Full Text of SB2337 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 Sections | 5 | | 10-17a, 14A-17, and 14A-32 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 | 12 | | card, school district report cards, and school report cards, | 13 | | and shall by the most economical means provide to each school
| 14 | | district in this State, including special charter districts | 15 | | and districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the | 16 | | report cards for the school district and each of its schools. | 17 | | Because of the impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency | 18 | | during school year 2020-2021, the State Board of Education | 19 | | shall have until December 31, 2021 to prepare and provide the | 20 | | report cards that would otherwise be due by October 31, 2021. | 21 | | During a school year in which the Governor has declared a | 22 | | disaster due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section | 23 | | 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the report |
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| 1 | | cards for the school districts and each of its schools shall be | 2 | | prepared by December 31. | 3 | | (2) In addition to any information required by federal | 4 | | law, the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators | 5 | | and presentation of the school report card, which must | 6 | | include, at a minimum, the most current data collected and | 7 | | maintained by the State Board of Education related to the | 8 | | following: | 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 the percentage of all students in | 20 | | grades kindergarten through 8, disaggregated by the
| 21 | | students demographics described in this paragraph (A), in | 22 | | each of the following categories: (i) those who have been | 23 | | assessed for placement in a gifted education program or | 24 | | accelerated placement, (ii) those who have enrolled in a
| 25 | | gifted education program or in accelerated placement, and | 26 | | (iii) for each of categories (i) and (ii), those who |
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| 1 | | received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a | 2 | | gifted education endorsement; the number and the | 3 | | percentage
of all students in grades 9 through 12, | 4 | | disaggregated by the student demographics described in | 5 | | this paragraph (A), who have been enrolled in an advanced | 6 | | academic program ; the number and percentage of all | 7 | | students who have been assessed for placement in a gifted | 8 | | education or advanced academic program and, of those | 9 | | students: (i) the racial and ethnic breakdown, (ii) the | 10 | | percentage who are classified as low-income, and (iii) the | 11 | | number and percentage of students who received direct | 12 | | instruction from a teacher who holds a gifted education | 13 | | endorsement and, of those students, the percentage who are | 14 | | classified as low-income; the percentage of students | 15 | | scoring at the "exceeds expectations" level on the | 16 | | assessments required under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; | 17 | | the percentage of students who annually transferred in or | 18 | | out of the school district; average daily attendance; the | 19 | | per-pupil operating expenditure of the school district; | 20 | | and the per-pupil State average operating expenditure for | 21 | | the district type (elementary, high school, or unit); | 22 | | (B) curriculum information, including, where | 23 | | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | 24 | | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual credit | 25 | | enrollment courses, foreign language classes, computer | 26 | | science courses, school personnel resources (including |
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| 1 | | Career Technical Education teachers), before and after | 2 | | school programs, extracurricular activities, subjects in | 3 | | which elective classes are offered, health and wellness | 4 | | initiatives (including the average number of days of | 5 | | Physical Education per week per student), approved | 6 | | programs of study, awards received, community | 7 | | partnerships, and special programs such as programming for | 8 | | the gifted and talented, students with disabilities, and | 9 | | work-study students; | 10 | | (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the | 11 | | percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of | 12 | | State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth | 13 | | grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students who | 14 | | participated in workplace learning experiences, the | 15 | | percentage of students enrolled in post-secondary | 16 | | institutions (including colleges, universities, community | 17 | | colleges, trade/vocational schools, and training programs | 18 | | leading to career certification within 2 semesters of high | 19 | | school graduation), the percentage of students graduating | 20 | | from high school who are college and career ready, and the | 21 | | percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges, | 22 | | colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses | 23 | | that the community college, college, or university | 24 | | identifies as a developmental course; | 25 | | (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the | 26 | | percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned |
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| 1 | | 5 credits or more without failing more than one core | 2 | | class, a measure of students entering kindergarten ready | 3 | | to learn, a measure of growth, and the percentage of | 4 | | students who enter high school on track for college and | 5 | | career readiness; | 6 | | (E) the school environment, including, where | 7 | | applicable, high school dropout rate by grade level, the | 8 | | percentage of students with less than 10 absences in a | 9 | | school year, the percentage of teachers with less than 10 | 10 | | absences in a school year for reasons other than | 11 | | professional development, leaves taken pursuant to the | 12 | | federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term | 13 | | disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the | 14 | | percentage of teachers returning to the school from the | 15 | | previous year, the number of different principals at the | 16 | | school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold | 17 | | a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria | 18 | | used by the district to determine whether a student is | 19 | | eligible for participation in a gifted education program | 20 | | or advanced academic program and the manner in which | 21 | | parents and guardians are made aware of the process and | 22 | | criteria, the number of teachers who are National Board | 23 | | Certified Teachers, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, 2 | 24 | | or more indicators from any school climate survey selected | 25 | | or approved by the State and administered pursuant to | 26 | | Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar |
