Division Name:	Regional Office Support	FY97 $0 FY98 $0 FY99 $500,000 FY00 $500,000 FY01 $500,000 FY02 $500,000 FY 03 $485,300 FY 04 $485,300 $ Change $0 % Change 0.0%
Legislative Reference:	2-3.82 of the School Code
Leadership Goal:	9
Program Goal:	To improve and support the delivery of learning technology initiatives and services to local school districts.

Purpose:	This initiative enables staff in each Regional Office of Education (ROE) and Intermediate Service Center (ISC) and at ISBE to assist districts throughout the state in implementing statewide technology initiatives that support academic performance in the classroom.
Population and Service Levels:	Services are provided to all public schools in Illinois connected via the state-provided network that provides learning technology services through Regional Office of Education and Intermediate Service Center connections. Additionally, this network gives ROE's and ISC's access to statewide, regionally-based software designed to improve the efficiency of their operations.
Reimbursement/ Distribution Method	In FY03, $300,000 of the funds were provided to the Regional Offices of Education and Intermediate Service Centers (excluding Chicago) through grants of $6,250 which support computer needs (hardware, software, and support) and support learning technology services far local school districts: The remainder of the appropriation is used by ISBE to implement and support a statewide, regionally based accounting software system.
Performance Measures & Activities	Grant applications will be reviewed and approved, and programs will be monitored for compliance with grant deliverables and the yearly expenditure report. Beginning in FY01, an annual report will be compiled and published in December of each year. In FY02, grant applications will include a section that requests information on how the funds are helping to affect education.