Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
Filed: 5/7/2024
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3722 | ||||||
2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3722 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | ||||||
4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 2-3.64a-5, 10-20.5a, and 34-18 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 2-3.64a-5. State goals and assessment. | ||||||
8 | (a) For the assessment and accountability purposes of this | ||||||
9 | Section, "students" includes those students enrolled in a | ||||||
10 | public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school, | ||||||
11 | or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or | ||||||
12 | board of control, a charter school operating in compliance | ||||||
13 | with the Charter Schools Law, a school operated by a regional | ||||||
14 | office of education under Section 13A-3 of this Code, or a | ||||||
15 | public school administered by a local public agency or the | ||||||
16 | Department of Human Services. |
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1 | (b) The State Board of Education shall establish the | ||||||
2 | academic standards that are to be applicable to students who | ||||||
3 | are subject to State assessments under this Section. The State | ||||||
4 | Board of Education shall not establish any such standards in | ||||||
5 | final form without first providing opportunities for public | ||||||
6 | participation and local input in the development of the final | ||||||
7 | academic standards. Those opportunities shall include a | ||||||
8 | well-publicized period of public comment and opportunities to | ||||||
9 | file written comments. | ||||||
10 | (c) Beginning no later than the 2014-2015 school year, the | ||||||
11 | State Board of Education shall annually assess all students | ||||||
12 | enrolled in grades 3 through 8 in English language arts and | ||||||
13 | mathematics. | ||||||
14 | Beginning no later than the 2017-2018 school year, the | ||||||
15 | State Board of Education shall annually assess all students in | ||||||
16 | science at one grade in grades 3 through 5, at one grade in | ||||||
17 | grades 6 through 8, and at one grade in grades 9 through 12. | ||||||
18 | The State Board of Education shall annually assess schools | ||||||
19 | that operate a secondary education program, as defined in | ||||||
20 | Section 22-22 of this Code, in English language arts and | ||||||
21 | mathematics. The State Board of Education shall administer no | ||||||
22 | more than 3 assessments, per student, of English language arts | ||||||
23 | and mathematics for students in a secondary education program. | ||||||
24 | One of these assessments shall be recognized by this State's | ||||||
25 | public institutions of higher education, as defined in the | ||||||
26 | Board of Higher Education Act, for the purpose of student |
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1 | application or admissions consideration. The assessment | ||||||
2 | administered by the State Board of Education for the purpose | ||||||
3 | of student application to or admissions consideration by | ||||||
4 | institutions of higher education must be administered on a | ||||||
5 | school day during regular student attendance hours, and | ||||||
6 | student profile information collected by the assessment shall , | ||||||
7 | if available, be made available to the State's public | ||||||
8 | institutions of higher education in a timely manner. | ||||||
9 | Students who do not take the State's final accountability | ||||||
10 | assessment or its approved alternate assessment may not | ||||||
11 | receive a regular high school diploma unless the student is | ||||||
12 | exempted from taking the State assessments under subsection | ||||||
13 | (d) of this Section because the student is enrolled in a | ||||||
14 | program of adult and continuing education, as defined in the | ||||||
15 | Adult Education Act, or the student is identified by the State | ||||||
16 | Board of Education, through rules, as being exempt from the | ||||||
17 | assessment. | ||||||
18 | The State Board of Education shall not assess students | ||||||
19 | under this Section in subjects not required by this Section. | ||||||
20 | Districts shall inform their students of the timelines and | ||||||
21 | procedures applicable to their participation in every yearly | ||||||
22 | administration of the State assessments. The State Board of | ||||||
23 | Education shall establish periods of time in each school year | ||||||
24 | during which State assessments shall occur to meet the | ||||||
25 | objectives of this Section. | ||||||
26 | The requirements of this subsection do not apply if the |
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1 | State Board of Education has received a waiver from the | ||||||
2 | administration of assessments from the U.S. Department of | ||||||
3 | Education. | ||||||
4 | (d) Every individualized educational program as described | ||||||
5 | in Article 14 shall identify if the State assessment or | ||||||
6 | components thereof require accommodation for the student. The | ||||||
7 | State Board of Education shall develop rules governing the | ||||||
8 | administration of an alternate assessment that may be | ||||||
9 | available to students for whom participation in this State's | ||||||
10 | regular assessments is not appropriate, even with | ||||||
11 | accommodations as allowed under this Section. | ||||||
12 | Students receiving special education services whose | ||||||
13 | individualized educational programs identify them as eligible | ||||||
14 | for the alternative State assessments nevertheless shall have | ||||||
15 | the option of also taking this State's regular final | ||||||
16 | accountability assessment, which shall be administered in | ||||||
17 | accordance with the eligible accommodations appropriate for | ||||||
18 | meeting these students' respective needs. | ||||||
19 | All students determined to be English learners shall | ||||||
20 | participate in the State assessments. The scores of those | ||||||
21 | students who have been enrolled in schools in the United | ||||||
22 | States for less than 12 months may not be used for the purposes | ||||||
23 | of accountability. Any student determined to be an English | ||||||
24 | learner shall receive appropriate assessment accommodations, | ||||||
25 | including language supports, which shall be established by | ||||||
26 | rule. Approved assessment accommodations must be provided |
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1 | until the student's English language skills develop to the | ||||||
2 | extent that the student is no longer considered to be an | ||||||
3 | English learner, as demonstrated through a State-identified | ||||||
4 | English language proficiency assessment. | ||||||
5 | (e) The results or scores of each assessment taken under | ||||||
6 | this Section shall be made available to the parents of each | ||||||
7 | student. | ||||||
8 | In each school year, the scores attained by a student on | ||||||
9 | the final accountability assessment must be placed in the | ||||||
10 | student's permanent record pursuant to rules that the State | ||||||
11 | Board of Education shall adopt for that purpose in accordance | ||||||
12 | with Section 3 of the Illinois School Student Records Act. In | ||||||
13 | each school year, the scores attained by a student on the State | ||||||
14 | assessments administered in grades 3 through 8 must be placed | ||||||
15 | in the student's temporary record. | ||||||
16 | (f) All schools shall administer the State's academic | ||||||
17 | assessment of English language proficiency to all children | ||||||
18 | determined to be English learners. | ||||||
19 | (g) All schools in this State that are part of the sample | ||||||
20 | drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics, in | ||||||
21 | collaboration with their school districts and the State Board | ||||||
22 | of Education, shall administer the academic assessments under | ||||||
