PART1. PUBLIC SCHOOLS EVALUATION, RECOGNITION AND SUPERVISION  


SUBPART A. RECOGNITION REQUIREMENTS
§ 1.10. Public School Accountability Framework
§ 1.20. Operational Requirements
§ 1.30. State Assessment
§ 1.40. Adequate Yearly Progress
§ 1.50. Calculation of Participation Rate
§ 1.60. Subgroups of Students; Inclusion of Relevant Scores
§ 1.70. Additional Indicators for Adequate Yearly Progress
§ 1.75. Student Information System
§ 1.77. Educator Licensure Information System (ELIS)
§ 1.79. School Report Card
§ 1.80. Academic Early Warning and Watch Status
§ 1.85. School and District Improvement Plans; Restructuring Plans
§ 1.88. Additional Accountability Requirements for Districts Serving Students of Limited English Proficiency under Title III
§ 1.90. System of Rewards and Recognition - The Illinois Honor Roll
§ 1.95. Appeals Procedure
§ 1.97. Survey of Learning Conditions
§ 1.100. Waiver and Modification of State Board Rules and School Code Mandates
§ 1.110. Appeal Process under Section 22-60 of the School Code
SUBPART B. SCHOOL GOVERNANCE
§ 1.210. Approval of Providers of Training for School Board Members under Section 10-16a of the School Code
§ 1.220. Duties of Superintendent [Repealed]
§ 1.230. Board of Education and the School Code [Repealed]
§ 1.240. Equal Opportunities for all Students
§ 1.241. Dispute Resolution for Students Experiencing Homelessness
§ 1.242. Temporary Exclusion for Failure to Meet Minimum Academic or Attendance Standards
§ 1.245. Waiver of School Fees
§ 1.250. District to Comply with 23 Ill. Adm. Code 180 [Repealed]
§ 1.260. Commemorative Holidays to be Observed by Public Schools [Repealed]
§ 1.270. Book and Material Selection [Repealed]
§ 1.280. Discipline
§ 1.285. Requirements for the Use of Isolated Time Out, Time Out, and Physical Restraint
§ 1.290. Absenteeism and Truancy Policies [Repealed]
§ 1.295. Bullying Prevention Policy
SUBPART C. SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
§ 1.310. Administrative Qualifications and Responsibilities
§ 1.320. Evaluation of Licensed Educators
§ 1.323. Teacher Evaluation Ratings During a Declared Gubernatorial Disaster
§ 1.325. Teacher Remediation Plan During a Declared Gubernatorial Disaster
§ 1.330. Toxic Materials Training
SUBPART D. THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM
§ 1.410. Determination of the Instructional Program
§ 1.420. Basic Standards
§ 1.421. Remote and Blended Remote Learning Days
§ 1.422. Electronic Learning (E-Learning) Days Program
§ 1.423. Competency-Based High School Graduation Requirements Pilot Program
§ 1.425. Additional Criteria for Physical Education
§ 1.430. Additional Criteria for Elementary Schools
§ 1.440. Additional Criteria for High Schools
§ 1.442. State Seal of Biliteracy [Repealed]
§ 1.443. Illinois Global Scholar Certificate
§ 1.445. Required Course Substitute
§ 1.450. Special Programs [Repealed]
§ 1.460. Credit Earned Through Proficiency Examinations
§ 1.462. Uniform Annual Consumer Education Proficiency Test [Repealed]
§ 1.465. Ethnic School World Language Credit and Program Approval
§ 1.470. Adult and Continuing Education
§ 1.480. Correctional Institution Educational Programs
SUBPART E. SUPPORT SERVICES
§ 1.510. Transportation
§ 1.515. Training of School Bus Driver Instructors
§ 1.520. Home and Hospital Instruction
§ 1.530. Health Services
§ 1.540. Undesignated Emergency Medications in Schools: Epinephrine; Opioid Antagonists; Asthma Medication
SUBPART F. STAFF LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS
§ 1.610. Personnel Required to be Qualified
§ 1.620. Accreditation of Staff [Repealed]
§ 1.630. Paraprofessionals; Other Unlicensed Personnel
§ 1.640. Requirements for Different Certificates [Repealed]
§ 1.650. Transcripts of Credits
§ 1.660. Records of Professional Personnel
SUBPART G. STAFF QUALIFICATIONS
§ 1.700. Requirements for Staff Providing Professional Development
§ 1.705. Requirements for Supervisory and Administrative Staff
§ 1.710. Requirements for Elementary Teachers
§ 1.720. Requirements for Teachers of Middle Grades
§ 1.730. Minimum Requirements for Secondary Teachers and Specified Subject Area Teachers in Grades 9-12 through June 30, 2004
§ 1.735. Requirements to Take Effect from July 1, 1991, through June 30, 2004 [Repealed]
§ 1.736. Requirements to Take Effect from July 1, 1994, through June 30, 2004 [Repealed]
§ 1.737. Minimum Requirements for the Assignment of Teachers in Grades 9 through 12 Beginning July 1, 2004
§ 1.740. Standards for Reading through June 30, 2004 [Repealed]
§ 1.745. Assignment of Reading Teachers and Reading Specialists
§ 1.750. Standards for Media Services through June 30, 2004 [Repealed]
§ 1.755. Requirements for Library Information Specialists Beginning July 1, 2004
§ 1.760. Standards for School Support Personnel Services
§ 1.762. Supervision of Speech-Language Pathology Assistants
§ 1.770. Standards for Special Education Personnel
§ 1.780. Standards for Teachers in Bilingual Education Programs
§ 1.781. Requirements for Bilingual Education Teachers in Prekindergarten, Kindergarten, and any of Grades 1-12
