Continuous School Improvement - Statewide System of Success
Forecasted
Continuous School Improvement - Statewide System of Success supports Illinois schools and districts with planning and implementation work to strengthen improvement practices and student outcomes.
Funder: Illinois State Board of Education
Due Dates (Anticipated): December 2026 (FY2027 Planning Grant application)
Funding Amounts: School-specific allocations; four years of funding (one planning year and three implementation years)
Summary: Supports Illinois schools and districts in improvement status with planning and implementation grants to strengthen school improvement practices and student outcomes.
Key Information: The program serves schools identified for Targeted, Comprehensive, or Intensive support.
Description
The Illinois State Board of Education’s Statewide System of Success focuses resources on schools and districts with the greatest need. Through planning-year and implementation-years grants, it builds school leaders’ capacity to implement and sustain effective improvement practices, improve student achievement and performance outcomes, and help schools exit improvement status. The program emphasizes evidence-based practices and fair, equitable, high-quality educational opportunities, especially in Illinois’ lowest and underperforming schools.
The improvement process begins with school leadership teams, community engagement, school-level needs assessments, and root cause analysis. Schools develop improvement plans with SMART goals, activities addressing resource inequities, local assessments of academic progress, and monitoring plans. They then communicate plans to stakeholders, implement activities, monitor progress, and update their plans as the work develops.
