HB2822 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020
HB2822

Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West II

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/10-17a from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a

Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education's school report cards must include the most current data on the percentage of students who participated in job shadowing, the percentage of students who have completed an internship, and whether a school offered its students vocational training opportunities. Makes a related change for the State report card. Effective July 1, 2020.

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1 AN ACT concerning education.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section

5 10-17a as follows:

6 (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)

7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 100-448)

8 Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report

9 cards.

10 (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent

11 school year, the State Board of Education, through the State

12 Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card,

13 school district report cards, and school report cards, and

14 shall by the most economic means provide to each school

15 district in this State, including special charter districts and

16 districts subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report

17 cards for the school district and each of its schools.

18 (2) In addition to any information required by federal law,

19 the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and

20 presentation of the school report card, which must include, at

21 a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by

22 the State Board of Education related to the following:

23 (A) school characteristics and student demographics,

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1 including average class size, average teaching experience,

2 student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of

3 students classified as low-income; the percentage of

4 students classified as English learners; the percentage of

5 students who have individualized education plans or 504

6 plans that provide for special education services; the

7 number and percentage of all students who have been

8 assessed for placement in a gifted education or advanced

9 academic program and, of those students: (i) the racial and

10 ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are classified as

11 low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students

12 who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a

13 gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the

14 percentage who are classified as low-income; the

15 percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds

16 expectations" level on the assessments required under

17 Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of students

18 who annually transferred in or out of the school district;

19 the per-pupil operating expenditure of the school

20 district; and the per-pupil State average operating

21 expenditure for the district type (elementary, high

22 school, or unit);

23 (B) curriculum information, including, where

24 applicable, Advanced Placement, International

25 Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment

26 courses, foreign language classes, school personnel

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1 resources (including Career Technical Education teachers),

2 before and after school programs, extracurricular

3 activities, subjects in which elective classes are

4 offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the

5 average number of days of Physical Education per week per

6 student), approved programs of study, awards received,

7 community partnerships, and special programs such as

8 programming for the gifted and talented, students with

9 disabilities, and work-study students;

10 (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the

11 percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of

12 State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth

13 grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students who

14 participated in job shadowing, the percentage of students

15 who have completed an internship, the percentage of

16 students enrolled in post-secondary institutions

17 (including colleges, universities, community colleges,

18 trade/vocational schools, and training programs leading to

19 career certification within 2 semesters of high school

20 graduation), the percentage of students graduating from

21 high school who are college and career ready, and the

22 percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges,

23 colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses

24 that the community college, college, or university

25 identifies as a developmental course;

26 (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the

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1 percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5

2 credits or more without failing more than one core class, a

3 measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a

4 measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter

5 high school on track for college and career readiness;

6 (E) the school environment, including, where

7 applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10

8 absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with

9 less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other

10 than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to

11 the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term

12 disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the

13 percentage of teachers returning to the school from the

14 previous year, the number of different principals at the

15 school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold

16 a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria

17 used by the district to determine whether a student is

18 eligible for participation in a gifted education program or

19 advanced academic program and the manner in which parents

20 and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2

21 or more indicators from any school climate survey selected

22 or approved by the State and administered pursuant to

23 Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar

24 indicators included on school report cards for all surveys

25 selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section

26 2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of

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1 teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most

2 recent evaluation;

3 (F) a school district's and its individual schools'

4 balanced accountability measure, in accordance with

5 Section 2-3.25a of this Code;

6 (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the

7 State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the

8 State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's

9 employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of

10 Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State

11 of Illinois;

12 (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of

13 this Code only, State contributions to the Public School

14 Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State

15 contributions for health care for employees of that school

16 district;

17 (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as

18 defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section

19 18-8.15 of this Code;

20 (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as

21 defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section

22 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;

23 (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in

24 paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this

25 Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as

26 defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section

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1 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; ~~and~~

2 (L) a school district's administrative costs; ~~.~~

3 (M) ~~(L)~~ whether or not the school has participated in

4 the Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M) ~~(L)~~,

5 "Illinois Youth Survey" means a self-report survey,

6 administered in school settings every 2 years, designed to

7 gather information about health and social indicators,

8 including substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of

9 students in grades 8, 10, and 12; and ~~.~~

10 (N) whether the school offered its students vocational

11 training opportunities.

