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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing and | 5 |
| renumbering Section 5.625, added by Public Acts 93-901 and | 6 |
| 93-904, as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.635)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on August 31, 2007) | 9 |
| Sec. 5.635
5.625 . The Technology Immersion Pilot Project | 10 |
| Fund. This Section is
repealed on August 31, 2010
2007 .
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| (Source: P.A. 93-901, eff. 8-10-04; 93-904, eff. 8-10-04; | 12 |
| revised 11-8-04.)
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| Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 14 |
| 2-3.135 as follows: | 15 |
| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.135)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on August 31, 2007) | 17 |
| Sec. 2-3.135. Technology immersion pilot project.
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| (a) The State Board of Education shall by rule establish a
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| technology immersion pilot project to provide a wireless laptop | 20 |
| computer to each student, teacher, and relevant administrator | 21 |
| in a participating school and
implement the use of software, |
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| on-line courses, and other appropriate
learning technologies | 2 |
| that have been shown to improve academic
achievement and the | 3 |
| progress measures listed in subsection (f) of this
Section.
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| (b) The pilot project shall be for a period of at least 6
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| years. The
State Board shall establish a procedure and develop | 6 |
| criteria for the
administration of the pilot project. In | 7 |
| administering the pilot
project, the State Board shall:
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| (1) select participating school districts or schools;
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| (2) define the conditions for the distribution and use
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| of laptop computers and other technologies;
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| (3) purchase and distribute laptop computers and
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| technologies;
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| (4) enter into contracts as necessary to implement the
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| pilot project;
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| (5) monitor local pilot project implementation; and
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| (6) conduct a final evaluation of the pilot project.
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| (c) The Technology Immersion Pilot Project Fund is created | 18 |
| as a
special fund in the State treasury. All money in the | 19 |
| Technology
Immersion Pilot Project Fund shall be used, subject | 20 |
| to appropriation, by
the State Board for the pilot project. To | 21 |
| implement the pilot project, the
State Board may use any funds | 22 |
| appropriated by the General Assembly
for the purposes of the | 23 |
| pilot project as well as any gift, grant, or donation
given for | 24 |
| the pilot project. The State Board may solicit and accept a | 25 |
| gift,
grant, or donation of any kind from any source, including | 26 |
| from a
foundation, private entity, governmental entity, or |
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| institution
of higher education, for the implementation of the | 2 |
| pilot project. Funds
for the pilot project may not be used for | 3 |
| the construction of a building or
other facility.
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| The State Board shall use pilot project funds for the | 5 |
| following:
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| (1) the purchase of wireless laptop computers
so that | 7 |
| each student, teacher, and relevant administrator in a | 8 |
| participating classroom has a wireless
laptop computer for | 9 |
| use at school and at home;
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| (2) the purchase of other equipment, including
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| additional computer hardware and software;
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| (3) the hiring of technical support staff for school
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| districts or schools participating in the pilot project; | 14 |
| and
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| (4) the purchase of technology-based learning
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| materials and resources.
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| The State Board may not allocate more than $10 million for | 18 |
| the pilot project.
The pilot project may be implemented only if | 19 |
| sufficient
funds are available under this Section for that | 20 |
| purpose.
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| (d) A school district may apply to the State Board for the
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| establishment of a technology immersion pilot project for the | 23 |
| entire
district or for a particular school or group of schools | 24 |
| in the district.
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| The State Board shall select 7 school districts to | 26 |
| participate in the pilot project. One school district shall be |
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| located in the City of Chicago, 3 school districts shall be | 2 |
| located in the area that makes up the counties of DuPage, Kane, | 3 |
| Lake, McHenry, Will, and that portion of Cook County that is | 4 |
| located outside of the City of Chicago, and 3 school districts | 5 |
| shall be located in the remainder of the State.