§ 1.782. Requirements for Teachers of English as a Second Language in Prekindergarten, Kindergarten and any of Grades 1-12
§ 1.783. Requirements for Administrators of Bilingual Education Programs
§ 1.790. Substitute Teacher
§ 1.792. Short-Term Substitute Teacher
§ 1.794. Substitute Teachers; Recruiting Firms
§ 1.APPENDIX A. Professional Staff Educator Licensure
§ 1.APPENDIX B. Competency-Based High School Graduation Requirements Pilot Program Criteria for Review
§ 1.APPENDIX C. Glossary of Terms [Repealed]
§ 1.APPENDIX D. State Goals for Learning and Learning Standards
§ 1.APPENDIX E. Evaluation Criteria - Student Performance and School Improvement Determination [Repealed]
§ 1.APPENDIX F. Criteria for Determination - Student Performance and School Improvement [Repealed]
§ 1.APPENDIX G. Criteria for Determination - State Assessment [Repealed]
§ 1.APPENDIX H. GUIDANCE AND PROCEDURES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IMPLEMENTING THE ILLINOIS GLOBAL SCHOLAR CERTIFICATE
SOURCE: Adopted September 21, 1977; codified at 7 Ill. Reg. 16022; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 8608, effective May 28, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 17766, effective November 5, 1985; emergency amendment at 10 Ill. Reg. 14314, effective August 18, 1986, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 3073, effective February 2, 1987; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 4800, effective February 26, 1988; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 12457, effective July 24, 1990; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 2692, effective February 1, 1991; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 18010, effective November 17, 1992; expedited correction at 17 Ill. Reg. 3553, effective November 17, 1992; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 1171, effective January 10, 1994; emergency amendment at 19 Ill. Reg. 5137, effective March 17, 1995, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 6530, effective May 1, 1995; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 11813, effective August 4, 1995; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 6255, effective April 17, 1996; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 15290, effective November 18, 1996; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 22233, effective December 8, 1998; emergency amendment at 24 Ill. Reg. 6111, effective March 21, 2000, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 12985, effective August 14, 2000; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 8159, effective June 21, 2001; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 16073, effective November 28, 2001; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 1157, effective January 16, 2002; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 16160, effective October 21, 2002; amended at 28 Ill. Reg. 8486, effective June 1, 2004; emergency amendment at 28 Ill. Reg. 13637, effective September 27, 2004, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 1891, effective January 24, 2005; amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 11811, effective July 13, 2005; amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 12351, effective July 28, 2005; amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 15789, effective October 3, 2005; amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 19891, effective November 23, 2005; amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 8480, effective April 21, 2006; amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 16338, effective September 26, 2006; amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 17416, effective October 23, 2006; amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 5116, effective March 16, 2007; amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 7135, effective April 25, 2007; amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 9897, effective June 26, 2007; amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 10229, effective June 30, 2008; amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 5448, effective March 24, 2009; amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 15193, effective October 20, 2009; amended at 34 Ill. Reg. 2959, effective February 18, 2010; emergency amendment at 34 Ill. Reg. 9533, effective June 24, 2010, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 34 Ill. Reg. 17411, effective October 28, 2010; amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 1056, effective January 3, 2011; amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 2230, effective January 20, 2011; amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 12328, effective July 6, 2011; amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 16743, effective September 29, 2011; amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 5580, effective March 20, 2012; amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 8303, effective May 21, 2012; amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 6127, effective February 