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| 1 | | indicators included on school report cards for all surveys | 2 | | selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section | 3 | | 2-3.153 of this Code, the combined percentage of teachers | 4 | | rated as proficient or excellent in their most recent | 5 | | evaluation, and, beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, | 6 | | data on the number of incidents of violence that occurred | 7 | | on school grounds or during school-related activities and | 8 | | that resulted in an out-of-school suspension, expulsion, | 9 | | or removal to an alternative setting, as reported pursuant | 10 | | to Section 2-3.162; | 11 | | (F) a school district's and its individual schools' | 12 | | balanced accountability measure, in accordance with | 13 | | Section 2-3.25a of this Code; | 14 | | (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the | 15 | | State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of | 16 | | the State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the | 17 | | school's employees, which shall be reported to the State | 18 | | Board of Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of | 19 | | the State of Illinois; | 20 | | (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 | 21 | | of this Code only, State contributions to the Public | 22 | | School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago | 23 | | and State contributions for health care for employees of | 24 | | that school district; | 25 | | (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as | 26 | | defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section |
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| 1 | | 18-8.15 of this Code; | 2 | | (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as | 3 | | defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section | 4 | | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; | 5 | | (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in | 6 | | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this | 7 | | Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as | 8 | | defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section | 9 | | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; | 10 | | (L) a school district's administrative costs; | 11 | | (M) whether or not the school has participated in the | 12 | | Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M), "Illinois | 13 | | Youth Survey" means a self-report survey, administered in | 14 | | school settings every 2 years, designed to gather | 15 | | information about health and social indicators, including | 16 | | substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of students in | 17 | | grades 8, 10, and 12; and | 18 | | (N) whether the school offered its students career and | 19 | | technical education opportunities. | 20 | | The school report card shall also provide
information that | 21 | | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | 22 | | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | 23 | | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | 24 | | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | 25 | | enrollment of low-income students, special education students, | 26 | | and English learners.
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| 1 | | As used in this subsection (2): | 2 | | "Accelerated placement" has the meaning ascribed to that | 3 | | term in Section 14A-17 of this Code. | 4 | | "Administrative costs" means costs associated with | 5 | | executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the | 6 | | school district that involve planning, organizing, managing, | 7 | | or directing the school district. | 8 | | "Advanced academic program" means a course of study , | 9 | | including, but not limited to, accelerated placement, advanced | 10 | | placement coursework, International Baccalaureate coursework, | 11 | | dual credit, or any course designated as enriched or honors, | 12 | | that a student is enrolled in to which students are assigned | 13 | | based on advanced cognitive ability or advanced academic | 14 | | achievement compared to local age peers and in which the | 15 | | curriculum is substantially differentiated from the general | 16 | | curriculum to provide appropriate challenge and pace. | 17 | | "Computer science" means the study of computers and | 18 | | algorithms, including their principles, their hardware and | 19 | | software designs, their implementation, and their impact on | 20 | | society. "Computer science" does not include the study of | 21 | | everyday uses of computers and computer applications, such as | 22 | | keyboarding or accessing the Internet. | 23 | | "Gifted education" means educational services, including | 24 | | differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed | 25 | | to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A | 26 | | of this Code. |
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| 1 | | For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2), | 2 | | "average daily attendance" means the average of the actual | 3 | | number of attendance days during the previous school year for | 4 | | any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance | 5 | | by Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school. | 6 | | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | 7 | | school district report card shall include a subset of the | 8 | | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | 9 | | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information | 10 | | relating to the operating expense per pupil and other finances | 11 | | of the school district, and the State report card shall | 12 | | include a subset of the information identified in paragraphs | 13 | | (A) through (E) and paragraph (N) of subsection (2) of this | 14 | | Section. The school district report card shall include the | 15 | | average daily attendance, as that term is defined in | 16 | | subsection (2) of this Section, of students who have | 17 | | individualized education programs and students who have 504 | 18 | | plans that provide for special education services within the | 19 | | school district. | 20 | | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | 21 | | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | 22 | | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | 23 | | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | 24 | | State report card. | 25 | | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | 26 | | of the school district and school report cards from the State |
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| 1 | | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including | 2 | | special charter districts and districts subject to the | 3 | | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | 4 | | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | 5 | | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's | 6 | | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
| 7 | | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of | 8 | | general circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, | 9 | | send the report cards
home to a parent (unless the district | 10 | | does not maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the | 11 | | report card shall be sent home to parents without request). If | 12 | | the
district posts the report card on its Internet web
site, | 13 | | the district
shall send a
written notice home to parents | 14 | | stating (i) that the report card is available on
the web site,
| 15 | | (ii) the address of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of | 16 | | the report card
will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) | 17 | | the telephone number that parents may
call to
request a | 18 | | printed copy of the report card.
