Full Text of HB2683 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 changing Sections | 5 | | 2-3.25a, 2-3.25c, 2-3.25d, 2-3.25e-5, 2-3.25f, 2-3.136, 7-8, | 6 | | 10-17a, 10-29, 11E-120, and 21B-70 and by adding Section | 7 | | 2-3.25d-5 as follows:
| 8 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25a) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25a)
| 9 | | Sec. 2-3.25a. "School district" defined; additional | 10 | | standards.
| 11 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section and Sections 3.25b, | 12 | | 3.25c,
3.25d, 3.25e, and 3.25f of this Code, "school district" | 13 | | includes other
public entities responsible for administering | 14 | | public schools, such as
cooperatives, joint agreements, | 15 | | charter schools, special charter districts,
regional offices | 16 | | of
education, local agencies, and the Department of Human | 17 | | Services.
| 18 | | (b) In addition to the standards
established pursuant to | 19 | | Section 2-3.25, the State Board of Education shall
develop | 20 | | recognition standards for student performance and school
| 21 | | improvement for all
in all public schools operated by school | 22 | | districts and their individual schools, which must be an | 23 | | outcomes-based, balanced accountability measure . The |
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| 1 | | indicators to
determine adequate yearly progress shall be | 2 | | limited to the State assessment
of student performance in | 3 | | reading and mathematics, student attendance rates at
the | 4 | | elementary school level, graduation rates
at the high school | 5 | | level, and participation rates on student assessments.
The | 6 | | standards
shall be designed to permit the measurement of | 7 | | student
performance and school improvement by schools and | 8 | | school districts compared to
student
performance and school | 9 | | improvement for the preceding academic years.
| 10 | | Subject to the availability of federal, State, public, or | 11 | | private funds, the balanced accountability measure must be | 12 | | designed to focus on 2 components, student performance and | 13 | | professional practice. The student performance component shall | 14 | | count for 30% of the total balanced accountability measure, and | 15 | | the professional practice component shall count for 70% of the | 16 | | total balanced accountability measure. The student performance | 17 | | component shall focus on student outcomes and closing the | 18 | | achievement gaps within each school district and its individual | 19 | | schools using a Multiple Measure Index and Annual Measurable | 20 | | Objectives, as set forth in Section 2-3.25d of this Code. The | 21 | | professional practice component shall focus on the degree to | 22 | | which a school district, as well as its individual schools, is | 23 | | implementing evidence-based, best professional practices and | 24 | | exhibiting continued improvement. Beginning with the 2015-2016 | 25 | | school year, the balanced accountability measure shall consist | 26 | | of only the student performance component, which shall account |
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| 1 | | for 100% of the total balanced accountability measure. From the | 2 | | 2016-2017 school year through the 2021-2022 school year, the | 3 | | State Board of Education and a Balanced Accountability Measure | 4 | | Committee shall identify a number of school districts per the | 5 | | designated school years to begin implementing the balanced | 6 | | accountability measure, which includes both the student | 7 | | performance and professional practice components. By the | 8 | | 2021-2022 school year, all school districts must be | 9 | | implementing the balanced accountability measure, which | 10 | | includes both components. The Balanced Accountability Measure | 11 | | Committee shall consist of the following individuals: a | 12 | | representative of a statewide association representing | 13 | | regional superintendents of schools, a representative of a | 14 | | statewide association representing principals, a | 15 | | representative of an association representing principals in a | 16 | | city having a population exceeding 500,000, a representative of | 17 | | a statewide association representing school administrators, a | 18 | | representative of a statewide professional teachers' | 19 | | organization, a representative of a different statewide | 20 | | professional teachers' organization, an additional | 21 | | representative from either statewide professional teachers' | 22 | | organization, a representative of a professional teachers' | 23 | | organization in a city having a population exceeding 500,000, a | 24 | | representative of a statewide association representing school | 25 | | boards, and a representative of a school district organized | 26 | | under Article 34 of this Code. The head of each association or |
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| 1 | | entity listed in this paragraph shall appoint its respective | 2 | | representative. The State Superintendent of Education, in | 3 | | consultation with the Committee, may appoint no more than 2 | 4 | | additional individuals to the Committee, which individuals | 5 | | shall serve in an advisory role and must not have voting or | 6 | | other decision-making rights. The Committee is abolished on | 7 | | June 1, 2022. | 8 | | Using a Multiple Measure Index consistent with subsection | 9 | | (a) of Section 2-3.25d of this Code, the student performance | 10 | | component shall consist of the following subcategories, each of | 11 | | which must be valued at 10%: | 12 | | (1) achievement status; | 13 | | (2) achievement growth; and | 14 | | (3) Annual Measurable Objectives, as set forth in | 15 | | subsection (b) of Section 2-3.25d of this Code. | 16 | | Achievement status shall measure and assess college and career | 17 | | readiness, as well as the graduation rate. Achievement growth | 18 | | shall measure the school district's and its individual schools' | 19 | | student growth via this State's growth value tables. Annual | 20 | | Measurable Objectives shall measure the degree to which school | 21 | | districts, as well as their individual schools, are closing | 22 | | their achievement gaps among their student population and | 23 | | subgroups. | 24 | | The professional practice component shall consist of the | 25 | | following subcategories: | 26 | | (A) compliance; |
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| 1 | | (B) evidence-based best practices; and | 2 | | (C) contextual improvement. | 3 | | Compliance, which shall count for 10%, shall measure the degree | 4 | | to which a school district and its individual schools meet the | 5 | | current State compliance requirements. Evidence-based best | 6 | | practices, which shall count for 30%, shall measure the degree | 7 | | to which school districts and their individual schools are | 8 | | adhering to a set of evidence-based quality standards and best | 9 | | practice for effective schools that include (i) continuous | 10 | | improvement, (ii) culture and climate, (iii) shared | 11 | | leadership, (iv) governance, (v) education and employee | 12 | | quality, (vi) family and community connections, and (vii) | 13 | | student and learning development and are further developed in | 14 | | consultation with the State Board of Education and the Balanced | 15 | | Accountability Measure Committee set forth in this subsection | 16 | | (b). Contextual improvement, which shall count for 30%, shall | 17 | | provide school districts and their individual schools the | 18 | | opportunity to demonstrate improved outcomes through local | 19 | | data, including without limitation school climate, unique | 20 | | characteristics, and barriers that impact the educational | 21 | | environment and hinder the development and implementation of | 22 | | action plans to address areas of school district and individual | 23 | | school improvement. Each school district, in good faith | 24 | | cooperation with its teachers or, where applicable, the | 25 | | exclusive bargaining representatives of its teachers, shall | 26 | | develop 2 measurable objectives to demonstrate contextual |