27, 2014; amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 11203, effective May 6, 2014; amended at 39 Ill. Reg. 2773, effective February 9, 2015; emergency amendment at 39 Ill. Reg. 12369, effective August 20, 2015, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 39 Ill. Reg. 13411, effective September 24, 2015; amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 1900, effective January 6, 2016; amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 2990, effective January 27, 2016; amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 4929, effective March 2, 2016; amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 12276, effective August 9, 2016; emergency amendment at 40 Ill. Reg. 15957, effective November 18, 2016, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 41 Ill. Reg. 126, effective December 27, 2016; amended at 41 Ill. Reg. 4430, effective April 5, 2017; amended at 41 Ill. Reg. 6924, effective June 2, 2017; emergency amendment at 41 Ill. Reg. 8932, effective June 28, 2017, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 41 Ill. Reg. 14044, effective November 3, 2017; amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 11512, effective June 8, 2018; amended at 43 Ill. Reg. 3792, effective February 28, 2019; amended at 43 Ill. Reg. 10213, effective August 30, 2019; amended at 43 Ill. Reg. 10718, effective September 11, 2019; amended at 43 Ill. Reg. 13324, effective October 29, 2019; emergency amendment at 43 Ill. Reg. 14305, effective November 20, 2019, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment to emergency rule at 43 Ill. Reg. 14941, effective December 4, 2019, for the remainder of the 150 days; emergency amendment to amended emergency rule at 44 Ill. Reg. 4085, effective February 25, 2020, for the remainder of the 150 days; amended at 44 Ill. Reg. 1929, effective January 13, 2020; amended at 44 Ill. Reg. 6377, effective April 9, 2020; emergency amendment at 44 Ill. Reg. 7971, effective April 27, 2020, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired September 23, 2020; emergency amendment at 44 Ill. Reg. 8382, effective May 1, 2020, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired September 27, 2020; amended at 44 Ill. Reg. 9961, effective May 21, 2020; emergency amendment at 44 Ill. Reg. 13498, effective July 31, 2020, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired December 27, 2020; emergency amendment at 44 Ill. Reg. 16860, effective September 29, 2020, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment to emergency rule at 44 Ill. Reg. 17816, effective October 23, 2020, for the remainder of the 150 days; emergency rule as amended expired February 25, 2021; amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 867, effective January 4, 2021; amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 1644, effective January 22, 2021; emergency amendment at 45 Ill. Reg. 4543, effective March 24, 2021, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired August 20, 2021; amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 5362, effective April 12, 2021; amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 5744, effective April 21, 2021; amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 8280, effective June 24, 2021; amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 9446, effective July 7, 2021; amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 9760, effective July 22, 2021; emergency amendment at 45 Ill. Reg. 11212, effective August 26, 2021, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired January 22, 2022; amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 13180, effective October 8, 2021; emergency amendment at 45 Ill. Reg. 14211, effective October 28, 2021, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment to emergency rule at 45 Ill. Reg. 15344, effective November 22, 2021, for the remainder of the 150 days; emergency rule as amended expired March 26, 2022; amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 14769, effective November 10, 2021; amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 15997, effective December 1, 2021; amended at 46 Ill. Reg. 6272, effective April 11, 2022; amended at 46 Ill. Reg. 12736, effective July 13, 2022; amended at 46 Ill. Reg. 17093, effective October 3, 2022; amended at 46 Ill. Reg. 18472, effective November 7, 2022; amended at 47 Ill. Reg. 18457, effective November 28, 2023; amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 2411, effective February 5, 2024.

Notation

AUTHORITY: Implementing Sections 2-3.25, 2-3.25g, 2-3.44, 2-3.96, 2-3.159, 10-17a, 10-20.14, 10-21.4a, 10-22.43a, 21B-5, 21B-20, 22-30, 22-60, 24-24, 26-13, 27-3.5, 27-6, 27-12.1, 27-13.1, 27-20.3, 27-20.4, 27-20.5, 27-22, 27-23.3, and 27-23.8 of the School Code, Section 1-25 of the Education for Homeless Children Act [105 ILCS 45], and the federal McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children Act [45 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.], and authorized by Section 2-3.6 of the School Code [105 ILCS 5].