Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)

State board issues guidance after Trump rescinds Biden-era policy limiting actions in ‘sensitive locations

Community Health Round Table discussion of Back to School During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Delta Variant, the Policy Response, and Our School Nurses on the Front Lines.

The Illinois State Board of Education is weighing whether to replace the state’s annual Illinois Assessment of Readiness standardized test for grades 3 through 8 with three separate tests spread out in a school year.But teacher unions and education advocacy groups claim the proposed change would amount to more class time being dedicated to test preparation.

For the second year in a row, the Illinois State Board of Education is seeking a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education for standardized tests…

The COVID-19 crisis has placed many school districts and families on the wrong side of the digital divide. State Superintendent Carmen Ayala says…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced that Illinois schools will not hold any in-person classes for the rest of the academic year.The governor said the decision…

Illinois school personnel can now temporarily use a type of previously-banned physical restraint on students if necessary. A few state lawmakers Monday…

Documents illustrate what happens when a student is put in an isolation room.It’s a few minutes before 10 a.m. and a student at Circuit Breaker School in…

The Illinois State Board of Education yesterday approved a budget request seeking $9.6 billion dollars in state funds, most of which will go to the…

The Illinois State Board of Education today amended emergency rules that had banned the use of certain physical restraints in schools. Those rules had…