Funding Federal, state, and tuition

local taxes. private grants

Reform The federal No Child
Left Behind (NCLB)
Act of 2001 aims to
bring all students up to
the proficient level on
state tests by the 2013-
2014 school year, and
to hold states and
schools more
accountable for results
The era of No Child
Left Behind is finally
ending. President
Obama signed the
Every Student
Succeeds Act (ESSA)
into law.
Fundraising from
parents, alumni, and
other community
members.
If the school is
associated with a
religious group, the
local branch may
provide an important
source of funding as
well.
ESEA
ESSA
Illinois has adopted
the Critical Health
Problems and
Comprehensive
Health Education
Act for all elementary
and secondary
schools in the state.

The Common Core

State Standards
provide clear and
consistent learning
goals to help prepare
students for college,
career, and life.

With the adoption of

the new Illinois
Learning Standards
 incorporating the
Common Core, the
state has retired many
of its old tests and
replaced them with
new, innovative
assessments that will
provide educators with
reliable data to help
guide instruction.

ESEA
School boards School boards look For most private
out for students. schools, the school
Board exists
When making primarily to
decisions about formulate policy and
school programs, give direction to the
school boards school
incorporate their
communitys view of
Planning and
what students should
know and be able to budgeting or budget
do. approval.

For official church

School boards are sponsored schools,
there is also often
accessible to the
an ultimate
public and
authority: a pastor,
accountable for the
a bishop, or a
performance of their
church council
schools.
outside of the
school itself
School boards are the
education watchdog
For many private
for their
and independent
communities,
schools issues of
ensuring that
who ultimately
students get the best
controls the school
education for the tax
are not so clear.
dollars spent.

Elected officials
within an individual
 school district that
have a say in the
daily operations of
that school district.
Collaboration with outside D.A.R.E National Independent
agencies
Robert crown
State mandates
School is mandatory
for Illinois children
ages 7-16
Use of corporal
punishment, which is
prohibited with
exception of using
physical force for self-
defense
Moment of silence for
students to pray,
reflect, or meditate.
ISA
SAT, state assessment,
11th grade
PARCC, 3rd-8th grade,
state assessment
ACCESS for ELLs,
language proficiency
test, K-12
Private Schools
Association
NAIS
Attendance at a
nonpublic or a
parochial school
satisfies the Illinois
compulsory
attendance statute if
the children are
taught the branches
of education taught to
children of
corresponding age
and grade in the
public schools.
Recognized
nonpublic schools
must have the same
minimum curriculum
and graduation
requirements as
public schools in
Illinois
Title I/Title II
The purpose of the
Illinois Purchased
Care Review Board is
to review and
approve or
disapprove the costs
and set rates for
 nonpublic facilities.

Teacher certification
is not required for
teachers at
recognized nonpublic
schools unless the
school governance
chooses to require it
as a condition of
employment

Federal mandates The National The National

Assessment of Assessment of
Educational Educational
Progress (NAEP) Progress (NAEP)

Public schools are Private schools are

required to operate for
a minimum of 180
days as per the
compulsory attendance
law.
required to operate
for a minimum of
170 days as per
compulsory
attendance law.

The SSAT is a
standardized test used
by admission officers
to assess the abilities
of students seeking to
enroll in an
independent school.

ISEE
programs The school district has National school lunch
established program
independently or in
cooperation with other Private school are not
districts a mandated by law to
comprehensive provide special
program of special education services or
education for all programs
students with
 disabilities or Military programs
suspected disabilities
between the ages of Athletics are
three and twenty-one important
residing within the
jurisdiction of the
district/cooperative Religious programs

National school lunch

program

School Breakfast
Program

Special Milk Program

Seamless Summer
Option

Afterschool Care
Program

Provided
transportation