103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2031

 

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

 

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

    Amends the School Code. Adds specified information concerning high schools that must be included in the school report cards prepared by the State Superintendent of Education. For the school district report cards prepared by the State Superintendent, provides that indicators from the school report card shall be aggregated at the course level, department level, and school level, and the course-level indicators shall be collected from each course.


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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 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 economical 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.
17Because of the impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency
18during school year 2020-2021, the State Board of Education
19shall have until December 31, 2021 to prepare and provide the
20report cards that would otherwise be due by October 31, 2021.
21During a school year in which the Governor has declared a
22disaster due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section
237 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the report

 

 

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1cards for the school districts and each of its schools shall be
2prepared by December 31.
3    (2) In addition to any information required by federal
4law, the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators
5and presentation of the school report card, which must
6include, at a minimum, the most current data collected and
7maintained by the State Board of Education related to the
8following:
9        (A) school characteristics and student demographics,
10    including average class size, average teaching experience,
11    student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of
12    students classified as low-income; the percentage of
13    students classified as English learners, the number of
14    students who graduate from a bilingual or English learner
15    program, and the number of students who graduate from,
16    transfer from, or otherwise leave bilingual programs; the
17    percentage of students who have individualized education
18    plans or 504 plans that provide for special education
19    services; the number and percentage of all students who
20    have been assessed for placement in a gifted education or
21    advanced academic program and, of those students: (i) the
22    racial and ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are
23    classified as low-income, and (iii) the number and
24    percentage of students who received direct instruction
25    from a teacher who holds a gifted education endorsement
26    and, of those students, the percentage who are classified

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1    percentage of teachers returning to the school from the
2    previous year, the number of different principals at the
3    school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold
4    a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria
5    used by the district to determine whether a student is
6    eligible for participation in a gifted education program
7    or advanced academic program and the manner in which
8    parents and guardians are made aware of the process and
9    criteria, the number of teachers who are National Board
10    Certified Teachers, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, 2
11    or more indicators from any school climate survey selected
12    or approved by the State and administered pursuant to
13    Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar
14    indicators included on school report cards for all surveys
15    selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section
16    2-3.153 of this Code, the combined percentage of teachers
17    rated as proficient or excellent in their most recent
18    evaluation, and, beginning with the 2022-2023 school year,
19    data on the number of incidents of violence that occurred
20    on school grounds or during school-related activities and
21    that resulted in an out-of-school suspension, expulsion,
22    or removal to an alternative setting, as reported pursuant
23    to Section 2-3.162;
24        (F) a school district's and its individual schools'
25    balanced accountability measure, in accordance with
26    Section 2-3.25a of this Code;

 

 

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

 

 

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1    school settings every 2 years, designed to gather
2    information about health and social indicators, including
3    substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of students in
4    grades 8, 10, and 12; and
5        (N) whether the school offered its students career and
6    technical education opportunities; .
7        (O) for a high school, student demographics of each
8    course offered, including the racial and ethnic breakdown
9    of the course compared to that of the school, who
10    qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch compared to that
11    of the school, who is classified as an English learner
12    compared to that of the school, who has an individualized
13    education program or federal Section 504 plan that
14    provides for special education services compared to that
15    of the school, the average number of years of experience
16    of teachers as measured by the total years of experience
17    of all teachers teaching a given course divided by the
18    number of teachers teaching the course, the number of
19    years a teacher has been teaching a specific course as
20    measured by the total number of years of all teachers
21    teaching a given course divided by the total number of
22    teachers teaching that course, the number of males
23    enrolled in a given course compared to that of the school,
24    the number of females enrolled in a given course compared
25    to that of the school, the number of students identifying
26    as non-binary enrolled in a given course compared to that

 

 

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1    of the school, and the number of students in a given
2    course; and
3        (P) for a high school, student outcomes, including, if
4    applicable, the percentage of students who earn a letter
5    grade of C or higher in a given course, the percentage of
6    students who take the Advanced Placement (AP) test in an
7    AP course, broken down by race, and the number of students
8    who earn a score of 3 or higher on any AP test associated
9    with a course, broken down by gender and by race and
10    ethnicity.
11    The school report card shall also provide information that
12allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and
13environment data to the State average, to the school data from
14the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and
15environment of similar schools based on the type of school and
16enrollment of low-income students, special education students,
17and English learners.
18    As used in this subsection (2):
19    "Administrative costs" means costs associated with
20executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the
21school district that involve planning, organizing, managing,
22or directing the school district.
23    "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to
24which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive
25ability or advanced academic achievement compared to local age
26peers and in which the curriculum is substantially

 

 

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

 

 

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1average daily attendance, as that term is defined in
2subsection (2) of this Section, of students who have
3individualized education programs and students who have 504
4plans that provide for special education services within the
5school district. The indicators under subsection (2) of this
6Section for the school district report card shall be
7aggregated at the course level, department level, and school
8level, and the course-level indicators shall be collected from
9each course.
10    (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
11Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the
12State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to
13amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or
14State report card.
15    (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt
16of the school district and school report cards from the State
17Superintendent of Education, each school district, including
18special charter districts and districts subject to the
19provisions of Article 34, shall present such report cards at a
20regular school board meeting subject to applicable notice
21requirements, post the report cards on the school district's
22Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
23site, make the report cards available to a newspaper of
24general circulation serving the district, and, upon request,
25send the report cards home to a parent (unless the district
26does not maintain an Internet web site, in which case the

 

 

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1report card shall be sent home to parents without request). If
2the district posts the report card on its Internet web site,
3the district shall send a written notice home to parents
4stating (i) that the report card is available on the web site,
5(ii) the address of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of
6the report card will be sent to parents upon request, and (iv)
7the telephone number that parents may call to request a
8printed copy of the report card.
9    (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals,
10supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in
11lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public
12Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of
13Public Act 97-8.
14(Source: P.A. 101-68, eff. 1-1-20; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19;
15101-654, eff. 3-8-21; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-294, eff.
161-1-22; 102-539, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-594,
17eff. 7-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)