95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2573


 
Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













105 ILCS 5/10-20.9a
  from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.9a







    Amends the School Code.  Makes a technical change in a provision concerning
promoting students to the next higher grade level.
















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A BILL FOR









 











SB2573

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    AN ACT concerning education.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 
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10-20.9a as follows:
 



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    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.9a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.9a)



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    Sec. 10-20.9a. Final Grade; Promotion. 

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    (a) Teachers shall
administer the
the approved
marking 
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system or other approved means of evaluating pupil progress.  
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The
teacher shall maintain the responsibility and right to 
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determine grades and
other evaluations of students within the 
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grading policies of the district
based upon his or her 
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professional judgment of available criteria pertinent
to any 
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given subject area or activity for which he or she is 
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responsible.
District policy shall provide the procedure and 
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reasons by and for which
a grade may be changed; provided that 
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no grade or evaluation shall be
changed without notification to 
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the teacher concerning the nature and
reasons for such change. 
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If such a change is made, the person
making
the change shall 
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assume such responsibility for determining the grade or

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evaluation, and shall initial such change.
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    (b) School districts shall not promote students to the next

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higher grade level based upon age or any other social reasons 
 


 






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not related to
the academic performance of the students.  On or 
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before September 1, 1998,
school boards shall adopt and enforce 
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a policy on promotion as they deem necessary to ensure that 
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students
meet
local goals and objectives and can perform at the 
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expected grade level prior to
promotion.
Decisions to promote 
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or retain students in any classes shall be based on
successful 
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completion of the curriculum, attendance, performance based on

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Illinois Goals and Assessment Program tests, the Iowa Test of 
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Basic Skills, or
other testing or any other criteria 
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established by the school board.  Students
determined by the 
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local district to not qualify for promotion to the next
higher 
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grade shall be provided remedial assistance, which may include, 
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but
shall not be limited to, a summer bridge program of no less 
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than 90 hours,
tutorial sessions, increased or concentrated 
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instructional time, modifications
to instructional materials, 
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and retention in grade.

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(Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96; 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)