Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel

Filed: 4/9/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 463

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 463 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5Sections 24-11 and 24A-7 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/24-11)  (from Ch. 122, par. 24-11)
7    Sec. 24-11. Boards of Education - Boards of School
8Inspectors - Contractual continued service.
9    (a) As used in this and the succeeding Sections of this
10Article:
11    "Teacher" means any or all school district employees
12regularly required to be licensed under laws relating to the
13licensure of teachers.
14    "Board" means board of directors, board of education, or
15board of school inspectors, as the case may be.
16    "School term" means that portion of the school year, July

 

 

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11 to the following June 30, when school is in actual session.
2    "Program" means a program of a special education joint
3agreement.
4    "Program of a special education joint agreement" means
5instructional, consultative, supervisory, administrative,
6diagnostic, and related services that are managed by a special
7educational joint agreement designed to service 2 or more
8school districts that are members of the joint agreement.
9    "PERA implementation date" means the implementation date
10of an evaluation system for teachers as specified by Section
1124A-2.5 of this Code for all schools within a school district
12or all programs of a special education joint agreement.
13    (b) This Section and Sections 24-12 through 24-16 of this
14Article apply only to school districts having less than
15500,000 inhabitants.
16    (c) Any teacher who is first employed as a full-time
17teacher in a school district or program prior to the PERA
18implementation date and who is employed in that district or
19program for a probationary period of 4 consecutive school
20terms shall enter upon contractual continued service in the
21district or in all of the programs that the teacher is legally
22qualified to hold, unless the teacher is given written notice
23of dismissal by certified mail, return receipt requested, by
24the employing board at least 45 days before the end of any
25school term within such period.
26    (d) For any teacher who is first employed as a full-time

 

 

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1teacher in a school district or program on or after the PERA
2implementation date but before July 1, 2023, the probationary
3period shall be one of the following periods, based upon the
4teacher's school terms of service and performance, before the
5teacher shall enter upon contractual continued service in the
6district or in all of the programs that the teacher is legally
7qualified to hold, unless the teacher is given written notice
8of dismissal by certified mail, return receipt requested, by
9the employing board on or before April 15:
10        (1) 4 consecutive school terms of service in which the
11    teacher holds a Professional Educator License and receives
12    overall annual evaluation ratings of at least "Proficient"
13    in the last school term and at least "Proficient" in
14    either the second or third school terms;
15        (2) 3 consecutive school terms of service in which the
16    teacher holds a Professional Educator License and receives
17    2 overall annual evaluations of "Excellent"; or
18        (3) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the
19    teacher holds a Professional Educator License and receives
20    2 overall annual evaluations of "Excellent" service, but
21    only if the teacher (i) previously attained contractual
22    continued service in a different school district or
23    program in this State, (ii) voluntarily departed or was
24    honorably dismissed from that school district or program
25    in the school term immediately prior to the teacher's
26    first school term of service applicable to the attainment

 

 

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1    of contractual continued service under this subdivision
2    (3), and (iii) received, in his or her 2 most recent
3    overall annual or biennial evaluations from the prior
4    school district or program, ratings of at least
5    "Proficient", with both such ratings occurring after the
6    school district's or program's PERA implementation date.
7    For a teacher to attain contractual continued service
8    under this subdivision (3), the teacher shall provide
9    official copies of his or her 2 most recent overall annual
10    or biennial evaluations from the prior school district or
11    program to the new school district or program within 60
12    days from the teacher's first day of service with the new
13    school district or program. The prior school district or
14    program must provide the teacher with official copies of
15    his or her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial
16    evaluations within 14 days after the teacher's request. If
17    a teacher has requested such official copies prior to 45
18    days after the teacher's first day of service with the new
19    school district or program and the teacher's prior school
20    district or program fails to provide the teacher with the
21    official copies required under this subdivision (3), then
22    the time period for the teacher to submit the official
23    copies to his or her new school district or program must be
24    extended until 14 days after receipt of such copies from
25    the prior school district or program. If the prior school
26    district or program fails to provide the teacher with the

 

 

