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The Illinois State Board of Education is establishing affinity groups for educators of color through a partnership with Sangamon-Menard Regional Office of Education 51 and Teach Plus Illinois.? The affinity groups will bring educators of color together to build a supportive community, examine current issues they face, and make recommendations that address those issues.

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P.A. 104-0003 page 643

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To support educator retention by leveraging partnerships that will provide access to coaching, mentoring, and teacher leadership opportunities.

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Education Organizations;

Page 643 of Public Act 104-0003 names Teach Plus Illinois as the recipient of a grant for the Affinity Groups Program

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Non-competitive

Education

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Applications are found within ISBE’s IWAS system

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Applications are reviewed using modified Merit Based Review Process

Applications are due within 30 calendar days of receipt

Applications are generally approved or returned for changes within 30 calendar days of receipt

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The program uses an unrestricted indirect cost rate.

Expenditure reports to be submitted on quarterly basis via IWAS. Programmatic reports are submitted annually. Final programmatic report due 30 days after completion of grant period.

The audit requirements adopted by GATA include the adoption of the federal audit requirements (2 CFR 200.501), audit requirements for grantees and subrecipients that do not meet the federal audit requirements and audit requirements for “For Profit” subrecipients. For-profit Subrecipient. The PTE(s) is responsible for ensuring subrecipient compliance with established requirements. Methods to ensure compliance for State and federal awards to for profit subrecipients may include pre-award audits, monitoring during the agreement period of performance, and post-award audits. See also 2 CFR 200.331 Requirements for Pass-through Entities. https://gata.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/gata/documents/audit/GATA-Audit-Requirements.pdf; https://gata.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/gata/documents/resource-library/Audit-Report-Review-Process-Grantee-Instruction-Manual.pdf.

Financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other awardee records pertinent to a State award shall be retained for 3 years after the date of submission of the final expenditure report or, for awards renewed quarterly or annually, after the date of the submission of the quarterly or annual financial report to the State agency.

001-58613-4400-30-00

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Illinois State Board of Education 100 North First Street Springfield IL 62777

https://www.isbe.net/Pages/LR-Affinity-Groups.aspx

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FY 2025 : $1,000,000
FY 2026 : $1,000,000