23 | the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried out | ||||||
24 | under Section 411(b)(2) of the federal National Education | ||||||
25 | Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010) if the U.S. Secretary | ||||||
26 | of Education pays the costs of administering the assessments. |
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1 | (h) (Blank). | ||||||
2 | (i) For the purposes of this subsection (i), "academically | ||||||
3 | based assessments" means assessments consisting of questions | ||||||
4 | and answers that are measurable and quantifiable to measure | ||||||
5 | the knowledge, skills, and ability of students in the subject | ||||||
6 | matters covered by the assessments. All assessments | ||||||
7 | administered pursuant to this Section must be academically | ||||||
8 | based assessments. The scoring of academically based | ||||||
9 | assessments shall be reliable, valid, and fair and shall meet | ||||||
10 | the guidelines for assessment development and use prescribed | ||||||
11 | by the American Psychological Association, the National | ||||||
12 | Council on Measurement in Education, and the American | ||||||
13 | Educational Research Association. | ||||||
14 | The State Board of Education shall review the use of all | ||||||
15 | assessment item types in order to ensure that they are valid | ||||||
16 | and reliable indicators of student performance aligned to the | ||||||
17 | learning standards being assessed and that the development, | ||||||
18 | administration, and scoring of these item types are | ||||||
19 | justifiable in terms of cost. | ||||||
20 | (j) The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a | ||||||
21 | committee of no more than 21 members, consisting of parents, | ||||||
22 | teachers, school administrators, school board members, | ||||||
23 | assessment experts, regional superintendents of schools, and | ||||||
24 | citizens, to review the State assessments administered by the | ||||||
25 | State Board of Education. The Committee shall select one of | ||||||
26 | its members as its chairperson. The Committee shall meet on an |
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1 | ongoing basis to review the content and design of the | ||||||
2 | assessments (including whether the requirements of subsection | ||||||
3 | (i) of this Section have been met), the time and money expended | ||||||
4 | at the local and State levels to prepare for and administer the | ||||||
5 | assessments, the collective results of the assessments as | ||||||
6 | measured against the stated purpose of assessing student | ||||||
7 | performance, and other issues involving the assessments | ||||||
8 | identified by the Committee. The Committee shall make periodic | ||||||
9 | recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education and | ||||||
10 | the General Assembly concerning the assessments. | ||||||
11 | (k) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to | ||||||
12 | implement this Section. | ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 103-204, eff. 1-1-24 .) | ||||||
14 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.5a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.5a) | ||||||
15 | Sec. 10-20.5a. Access to high school campus. | ||||||
16 | (a) For school districts maintaining grades 10 through 12, | ||||||
17 | to provide, on an equal basis, and consistent with the federal | ||||||
18 | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 , access to a | ||||||
19 | high school campus and student directory information to the | ||||||
20 | official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of | ||||||
21 | Illinois and the United States, as well as access to student | ||||||
22 | directory information to the Board of Higher Education, the | ||||||
23 | Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student | ||||||
24 | Assistance Commission, and State public institutions of higher | ||||||
25 | education for the purpose of informing students of educational |
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1 | and career opportunities if the board has provided such access | ||||||
2 | to persons or groups whose purpose is to acquaint students | ||||||
3 | with educational or occupational opportunities available to | ||||||
4 | them. The board is not required to give greater notice | ||||||
5 | regarding the right of access to recruiting representatives | ||||||
6 | than is given to other persons and groups. In this Section, | ||||||
7 | "directory information" means a high school student's name, | ||||||
8 | address, email address, and telephone number , and "public | ||||||
9 | institutions of higher education" has the meaning given to | ||||||
10 | that term in Section 1 of the Board of Higher Education Act . | ||||||
11 | (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian submits a | ||||||
12 | signed, written request to the high school before the end of | ||||||
13 | the student's sophomore year (or if the student is a transfer | ||||||
14 | student, by another time set by the high school) that | ||||||
15 | indicates that the student or his or her parent or guardian | ||||||
16 | does not want the student's directory information to be | ||||||
17 | provided to official recruiting representatives under | ||||||
18 | subsection (a) of this Section, the high school may not | ||||||
19 | provide access to the student's directory information to these | ||||||
20 | recruiting representatives. The high school shall notify its | ||||||
21 | students and their parents or guardians of the provisions of | ||||||
22 | this subsection (b). | ||||||
23 | (c) A high school may require official recruiting | ||||||
24 | representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the United | ||||||
25 | States to pay a fee for copying and mailing a student's | ||||||
26 | directory information in an amount that is not more than the |
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1 | actual costs incurred by the high school. | ||||||
2 | (d) Information received by an official recruiting | ||||||
3 | representative , the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois | ||||||
4 | Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance | ||||||
5 | Commission, or public institutions of higher education under | ||||||
6 | this Section may be used only to provide information to | ||||||
7 | students concerning educational and career opportunities and | ||||||
8 | may not be released to a person who is not involved in | ||||||
9 | recruiting students for the armed forces of Illinois or the | ||||||
10 | United States or with the Board of Higher Education, the | ||||||
11 | Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student | ||||||
12 | Assistance Commission , or public State institutions of higher | ||||||
13 | education. | ||||||
14 | (e) By January 1, 2025 2024 , each school district that is | ||||||
15 | subject to this Section shall make student directory | ||||||
16 | information shall be made electronically accessible through a | ||||||
17 | secure centralized data system for official recruiting | ||||||
18 | representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the United | ||||||
19 | States, as well as for the Board of Higher Education, the | ||||||
20 | Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student | ||||||
21 | Assistance Commission, and State public institutions of higher | ||||||
22 | education. | ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 103-204, eff. 1-1-24 .) | ||||||
24 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18) | ||||||
25 | Sec. 34-18. Powers of the board. The board shall exercise |
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1 | general supervision and jurisdiction over the public education | ||||||
2 | and the public school system of the city, and, except as | ||||||
3 | otherwise provided by this Article, shall have power: | ||||||
4 | 1. To make suitable provision for the establishment | ||||||
5 | and maintenance throughout the year or for such portion | ||||||
6 | thereof as it may direct, not less than 9 months and in | ||||||
