Payment Schedule, FY08 Budget Breakdown
- Consumer Guide
- Curriculum and Instruction Frameworks
- Guidelines for Designing and Delivering ELOP in Reading and Writing
- Program Plan, Schedule, Proposal
- Resources Publication for ELOP
- Summary Report (2007)
- Vendors (potential 2007)
FAITH-BASED regulations (USDE), 21st Century Community Learning Centers
FEDERAL AND STATE GRANT ADMINISTRATION POLICY (and fiscal requirements)
FISCAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES for state and federal grants

GIFTED

- Advisory Council for the Education of Gifted and Talented Children
- Gifted Legislation (July, 2005)
- Illinois Association for Gifted Children
GRANT ADMINISTRATION POLICY, state and federal (with fiscal requirements)

GRANTS

- Home page
- Consolidated Title application (NCLB)
- eLearning
- Extended Learning Program (Summer Bridges)
- FY05 application
    - eGMS
    - eGMS training video
    - IWAS access
- FY07 final allocations (list of districts)
- Grants Information & Resources Home Page
- Guidance
  - Bullying report (ISBE, 2001)
  - Preschool children
  - Safety audit (ISBE, 2001)
  - Safety audit/assessment planning (ISBE, 1999)
  - Title I Targeting
  - Title II-A (teacher quality)
  - Title II-D (educational technology)
  - Title IV-A (safe and drug-free)
  - Title IV-B (21st Century Community Learning Centers)
  - Title V (innovative programs)
  - Title VI-B, REAP (rural education)
  - 21st Century Community Learning Centers (USDE)
- Handbook
- Private or nonprofit schools
  - Assurance form (Title V-A)
  - Consultation for Title I service (form 43-16A)
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers

GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS

- Bullying (ISBE, 2001)
- Choice (parental under NCLB)
- Consolidated Title application (NCLB)
- Corrective action (ISBE)
- DIP (e-Plan)
- District (LEA) and school improvement (NCLB)
- Extended Learning Program (Summer Bridges)
- Grants
- Highly qualified educators (USDE, 2005)
- Homeless children
- Military Recruiters (NCLB)
- Paraprofessionals (NCLB, 2002)
- Parental Guide to NCLB (USDE, 2005)
- Preschool children services (Title I, USDE, 2004)
- Private school services (USDE, 2003)
- REAP (rural education achievement program)
- Restructuring
- Guidance (USDE, 2006)
- Safe schools (USDE, 2004)
- School board approval of SIPs/DIPs (ISBE, 2005)
- School board approval of SIPs/DIPs (background, ISBE, 2005)
- SES (supplemental education services)
- Teacher Toolkit
- SIP (e-Plan)
- Title grant guidances (list)
- Title I school AYP status change, sanction
- Title I Fiscal Issues
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers
- USDE guidances (2002-05)
- Videos of Title grants

HEARST SCHOLARSHIP / UNITED STATES SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM

- Home page
- Application (for Illinois students)
- Brochure (Hearst)
- Brochure (Illinois)
- Hearst Foundation (San Francisco)
HIGHLY QUALIFIED EDUCATOR

HOMELESS CHILDREN

- Homeless Home Page
- Title 1 and Part A Set-Asides for Homeless Children
ILLINOIS e-PLANS, district/school improvement/restructuring, Title I
IMPROVEMENT PLANS (e-Plans)
ISBE, home page
IWAS access to eGMS

LAW

- Illinois Administrative Code (rules)
- Illinois School Code (law)
- NCLB (law)
- NCLB timeline and mileposts
- USDE guidances (2002-2005)

LETTERS, samples for superintendents

- AYP notification
- Choice
- Compact between school-parent template
- Highly qualified teachers, to parents
  - English
  - Spanish
- Parental involvement policy
  - District template
  - School template
  - SES
MILITARY RECRUITMENT of high school students

NCLB

- Home page at ISBE / Home page at USDE
- Application Handbook
- Grants
- Guidances
- Law
- Resource links (sundry topics)
- Schedule of AYP sanctions (charts)
  - Districts
  - Schools
  - Timeline and mileposts
- Toolkit for teachers (USDE, Q&A)
- Videos (sundry topics)
PARAPROFESSIONALS

PARENTS

- Community Guide to NCLB (LFA)
- Notification of LEP students
- Parent Guide to NCLB (ADI)
- Parent Guide to NCLB (in Spanish)
PRIVATE SCHOOL SERVICES GUIDANCE (2003)
READING FIRST (K-3)
REAP (rural educational achievement program)
RESOURCES: Standards-Aligned Curriculum
REPORT CARDS (Illinois schools)

RESPRO (Regional Support Providers)

- Contacts
- Map (counties)
- Overview
- ROE Directory

RESTRUCTURING (NCLB)

- Home page
- LEA and School Improvement: Non-Regulatory Guidance (USDE, 2006)
- Restructuring Plan Guide (e-Plans)

ROE (Regional Office of Education)

- Home page
- ROE Directory
RULES, Law

RURAL SCHOOLS

- Home page
- Achievement Program (REAP) eligibility (USDE)
SAFETY AT SCHOOL GUIDE (USDE)
SAMPLE LETTERS for superintendents

SANCTIONS (AYP)

- Choice
- Corrective action
- Policy for changes in Title I status (document)
- Restructuring
- Schedule for AYP results
- School (chart)
- District (chart)
- SES

SCHOOL BOARD GUIDANCE

- e-Plans
- SIP and DIP approval (ISBE, 2005)
- SIP and DIP approval (background)
SCHOOL CHOICE
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS (SIP)
SCHOOL REPORT CARDS
SES (supplemental educational services)
STATE AND FEDERAL GRANT ADMINISTRATION POLICY (and fiscal requirements)
SUMMER BRIDGES, Extended Learning
SAMPLE LETTERS for superintendents

SYSTEM OF SUPPORT, RESPRO

- Contacts
- Map (counties)
- Overview
- ROE Directory
TECHNOLOGY, educational grants
TIMELINE and mileposts for NCLB
TITLE District Plan
TITLE GRANTS, Grants
TOOLKIT on NCLB for teachers (USDE, Q&A 2004)

21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS

- Home page
- Application (from ISBE to USDE, 2002)
- Budget amendment forms (FY06)
- Continuation application forms
  - FY03 cohort
  - FY04 cohort
  - FY05 cohort
- Faith- and community-based regulations
- Grantees
  - FY03
  - FY04
  - FY05
- Guidance (NCLB, 2003)
- Resources for before- and after-school programs
- RFP (for 2008)
- Schools served (list, 2003-05 & 07) U.S. SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM, Hearst Scholarship
VIDEOS (sundry NCLB topics)
WORKBOOK, ISBE accountability for NCLB

Agency General Information
100 N. 1st Street • Springfield, IL 62777 • 866/262-6663 • 217/782-4321 • Directions
100 W. Randolph, Suite 14-300 • Chicago, IL 60601 • 312/814-2220 • Directions