Public Act 93-1036 requires the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to develop and maintain a continuing, five-year strategic plan for elementary and secondary education. The 2016 Comprehensive Strategic Plan is the agency's 12th such report. The first plan focused on ISBE's three primary goal areas: (1) enhancing literacy; (2) improving educator quality for all children; and (3) expanding data-driven management and school support practices. Since 2005, agency staff members revisit the plan each year to review the agency's accomplishments and to update and refine strategies to ensure every student in the state is prepared for success. During the 2015-16 school year, the State Board amended its strategic plan to create a new vision for public education, establishing a new mission and refocused goals. State Superintendent Smith identified five key areas of focus to guide the agency's initiatives and strategic goals going forward: (1) Funding: Establish an adequate and equitable education finance system; (2) Quality: Common definition of, and fair access to, quality education; (3) Autonomy: Maximize district autonomy to provide quality education to all families; (4) Competency: Encourage competency-based learning; and (5) Community: Districts and schools as centers of healthy communities. [This report was published by the Illinois State Board of Education's Public Information Division. For the 2015 report, see ED618510.]