102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1880

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Ryan Spain

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-30
105 ILCS 5/34-18.66

    Amends the School Code. Requires each school district to maintain records that are related to the utilization of remote and blended remote learning days. Sets forth what teacher information the records must include. Requires the school district to make the records available to the public in the district's administrative office and on the district's Internet website. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
510-30 and 34-18.66 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-30)
7    Sec. 10-30. Remote and blended remote learning. This
8Section applies if the Governor has declared a disaster due to
9a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
10Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.
11        (1) If the Governor has declared a disaster due to a
12    public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
13    Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the State
14    Superintendent of Education may declare a requirement to
15    use remote learning days or blended remote learning days
16    for a school district, multiple school districts, a
17    region, or the entire State. During remote learning days,
18    schools shall conduct instruction remotely. During blended
19    remote learning days, schools may utilize hybrid models of
20    in-person and remote instruction. Once declared, remote
21    learning days or blended remote learning days shall be
22    implemented in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 as days
23    of attendance and shall be deemed pupil attendance days

 

 

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1    for calculation of the length of a school term under
2    Section 10-19.
3        (2) For purposes of this Section, a remote learning
4    day or blended remote learning day may be met through a
5    district's implementation of an e-learning program under
6    Section 10-20.56.
7        (3) For any district that does not implement an
8    e-learning program under Section 10-20.56, the district
9    shall adopt a remote and blended remote learning day plan
10    approved by the district superintendent. Each district may
11    utilize remote and blended remote learning planning days,
12    consecutively or in separate increments, to develop,
13    review, or amend its remote and blended remote learning
14    day plan or provide professional development to staff
15    regarding remote education. Up to 5 remote and blended
16    remote learning planning days may be deemed pupil
17    attendance days for calculation of the length of a school
18    term under Section 10-19.
19        (4) Each remote and blended remote learning day plan
20    shall address the following:
21            (i) accessibility of the remote instruction to all
22        students enrolled in the district;
23            (ii) if applicable, a requirement that the remote
24        learning day and blended remote learning day
25        activities reflect State learning standards;
26            (iii) a means for students to confer with an

 

 

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1        educator, as necessary;
2            (iv) the unique needs of students in special
3        populations, including, but not limited to, students
4        eligible for special education under Article 14,
5        students who are English learners as defined in
6        Section 14C-2, and students experiencing homelessness
7        under the Education for Homeless Children Act, or
8        vulnerable student populations;
9            (v) how the district will take attendance and
10        monitor and verify each student's remote
11        participation; and
12            (vi) transitions from remote learning to on-site
13        learning upon the State Superintendent's declaration
14        that remote learning days or blended remote learning
15        days are no longer deemed necessary.
16        (5) The district superintendent shall periodically
17    review and amend the district's remote and blended remote
18    learning day plan, as needed, to ensure the plan meets the
19    needs of all students.
20        (6) Each remote and blended remote learning day plan
21    shall be posted on the district's Internet website where
22    other policies, rules, and standards of conduct are posted
23    and shall be provided to students and faculty.
24        (7) This Section does not create any additional
25    employee bargaining rights and does not remove any
26    employee bargaining rights.

 

 

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1        (8) Statutory and regulatory curricular mandates and
2    offerings may be administered via a district's remote and
3    blended remote learning day plan, except that a district
4    may not offer individual behind-the-wheel instruction
5    required by Section 27-24.2 via a district's remote and
6    blended remote learning day plan. This Section does not
7    relieve schools and districts from completing all
8    statutory and regulatory curricular mandates and
9    offerings.
10        (9) Each school district shall maintain records that
11    are related to remote and blended remote learning days
12    utilized under this Section. The records shall include,
13    but are not limited to, the following information:
14            (i) the length of time of actual remote or blended
15        remote learning per school day;
16            (ii) the identification of the teachers or other
17        school personnel who participated in remote or blended
18        remote learning each school day;
19            (iii) the actual length of time a teacher or other
20        school personnel identified in subparagraph (ii)
21        participated in remote or blended remote learning each
22        school day; and
23            (iv) the identification of those teachers or other
24        school personnel who canceled a daily session of
25        remote or blended remote learning to which they were
26        assigned per school day.