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| 1 | | improvement, each of which must be equally weighted. Each | 2 | | school district shall begin such good faith cooperative | 3 | | development of these objectives no later than 6 months prior to | 4 | | the beginning of the school year in which the school district | 5 | | is to implement the professional practice component of the | 6 | | balanced accountability measure. The professional practice | 7 | | component must be scored using trained peer review teams that | 8 | | observe and verify school district practices using an | 9 | | evidence-based framework. | 10 | | The balanced accountability measure shall combine the | 11 | | student performance and professional practice components into | 12 | | one summative score based on 100 points at the school district | 13 | | and individual-school level. A school district shall be | 14 | | designated as "Exceeds Standards - Exemplar" if the overall | 15 | | score is 100 to 90, "Meets Standards - Proficient" if the | 16 | | overall score is 89 to 75, "Approaching Standards - Needs | 17 | | Improvement" if the overall score is 74 to 60, and "Below | 18 | | Standards - Unsatisfactory" if the overall score is 59 to 0. | 19 | | The balanced accountability measure shall also detail both | 20 | | incentives that reward school districts for continued improved | 21 | | performance, as provided in Section 2-3.25c of this Code, and | 22 | | consequences for school districts that fail to provide evidence | 23 | | of continued improved performance, which may include | 24 | | presentation of a barrier analysis, additional school board and | 25 | | administrator training, or additional State assistance. Based | 26 | | on its summative score, a school district may be exempt from |
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| 1 | | the balanced accountability measure for one or more school | 2 | | years. The State Board of Education, in collaboration with the | 3 | | Balanced Accountability Measure Committee set forth in this | 4 | | subsection (b), shall adopt rules that further implementation | 5 | | in accordance with the requirements of this Section. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)
| 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25c) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25c)
| 8 | | Sec. 2-3.25c. Rewards and acknowledgements . The State | 9 | | Board of
Education shall implement a
system of rewards for
| 10 | | school
districts, and the schools themselves, through a process | 11 | | that recognizes (i) high-poverty, high-performing schools that | 12 | | are closing achievement gaps and excelling in academic | 13 | | achievement; (ii) schools that have sustained high | 14 | | performance; (iii) schools that have substantial growth | 15 | | performance over the 3 years immediately preceding the year in | 16 | | which recognition is awarded; and (iv) schools that have | 17 | | demonstrated the most progress, in comparison to schools | 18 | | statewide, in closing the achievement gap among various | 19 | | subgroups of students in the 3 years immediately preceding the | 20 | | year in which recognition is awarded
whose students
and schools | 21 | | consistently meet adequate yearly progress criteria for 2 or | 22 | | more
consecutive years and a system to acknowledge schools and | 23 | | districts that meet
adequate yearly progress criteria in a | 24 | | given year as specified in Section
2-3.25d
of this Code .
| 25 | | If a school or school district meets adequate yearly |
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| 1 | | progress criteria for
2
consecutive school years, that school | 2 | | or district shall be exempt from review
and
approval of its | 3 | | improvement plan for the next 2 succeeding school years.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03.)
| 5 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25d) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25d)
| 6 | | Sec. 2-3.25d. Multiple Measure Index and Annual Measurable | 7 | | Objectives Academic early warning and watch status .
| 8 | | (a) Consistent with subsection (b) of Section 2-3.25a of | 9 | | this Code, the State Board of Education shall establish a | 10 | | Multiple Measure Index and Annual Measurable Objectives for | 11 | | each public school in this State that address the school's | 12 | | overall performance in terms of both academic success and | 13 | | equity. At a minimum, "academic success" shall include measures | 14 | | of college and career readiness, growth, and the graduation | 15 | | rate. At a minimum, "equity" shall include both the academic | 16 | | growth and college and career readiness of each school's | 17 | | subgroups of students. Beginning with the 2005-2006 school | 18 | | year, unless the federal government formally disapproves of | 19 | | such policy through the submission and review process for the | 20 | | Illinois Accountability Workbook, those
schools that do not | 21 | | meet adequate yearly progress criteria for 2 consecutive annual
| 22 | | calculations in the same subject or in their participation | 23 | | rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate
shall be placed on | 24 | | academic early warning status for the next school year.
Schools | 25 | | on academic early warning status that do not meet adequate |
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| 1 | | yearly
progress criteria for a third annual calculation in the | 2 | | same subject or in their participation rate, attendance rate, | 3 | | or graduation rate
shall remain on academic early
warning | 4 | | status. Schools on academic early warning status that do not | 5 | | meet
adequate yearly progress criteria for a fourth annual | 6 | | calculation in the same subject or in their participation rate, | 7 | | attendance rate, or graduation rate shall be
placed
on initial | 8 | | academic watch status. Schools on academic watch status that do | 9 | | not
meet adequate yearly progress criteria for a fifth or | 10 | | subsequent annual
calculation in the same subject or in their | 11 | | participation rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate shall | 12 | | remain on academic watch status. Schools on academic early
| 13 | | warning or academic watch status that meet adequate yearly | 14 | | progress criteria
for 2 consecutive calculations
shall be | 15 | | considered as having
met
expectations and shall be removed from | 16 | | any status designation.
| 17 | | The school district of a school placed on either academic | 18 | | early warning
status or academic watch status may appeal the | 19 | | status to the State Board of
Education in accordance with | 20 | | Section 2-3.25m of this Code.
| 21 | | A school district that has one or more schools on academic | 22 | | early warning
or academic watch status shall prepare a revised | 23 | | School Improvement Plan or
amendments thereto setting forth the | 24 | | district's expectations for removing each
school from academic | 25 | | early warning or academic watch status and for improving
| 26 | | student performance in the affected school or schools. |
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| 1 | | Districts operating
under
Article 34 of this Code may prepare | 2 | | the School Improvement Plan required under
Section 34-2.4 of | 3 | | this Code.
| 4 | | The revised School Improvement Plan for a school
that is | 5 | | initially placed on academic early warning status
or that | 6 | | remains on
academic early warning status after a third annual | 7 | | calculation
must be approved by
the
school board (and by the | 8 | | school's local school council in a district operating
under | 9 | | Article 34 of this Code, unless the school is on probation | 10 | | pursuant to
subsection (c) of Section
34-8.3 of this Code).
| 11 | | The revised School Improvement Plan for a school that is | 12 | | initially placed on
academic watch status after a fourth annual | 13 | | calculation must be approved by the
school board (and by the | 14 | | school's local school council in a district operating
under | 15 | | Article 34 of this Code, unless the school is on probation | 16 | | pursuant to
subsection (c) of Section
34-8.3 of this Code).
| 17 | | The revised School Improvement Plan for a school that | 18 | | remains on
academic watch status after a fifth annual | 19 | | calculation must be approved by the
school board (and by the | 20 | | school's local school council in a district operating
under | 21 | | Article 34 of this Code, unless the school is on probation | 22 | | pursuant to
subsection (c) of Section
34-8.3 of this Code).
