State Profile For Illinois

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State Director

Mr. Mark Williams, Division Administrator
Career Development Division, Illinois State Board of Education
100 North First Street, E-426
Springfield, IL 62777

CTE Web Site(s) as Applicable

Secondary: http://www.isbe.state.il.us/career/default.htm

Mission

The mission of the Division of Career Development and Preparation is to provide leadership and resources to educators who assist Illinois youth in choosing and preparing for their career

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools:	666
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses:	26
Number of Students in Public High Schools:	606,669
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	341,340
Number of Public Community Colleges:	48
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges:	698,707
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	261,508
Perkins Funds Received:	$45,595,263

CTE Governance Structure

Perkins Eligible Agency:	Department of Education
Agency Administering Secondary CTE:	Department of Education
Agency Administering Postsecondary CTE:	Community College Board
Programmatic Control For Secondary CTE:	State Board of Education
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE:	Illinois Community College Board

CTE Funding

State Secondary Funding:
State Postsecondary Funding:
Local Secondary Funding:
Local Postsecondary Funding:

State Director Roles and Responsibilities

The State Director has the title of Division Administrator for Career Development and Preparation. The Director is responsible for administering CTE for the State of Illinois.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

The Career Development and Preparation Division in Illinois is tasked with the coordination of High School Reform efforts. The Division is responsible for the coordination of the High Schools That Work Initiative and partnered with the Curriculum and Instruction Division on Project Lead the Way.

Implementation of Career Clusters

Illinois envisions their career clusters as organized around five specific career clusters: Health Occupations, Business, Marketing and Management Education, Industrial and Technical Education, Agricultural Education, Family and Consumer Sciences.
Several delivery methods are being used to implement and deliver career clusters, including career academies, High Schools That Work, and Tech Prep.

Indicators

The data for 2003-2004 in the above chart was taken directly from the Consolidated Annual Reports (CAR Report 2003-04). The CAR is a mandatory fiscal and accountability report submitted by each state to the U.S. Department of Education. It provides performance information on 14 Perkins indicators. A red X means a state did not meet its adjusted level of performance and a green checkmark means that the state did meet its goal.A blue bar in the Secondary Indicators table means that the state does not offer students the opportunity to earn both a high school diploma and other credential (e.g., a skill certificate) or that the data was not otherwise provided by the state. A blue bar in the Postsecondary Indicators table indicates that the state did not provide data.

The data for 2004-2005 was taken from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, Report to Congress on State Performance, Program Year 2004-05, Washington, D.C., 2007.

Last updated on 08/07/2008