Ordering school materials for the 2007 Illinois Textbook Loan Program (ITLP) began November 15, 2006 and ends March 15, 2007. The funding for 2007 ITLP is $29,126,500 which means the allotment for schools will be approximately $40 per student. The 2007 ITLP program covers grades 9 through 12. If you have any questions, call the Illinois Textbook Loan Program at 217/782-0734.
	The Illinois Textbook Loan Program was authorized in 1975 legislation to provide textbooks free of charge to any public and nonpublic student enrolled in grades K-12.  Illinois is not an "adoption state" and this program is not part of a funding program of that nature.  Curriculum materials selections in Illinois are the decision of each school or local district.  The state purchases the materials and then loans them to pupils.  The program funding is only enough to provide supplemental dollars for materials and is not aimed at total funding for all instructional materials.  To participate, schools must be registered with the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) as in compliance with the compulsory attendance laws and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.  Student materials are requested by school staff from catalogs sent to schools by the various bonded publishers participating in the program.  Legislation in 1996 specifically added instructional computer software to the textbook definition.  The publishers’ titles include only those items that meet the definition as required by the legislation.  However, the definition does not include classroom supplies, consumable items, workbooks, tests, periodicals, reference items, atlases, maps, globes, or professional materials for teachers.
	This website will be the only source used to electronically enter a textbook request.  The "Help" link in the upper right corner of these pages is designed to assist users with the procedures needed to utilize the various keys on the left side of this page.  All schools must utilize this website to request materials.   Entering a request will require the use of passwords that will be sent to schools in early November 2006 and will allow only authorized staff to request materials.  One password (user password) is for general staff usage.  The second password (coordinator password) is for the usage of the curriculum or administrative staff to prepare the request in priority order with all required information.  The third administrator password is for exclusive use of the superintendent or school administrator.  It is the authorization signature to certify compliance with the Illinois School Code and program Rules and Regulations.  Once the third password is submitted and required information has been provided, an Internet reply will appear thanking the school/district for completion of the submission.  UNLESS THAT MESSAGE APPEARS, THE SUBMISSION IS NOT FINAL AND THE REQUEST FOR MATERIALS IS INCOMPLETE.  Schools will be able to start entering requests on November 15, 2006 and the last day of entering requests will be March 15, 2007.

2007 Illinois Textbook Loan Program

	The 2007 program is targeted for eligible students in grades 9-12.  Our total appropriation is $29,126,500.  The per-student allotment is based on the 2005 or the latest enrollment data for the end of September as submitted to the ISBE for grades 9-12.  It is anticipated that the per-student allotment for 2007 will be approximetly $40.  This number could change due to some schools not using their entire allotments, vendors lowering prices and dropping unavailable titles, or dropping/eliminating shipping charges.  Due to these unforeseen circumstances, we strongly recommend that requests entered be 5% over your determined allotment.  School allotments, passwords, and other pertinent information regarding the program will be mailed to the SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS' attention in early November 2006.  After all requests have been entered, purchase orders will be initiated and sent to those participating vendors for delivery to schools. AN ORDER RECAP FORM AND DELIVERY CONFIRMATION FORM(S) WILL BE SENT TO THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN APRIL 2007.  THE RECAP FORM INDICATES THE BOOKS ORDERED FOR YOU AND NEED NOT BE RETURNED TO ISBE.  THIS FORM IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY. THE DELIVERY CONFIRMATION FORMS ARE TO BE RETURNED TO THE ISBE UPON RECEIPT OF THE MATERIALS.  IT IS VITAL THAT THESE BE RETURNED TO ISBE, AS VENDORS' INVOICES CANNOT BE PROCESSED UNTIL WE HAVE RECEIVED THEM.  PLEASE KEEP THESE FORMS IN A SAFE PLACE UNTIL READY FOR SIGNING AND RETURNING TO ISBE.  FORMS MAY BE MAILED OR FAXED TO 217-785-7926.
	Staff entering requests should be certain their request is prioritized with the most important needs entered first.  Everything requested beyond the allotment is a "wish list" of items with no guarantee of purchase by the program.  (Example: If we have only $170 to add onto your allotment, you will receive nothing if you request a $200 item over your allotment. If you request thirty $25 items, we will order six items for $150 and the $20 left will go to other schools that requested nine $10 items.)  Requesting big dollar items beyond your allotment instead of single or multiple copies of titles $40 or less is not likely to result in receiving additional titles.
	Schools have the flexibility to select their curriculum needs from thousands of items, including textbooks, multimedia, manipulatives, and both online internet resources and instructional computer software.  These are available from about 100 publishers/vendors participating in the program.
	The site permits searching by ISBN or thirteen digit product number, publisher name, subject areas, title key word, type of material, and various combinations of these.  These search results can each be printed out as needed; however, this is a data file with many thousands of titles to search.  Your search results may overwhelm your printer and paper supply.  The quickest and best search tool is the ISBN number.
	If you have any questions regarding the program, please call the ITLP staff at 217-782-0734 or fax to 217-785-7926.