Full Text of HB3059 100th General Assembly
HB3059 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB3059 Introduced , by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/10-17a | from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a |
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Amends the School Code. Requires a school district's school report card to include average daily attendance by grade level. Effective immediately.
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| | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | | STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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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 changing Section | 5 | | 10-17a as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report | 8 | | cards.
| 9 | | (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent | 10 | | school year, the State Board of Education, through the State | 11 | | Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, | 12 | | school district report cards, and school report cards, and | 13 | | shall by the most economic means provide to each school
| 14 | | district in this State, including special charter districts and | 15 | | districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report | 16 | | cards for the school district and each of its schools. | 17 | | (2) In addition to any information required by federal law, | 18 | | the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and | 19 | | presentation of the school report card, which must include, at | 20 | | a minimum, the most current data possessed by the State Board | 21 | | of Education related to the following: | 22 | | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, | 23 | | including average class size, average daily attendance (as |
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| 1 | | defined under subsection (C) of Section 18-8.05 of this | 2 | | Code and calculated under subsection (F) of Section 18-8.05 | 3 | | of this Code) by grade level, average teaching experience, | 4 | | student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of | 5 | | students classified as low-income; the percentage of | 6 | | students classified as English learners; the percentage of | 7 | | students who have individualized education plans or 504 | 8 | | plans that provide for special education services; the | 9 | | percentage of students who annually transferred in or out | 10 | | of the school district; the per-pupil operating | 11 | | expenditure of the school district; and the per-pupil State | 12 | | average operating expenditure for the district type | 13 | | (elementary, high school, or unit); | 14 | | (B) curriculum information, including, where | 15 | | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | 16 | | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment | 17 | | courses, foreign language classes, school personnel | 18 | | resources (including Career Technical Education teachers), | 19 | | before and after school programs, extracurricular | 20 | | activities, subjects in which elective classes are | 21 | | offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the | 22 | | average number of days of Physical Education per week per | 23 | | student), approved programs of study, awards received, | 24 | | community partnerships, and special programs such as | 25 | | programming for the gifted and talented, students with | 26 | | disabilities, and work-study students; |
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| 1 | | (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the | 2 | | percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of | 3 | | State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth | 4 | | grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled | 5 | | in post-secondary institutions (including colleges, | 6 | | universities, community colleges, trade/vocational | 7 | | schools, and training programs leading to career | 8 | | certification within 2 semesters of high school | 9 | | graduation), the percentage of students graduating from | 10 | | high school who are college and career ready, and the | 11 | | percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges, | 12 | | colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses | 13 | | that the community college, college, or university | 14 | | identifies as a developmental course; | 15 | | (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the | 16 | | percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5 | 17 | | credits or more without failing more than one core class, a | 18 | | measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a | 19 | | measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter | 20 | | high school on track for college and career readiness; | 21 | | (E) the school environment, including, where | 22 | | applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10 | 23 | | absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with | 24 | | less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other | 25 | | than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to | 26 | | the 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, 2 or more indicators from any | 5 | | school climate survey selected or approved by the State and | 6 | | administered pursuant to Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with | 7 | | the same or similar indicators included on school report | 8 | | cards for all surveys selected or approved by the State | 9 | | pursuant to Section 2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined | 10 | | percentage of teachers rated as proficient or excellent in | 11 | | their most recent evaluation; and | 12 | | (F) a school district's and its individual schools' | 13 | | balanced accountability measure, in accordance with | 14 | | Section 2-3.25a of this Code. | 15 | | The school report card shall also provide
information that | 16 | | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | 17 | | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | 18 | | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | 19 | | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | 20 | | enrollment of low-income students, special education students, | 21 | | and English learners.
| 22 | | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | 23 | | school district report card shall include a subset of the | 24 | | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | 25 | | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating | 26 | | to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the |
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| 1 | | school district, and the State report card shall include a | 2 | | subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through | 3 | | (E) of subsection (2) of this Section. | 4 | | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | 5 | | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | 6 | | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | 7 | | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | 8 | | State report card. | 9 | | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | 10 | | of the school district and school report cards from the State | 11 | | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including | 12 | | special charter districts and districts subject to the | 13 | | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | 14 | | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | 15 | | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's | 16 | | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
| 17 | | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of general | 18 | | circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, send the | 19 | | report cards
home to a parent (unless the district does not | 20 | | maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the report card | 21 | | shall be sent home to parents without request). If the
district | 22 | | posts the report card on its Internet web
site, the district
| 23 | | shall send a
written notice home to parents stating (i) that | 24 | | the report card is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address | 25 | | of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
| 26 | | will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone |
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| 1 | | number that parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the | 2 | | report card.
| 3 | | (6) Nothing contained in this amendatory Act of the 98th | 4 | | General Assembly repeals, supersedes, invalidates, or | 5 | | nullifies final decisions in lawsuits pending on the effective | 6 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly in | 7 | | Illinois courts involving the interpretation of Public Act | 8 | | 97-8. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-648, eff. 7-1-14; 99-30, | 10 | | eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 | | becoming law.
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