Date	Chamber	Action
7/8/2011	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0086

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

105 ILCS 5/34-18.45 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Requires the Chicago Board of Education to establish a basic skills class for students in each of grades 4, 5, and 6. Provides that if a 3rd grade student is at least 2 grade levels behind in reading or mathematics, based on an assessment of the student's reading and mathematics skills, the student must be placed in a basic skills class when he or she is in the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades until he or she completes 6th grade or attains reading or mathematics skills that are at or above the 6th grade level, whichever occurs first. Requires the State Board of Education to create the appropriate curriculum for the basic skills class, establish learning objectives for students in a basic skills class, and provide lesson plans for the basic skills class.

House Committee Amendment No. 1

	Deletes reference to:
	105 ILCS 5/34-18.45 new

	Adds reference to:
	105 ILCS 5/2-3.64	from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.64

Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that if, by performance on State tests or local assessments or by teacher judgment, a student's performance is determined to be below standards or at the academic warning level after a State test (instead of determined to be 2 or more grades below current placement), then the student must be provided a remediation program. Provides that if a student is below standards or at the academic warning level for 2 consecutive school years, then the student shall attend a basic skills summer school program for not less than 90 hours in reading and mathematics, with exceptions.

House Floor Amendment No. 2
Removes the amendatory language and restores current law. Provides instead that a remedial summer school program for a student determined to be 2 or more grades below current placement shall emphasize reading and mathematics if the student has performed below grade level for 2 consecutive school years.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/13/2011	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
1/18/2011	House	First Reading
1/18/2011	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/8/2011	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
2/17/2011	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2/17/2011	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2/22/2011	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
2/23/2011	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote
2/23/2011	House	Remains in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
3/16/2011	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 024-000-000
3/16/2011	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/31/2011	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
3/31/2011	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
4/4/2011	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
4/6/2011	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 024-000-000
4/7/2011	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/7/2011	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote
4/7/2011	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/8/2011	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000
4/8/2011	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
4/8/2011	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
4/8/2011	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
4/8/2011	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
4/8/2011	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
4/8/2011	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
4/8/2011	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/8/2011	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2011
4/8/2011	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Annazette R. Collins
4/11/2011	Senate	First Reading
4/11/2011	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/27/2011	Senate	Assigned to Education
5/5/2011	Senate	Do Pass Education; 009-000-000
5/5/2011	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
5/6/2011	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
5/6/2011	Senate	Second Reading
5/6/2011	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
5/12/2011	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
5/12/2011	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
5/12/2011	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000
5/12/2011	House	Passed Both Houses
6/10/2011	House	Sent to the Governor
7/8/2011	House	Governor Approved
7/8/2011	House	Effective Date January 1, 2012
7/8/2011	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0086

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