Full Text of SB2337 103rd General Assembly
SB2337sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Mary Edly-Allen Filed: 3/24/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2337
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2337 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 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. |
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| 1 | | Because of the impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency | 2 | | during school year 2020-2021, the State Board of Education | 3 | | shall have until December 31, 2021 to prepare and provide the | 4 | | report cards that would otherwise be due by October 31, 2021. | 5 | | During a school year in which the Governor has declared a | 6 | | disaster due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section | 7 | | 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the report | 8 | | cards for the school districts and each of its schools shall be | 9 | | prepared by December 31. | 10 | | (2) In addition to any information required by federal | 11 | | law, the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators | 12 | | and presentation of the school report card, which must | 13 | | include, at a minimum, the most current data collected and | 14 | | maintained by the State Board of Education related to the | 15 | | following: | 16 | | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, | 17 | | including average class size, average teaching experience, | 18 | | student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of | 19 | | students classified as low-income; the percentage of | 20 | | students classified as English learners, the number of | 21 | | students who graduate from a bilingual or English learner | 22 | | program, and the number of students who graduate from, | 23 | | transfer from, or otherwise leave bilingual programs; the | 24 | | percentage of students who have individualized education | 25 | | plans or 504 plans that provide for special education | 26 | | services ; the number and the percentage of all students in |
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| 1 | | grades kindergarten through 8, disaggregated by the
| 2 | | students demographics described in this paragraph (A), in | 3 | | each of the following categories: (i) those who have been | 4 | | assessed for placement in a gifted education program or | 5 | | accelerated placement, (ii) those who have enrolled in a
| 6 | | gifted education program or in accelerated placement, and | 7 | | (iii) for each of categories (i) and (ii), those who | 8 | | received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a | 9 | | gifted education endorsement; the number and the | 10 | | percentage
of all students in grades 9 through 12, | 11 | | disaggregated by the student demographics described in | 12 | | this paragraph (A), who have been enrolled in an advanced | 13 | | academic program ; the number and percentage of all | 14 | | students who have been assessed for placement in a gifted | 15 | | education or advanced academic program and, of those | 16 | | students: (i) the racial and ethnic breakdown, (ii) the | 17 | | percentage who are classified as low-income, and (iii) the | 18 | | number and percentage of students who received direct | 19 | | instruction from a teacher who holds a gifted education | 20 | | endorsement and, of those students, the percentage who are | 21 | | classified as low-income; the percentage of students | 22 | | scoring at the "exceeds expectations" level on the | 23 | | assessments required under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; | 24 | | the percentage of students who annually transferred in or | 25 | | out of the school district; average daily attendance; the | 26 | | per-pupil operating expenditure of the school district; |
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| 1 | | and the per-pupil State average operating expenditure for | 2 | | the district type (elementary, high school, or unit); | 3 | | (B) curriculum information, including, where | 4 | | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | 5 | | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual credit | 6 | | enrollment courses, foreign language classes, computer | 7 | | science courses, school personnel resources (including | 8 | | Career Technical Education teachers), before and after | 9 | | school programs, extracurricular activities, subjects in | 10 | | which elective classes are offered, health and wellness | 11 | | initiatives (including the average number of days of | 12 | | Physical Education per week per student), approved | 13 | | programs of study, awards received, community | 14 | | partnerships, and special programs such as programming for | 15 | | the gifted and talented, students with disabilities, and | 16 | | work-study students; | 17 | | (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the | 18 | | percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of | 19 | | State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth | 20 | | grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students who | 21 | | participated in workplace learning experiences, the | 22 | | percentage of students enrolled in post-secondary | 23 | | institutions (including colleges, universities, community | 24 | | colleges, trade/vocational schools, and training programs | 25 | | leading to career certification within 2 semesters of high | 26 | | school graduation), the percentage of students graduating |
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| 1 | | from high school who are college and career ready, and the | 2 | | percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges, | 3 | | colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses | 4 | | that the community college, college, or university | 5 | | identifies as a developmental course; | 6 | | (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the | 7 | | percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned | 8 | | 5 credits or more without failing more than one core | 9 | | class, a measure of students entering kindergarten ready | 10 | | to learn, a measure of growth, and the percentage of | 11 | | students who enter high school on track for college and | 12 | | career readiness; | 13 | | (E) the school environment, including, where | 14 | | applicable, high school dropout rate by grade level, the | 15 | | percentage of students with less than 10 absences in a | 16 | | school year, the percentage of teachers with less than 10 | 17 | | absences in a school year for reasons other than | 18 | | professional development, leaves taken pursuant to the | 19 | | federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term | 20 | | disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the | 21 | | percentage of teachers returning to the school from the | 22 | | previous year, the number of different principals at the | 23 | | school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold | 24 | | a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria | 25 | | used by the district to determine whether a student is | 26 | | eligible for participation in a gifted education program |
