Illinois offers K–12 students and their families several types of school choice, including one private school choice programs, charter schools, magnet schools, home schooling and intra-district public school choice via an open enrollment policy.
Illinois
Private School Choice
Illinois has one private school choice program; an individual tax credit for educational expenses. This program help families afford to send their children to participating private schools.
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Illinois
Tax Credits for Educational Expenses
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Public School Choice
Illinois has a limited intra-district open enrollment policy that allow some parents to transfer to traditional public schools within their district. Illinois does have magnet schools.
Charter School Choice
Illinois has charter schools. Charter schools are publicly funded schools that are free of many of the regulations that restrict traditional public schools.
Home School Choice
Parents have to follow certain laws in Illinois when homeschooling their children.
K-12 Education in Illinois Polling Insights
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