103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1009

 

Introduced 1/12/2023, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
105 ILCS 5/10-17a  from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a
105 ILCS 5/34-18.24

    Creates the Lead in Schools Reporting Act. Provides that on an annual basis the Department of Public Health, in coordination with local departments of public health serving the City of Chicago, shall conduct specified lead testing at public school facilities within the City. Provides that the results from such testing shall be transmitted to the State Board of Education. Provides that the Department shall notify the State Board if a detected lead level meets a level that the Department deems unsafe. Amends the School Code. Provides that the school report cards for the Chicago school district shall include lead testing results and that students in the district may transfer from one attendance center to another attendance center within or outside of the district if any lead levels at his or her current attendance center meet a level that the Department deems unsafe. Makes other changes to the provisions concerning transfers.


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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Lead
5in Schools Reporting Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
8    "Lead inspector" means an individual who has been trained
9by a Department-approved training program and is licensed by
10the Department to conduct lead inspections; to sample for the
11presence of lead in paint, dust, soil, and water; and to
12conduct compliance investigations.
 
13    Section 10. Lead testing and reporting. On an annual
14basis, the Department of Public Health, in coordination with
15local departments of public health serving the City of
16Chicago, shall employ lead inspectors to test all public
17school facilities within the City of Chicago for the presence
18of lead in paint, dust, soil, and water. The results of this
19lead testing shall be transmitted to the State Board of
20Education for the purpose of inclusion in school report cards.
21The Department shall notify the State Board of Education if a
22lead level detected in the paint, dust, soil, or water at a

 

 

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1public school facility in the City of Chicago meets a level
2that the Department deems unsafe, including, but not limited
3to, the current State or federal action levels for lead in
4drinking water at the time results are transmitted by the
5Department to the State Board of Education.
 
6    Section 90. The School Code is amended by changing
7Sections 10-17a and 34-18.24 as follows:
 
8    (105 ILCS 5/10-17a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
9    Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report
10cards.
11    (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent
12school year, the State Board of Education, through the State
13Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report
14card, school district report cards, and school report cards,
15and shall by the most economical means provide to each school
16district in this State, including special charter districts
17and districts subject to the provisions of Article 34, the
18report cards for the school district and each of its schools.
19Because of the impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency
20during school year 2020-2021, the State Board of Education
21shall have until December 31, 2021 to prepare and provide the
22report cards that would otherwise be due by October 31, 2021.
23During a school year in which the Governor has declared a
24disaster due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section

 

 

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17 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the report
2cards for the school districts and each of its schools shall be
3prepared by December 31.
4    (2) In addition to any information required by federal
5law, the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators
6and presentation of the school report card, which must
7include, at a minimum, the most current data collected and
8maintained by the State Board of Education related to the
9following:
10        (A) school characteristics and student demographics,
11    including average class size, average teaching experience,
12    student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of
13    students classified as low-income; the percentage of
14    students classified as English learners, the number of
15    students who graduate from a bilingual or English learner
16    program, and the number of students who graduate from,
17    transfer from, or otherwise leave bilingual programs; the
18    percentage of students who have individualized education
19    plans or 504 plans that provide for special education
20    services; the number and percentage of all students who
21    have been assessed for placement in a gifted education or
22    advanced academic program and, of those students: (i) the
23    racial and ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are
24    classified as low-income, and (iii) the number and
25    percentage of students who received direct instruction
26    from a teacher who holds a gifted education endorsement

 

 

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1    and, of those students, the percentage who are classified
2    as low-income; the percentage of students scoring at the
3    "exceeds expectations" level on the assessments required
4    under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of
5    students who annually transferred in or out of the school
6    district; average daily attendance; the per-pupil
7    operating expenditure of the school district; and the
8    per-pupil State average operating expenditure for the
9    district type (elementary, high school, or unit);
10        (B) curriculum information, including, where
11    applicable, Advanced Placement, International
12    Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment
13    courses, foreign language classes, computer science
14    courses, school personnel resources (including Career
15    Technical Education teachers), before and after school
16    programs, extracurricular activities, subjects in which
17    elective classes are offered, health and wellness
18    initiatives (including the average number of days of
19    Physical Education per week per student), approved
20    programs of study, awards received, community
21    partnerships, and special programs such as programming for
22    the gifted and talented, students with disabilities, and
23    work-study students;
24        (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the
25    percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of
26    State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth

 

 

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1    grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students who
2    participated in workplace learning experiences, the
3    percentage of students enrolled in post-secondary
4    institutions (including colleges, universities, community
5    colleges, trade/vocational schools, and training programs
6    leading to career certification within 2 semesters of high
7    school graduation), the percentage of students graduating
8    from high school who are college and career ready, and the
9    percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges,
10    colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses
11    that the community college, college, or university
12    identifies as a developmental course;
13        (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the
14    percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned
15    5 credits or more without failing more than one core
16    class, a measure of students entering kindergarten ready
17    to learn, a measure of growth, and the percentage of
18    students who enter high school on track for college and
19    career readiness;
20        (E) the school environment, including, where
21    applicable, high school dropout rate by grade level, the
22    percentage of students with less than 10 absences in a
23    school year, the percentage of teachers with less than 10
24    absences in a school year for reasons other than
25    professional development, leaves taken pursuant to the
26    federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term