12 The school report card shall also provide information that

13 allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and

14 environment data to the State average, to the school data from

15 the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and

16 environment of similar schools based on the type of school and

17 enrollment of low-income students, special education students,

18 and English learners.

19 As used in this subsection (2):

20 "Administrative costs" means costs associated with

21 executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the

22 school district that involve planning, organizing, managing,

23 or directing the school district.

24 "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to

25 which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability

26 or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers

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1 and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated

2 from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge

3 and pace.

4 "Gifted education" means educational services, including

5 differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed

6 to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A

7 of this Code.

8 (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the

9 school district report card shall include a subset of the

10 information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of

11 subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating

12 to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the

13 school district, and the State report card shall include a

14 subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through

15 (E) and paragraph (N) of subsection (2) of this Section.

16 (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this

17 Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the

18 State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to

19 amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or

20 State report card.

21 (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt

22 of the school district and school report cards from the State

23 Superintendent of Education, each school district, including

24 special charter districts and districts subject to the

25 provisions of Article 34, shall present such report cards at a

26 regular school board meeting subject to applicable notice

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1 requirements, post the report cards on the school district's

2 Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web

3 site, make the report cards available to a newspaper of general

4 circulation serving the district, and, upon request, send the

5 report cards home to a parent (unless the district does not

6 maintain an Internet web site, in which case the report card

7 shall be sent home to parents without request). If the district

8 posts the report card on its Internet web site, the district

9 shall send a written notice home to parents stating (i) that

10 the report card is available on the web site, (ii) the address

11 of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card

12 will be sent to parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone

13 number that parents may call to request a printed copy of the

14 report card.

15 (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals,

16 supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in

17 lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public

18 Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of

19 Public Act 97-8.

20 (Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15;

21 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff.

22 1-1-18; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-807, eff. 8-10-18; 100-863,

23 eff. 8-14-18; 100-1121, eff. 1-1-19; revised 12-19-18.)

24 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 100-448)

25 Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report

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1 cards.

2 (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent

3 school year, the State Board of Education, through the State

4 Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card,

5 school district report cards, and school report cards, and

6 shall by the most economic means provide to each school

7 district in this State, including special charter districts and

8 districts subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report

9 cards for the school district and each of its schools.

10 (2) In addition to any information required by federal law,

11 the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and

12 presentation of the school report card, which must include, at

13 a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by

14 the State Board of Education related to the following:

15 (A) school characteristics and student demographics,

16 including average class size, average teaching experience,

17 student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of

18 students classified as low-income; the percentage of

19 students classified as English learners; the percentage of

20 students who have individualized education plans or 504

21 plans that provide for special education services; the

22 number and percentage of all students who have been

23 assessed for placement in a gifted education or advanced

24 academic program and, of those students: (i) the racial and

25 ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are classified as

26 low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students

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1 who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a

2 gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the

3 percentage who are classified as low-income; the

4 percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds

5 expectations" level on the assessments required under

6 Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of students

7 who annually transferred in or out of the school district;

8 average daily attendance; the per-pupil operating

9 expenditure of the school district; and the per-pupil State

10 average operating expenditure for the district type

11 (elementary, high school, or unit);

12 (B) curriculum information, including, where

13 applicable, Advanced Placement, International

14 Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment

15 courses, foreign language classes, school personnel

16 resources (including Career Technical Education teachers),

17 before and after school programs, extracurricular

18 activities, subjects in which elective classes are

19 offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the

20 average number of days of Physical Education per week per

21 student), approved programs of study, awards received,

22 community partnerships, and special programs such as

23 programming for the gifted and talented, students with

24 disabilities, and work-study students;

25 (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the

26 percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of

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1 State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth

2 grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students who

3 participated in job shadowing, the percentage of students

4 who have completed an internship, the percentage of

5 students enrolled in post-secondary institutions

6 (including colleges, universities, community colleges,

7 trade/vocational schools, and training programs leading to

8 career certification within 2 semesters of high school

9 graduation), the percentage of students graduating from

10 high school who are college and career ready, and the

11 percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges,

12 colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses

13 that the community college, college, or university

14 identifies as a developmental course;