In | 23 | | addition, the district must develop a school restructuring plan | 24 | | for the
school that
must
be approved by the school board (and | 25 | | by the school's local school council in a
district operating | 26 | | under Article 34 of this Code).
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| 1 | | A school on academic watch status that does not meet | 2 | | adequate yearly
progress criteria for a sixth annual | 3 | | calculation shall implement its approved
school restructuring | 4 | | plan beginning with the next school year, subject to the
State
| 5 | | interventions specified in Sections 2-3.25f and 2-3.25f-5 of | 6 | | this Code.
| 7 | | (b) Beginning in 2015, all schools shall receive Annual | 8 | | Measurable Objectives that will provide annual targets for | 9 | | progress of each school's Multiple Measure Index. Each element | 10 | | of the Multiple Measure Index shall have an Annual Measurable | 11 | | Objective. Beginning with the 2005-2006 school year, unless the | 12 | | federal government formally disapproves of such policy through | 13 | | the submission and review process for the Illinois | 14 | | Accountability Workbook, those
school districts that do not | 15 | | meet adequate yearly progress
criteria for 2 consecutive
annual
| 16 | | calculations in the same subject or in their participation | 17 | | rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate shall be placed on | 18 | | academic early warning status for the next
school year. | 19 | | Districts on academic early warning status that do not meet
| 20 | | adequate yearly progress criteria for a third annual | 21 | | calculation in the same subject or in their participation rate, | 22 | | attendance rate, or graduation rate
shall remain
on
academic | 23 | | early warning status. Districts on academic early warning | 24 | | status that
do not meet adequate yearly progress criteria for a | 25 | | fourth annual calculation
in the same subject or in their | 26 | | participation rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate shall
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| 1 | | be placed on initial academic watch status. Districts on | 2 | | academic watch status
that do not meet adequate yearly progress | 3 | | criteria for a fifth or subsequent
annual calculation in the | 4 | | same subject or in their participation rate, attendance rate, | 5 | | or graduation rate shall remain on academic watch status. | 6 | | Districts on academic
early warning or academic watch status | 7 | | that meet adequate yearly progress
criteria for one annual | 8 | | calculation shall be
considered
as having met expectations and | 9 | | shall be removed from any status designation.
| 10 | | A district placed on either academic early warning status | 11 | | or academic
watch status may appeal the status to the State | 12 | | Board of Education in
accordance with Section 2-3.25m of this | 13 | | Code.
| 14 | | Districts on academic early warning or academic watch | 15 | | status shall
prepare a District Improvement Plan or amendments | 16 | | thereto setting forth the
district's expectations for removing | 17 | | the district from academic early warning
or
academic watch | 18 | | status and for improving student performance in the district.
| 19 | | All
District Improvement Plans must be approved by the | 20 | | school board.
| 21 | | (c) All revised School and District Improvement Plans shall | 22 | | be developed
in collaboration with parents, staff in the | 23 | | affected school or school district, and outside experts. All
| 24 | | revised
School and District Improvement Plans shall be | 25 | | developed, submitted, and
monitored pursuant to rules adopted | 26 | | by the State Board of Education. The
revised Improvement Plan |
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| 1 | | shall address measurable outcomes for improving
student | 2 | | performance so that such performance meets adequate yearly | 3 | | progress
criteria as specified by the State Board of Education. | 4 | | All school districts required to revise a School Improvement | 5 | | Plan in accordance with this Section shall establish a peer | 6 | | review process for the evaluation of School Improvement Plans. | 7 | | (d) All federal requirements apply to schools and school | 8 | | districts utilizing
federal funds under Title I, Part A of the | 9 | | federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965. | 10 | | (e) The State Board of Education, from any moneys it may | 11 | | have available for this purpose, must implement
and administer | 12 | | a grant
program that provides 2-year grants to school districts | 13 | | on the academic watch
list and other school districts that have | 14 | | the lowest achieving students, as
determined by the State Board | 15 | | of Education, to be
used to improve student achievement.
In | 16 | | order
to receive a
grant under this program, a school district | 17 | | must establish an accountability
program. The
accountability | 18 | | program must involve the use of statewide testing standards and
| 19 | | local
evaluation measures. A grant shall be automatically | 20 | | renewed when achievement
goals are met. The Board may adopt any | 21 | | rules necessary to implement and
administer this grant program.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1155, eff. 1-9-15.)