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| 1 | | or advanced academic program and the manner in which | 2 | | parents and guardians are made aware of the process and | 3 | | criteria, the number of teachers who are National Board | 4 | | Certified Teachers, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, 2 | 5 | | or more indicators from any school climate survey selected | 6 | | or approved by the State and administered pursuant to | 7 | | Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar | 8 | | indicators included on school report cards for all surveys | 9 | | selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section | 10 | | 2-3.153 of this Code, the combined percentage of teachers | 11 | | rated as proficient or excellent in their most recent | 12 | | evaluation, and, beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, | 13 | | data on the number of incidents of violence that occurred | 14 | | on school grounds or during school-related activities and | 15 | | that resulted in an out-of-school suspension, expulsion, | 16 | | or removal to an alternative setting, as reported pursuant | 17 | | to Section 2-3.162; | 18 | | (F) a school district's and its individual schools' | 19 | | balanced accountability measure, in accordance with | 20 | | Section 2-3.25a of this Code; | 21 | | (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the | 22 | | State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of | 23 | | the State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the | 24 | | school's employees, which shall be reported to the State | 25 | | Board of Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of | 26 | | the State of Illinois; |
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| 1 | | (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 | 2 | | of this Code only, State contributions to the Public | 3 | | School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago | 4 | | and State contributions for health care for employees of | 5 | | that school district; | 6 | | (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as | 7 | | defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section | 8 | | 18-8.15 of this Code; | 9 | | (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as | 10 | | defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section | 11 | | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; | 12 | | (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in | 13 | | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this | 14 | | Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as | 15 | | defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section | 16 | | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; | 17 | | (L) a school district's administrative costs; | 18 | | (M) whether or not the school has participated in the | 19 | | Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M), "Illinois | 20 | | Youth Survey" means a self-report survey, administered in | 21 | | school settings every 2 years, designed to gather | 22 | | information about health and social indicators, including | 23 | | substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of students in | 24 | | grades 8, 10, and 12; and | 25 | | (N) whether the school offered its students career and | 26 | | technical education opportunities. |
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| 1 | | The school report card shall also provide
information that | 2 | | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | 3 | | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | 4 | | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | 5 | | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | 6 | | enrollment of low-income students, special education students, | 7 | | and English learners.
| 8 | | As used in this subsection (2): | 9 | | "Accelerated placement" has the meaning ascribed to that | 10 | | term in Section 14A-17 of this Code. | 11 | | "Administrative costs" means costs associated with | 12 | | executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the | 13 | | school district that involve planning, organizing, managing, | 14 | | or directing the school district. | 15 | | "Advanced academic program" means a course of study , | 16 | | including, but not limited to, accelerated placement, advanced | 17 | | placement coursework, International Baccalaureate coursework, | 18 | | dual credit, or any course designated as enriched or honors, | 19 | | that a student is enrolled in to which students are assigned | 20 | | based on advanced cognitive ability or advanced academic | 21 | | achievement compared to local age peers and in which the | 22 | | curriculum is substantially differentiated from the general | 23 | | curriculum to provide appropriate challenge and pace. | 24 | | "Computer science" means the study of computers and | 25 | | algorithms, including their principles, their hardware and | 26 | | software designs, their implementation, and their impact on |
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| 1 | | society. "Computer science" does not include the study of | 2 | | everyday uses of computers and computer applications, such as | 3 | | keyboarding or accessing the Internet. | 4 | | "Gifted education" means educational services, including | 5 | | differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed | 6 | | to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A | 7 | | of this Code. | 8 | | For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2), | 9 | | "average daily attendance" means the average of the actual | 10 | | number of attendance days during the previous school year for | 11 | | any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance | 12 | | by Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school. | 13 | | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | 14 | | school district report card shall include a subset of the | 15 | | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | 16 | | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information | 17 | | relating to the operating expense per pupil and other finances | 18 | | of the school district, and the State report card shall | 19 | | include a subset of the information identified in paragraphs | 20 | | (A) through (E) and paragraph (N) of subsection (2) of this | 21 | | Section. The school district report card shall include the | 22 | | average daily attendance, as that term is defined in | 23 | | subsection (2) of this Section, of students who have | 24 | | individualized education programs and students who have 504 | 25 | | plans that provide for special education services within the | 26 | | school district. |
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| 1 | | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | 2 | | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | 3 | | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | 4 | | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | 5 | | State report card. | 6 | | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | 7 | | of the school district and school report cards from the State | 8 | | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including | 9 | | special charter districts and districts subject to the | 10 | | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | 11 | | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | 12 | | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's | 13 | | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
| 14 | | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of | 15 | | general circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, | 16 | | send the report cards
home to a parent (unless the district | 17 | | does not maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the | 18 | | report card shall be sent home to parents without request). If | 19 | | the
district posts the report card on its Internet web
site, | 20 | | the district
shall send a
written notice home to parents | 21 | | stating (i) that the report card is available on
the web site,
| 22 | | (ii) the address of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of | 23 | | the report card
will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) | 24 | | the telephone number that parents may
call to
request a | 25 | | printed copy of the report card.