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1    official copies required under this subdivision (3) within
2    90 days from the teacher's first day of service with the
3    new school district or program, then the new school
4    district or program shall rely upon the teacher's own
5    copies of his or her evaluations for purposes of this
6    subdivision (3).
7    If the teacher does not receive overall annual evaluations
8of "Excellent" in the school terms necessary for eligibility
9to achieve accelerated contractual continued service in
10subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection (d), the teacher
11shall be eligible for contractual continued service pursuant
12to subdivision (1) of this subsection (d). If, at the
13conclusion of 4 consecutive school terms of service that count
14toward attainment of contractual continued service, the
15teacher's performance does not qualify the teacher for
16contractual continued service under subdivision (1) of this
17subsection (d), then the teacher shall not enter upon
18contractual continued service and shall be dismissed. If a
19performance evaluation is not conducted for any school term
20when such evaluation is required to be conducted under Section
2124A-5 of this Code, then the teacher's performance evaluation
22rating for such school term for purposes of determining the
23attainment of contractual continued service shall be deemed
24"Proficient", except that, during any time in which the
25Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health
26emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency

 

 

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1Management Agency Act, this default to "Proficient" does not
2apply to any teacher who has entered into contractual
3continued service and who was deemed "Excellent" on his or her
4most recent evaluation. During any time in which the Governor
5has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency
6pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management
7Agency Act and unless the school board and any exclusive
8bargaining representative have completed the performance
9rating for teachers or mutually agreed to an alternate
10performance rating, any teacher who has entered into
11contractual continued service, whose most recent evaluation
12was deemed "Excellent", and whose performance evaluation is
13not conducted when the evaluation is required to be conducted
14shall receive a teacher's performance rating deemed
15"Excellent". A school board and any exclusive bargaining
16representative may mutually agree to an alternate performance
17rating for teachers not in contractual continued service
18during any time in which the Governor has declared a disaster
19due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
20Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, as long as the
21agreement is in writing.
22    (d-5) For any teacher who is first employed as a full-time
23teacher in a school district or program on or after July 1,
242023, the probationary period shall be one of the following
25periods, based upon the teacher's school terms of service and
26performance, before the teacher shall enter upon contractual

 

 

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1continued service in the district or in all of the programs
2that the teacher is legally qualified to hold, unless the
3teacher is given written notice of dismissal by certified
4mail, return receipt requested, by the employing board on or
5before April 15:
6        (1) 3 consecutive school terms of service in which the
7    teacher holds a Professional Educator License and receives
8    overall annual evaluation ratings of at least "Proficient"
9    in the second and third school terms;
10        (2) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the
11    teacher holds a Professional Educator License and receives
12    2 overall annual evaluations of "Excellent"; or
13        (3) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the
14    teacher holds a Professional Educator License and receives
15    2 overall annual evaluations of "Excellent" service, but
16    only if the teacher (i) previously attained contractual
17    continued service in a different school district or
18    program in this State, (ii) voluntarily departed or was
19    honorably dismissed from that school district or program
20    in the school term immediately prior to the teacher's
21    first school term of service applicable to the attainment
22    of contractual continued service under this subdivision
23    (3), and (iii) received, in his or her 2 most recent
24    overall annual or biennial evaluations from the prior
25    school district or program, ratings of at least
26    "Proficient", with both such ratings occurring after the

 

 

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1    school district's or program's PERA implementation date.
2    For a teacher to attain contractual continued service
3    under this subdivision (3), the teacher shall provide
4    official copies of his or her 2 most recent overall annual
5    or biennial evaluations from the prior school district or
6    program to the new school district or program within 60
7    days from the teacher's first day of service with the new
8    school district or program. The prior school district or
9    program must provide the teacher with official copies of
10    his or her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial
11    evaluations within 14 days after the teacher's request. If
12    a teacher has requested such official copies prior to 45
13    days after the teacher's first day of service with the new
14    school district or program and the teacher's prior school
15    district or program fails to provide the teacher with the
16    official copies required under this subdivision (3), then
17    the time period for the teacher to submit the official
18    copies to his or her new school district or program must be
19    extended until 14 days after receipt of such copies from
20    the prior school district or program. If the prior school
21    district or program fails to provide the teacher with the
22    official copies required under this subdivision (3) within
23    90 days from the teacher's first day of service with the
24    new school district or program, then the new school
25    district or program shall rely upon the teacher's own
26    copies of his or her evaluations for purposes of this