| 23 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25d-5 new) | 24 | | Sec. 2-3.25d-5. Priority and focus districts. | 25 | | (a) Beginning in 2015, school districts designated as |
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| 1 | | priority districts shall be those that have one or more | 2 | | priority schools. "Priority school" is defined as: | 3 | | (1) a school that is among the lowest performing 5% of | 4 | | schools in this State based on a 3-year average, with | 5 | | respect to the performance of the "all students" group for | 6 | | the percentage of students deemed proficient in | 7 | | English/language arts and mathematics combined, and | 8 | | demonstrates a lack of progress as defined by the State | 9 | | Board of Education; | 10 | | (2) a beginning secondary school that has an average | 11 | | graduation rate of less than 60% over the last 3 school | 12 | | years; or | 13 | | (3) a school receiving a school improvement grant under | 14 | | Section 1003(g) of the federal Elementary and Secondary | 15 | | Education Act of 1965. | 16 | | The State Board of Education shall work with a priority | 17 | | district to perform a district needs assessment to determine | 18 | | the district's core functions that are areas of strength and | 19 | | weakness, unless the district is already undergoing a national | 20 | | accreditation process. The results from the district needs | 21 | | assessment shall be used by the district to identify goals and | 22 | | objectives for the district's improvement. The district needs | 23 | | assessment shall include a study of district functions, such as | 24 | | district finance, governance, student engagement, instruction | 25 | | practices, climate, community involvement, and continuous | 26 | | improvement. |
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| 1 | | (b) Beginning in 2015, districts designated as focus | 2 | | districts shall be those that have one or more focus schools. | 3 | | "Focus school" means a school that is contributing to the | 4 | | achievement gaps in this State and is defined as: | 5 | | (1) a school that has one or more subgroups in which | 6 | | the average student performance is at or below the State | 7 | | average for the lowest 10% of student performance in that | 8 | | subgroup; or | 9 | | (2) a school with an average graduation rate of less | 10 | | than 60% and not identified for priority. | 11 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25e-5) | 12 | | Sec. 2-3.25e-5. Two years as priority school on academic | 13 | | watch status ; full-year school plan. | 14 | | (a) In this Section, "school" means any of the following | 15 | | named public schools or their successor name: | 16 | | (1) Dirksen Middle School in Dolton School District | 17 | | 149. | 18 | | (2) Diekman Elementary School in Dolton School | 19 | | District 149. | 20 | | (3) Caroline Sibley Elementary School in Dolton School | 21 | | District 149. | 22 | | (4) Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School in Dolton | 23 | | School District 149. | 24 | | (5) Carol Moseley Braun School in Dolton School | 25 | | District 149. |
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| 1 | | (6) New Beginnings Learning Academy in Dolton School | 2 | | District 149. | 3 | | (7) McKinley Junior High School in South Holland School | 4 | | District 150. | 5 | | (8) Greenwood Elementary School in South Holland | 6 | | School District 150. | 7 | | (9) McKinley Elementary School in South Holland School | 8 | | District 150. | 9 | | (10) Eisenhower School in South Holland School | 10 | | District 151. | 11 | | (11) Madison School in South Holland School District | 12 | | 151. | 13 | | (12) Taft School in South Holland School District 151. | 14 | | (13) Wolcott School in Thornton School District 154. | 15 | | (14) Memorial Junior High School in Lansing School | 16 | | District 158. | 17 | | (15) Oak Glen Elementary School in Lansing School | 18 | | District 158. | 19 | | (16) Lester Crawl Primary Center in Lansing School | 20 | | District 158. | 21 | | (17) Brookwood Junior High School in Brookwood School | 22 | | District 167. | 23 | | (18) Brookwood Middle School in Brookwood School | 24 | | District 167. | 25 | | (19) Hickory Bend Elementary School in Brookwood | 26 | | School District 167. |
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| 1 | | (20) Medgar Evers Primary Academic Center in Ford | 2 | | Heights School District 169. | 3 | | (21) Nathan Hale Elementary School in Sunnybrook | 4 | | School District 171. | 5 | | (22) Ira F. Aldridge Elementary School in City of | 6 | | Chicago School District 299. | 7 | | (23) William E.B. DuBois Elementary School in City of | 8 | | Chicago School District 299. | 9 | | (b) If, after 2 years following its identification as a | 10 | | priority school under Section 2-3.25d-5 of this Code placement | 11 | | on academic watch status , a school remains a priority school on | 12 | | academic watch status , then, subject to federal appropriation | 13 | | money being available, the State Board of Education shall allow | 14 | | the school board to opt into the process of operating that | 15 | | school on a pilot, full-year school plan, approved by the State | 16 | | Board of Education, upon expiration of its teachers' current | 17 | | collective bargaining agreement until the expiration of the | 18 | | next collective bargaining agreement. A school board must | 19 | | notify the State Board of Education of its intent to opt into | 20 | | the process of operating a school on a pilot, full-year school | 21 | | plan.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1155, eff. 1-9-15.)
| 23 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25f) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25f)
| 24 | | Sec. 2-3.25f. State interventions.
| 25 | | (a) The State Board of Education shall provide technical
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| 1 | | assistance to assist with the development and implementation of | 2 | | School and District Improvement Plans.
| 3 | | Schools or school districts that fail to make reasonable | 4 | | efforts to
implement an
approved Improvement Plan may suffer | 5 | | loss of State funds by school
district, attendance center, or | 6 | | program as the State Board of Education
deems appropriate.
| 7 | | (a-5) (Blank). | 8 | | (b) Beginning in 2017, if If after 3 years following its | 9 | | identification as a priority district under Section 2-3.25d-5 | 10 | | of this Code, a district does not make progress as measured by | 11 | | a reduction in achievement gaps commensurate with the targets | 12 | | in this State's approved accountability plan with the U.S. | 13 | | Department of Education placement on
academic
watch status a | 14 | | school district or school remains on
academic watch status , | 15 | | then the
State Board of Education may (i)
change the | 16 | | recognition status of the school district or school to
| 17 | | nonrecognized or (ii) authorize the State Superintendent
of | 18 | | Education to direct the reassignment of pupils
or direct the | 19 | | reassignment or replacement of school district personnel who
| 20 | | are relevant to the
failure
to
meet adequate yearly progress | 21 | | criteria . If
a school district is nonrecognized in its | 22 | | entirety, it shall automatically
be dissolved on July 1 | 23 | | following that nonrecognition and its territory
realigned with | 24 | | another school district or districts by the regional board
of | 25 | | school trustees in accordance with the procedures set forth in | 26 | | Section
7-11 of the School Code. The effective date of the |
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| 1 | | nonrecognition of a school
shall be July 1 following the | 2 | | nonrecognition.
| 3 | | (b-5) The State Board of Education shall also develop a | 4 | | system to provide assistance and resources to lower performing | 5 | | school districts. At a minimum, the State Board shall identify | 6 | | school districts to receive priority services, to be known as | 7 | | priority districts under Section 2-3.25d-5 of this Code . In | 8 | | addition, the State Board may, by rule, develop other | 9 | | categories of low-performing schools and school districts to | 10 | | receive services. | 11 | | Districts designated as priority districts shall be those | 12 | | that fall within one of the following categories: | 13 | | (1) Have at least one school that is among the lowest | 14 | | performing 5% of schools in this State based on a 3-year | 15 | | average, with respect to the performance of the "all | 16 | | students" group for the percentage of students meeting or | 17 | | exceeding standards in reading and mathematics combined, | 18 | | and demonstrate a lack of progress as defined by the State | 19 | | Board of Education. | 20 | | (2) Have at least one secondary school that has an | 21 | | average graduation rate of less than 60% over the last 3 | 22 | | school years. | 23 | | (3) Have at least one school receiving a school | 24 | | improvement grant under Section 1003(g) of the federal | 25 | | Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. | 26 | | The State Board of Education shall work with a priority |
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| 1 | | district to perform a district needs assessment to determine | 2 | | the district's core functions that are areas of strength and | 3 | | weakness, unless the district is already undergoing a national | 4 | | accreditation process. The results from the district needs | 5 | | assessment shall be used by the district to identify goals and | 6 | | objectives for the district's improvement. The district needs | 7 | | assessment shall include a study of district functions, such as | 8 | | district finance, governance, student engagement, instruction | 9 | | practices, climate, community involvement, and continuous | 10 | | improvement. | 11 | | Based on the results of the district needs assessment under | 12 | | Section 2-3.25d-5 of this Code , the State Board of Education | 13 | | shall work with the district to provide technical assistance | 14 | | and professional development, in partnership with the | 15 | | district, to implement a continuous improvement plan that would | 16 | | increase outcomes for students. The plan for continuous | 17 | | improvement shall be based on the results of the district needs | 18 | | assessment and shall be used to determine the types of services | 19 | | that are to be provided to each priority district. Potential | 20 | | services for a district may include monitoring adult and | 21 | | student practices, reviewing and reallocating district | 22 | | resources, developing a district leadership team, providing | 23 | | access to curricular content area specialists, and providing | 24 | | online resources and professional development. | 25 | | The State Board of Education may require priority districts | 26 | | identified as having deficiencies in one or more core functions |
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| 1 | | of the district needs assessment to undergo an accreditation | 2 | | process as provided in subsection (d) of Section 2-3.25f-5 of | 3 | | this Code. | 4 | | (c) All federal requirements apply to schools and school | 5 | | districts
utilizing
federal funds under Title I, Part A of the | 6 | | federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 97-370, eff. 1-1-12; 98-1155, eff. 1-9-15.)