 

 

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1    disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the
2    percentage of teachers returning to the school from the
3    previous year, the number of different principals at the
4    school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold
5    a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria
6    used by the district to determine whether a student is
7    eligible for participation in a gifted education program
8    or advanced academic program and the manner in which
9    parents and guardians are made aware of the process and
10    criteria, the number of teachers who are National Board
11    Certified Teachers, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, 2
12    or more indicators from any school climate survey selected
13    or approved by the State and administered pursuant to
14    Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar
15    indicators included on school report cards for all surveys
16    selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section
17    2-3.153 of this Code, the combined percentage of teachers
18    rated as proficient or excellent in their most recent
19    evaluation, and, beginning with the 2022-2023 school year,
20    data on the number of incidents of violence that occurred
21    on school grounds or during school-related activities and
22    that resulted in an out-of-school suspension, expulsion,
23    or removal to an alternative setting, as reported pursuant
24    to Section 2-3.162;
25        (F) a school district's and its individual schools'
26    balanced accountability measure, in accordance with

 

 

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1    Section 2-3.25a of this Code;
2        (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the
3    State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of
4    the State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the
5    school's employees, which shall be reported to the State
6    Board of Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of
7    the State of Illinois;
8        (H) for a school district organized under Article 34
9    of this Code only, State contributions to the Public
10    School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago
11    and State contributions for health care for employees of
12    that school district;
13        (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as
14    defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section
15    18-8.15 of this Code;
16        (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as
17    defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section
18    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;
19        (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in
20    paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this
21    Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as
22    defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section
23    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;
24        (L) a school district's administrative costs;
25        (M) whether or not the school has participated in the
26    Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M), "Illinois

 

 

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1    Youth Survey" means a self-report survey, administered in
2    school settings every 2 years, designed to gather
3    information about health and social indicators, including
4    substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of students in
5    grades 8, 10, and 12; and
6        (N) whether the school offered its students career and
7    technical education opportunities; and .
8        (O) for a school in a school district organized under
9    Article 34 of this Code, the lead levels at the school as
10    reported to the State Board of Education under the Lead in
11    Schools Reporting Act, including whether any lead levels
12    meet a level the Department of Public Health deems unsafe.
13    The school report card shall also provide information that
14allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and
15environment data to the State average, to the school data from
16the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and
17environment of similar schools based on the type of school and
18enrollment of low-income students, special education students,
19and English learners.
20    As used in this subsection (2):
21    "Administrative costs" means costs associated with
22executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the
23school district that involve planning, organizing, managing,
24or directing the school district.
25    "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to
26which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive

 

 

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1ability or advanced academic achievement compared to local age
2peers and in which the curriculum is substantially
3differentiated from the general curriculum to provide
4appropriate challenge and pace.
5    "Computer science" means the study of computers and
6algorithms, including their principles, their hardware and
7software designs, their implementation, and their impact on
8society. "Computer science" does not include the study of
9everyday uses of computers and computer applications, such as
10keyboarding or accessing the Internet.
11    "Gifted education" means educational services, including
12differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed
13to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A
14of this Code.
15    For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2),
16"average daily attendance" means the average of the actual
17number of attendance days during the previous school year for
18any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance
19by Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school.
20    (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the
21school district report card shall include a subset of the
22information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of
23subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information
24relating to the operating expense per pupil and other finances
25of the school district, and the State report card shall
26include a subset of the information identified in paragraphs

 

 

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1(A) through (E) and paragraph (N) of subsection (2) of this
2Section. The school district report card shall include the
3average daily attendance, as that term is defined in
4subsection (2) of this Section, of students who have
5individualized education programs and students who have 504
6plans that provide for special education services within the
7school district.
8    (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
9Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the
10State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to
11amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or
12State report card.
13    (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt
14of the school district and school report cards from the State
15Superintendent of Education, each school district, including
16special charter districts and districts subject to the
17provisions of Article 34, shall present such report cards at a
18regular school board meeting subject to applicable notice
19requirements, post the report cards on the school district's
20Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
21site, make the report cards available to a newspaper of
22general circulation serving the district, and, upon request,
23send the report cards home to a parent (unless the district
24does not maintain an Internet web site, in which case the
25report card shall be sent home to parents without request). If
26the district posts the report card on its Internet web site,

 

 

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1the district shall send a written notice home to parents
2stating (i) that the report card is available on the web site,
3(ii) the address of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of
4the report card will be sent to parents upon request, and (iv)
5the telephone number that parents may call to request a
6printed copy of the report card.
7    (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals,
8supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in
9lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public
10Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of
11Public Act 97-8.
12(Source: P.A. 101-68, eff. 1-1-20; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19;
13101-654, eff. 3-8-21; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-294, eff.
141-1-22; 102-539, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-594,
15eff. 7-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
16    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.24)
17    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-466)
18    Sec. 34-18.24. Transfer of students.
19    (a) The board shall establish and implement a policy
20governing the transfer of a student from one attendance center
21to another within the school district upon the request of the
22student's parent or guardian. A student may not transfer to
23any of the following attendance centers, except by change in
24residence if the policy authorizes enrollment based on
25residence in an attendance area, if subsection (e) applies, or

