Rules

Proposed Rules and Amendments

The following chart shows all the rules of the State Board that are undergoing some kind of change at this time.  As rulemaking actions are completed and changes take effect, items will be deleted from the top of the chart.  As new rulemaking actions are initiated, they will be added to the bottom of the chart, along with their respective deadlines for public comment.  Public comment may be submitted on any item for which the deadline has not yet passed, either via e-mail (addressed to rules@isbe.net) or via standard mail (addressed to Shelley Helton, Agency Rules Coordinator, ISBE, 100 North First Street - S-493, Springfield, Illinois 62777-0001).  To check on the status of any item whose comment period has already ended, send an inquiry to rules@isbe.net. To view any of the State Board's rules as they are currently in effect, go to "Rules Currently in Effect".

Title and Number of the Part Status
Proposed Amendments to Part 25 (Certification)

To review the changes made in response to public comment and the rationale for those changes, click here.  Please note that any changes subsequently made in response to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules will not be included in that document.

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 JCAR review is complete; filing is imminent.
Proposed Amendments to Part 425 (Voluntary Registration and Recognition of Nonpublic Schools)

To review any changes made in response to public comment and the rationale for those changes, click here. Please note that any changes subsequently made in response to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules will not be included in that document.

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Adopted by the Board on May 16, 2013; JCAR review is pending.
Proposed Amendments to Part 35 (Mentoring Programs for New Principals)

The version of the amendments adopted by the State Board is identical to the version that the Board initially reviewed in January 2013 and may be viewed here.

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Adopted by the Board on May 16, 2013; JCAR review is pending.
Proposed Amendments to Part 375 (Student Records)

To review any changes made in response to public comment and the rationale for those changes, click here. Please note that any changes subsequently made in response to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules will not be included in that document.

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Adopted by the Board on May 16, 2013; JCAR review is pending.
Proposed Amendments to Part 405 (Payments to Certain Facilities under Section 14-7.05 of the School Code)

The version of the amendments adopted by the State Board is identical to the version that the Board initially reviewed in January 2013 and may be viewed here.

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 JCAR review is complete; filing is imminent.
Proposed Amendments to Part 475 (Contested Cases and Other Formal Hearings)

The version of the amendments adopted by the State Board is identical to the version that the Board initially reviewed in January 2013 and may be viewed here.

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 JCAR review is complete; filing is imminent.
Proposed Amendments to Part 565 (Class Size Reduction Grants)

The version of the amendments adopted by the State Board is identical to the version that the Board initially reviewed in January 2013 and may be viewed here.

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 JCAR review is complete; filing is imminent.
Proposed Amendments to Part 226 (Special Education)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Public Comment period has ended; Board adoption is pending.
Proposed Amendments to Part 20 (Standards for Endorsements in Elementary Education)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Public comment due: June 3, 2013
Proposed Amendments to Part 21 (Standards for Endorsements in the Middle Grades)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Public comment due: June 3, 2013
Proposed Amendments to Part 25 (Certification)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Public comment due: June 3, 2013
Proposed Amendments to Part 26 (Standards for Certification in Early Childhood Education and in Elementary Education)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Public comment due: June 3, 2013
Proposed Amendments to Part 27 (Standards for Certification in Specific Teaching Fields)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Public comment due: June 3, 2013
Proposed Amendments to Part 226 (Special Education)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Public comment due: June 3, 2013
Proposed Amendments to Part 65 (New Teacher Mentoring and Induction)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Public comment due: July 15, 2013
Proposed Amendments to Part 75 (Agricultural Education Program)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Public comment due: July 15, 2013
Proposed Amendments to Part 140 (Calculation of Excess Cost under Section 18-3 of the School Code)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Public comment due: July 15, 2013
Proposed Amendments to Part Part 210 (Illinois Hope and Opportunity through Education Program)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Public comment due: July 15, 2013
Proposed Amendments to Part 228 (Transitional Bilingual Education)

Summary of Action               Text of Rulemaking		 Public comment due: July 15, 2013