Sen. Willie Preston

Filed: 5/5/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3570

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3570 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
524A-20 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/24A-20)
7    Sec. 24A-20. State Board of Education data collection and
8evaluation assessment and support systems.
9    (a) On or before the date established in subsection (b) of
10this Section, the State Board of Education shall, through a
11process involving collaboration with the Performance
12Evaluation Advisory Council, develop or contract for the
13development of and implement all of the following data
14collection and evaluation assessment and support systems:
15        (1) A system to annually collect and publish data by
16    district and school on teacher and administrator

 

 

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1    performance evaluation outcomes. The system must ensure
2    that no teacher or administrator can be personally
3    identified by publicly reported data.
4        (2) Both a teacher and principal model evaluation
5    template. The model templates must incorporate the
6    requirements of this Article and any other requirements
7    established by the State Board by administrative rule, but
8    allow customization by districts in a manner that does not
9    conflict with such requirements.
10        (3) An evaluator pre-qualification program based on
11    the model teacher evaluation template.
12        (4) An evaluator training program based on the model
13    teacher evaluation template. The training program shall
14    provide multiple training options that account for the
15    prior training and experience of the evaluator.
16        (5) A superintendent training program based on the
17    model principal evaluation template.
18        (6) One or more instruments to provide feedback to
19    principals on the instructional environment within a
20    school.
21        (7) A State Board-provided or approved technical
22    assistance system that supports districts with the
23    development and implementation of teacher and principal
24    evaluation systems.
25        (8) Web-based systems and tools supporting
26    implementation of the model templates and the evaluator

 

 

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1    pre-qualification and training programs.
2        (9) A process for measuring and reporting correlations
3    between local principal and teacher evaluations and (A)
4    student growth in tested grades and subjects and (B)
5    retention rates of teachers.
6        (10) A process for assessing whether school district
7    evaluation systems developed pursuant to this Act and that
8    consider student growth as a significant factor in the
9    rating of a teacher's and principal's performance are
10    valid and reliable, contribute to the development of
11    staff, and improve student achievement outcomes. By no
12    later than September 1, 2014, a research-based study shall
13    be issued assessing such systems for validity and
14    reliability, contribution to the development of staff, and
15    improvement of student performance and recommending, based
16    on the results of this study, changes, if any, that need to
17    be incorporated into teacher and principal evaluation
18    systems that consider student growth as a significant
19    factor in the rating performance for remaining school
20    districts to be required to implement such systems.
21    (b) If the State of Illinois receives a Race to the Top
22Grant, the data collection and support systems described in
23subsection (a) must be developed on or before September 30,
242011. If the State of Illinois does not receive a Race to the
25Top Grant, the data collection and support systems described
26in subsection (a) must be developed on or before September 30,

 

 

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12012; provided, however, that the data collection and support
2systems set forth in items (3) and (4) of subsection (a) of
3this Section must be developed by September 30, 2011
4regardless of whether the State of Illinois receives a Race to
5the Top Grant. By no later than September 1, 2011, if the State
6of Illinois receives a Race to the Top Grant, or September 1,
72012, if the State of Illinois does not receive a Race to the
8Top Grant, the State Board of Education must execute or
9contract for the execution of the assessment referenced in
10item (10) of subsection (a) of this Section to determine
11whether the school district evaluation systems developed
12pursuant to this Act have been valid and reliable, contributed
13to the development of staff, and improved student performance.
14    (c) Districts shall submit data and information to the
15State Board on teacher and principal performance evaluations
16and evaluation plans in accordance with procedures and
17requirements for submissions established by the State Board.
18Such data shall include, without limitation, (i) data on the
19performance rating given to all teachers in contractual
20continued service, (ii) data on district recommendations to
21renew or not renew teachers not in contractual continued
22service, and (iii) data on the performance rating given to all
23principals.
24    (d) If the State Board of Education does not timely
25fulfill any of the requirements set forth in Sections 24A-7
26and 24A-20, and adequate and sustainable federal, State, or

 

 

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1other funds are not provided to the State Board of Education
2and school districts to meet their responsibilities under this
3Article, the applicable implementation date shall be postponed
4by the number of calendar days equal to those needed by the
5State Board of Education to fulfill such requirements and for
6the adequate and sustainable funds to be provided to the State
7Board of Education and school districts. The determination as
8to whether the State Board of Education has fulfilled any or
9all requirements set forth in Sections 24A-7 and 24A-20 and
10whether adequate and sustainable funds have been provided to
11the State Board of Education and school districts shall be
12made by the State Board of Education in consultation with the
13P-20 Council.
14    (e) The State Board of Education shall report teacher
15evaluation data from each school in the State. The State
16Board's report shall include:
17        (1) data from the most recent performance evaluation
18    ratings issued prior to the effective date of this
19    amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly for all
20    nontenured teachers and teachers in contractual continued
21    service broken down by the race and ethnicity of teachers;
22    and
23        (2) data from the most recent performance evaluation
24    ratings issued prior to the effective date of this
25    amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly for all
26    nontenured teachers and teachers in contractual continued

 

 

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1    service broken down by the race, ethnicity, and
2    eligibility status for free or reduced-price lunch of
3    students in the school where the teachers work.
4    The report shall contain data in an aggregate format. The
5report with the aggregate data is not confidential pursuant to
6Section 24A-7.1 of this Code unless an individual teacher is
7personally identifiable in the report. With respect to the
8report, the underlying data and any personally identifying
9information of a teacher shall be confidential. The State
10Board shall provide the data in the report in a format that
11prevents identification of individual teachers.
12(Source: P.A. 96-861, eff. 1-15-10.)".