Section 1506.300  Eligible Applicants

a)         Applicants must be one of the following entities:

1)         A community college established and operating under the authority of the Public Community College Act [110 ILCS 85].

2)         A nonprofit entity in partnership with the regional superintendent of schools.

3)         A chief administrator of an intermediate service center that has the authority, under rules adopted by the State Board of Education, to issue a high school diploma.

4)         A school district organized under Article 34 of the Illinois School Code [105 ILCS 5/34A-101].

b)         Applicants must provide documentation demonstrating that the applicant is or has been unable to establish an agreement with a secondary or unit school district in which the eligible applicant is located to provide a program through which students who successfully complete that program can receive a high school diploma from their districts of residence. This subsection does not apply to a school district applicant (see subsection (a)(4)).