Section 1.75  Student Information System

a)         Each school district shall participate in the Student Information System (SIS) established by the State Board of Education by entering data on the students served, their characteristics, their particular needs, the programs in which they participate, and their academic achievement to the Board in a format specified by the State Superintendent and according to the timelines applicable to the system. 

b)         In accordance with Section 20 of the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act, any nonpublic school that is recognized under 23 Ill. Adm. Code 425 may elect to participate in the longitudinal data system by disclosing data to the State Board for one or more of the purposes of the Act.  [105 ILCS 13/20] 

1)         A nonpublic school wishing to participate in the SIS shall notify the State Superintendent of Education no later than the start of the school year in which participation will begin.  Failure to meet the notification deadline shall delay participation until the following school year.

2)         Data submitted to the SIS shall be in a format and in accordance with timelines established by the State Superintendent. 

3)         Representatives from participating nonpublic schools shall complete any training relative to the SIS that the State Superintendent may require.

(Source:  Amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 1056, effective January 3, 2011)