101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3276

 

Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-17a  from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a

    Amends the School Code. Provides that for a school district that has an approved waiver from the requirement that tuition be charged to non-resident pupils, the school district report card shall include the total cost of allowing non-resident pupils to attend the schools of the district free of charge or at a reduced-tuition charge, the number of non-resident pupils attending the schools of the district free of charge or at a reduced-tuition charge, and the number of such pupils who are the children of a parent or guardian who is a full-time or part-time employee or staff member of the school district. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
510-17a 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
9cards.
10    (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent
11school year, the State Board of Education, through the State
12Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card,
13school district report cards, and school report cards, and
14shall by the most economic means provide to each school
15district in this State, including special charter districts and
16districts subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report
17cards for the school district and each of its schools.
18    (2) In addition to any information required by federal law,
19the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and
20presentation of the school report card, which must include, at
21a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by
22the 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 enrolled
14    in post-secondary institutions (including colleges,
15    universities, community colleges, trade/vocational
16    schools, and training programs leading to career
17    certification within 2 semesters of high school
18    graduation), the percentage of students graduating from
19    high school who are college and career ready, and the
20    percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges,
21    colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses
22    that the community college, college, or university
23    identifies as a developmental course;
24        (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the
25    percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5
26    credits or more without failing more than one core class, a

 

 

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1    measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a
2    measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter
3    high school on track for college and career readiness;
4        (E) the school environment, including, where
5    applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10
6    absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with
7    less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other
8    than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to
9    the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term
10    disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the
11    percentage of teachers returning to the school from the
12    previous year, the number of different principals at the
13    school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold
14    a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria
15    used by the district to determine whether a student is
16    eligible for participation in a gifted education program or
17    advanced academic program and the manner in which parents
18    and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2
19    or more indicators from any school climate survey selected
20    or approved by the State and administered pursuant to
21    Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar
22    indicators included on school report cards for all surveys
23    selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section
24    2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of
25    teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most
26    recent evaluation;

 

 

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1        (F) a school district's and its individual schools'
2    balanced accountability measure, in accordance with
3    Section 2-3.25a of this Code;
4        (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the
5    State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the
6    State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's
7    employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of
8    Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
9    of Illinois;
10        (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of
11    this Code only, State contributions to the Public School
12    Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State
13    contributions for health care for employees of that school
14    district;
15        (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as
16    defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section
17    18-8.15 of this Code;
18        (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as
19    defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section
20    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;
21        (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in
22    paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this
23    Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as
24    defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section
25    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; and
26        (L) a school district's administrative costs; and .

 

 

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1        (M) (L) whether or not the school has participated in
2    the Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M) (L),
3    "Illinois Youth Survey" means a self-report survey,
4    administered in school settings every 2 years, designed to
5    gather information about health and social indicators,
6    including substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of
7    students in grades 8, 10, and 12.
8    The school report card shall also provide information that
9allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and
10environment data to the State average, to the school data from
11the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and
12environment of similar schools based on the type of school and
13enrollment of low-income students, special education students,
14and English learners.
15    As used in this subsection (2):
16    "Administrative costs" means costs associated with
17executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the
18school district that involve planning, organizing, managing,
19or directing the school district.
20    "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to
21which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability
22or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers
23and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated
24from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge
25and pace.
26    "Gifted education" means educational services, including

 

 

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1differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed
2to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A
3of this Code.
4    (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the
5school district report card shall include a subset of the
6information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of
7subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating
8to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the
9school district, and the State report card shall include a
10subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through
11(E) of subsection (2) of this Section.
12    For a school district that has an approved waiver from
13Section 10-20.12a of this Code under Section 2-3.25g of this
14Code, the school district report card shall include the total
15cost of allowing non-resident pupils to attend the schools of
16the district free of charge or at a reduced-tuition charge, the
17number of non-resident pupils attending the schools of the
18district free of charge or at a reduced-tuition charge, and the
19number of such pupils who are the children of a parent or
20guardian who is a full-time or part-time employee or staff
21member of the school district.
22    (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
23Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the
24State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to
25amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or
26State report card.

 

 

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1    (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt
2of the school district and school report cards from the State
3Superintendent of Education, each school district, including
4special charter districts and districts subject to the
5provisions of Article 34, shall present such report cards at a
6regular school board meeting subject to applicable notice
7requirements, post the report cards on the school district's
8Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
9site, make the report cards available to a newspaper of general
10circulation serving the district, and, upon request, send the
11report cards home to a parent (unless the district does not
12maintain an Internet web site, in which case the report card
13shall be sent home to parents without request). If the district
14posts the report card on its Internet web site, the district
15shall send a written notice home to parents stating (i) that
16the report card is available on the web site, (ii) the address
17of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
18will be sent to parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone
19number that parents may call to request a printed copy of the
20report card.
21    (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals,
22supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in
23lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public
24Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of
25Public Act 97-8.
26(Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15;

 

 

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199-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff.
21-1-18; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-807, eff. 8-10-18; 100-863,
3eff. 8-14-18; 100-1121, eff. 1-1-19; revised 12-19-18.)
 
