The following is a list of ISBE Non-Regulatory Guidance documents. The documents are arranged by year in number/date order. All are in PDF format and require the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.

Ongoing Guidance Documents

2018

Guidelines on Administration of Medications
Definition of an Instructional Day Memo (11-9-2018)

2016

2015

15-1: Recommendations for Supporting Evaluators of Teachers, Principals, and Assistant Principals
15-2: Self-Administration and Self-Carry of Medications for Asthma and Allergy (PA 98-0795)
15-3: The Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) and Senate Bill 7 (SB 7)
15-4: Evaluating Teacher Practice and Understanding Summative Ratings
15-5: Irregular Days (Interrupted, Delayed Start, Act of God) Guidance
15-6: CPR/AED in Secondary Schools (P.A. 98-0632) Non-regulatory guidance on the requirement to provide training on CPR and AED in all secondary schools
15-7: Back-to-School Immunization Guidance and Best Practices, Fall 2015
15-8: Guidance on Needs Improvement Rating in Teacher Evaluation Systems in Illinois
15-9: IDEA Proportionate Share Services for Parentally Placed Nonpublic Students with Disabilities

2014

2013

13-1: Using Illinois 5Essentials Survey Data in Principal Evaluation
13-2: Collecting Evidence of Teacher Practice Not Observable During Classroom Observations in Teacher Evaluation Systems
13-3: District Decision Making
13-4: Guidebook on Student Learning Objectives for Type III Assessments
13-5: Student Learning Objectives in Teacher Evaluation: Fact Sheet (Under Revision)
13-6: Model Teacher Evaluation System - Measuring Student Growth Using Type III Assessments
13-7: Alignment of Three Factors in Principal Evaluation
13-8: Measuring Student Growth for First-Year Principals in Principal Evaluation Systems
13-9: Model Teacher Evaluation System - Creating a Summative Rating
13-10: Creating Operating Guidelines for Student Growth Models in Teacher Evaluation Systems
13-11: Creating a Summative Rating in Teacher Evaluation Systems
13-12: Diabetes Awareness Day (PA 97-0819)
13-13: Safety Education: Training in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) for Students in Grades 6-8 (PA 97-714)
13-14: Service Animals: Miniature (PA 97-0956)
13-15: IDEA Proportionate Share Services for Parentally Placed Nonpublic Students with Disabilities - Replaced by Guidance 15-09
13-16: Documenting Common Core State Standards on the Individualized Education Program
13-17: Peer Evaluation in Teacher Evaluation Systems in Illinois
13-18: CACFP Electronic Direct Certification
13-19: Assessment Accommodations For English Learners Guidance for 2013-2014
13-20: Preparing Students for College and Careers by Incorporating the Illinois Social and Emotional Learning Standards into Educator Preparation Programs
- Appendix A: Addressing the SEL Standards in Educator Preparation Programs
- Appendix B: Promoting SEL through Existing Frameworks
- Appendix C: Bi-directional Relationship between the IL SEL Standards and the Common Core
13-21: Guidance on the Use of Code 15 in Student Assessments
13-22: Guidance on Teacher Evaluation Systems for Beginning (Novice) Teachers in Illinois

2012

2011

2010

10-01: Illinois Induction Program Continuum

2009

09-01: Public Acts 95-0844 and 95-0938 - District Funding Responsibility for Court and Public Agency Residential Placements

2006

06-01: School Restructuring
06-02: Public Act 94-1019 - School District Reorganization

2005

05-01: Local School Board Review and Approval

2000

00-01: Guidance: Recommended Guidelines for Medication Administration in Schools

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