Illinois

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Context

Illinois at a Glance

The students, the jobs, and the decision-makers shaping Illinois’s math pathways.

Population
12,719,141
Median income
$83,211
GROWTH Industries
Food Services and Drinking Places, Ambulatory Health Care Services, Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries
K-12

Governing authority: Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)

State education agency: Illinois State Board of Education

Chief state school officer: State Superintendent of Education

Higher Education

Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE)

Illinois Community College Board (ICCB)

Policy

Illinois Math Policy Highlights

Explore Illinois policies shaping math pathways, developmental education reform, and transferable general education math.

Illinois creates senior-year math pathways leading to college-level placement.

See the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act, 110 ILCS 148/45-50. Transitional Math offers STEM, Technical, and Quantitative Literacy/Statistics pathways with statewide community-college placement.

Illinois requires colleges to scale evidence-based developmental ed reforms.

See 110 ILCS 175/100-30, Developmental Education Reform Act. Public colleges must scale evidence-based models that improve completion of introductory college-level math within a student's first two semesters.

Illinois Articulation Initiative provides transferable math aligned to a major.

See the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) GECC Mathematics requirement. Students complete one approved math course, 3-5 credits, chosen to fit their major; the GECC transfers among participating institutions.