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Textbook Loan Program Information |
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What is the Illinois Textbook Loan Program? |
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The Illinois Textbook Loan Program (ITLP) was authorized in 1975 by legislation
and Article 18-17 of the Illinois School Code.
The purpose is to provide textbooks, textbook substitutes, and since 1996,
instructional computer software to public and nonpublic students. Funding has
varied from year to year and has never provided sufficient funding to cover all
Illinois pupils' textbook needs for K-12. |
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What grades will the program serve this year? |
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Grades 9-12 students will be served for fiscal year 2007. |
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What will be the dollar per pupil amount? |
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The per pupil amount will be approximately $40. |
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What enrollment numbers will be used to determine
pupil count and dollar allocation? |
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2005 FALL HOUSING ENROLLMENT REPORT NUMBERS. |
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When is the deadline to complete school
requests? |
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Schools can begin entering requests on November 15, 2006 via the ISBE
website. March 15, 2007 is the deadline for requests. Missing the March
15, 2007 deadline can result in losing your allotment and having the funds
divided among those schools meeting the deadline. |
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How much does shipping cost? |
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Don't be concerned about shipping costs. The ITLP generally pays for shipping
to your selected shipping location; however, schools that make errors are
responsible for paying return shipping charges back to the vendor. |
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Can schools request more then one central
shipping address? |
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No. This is not allowed since it would increase the program's budget for
shipping charges and would reduce the per pupil allotment for all schools. |
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What is the total funding for the program this
year? |
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The total is approximately $29,126,500. |
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Why is the program named the Illinois Textbook Loan
Program? |
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All materials are purchased by the Illinois State Board of Education and are
the property of the state on loan to both public and nonpublic students.
Therefore, specific rules exist that require schools to stamp the materials
"Property of the State of Illinois." In addition, specific disposal procedures
exist that require program approval to dispose of materials no longer needed. |
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What materials may NOT be purchased with
ITLP funds? |
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The list is long
of materials that may not be purchased with ITLP funds. They include reference
materials such as almanac, atlases,
maps, globes, models, and periodicals. Also prohibited are consumable items of
any type such as workbooks, tests, and black line masters. School supplies are
also prohibited such as rulers, tape measures, pencils, markers, crayons,
chalk, paper clips, erasers, rubber bands, rubber stamps, paper and plastic
cups, cotton balls, q-tips, string, aluminum foil, plastic spoons, pipe
cleaners, toothpicks, tongue depressors, buttons, marbles, wire, nails,
magnets, batteries, specimens, solutions, clay, sand, seeds, soil, sugar,
flour, washers, thermometers, glass beakers, test tubes, gloves, lab aprons,
safety goggles, etc. Teacher materials are also not included as the program is
to purchase items for student usage only. |
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How may I contact the ITLP staff with other
questions? |
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Reaching ITLP staff directly by telephone can be a challenge during the period
for placing requests. Staff names are
Frank Hanselman, Kris Wilkins, Courtney Session. Our phone number is
217-782-0734 and fax is 217-785-7926. |
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What is the minimum order amount that can be placed
with a vendor? |
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The minimum order amount will be $200 with each publisher. The website is
programmed to prevent placing an order for less than $200 per publisher. If a
school's allotment is less than $400, the requested titles must be from one
publisher. This has been done to reduce our cost in processing hundreds of
small purchase orders to the various vendors. As a result of fewer purchase
orders, there will be fewer textbook delivery confirmation forms and vendors'
invoices to process. |
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General Information |
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Which browsers does the Illinois Textbook Loan
Program Web site support? |
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The Illinois Textbook Loan Program Web site supports both
Netscape 4.0 and
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 on the Windows platform or
Netscape 4.7 and Microsoft
Internet Explorer 4.5 on the Mac platform, as well as earlier and later
versions of both of these browsers. Keep in mind, however, that it is a good
idea to update your browser to the latest version in order to improve graphics
and increase speed. |
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What are the minimum system (hardware/software)
requirements for accessing the Illinois Textbook Loan Program Web site? |
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For the best experience using our services, we recommend at least the
following:
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486dx or higher computer (we recommend at least a Pentium 60)
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14.4+kbps modem (we recommend 28.8)
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8 MB RAM (we recommend 16 MB)
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Netscape or Internet Explorer version 3.0 (we recommend a 4.0+ version that
supports Javascript)
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We support Windows 95/98/NT, Mac OS 7.5+, and various UNIX operating systems.
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What can I do to increase the speed with which I
access your site? |
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The following suggestions may help to enhance the performance of our services:
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Make sure that your modem is 14.4 kbps or more; any speed exceeding this
minimum requirement is OK.
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Clear your disk and memory caches and check to make sure that your memory cache
setting is no greater than 25 percent of your computer's total RAM.
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Close any applications you are not using in order to make more RAM available to
your browser.
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Decrease your browser's verification frequency. This may involve setting your
cache preferences to verify one time per session, as opposed to every time you
retrieve a page. Note: Slow speed may be due to your Internet access provider.
Your provider may pass through many nodes before contacting the www.isbe.net
server, and, as the number of nodes increases, your page retrieval rate will be
effected.
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