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Contacts

State Education Agency

Illinois State Board Education

Marci Johnson

Interim Division Administrator

Grants and Programs

100 N. 1st Street

Springfield, IL  62777

217-524-4832

 

 

State Gifted Education Association

Illinois Association for Gifted Children

1500 Sullivan Rd

Aurora, IL 60506

(630) 907-5047


Jeanine Buishas
President

Patricia Steinmeyer
Executive Director

 

 

 

Statistics

Year Data Collected 
2014-2015
Total Student Population 
1,970,984
Number of Identified Gifted Students 
Not collected
State Funding for Gifted and Talented Education 

No funding for gifted education

Policy

Areas of giftedness addressed in state definition: 
Other
Does the state mandate identification for gifted & talented education? 
No
Does the state mandate services for gifted & talented education? 
No
Does the state provide guidance or guidelines for the process of identifying gifted & talented students? 
No
Does the state have a policy requiring districts to recognize gifted eligibilities from other districts in the same state? 
No state policy, up to LEA to determine
Does state policy permit early entrance to kindergarten? 
No state policy, up to LEA to determine
Does the state have an acceleration policy? 
No state policy, up to LEA to determine
Does the state require general education teachers to receive training on gifted students after initial teacher certification is attained? 
No
Does the state require professionals working in specialized gifted ed programs to have a gifted ed endorsement or certification? 
No
Does the state monitor/audit LEA programs for gifted & talented students? 
No
Does the state report on the achievement or learning growth of gifted students? 
No

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