101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3606

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Christopher Belt

 

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 number and percentage of students who received direct advanced instruction (rather than direct instruction) from a teacher who holds a gifted education endorsement and the number and percentage of students who received direct advanced instruction from a teacher who does not hold a gifted education endorsement. 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    Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report
8cards.
9    (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent
10school year, the State Board of Education, through the State
11Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card,
12school district report cards, and school report cards, and
13shall by the most economic means provide to each school
14district in this State, including special charter districts and
15districts subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report
16cards for the school district and each of its schools.
17    (2) In addition to any information required by federal law,
18the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and
19presentation of the school report card, which must include, at
20a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by
21the State Board of Education related to the following:
22        (A) school characteristics and student demographics,
23    including average class size, average teaching experience,

 

 

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1    student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of
2    students classified as low-income; the percentage of
3    students classified as English learners; the percentage of
4    students who have individualized education plans or 504
5    plans that provide for special education services; the
6    number and percentage of all students who have been
7    assessed for placement in a gifted education or advanced
8    academic program and, of those students: (i) the racial and
9    ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are classified as
10    low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students
11    who received direct advanced instruction from a teacher who
12    holds a gifted education endorsement and the number and
13    percentage of students who received direct advanced
14    instruction from a teacher who does not hold a gifted
15    education endorsement and, of those students, the
16    percentage who are classified as low-income; the
17    percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds
18    expectations" level on the assessments required under
19    Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of students
20    who annually transferred in or out of the school district;
21    average daily attendance; the per-pupil operating
22    expenditure of the school district; and the per-pupil State
23    average operating expenditure for the district type
24    (elementary, high school, or unit);
25        (B) curriculum information, including, where
26    applicable, Advanced Placement, International

 

 

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1    Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment
2    courses, foreign language classes, school personnel
3    resources (including Career Technical Education teachers),
4    before and after school programs, extracurricular
5    activities, subjects in which elective classes are
6    offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the
7    average number of days of Physical Education per week per
8    student), approved programs of study, awards received,
9    community partnerships, and special programs such as
10    programming for the gifted and talented, students with
11    disabilities, and work-study students;
12        (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the
13    percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of
14    State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth
15    grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students who
16    participated in workplace learning experiences, the
17    percentage of students enrolled in post-secondary
18    institutions (including colleges, universities, community
19    colleges, trade/vocational schools, and training programs
20    leading to career certification within 2 semesters of high
21    school graduation), the percentage of students graduating
22    from high school who are college and career ready, and the
23    percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges,
24    colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses
25    that the community college, college, or university
26    identifies as a developmental course;

 

 

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1        (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the
2    percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5
3    credits or more without failing more than one core class, a
4    measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a
5    measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter
6    high school on track for college and career readiness;
7        (E) the school environment, including, where
8    applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10
9    absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with
10    less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other
11    than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to
12    the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term
13    disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the
14    percentage of teachers returning to the school from the
15    previous year, the number of different principals at the
16    school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold
17    a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria
18    used by the district to determine whether a student is
19    eligible for participation in a gifted education program or
20    advanced academic program and the manner in which parents
21    and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2
22    or more indicators from any school climate survey selected
23    or approved by the State and administered pursuant to
24    Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar
25    indicators included on school report cards for all surveys
26    selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section

 

 

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1    2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of
2    teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most
3    recent evaluation;
4        (F) a school district's and its individual schools'
5    balanced accountability measure, in accordance with
6    Section 2-3.25a of this Code;
7        (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the
8    State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the
9    State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's
10    employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of
11    Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
12    of Illinois;
13        (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of
14    this Code only, State contributions to the Public School
15    Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State
16    contributions for health care for employees of that school
17    district;
18        (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as
19    defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section
20    18-8.15 of this Code;
21        (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as
22    defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section
23    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;
24        (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in
25    paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this
26    Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as

 

 

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1    defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section
2    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;
3        (L) a school district's administrative costs; and
4        (M) whether or not the school has participated in the
5    Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M), "Illinois
6    Youth Survey" means a self-report survey, administered in
7    school settings every 2 years, designed to gather
8    information about health and social indicators, including
9    substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of students in
10    grades 8, 10, and 12; and
11        (N) whether the school offered its students career and
12    technical education opportunities.
13    The school report card shall also provide information that
14allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and
15environment data to the State average, to the school data from
16the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and
17environment of similar schools based on the type of school and
18enrollment of low-income students, special education students,
19and English learners.
20    As used in this subsection (2):
21    "Administrative costs" means costs associated with
22executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the
23school district that involve planning, organizing, managing,
24or directing the school district.
25    "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to
26which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability

 

 

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1or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers
2and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated
3from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge
4and pace.
5    "Gifted education" means educational services, including
6differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed
7to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A
8of this Code.
9    For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2),
10"average daily attendance" means the average of the actual
11number of attendance days during the previous school year for
12any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance by
13Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school.
14    (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the
15school district report card shall include a subset of the
16information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of
17subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating
18to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the
19school district, and the State report card shall include a
20subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through
21(E) and paragraph (N) of subsection (2) of this Section. The
22school district report card shall include the average daily
23attendance, as that term is defined in subsection (2) of this
24Section, of students who have individualized education
25programs and students who have 504 plans that provide for
26special education services within 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. 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff. 1-1-18;
6100-448, eff. 7-1-19; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-807, eff.
78-10-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1121, eff. 1-1-19; 101-68,
8eff. 1-1-20; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; revised 9-9-19.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.