| 8 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.136)
| 9 | | Sec. 2-3.136. Class size reduction grant programs. | 10 | | (a) A K-3 class size
reduction grant program is created. | 11 | | The program shall be implemented
and
administered by the State | 12 | | Board of Education. From
appropriations made for purposes of | 13 | | this Section, the State Board shall award grants to schools | 14 | | that meet
the criteria established by this subsection (a) for | 15 | | the award of those grants.
| 16 | | Grants shall be awarded pursuant to application. The form | 17 | | and manner of
applications and the criteria for the award of | 18 | | grants shall be prescribed by
the State Board of Education. The | 19 | | grant criteria as so prescribed, however,
shall provide that | 20 | | only those schools that are identified as priority schools | 21 | | under Section 2-3.25d-5 of this Code and on the State
Board of | 22 | | Education Early
Academic Warning List or the academic
watch | 23 | | list
under Section 2-3.25d that maintain grades kindergarten | 24 | | through 3 are grant eligible.
| 25 | | Grants awarded to eligible schools under this subsection |
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| 1 | | (a) shall be used and
applied by the schools to defray the | 2 | | costs and expenses of operating and
maintaining classes in | 3 | | grades kindergarten through 3 with an average class size within | 4 | | a specific grade of no more than 20 pupils. If a school's | 5 | | facilities are inadequate to allow for this specified class | 6 | | size, then a school may use the grant funds for teacher aides | 7 | | instead.
| 8 | | (b) A K-3 pilot class size reduction grant program is | 9 | | created. The program shall be implemented and administered by | 10 | | the State Board of Education. From appropriations made for | 11 | | purposes of this subsection (b), the State Board shall award | 12 | | grants to schools that meet the criteria established by this | 13 | | Section for the award of those grants. | 14 | | Grants shall be awarded pursuant to application. The form | 15 | | and manner of application and the criteria for the award of | 16 | | grants shall be prescribed by the State Board of Education. | 17 | | Grants awarded to eligible schools under this subsection | 18 | | (b) shall be used and applied by the schools to defray the | 19 | | costs and expenses of operating and maintaining classes in | 20 | | grades kindergarten through 3 of no more than 15 pupils per | 21 | | teacher per class. A teacher aide may not be used to meet this | 22 | | requirement.
| 23 | | (c) If a school board determines that a school is using | 24 | | funds awarded under this Section for purposes not authorized by | 25 | | this Section, then the school board, rather than the school, | 26 | | shall determine how the funds are used.
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| 1 | | (d) The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules, | 2 | | consistent with the
requirements of this Section, that are | 3 | | necessary to implement and administer
the class size reduction | 4 | | grant programs.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 93-814, eff. 7-27-04; 94-566, eff. 1-1-06; | 6 | | 94-894, eff. 7-1-06.)
| 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-8)
| 8 | | Sec. 7-8. Limitation on successive petitions. No | 9 | | territory, nor any part thereof,
which is involved in any | 10 | | proceeding
to change the boundaries of a school district by | 11 | | detachment from or
annexation to such school district of such | 12 | | territory, and which is not so
detached nor annexed, shall be | 13 | | again involved in proceedings to change the
boundaries of such | 14 | | school district
for at least 2 two years after final
| 15 | | determination of such first proceeding , unless during that | 16 | | 2-year 2 year period a
petition filed is substantially | 17 | | different than any other previously filed
petition during the | 18 | | previous 2 years or if a school district involved is
identified | 19 | | as a priority district under Section 2-3.25d-5 of this Code, is | 20 | | placed on academic watch status
or the financial
watch list by | 21 | | the State Board of Education , or is certified as being in
| 22 | | financial difficulty during that 2-year 2 year
period or if | 23 | | such first proceeding involved a petition brought under
Section | 24 | | 7-2b of this Article 7.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03.)
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
| 2 | | Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report | 3 | | cards.
