Sen. Laura M. Murphy

Filed: 5/13/2021

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 633

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 633 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
510-17a as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-17a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
7    Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report
8cards.
9    (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent
10school year, the State Board of Education, through the State
11Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report
12card, school district report cards, and school report cards,
13and shall by the most economic means provide to each school
14district in this State, including special charter districts
15and districts subject to the provisions of Article 34, the
16report cards for the school district and each of its schools.

 

 

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1    (2) In addition to any information required by federal
2law, the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators
3and presentation of the school report card, which must
4include, at a minimum, the most current data collected and
5maintained by the State Board of Education related to the
6following:
7        (A) school characteristics and student demographics,
8    including average class size, average teaching experience,
9    student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of
10    students classified as low-income; the percentage of
11    students classified as English learners; the percentage of
12    students who have individualized education plans or 504
13    plans that provide for special education services; the
14    number and percentage of all students who have been
15    assessed for placement in a gifted education or advanced
16    academic program and, of those students: (i) the racial
17    and ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are
18    classified as low-income, and (iii) the number and
19    percentage of students who received direct instruction
20    from a teacher who holds a gifted education endorsement
21    and, of those students, the percentage who are classified
22    as low-income; the percentage of students scoring at the
23    "exceeds expectations" level on the assessments required
24    under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of
25    students who annually transferred in or out of the school
26    district; average daily attendance; the per-pupil

 

 

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1    operating expenditure of the school district; and the
2    per-pupil State average operating expenditure for the
3    district type (elementary, high school, or unit);
4        (B) curriculum information, including, where
5    applicable, Advanced Placement, International
6    Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment
7    courses, foreign language classes, computer science
8    courses, school personnel resources (including Career
9    Technical Education teachers), before and after school
10    programs, extracurricular activities, subjects in which
11    elective classes are offered, health and wellness
12    initiatives (including the average number of days of
13    Physical Education per week per student), approved
14    programs of study, awards received, community
15    partnerships, and special programs such as programming for
16    the gifted and talented, students with disabilities, and
17    work-study students;
18        (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the
19    percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of
20    State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth
21    grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students who
22    participated in workplace learning experiences, the
23    percentage of students enrolled in post-secondary
24    institutions (including colleges, universities, community
25    colleges, trade/vocational schools, and training programs
26    leading to career certification within 2 semesters of high

 

 

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1    school graduation), the percentage of students graduating
2    from high school who are college and career ready, and the
3    percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges,
4    colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses
5    that the community college, college, or university
6    identifies as a developmental course;
7        (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the
8    percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned
9    5 credits or more without failing more than one core
10    class, a measure of students entering kindergarten ready
11    to learn, a measure of growth, and the percentage of
12    students who enter high school on track for college and
13    career readiness;
14        (E) the school environment, including, where
15    applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10
16    absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with
17    less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other
18    than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to
19    the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term
20    disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the
21    percentage of teachers returning to the school from the
22    previous year, the number of different principals at the
23    school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold
24    a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria
25    used by the district to determine whether a student is
26    eligible for participation in a gifted education program

 

 

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1    or advanced academic program and the manner in which
2    parents and guardians are made aware of the process and
3    criteria, 2 or more indicators from any school climate
4    survey selected or approved by the State and administered
5    pursuant to Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or
6    similar indicators included on school report cards for all
7    surveys selected or approved by the State pursuant to
8    Section 2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage
9    of teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most
10    recent evaluation, and, beginning with the 2022-2023
11    school year, data on the number of incidents of violence
12    that occurred on school grounds or during school-related
13    activities and that resulted in an out-of-school
14    suspension, expulsion, or removal to an alternative
15    setting, as reported pursuant to Section 2-3.162;
16        (F) a school district's and its individual schools'
17    balanced accountability measure, in accordance with
18    Section 2-3.25a of this Code;
19        (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the
20    State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of
21    the State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the
22    school's employees, which shall be reported to the State
23    Board of Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of
24    the State of Illinois;
25        (H) for a school district organized under Article 34
26    of this Code only, State contributions to the Public

 

 

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1    School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago
2    and State contributions for health care for employees of
3    that school district;
4        (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as
5    defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section
6    18-8.15 of this Code;
7        (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as
8    defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section
9    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;
10        (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in
11    paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this
12    Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as
13    defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section
14    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;
15        (L) a school district's administrative costs;
16        (M) whether or not the school has participated in the
17    Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M), "Illinois
18    Youth Survey" means a self-report survey, administered in
19    school settings every 2 years, designed to gather
20    information about health and social indicators, including
21    substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of students in
22    grades 8, 10, and 12; and
23        (N) whether the school offered its students career and
24    technical education opportunities.
25    The school report card shall also provide information that
26allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and

 

 

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1environment data to the State average, to the school data from
2the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and
3environment of similar schools based on the type of school and
4enrollment of low-income students, special education students,
5and English learners.
6    As used in this subsection (2):
7    "Administrative costs" means costs associated with
8executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the
9school district that involve planning, organizing, managing,
10or directing the school district.
11    "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to
12which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive
13ability or advanced academic achievement compared to local age
14peers and in which the curriculum is substantially
15differentiated from the general curriculum to provide
16appropriate challenge and pace.
17    "Computer science" means the study of computers and
18algorithms, including their principles, their hardware and
19software designs, their implementation, and their impact on
20society. "Computer science" does not include the study of
21everyday uses of computers and computer applications, such as
22keyboarding or accessing the Internet.
23    "Gifted education" means educational services, including
24differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed
25to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A
26of this Code.

 

 

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1    For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2),
2"average daily attendance" means the average of the actual
3number of attendance days during the previous school year for
4any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance
5by Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school.
6    (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the
7school district report card shall include a subset of the
8information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of
9subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information
10relating to the operating expense per pupil and other finances
11of the school district, and the State report card shall
12include a subset of the information identified in paragraphs
13(A) through (E) and paragraph (N) of subsection (2) of this
14Section. The school district report card shall include the
15average daily attendance, as that term is defined in
16subsection (2) of this Section, of students who have
17individualized education programs and students who have 504
18plans that provide for special education services within the
19school district.
20    (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
21Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the
22State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to
23amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or
24State report card.
25    (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt
26of the school district and school report cards from the State

 

 

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1Superintendent of Education, each school district, including
2special charter districts and districts subject to the
3provisions of Article 34, shall present such report cards at a
4regular school board meeting subject to applicable notice
5requirements, post the report cards on the school district's
6Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
7site, make the report cards available to a newspaper of
8general circulation serving the district, and, upon request,
9send the report cards home to a parent (unless the district
10does not maintain an Internet web site, in which case the
11report card shall be sent home to parents without request). If
12the district posts the report card on its Internet web site,
13the district shall send a written notice home to parents
14stating (i) that the report card is available on the web site,
15(ii) the address of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of
16the report card will be sent to parents upon request, and (iv)
17the telephone number that parents may call to request a
18printed copy of the report card.
19    (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals,
20supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in
21lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public
22Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of
23Public Act 97-8.
24(Source: P.A. 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff. 1-1-18;
25100-448, eff. 7-1-19; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-807, eff.
268-10-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1121, eff. 1-1-19; 101-68,

 

 

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1eff. 1-1-20; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-654, eff. 3-8-21.)".