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2024-2025 District Participation: Seal of Biliteracy and/or Commendation Toward Biliteracy

Per 23 Ill. Adm. Code 680, A participating school district or nonpublic school shall notify the State Board of its Seal of Biliteracy participation by October 1 of each year.

• Adlai E Stevenson HSD 125
• Alton CUSD 11
• Arcola CUSD 306
• Argo CHSD 217
• Arthur CUSD 305
• Aurora East USD 131
• Aurora West USD 129
• Barrington CUSD 220
• Batavia USD 101
• Beardstown CUSD 15
• Beecher CUSD 200U
• Bismarck Henning CUSD
• Bloom Twp HSD 206
• Bloomington SD 87
• Bradley Bourbonnais CHSD 307
• Bremen CHSD 228
• Bunker Hill CUSD 8
• Byron CUSD 226
• Carbondale CHSD 165
• Central CUSD 301
• Champaign CUSD 4
• Chicago Public Schools District 299
• CHSD 117
• CHSD 128
• CHSD 155
• CHSD 218
• CHSD 94
• CHSD 99
• Collinsville CUSD 10
• Columbia CUSD 4
• Cons HSD 230
• County of Woodford School
• Crete Monee CUSD 201U
• CUSD 200
• CUSD 201
• CUSD 300
• CUSD 308
• DeKalb CUSD 428
• DePue USD 103
• Dunlap CUSD 323
• DuPage HSD 88
• East Peoria CHSD 309
• Edwardsville CUSD 7
• Effingham CUSD 40
• Eldorado CUSD 4
• Elmhurst SD 205
• Elmwood Park CUSD 401
• Evanston Twp HSD 202
• Fenton CHSD 100
• Galesburg CUSD 205
• Geneva CUSD 304
• Genoa Kingston CUSD 424
• Glenbard Twp HSD 87
• Grant CHSD 124
• Grayslake CHSD 127
• Hall HSD 502
• Harvard CUSD 50
• Herrin CUSD 4
• Herscher CUSD 2
• Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233
• Hononegah CHD 207
• Huntley Community School District 158
• Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy
• Indian Prairie CUSD 204
• Iroquois County CUSD 9
• ISU Laboratory Schools
• J S Morton HSD 201
• Johnsburg CUSD 12
• Joliet Twp HSD 204
• Kewanee CUSD 229
• La Salle-Peru Twp HSD 120
• Lake Forest CHSD 115
• Lake Park CHSD 108
• Lemont Twp HSD 210
• Leyden CHSD 212
• Lincoln CHSD 404
• Lincoln Way CHSD 210
• Lisle CUSD 202
• Litchfield CUSD 12
• Lockport Twp HSD 205
• Lyons Twp HSD 204
• Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3
• Maine Township HSD 207
• Marion CUSD 2
• Mascoutah CUD 19
• McHenry CHSD 156
• McLean County USD 5
• Mendota Twp HSD 280
• Meridian CUSD 223
• Minooka CHSD 111
• Momence CUSD 1
• Monmouth-Roseville CUSD 238
• Monticello CUSD 25
• Morris CHSD 101
• Mt Pulaski CUSD 23
• Mundelein Cons HSD 120
• Naperville CUSD 203
• New Trier Twp HSD 203
• Niles Twp HSD 219
• North Chicago SD 187
• O Fallon Twp HSD 203
• Oak Lawn CHSD 229
• Oak Park - River Forest SD 200
• Orion CUSD 223
• Plainfield SD 202
• Prairie Central CUSD 8
• Princeton HSD 500
• Reavis Twp HSD 220
• Rich Twp HSD 227
• Richland County CUSD 1
• Richmond-Burton CHSD 157
• Ridgewood CHSD 234
• Riverdale CUSD 100
• Riverside-Brookfield Twp SD 208
• Rock Island SD 41
• Rossville-Alvin CUSD 7
• Round Lake CUSD 116
• Salem CHSD 600
• SD U-46
• Seneca Twp HSD 160
• Southland College Prep Charter High School
• Springfield SD 186
• St Charles CUSD 303
• Sycamore CUSD 427
• Township HSD 211
• Trico CUSD 176
• Twp HSD 113
• United Twp HSD 30
• University of Ill Lab School
• Urbana SD 116
• Valley View CUSD 365U
• Wauconda CUSD 118
• Waukegan CUSD 60
• Woodstock CUSD 200
• Yorkville CUSD 115

2024-2025 Nonpublic School Participation: Seal of Biliteracy and/or Commendation Toward Biliteracy