 

 

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1    subdivision (3).
2    If the teacher does not receive overall annual evaluations
3of "Excellent" in the school terms necessary for eligibility
4to achieve accelerated contractual continued service in
5subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection (d), the teacher
6shall be eligible for contractual continued service pursuant
7to subdivision (1) of this subsection (d). If, at the
8conclusion of 3 consecutive school terms of service that count
9toward attainment of contractual continued service, the
10teacher's performance does not qualify the teacher for
11contractual continued service under subdivision (1) of this
12subsection (d), then the teacher shall not enter upon
13contractual continued service and shall be dismissed. If a
14performance evaluation is not conducted for any school term
15when such evaluation is required to be conducted under Section
1624A-5 of this Code, then the teacher's performance evaluation
17rating for such school term for purposes of determining the
18attainment of contractual continued service shall be deemed
19"Proficient", except that, during any time in which the
20Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health
21emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency
22Management Agency Act, this default to "Proficient" does not
23apply to any teacher who has entered into contractual
24continued service and who was deemed "Excellent" on his or her
25most recent evaluation. During any time in which the Governor
26has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency

 

 

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1pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management
2Agency Act and unless the school board and any exclusive
3bargaining representative have completed the performance
4rating for teachers or mutually agreed to an alternate
5performance rating, any teacher who has entered into
6contractual continued service, whose most recent evaluation
7was deemed "Excellent", and whose performance evaluation is
8not conducted when the evaluation is required to be conducted
9shall receive a teacher's performance rating deemed
10"Excellent". A school board and any exclusive bargaining
11representative may mutually agree to an alternate performance
12rating for teachers not in contractual continued service
13during any time in which the Governor has declared a disaster
14due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
15Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, as long as the
16agreement is in writing.
17    (e) For the purposes of determining contractual continued
18service, a school term shall be counted only toward attainment
19of contractual continued service if the teacher actually
20teaches or is otherwise present and participating in the
21district's or program's educational program for 120 days or
22more, provided that the days of leave under the federal Family
23Medical Leave Act that the teacher is required to take until
24the end of the school term shall be considered days of teaching
25or participation in the district's or program's educational
26program. A school term that is not counted toward attainment

 

 

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1of contractual continued service shall not be considered a
2break in service for purposes of determining whether a teacher
3has been employed for consecutive school terms, provided that
4the teacher actually teaches or is otherwise present and
5participating in the district's or program's educational
6program in the following school term.
7    (f) If the employing board determines to dismiss the
8teacher in the last year of the probationary period as
9provided in subsection (c) of this Section or subdivision (1)
10or (2) of subsection (d) of this Section or subdivision (1) or
11(2) of subsection (d-5) of this Section, but not subdivision
12(3) of subsection (d) of this Section or subdivision (3) of
13subsection (d-5) of this Section, the written notice of
14dismissal provided by the employing board must contain
15specific reasons for dismissal. Any full-time teacher who does
16not receive written notice from the employing board on or
17before April 15 as provided in this Section and whose
18performance does not require dismissal after the fourth
19probationary year pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section
20or the third probationary year pursuant to subsection (d-5) of
21this Section shall be re-employed for the following school
22term.
23    (g) Contractual continued service shall continue in effect
24the terms and provisions of the contract with the teacher
25during the last school term of the probationary period,
26subject to this Act and the lawful regulations of the

 

 

