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      2012 Illinois Highlights

      • Illinois has made access to high-quality content a priority, by providing standards-based content that can be purchased using instructional funds.
      • Illinois offers a mix of a statewide and district-level online options.

      Current Strengths and Reform Opportunities

      • With slight modifications to existing laws in Illinois, the state would create more space for innovation. Examples include charter laws requiring for students to physically meet once a week and attendance boundary laws for online schools.
      • Illinois policymakers must tackle broad shifts in funding to expand student access to high-quality options.

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      2014 National Summit on Education Reform – Don’t Miss This Opportunity

      Dear Friends, Mark your calendars to join Governor Jeb Bush and ExcelinEd on November 20-21 for our 7th annual National Summit on Education Reform in Washington, D.C.! While I say it every year, I have no doubt this will be our best summit yet. Governor Bush will open the summit with a breakfast keynote on…

      1 Oct 2014
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      DQC: Public Reporting Informs Decisions, Empowers Action

      We are two weeks into ExcelinEd’s My School Information Design Challenge, with the goal of making state report cards on schools more useful to parents, teachers, policymakers, and the broader community. Rebecca Shah, on Data Quality Campaign’s Blog, highlighted the need for not just making data available, but putting it in a usable format: We use information…

      30 Sep 2014
           

      In Plain English: IL HB 494

      Summary Illinois HB 494 (Open States or Illinois Legislature) places a one year moratorium on the establishment of charter schools with virtual-schooling components in all school districts except for Chicago. The moratorium is in place from April 1, 2013 until April 1, 2014. It does not apply to such charter schools existing or approved prior…

      12 Feb 2014
           

      In Plain English: IL HB 208

      Summary Illinois HB 208 (Open States or Illinois Legislature) is an education appropriations bill for fiscal year (FY) 2014. Funding remained at similar levels to the previous year. This bill includes State and District Technology Support (formerly known as Technology for Success) and the School Technology Revolving Loan Program. Legislative Analysis HB208 appropriates $2.5 million…

      6 Feb 2014
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      DLN State Report 3.22.2013

      Colorado Bill: SB 139 Status: 03/19/2013 – Senate Third Reading Passed; Introduced In House – Assigned to Education Relevant Elements: 1, 8 SB 139 passed the Senate on March 19 and is now in the House Education Committee. It would add requirements to ensure every high school student has the opportunity to take at least…

      22 Mar 2013