[ISLMA-Share] ESSA Update

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On March 15, the Illinois State Board of Education approved our state ESSA Plan.  The state of Illinois has until April 3 to formally submit our plan to the United States Department of Education for the mandated peer review process.

Peer review will ensure maximum collaboration and attempts to promote effective implementation of academic standards through state and local innovations.  Parents, educators, researchers, and others will compose the peer review committees that will provide input and feedback on each state plan submitted for consideration.

Unless the Secretary of Education determines the Illinois state plan violates ESSA requirements, it must be approved after a 120-day review period.  If Illinois submits its plan on April 3 for consideration and review, the 120-day period would lapse on July 31.

Each state will receive peer review notes and a formal communication from the Department of Education on specific plan issues if a state plan is not approved for whatever reason.  Assuming our state plan is approved, Illinois will have the option to begin plan implementation during the 2017-18 school year.

You can find the approved plan here: https://www.isbe.net/Documents/ESSAStatePlanforIllinois.pdf

Patti Fleser
Library Media Specialist
Deer Path Middle School
Lake Forest, IL
847-604-7433
@DPM_Library

President, Illinois School Library Media Association
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