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1employing board. This Section and succeeding Sections do not
2modify any existing power of the board except with respect to
3the procedure of the discharge of a teacher and reductions in
4salary as hereinafter provided. Contractual continued service
5status shall not restrict the power of the board to transfer a
6teacher to a position which the teacher is qualified to fill or
7to make such salary adjustments as it deems desirable, but
8unless reductions in salary are uniform or based upon some
9reasonable classification, any teacher whose salary is reduced
10shall be entitled to a notice and a hearing as hereinafter
11provided in the case of certain dismissals or removals.
12    (h) If, by reason of any change in the boundaries of school
13districts, by reason of a special education cooperative
14reorganization or dissolution in accordance with Section
1510-22.31 of this Code, or by reason of the creation of a new
16school district, the position held by any teacher having a
17contractual continued service status is transferred from one
18board to the control of a new or different board, then the
19contractual continued service status of the teacher is not
20thereby lost, and such new or different board is subject to
21this Code with respect to the teacher in the same manner as if
22the teacher were its employee and had been its employee during
23the time the teacher was actually employed by the board from
24whose control the position was transferred.
25    (i) The employment of any teacher in a program of a special
26education joint agreement established under Section 3-15.14,

 

 

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110-22.31 or 10-22.31a shall be governed by this and succeeding
2Sections of this Article. For purposes of attaining and
3maintaining contractual continued service and computing length
4of continuing service as referred to in this Section and
5Section 24-12, employment in a special educational joint
6program shall be deemed a continuation of all previous
7licensed employment of such teacher for such joint agreement
8whether the employer of the teacher was the joint agreement,
9the regional superintendent, or one of the participating
10districts in the joint agreement.
11    (j) For any teacher employed after July 1, 1987 as a
12full-time teacher in a program of a special education joint
13agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint
14agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint
15agreement, in the event of a reduction in the number of
16programs or positions in the joint agreement in which the
17notice of dismissal is provided on or before the end of the
182010-2011 school term, the teacher in contractual continued
19service is eligible for employment in the joint agreement
20programs for which the teacher is legally qualified in order
21of greater length of continuing service in the joint
22agreement, unless an alternative method of determining the
23sequence of dismissal is established in a collective
24bargaining agreement. For any teacher employed after July 1,
251987 as a full-time teacher in a program of a special education
26joint agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint

 

 

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1agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint
2agreement, in the event of a reduction in the number of
3programs or positions in the joint agreement in which the
4notice of dismissal is provided during the 2011-2012 school
5term or a subsequent school term, the teacher shall be
6included on the honorable dismissal lists of all joint
7agreement programs for positions for which the teacher is
8qualified and is eligible for employment in such programs in
9accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of Section 24-12 of
10this Code and the applicable honorable dismissal policies of
11the joint agreement.
12    (k) For any teacher employed after July 1, 1987 as a
13full-time teacher in a program of a special education joint
14agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint
15agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint
16agreement, in the event of the dissolution of a joint
17agreement, in which the notice to teachers of the dissolution
18is provided during the 2010-2011 school term, the teacher in
19contractual continued service who is legally qualified shall
20be assigned to any comparable position in a member district
21currently held by a teacher who has not entered upon
22contractual continued service or held by a teacher who has
23entered upon contractual continued service with a shorter
24length of contractual continued service. Any teacher employed
25after July 1, 1987 as a full-time teacher in a program of a
26special education joint agreement, whether the program is

 

 

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1operated by the joint agreement or a member district on behalf
2of the joint agreement, in the event of the dissolution of a
3joint agreement in which the notice to teachers of the
4dissolution is provided during the 2011-2012 school term or a
5subsequent school term, the teacher who is qualified shall be
6included on the order of honorable dismissal lists of each
7member district and shall be assigned to any comparable
8position in any such district in accordance with subsections
9(b) and (c) of Section 24-12 of this Code and the applicable
10honorable dismissal policies of each member district.
11    (l) The governing board of the joint agreement, or the
12administrative district, if so authorized by the articles of
13agreement of the joint agreement, rather than the board of
14education of a school district, may carry out employment and
15termination actions including dismissals under this Section
16and Section 24-12.
17    (m) The employment of any teacher in a special education
18program authorized by Section 14-1.01 through 14-14.01, or a
19joint educational program established under Section 10-22.31a,
20shall be under this and the succeeding Sections of this
21Article, and such employment shall be deemed a continuation of
22the previous employment of such teacher in any of the
23participating districts, regardless of the participation of
24other districts in the program.
25    (n) Any teacher employed as a full-time teacher in a
26special education program prior to September 23, 1987 in which

 

 

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12 or more school districts participate for a probationary
2period of 2 consecutive years shall enter upon contractual
3continued service in each of the participating districts,
4subject to this and the succeeding Sections of this Article,
5and, notwithstanding Section 24-1.5 of this Code, in the event
6of the termination of the program shall be eligible for any
7vacant position in any of such districts for which such
8teacher is qualified.
9(Source: P.A. 102-552, eff. 1-1-22; 102-854, eff. 5-13-22;
10103-500, eff. 8-4-23.)
 