| 4 | | (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent | 5 | | school year, the State Board of Education, through the State | 6 | | Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, | 7 | | school district report cards, and school report cards, and | 8 | | shall by the most economic means provide to each school
| 9 | | district in this State, including special charter districts and | 10 | | districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report | 11 | | cards for the school district and each of its schools. | 12 | | (2) In addition to any information required by federal law, | 13 | | the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and | 14 | | presentation of the school report card, which must include, at | 15 | | a minimum, the most current data possessed by the State Board | 16 | | of Education related to the following: | 17 | | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, | 18 | | including average class size, average teaching experience, | 19 | | student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of | 20 | | students classified as low-income; the percentage of | 21 | | students classified as limited English proficiency; the | 22 | | percentage of students who have individualized education | 23 | | plans or 504 plans that provide for special education | 24 | | services; the percentage of students who annually | 25 | | transferred in or out of the school district; the per-pupil |
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| 1 | | operating expenditure of the school district; and the | 2 | | per-pupil State average operating expenditure for the | 3 | | district type (elementary, high school, or unit); | 4 | | (B) curriculum information, including, where | 5 | | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | 6 | | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment | 7 | | courses, foreign language classes, school personnel | 8 | | resources (including Career Technical Education teachers), | 9 | | before and after school programs, extracurricular | 10 | | activities, subjects in which elective classes are | 11 | | offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the | 12 | | average number of days of Physical Education per week per | 13 | | student), approved programs of study, awards received, | 14 | | community partnerships, and special programs such as | 15 | | programming for the gifted and talented, students with | 16 | | disabilities, and work-study students; | 17 | | (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the | 18 | | percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of | 19 | | meeting as well as exceeding State standards on | 20 | | assessments , the percentage of students in the eighth grade | 21 | | who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled in | 22 | | post-secondary institutions (including colleges, | 23 | | universities, community colleges, trade/vocational | 24 | | schools, and training programs leading to career | 25 | | certification within 2 semesters of high school | 26 | | graduation), the percentage of students graduating from |
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| 1 | | high school who are college and career ready, the | 2 | | percentage of students graduating from high school who are | 3 | | career ready, and the percentage of graduates enrolled in | 4 | | community colleges, colleges, and universities who are in | 5 | | one or more courses that the community college, college, or | 6 | | university identifies as a developmental remedial course; | 7 | | (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the | 8 | | percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5 | 9 | | credits or more without failing more than one core class, a | 10 | | measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a | 11 | | measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter | 12 | | high school on track for college and career readiness; and | 13 | | (E) the school environment, including, where | 14 | | applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10 | 15 | | absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with | 16 | | less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other | 17 | | than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to | 18 | | the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term | 19 | | disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the | 20 | | percentage of teachers returning to the school from the | 21 | | previous year, the number of different principals at the | 22 | | school in the last 6 years, 2 or more indicators from any | 23 | | school climate survey selected or approved by the State and | 24 | | administered pursuant to Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with | 25 | | the same or similar indicators included on school report | 26 | | cards for all surveys selected or approved by the State |
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| 1 | | pursuant to Section 2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined | 2 | | percentage of teachers rated as proficient or excellent in | 3 | | their most recent evaluation ; and . | 4 | | (F) a school district's and its individual schools' | 5 | | balanced accountability measure, in accordance with | 6 | | Section 2-3.25a of this Code. | 7 | | The school report card shall also provide
information that | 8 | | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | 9 | | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | 10 | | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | 11 | | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | 12 | | enrollment of low-income, special education, and limited | 13 | | English proficiency students.
| 14 | | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | 15 | | school district report card shall include a subset of the | 16 | | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | 17 | | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating | 18 | | to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the | 19 | | school district, and the State report card shall include a | 20 | | subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through | 21 | | (E) of subsection (2) of this Section. | 22 | | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | 23 | | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | 24 | | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | 25 | | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | 26 | | State report card. |
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| 1 | | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | 2 | | of the school district and school report cards from the State | 3 | | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including | 4 | | special charter districts and districts subject to the | 5 | | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | 6 | | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | 7 | | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's | 8 | | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
| 9 | | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of general | 10 | | circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, send the | 11 | | report cards
home to a parent (unless the district does not | 12 | | maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the report card | 13 | | shall be sent home to parents without request). If the
district | 14 | | posts the report card on its Internet web
site, the district
| 15 | | shall send a
written notice home to parents stating (i) that | 16 | | the report card is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address | 17 | | of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
| 18 | | will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone | 19 | | number that parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the | 20 | | report card.
| 21 | | (6) Nothing contained in this amendatory Act of the 98th | 22 | | General Assembly repeals, supersedes, invalidates, or | 23 | | nullifies final decisions in lawsuits pending on the effective | 24 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly in | 25 | | Illinois courts involving the interpretation of Public Act | 26 | | 97-8. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 97-671, eff. 1-24-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; | 2 | | 98-648, eff. 7-1-14.)
| 3 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-29) | 4 | | Sec. 10-29. Remote educational programs. | 5 | | (a) For purposes of this Section, "remote educational | 6 | | program" means an educational program delivered to students in | 7 | | the home or other location outside of a school building that | 8 | | meets all of the following criteria: | 9 | | (1) A student may participate in the program only after | 10 | | the school district, pursuant to adopted school board | 11 | | policy, and a person authorized to enroll the student under | 12 | | Section 10-20.12b of this Code determine that a remote | 13 | | educational program will best serve the student's | 14 | | individual learning needs. The adopted school board policy | 15 | | shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: | 16 | | (A) Criteria for determining that a remote | 17 | | educational program will best serve a student's | 18 | | individual learning needs. The criteria must include | 19 | | consideration of, at a minimum, a student's prior | 20 | | attendance, disciplinary record, and academic history. | 21 | | (B) Any limitations on the number of students or | 22 | | grade levels that may participate in a remote | 23 | | educational program. | 24 | | (C) A description of the process that the school | 25 | | district will use to approve participation in the |
