Policy Committee

The Success Network’s Policy Committee provides space for local practitioners and policy leaders to collaborate and learn from one another, elevates local practice to inform state policy, and supports local practitioners to take advantage of policy windows. The Policy Committee is composed of a range of education, workforce, community-based organizations, advocacy groups, and state agency stakeholders spanning the P-20 pipeline.

Launched in December 2022, the Policy Committee focuses on new and emerging education and career policy efforts, including (but not limited to) issues around college and career pathways, work-based learning, early college credit, transitional instruction, and postsecondary transitions. Additionally, members share about promising local practices, engage with data, identify and advance emerging policy priorities, and identify opportunities to scale innovative policy in the field.

Upcoming Meetings

Q4 2025: Full Committee
Wednesday, December 3, 9:30–11 a.m.
Virtual convening

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Resources

September 2025 Memo: Addressing Challenges to College and Career Pathway Endorsement Implementation

Despite offering numerous benefits to students in accelerating postsecondary planning and success, College and Career Pathway Endorsements (CCPE) have struggled to scale in districts across the state due to implementation hurdles for practitioners. A workgroup of the Illinois Education and Career Success Network’s Policy Committee focused on identifying these challenges to CCPE implementation and potential local and systemic solutions.

September 2025: Local Practices to Support CCPE Implementation

In implementing College and Career Pathway Endorsements (CCPE), practitioners have innovated creative solutions to mitigate challenges in partnerships, operations, and student engagement. This document highlights local practices that arioe from the collaborative problem-solving of a workgroup of the Illinois Education and Career Success Network Policy Committee.

June 2024 Memo: Addressing Transportation-Related Barriers Impacting Student Access to Work-Based Learning

Discover key insights and recommendations on overcoming transportation barriers to work-based learning for Illinois students in the latest memo from the Success Network Policy Committee. This memo outlines student perspectives, district strategies, and systemic solutions to enhance access to work-based learning opportunities.

January 2024 Memo: Transportation-Related Barriers Impacting Student Access to Work-Based Learning

The Policy Committee convened a workgroup to explore work-based learning transportation challenges and has published the first of two memos, which shed light on the significant transportation-related barriers students face in accessing work-based learning opportunities. This resource identifies and analyzes challenges impacting in-school youth at the school district, local, and system levels.

Meeting Archive

View the YouTube playlist of meeting recordings or select a date below to view the recording and resources.

The Policy Committee‘s meeting on September 24 included a new report on higher education outcomes from the Illinois Workforce and Education Resource Collaborative, a new memo on the implementation challenges of College and Career Pathway Endorsement, updates on state dual credit policy, cut score reevaluation, and new resources.
The Success Network Policy Committee's 2025 Q2 meeting featured legislative updates, emerging findings from the College and Career Pathway Endorsement workgroup, and new resources.
The Success Network Policy Committee's 2025 Q1 meeting included presentations on a student-led survey of CTE and pathways experiences, chronic absenteeism, a new workgroup for the College and Career Pathway Endorsements, and a review of key policy updates.
At the Success Network Policy Committee's annual data deep dive on January 23, 2025, we explored a range of college and career readiness and success metrics from Illinois data resources and beyond.
The Success Network Policy Committee's 2024 Q4 meeting included presentations on labor market information for use in college and career pathways, Illinois Report Card data, and career exploration for middle school students.
The Success Network Policy Committee's 2024 Q3 meeting included presentations on the updated State of Illinois Model Programs of Study Guides, the first virtual course for transitional math, and key policy updates.
The Success Network Policy Committee's 2024 Q2 meeting included presentations on college and career pathways, work-based learning transportation, and policy and legislative updates.
The Success Network Policy Committee's 2024 Q1 meeting included a walkthrough of the Success Network Dashboard's new early college view and updated functionalities, the proposed budget, and emerging legislation.
At the 11th annual Success Network conference, the Success Network Policy Committee shared the past year's college and career readiness policy updates and highlights.
The 2024 Data Deep Dive reviewed secondary measures and postsecondary transition data from the updated Illinois Report Card.
The Success Network Policy Committee's 2023 Q4 meeting included data highlights, key policy updates, and a look forward to 2024.
The Success Network Policy Committee's 2023 Q3 meeting featured Evanston and River Bend sharing their work to implement the PaCE framework, a review of the new Career Pathways Dictionary, and discussion of dual credit updates.