11    (105 ILCS 5/24A-7)  (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7)
12    Sec. 24A-7. Rules.
13    (a) The State Board of Education is authorized to adopt
14such rules as are deemed necessary to implement and accomplish
15the purposes and provisions of this Article, including, but
16not limited to, rules:
17        (1) relating to the methods for measuring student
18    growth (including, but not limited to, limitations on the
19    age of usable data; the amount of data needed to reliably
20    and validly measure growth for the purpose of teacher and
21    principal evaluations; and whether and at what time annual
22    State assessments may be used as one of multiple measures
23    of student growth);
24        (2) defining the term "significant factor" for
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1    performance ratings;
2        (3) controlling for such factors as student
3    characteristics (including, but not limited to, students
4    receiving special education and English Learner services),
5    student attendance, and student mobility so as to best
6    measure the impact that a teacher, principal, school and
7    school district has on students' academic achievement;
8        (4) establishing minimum requirements for district
9    teacher and principal evaluation instruments and
10    procedures; and
11        (5) establishing a model evaluation plan for use by
12    school districts in which student growth shall comprise
13    50% of the performance rating.
14    Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section, such
15rules shall not preclude a school district having 500,000 or
16more inhabitants from using an annual State assessment as the
17sole measure of student growth for purposes of teacher or
18principal evaluations.
19    (b) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a
20Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, which shall be
21staffed by the State Board of Education. Members of the
22Council shall be selected by the State Superintendent and
23include, without limitation, representatives of teacher unions
24and school district management, persons with expertise in
25performance evaluation processes and systems, as well as other
26stakeholders. The Council shall meet at least quarterly and

 

 

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1may also meet at the call of the chairperson of the Council,
2following August 18, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act
3100-211) until June 30, 2024. The Council shall advise the
4State Board of Education on the ongoing implementation of
5performance evaluations in this State, which may include
6gathering public feedback, sharing best practices, consulting
7with the State Board on any proposed rule changes regarding
8evaluations, and other subjects as determined by the
9chairperson of the Council.
10    (c) On July 1, 2024, the State Superintendent of Education
11shall convene a Performance Evaluation Advisory Committee for
12the purpose of maintaining and improving the evaluator
13training and pre-qualification program in this State under
14Section 24A-3. The Committee shall be staffed by the State
15Board of Education. Members of the Committee shall include,
16without limitation, representatives from providers of the
17evaluator retraining and pre-qualification program in this
18State, which include teacher unions, school district
19management, including a school district organized under
20Article 34, and a statewide organization representing regional
21offices of education. Members of the Committee shall be
22nominated by the providers and appointed by the State
23Superintendent.
24    The Committee shall meet initially at the call of the
25State Superintendent and shall select one member as
26chairperson at its initial meeting. The Committee shall meet

 

 

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1at least quarterly and may also meet at the call of the
2chairperson of the Committee.
3    The Committee shall advise the State Board of Education on
4the continued implementation of the evaluator training and
5pre-qualification program in this State, which may include the
6development and delivery of the program's existing and new
7administrators' academies, gathering feedback from program
8instructors and participants, sharing best practices,
9consulting with the State Board on any proposed rule changes
10regarding evaluator training, and other subjects as determined
11by the chairperson of the Committee.
12    (d) Prior to the applicable implementation date, the these
13rules shall not apply to teachers assigned to schools
14identified in an agreement entered into between the board of a
15school district operating under Article 34 of this Code and
16the exclusive representative of the district's teachers in
17accordance with Section 34-85c of this Code.
18(Source: P.A. 102-252, eff. 1-1-22; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 15,
202024.".