| 19 | | (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals, | 20 | | supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in | 21 | | lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public | 22 | | Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of | 23 | | Public Act 97-8. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 101-68, eff. 1-1-20; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; | 25 | | 101-654, eff. 3-8-21; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-294, eff. | 26 | | 1-1-22; 102-539, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-594, |
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| 1 | | eff. 7-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22 .) | 2 | | (105 ILCS 5/14A-17) | 3 | | Sec. 14A-17. Accelerated placement ; advanced academic | 4 | | program . For purposes of this Article, "accelerated placement" | 5 | | means the placement of a child in an educational setting with | 6 | | curriculum that is usually reserved for children who are older | 7 | | or in higher grades than the child. "Accelerated placement" | 8 | | under this Article or other school district-adopted policies | 9 | | shall include, but need not be limited to, the following types | 10 | | of acceleration: early entrance to kindergarten or first | 11 | | grade, accelerating a child in a single subject, and grade | 12 | | acceleration. | 13 | | "Advanced academic program" means a course of study, | 14 | | including, but not limited to, accelerated placement, advanced | 15 | | placement coursework, International Baccalaureate coursework, | 16 | | dual credit, or any course designated as enriched or honors, | 17 | | that a student is enrolled in based on the student's advanced | 18 | | cognitive ability or advanced academic achievement compared to | 19 | | local age peers and in which the curriculum is substantially | 20 | | differentiated from the general curriculum to provide | 21 | | appropriate challenge and pace.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 100-421, eff. 7-1-18 .) | 23 | | (105 ILCS 5/14A-32) | 24 | | Sec. 14A-32. Accelerated placement; school district |
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| 1 | | responsibilities. | 2 | | (a) Each school district shall have a policy that allows | 3 | | for accelerated placement that includes or incorporates by | 4 | | reference the following components: | 5 | | (1) a provision that provides that participation in | 6 | | accelerated placement is not limited to those children who | 7 | | have been identified as gifted and talented, but rather is | 8 | | open to all children who demonstrate high ability and who | 9 | | may benefit from accelerated placement; | 10 | | (2) a fair and equitable decision-making process that | 11 | | involves multiple persons and includes a student's parents | 12 | | or guardians; | 13 | | (3) procedures for notifying parents or guardians of a | 14 | | child of a decision affecting that child's participation | 15 | | in an accelerated placement program; and | 16 | | (4) an assessment process that includes multiple | 17 | | valid, reliable indicators. | 18 | | (a-5) By no later than the beginning of the 2023-2024 | 19 | | school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy | 20 | | shall allow for the automatic enrollment, in the following | 21 | | school term, of a student into the next most rigorous level of | 22 | | advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student | 23 | | meets or exceeds State standards in English language arts, | 24 | | mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered | 25 | | under Section 2-3.64a-5 as follows: | 26 | | (1) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in |
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| 1 | | English language arts shall be automatically enrolled into | 2 | | the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework in | 3 | | English, social studies, humanities, or related subjects. | 4 | | (2) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in | 5 | | mathematics shall be automatically enrolled into the next | 6 | | most rigorous level of advanced coursework in mathematics. | 7 | | (3) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in | 8 | | science shall be automatically enrolled into the next most | 9 | | rigorous level of advanced coursework in science. | 10 | | For a student entering grade 12, the next most rigorous | 11 | | level of advanced coursework in English language arts or | 12 | | mathematics shall be a dual credit course, as defined in the | 13 | | Dual Credit Quality Act, an Advanced Placement course, as | 14 | | defined in Section 10 of the College and Career Success for All | 15 | | Students Act, or an International Baccalaureate course; | 16 | | otherwise, the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework | 17 | | under this subsection (a-5) may include a dual credit course, | 18 | | as defined in the Dual Credit Quality Act, an Advanced | 19 | | Placement course, as defined in Section 10 of the College and | 20 | | Career Success for All Students Act, an International | 21 | | Baccalaureate course, an honors class, an enrichment | 22 | | opportunity, a gifted program, or another program offered by | 23 | | the district. | 24 | | A school district may use the student's most recent State | 25 | | assessment results to determine whether a student meets or | 26 | | exceeds State standards. For a student entering grade 9, |