7 | compliance with Section 10-19.05, of schools of all grades | ||||||
8 | and kinds, including normal schools, high schools, night | ||||||
9 | schools, schools for defectives and delinquents, parental | ||||||
10 | and truant schools, schools for the blind, the deaf, and | ||||||
11 | persons with physical disabilities, schools or classes in | ||||||
12 | manual training, constructural and vocational teaching, | ||||||
13 | domestic arts, and physical culture, vocation and | ||||||
14 | extension schools and lecture courses, and all other | ||||||
15 | educational courses and facilities, including | ||||||
16 | establishing, equipping, maintaining and operating | ||||||
17 | playgrounds and recreational programs, when such programs | ||||||
18 | are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected with any | ||||||
19 | public school under the general supervision and | ||||||
20 | jurisdiction of the board; provided that the calendar for | ||||||
21 | the school term and any changes must be submitted to and | ||||||
22 | approved by the State Board of Education before the | ||||||
23 | calendar or changes may take effect, and provided that in | ||||||
24 | allocating funds from year to year for the operation of | ||||||
25 | all attendance centers within the district, the board | ||||||
26 | shall ensure that supplemental general State aid or |
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1 | supplemental grant funds are allocated and applied in | ||||||
2 | accordance with Section 18-8, 18-8.05, or 18-8.15. To | ||||||
3 | admit to such schools without charge foreign exchange | ||||||
4 | students who are participants in an organized exchange | ||||||
5 | student program which is authorized by the board. The | ||||||
6 | board shall permit all students to enroll in | ||||||
7 | apprenticeship programs in trade schools operated by the | ||||||
8 | board, whether those programs are union-sponsored or not. | ||||||
9 | No student shall be refused admission into or be excluded | ||||||
10 | from any course of instruction offered in the common | ||||||
11 | schools by reason of that student's sex. No student shall | ||||||
12 | be denied equal access to physical education and | ||||||
13 | interscholastic athletic programs supported from school | ||||||
14 | district funds or denied participation in comparable | ||||||
15 | physical education and athletic programs solely by reason | ||||||
16 | of the student's sex. Equal access to programs supported | ||||||
17 | from school district funds and comparable programs will be | ||||||
18 | defined in rules promulgated by the State Board of | ||||||
19 | Education in consultation with the Illinois High School | ||||||
20 | Association. Notwithstanding any other provision of this | ||||||
21 | Article, neither the board of education nor any local | ||||||
22 | school council or other school official shall recommend | ||||||
23 | that children with disabilities be placed into regular | ||||||
24 | education classrooms unless those children with | ||||||
25 | disabilities are provided with supplementary services to | ||||||
26 | assist them so that they benefit from the regular |
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1 | classroom instruction and are included on the teacher's | ||||||
2 | regular education class register; | ||||||
3 | 2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable | ||||||
4 | charge therefor, and to use school funds for the payment | ||||||
5 | of such expenses as the board may determine are necessary | ||||||
6 | in conducting the school lunch program; | ||||||
7 | 3. To co-operate with the circuit court; | ||||||
8 | 4. To make arrangements with the public or | ||||||
9 | quasi-public libraries and museums for the use of their | ||||||
10 | facilities by teachers and pupils of the public schools; | ||||||
11 | 5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for | ||||||
12 | the purpose of treating the pupils in the schools, but | ||||||
13 | accepting such treatment shall be optional with parents or | ||||||
14 | guardians; | ||||||
15 | 6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms | ||||||
16 | when not otherwise needed, including light, heat, and | ||||||
17 | attendants, for free public lectures, concerts, and other | ||||||
18 | educational and social interests, free of charge, under | ||||||
19 | such provisions and control as the principal of the | ||||||
20 | affected attendance center may prescribe; | ||||||
21 | 7. To apportion the pupils to the several schools; | ||||||
22 | provided that no pupil shall be excluded from or | ||||||
23 | segregated in any such school on account of his color, | ||||||
24 | race, sex, or nationality. The board shall take into | ||||||
25 | consideration the prevention of segregation and the | ||||||
26 | elimination of separation of children in public schools |
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1 | because of color, race, sex, or nationality. Except that | ||||||
2 | children may be committed to or attend parental and social | ||||||
3 | adjustment schools established and maintained either for | ||||||
4 | boys or girls only. All records pertaining to the | ||||||
5 | creation, alteration or revision of attendance areas shall | ||||||
6 | be open to the public. Nothing herein shall limit the | ||||||
7 | board's authority to establish multi-area attendance | ||||||
8 | centers or other student assignment systems for | ||||||
9 | desegregation purposes or otherwise, and to apportion the | ||||||
10 | pupils to the several schools. Furthermore, beginning in | ||||||
11 | school year 1994-95, pursuant to a board plan adopted by | ||||||
12 | October 1, 1993, the board shall offer, commencing on a | ||||||
13 | phased-in basis, the opportunity for families within the | ||||||
14 | school district to apply for enrollment of their children | ||||||
15 | in any attendance center within the school district which | ||||||
16 | does not have selective admission requirements approved by | ||||||
17 | the board. The appropriate geographical area in which such | ||||||
18 | open enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by | ||||||
19 | the board of education. Such children may be admitted to | ||||||
20 | any such attendance center on a space available basis | ||||||
21 | after all children residing within such attendance | ||||||
22 | center's area have been accommodated. If the number of | ||||||
23 | applicants from outside the attendance area exceed the | ||||||
24 | space available, then successful applicants shall be | ||||||
25 | selected by lottery. The board of education's open | ||||||
26 | enrollment plan must include provisions that allow |
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1 | low-income students to have access to transportation | ||||||
2 | needed to exercise school choice. Open enrollment shall be | ||||||
3 | in compliance with the provisions of the Consent Decree | ||||||
4 | and Desegregation Plan cited in Section 34-1.01; | ||||||
5 | 8. To approve programs and policies for providing | ||||||
6 | transportation services to students. Nothing herein shall | ||||||
7 | be construed to permit or empower the State Board of | ||||||
8 | Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other | ||||||
9 | transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving | ||||||
10 | racial balance in any school; | ||||||
11 | 9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to | ||||||
12 | establish and approve system-wide curriculum objectives | ||||||
13 | and standards, including graduation standards, which | ||||||
14 | reflect the multi-cultural diversity in the city and are | ||||||
15 | consistent with State law, provided that for all purposes | ||||||
16 | of this Article courses or proficiency in American Sign | ||||||
17 | Language shall be deemed to constitute courses or | ||||||
18 | proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ | ||||||
19 | principals and teachers, appointed as provided in this | ||||||
20 | Article, and fix their compensation. The board shall | ||||||
21 | prepare such reports related to minimal competency testing | ||||||
