**Mandatory webinar 11/02/2009.
The Board of Education is seeking to establish a list of pre-qualified providers for the Illinois Partnership Zone that can offer services and programs designed to assist school districts with school improvement efforts in Illinois lowest performing schools. Successful bidders to this solicitation may be contracted for these services and programs in one of two ways:
1. Directly by a school district that has successfully competed for a School Improvement grant pursuant to Title I, Section 1003(g) of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB); or
2. Directly to work with schools in districts identified by the agency; contracts for this option are dependent upon the agencys receipt of funding under the U.S. Department of Educations (USDE) Race to the Top initiative or through other state or federal initiatives.
Note: must register at site to access full RFP (registration is free).