Private Business and Vocational Schools
Private Business and Vocational Schools Student Records
All private business and vocational schools are required to keep permanent records suitable for transcript purpose for fifty (50) calendar years after the student has left the school. If you need a copy of your transcript, you should contact the school you attended.
In the event the school no longer exists, contact our closed school records by writing to the Illinois State Board of Education, Educator and School Development, Pat Barto/Closed School Records, 100 North First Street, Springfield, IL 62777 or by fax to Pat Barto at 217/557-8392 to submit a written request for a transcript. All requests must be in writing. Please include the name of the student, school name, social security number, date of birth, year attended or graduated and address to where transcript is to be sent, phone number should we need additional information, and a signature for us to release the information. You may contact the Illinois State Board of Education for further information (217/782-2948).
Private Business
and Vocational Schools Closed School List 
Public — Non-Public Student Records
Public school records are maintained by the district in which the school was located. Students need to contact the district directly to obtain information. If the school is closed, students need to contact the Regional Office of Education for that particular county the school was located. Former students from the City of Chicago should contact the Chicago Former Student Records office at 773/535-7722.
Non-Public records are maintained by the schools. If the school has closed, please contact the Non-Public Schools Unit, at the Illinois State Board of Education for further information at 217/782-2948.
Consumer Information
Any student or employee of a school approved by this Act who believes he has been aggrieved by a violation of this Act shall have the right to file a written complaint within one year of the alleged violation. The State Superintendent of Education shall acknowledge within 20 days receipt of such written complaint. The Superintendent shall issue a written finding as to whether there is good cause to initiate disciplinary proceedings in accordance with the provisions of this Act. The Superintendent shall furnish such findings to the person who filed the complaint and to the chief operating office of the school cited in the complaint.
Written complaint may be submitted to:
Illinois State Board of Education
Accountability Division
Private Business and Vocational Schools
100 North First Street, E230
Springfield, Illinois 62777