4    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 100-448)
5    Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report
6cards.
7    (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent
8school year, the State Board of Education, through the State
9Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card,
10school district report cards, and school report cards, and
11shall by the most economic means provide to each school
12district in this State, including special charter districts and
13districts subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report
14cards for the school district and each of its schools.
15    (2) In addition to any information required by federal law,
16the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and
17presentation of the school report card, which must include, at
18a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by
19the State Board of Education related to the following:
20        (A) school characteristics and student demographics,
21    including average class size, average teaching experience,
22    student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of
23    students classified as low-income; the percentage of
24    students classified as English learners; the percentage of
25    students who have individualized education plans or 504

 

 

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1    plans that provide for special education services; the
2    number and percentage of all students who have been
3    assessed for placement in a gifted education or advanced
4    academic program and, of those students: (i) the racial and
5    ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are classified as
6    low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students
7    who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a
8    gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the
9    percentage who are classified as low-income; the
10    percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds
11    expectations" level on the assessments required under
12    Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of students
13    who annually transferred in or out of the school district;
14    average daily attendance; the per-pupil operating
15    expenditure of the school district; and the per-pupil State
16    average operating expenditure for the district type
17    (elementary, high school, or unit);
18        (B) curriculum information, including, where
19    applicable, Advanced Placement, International
20    Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment
21    courses, foreign language classes, school personnel
22    resources (including Career Technical Education teachers),
23    before and after school programs, extracurricular
24    activities, subjects in which elective classes are
25    offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the
26    average number of days of Physical Education per week per

 

 

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1    student), approved programs of study, awards received,
2    community partnerships, and special programs such as
3    programming for the gifted and talented, students with
4    disabilities, and work-study students;
5        (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the
6    percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of
7    State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth
8    grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled
9    in post-secondary institutions (including colleges,
10    universities, community colleges, trade/vocational
11    schools, and training programs leading to career
12    certification within 2 semesters of high school
13    graduation), the percentage of students graduating from
14    high school who are college and career ready, and the
15    percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges,
16    colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses
17    that the community college, college, or university
18    identifies as a developmental course;
19        (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the
20    percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5
21    credits or more without failing more than one core class, a
22    measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a
23    measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter
24    high school on track for college and career readiness;
25        (E) the school environment, including, where
26    applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10

 

 

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1    absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with
2    less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other
3    than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to
4    the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term
5    disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the
6    percentage of teachers returning to the school from the
7    previous year, the number of different principals at the
8    school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold
9    a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria
10    used by the district to determine whether a student is
11    eligible for participation in a gifted education program or
12    advanced academic program and the manner in which parents
13    and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2
14    or more indicators from any school climate survey selected
15    or approved by the State and administered pursuant to
16    Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar
17    indicators included on school report cards for all surveys
18    selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section
19    2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of
20    teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most
21    recent evaluation;
22        (F) a school district's and its individual schools'
23    balanced accountability measure, in accordance with
24    Section 2-3.25a of this Code;
25        (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the
26    State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the

 

 

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1    State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's
2    employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of
3    Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
4    of Illinois;
5        (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of
6    this Code only, State contributions to the Public School
7    Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State
8    contributions for health care for employees of that school
9    district;
10        (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as
11    defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section
12    18-8.15 of this Code;
13        (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as
14    defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section
15    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;
16        (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in
17    paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this
18    Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as
19    defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section
20    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; and
21        (L) a school district's administrative costs; and .
22        (M) (L) whether or not the school has participated in
23    the Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M) (L),
24    "Illinois Youth Survey" means a self-report survey,
25    administered in school settings every 2 years, designed to
26    gather information about health and social indicators,

 

 

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1    including substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of
2    students in grades 8, 10, and 12.
3    The school report card shall also provide information that
4allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and
5environment data to the State average, to the school data from
6the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and
7environment of similar schools based on the type of school and
8enrollment of low-income students, special education students,
9and English learners.
10    As used in this subsection (2):
11    "Administrative costs" means costs associated with
12executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the
13school district that involve planning, organizing, managing,
14or directing the school district.
15    "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to
16which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability
17or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers
18and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated
19from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge
20and pace.
21    "Gifted education" means educational services, including
22differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed
23to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A
24of this Code.
25    For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2),
26"average daily attendance" means the average of the actual

 

 

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1number of attendance days during the previous school year for
2any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance by
3Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school.
4    (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the
5school district report card shall include a subset of the
6information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of
7subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating
8to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the
9school district, and the State report card shall include a
10subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through
11(E) of subsection (2) of this Section. The school district
12report card shall include the average daily attendance, as that
13term is defined in subsection (2) of this Section, of students
14who have individualized education programs and students who
15have 504 plans that provide for special education services
16within the school district.
17    For a school district that has an approved waiver from
18Section 10-20.12a of this Code under Section 2-3.25g of this
19Code, the school district report card shall include the total
20cost of allowing non-resident pupils to attend the schools of
21the district free of charge or at a reduced-tuition charge, the
22number of non-resident pupils attending the schools of the
23district free of charge or at a reduced-tuition charge, and the
24number of such pupils who are the children of a parent or
25guardian who is a full-time or part-time employee or staff
26member of the school district.

 

 

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1    (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
2Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the
3State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to
4amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or
5State report card.
6    (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt
7of the school district and school report cards from the State
8Superintendent of Education, each school district, including
9special charter districts and districts subject to the
10provisions of Article 34, shall present such report cards at a
11regular school board meeting subject to applicable notice
12requirements, post the report cards on the school district's
13Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
14site, make the report cards available to a newspaper of general
15circulation serving the district, and, upon request, send the
16report cards home to a parent (unless the district does not
17maintain an Internet web site, in which case the report card
18shall be sent home to parents without request). If the district
19posts the report card on its Internet web site, the district
20shall send a written notice home to parents stating (i) that
21the report card is available on the web site, (ii) the address
22of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
23will be sent to parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone
24number that parents may call to request a printed copy of the
25report card.
26    (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals,

 

 

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1supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in
2lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public
3Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of
4Public Act 97-8.
5(Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15;
699-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff.
71-1-18; 100-448, eff. 7-1-19; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-807,
8eff. 8-10-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1121, eff. 1-1-19;
9revised 12-19-18.)
 
10    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
11changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
12that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
13represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
14not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
15made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
16Public Act.
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.