Join us in urging Governor Pritzker and Illinois state legislators to appropriate $16.5 million for literacy plan implementation in FY26.

For decades of stagnant literacy achievement to finally change, we need to do more than print off a plan. Meaningful reform must be funded, staffed with top talent, and held to ambitious measurable goals.

The Illinois Report Card data was released October 30, and we dig into it with Mercedes Wentworth-Nice, a Senior Policy Analyst with Advance Illinois.

Help us urge ISBE to add more literacy funding by submitting a budget request today -- it only takes 5 minutes!

Happy Banned Book Day! Today we celebrate our right to read and double down on our effort to protect that freedom for the next generation. Our freedom to read depends on both access to books, and access to literacy. 

Join us as we plan our strategy and tactics for the next year and celebrate the successes of the Coalition thus far!

HB4902 passes the Senate and moves on to the Governor’s desk.

Email your legislator urging them to appropriate $45 million for literacy in the FY25 budget.

Fill out a witness slip in support of HB4902 (Faver Dias/Lightford) to help it advance in the Senate.

Support HB4902 requiring ISBE learning partners, which work with the lowest-performing schools in the state, to align with the literacy plan.