Public Act 103-0452
 
HB3570 EnrolledLRB103 30081 RJT 56505 b

    AN ACT concerning education.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
24A-20 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/24A-20)
    Sec. 24A-20. State Board of Education data collection and
evaluation assessment and support systems.
    (a) On or before the date established in subsection (b) of
this Section, the State Board of Education shall, through a
process involving collaboration with the Performance
Evaluation Advisory Council, develop or contract for the
development of and implement all of the following data
collection and evaluation assessment and support systems:
        (1) A system to annually collect and publish data by
    district and school on teacher and administrator
    performance evaluation outcomes. The system must ensure
    that no teacher or administrator can be personally
    identified by publicly reported data.
        (2) Both a teacher and principal model evaluation
    template. The model templates must incorporate the
    requirements of this Article and any other requirements
    established by the State Board by administrative rule, but
    allow customization by districts in a manner that does not
    conflict with such requirements.
        (3) An evaluator pre-qualification program based on
    the model teacher evaluation template.
        (4) An evaluator training program based on the model
    teacher evaluation template. The training program shall
    provide multiple training options that account for the
    prior training and experience of the evaluator.
        (5) A superintendent training program based on the
    model principal evaluation template.
        (6) One or more instruments to provide feedback to
    principals on the instructional environment within a
    school.
        (7) A State Board-provided or approved technical
    assistance system that supports districts with the
    development and implementation of teacher and principal
    evaluation systems.
        (8) Web-based systems and tools supporting
    implementation of the model templates and the evaluator
    pre-qualification and training programs.
        (9) A process for measuring and reporting correlations
    between local principal and teacher evaluations and (A)
    student growth in tested grades and subjects and (B)
    retention rates of teachers.
        (10) A process for assessing whether school district
    evaluation systems developed pursuant to this Act and that
    consider student growth as a significant factor in the
    rating of a teacher's and principal's performance are
    valid and reliable, contribute to the development of
    staff, and improve student achievement outcomes. By no
    later than September 1, 2014, a research-based study shall
    be issued assessing such systems for validity and
    reliability, contribution to the development of staff, and
    improvement of student performance and recommending, based
    on the results of this study, changes, if any, that need to
    be incorporated into teacher and principal evaluation
    systems that consider student growth as a significant
    factor in the rating performance for remaining school
    districts to be required to implement such systems.
    (b) If the State of Illinois receives a Race to the Top
Grant, the data collection and support systems described in
subsection (a) must be developed on or before September 30,
2011. If the State of Illinois does not receive a Race to the
Top Grant, the data collection and support systems described
in subsection (a) must be developed on or before September 30,
2012; provided, however, that the data collection and support
systems set forth in items (3) and (4) of subsection (a) of
this Section must be developed by September 30, 2011
regardless of whether the State of Illinois receives a Race to
the Top Grant. By no later than September 1, 2011, if the State
of Illinois receives a Race to the Top Grant, or September 1,
2012, if the State of Illinois does not receive a Race to the
Top Grant, the State Board of Education must execute or
contract for the execution of the assessment referenced in
item (10) of subsection (a) of this Section to determine
whether the school district evaluation systems developed
pursuant to this Act have been valid and reliable, contributed
to the development of staff, and improved student performance.
    (c) Districts shall submit data and information to the
State Board on teacher and principal performance evaluations
and evaluation plans in accordance with procedures and
requirements for submissions established by the State Board.
Such data shall include, without limitation, (i) data on the
performance rating given to all teachers in contractual
continued service, (ii) data on district recommendations to
renew or not renew teachers not in contractual continued
service, and (iii) data on the performance rating given to all
principals.
    (d) If the State Board of Education does not timely
fulfill any of the requirements set forth in Sections 24A-7
and 24A-20, and adequate and sustainable federal, State, or
other funds are not provided to the State Board of Education
and school districts to meet their responsibilities under this
Article, the applicable implementation date shall be postponed
by the number of calendar days equal to those needed by the
State Board of Education to fulfill such requirements and for
the adequate and sustainable funds to be provided to the State
Board of Education and school districts. The determination as
to whether the State Board of Education has fulfilled any or
all requirements set forth in Sections 24A-7 and 24A-20 and
whether adequate and sustainable funds have been provided to
the State Board of Education and school districts shall be
made by the State Board of Education in consultation with the
P-20 Council.
    (e) The State Board of Education shall report teacher
evaluation data from each school in the State. The State
Board's report shall include:
        (1) data from the most recent performance evaluation
    ratings issued prior to the effective date of this
    amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly for all
    nontenured teachers and teachers in contractual continued
    service broken down by the race and ethnicity of teachers;
    and
        (2) data from the most recent performance evaluation
    ratings issued prior to the effective date of this
    amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly for all
    nontenured teachers and teachers in contractual continued
    service broken down by the race, ethnicity, and
    eligibility status for free or reduced-price lunch of
    students in the school where the teachers work.
    The report shall contain data in an aggregate format. The
report with the aggregate data is not confidential pursuant to
Section 24A-7.1 of this Code unless an individual teacher is
personally identifiable in the report. With respect to the
report, the underlying data and any personally identifying
information of a teacher shall be confidential. The State
Board shall provide the data in the report in a format that
prevents identification of individual teachers.
(Source: P.A. 96-861, eff. 1-15-10.)