College and Career Readiness - College and Career Pathway Endorsement (CCPE)

Oct 10, 2026

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College and Career Pathway Endorsement (CCPE) is part of the College and Career Readiness meta-indicator and contributes data used to determine whether students have satisfied specific components shown on the Report Card. Starting school year 2025-26, endorsements are submitted in ISBE’s Student Information System (SIS) by eligible districts. District eligibility requires being a student’s valid home district (Grades 9–12) and having approved endorsements per the endorsement plan system. Submissions must follow district currency rules, and the data table defines required identifiers and validation constraints for student fields, school year, and endorsement codes, including deletion via code 99. Change history is included with updates and creation date.

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College and Career Pathway Endorsement Overview

Meta-indicator role and Report Card publication

Submission Timeline and Eligibility

SIS submission starting 2025-26

District eligibility criteria

Data Elements and Validation Rules

Student identifiers and personal information rules

School year, CCPE endorsement codes, and deletion

Change History

College and Career Readiness – College and Career Pathway Endorsement • The College and Career Pathway Endorsement (CCPE) collection is a portion of the sub-components of the College and Career Readiness Meta Indicator. These subcomponents are combined with other collected data to calculate whether a student has fulfilled specific components of the meta-indicator, including those that will be published on the Report Card. • Beginning in school year 2025-26 , College and Career Pathway Endorsements will be submitted for students directly in ISBE’s Student Information System (SIS) . Only eligible districts can submit College and Career Pathway Endorsements for students. • Districts must meet the following criteria to be eligible: o The district is the home district on a student’s valid (non-erroneous) Grade 9-12 enrollment in the school year an endorsement will be applied o The district has one or more approved endorsements in the school year that an endorsement will be applied, per the Career Pathway Endorsement Plan system. • Eligible districts can only add and manage endorsements when they are the most current home district on a student’s valid (non-erroneous) Grade 9-12 enrollment. | Data Element | Mandatory | Data Type | Code | Value | Description | Validation Rules / Notes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Student ID | Mandatory | Char(9) | | | Student Identifier assigned in ISBESIS. Required to track students in the state of Illinois. | | | SAP ID | Optional | Char(50) | | | Student Identifier used by the school packages to identify a student in their local system. | | | Student Last Name | Mandatory | Char(30) | | | Student’s legal last name. This field accepts spaces (St John) and hyphens, “-“ (Santiago-Hernandez) . | Do not enter a space in names like McCormick, MacCormick.
Remove the apostrophe in names like O’Brien (Obrien) . | | Student First Name | Mandatory | Char(30) | | | Student’s legal first name. This field accepts spaces (Mary Ann) and hyphens, “-“ (John-Paul) . | | | Birth Date | Mandatory | Char(10) | mm/dd/yyyy | | Student’s date of birth. The student’sage must be greater than 0 years and less than 22 years.
An eligible student who requires continued public school educational experience to facilitate that student's integration into society shall be eligible for such services through age 21. If the eligible student reaches the age of 22 during the school year, the student is eligible for such services through the end of the school year. | | | Home District RCDTS | Mandatory | Char(15) | rrccddddttssss | | Region-County-District-Type-School code that uniquely identifies the | The Home District RCDTS will prefill online based on the logged | | Data Element | Mandatory | Data Type | Code | Value | Description | Validation Rules / Notes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | home district where a student is being educated. | in user’s associated RCDTS and cannot be changed. | | Home District Name | Display only (online) | N/A | | | The name of the home district is
based on the Home District RCDTS. | The Home District Name will prefill online based on the logged in user’s associated RCDTS and cannot be changed. | | School Year | Mandatory | Char(4) | yyyy | | School year for which an endorsement is applicable. | Endorsements cannot be added or managed in SIS prior to school year 2025-26.
Future school years are not allowed. | | College and Career Pathway Endorsement (CCPE) | Mandatory | Char(2) | | | The Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act includes a process for school districts to award College and Career Pathway Endorsements to high school graduates. Students earn endorsements by completing an individualized learning plan, a career-focused instructional sequence, and professional learning opportunities. | Only approved endorsements in the school year that an endorsement will be applied, per the Career Pathway Endorseme

FAQs

When do districts begin submitting College and Career Pathway Endorsements in SIS?

Districts begin submitting endorsements directly in ISBE’s Student Information System (SIS) starting in school year 2025-26. Endorsements cannot be added or managed in SIS prior to that school year.

What makes a district eligible to submit an endorsement for a student?

A district must be the student’s home district on a valid (non-erroneous) Grade 9–12 enrollment in the school year the endorsement will be applied. The district must also have one or more approved endorsements for that school year per the Career Pathway Endorsement Plan system.

What restrictions apply to submitting CCPE endorsements?

Only approved endorsements for the relevant school year can be submitted. A student cannot have the same endorsement submitted more than once by the same home district or by different home districts for any school year, and duplicate endorsements are not allowed.

Oct 10, 2026

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