Full Text of HB3570 103rd 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 changing Section | 5 | | 24A-20 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/24A-20) | 7 | | Sec. 24A-20. State Board of Education data collection and | 8 | | evaluation assessment and support systems. | 9 | | (a) On or before the date established in subsection (b) of | 10 | | this Section, the State Board of Education shall, through a | 11 | | process involving collaboration with the Performance | 12 | | Evaluation Advisory Council, develop or contract for the | 13 | | development of and implement all of the following data | 14 | | collection and evaluation assessment and support systems: | 15 | | (1) A system to annually collect and publish data by | 16 | | district and school on teacher and administrator | 17 | | performance evaluation outcomes. The system must ensure | 18 | | that no teacher or administrator can be personally | 19 | | identified by publicly reported data. | 20 | | (2) Both a teacher and principal model evaluation | 21 | | template. The model templates must incorporate the | 22 | | requirements of this Article and any other requirements | 23 | | established by the State Board by administrative rule, but |
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| 1 | | allow customization by districts in a manner that does not | 2 | | conflict with such requirements. | 3 | | (3) An evaluator pre-qualification program based on | 4 | | the model teacher evaluation template. | 5 | | (4) An evaluator training program based on the model | 6 | | teacher evaluation template. The training program shall | 7 | | provide multiple training options that account for the | 8 | | prior training and experience of the evaluator. | 9 | | (5) A superintendent training program based on the | 10 | | model principal evaluation template. | 11 | | (6) One or more instruments to provide feedback to | 12 | | principals on the instructional environment within a | 13 | | school. | 14 | | (7) A State Board-provided or approved technical | 15 | | assistance system that supports districts with the | 16 | | development and implementation of teacher and principal | 17 | | evaluation systems. | 18 | | (8) Web-based systems and tools supporting | 19 | | implementation of the model templates and the evaluator | 20 | | pre-qualification and training programs. | 21 | | (9) A process for measuring and reporting correlations | 22 | | between local principal and teacher evaluations and (A) | 23 | | student growth in tested grades and subjects and (B) | 24 | | retention rates of teachers. | 25 | | (10) A process for assessing whether school district | 26 | | evaluation systems developed pursuant to this Act and that |
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| 1 | | consider student growth as a significant factor in the | 2 | | rating of a teacher's and principal's performance are | 3 | | valid and reliable, contribute to the development of | 4 | | staff, and improve student achievement outcomes. By no | 5 | | later than September 1, 2014, a research-based study shall | 6 | | be issued assessing such systems for validity and | 7 | | reliability, contribution to the development of staff, and | 8 | | improvement of student performance and recommending, based | 9 | | on the results of this study, changes, if any, that need to | 10 | | be incorporated into teacher and principal evaluation | 11 | | systems that consider student growth as a significant | 12 | | factor in the rating performance for remaining school | 13 | | districts to be required to implement such systems. | 14 | | (b) If the State of Illinois receives a Race to the Top | 15 | | Grant, the data collection and support systems described in | 16 | | subsection (a) must be developed on or before September 30, | 17 | | 2011. If the State of Illinois does not receive a Race to the | 18 | | Top Grant, the data collection and support systems described | 19 | | in subsection (a) must be developed on or before September 30, | 20 | | 2012; provided, however, that the data collection and support | 21 | | systems set forth in items (3) and (4) of subsection (a) of | 22 | | this Section must be developed by September 30, 2011 | 23 | | regardless of whether the State of Illinois receives a Race to | 24 | | the Top Grant. By no later than September 1, 2011, if the State | 25 | | of Illinois receives a Race to the Top Grant, or September 1, | 26 | | 2012, if the State of Illinois does not receive a Race to the |
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| 1 | | Top Grant, the State Board of Education must execute or | 2 | | contract for the execution of the assessment referenced in | 3 | | item (10) of subsection (a) of this Section to determine | 4 | | whether the school district evaluation systems developed | 5 | | pursuant to this Act have been valid and reliable, contributed | 6 | | to the development of staff, and improved student performance. | 7 | | (c) Districts shall submit data and information to the | 8 | | State Board on teacher and principal performance evaluations | 9 | | and evaluation plans in accordance with procedures and | 10 | | requirements for submissions established by the State Board. | 11 | | Such data shall include, without limitation, (i) data on the | 12 | | performance rating given to all teachers in contractual | 13 | | continued service, (ii) data on district recommendations to | 14 | | renew or not renew teachers not in contractual continued | 15 | | service, and (iii) data on the performance rating given to all | 16 | | principals. | 17 | | (d) If the State Board of Education does not timely | 18 | | fulfill any of the requirements set forth in Sections 24A-7 | 19 | | and 24A-20, and adequate and sustainable federal, State, or | 20 | | other funds are not provided to the State Board of Education | 21 | | and school districts to meet their responsibilities under this | 22 | | Article, the applicable implementation date shall be postponed | 23 | | by the number of calendar days equal to those needed by the | 24 | | State Board of Education to fulfill such requirements and for | 25 | | the adequate and sustainable funds to be provided to the State | 26 | | Board of Education and school districts. The determination as |
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| 1 | | to whether the State Board of Education has fulfilled any or | 2 | | all requirements set forth in Sections 24A-7 and 24A-20 and | 3 | | whether adequate and sustainable funds have been provided to | 4 | | the State Board of Education and school districts shall be | 5 | | made by the State Board of Education in consultation with the | 6 | | P-20 Council.
| 7 | | (e) The State Board of Education shall report teacher | 8 | | evaluation data from each school in the State. The State | 9 | | Board's report shall include: | 10 | | (1) data from the most recent performance evaluation | 11 | | ratings issued prior to the effective date of this | 12 | | amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly for all | 13 | | nontenured teachers and teachers in contractual continued | 14 | | service broken down by the race and ethnicity of teachers; | 15 | | and | 16 | | (2) data from the most recent performance evaluation | 17 | | ratings issued prior to the effective date of this | 18 | | amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly for all | 19 | | nontenured teachers and teachers in contractual continued | 20 | | service broken down by the race, ethnicity, and | 21 | | eligibility status for free or reduced-price lunch of | 22 | | students in the school where the teachers work. | 23 | | The report shall contain data in an aggregate format. The | 24 | | report with the aggregate data is not confidential pursuant to | 25 | | Section 24A-7.1 of this Code unless an individual teacher is | 26 | | personally identifiable in the report. With respect to the |
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| 1 | | report, the underlying data and any personally identifying | 2 | | information of a teacher shall be confidential. The State | 3 | | Board shall provide the data in the report in a format that | 4 | | prevents identification of individual teachers. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 96-861, eff. 1-15-10.)
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