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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 10-20.9a as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.9a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.9a)
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| 7 | Sec. 10-20.9a. Final grade; promotion.
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| 8 | (a) Teachers shall
administer the approved
marking system | ||||||
| 9 | or other approved means of evaluating pupil progress. The
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| 10 | teacher shall maintain the responsibility and right to | ||||||
| 11 | determine grades and
other evaluations of students within the | ||||||
| 12 | grading policies of the district
based upon his or her | ||||||
| 13 | professional judgment of available criteria pertinent
to any | ||||||
| 14 | given subject area or activity for which he or she is | ||||||
| 15 | responsible.
District policy shall provide the procedure and | ||||||
| 16 | reasons by and for which
a grade may be changed; provided that | ||||||
| 17 | no grade or evaluation shall be
changed without notification | ||||||
| 18 | to the teacher concerning the nature and
reasons for such | ||||||
| 19 | change. If such a change is made, the person
making
the change | ||||||
| 20 | shall assume such responsibility for determining the grade or
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| 21 | evaluation, and shall initial such change.
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| 22 | (b) School districts shall not promote students to the | ||||||
| 23 | next
higher grade level based upon age or any other social | ||||||
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| 1 | reasons not related to
the academic performance of the | ||||||
| 2 | students. On or before September 1, 1998,
school boards shall | ||||||
| 3 | adopt and enforce a policy on promotion as they deem necessary | ||||||
| 4 | to ensure that students
meet
local goals and objectives and | ||||||
| 5 | can perform at the expected grade level prior to
promotion.
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| 6 | Decisions to promote or retain students in any classes shall | ||||||
| 7 | be based on
successful completion of the curriculum, | ||||||
| 8 | attendance, performance based on the assessments required | ||||||
| 9 | under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code, the Iowa Test of Basic | ||||||
| 10 | Skills, or
other testing or any other criteria established by | ||||||
| 11 | the school board. Students
determined by the local district to | ||||||
| 12 | not qualify for promotion to the next
higher grade shall be | ||||||
| 13 | provided remedial assistance, which may include, but
shall not | ||||||
| 14 | be limited to, a summer bridge program of no less than 90 | ||||||
| 15 | hours,
tutorial sessions, increased or concentrated | ||||||
| 16 | instructional time, modifications
to instructional materials, | ||||||
| 17 | and retention in grade.
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| 18 | (c) No public high school of a school district shall | ||||||
| 19 | withhold a student's grades, transcripts, or diploma because | ||||||
| 20 | of an unpaid balance on the student's school account. | ||||||
| 21 | (Source: P.A. 98-972, eff. 8-15-14.)
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law.
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