| 26 | | (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals, |
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| 1 | | supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in | 2 | | lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public | 3 | | Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of | 4 | | Public Act 97-8. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 101-68, eff. 1-1-20; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; | 6 | | 101-654, eff. 3-8-21; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-294, eff. | 7 | | 1-1-22; 102-539, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-594, | 8 | | eff. 7-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22 .) | 9 | | (105 ILCS 5/14A-17) | 10 | | Sec. 14A-17. Accelerated placement ; advanced academic | 11 | | program . For purposes of this Article, "accelerated placement" | 12 | | means the placement of a child in an educational setting with | 13 | | curriculum that is usually reserved for children who are older | 14 | | or in higher grades than the child. "Accelerated placement" | 15 | | under this Article or other school district-adopted policies | 16 | | shall include, but need not be limited to, the following types | 17 | | of acceleration: early entrance to kindergarten or first | 18 | | grade, accelerating a child in a single subject, and grade | 19 | | acceleration. | 20 | | "Advanced academic program" means a course of study, | 21 | | including, but not limited to, accelerated placement, advanced | 22 | | placement coursework, International Baccalaureate coursework, | 23 | | dual credit, or any course designated as enriched or honors, | 24 | | that a student is enrolled in based on the student's advanced | 25 | | cognitive ability or advanced academic achievement compared to |
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| 1 | | local age peers and in which the curriculum is substantially | 2 | | differentiated from the general curriculum to provide | 3 | | appropriate challenge and pace.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 100-421, eff. 7-1-18 .) | 5 | | (105 ILCS 5/14A-32) | 6 | | Sec. 14A-32. Accelerated placement; school district | 7 | | responsibilities. | 8 | | (a) Each school district shall have a policy that allows | 9 | | for accelerated placement that includes or incorporates by | 10 | | reference the following components: | 11 | | (1) a provision that provides that participation in | 12 | | accelerated placement is not limited to those children who | 13 | | have been identified as gifted and talented, but rather is | 14 | | open to all children who demonstrate high ability and who | 15 | | may benefit from accelerated placement; | 16 | | (2) a fair and equitable decision-making process that | 17 | | involves multiple persons and includes a student's parents | 18 | | or guardians; | 19 | | (3) procedures for notifying parents or guardians of a | 20 | | child of a decision affecting that child's participation | 21 | | in an accelerated placement program; and | 22 | | (4) an assessment process that includes multiple | 23 | | valid, reliable indicators. | 24 | | (a-5) By no later than the beginning of the 2023-2024 | 25 | | school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy |
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| 1 | | shall allow for the automatic enrollment, in the following | 2 | | school term, of a student into the next most rigorous level of | 3 | | advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student | 4 | | meets or exceeds State standards in English language arts, | 5 | | mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered | 6 | | under Section 2-3.64a-5 as follows: | 7 | | (1) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in | 8 | | English language arts shall be automatically enrolled into | 9 | | the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework in | 10 | | English, social studies, humanities, or related subjects. | 11 | | (2) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in | 12 | | mathematics shall be automatically enrolled into the next | 13 | | most rigorous level of advanced coursework in mathematics. | 14 | | (3) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in | 15 | | science shall be automatically enrolled into the next most | 16 | | rigorous level of advanced coursework in science. | 17 | | For a student entering grade 12, the next most rigorous | 18 | | level of advanced coursework in English language arts or | 19 | | mathematics shall be a dual credit course, as defined in the | 20 | | Dual Credit Quality Act, an Advanced Placement course, as | 21 | | defined in Section 10 of the College and Career Success for All | 22 | | Students Act, or an International Baccalaureate course; | 23 | | otherwise, the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework | 24 | | under this subsection (a-5) may include a dual credit course, | 25 | | as defined in the Dual Credit Quality Act, an Advanced | 26 | | Placement course, as defined in Section 10 of the College and |