15 (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the

16 percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5

17 credits or more without failing more than one core class, a

18 measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a

19 measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter

20 high school on track for college and career readiness;

21 (E) the school environment, including, where

22 applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10

23 absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with

24 less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other

25 than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to

26 the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term

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1 disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the

2 percentage of teachers returning to the school from the

3 previous year, the number of different principals at the

4 school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold

5 a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria

6 used by the district to determine whether a student is

7 eligible for participation in a gifted education program or

8 advanced academic program and the manner in which parents

9 and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2

10 or more indicators from any school climate survey selected

11 or approved by the State and administered pursuant to

12 Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar

13 indicators included on school report cards for all surveys

14 selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section

15 2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of

16 teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most

17 recent evaluation;

18 (F) a school district's and its individual schools'

19 balanced accountability measure, in accordance with

20 Section 2-3.25a of this Code;

21 (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the

22 State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the

23 State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's

24 employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of

25 Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State

26 of Illinois;

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1 (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of

2 this Code only, State contributions to the Public School

3 Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State

4 contributions for health care for employees of that school

5 district;

6 (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as

7 defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section

8 18-8.15 of this Code;

9 (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as

10 defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section

11 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;

12 (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in

13 paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this

14 Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as

15 defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section

16 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; ~~and~~

17 (L) a school district's administrative costs; ~~.~~

18 (M) ~~(L)~~ whether or not the school has participated in

19 the Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M) ~~(L)~~,

20 "Illinois Youth Survey" means a self-report survey,

21 administered in school settings every 2 years, designed to

22 gather information about health and social indicators,

23 including substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of

24 students in grades 8, 10, and 12; and ~~.~~

25 (N) whether the school offered its students vocational

26 training opportunities.

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1 The school report card shall also provide information that

2 allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and

3 environment data to the State average, to the school data from

4 the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and

5 environment of similar schools based on the type of school and

6 enrollment of low-income students, special education students,

7 and English learners.

8 As used in this subsection (2):

9 "Administrative costs" means costs associated with

10 executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the

11 school district that involve planning, organizing, managing,

12 or directing the school district.

13 "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to

14 which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability

15 or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers

16 and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated

17 from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge

18 and pace.

19 "Gifted education" means educational services, including

20 differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed

21 to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A

22 of this Code.

23 For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2),

24 "average daily attendance" means the average of the actual

25 number of attendance days during the previous school year for

26 any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance by

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1 Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school.

2 (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the

3 school district report card shall include a subset of the

4 information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of

5 subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating

6 to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the

7 school district, and the State report card shall include a

8 subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through

9 (E) and paragraph (N) of subsection (2) of this Section. The

10 school district report card shall include the average daily

11 attendance, as that term is defined in subsection (2) of this

12 Section, of students who have individualized education

13 programs and students who have 504 plans that provide for

14 special education services within the school district.

15 (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this

16 Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the

17 State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to

18 amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or

19 State report card.

20 (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt

21 of the school district and school report cards from the State

22 Superintendent of Education, each school district, including

23 special charter districts and districts subject to the

24 provisions of Article 34, shall present such report cards at a

25 regular school board meeting subject to applicable notice

26 requirements, post the report cards on the school district's

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1 Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web

2 site, make the report cards available to a newspaper of general

3 circulation serving the district, and, upon request, send the

4 report cards home to a parent (unless the district does not

5 maintain an Internet web site, in which case the report card

6 shall be sent home to parents without request). If the district

7 posts the report card on its Internet web site, the district

8 shall send a written notice home to parents stating (i) that

9 the report card is available on the web site, (ii) the address

10 of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card

11 will be sent to parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone

12 number that parents may call to request a printed copy of the

13 report card.

14 (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals,

15 supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in

16 lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public

17 Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of

18 Public Act 97-8.

19 (Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15;

20 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff.

21 1-1-18; 100-448, eff. 7-1-19; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-807,

22 eff. 8-10-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1121, eff. 1-1-19;

23 revised 12-19-18.)

24 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes

25 changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text

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1 that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section

2 represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does

3 not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes

4 made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other

5 Public Act.

6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,

7 2020.