22 | as may be requested by the State Board of Education and, in | ||||||
23 | addition, shall monitor and approve special education and | ||||||
24 | bilingual education programs and policies within the | ||||||
25 | district to ensure that appropriate services are provided | ||||||
26 | in accordance with applicable State and federal laws to |
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1 | children requiring services and education in those areas; | ||||||
2 | 10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize | ||||||
3 | volunteer personnel for: (i) non-teaching duties not | ||||||
4 | requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils, | ||||||
5 | including library duties; and (ii) supervising study | ||||||
6 | halls, long distance teaching reception areas used | ||||||
7 | incident to instructional programs transmitted by | ||||||
8 | electronic media such as computers, video, and audio, | ||||||
9 | detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored | ||||||
10 | extracurricular activities. The board may further utilize | ||||||
11 | volunteer nonlicensed personnel or employ nonlicensed | ||||||
12 | personnel to assist in the instruction of pupils under the | ||||||
13 | immediate supervision of a teacher holding a valid | ||||||
14 | educator license, directly engaged in teaching subject | ||||||
15 | matter or conducting activities; provided that the teacher | ||||||
16 | shall be continuously aware of the nonlicensed persons' | ||||||
17 | activities and shall be able to control or modify them. | ||||||
18 | The general superintendent shall determine qualifications | ||||||
19 | of such personnel and shall prescribe rules for | ||||||
20 | determining the duties and activities to be assigned to | ||||||
21 | such personnel; | ||||||
22 | 10.5. To utilize volunteer personnel from a regional | ||||||
23 | School Crisis Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part | ||||||
24 | of the Safe to Learn Program established pursuant to | ||||||
25 | Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act of | ||||||
26 | 1995, to provide assistance to schools in times of |
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1 | violence or other traumatic incidents within a school | ||||||
2 | community by providing crisis intervention services to | ||||||
3 | lessen the effects of emotional trauma on individuals and | ||||||
4 | the community; the School Crisis Assistance Team Steering | ||||||
5 | Committee shall determine the qualifications for | ||||||
6 | volunteers; | ||||||
7 | 11. To provide television studio facilities in not to | ||||||
8 | exceed one school building and to provide programs for | ||||||
9 | educational purposes, provided, however, that the board | ||||||
10 | shall not construct, acquire, operate, or maintain a | ||||||
11 | television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio | ||||||
12 | facilities to a licensed television station located in the | ||||||
13 | school district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed | ||||||
14 | one school radio transmitting station and provide programs | ||||||
15 | for educational purposes; | ||||||
16 | 12. To offer, if deemed appropriate, outdoor education | ||||||
17 | courses, including field trips within the State of | ||||||
18 | Illinois, or adjacent states, and to use school | ||||||
19 | educational funds for the expense of the said outdoor | ||||||
20 | educational programs, whether within the school district | ||||||
21 | or not; | ||||||
22 | 13. During that period of the calendar year not | ||||||
23 | embraced within the regular school term, to provide and | ||||||
24 | conduct courses in subject matters normally embraced in | ||||||
25 | the program of the schools during the regular school term | ||||||
26 | and to give regular school credit for satisfactory |
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1 | completion by the student of such courses as may be | ||||||
2 | approved for credit by the State Board of Education; | ||||||
3 | 14. To insure against any loss or liability of the | ||||||
4 | board, the former School Board Nominating Commission, | ||||||
5 | Local School Councils, the Chicago Schools Academic | ||||||
6 | Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict Councils | ||||||
7 | or of any member, officer, agent, or employee thereof, | ||||||
8 | resulting from alleged violations of civil rights arising | ||||||
9 | from incidents occurring on or after September 5, 1967 or | ||||||
10 | from the wrongful or negligent act or omission of any such | ||||||
11 | person whether occurring within or without the school | ||||||
12 | premises, provided the officer, agent, or employee was, at | ||||||
13 | the time of the alleged violation of civil rights or | ||||||
14 | wrongful act or omission, acting within the scope of his | ||||||
15 | or her employment or under direction of the board, the | ||||||
16 | former School Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago | ||||||
17 | Schools Academic Accountability Council, Local School | ||||||
18 | Councils, or the former Subdistrict Councils; and to | ||||||
19 | provide for or participate in insurance plans for its | ||||||
20 | officers and employees, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
21 | retirement annuities, medical, surgical and | ||||||
22 | hospitalization benefits in such types and amounts as may | ||||||
23 | be determined by the board; provided, however, that the | ||||||
24 | board shall contract for such insurance only with an | ||||||
25 | insurance company authorized to do business in this State. | ||||||
26 | Such insurance may include provision for employees who |
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1 | rely on treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone for | ||||||
2 | healing, in accordance with the tenets and practice of a | ||||||
3 | recognized religious denomination; | ||||||
4 | 15. To contract with the corporate authorities of any | ||||||
5 | municipality or the county board of any county, as the | ||||||
6 | case may be, to provide for the regulation of traffic in | ||||||
7 | parking areas of property used for school purposes, in | ||||||
8 | such manner as is provided by Section 11-209 of the | ||||||
9 | Illinois Vehicle Code; | ||||||
10 | 16. (a) To provide, on an equal basis and consistent | ||||||
11 | with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act | ||||||
12 | of 1974 , access to a high school campus and student | ||||||
13 | directory information to the official recruiting | ||||||
14 | representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the | ||||||
15 | United States , as well as access to student directory | ||||||
16 | information to the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois | ||||||
17 | Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance | ||||||
18 | Commission, and public institutions of higher education, | ||||||
19 | for the purposes of informing students of the educational | ||||||
20 | and career opportunities available in the military if the | ||||||
21 | board has provided such access to persons or groups whose | ||||||
22 | purpose is to acquaint students with educational or | ||||||
23 | occupational opportunities available to them. The board is | ||||||
24 | not required to give greater notice regarding the right of | ||||||
25 | access to recruiting representatives than is given to | ||||||
26 | other persons and groups. In this paragraph 16, "directory |
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1 | information" means a high school student's name, address, | ||||||
2 | email address, and telephone number , and "public | ||||||
3 | institutions of higher education" has the meaning given to | ||||||
4 | that term in Section 1 of the Board of Higher Education | ||||||
5 | Act . | ||||||
6 | (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian | ||||||
7 | submits a signed, written request to the high school | ||||||
8 | before the end of the student's sophomore year (or if the | ||||||