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| 1 | | results from the State assessment taken in grades 6 through 8 | 2 | | may be used. For other high school grades, the results from a | 3 | | locally selected, nationally normed assessment may be used | 4 | | instead of the State assessment if those results are the most | 5 | | recent. | 6 | | A school district must provide the parent or guardian of a | 7 | | student eligible for automatic enrollment under this | 8 | | subsection (a-5) with the option to instead have the student | 9 | | enroll in alternative coursework that better aligns with the | 10 | | student's postsecondary education or career goals. | 11 | | Nothing in this subsection (a-5) may be interpreted to | 12 | | preclude other students from enrolling in advanced coursework | 13 | | per the policy of a school district. | 14 | | (b) Further, a school district's accelerated placement | 15 | | policy may include or incorporate by reference, but need not | 16 | | be limited to, the following components: | 17 | | (1) procedures for annually informing the community | 18 | | at-large, including parents or guardians, community-based | 19 | | organizations, and providers of out-of-school programs, | 20 | | about the accelerated placement program and the methods | 21 | | used for the identification of children eligible for | 22 | | accelerated placement, including strategies to reach | 23 | | groups of students and families who have been historically | 24 | | underrepresented in accelerated placement programs and | 25 | | advanced coursework; | 26 | | (2) a process for referral that allows for multiple |
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| 1 | | referrers, including a child's parents or guardians; other | 2 | | referrers may include licensed education professionals, | 3 | | the child, with the written consent of a parent or | 4 | | guardian, a peer, through a licensed education | 5 | | professional who has knowledge of the referred child's | 6 | | abilities, or, in case of possible early entrance, a | 7 | | preschool educator, pediatrician, or psychologist who | 8 | | knows the child; | 9 | | (3) a provision that provides that children | 10 | | participating in an accelerated placement program and | 11 | | their parents or guardians will be provided a written plan | 12 | | detailing the type of acceleration the child will receive | 13 | | and strategies to support the child; | 14 | | (4) procedures to provide support and promote success | 15 | | for students who are newly enrolled in an accelerated | 16 | | placement program; and | 17 | | (5) a process for the school district to review and | 18 | | utilize disaggregated data on participation in an | 19 | | accelerated placement program to address gaps among | 20 | | demographic groups in accelerated placement opportunities ; | 21 | | and . | 22 | | (6) procedures to promote equity, which may | 23 | | incorporate one or more of the following evidence-based | 24 | | practices: | 25 | | (A) the use of multiple tools to assess | 26 | | exceptional potential and provide several pathways |
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| 1 | | into advanced academic programs when assessing student | 2 | | need for advanced academic or accelerated programming; | 3 | | (B) providing enrichment opportunities starting in | 4 | | the early grades to address achievement gaps that | 5 | | occur at school entry and provide students with | 6 | | opportunities to demonstrate their advanced potential; | 7 | | (C) the use of universal screening combined with | 8 | | local school-based norms for placement in accelerated | 9 | | and advanced learning programs; | 10 | | (D) developing a continuum of services to identify | 11 | | and develop talent in all learners ranging from | 12 | | enriched learning experiences, such as problem-based | 13 | | learning, performance tasks, critical thinking, and | 14 | | career exploration, to accelerated placement and | 15 | | advanced academic programming; and | 16 | | (E) providing professional learning in gifted | 17 | | education for teachers and other appropriate school | 18 | | personnel to appropriately identify and challenge | 19 | | students from diverse cultures and backgrounds who may | 20 | | benefit from accelerated placement or advanced | 21 | | academic programming. | 22 | | (c) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to | 23 | | determine data to be collected and disaggregated by | 24 | | demographic group regarding accelerated placement, including | 25 | | the rates of students who participate in and successfully | 26 | | complete advanced coursework, and a method of making the |
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| 1 | | information available to the public.
| 2 | | (d) On or before November 1, 2022, following a review of | 3 | | disaggregated data on the participation and successful | 4 | | completion rates of students enrolled in an accelerated | 5 | | placement program, each school district shall develop a plan | 6 | | to expand access to its accelerated placement program and to | 7 | | ensure the teaching capacity necessary to meet the increased | 8 | | demand. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 101-654, eff. 3-8-21; 102-209, eff. 11-30-21 | 10 | | (See Section 5 of P.A. 102-671 for effective date of P.A. | 11 | | 102-209).)
| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 | | becoming law.
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