Illinois State Board of Education

The State Board consists of nine members who are appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate. Board members serve four-year terms, with State Board membership limited to two consecutive terms. \ The board sets educational policies and guidelines for public and private schools, preschool through grade 12, as well as vocational education. It analyzes the aims, needs and requirements of education and recommends legislation to the General Assembly and Governor for the benefit of the more than 2 million school children in Illinois.

Recent News About Illinois State Board of Education

Naperville District 203 schools have been closed to in-person learning for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Parents demand Naperville District 203 reopen schools

Former board member and now State Rep. Janet Yang Rohr, who resigned from the board in January for the congressional position, (D-Naperville), did not respond to DuPage Policy Journal's requests for comment on the district's failure to reopen schools.