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| 1 | | remote educational program. The process must include | 2 | | without limitation a requirement that, for any student | 3 | | who qualifies to receive services pursuant to the | 4 | | federal Individuals with Disabilities Education | 5 | | Improvement Act of 2004, the student's participation | 6 | | in a remote educational program receive prior approval | 7 | | from the student's individualized education program | 8 | | team. | 9 | | (D) A description of the process the school | 10 | | district will use to develop and approve a written | 11 | | remote educational plan that meets the requirements of | 12 | | subdivision (5) of this subsection (a). | 13 | | (E) A description of the system the school district | 14 | | will establish to calculate the number of clock hours a | 15 | | student is participating in instruction in accordance | 16 | | with the remote educational program. | 17 | | (F) A description of the process for renewing a | 18 | | remote educational program at the expiration of its | 19 | | term. | 20 | | (G) Such other terms and provisions as the school | 21 | | district deems necessary to provide for the | 22 | | establishment and delivery of a remote educational | 23 | | program. | 24 | | (2) The school district has determined that the remote | 25 | | educational program's curriculum is aligned to State | 26 | | learning standards and that the program offers instruction |
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| 1 | | and educational experiences consistent with those given to | 2 | | students at the same grade level in the district. | 3 | | (3) The remote educational program is delivered by | 4 | | instructors that meet the following qualifications: | 5 | | (A) they are certificated under Article 21 of this | 6 | | Code; | 7 | | (B) they meet applicable highly qualified criteria | 8 | | under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; and | 9 | | (C) they have responsibility for all of the | 10 | | following elements of the program: planning | 11 | | instruction, diagnosing learning needs, prescribing | 12 | | content delivery through class activities, assessing | 13 | | learning, reporting outcomes to administrators and | 14 | | parents and guardians, and evaluating the effects of | 15 | | instruction. | 16 | | (4) During the period of time from and including the | 17 | | opening date to the
closing date of the regular school term | 18 | | of the school district established pursuant to Section | 19 | | 10-19 of this Code, participation in a remote educational | 20 | | program may be claimed for general State aid purposes under | 21 | | Section 18-8.05 of this Code on any calendar day, | 22 | | notwithstanding whether the day is a day of pupil | 23 | | attendance or institute day on the school district's | 24 | | calendar or any other provision of law restricting | 25 | | instruction on that day. If the district holds year-round | 26 | | classes in some buildings, the district
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| 1 | | student's participation in a remote educational program as | 2 | | either on a year-round or a non-year-round schedule for | 3 | | purposes of claiming general State aid. Outside of the | 4 | | regular school term of the district, the remote educational | 5 | | program may be offered as part of any summer school program | 6 | | authorized by this Code. | 7 | | (5) Each student participating in a remote educational | 8 | | program must have a written remote educational plan that | 9 | | has been approved by the school district and a person | 10 | | authorized to enroll the student under Section 10-20.12b of | 11 | | this Code. The school district and a person authorized to | 12 | | enroll the student under Section 10-20.12b of this Code | 13 | | must approve any amendment to a remote educational plan. | 14 | | The remote educational plan must include, but is not | 15 | | limited to, all of the following: | 16 | | (A) Specific achievement goals for the student | 17 | | aligned to State learning standards. | 18 | | (B) A description of all assessments that will be | 19 | | used to measure student progress, which description | 20 | | shall indicate the assessments that will be | 21 | | administered at an attendance center within the school | 22 | | district. | 23 | | (C) A description of the progress reports that will | 24 | | be provided to the school district and the person or | 25 | | persons authorized to enroll the student under Section | 26 | | 10-20.12b of this Code. |
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| 1 | | (D) Expectations, processes, and schedules for | 2 | | interaction between a teacher and student. | 3 | | (E) A description of the specific responsibilities | 4 | | of the student's family and the school district with | 5 | | respect to equipment, materials, phone and Internet | 6 | | service, and any other requirements applicable to the | 7 | | home or other location outside of a school building | 8 | | necessary for the delivery of the remote educational | 9 | | program. | 10 | | (F) If applicable, a description of how the remote | 11 | | educational program will be delivered in a manner | 12 | | consistent with the student's individualized education | 13 | | program required by Section 614(d) of the federal | 14 | | Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement | 15 | | Act of 2004 or plan to ensure compliance with Section | 16 | | 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. | 17 | | (G) A description of the procedures and | 18 | | opportunities for participation in academic and | 19 | | extra-curricular activities and programs within the | 20 | | school district. | 21 | | (H) The identification of a parent, guardian, or | 22 | | other responsible adult who will provide direct | 23 | | supervision of the program. The plan must include an | 24 | | acknowledgment by the parent, guardian, or other | 25 | | responsible adult that he or she may engage only in | 26 | | non-teaching duties not requiring instructional |
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| 1 | | judgment or the evaluation of a student. The plan shall | 2 | | designate the parent, guardian, or other responsible | 3 | | adult as non-teaching personnel or volunteer personnel | 4 | | under subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 of this Code. | 5 | | (I) The identification of a school district | 6 | | administrator who will oversee the remote educational | 7 | | program on behalf of the school district and who may be | 8 | | contacted by the student's parents with respect to any | 9 | | issues or concerns with the program. | 10 | | (J) The term of the student's participation in the | 11 | | remote educational program, which may not extend for | 12 | | longer than 12 months, unless the term is renewed by | 13 | | the district in accordance with subdivision (7) of this | 14 | | subsection (a). | 15 | | (K) A description of the specific location or | 16 | | locations in which the program will be delivered. If | 17 | | the remote educational program is to be delivered to a | 18 | | student in any location other than the student's home, | 19 | | the plan must include a written determination by the | 20 | | school district that the location will provide a | 21 | | learning environment appropriate for the delivery of | 22 | | the program. The location or locations in which the | 23 | | program will be delivered shall be deemed a long | 24 | | distance teaching reception area under subsection (a) | 25 | | of Section 10-22.34 of this Code. | 26 | | (L) Certification by the school district that the |
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| 1 | | plan meets all other requirements of this Section. | 2 | | (6) Students participating in a remote educational | 3 | | program must be enrolled in a school district attendance | 4 | | center pursuant to the school district's enrollment policy | 5 | | or policies. A student participating in a remote | 6 | | educational program must be tested as part of all | 7 | | assessments administered by the school district pursuant | 8 | | to Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code at the attendance center | 9 | | in which the student is enrolled and in accordance with the | 10 | | attendance center's assessment policies and schedule. The | 11 | | student must be included within all adequate yearly | 12 | | progress and other accountability determinations for the | 13 | | school district and attendance center under State and | 14 | | federal law. | 15 | | (7) The term of a student's participation in a remote | 16 | | educational program may not extend for longer than 12 | 17 | | months, unless the term is renewed by the school district. | 18 | | The district may only renew a student's participation in a | 19 | | remote educational program following an evaluation of the | 20 | | student's progress in the program, a determination that the | 21 | | student's continuation in the program will best serve the | 22 | | student's individual learning needs, and an amendment to | 23 | | the student's written remote educational plan addressing | 24 | | any changes for the upcoming term of the program. | 25 | | (b) A school district may, by resolution of its school | 26 | | board, establish a remote educational program. |
