IL State Board Approves ESSA Plan
March 15, 2017
The Illinois State Board of Education unanimously agreed to submit the state’s ESSA draft implementation plan to the Dept. of Education. According to Chicago Tonight, Board of Education spokeswoman Jackie Matthews commented “ISBE still has work to do to prepare the plan for the strongest possible submission to the U.S. Department of Education,” but the plan will be submitted “on or before April 3.”