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• Non-Regulatory Guidance
  This non-regulatory guidance is designed to (a) provide a description of the legal rights of transgender, nonbinary and gender nonconforming students; and (b) offer best practices, technical assistance and support to districts and schools. 
  
• Sample District Policy and Administrative Procedures​
  This document provides support for districts in establishing or amending policy and administrative procedures with respect to transgender, nonbinary and gender nonconforming students.​
  

• Gender Inclusive Schools Framework (Gender Spectrum)
  This tool can help schools and districts assess classroom practices.
  
• Gender Inclusive Assessment Tool (Gender Spectrum)
  This tool can help schools and districts assess classroom practices.
  
• Local School Climate Survey (GLSEN)
  This link provides a customizable tool to survey and gather information from students about their experiences at school in regards to gender and sexuality. 
  
• Speak Up At School (Teaching Tolerance)
  This document is a toolkit for addressing harmful language/comments in the moment. 
  
• Responding to Concerns (Gender Spectrum)
  Gender Spectrum has two helpful documents that support schools as they answer questions related to the need to provide support to students. 
  
• Responding to Concerns: Supporting Transgender Students
• Responding to Concerns: Teaching About Gender
• ​​​Statement on Gender and Language (National Council of Teachers of English)
  This link provides a statement on gender and language, issued by the National Council of Teacher of English on October 25, 2018.
  
• Curricular Inclusion Ideas
  The following documents and associated organizations provide support for curricular issues regarding transgender, nonbinary and gender nonconforming students:
  
• Developing LGBTQ Inclusive Classroom Resources (GLSEN)
• Lesson Plans to Support LGBTQ Inclusive Elementary Schools (Welcoming Schools)
  
• Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Students – Section III: Instruction  (Teaching Tolerance)
• ​Classroom Culture – Best Practices for Services LGBTQ Students, Section II (Teaching Tolerance)
  This section of Teaching Tolerance's best practices document provides support on creating and fostering positive culture in classrooms. 
  

• ​Illinois Human Rights Act (775 ILCS 5/)
•  Bullying Prevention (105 ILCS 5/27-23.7)
•  Equal Opportunities for All Students (23 Ill Admin. Code 1.240)
•  LGBTQ Contributions in US History (Public Act 101-0227)​
  

• Social and Emotional Learning
• Anti-Bias and Anti-Hate Resources
• Bullying Prevention
• School Climate
• School Wellness and Health
• Student and Family Resources ​​
  

​​Are you a student in need of support or resources?  Are you an educator seeking additional technical assistance as you support transgender, nonbinary​ and gender nonconforming students?  Please email us at supportallstudents@isbe.net and we will assist.​​​