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The Evidence-Based Funding (EBF) for Student Success Act requires each Organizational Unit (school districts, laboratory schools, Regional Offices of Education, and Intermediate Service Centers) to complete an annual spending plan, regardless of the amount of EBF dollars received. A primary goal of the EBF Spending Plan is to make resource allocation decisions, especially those in service of identified student groups, more readily accessible to schools and stakeholders. ISBE is engaging in an iterative process to improve the EBF Spending Plan design each year. By FY 2023, the EBF Spending Plan will no longer be a document solely submitted to ISBE but rather integrated into the public budget process and annual budget template.

FY 2021 EBF Spending Plan:

• IWAS SY21 submission window open - announcement, 08/01/2020
  
• FY21 EBF Spending Plan full preview
  
• FY21 EBF Spending Plan Overview Webinar, 08/17/2020​
  
• Webinar Recording​
  
• FY21 EBF Spending Plan Open Form Webinar, 09/22/2020
  
• ​Webinar Recording
  
• FY21 EBF Spending Plan design overview, Professional Review Panel, 06/09/2020​​
  
• FY21 EBF Spending Plan full preview
  

FY 2021 Important Dates:

• August 1, 2020 - IWAS opens for FY 2021 spending plan submission
  
• Sept​ember 30, 2020 - IWAS closes for FY 2021 spending plan submission
  

Please direct questions to ebfspendingplan@isbe.net.​​​​​