9 | student is a transfer student, by another time set by the | ||||||
10 | high school) that indicates that the student or his or her | ||||||
11 | parent or guardian does not want the student's directory | ||||||
12 | information to be provided to official recruiting | ||||||
13 | representatives under subsection (a) of this Section, the | ||||||
14 | high school may not provide access to the student's | ||||||
15 | directory information to these recruiting representatives. | ||||||
16 | The high school shall notify its students and their | ||||||
17 | parents or guardians of the provisions of this subsection | ||||||
18 | (b). | ||||||
19 | (c) A high school may require official recruiting | ||||||
20 | representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the | ||||||
21 | United States to pay a fee for copying and mailing a | ||||||
22 | student's directory information in an amount that is not | ||||||
23 | more than the actual costs incurred by the high school. | ||||||
24 | (d) Information received by an official recruiting | ||||||
25 | representative under this Section may be used only to | ||||||
26 | provide information to students concerning educational and |
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1 | career opportunities available in the military and may not | ||||||
2 | be released to a person who is not involved in recruiting | ||||||
3 | students for the armed forces of Illinois or the United | ||||||
4 | States or with the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois | ||||||
5 | Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance | ||||||
6 | Commission, or public institutions of higher education. | ||||||
7 | (e) By January 1, 2025, the school district shall make | ||||||
8 | student directory information electronically accessible | ||||||
9 | for official recruiting representatives of the armed | ||||||
10 | forces of Illinois or the United States, as well as for the | ||||||
11 | Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community College | ||||||
12 | Board, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and | ||||||
13 | public institutions of higher education ; | ||||||
14 | 17. (a) To sell or market any computer program | ||||||
15 | developed by an employee of the school district, provided | ||||||
16 | that such employee developed the computer program as a | ||||||
17 | direct result of his or her duties with the school | ||||||
18 | district or through the utilization of school district | ||||||
19 | resources or facilities. The employee who developed the | ||||||
20 | computer program shall be entitled to share in the | ||||||
21 | proceeds of such sale or marketing of the computer | ||||||
22 | program. The distribution of such proceeds between the | ||||||
23 | employee and the school district shall be as agreed upon | ||||||
24 | by the employee and the school district, except that | ||||||
25 | neither the employee nor the school district may receive | ||||||
26 | more than 90% of such proceeds. The negotiation for an |
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1 | employee who is represented by an exclusive bargaining | ||||||
2 | representative may be conducted by such bargaining | ||||||
3 | representative at the employee's request. | ||||||
4 | (b) For the purpose of this paragraph 17: | ||||||
5 | (1) "Computer" means an internally programmed, | ||||||
6 | general purpose digital device capable of | ||||||
7 | automatically accepting data, processing data and | ||||||
8 | supplying the results of the operation. | ||||||
9 | (2) "Computer program" means a series of coded | ||||||
10 | instructions or statements in a form acceptable to a | ||||||
11 | computer, which causes the computer to process data in | ||||||
12 | order to achieve a certain result. | ||||||
13 | (3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from the | ||||||
14 | marketing or sale of a product after deducting the | ||||||
15 | expenses of developing and marketing such product; | ||||||
16 | 18. To delegate to the general superintendent of | ||||||
17 | schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts | ||||||
18 | and expenditures in amounts of $35,000 or less; | ||||||
19 | 19. Upon the written request of an employee, to | ||||||
20 | withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues, | ||||||
21 | payments, or contributions payable by such employee to any | ||||||
22 | labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational | ||||||
23 | Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an amount | ||||||
24 | shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which | ||||||
25 | is equal to the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any | ||||||
26 | payments or contributions, and the board shall transmit |
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1 | such withholdings to the specified labor organization | ||||||
2 | within 10 working days from the time of the withholding; | ||||||
3 | 19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a | ||||||
4 | municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, a | ||||||
5 | county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook | ||||||
6 | County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park | ||||||
7 | District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the | ||||||
8 | Chicago Transit Authority, or a housing authority of a | ||||||
9 | municipality with a population of 500,000 or more that a | ||||||
10 | debt is due and owing the municipality, the county, the | ||||||
11 | Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park | ||||||
12 | District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the | ||||||
13 | Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing authority by an | ||||||
14 | employee of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold, | ||||||
15 | from the compensation of that employee, the amount of the | ||||||
16 | debt that is due and owing and pay the amount withheld to | ||||||
17 | the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest | ||||||
18 | Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | ||||||
19 | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | ||||||
20 | Transit Authority, or the housing authority; provided, | ||||||
21 | however, that the amount deducted from any one salary or | ||||||
22 | wage payment shall not exceed 25% of the net amount of the | ||||||
23 | payment. Before the Board deducts any amount from any | ||||||
24 | salary or wage of an employee under this paragraph, the | ||||||
25 | municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve | ||||||
26 | District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan |
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1 | Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, | ||||||
2 | or the housing authority shall certify that (i) the | ||||||
3 | employee has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to | ||||||
4 | dispute the debt that is due and owing the municipality, | ||||||
5 | the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the | ||||||
6 | Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation | ||||||
7 | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing | ||||||
8 | authority and (ii) the employee has received notice of a | ||||||
9 | wage deduction order and has been afforded an opportunity | ||||||
10 | for a hearing to object to the order. For purposes of this | ||||||
11 | paragraph, "net amount" means that part of the salary or | ||||||
12 | wage payment remaining after the deduction of any amounts | ||||||
13 | required by law to be deducted and "debt due and owing" | ||||||
14 | means (i) a specified sum of money owed to the | ||||||
15 | municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve | ||||||
16 | District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan | ||||||
17 | Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, | ||||||
18 | or the housing authority for services, work, or goods, | ||||||
19 | after the period granted for payment has expired, or (ii) | ||||||
20 | a specified sum of money owed to the municipality, the | ||||||