 

 

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1        The school district shall make the records available
2    to the public in the district's administrative office and
3    on the district's Internet website, if one is maintained
4    by the district.
5(Source: P.A. 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.66)
7    Sec. 34-18.66. Remote and blended remote learning. This
8Section applies if the Governor has declared a disaster due to
9a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
10Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.
11        (1) If the Governor has declared a disaster due to a
12    public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
13    Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the State
14    Superintendent of Education may declare a requirement to
15    use remote learning days or blended remote learning days
16    for the school district, multiple school districts, a
17    region, or the entire State. During remote learning days,
18    schools shall conduct instruction remotely. During blended
19    remote learning days, schools may utilize hybrid models of
20    in-person and remote instruction. Once declared, remote
21    learning days or blended remote learning days shall be
22    implemented in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 as days
23    of attendance and shall be deemed pupil attendance days
24    for calculation of the length of a school term under
25    Section 10-19.

 

 

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1        (2) For purposes of this Section, a remote learning
2    day or blended remote learning day may be met through the
3    district's implementation of an e-learning program under
4    Section 10-20.56.
5        (3) If the district does not implement an e-learning
6    program under Section 10-20.56, the district shall adopt a
7    remote and blended remote learning day plan approved by
8    the general superintendent of schools. The district may
9    utilize remote and blended remote learning planning days,
10    consecutively or in separate increments, to develop,
11    review, or amend its remote and blended remote learning
12    day plan or provide professional development to staff
13    regarding remote education. Up to 5 remote and blended
14    remote learning planning days may be deemed pupil
15    attendance days for calculation of the length of a school
16    term under Section 10-19.
17        (4) Each remote and blended remote learning day plan
18    shall address the following:
19            (i) accessibility of the remote instruction to all
20        students enrolled in the district;
21            (ii) if applicable, a requirement that the remote
22        learning day and blended remote learning day
23        activities reflect State learning standards;
24            (iii) a means for students to confer with an
25        educator, as necessary;
26            (iv) the unique needs of students in special

 

 

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1        populations, including, but not limited to, students
2        eligible for special education under Article 14,
3        students who are English learners as defined in
4        Section 14C-2, and students experiencing homelessness
5        under the Education for Homeless Children Act, or
6        vulnerable student populations;
7            (v) how the district will take attendance and
8        monitor and verify each student's remote
9        participation; and
10            (vi) transitions from remote learning to on-site
11        learning upon the State Superintendent's declaration
12        that remote learning days or blended remote learning
13        days are no longer deemed necessary.
14        (5) The general superintendent of schools shall
15    periodically review and amend the district's remote and
16    blended remote learning day plan, as needed, to ensure the
17    plan meets the needs of all students.
18        (6) Each remote and blended remote learning day plan
19    shall be posted on the district's Internet website where
20    other policies, rules, and standards of conduct are posted
21    and shall be provided to students and faculty.
22        (7) This Section does not create any additional
23    employee bargaining rights and does not remove any
24    employee bargaining rights.
25        (8) Statutory and regulatory curricular mandates and
26    offerings may be administered via the district's remote

 

 

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1    and blended remote learning day plan, except that the
2    district may not offer individual behind-the-wheel
3    instruction required by Section 27-24.2 via the district's
4    remote and blended remote learning day plan. This Section
5    does not relieve schools and the district from completing
6    all statutory and regulatory curricular mandates and
7    offerings.
8        (9) The school district shall maintain records that
9    are related to remote and blended remote learning days
10    utilized under this Section. The records shall include,
11    but are not limited to, the following information:
12            (i) the length of time of actual remote or blended
13        remote learning per school day;
14            (ii) the identification of the teachers or other
15        school personnel who participated in remote or blended
16        remote learning each school day;
17            (iii) the actual length of time a teacher or other
18        school personnel identified in subparagraph (ii)
19        participated in remote or blended remote learning each
20        school day; and
21            (iv) the identification of those teachers or other
22        school personnel who canceled a daily session of
23        remote or blended remote learning to which they were
24        assigned per school day.
25        The school district shall make the records available
26    to the public in the district's administrative office and

 

 

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1    on the district's Internet website.
2(Source: P.A. 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.