• Carmel Catholic High School
• Christian Heritage Academy
• Daarul Uloom Islamic School
• De La Salle Institute
• Fenwick High School
• IC Catholic Prep
• Marian Central Catholic High School
• Marist High School
• Montini Catholic High School
• Nazareth Academy
• Peoria Notre Dame High School
• Providence Catholic High School
• Rochelle Zell Jewish High School
• Rosary High School
• Schaumburg Christian School
• St. Ignatius College Prep
• Timothy Christian High School
• Wheaton St. Francis High School
• Wolcott College Prep
• Woodlands Academy​
  

• For Administrators, T​eachers and Schools: Seal of Biliteracy At-a-Glance​​​
  
• For Parents and Guardians: Seal of Biliteracy At-a-Glance
  
• For Parents and Guardians: Seal of Biliteracy At-a-Glance Arabic
  
• For Parents and Guardians: Seal of Biliteracy At-a-Glance French
• For Parents and Guardians: Seal of Biliteracy At-a-Glance Gujarati
  
• For Parents and Guardians: Seal of Biliteracy At-a-Glance Hindi
  
• For Parents and Guardians: Seal of Biliteracy At-a-Glance Polish
  
• For Parents and Guardians: Seal of Biliteracy At-a-Glance Russian​
  
• For Parents and Guardians: Seal of Biliteracy At-a-Glance Chinese (Simplified)
• For Parents and Guardians: Seal of Biliteracy At-a-Glance Chinese (Traditional)
• For Parents and Guardians: Seal of Biliteracy At-a-Glance Spanish
  
• For Parents and Guardians: Seal of Biliteracy At-a-Glance Tagalog
  
• For Parents and Guardians: Seal of Biliteracy At-a-Glance Telugu
  
• For Parents and Guardians: Seal of Biliteracy At-a-Glance Ukranian
  
• For Parents and Guardians: Seal of Biliteracy At-a-Glance Urdu
• For Parents and Guardians: Seal of Biliteracy At-a-Glance Vietnamese
  
• For Students: Seal of Biliteracy At-a-Glance​
  

• Annual Nonpublic Application​
  
• Annual Nonpublic Projection – complete with application​​​
  
• Annual Nonpublic EOY report
  
• SY24 nonpublic training webinar
  
• Nonpublic Program Administration Checklist
  
• More information on nonpublic schools
  
• Designation requirements for student diplomas and transcripts
  

• SEPT. 2024: Follow-Up Assessment Memo​​
  
• ACT Cut Score Memo​​
  
• JUNE 2024: Seal of Biliteracy Approved Assessment Memo​​​
  
• List of Approved Language Proficiency Assessments
• This is a list of standardized assessments for foreign languages and English that ISBE has approved. To qualify for the Seal or Commendation by using any assessment on this list, a student must meet the minimum qualifying score that ISBE accepts. Other languages and assessments that are not in this list are still viable for this program. Please contact biliteracy@isbe.net if an assessment or language is not listed. For more information on this, please see the “FAQ for the Seal of Biliteracy” located on this webpage under the Resource dropdown bar.
• Non-Approved Assessments for the Portfolio Method​​
  
• The assessments in this list have been requested for approval but are not approved for the Standard Assessment Method as they do not meet required criteria. However, they may be used as a part of the Alternative Evidence (Portfolio) Method.​
  
• SAT Cut Score
  
• Assessment Approval Form​​
  
• Assessment Resources
• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Proficiency Guidelines (2012)
• Standards for Learning American Sign Language (2014)​​​​​​​
  

• ​ SY 2024-25 Annual Seal of Biliteracy Webinar
  
• Using SIS for Seal of Biliteracy Applications and Awards​
  
• Seal of Biliteracy SIS Reporting Codes
  
• SIS Language Codes​​
• District Program​ Administration Checklist
  
• Designation requirements for student diplomas and transcripts​
  

• 23 Illinois Administrative Code 680 State Seal of Biliteracy
• Illinois School Code 105 ILCS 5/2-3.159​
  

• SY 2023 Data Summary​
  
• SY 2022 Data Summary​
  
• SY 2021 Data Summary​
  
• SY 2020 Data Summary
• SY 2019 Data Summary​
  
• SY 2018 Data Summary​
• SY 2017 Data Summary
• SY 2016​ Data Summary
• ​SY 2015 Data Summary​​​
  

• College Credit for the Illinois State Seal of Biliteracy​
  
• FAQ for the Illinois State​ Seal of Biliteracy
  
• Benefits of Receiving the Seal of Biliteracy​​
  
• Seal of Biliteracy National Program
• Center for Applied Linguistics Foreign Language Assessment Directory
• Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
• Education Week Blog: How the State Seal of Biliteracy is a Game Changer​​​​