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| 1 | | Career Success for All Students Act, an International | 2 | | Baccalaureate course, an honors class, an enrichment | 3 | | opportunity, a gifted program, or another program offered by | 4 | | the district. | 5 | | A school district may use the student's most recent State | 6 | | assessment results to determine whether a student meets or | 7 | | exceeds State standards. For a student entering grade 9, | 8 | | results from the State assessment taken in grades 6 through 8 | 9 | | may be used. For other high school grades, the results from a | 10 | | locally selected, nationally normed assessment may be used | 11 | | instead of the State assessment if those results are the most | 12 | | recent. | 13 | | A school district must provide the parent or guardian of a | 14 | | student eligible for automatic enrollment under this | 15 | | subsection (a-5) with the option to instead have the student | 16 | | enroll in alternative coursework that better aligns with the | 17 | | student's postsecondary education or career goals. | 18 | | Nothing in this subsection (a-5) may be interpreted to | 19 | | preclude other students from enrolling in advanced coursework | 20 | | per the policy of a school district. | 21 | | (b) Further, a school district's accelerated placement | 22 | | policy may include or incorporate by reference, but need not | 23 | | be limited to, the following components: | 24 | | (1) procedures for annually informing the community | 25 | | at-large, including parents or guardians, community-based | 26 | | organizations, and providers of out-of-school programs, |
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| 1 | | about the accelerated placement program and the methods | 2 | | used for the identification of children eligible for | 3 | | accelerated placement, including strategies to reach | 4 | | groups of students and families who have been historically | 5 | | underrepresented in accelerated placement programs and | 6 | | advanced coursework; | 7 | | (2) a process for referral that allows for multiple | 8 | | referrers, including a child's parents or guardians; other | 9 | | referrers may include licensed education professionals, | 10 | | the child, with the written consent of a parent or | 11 | | guardian, a peer, through a licensed education | 12 | | professional who has knowledge of the referred child's | 13 | | abilities, or, in case of possible early entrance, a | 14 | | preschool educator, pediatrician, or psychologist who | 15 | | knows the child; | 16 | | (3) a provision that provides that children | 17 | | participating in an accelerated placement program and | 18 | | their parents or guardians will be provided a written plan | 19 | | detailing the type of acceleration the child will receive | 20 | | and strategies to support the child; | 21 | | (4) procedures to provide support and promote success | 22 | | for students who are newly enrolled in an accelerated | 23 | | placement program; and | 24 | | (5) a process for the school district to review and | 25 | | utilize disaggregated data on participation in an | 26 | | accelerated placement program to address gaps among |
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| 1 | | demographic groups in accelerated placement opportunities ; | 2 | | and . | 3 | | (6) procedures to promote equity, which may | 4 | | incorporate one or more of the following evidence-based | 5 | | practices: | 6 | | (A) the use of multiple tools to assess | 7 | | exceptional potential and provide several pathways | 8 | | into advanced academic programs when assessing student | 9 | | need for advanced academic or accelerated programming; | 10 | | (B) providing enrichment opportunities starting in | 11 | | the early grades to address achievement gaps that | 12 | | occur at school entry and provide students with | 13 | | opportunities to demonstrate their advanced potential; | 14 | | (C) the use of universal screening combined with | 15 | | local school-based norms for placement in accelerated | 16 | | and advanced learning programs; | 17 | | (D) developing a continuum of services to identify | 18 | | and develop talent in all learners ranging from | 19 | | enriched learning experiences, such as problem-based | 20 | | learning, performance tasks, critical thinking, and | 21 | | career exploration, to accelerated placement and | 22 | | advanced academic programming; and | 23 | | (E) providing professional learning in gifted | 24 | | education for teachers and other appropriate school | 25 | | personnel to appropriately identify and challenge | 26 | | students from diverse cultures and backgrounds who may |
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| 1 | | benefit from accelerated placement or advanced | 2 | | academic programming. | 3 | | (c) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to | 4 | | determine data to be collected and disaggregated by | 5 | | demographic group regarding accelerated placement, including | 6 | | the rates of students who participate in and successfully | 7 | | complete advanced coursework, and a method of making the | 8 | | information available to the public.
| 9 | | (d) On or before November 1, 2022, following a review of | 10 | | disaggregated data on the participation and successful | 11 | | completion rates of students enrolled in an accelerated | 12 | | placement program, each school district shall develop a plan | 13 | | to expand access to its accelerated placement program and to | 14 | | ensure the teaching capacity necessary to meet the increased | 15 | | demand. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 101-654, eff. 3-8-21; 102-209, eff. 11-30-21 | 17 | | (See Section 5 of P.A. 102-671 for effective date of P.A. | 18 | | 102-209).)
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.".
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