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• Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) District Information​- March 31, 2020
• ​CARES Act Preliminary Estimated Allocations​- March 31, 2020 ​
  

• Executive Order 2020-15 suspends all state assessments, creates Remote Learning Days and Remote Learning Plan Days, addresses Early Childhood Block Grant funds, and permits virtual submission of school construction bids. - March 27, 2020​
  
• Executive Order 2020-10​​ - with exceptions, requires all individuals currently living within the State of Illinois to stay at home or at their place of residence. Among other changes, extends mandated statewide school closure through April 7, 2020.​ - March 20, 2020
  
• Executive Order 2020-07 ​includes Open Meetings Act flexibility. ​- March 16, 2020
• Executive Order 2020-06​​ exempts schools operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice, State Board of Education or Department of Human Services from EO 2020-05. ​- March 15, 2020
• Executive Order 2020-05​​ requires all public and non-public schools to close beginning on Tuesday, March 17 through Monday, March 30. At this time, schools may reopen on Tuesday, March 31. ​- March 15, 2020​​​​​​​​​​

• Emergency Amendment to Part 120​ requires all transportation costs incurred between March 17, 2020, and through the end of the 2019-2020, that are beyond transporting students to be allowable and reimbursed by the formula under Section 29-5 of the School Code. - March 30, 2020
  
• Emergency Amendment to Part 5 allows the State Superintendent to declare a requirement to use Remote Learning Days for a district, multiple districts, a region, or the entire State. During the Remote Learning Days, schools must conduct instruction remotely. - March 27, 2020
  
• Emergency Amendment to Part 235 ​allows currently funded early childhood block grant programs that voluntarily choose to provide care for children of essential workers to use funds in excess of what is necessary for the program to provide at-home materials for children in the program and to purchase supplies and equipment while caring for children of essential workers. - March 27, 2020​
  
• Emergency Amendment to Part 226 allows all approved special education private facilities to continue to invoice school districts and requires school districts to continue to pay the per diem approved by the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board under Section 14-7.02 of the School Code. - March 25, 2020
  
  
  

• U.S. ED OCR & OSERS: Supplemental Fact Sheet-  Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Preschool, Elementary and Secondary Schools While Serving Children with Disabilities - March 21, 2020
  
• U.S. ED Office of Civil Rights: Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Schools While Protecting the Civil Rights of Students - March 16, 2020
• U.S. Department of Education: Impact of COVID-19 on Assessments and Accountability​ - March 12, 2020 
• U.S. Dept. of Education: Q & A on addressing students with disabilities during school closures due to COVID-19​- March 12, 2020
• ​U.S. ED Office of Civil Rights: Safeguarding Student Civil Rights - March 6, 2020
• U.S. Dept. of Education: COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) Information and Resources for Schools and School Personnel​ -March 2, 2020

Office of the Attorney General Guidance

• Guidance to Public Bodies on the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act during the COVID-19 Pandemic​

IDPH/CDC Updates & Guidance

• CDC Tips for Parents While School’s Out​ - March 23, 2020
  
• IDPH Employee Supervisor Guide to COVID-19 - March 18, 2020
  
• Illinois Dept. of Public Health: Webpage for Schools - March 14, 2020
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention​ (CDC): Travel Information​​
  
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