21 | county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the | ||||||
22 | Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation | ||||||
23 | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing | ||||||
24 | authority pursuant to a court order or order of an | ||||||
25 | administrative hearing officer after the exhaustion of, or | ||||||
26 | the failure to exhaust, judicial review; |
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1 | 20. The board is encouraged to employ a sufficient | ||||||
2 | number of licensed school counselors to maintain a | ||||||
3 | student/counselor ratio of 250 to 1. Each counselor shall | ||||||
4 | spend at least 75% of his work time in direct contact with | ||||||
5 | students and shall maintain a record of such time; | ||||||
6 | 21. To make available to students vocational and | ||||||
7 | career counseling and to establish 5 special career | ||||||
8 | counseling days for students and parents. On these days | ||||||
9 | representatives of local businesses and industries shall | ||||||
10 | be invited to the school campus and shall inform students | ||||||
11 | of career opportunities available to them in the various | ||||||
12 | businesses and industries. Special consideration shall be | ||||||
13 | given to counseling minority students as to career | ||||||
14 | opportunities available to them in various fields. For the | ||||||
15 | purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a | ||||||
16 | person who is any of the following: | ||||||
17 | (a) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having | ||||||
18 | origins in any of the original peoples of North and South | ||||||
19 | America, including Central America, and who maintains | ||||||
20 | tribal affiliation or community attachment). | ||||||
21 | (b) Asian (a person having origins in any of the | ||||||
22 | original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the | ||||||
23 | Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
24 | Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, | ||||||
25 | the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam). | ||||||
26 | (c) Black or African American (a person having origins |
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1 | in any of the black racial groups of Africa). | ||||||
2 | (d) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican, | ||||||
3 | Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish | ||||||
4 | culture or origin, regardless of race). | ||||||
5 | (e) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a | ||||||
6 | person having origins in any of the original peoples of | ||||||
7 | Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands). | ||||||
8 | Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school | ||||||
9 | days; | ||||||
10 | 22. To report to the State Board of Education the | ||||||
11 | annual student dropout rate and number of students who | ||||||
12 | graduate from, transfer from, or otherwise leave bilingual | ||||||
13 | programs; | ||||||
14 | 23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and | ||||||
15 | Neglected Child Reporting Act or other applicable State or | ||||||
16 | federal law, to permit school officials to withhold, from | ||||||
17 | any person, information on the whereabouts of any child | ||||||
18 | removed from school premises when the child has been taken | ||||||
19 | into protective custody as a victim of suspected child | ||||||
20 | abuse. School officials shall direct such person to the | ||||||
21 | Department of Children and Family Services or to the local | ||||||
22 | law enforcement agency, if appropriate; | ||||||
23 | 24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of | ||||||
24 | existing school facilities, projected enrollment, and | ||||||
25 | efficient utilization of available resources, for capital | ||||||
26 | improvement of schools and school buildings within the |
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1 | district, addressing in that policy both the relative | ||||||
2 | priority for major repairs, renovations, and additions to | ||||||
3 | school facilities and the advisability or necessity of | ||||||
4 | building new school facilities or closing existing schools | ||||||
5 | to meet current or projected demographic patterns within | ||||||
6 | the district; | ||||||
7 | 25. To make available to the students in every high | ||||||
8 | school attendance center the ability to take all courses | ||||||
9 | necessary to comply with the Board of Higher Education's | ||||||
10 | college entrance criteria effective in 1993; | ||||||
11 | 26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching | ||||||
12 | profession, whereby qualified professionals become | ||||||
13 | licensed teachers, by allowing credit for professional | ||||||
14 | employment in related fields when determining point of | ||||||
15 | entry on the teacher pay scale; | ||||||
16 | 27. To provide or contract out training programs for | ||||||
17 | administrative personnel and principals with revised or | ||||||
18 | expanded duties pursuant to this Code in order to ensure | ||||||
19 | they have the knowledge and skills to perform their | ||||||
20 | duties; | ||||||
21 | 28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special | ||||||
22 | needs programs, and to allocate such funds and other lump | ||||||
23 | sum amounts to each attendance center in a manner | ||||||
24 | consistent with the provisions of part 4 of Section | ||||||
25 | 34-2.3. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to | ||||||
26 | require any additional appropriations of State funds for |
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1 | this purpose; | ||||||
2 | 29. (Blank); | ||||||
3 | 30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or | ||||||
4 | any other law to the contrary, to contract with third | ||||||
5 | parties for services otherwise performed by employees, | ||||||
6 | including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those | ||||||
7 | employees upon 14 days written notice to the affected | ||||||
8 | employees. Those contracts may be for a period not to | ||||||
9 | exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a system-wide basis. | ||||||
10 | The board may not operate more than 30 contract schools, | ||||||
11 | provided that the board may operate an additional 5 | ||||||
12 | contract turnaround schools pursuant to item (5.5) of | ||||||
13 | subsection (d) of Section 34-8.3 of this Code, and the | ||||||
14 | governing bodies of contract schools are subject to the | ||||||
15 | Freedom of Information Act and Open Meetings Act; | ||||||
16 | 31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures | ||||||
17 | governing the layoff or reduction in force of employees | ||||||
18 | and the recall of such employees, including, but not | ||||||
19 | limited to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force | ||||||
20 | or recall rights of such employees and the weight to be | ||||||
21 | given to any particular criterion. Such criteria shall | ||||||
22 | take into account factors, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
23 | qualifications, certifications, experience, performance | ||||||
24 | ratings or evaluations, and any other factors relating to | ||||||
25 | an employee's job performance; | ||||||
26 | 32. To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in the |
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1 | hiring of personnel or the selection of contractors; | ||||||
2 | 33. (Blank); and | ||||||
3 | 34. To establish a Labor Management Council to the | ||||||
4 | board comprised of representatives of the board, the chief | ||||||
5 | executive officer, and those labor organizations that are | ||||||
6 | the exclusive representatives of employees of the board | ||||||
7 | and to promulgate policies and procedures for the | ||||||
8 | operation of the Council. | ||||||
9 | The specifications of the powers herein granted are not to | ||||||
10 | be construed as exclusive, but the board shall also exercise | ||||||
