Full Text of HB4343 99th General Assembly
HB4343eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by renumbering and | 5 | | changing Section 2-3.163 as added by Public Act 99-432 as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.164) | 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 16, 2020) | 9 | | Sec. 2-3.164 2-3.163 . Attendance Commission. | 10 | | (a) The Attendance Commission is created within the State | 11 | | Board of Education to study the issue of chronic absenteeism in | 12 | | this State and make recommendations for strategies to prevent | 13 | | chronic absenteeism. The Commission shall consist of all of the | 14 | | following members: | 15 | | (1) The Director of the Department of Children and | 16 | | Family Services or his or her designee. | 17 | | (2) The Chairperson of the State Board of Education or | 18 | | his or her designee. | 19 | | (3) The Chairperson of the Board of Higher Education or | 20 | | his or her designee. | 21 | | (4) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services | 22 | | or his or her designee. | 23 | | (5) The Director of the Department of Public Health or |
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| 1 | | his or her designee. | 2 | | (6) The Chairperson of the Illinois Community College | 3 | | Board or his or her designee. | 4 | | (7) The Chairperson of the State Charter School | 5 | | Commission or his or her designee. | 6 | | (8) An individual that deals with children's | 7 | | disabilities, impairments, and social emotional issues, | 8 | | appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. | 9 | | (9) One member from each of the following | 10 | | organizations, appointed by the State Superintendent of | 11 | | Education: | 12 | | (A) A non-profit organization that advocates for | 13 | | students in temporary living situations. | 14 | | (B) An Illinois-focused, non-profit organization | 15 | | that advocates for the well-being of all children and | 16 | | families in this State. | 17 | | (C) An Illinois non-profit, anti-crime | 18 | | organization of law enforcement that researches and | 19 | | recommends early learning and youth development | 20 | | strategies to reduce crime. | 21 | | (D) An Illinois non-profit organization that | 22 | | conducts community-organizing around family issues. | 23 | | (E) A statewide professional teachers' | 24 | | organization. | 25 | | (F) A different statewide professional teachers' | 26 | | organization. |
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| 1 | | (G) A professional teachers' organization in a | 2 | | city having a population exceeding 500,000. | 3 | | (H) An association representing school | 4 | | administrators. | 5 | | (I) An association representing school board | 6 | | members. | 7 | | (J) An association representing school principals. | 8 | | (K) An association representing regional | 9 | | superintendents of schools. | 10 | | (L) An association representing parents. | 11 | | (M) An association representing high school | 12 | | districts. | 13 | | (N) An association representing large unit | 14 | | districts. | 15 | | (O) An organization that advocates for healthier | 16 | | school environments in Illinois. | 17 | | (P) An organization that advocates for the health | 18 | | and safety of Illinois youth and families by providing | 19 | | capacity building services. | 20 | | (Q) A statewide association of local philanthropic | 21 | | organizations that advocates for effective | 22 | | educational, health, and human service policies to | 23 | | improve this State's communities. | 24 | | (R) A statewide organization that advocates for | 25 | | partnerships among schools, families, and the | 26 | | community that provide access to support and remove |
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| 1 | | barriers to learning and development, using schools as | 2 | | hubs. | 3 | | (S) An organization representing statewide | 4 | | programs actively involved in truancy intervention. | 5 | | Attendance Commission members shall serve without | 6 | | compensation but shall be reimbursed for their travel expenses | 7 | | from appropriations to the State Board of Education available | 8 | | for that purpose and subject to the rules of the appropriate | 9 | | travel control board. | 10 | | (b) The Attendance Commission shall meet initially at the | 11 | | call of the State Superintendent of Education. The members | 12 | | shall elect a chairperson at their initial meeting. Thereafter, | 13 | | the Attendance Commission shall meet at the call of the | 14 | | chairperson. The Attendance Commission shall hold hearings on a | 15 | | periodic basis to receive testimony from the public regarding | 16 | | attendance. | 17 | | (c) The Attendance Commission shall identify strategies, | 18 | | mechanisms, and approaches to help parents, educators, | 19 | | principals, superintendents, and the State Board of Education | 20 | | address and prevent chronic absenteeism and shall recommend to | 21 | | the General Assembly and State Board of Education: | 22 | | (1) a standard for attendance and chronic absenteeism, | 23 | | defining attendance as a calculation of standard clock | 24 | | hours in a day that equal a full day based on instructional | 25 | | minutes for both a half day and a full day per learning | 26 | | environment; |
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| 1 | | (2) mechanisms to improve data systems to monitor and | 2 | | track chronic absenteeism across this State in a way that | 3 | | identifies trends from prekindergarten through grade 12 | 4 | | and allows the identification of students who need | 5 | | individualized chronic absenteeism prevention plans; | 6 | | (3) mechanisms for reporting and accountability for | 7 | | schools and districts across this State, including | 8 | | creating multiple measure indexes for reporting; | 9 | | (4) best practices for utilizing attendance and | 10 | | chronic absenteeism data to create multi-tiered systems of | 11 | | support and prevention that will result in students being | 12 | | ready for college and career; and | 13 | | (5) new initiatives and responses to ongoing | 14 | | challenges presented by chronic absenteeism. | 15 | | (d) The State Board of Education shall provide | 16 | | administrative support to the Commission. The Attendance | 17 | | Commission shall submit an initial report to the General | 18 | | Assembly and the State Board of Education no later than March | 19 | | 15, 2016. The Attendance Commission shall submit an annual | 20 | | report to the General Assembly and the State Board of Education | 21 | | no later than December 15 , 2016 and each December 15 thereafter | 22 | | of each year . | 23 | | (e) The Attendance Commission is abolished and this Section | 24 | | is repealed on December 16, 2020.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 99-432, eff. 8-21-15; revised 10-5-15.)
| 26 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| 1 | | becoming law.
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