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Public Act 097-0671
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| HB0605 Enrolled | LRB097 03427 NHT 43464 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections |
10-17a and 34-88 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
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Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report |
cards Better schools accountability.
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(1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent |
school year, the State Board of Education, through the State |
Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, |
school district report cards, and school report cards, and |
shall by the most economic means provide to Policy and
Purpose. |
It shall be the policy of the State of Illinois that each |
school
district in this State, including special charter |
districts and districts
subject to the provisions of Article |
34, the report cards for the shall submit to parents, taxpayers
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of such district, the Governor, the General Assembly, and the |
State
Board of Education a school district and each of its |
schools report card assessing the performance of its
schools |
and students. |
(2) In addition to any information required by federal law, |
the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and |
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presentation of the school report card, which must include, at |
a minimum, the most current data possessed by the State Board |
of Education related to the following: |
(A) school characteristics and student demographics, |
including average class size, average teaching experience, |
student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of |
students classified as low-income; the percentage of |
students classified as limited English proficiency; the |
percentage of students who have individualized education |
plans or 504 plans that provide for special education |
services; the percentage of students who annually |
transferred in or out of the school district; the per-pupil |
operating expenditure of the school district; and the |
per-pupil State average operating expenditure for the |
district type (elementary, high school, or unit); |
(B) curriculum information, including, where |
applicable, Advanced Placement, International |
Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment |
courses, foreign language classes, school personnel |
resources (including Career Technical Education teachers), |
before and after school programs, extracurricular |
activities, subjects in which elective classes are |
offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the |
average number of days of Physical Education per week per |
student), approved programs of study, awards received, |
community partnerships, and special programs such as |
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programming for the gifted and talented, students with |
disabilities, and work-study students; |
(C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the |
percentage of students meeting as well as exceeding State |
standards on assessments, the percentage of students in the |
eighth grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students |
enrolled in post-secondary institutions (including |
colleges, universities, community colleges, |
trade/vocational schools, and training programs leading to |
career certification within 2 semesters of high school |
graduation), the percentage of students graduating from |
high school who are college ready, the percentage of |
students graduating from high school who are career ready, |
and the percentage of graduates enrolled in community |
colleges, colleges, and universities who are in one or more |
courses that the community college, college, or university |
identifies as a remedial course; |
(D) student progress, including, where applicable, the |
percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5 |
credits or more without failing more than one core class, a |
measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a |
measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter |
high school on track for college and career readiness; and |
(E) the school environment, including, where |
applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10 |
absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with |
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less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other |
than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to |
the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term |
disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the |
percentage of teachers returning to the school from the |
previous year, the number of different principals at the |
school in the last 6 years, 2 or more indicators from any |
school climate survey developed by the State and |
administered pursuant to Section 2-3.153 of this Code, and |
the combined percentage of teachers rated as proficient or |
excellent in their most recent evaluation. |
The school report card shall also be an index of school
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performance measured against statewide and local standards and |
will provide
information that allows for comparing the current |
outcome, progress, and environment data to the State average, |
to the school data from the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, |
progress, and environment of similar schools based on the type |
of school and enrollment of low-income, special education, and |
limited English proficiency students to make prior year |
comparisons and to set future year targets
through the school |
improvement plan.
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(3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the |
school district report card shall include a subset of the |
information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of |
subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating |
to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the |
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school district, and the State report card shall include a |
subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through |
(E) of subsections (2) of this Section. |
(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this |
Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the |
State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to |
amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or |
State report card. |
(2) Reporting Requirements. Each school district shall |
prepare a report
card in accordance with the guidelines set |
forth in this Section which
describes the performance of its |
students by school attendance centers and
by district and the |
district's financial resources and use of financial
resources. |
(5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt |
of the school district and school report cards from the State |
Superintendent of Education, each school district, including |
special charter districts and districts subject to the |
provisions of Article 34, shall present such Such report
cards |
card shall be presented at a regular school board meeting |
subject to
applicable notice requirements, post the report |
cards
posted on the
school district's Internet web site, if the |
district maintains an Internet web
site, make the report cards
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made available
to a newspaper of general circulation serving |
the district, and, upon
request, send the report cards sent
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home to a parent (unless the district does not maintain an |
Internet web site,
in which case
the report card shall be sent |
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home to parents without request). If the
district posts the |
report card on its Internet web
site, the district
shall send a
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written notice home to parents stating (i) that the report card |
is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address of the web site, |
(iii) that a printed copy of the report card
will be sent to
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parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone number that |
parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the report card.
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In addition, each school district shall submit the
completed |
report card to the office of the district's Regional
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Superintendent which shall make copies available to any |
individuals
requesting them.
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The report card shall be completed and disseminated prior |
to October 31
in each school year. The report card shall |
contain, but
not be limited to, actual local school attendance |
center, school district
and statewide data indicating the |
present performance of the school, the
State norms and the |
areas for planned improvement for the school and school
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district.
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(3) (a) The report card shall include the following |
applicable
indicators of attendance center, district, and |
statewide student
performance: percent of students who exceed, |
meet, or do not meet
standards established by the
State Board |
of Education pursuant to Section 2-3.25a; composite and subtest
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means on
nationally normed achievement tests for
college bound |
students; student attendance rates; chronic
truancy rate; |
dropout rate;
graduation rate;
and student
mobility, turnover
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shown as a percent of transfers out and a percent of transfers |
in.
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(b) The report card shall include the following |
descriptions for the
school,
district, and State: average
class |
size; amount of time per day devoted to mathematics, science,
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English and social science at primary,
middle and junior high |
school grade levels;
number of students taking the Prairie |
State Achievement Examination under
subsection (c) of
Section |
2-3.64, the number of those students who received a score of |
excellent,
and
the average score by school of students taking |
the examination;
pupil-teacher ratio; pupil-administrator |
ratio;
operating expenditure per
pupil; district expenditure |
by fund; average administrator salary; and average
teacher |
salary.
The report card shall also specify the amount of money |
that the district
receives from all sources, including without |
limitation subcategories
specifying the amount from local |
property taxes, the amount from
general State aid, the amount |
from other State funding, and the amount
from other income.
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(c) The report card shall include applicable indicators of |
parental
involvement in each attendance center. The parental |
involvement component
of the report card shall include the |
percentage of students whose parents
or guardians have had one |
or more personal contacts with the students'
teachers during |
the school year concerning the students' education, and such
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other information, commentary, and suggestions as the school |
district
desires. For the purposes of this paragraph, "personal |
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contact" includes,
but is not limited to, parent-teacher |
conferences, parental visits to
school, school visits to home, |
telephone conversations, and written
correspondence. The |
parental involvement component shall not single out or
identify |
individual students, parents, or guardians by name.
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(d) The report card form shall be prepared by the State |
Board of
Education and provided to school districts by the most |
efficient, economic,
and appropriate means.
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(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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(105 ILCS 5/34-88) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-88)
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Sec. 34-88. District and school report cards School |
reports. The board shall, in accordance with Section 10-17a of |
the School Code, annually present and disseminate the school |
district and school report cards prepared by the State |
Superintendent of Education. Each attendance center shall |
prepare a report
card in accordance with the guidelines |
established in paragraphs (b) and
(c) of subsection (3) of |
Section 10-17a which describes the performance
of its schools |
and students. This report card shall be transmitted to
the |
general superintendent who shall present report cards from
each |
of the attendance centers within the district to the
board.
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The board shall make available to a newspaper of general
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circulation
serving the district a report which provides |
information detailing the
performance of the district.
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(Source: P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
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