11 | all other powers that may be requisite or proper for the | ||||||
12 | maintenance and the development of a public school system, not | ||||||
13 | inconsistent with the other provisions of this Article or | ||||||
14 | provisions of this Code which apply to all school districts. | ||||||
15 | In addition to the powers herein granted and authorized to | ||||||
16 | be exercised by the board, it shall be the duty of the board to | ||||||
17 | review or to direct independent reviews of special education | ||||||
18 | expenditures and services. The board shall file a report of | ||||||
19 | such review with the General Assembly on or before May 1, 1990. | ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 102-465, eff. 1-1-22; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; | ||||||
21 | 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; 103-8, eff. 1-1-24 .) | ||||||
22 | Section 10. The Public University Uniform Admission Pilot | ||||||
23 | Program Act is amended by changing Section 1 and by adding | ||||||
24 | Sections 3, 17, 18, and 19 as follows: |
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1 | (110 ILCS 118/1) | ||||||
2 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2027) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public | ||||||
4 | University Direct Uniform Admission Pilot Program Act. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20 .) | ||||||
6 | (110 ILCS 118/3 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 3. Findings. The General Assembly makes all of the | ||||||
8 | following findings: | ||||||
9 | (1) Illinois has a strong system of public higher | ||||||
10 | education, including public universities and community | ||||||
11 | colleges across the State. | ||||||
12 | (2) The Illinois economy thrives when Illinois | ||||||
13 | students choose to pursue postsecondary education at | ||||||
14 | Illinois institutions of higher education. | ||||||
15 | (3) According to the National Bureau of Economic | ||||||
16 | Research, two-thirds of graduates stay and work in the | ||||||
17 | state in which they matriculated. | ||||||
18 | (4) Students who have been historically underserved, | ||||||
19 | such as those who are the first in their families to go to | ||||||
20 | college, come from low-income families or communities. | ||||||
21 | Students of color and students from rural communities, | ||||||
22 | among others, often face the greatest barriers to | ||||||
23 | accessing higher education, in part because of a lack of | ||||||
24 | information. | ||||||
25 | (5) Every eligible high school junior and senior in |
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1 | Illinois should receive an offer to an Illinois | ||||||
2 | institution of higher education, including public | ||||||
3 | universities and community colleges. | ||||||
4 | (6) Every eligible public community college student | ||||||
5 | seeking a transfer pathway should receive an offer to a | ||||||
6 | public university in Illinois. | ||||||
7 | (7) Illinois can and should develop the tools and | ||||||
8 | technology to dramatically simplify the public university | ||||||
9 | and community college application and admission process | ||||||
10 | for Illinois students. | ||||||
11 | (110 ILCS 118/17 new) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 17. Direct admission program. | ||||||
13 | (a) In this Section, "Public university" means the | ||||||
14 | University of Illinois at Springfield, Southern Illinois | ||||||
15 | University, Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois | ||||||
16 | University, Governors State University, Illinois State | ||||||
17 | University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern | ||||||
18 | Illinois University, Western Illinois University, or any other | ||||||
19 | public university established or authorized by the General | ||||||
20 | Assembly after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
21 | the 103rd General Assembly. | ||||||
22 | (b) Beginning with the 2026-2027 academic year, the Board | ||||||
23 | of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois | ||||||
24 | Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance | ||||||
25 | Commission, and the State Board of Education, shall establish |
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1 | and administer a direct admission program. The direct | ||||||
2 | admission program shall automatically offer admission into a | ||||||
3 | public university or community college to qualified high | ||||||
4 | school juniors and seniors in this State and to public | ||||||
5 | community college students in this State who qualify to | ||||||
6 | transfer to a public university. | ||||||
7 | (c) Each public university and community college in the | ||||||
8 | direct admission program shall identify and provide its | ||||||
9 | standards for general admission to the Board of Higher | ||||||
10 | Education on an annual basis. The standards shall consist of | ||||||
11 | quantifiable data, such as grade point average or class rank, | ||||||
12 | that align with data available in any of the data systems | ||||||
13 | maintained by the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois | ||||||
14 | Community College Board, the State Board of Education, or the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission. The Board of Higher | ||||||
16 | Education shall determine which students meet the standards | ||||||
17 | for general admission for each public university in the direct | ||||||
18 | admission program, and that information shall be made | ||||||
19 | available to the student and to each public university and | ||||||
20 | community college. Each public university or community college | ||||||
21 | may also notify qualified students. | ||||||
22 | (d) As all public community colleges in this State are | ||||||
23 | open-access institutions, student directory information shall | ||||||
24 | be used to identify a student's local public community | ||||||
25 | college, and the community college shall be included on all | ||||||
26 | correspondence to a student indicating the student's |
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1 | acceptance to the community college alongside those public | ||||||
2 | universities that offer the student direct admission. | ||||||
3 | Under the direct admission program, a public community | ||||||
4 | college shall offer admission to all students who are | ||||||
5 | residents of the community college district. Under the direct | ||||||
6 | admission program, a public university shall offer and accept | ||||||
7 | admission to any high school junior or senior in this State who | ||||||
8 | meets the public university's standards for admission, as | ||||||
9 | identified under subsection (c), and to any public community | ||||||
10 | college transfer student transferring to a public university | ||||||
11 | who meets all of the following requirements: | ||||||
12 | (1) Is enrolled at a public community college in this | ||||||
13 | State. | ||||||
14 | (2) Has earned a minimum of 36 graded, transferable | ||||||
15 | semester hours. | ||||||
16 | (3) Has attained a minimum cumulative grade point | ||||||
17 | average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale or its equivalent in all | ||||||
18 | transferable coursework completed at the time admission is | ||||||
19 | offered to the student. | ||||||
20 | (4) Has satisfied the public university's English | ||||||
21 | language proficiency requirement. | ||||||
22 | Students are encouraged to consult the Illinois | ||||||
23 | Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum | ||||||
24 | course list and other resources at the State and university | ||||||
25 | level to determine course transferability for purposes of | ||||||
26 | paragraph (2) of this subsection (d). |
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1 | (e) In establishing the direct admission program, the | ||||||
2 | Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Community College Board, shall specifically evaluate the | ||||||
4 | impact on low-income students, students of color, first | ||||||
