E-rate State Information: Illinois
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Education Department / Lunch Information Estimate Your Category Two School/District Budget State E-rate Coordinators
Name Cherryl Walker Title Managerial Assistant
Area Covered Libraries Address 300 South 2nd Street Phone (217) 782-5432 Fax E-mail cwalker@ilsos.net
Name Jamey Baiter Title Area Covered Address 100 N 1st Street (C-215) Phone (217) 524-4832 Fax E-mail jbaiter@isbe.net
Technology Plan Approvers
The information contained in this section was obtained from the Schools and Libraries Division
of USAC’s website (www.usac.org/e-rate/ ).
Primary Contact Deluiez M. Taylor Title LTC Director Address 125 S. Clark Street - 3rd Floor Phone (773) 553-5733 Fax (773) 553-1368 E-mail dmtaylor5@cps.edu
Alternate Contact Martin (Marty) McGuire Title Address 320 N. Elizabeth St 5 Floor Phone (773) 553-6674 Fax (773) 553-6698 E-mail tawesson@cps.k12.il.us
Note Please be advised you should only contact this organization if you are a Chicago Public Charter School.
Primary Contact Kathryn Bailey Title Director of Technology Address 1509 Ponce de Leon Avenue Phone (404) 270-2324 Fax (404) 270-2324 E-mail bailey.kathy@paideiaschool.org
Alternate Contact Title Address Phone Fax E-mail
Note Please be advised you should only contact this organization if you are a member school.
Primary Contact Jeffrey Liberman Title Associate Director Address 28 Stedman Street Phone (617) 965-7350 Fax E-mail jal@bbje.org
Alternate Contact Title Address Phone Fax E-mail
Note Please be advised that you are not required to be a member school in order to contact this organization.
This organization may also review technology plans for Jewish libraries.
Primary Contact Jeffry White Title Information Technology Liaison Address 1011 Indian School Road, NW, Suite 332 Phone (505) 563-5253 Fax (505) 563-5282 E-mail Jeffry.White@BIE.EDU
Alternate Contact Title Address Phone Fax E-mail
Note Please be advised you should only contact this organization if you are a member school.
Primary Contact Zach Wichmann Title Associate Director for Education Address 108 East Cook Street Phone (217) 528-9200 Fax (217) 528-7214 E-mail zwichmanncci@aol.com
Alternate Contact Mark Garstki Title Director, Archdiocese of Chicago Address P.O. Box 1979 Phone (312) 751-5223 Fax (312) 751-5295 E-mail mgarstki@archchicago.org
Primary Contact Gayle Denny Title Executive Director, ELEA Address 8765 West Higgins Road Phone (800) 500-7644 Fax (623) 882-8770 E-mail Gayle@eleanational.org
Alternate Contact Title Address Phone Fax E-mail
Note Please be advised you should only contact this organization if you are a member school.
Primary Contact Arlene Friedman Title Treasurer / Technology Liaison Address 2828 West Pratt Boulevard Phone (773) 973-2828 Fax (773) 973-6666 E-mail chani@att.org
Alternate Contact Rick Oppermann Title Technology Consultant (Northern IL District LCMS Schools) Address 2500 West Bryn Mawr Phone (773) 561-9830 Fax (773) 561-9831 E-mail rick@richop.com
Primary Contact James Walsh Title Principal Consultant Address 100 North First Street, Mail Drop N-253 Phone (217) 782-5589 Fax (217) 782-7937 E-mail jawalsh@isbe.net
Alternate Contact Jamey Baiter Title Principal Consultant Address 100 North First Street, Mail Drop N-253 Phone (217) 782-5589 Fax (217) 782-7937 E-mail jbaiter@isbe.net
Note This approver will no longer review for private or independent entities effective July 1, 2011
Primary Contact Cherryl Walker Title Managerial Assistant I Address Gwendolyn Brooks Building, 300 S. Second Street Phone (217) 782-0974 Fax (217) 557-2619 E-mail cwalker@ilsos.net
Alternate Contact Joseph Natale Title Address Gwendolyn Brooks Building, 300 S. Second Street Phone (217) 558-4185 Fax (217) 557-2619 E-mail jnatale@ilsos.net
Primary Contact Kevin M. Rooney Title Coordinator of Accreditation Services Address 1165 N. Clark St., Suite 311 Phone (312) 255-1244 Fax (312) 255-1278 E-mail kevin@isacs.org
Alternate Contact Title Address Phone Fax E-mail
Note Please be advised you should only contact this organization if you are a member school.
Primary Contact Maura Marx Title Deputy Director, Office of Library Services Address 1800 M Street, N.W. 9th Floor Phone (202) 653-4774 Fax (202) 653-4602 E-mail mmarx@imls.gov
Alternate Contact Title Address Phone Fax E-mail
Note Please be advised IMLS only approves 5-year plans for LSTA, and those plans satisfy the USAC requirement for a technology plan for State Library Agencies. Only contact this organization if you are a State Library Agency seeking approval of an LSTA plan.
Primary Contact Dr. Bernard Bouillette Title Vice President Address 1616 P Street, NW, Suite 400 Phone (202) 667-3888 Fax (202) 387-6305 E-mail bouilletteb@jsea.org
Alternate Contact Title Address Phone Fax E-mail
Note Please be advised you should only contact this organization if you are a member school.
Primary Contact Mr. Daniel Curtin Title Executive Director, CACE Department Address 1077 30th Street, NW, Suite 100 Phone (202) 337-6232 Fax (202) 333-6706 E-mail curtin@ncea.org
Alternate Contact Title Address Phone Fax E-mail
Note Please be advised you should only contact this organization if you are a member school.
Primary Contact Robert Abramson Title Director Address 155 Fifth Avenue Phone (212) 533-7800 Fax (212) 353-9439 E-mail education@uscj.org
Alternate Contact Title Address Phone Fax E-mail
Note Please be advised you should only contact this organization if you are a member school.
E-rate Summary
The table below shows state-wide E-rate summary information for the E-rate Funding Years indicated.
Year
Requests
Requested
Committed
Disbursed
2025
2,585
$98,789,687.23
$38,856,099.08
$1,537,145.42
2024
2,712
$120,923,940.04
$80,133,572.33
$49,359,693.86
2023
2,780
$105,379,921.11
$98,297,381.30
$80,861,010.58
Source: E-rate Manager ® (Current as of 7/30/2025 5:29 AM CDT)
E-rate Non-traditional Student Eligibility
The information contained in this section was obtained from the
Eligibility Table for Non-Traditional Education page for
Schools and Library Applicants of the Schools and Libraries Divison of USAC.
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