 

 

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1unless approved by the board on an individual basis:
2        (1) An attendance center that exceeds or as a result
3    of the transfer would exceed its attendance capacity.
4        (2) An attendance center for which the board has
5    established academic criteria for enrollment in compliance
6    with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act or the federal
7    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act if the student
8    does not meet the criteria.
9        (3) Any attendance center if the transfer would
10    prevent the school district from meeting its obligations
11    under a State or federal law, including the federal
12    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; court order; ,
13    or consent decree applicable to the school district.
14    (b) The board shall establish and implement a policy
15governing the transfer of students within the school district
16from a persistently dangerous attendance center to another
17attendance center in that district that is not deemed to be
18persistently dangerous. In order to be considered a
19persistently dangerous attendance center, the attendance
20center must meet all of the following criteria for 2
21consecutive years:
22        (1) Have greater than 3% of the students enrolled in
23    the attendance center expelled for violence-related
24    conduct.
25        (2) Have one or more students expelled for bringing a
26    firearm to school as defined in 18 U.S.C. 921.

 

 

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1        (3) Have at least 3% of the students enrolled in the
2    attendance center exercise the individual option to
3    transfer attendance centers pursuant to subsection (c) of
4    this Section.
5    (c) A student may transfer from one attendance center to
6another attendance center within the district if the student
7is a victim of a violent crime as defined in Section 3 of the
8Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. The violent crime
9must have occurred on school grounds during regular school
10hours or during a school-sponsored event.
11    (d) (Blank).
12    (f) A student may transfer from one attendance center to
13another attendance center within or outside of the district if
14any lead levels at his or her current attendance center meet a
15level the Department of Public Health deems unsafe.
16(Source: P.A. 100-1046, eff. 8-23-18.)
 
17    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-466)
18    Sec. 34-18.24. Transfer of students.
19    (a) The board shall establish and implement a policy
20governing the transfer of a student from one attendance center
21to another within the school district upon the request of the
22student's parent or guardian. A student may not transfer to
23any of the following attendance centers, except by change in
24residence if the policy authorizes enrollment based on
25residence in an attendance area, if subsection (e) applies, or

 

 

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1unless approved by the board on an individual basis:
2        (1) An attendance center that exceeds or as a result
3    of the transfer would exceed its attendance capacity.
4        (2) An attendance center for which the board has
5    established academic criteria for enrollment in compliance
6    with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act or the federal
7    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act if the student
8    does not meet the criteria.
9        (3) Any attendance center if the transfer would
10    prevent the school district from meeting its obligations
11    under a State or federal law, including the federal
12    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; court order; ,
13    or consent decree applicable to the school district.
14    (b) The board shall establish and implement a policy
15governing the transfer of students within the school district
16from a persistently dangerous attendance center to another
17attendance center in that district that is not deemed to be
18persistently dangerous. In order to be considered a
19persistently dangerous attendance center, the attendance
20center must meet all of the following criteria for 2
21consecutive years:
22        (1) Have greater than 3% of the students enrolled in
23    the attendance center expelled for violence-related
24    conduct.
25        (2) Have one or more students expelled for bringing a
26    firearm to school as defined in 18 U.S.C. 921.

 

 

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1        (3) Have at least 3% of the students enrolled in the
2    attendance center exercise the individual option to
3    transfer attendance centers pursuant to subsection (c) of
4    this Section.
5    (c) A student may transfer from one attendance center to
6another attendance center within the district if the student
7is a victim of a violent crime as defined in Section 3 of the
8Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. The violent crime
9must have occurred on school grounds during regular school
10hours or during a school-sponsored event.
11    (d) (Blank).
12    (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, a
13student who is a victim of domestic or sexual violence, as
14defined in Article 26A, must be allowed to transfer to another
15school immediately and as needed if the student's continued
16attendance at a particular attendance center, school facility,
17or school location poses a risk to the student's mental or
18physical well-being or safety. A student who transfers to
19another school under this subsection (e) due to domestic or
20sexual violence must have full and immediate access to
21extracurricular activities and any programs or activities
22offered by or under the auspices of the school to which the
23student has transferred. The school district may not require a
24student who is a victim of domestic or sexual violence to
25transfer to another school. No adverse or prejudicial effects
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1violence because of the student availing himself or herself of
2or declining the provisions of this subsection (e). The school
3district may require a student to verify his or her claim of
4domestic or sexual violence under Section 26A-45 before
5approving a transfer to another school under this subsection
6(e).
7    (f) A student may transfer from one attendance center to
8another attendance center within or outside of the district if
9any lead levels at his or her current attendance center meet a
10level the Department of Public Health deems unsafe.
11(Source: P.A. 102-466, eff. 7-1-25.)
 
12    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
13changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
14that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
15represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
16not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
17made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
18Public Act.