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| The State Board shall select the participating districts | 7 |
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schools for the pilot project based on each district's or | 8 |
| school's
need for the pilot project. In selecting participants, | 9 |
| the State Board
shall consider the following criteria:
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| (1) whether the district or school has limited access
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| to educational resources that could be improved through the | 12 |
| use of
wireless laptop computers and other technologies;
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| (2) whether the district or school has the following
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| problems and whether those problems can be mitigated | 15 |
| through
the use of wireless laptop computers and other
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| technologies:
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| (A) documented teacher shortages in critical
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| areas;
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| (B) limited access to advanced placement
courses;
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| (C) low rates of satisfactory performance on
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| assessment instruments under Section 2-3.64 of this | 22 |
| Code;
and
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| (D) high dropout rates;
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| (3) the district's or school's readiness to
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| incorporate technology into its classrooms;
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| (4) the possibility of obtaining a trained technology
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| support staff and high-speed Internet services for the | 2 |
| district or
school; and
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| (5) the methods the district or school will use to
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| measure the progress of the pilot project in the district | 5 |
| or school
in accordance with subsection (f) of this | 6 |
| Section.
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| The State Board shall if possible select at least 9 schools | 8 |
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participate in the pilot project, with at least 3 from the | 9 |
| school district located in the City of Chicago and one from | 10 |
| each of the other school districts selected.
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| (e) Each participating school district or school shall | 12 |
| establish a
technology immersion committee to assist in | 13 |
| developing and
implementing the technology immersion pilot | 14 |
| project.
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| The school board of a participating
district or of a | 16 |
| district in which a participating school is
located shall | 17 |
| appoint individuals to the committee. The committee may be
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| composed of the following:
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| (1) educators;
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| (2) district-level administrators;
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| (3) community leaders;
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| (4) parents of students who attend a participating
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| school; and
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| (5) any other individual the school board finds | 25 |
| appropriate.
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| The committee shall develop an academic improvement plan |
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| that
details how the pilot project should be implemented in the
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| participating district or school. In developing the academic
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| improvement plan, the committee shall consider (i) the | 4 |
| educational
problems in the district or school that could be | 5 |
| mitigated through the
implementation of the pilot project and | 6 |
| (ii) the technological and
nontechnological resources that are | 7 |
| necessary to ensure the successful
implementation of the pilot | 8 |
| project.
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| The committee shall recommend to the school board how
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| pilot project funds should be used to implement the academic
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| improvement plan. The committee may recommend annually any
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| necessary changes in the academic improvement plan to the | 13 |
| school
board. The State Board must approve the academic | 14 |
| improvement plan
or any changes in the academic improvement | 15 |
| plan before disbursing
pilot project funds to the school board.
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| (f) The school board of each school district participating | 17 |
| in the pilot
project shall send an annual progress report to | 18 |
| the State Board no later
than August 1 of each year that the | 19 |
| district is participating in the pilot
project. The report must | 20 |
| state in detail the type of plan being used in the
district or | 21 |
| school and the effect of the pilot project on the district or
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| school, including the following:
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| (1) the academic progress of students who are
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| participating in the pilot project, as measured by | 25 |
| performance on
assessment instruments;
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| (2) if applicable, a comparison of student progress in
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| a school or classroom that is participating in the pilot | 2 |
| project as
compared with student progress in the schools or | 3 |
| classrooms in
the district that are not participating in | 4 |
| the pilot project;
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| (3) any elements of the pilot project that contribute
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| to improved student performance on assessment instruments
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| administered under Section 2-3.64 of this Code or any other
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| assessment instrument required by the State Board;
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| (4) any cost savings and improved efficiency relating
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| to school personnel and the maintenance of facilities;
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| (5) any effect on student dropout and attendance
rates;
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| (6) any effect on student enrollment in higher
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| education;
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| (7) any effect on teacher performance and retention;
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| (8) any improvement in communications among students,
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| teachers, parents, and administrators;
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| (9) any improvement in parental involvement in the
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| education of the parent's child;
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| (10) any effect on community involvement and support
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| for the district or school; and
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| (11) any increased student proficiency in technologies | 22 |
| that
will help prepare the student for becoming a member of | 23 |
| the
workforce.
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| (g) Each student participating in the pilot project may | 25 |
| retain the
wireless laptop computer provided under the pilot | 26 |
| project as long
as the student is enrolled in a school in a |
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| participating school district.
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| (h) After the expiration of the 6-year
3-year pilot | 3 |
| project, the
State Board shall review the pilot project based | 4 |
| on the annual reports the
State Board receives from the school | 5 |
| board of participating school
districts.
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| (i) This Section is repealed on August 31, 2010
2007 .
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| (Source: P.A. 93-901, eff. 8-10-04; 93-904, eff. 8-10-04.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect August | 9 |
| 30, 2007.
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