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To order printed copies of either the Middle School or High School Edition of this year’s ISBE Career Guide, please visit www.ILcareerguide.com for pricing and ordering instructions.​​

​ISBE is developing a new funding formula for the CTE state funds. On June 6, CTE staff presented to the Finance and Audit Board Subcommittee regarding the revision to the methodology for the Career and Technical Education State Funding.

• CTE Funding Formula FAQ​​​
  
• CTE Funding Update 11/2/2023​
  
• CTE Funding Formula Update Presentation
• CTE Funding presentation at June 6 meeting
  
• FY 2025 State CTE Funding Formula - Posted 2/26/2024
  
• FY 2025 CTE Funding Formula Webinar​

All updates to the formula will be shared publicly on this page.

For contact information,​ send email to CTE@isbe.net.​​​​​​

Data​

• Work-based Learning Database
• Secondary
  
• Perkins Measures FY25​
  
• Perkins Measures FY24​
  
• Perkins Measures FY23​
• ​Illinois Report Card: CTE data points can be found under Academic Progress -> Career and Technical Education​
• Postesecondary
  
• ​Perkins Data Dashboard
• Username: ICCBPerkinsV​
• ​Password: perkvbeta_202104#

Reports

• FY25 Career and Technical Education Annual Report​
  
• FY24 Career and Technical Education Annual Report​
  
• FY23 Career and Technical Education Annual Report​
  

CTE Industry-Recognized Credentials list and feedback form​​

This file is a collection of recommended Industry Recognized Credentials (IRCs) in Career and Technical Education pathways that students may earn during or immediately following high school. Credentials included here should be those that employers recognize as favorable or preferential when recruiting, hiring, promoting, and retaining their workforce. The list is meant to be flexible and continuously updated. There are tabs sorted by career areas--Information Technology, Health Sciences Technology, Finance and Business Services, Arts & Communication, Agriculture, Foods and Natural Resources; Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology and Trades; Human and Public Services.

• FAQs about Industry Recognized Credentials​
  
• Industry Recognized Credential list
• ​Quick Guide for Documenting Students' Industry Recognized Credentials​​​
• How are Credentials Being Offered in Illinois Schools?Listen and learn from a few CTE System Directors and one Area Career Center Director.​​​​​​​
  

EQUITY AND ACCESS

• ​Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Opportunities
  

Special Populations

• Children of Military Families Resources​
  
• Homeless Individuals
  
• Improving Equity In and Access to Quality CTE Programs for Students Experiencing Homelessness (NCHE and Advance CTE)​​​
• Special Populations: Access, Equity, and Opportunities for Secondary Career and Technical Education Students​
  
• Special Populations Definitions​
  
• Special Populations Recruitment and Retention Super Strategies - Updated July 2020
  
• In coordination with the Illinois State Board of Education, ICSPS created this series of Super Strategy documents to assist the secondary system in meeting the needs of Special Population students identified in Perkins V.
  • The recorded webinar gives an overview of each Special Population and the corresponding super strategies designed to ensure program accessibility and aid in overcoming barriers that may limit a student’s opportunity for success.
• Special Populations Resources​
  
• NAPE: Conducting an Equity Gap Analysis
• Supporting Student Success in CTE​
  

Methods of Administration Civil Rights Review

• Civil Rights for Secondary Education Website
• ​Review process webinar: Secondary Civil Rights Review: November 5, 2019​
  
• Office of Civil Rights
  

• Area Career Center Directory - Updated 01/13/2025
  
• Area Career Center Map​
• CTE System Search 
  
• Directory of Regional Offices of Education​
  
• Education for Employment Directory - Updated 01/15/2025
• Education for Employment Boundary Map​​​​
  
• Illinois CTE Networking Directory ​​
  
• ISBE CTE Department Directory​​​