5 | generation college students, students from populations | ||||||
6 | underserved in higher education, and students from rural areas | ||||||
7 | of this State. | ||||||
8 | (f) The direct admission program shall use data and | ||||||
9 | technology from the State Board of Education, the Illinois | ||||||
10 | Student Assistance Commission, and the Illinois Community | ||||||
11 | College Board. | ||||||
12 | (g) The direct admission program may gather data and | ||||||
13 | develop the technology to automatically notify high school | ||||||
14 | juniors and seniors in this State and public community college | ||||||
15 | transfer students of the direct admission program for the | ||||||
16 | public universities for which those students qualify, based on | ||||||
17 | the standards submitted under subsection (c) or, in the case | ||||||
18 | of public community colleges, based on the community college | ||||||
19 | district where those students reside. | ||||||
20 | (h) The direct admission program may use the services of a | ||||||
21 | statewide student application portal and aggregator to provide | ||||||
22 | the automatic notification in subsection (g). The notification | ||||||
23 | shall include the student's local public community college, | ||||||
24 | consistent with the requirements in subsection (c). | ||||||
25 | (i) The direct admission program shall provide admitted | ||||||
26 | high school juniors and seniors in this State and public |
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1 | community college transfer students with the website address | ||||||
2 | for the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to find | ||||||
3 | information regarding State grant programs, support for | ||||||
4 | financial aid application completion, scholarship searches, | ||||||
5 | and other financial aid-related information and shall | ||||||
6 | encourage students to determine their eligibility for | ||||||
7 | financial aid based on the Free Application for Federal | ||||||
8 | Student Aid or, if applicable, an application for State | ||||||
9 | financial aid. | ||||||
10 | (110 ILCS 118/18 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 18. Pre-selection outreach program. Beginning with | ||||||
12 | the 2026-2027 academic year, the Board of Higher Education, in | ||||||
13 | collaboration with the Illinois Community College Board, the | ||||||
14 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and the State Board of | ||||||
15 | Education, shall develop, in consultation with the University | ||||||
16 | of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at | ||||||
17 | Urbana-Champaign, a pre-selection outreach campaign to | ||||||
18 | encourage qualifying Illinois high school juniors and seniors | ||||||
19 | and public community college students who are graduates of an | ||||||
20 | Illinois high school seeking to complete their baccalaureate | ||||||
21 | degree to apply to the University of Illinois at Chicago or the | ||||||
22 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Pre-selection | ||||||
23 | qualifying students shall be identified and encouraged to | ||||||
24 | apply in the following manner: | ||||||
25 | (1) The University of Illinois at Chicago and the |
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1 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shall determine | ||||||
2 | the criteria by which students shall be identified for the | ||||||
3 | pre-selection campaign, in consultation with the | ||||||
4 | universities' faculty and faculty senates. The University | ||||||
5 | of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at | ||||||
6 | Urbana-Champaign shall provide the criteria to the Board | ||||||
7 | of Higher Education by a timeline mutually agreed upon by | ||||||
8 | the Board of Higher Education and the University of | ||||||
9 | Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at | ||||||
10 | Urbana-Champaign. | ||||||
11 | (2) The University of Illinois at Chicago and the | ||||||
12 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shall provide | ||||||
13 | the Board of Higher Education with the content of the | ||||||
14 | communication to be shared with students describing how to | ||||||
15 | request information or how to apply. The Board of Higher | ||||||
16 | Education shall use the same portal or mechanisms for this | ||||||
17 | communication as used for offers of direct admission under | ||||||
18 | Section 17. | ||||||
19 | (3) The Board of Higher Education, in collaboration | ||||||
20 | with the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois | ||||||
21 | Student Assistance Commission, and the State Board of | ||||||
22 | Education, shall provide the University of Illinois at | ||||||
23 | Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | ||||||
24 | with the contact information of the students who meet the | ||||||
25 | eligibility criteria defined by the University of Illinois | ||||||
26 | at Chicago or the University of Illinois at |
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1 | Urbana-Champaign. | ||||||
2 | (4) The University of Illinois at Chicago and the | ||||||
3 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign may, in | ||||||
4 | collaboration with the Board of Higher Education and the | ||||||
5 | Illinois Community College Board, develop a protocol to | ||||||
6 | notify Illinois students who are not offered admission to | ||||||
7 | either university of the student's eligibility for | ||||||
8 | admission to a similar academic program at other public | ||||||
9 | universities and community colleges in this State. | ||||||
10 | (110 ILCS 118/19 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 19. Direct admission and pre-selection outreach | ||||||
12 | program report. | ||||||
13 | (a) The Board of Higher Education shall submit a report on | ||||||
14 | the direct admission program under Section 17 and the | ||||||
15 | pre-selection outreach program under Section 18 to the | ||||||
16 | Governor and General Assembly by February 1, 2027 and each | ||||||
17 | February 1 thereafter. The report shall include, but is not | ||||||
18 | limited to, information related to implementation of the | ||||||
19 | direct admission program, the demographic and geographic data | ||||||
20 | of students offered direct admission and the public university | ||||||
21 | or community college to which direct admission was offered, | ||||||
22 | the demographic and geographic data of students who qualified | ||||||
23 | for pre-selection to the University of Illinois at Chicago and | ||||||
24 | the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under Section | ||||||
25 | 18, those who applied, and those who were offered admission, |
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1 | the demographic and geographic data of high school seniors and | ||||||
2 | public community college transfer students who accepted direct | ||||||
3 | admission and enrolled in the public university or public | ||||||
4 | community college that offered that direct admission, changes | ||||||
5 | in admissions and enrollment over time of high school seniors | ||||||
6 | and public community college transfer students through the | ||||||
7 | direct admission program, and recommendations to improve the | ||||||
8 | direct admission program. | ||||||
9 | (b) All public universities in this State, the State Board | ||||||
10 | of Education, the Illinois Community College Board, the | ||||||
11 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and any other State | ||||||
12 | agency that collects pertinent data shall furnish such data | ||||||
13 | and information to the Board of Higher Education as the Board | ||||||
14 | of Higher Education deems necessary to fulfill the | ||||||
15 | requirements of this Section. | ||||||
16 | (110 ILCS 118/95 rep.) | ||||||
17 | Section 15. The Public University Uniform Admission Pilot | ||||||
18 | Program Act is amended by repealing Section 95. | ||||||
19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
20 | becoming law.". |