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| 1 | | (c) Clock hours of instruction by students in a remote | 2 | | educational program meeting the requirements of this Section | 3 | | may be claimed by the school district and shall be counted as | 4 | | school work for general State aid purposes in accordance with | 5 | | and subject to the limitations of Section 18-8.05 of this Code. | 6 | | (d) The impact of remote educational programs on wages, | 7 | | hours, and terms and conditions of employment of educational | 8 | | employees within the school district shall be subject to local | 9 | | collective bargaining agreements. | 10 | | (e) The use of a home or other location outside of a school | 11 | | building for a remote educational program shall not cause the | 12 | | home or other location to be deemed a public school facility. | 13 | | (f) A remote educational program may be used, but is not | 14 | | required, for instruction delivered to a student in the home or | 15 | | other location outside of a school building that is not claimed | 16 | | for general State aid purposes under Section 18-8.05 of this | 17 | | Code. | 18 | | (g) School districts that, pursuant to this Section, adopt | 19 | | a policy for a remote educational program must submit to the | 20 | | State Board of Education a copy of the policy and any | 21 | | amendments thereto, as well as data on student participation in | 22 | | a format specified by the State Board of Education. The State | 23 | | Board of Education may perform or contract with an outside | 24 | | entity to perform an evaluation of remote educational programs | 25 | | in this State. | 26 | | (h) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules |
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| 1 | | necessary to ensure compliance by remote educational programs | 2 | | with the requirements of this Section and other applicable | 3 | | legal requirements.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 97-339, eff. 8-12-11; 98-972, eff. 8-15-14.) | 5 | | (105 ILCS 5/11E-120) | 6 | | Sec. 11E-120. Limitation on successive petitions. | 7 | | (a) No affected district shall be again involved in | 8 | | proceedings under this Article for at least 2 years after a | 9 | | final non-procedural determination of the first proceeding, | 10 | | unless during that 2-year 2 year period a petition filed is | 11 | | substantially different than any other previously filed | 12 | | petition during the previous 2 years or if an affected district | 13 | | is identified as a priority district under Section 2-3.25d-5 of | 14 | | this Code, is placed on academic watch status or the financial | 15 | | watch list by the State Board of Education , or is certified as | 16 | | being in financial difficulty during that 2-year 2 year period. | 17 | | (b) Nothing contained in this Section shall be deemed to | 18 | | limit or restrict the ability of an elementary district to join | 19 | | an optional elementary unit district in accordance with the | 20 | | terms and provisions of subsection (d) of Section 11E-30 of | 21 | | this Code.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.) | 23 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-70) | 24 | | Sec. 21B-70. Illinois Teaching Excellence Program. |
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| 1 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 2 | | "Poverty or low-performing school" means a school | 3 | | identified as a priority school under Section 2-3.25d-5 of this | 4 | | Code in academic early warning status or academic watch status | 5 | | or a school in which 50% or more of its students are eligible | 6 | | for free or reduced-price school lunches. | 7 | | "Qualified educator" means a teacher or school counselor | 8 | | currently employed in a school district who is in the process | 9 | | of obtaining certification through the National Board for | 10 | | Professional Teaching Standards or who has completed | 11 | | certification and holds a current Professional Educator | 12 | | License with a National Board for Professional Teaching | 13 | | Standards designation or a retired teacher or school counselor | 14 | | who holds a Professional Educator License with a National Board | 15 | | for Professional Teaching Standards designation. | 16 | | (b) Beginning on July 1, 2011, any funds appropriated for | 17 | | the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program must be used to | 18 | | provide monetary assistance and incentives for qualified | 19 | | educators who are employed by school districts and who have or | 20 | | are in the process of obtaining licensure through the National | 21 | | Board for Professional Teaching Standards. The goal of the | 22 | | program is to improve instruction and student performance. | 23 | | The State Board of Education shall allocate an amount as | 24 | | annually appropriated by the General Assembly for the Illinois | 25 | | Teaching Excellence Program for (i) application fees for each | 26 | | qualified educator seeking to complete certification through |
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| 1 | | the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, to be | 2 | | paid directly to the National Board for Professional Teaching | 3 | | Standards, and (ii) incentives for each qualified educator to | 4 | | be distributed to the respective school district. The school | 5 | | district shall distribute this payment to each eligible teacher | 6 | | or school counselor as a single payment. | 7 | | The State Board of Education's annual budget must set out | 8 | | by separate line item the appropriation for the program. Unless | 9 | | otherwise provided by appropriation, qualified educators are | 10 | | eligible for monetary assistance and incentives outlined in | 11 | | subsection (c) of this Section. | 12 | | (c) When there are adequate funds available, monetary | 13 | | assistance and incentives shall include the following: | 14 | | (1) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application fee for | 15 | | up to 750 teachers or school counselors in a poverty or | 16 | | low-performing school who apply on a first-come, | 17 | | first-serve basis for National Board certification. | 18 | | (2) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application fee for | 19 | | up to 250 teachers or school counselors in a school other | 20 | | than a poverty or low-performing school who apply on a | 21 | | first-come, first-serve basis for National Board | 22 | | certification. However, if there were fewer than 750 | 23 | | individuals supported in item (1) of this subsection (c), | 24 | | then the number supported in this item (2) may be increased | 25 | | as such that the combination of item (1) of this subsection | 26 | | (c) and this item (2) shall equal 1,000 applicants. |
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| 1 | | (3) A maximum of $1,000 towards the National Board for | 2 | | Professional Teaching Standards' renewal application fee. | 3 | | (4) (Blank). | 4 | | (5) An annual incentive equal to $1,500, which shall be | 5 | | paid to each qualified educator currently employed in a | 6 | | school district who holds both a National Board for | 7 | | Professional Teaching Standards designation and a current | 8 | | corresponding certificate issued by the National Board for | 9 | | Professional Teaching Standards and who agrees, in | 10 | | writing, to provide at least 30 hours of mentoring or | 11 | | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards | 12 | | professional development or both during the school year to | 13 | | classroom teachers or school counselors, as applicable. | 14 | | Funds must be dispersed on a first-come, first-serve basis, | 15 | | with priority given to poverty or low-performing schools. | 16 | | Mentoring shall include, either singly or in combination, | 17 | | the following: | 18 | | (A) National Board for Professional Teaching | 19 | | Standards certification candidates. | 20 | | (B) National Board for Professional Teaching | 21 | | Standards re-take candidates. | 22 | | (C) National Board for Professional Teaching | 23 | | Standards renewal candidates. | 24 | | (D) (Blank).
| 25 | | Funds may also be used for instructional leadership | 26 | | training for qualified educators interested in supporting |
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| 1 | | implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards or teaching | 2 | | and learning priorities of the State Board of Education or | 3 | | both. | 4 | | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; 98-646, eff. 7-1-14.) | 5 | | Section 10. The School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act is | 6 | | amended by changing Section 2.5 as follows: | 7 | | (105 ILCS 125/2.5)
| 8 | | Sec. 2.5. Breakfast incentive program. The State Board of
| 9 | | Education shall fund a breakfast incentive program comprised of | 10 | | the
components described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of | 11 | | this Section,
provided that a separate appropriation is made | 12 | | for the purposes of this
Section. The State Board of Education | 13 | | may allocate the appropriation
among the program components in | 14 | | whatever manner the State Board of
Education finds will best | 15 | | serve the goal of increasing participation in
school breakfast | 16 | | programs. If the amount of the appropriation allocated
under | 17 | | paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this Section is insufficient to | 18 | | fund all
claims submitted under that particular paragraph, the | 19 | | claims under that
paragraph shall be prorated.
| 20 | | (1) Additional funding incentive. The State Board of | 21 | | Education may reimburse each
sponsor of a school breakfast | 22 | | program at least an additional $0.10 for each
free, | 23 | | reduced-price, and paid breakfast served over and above the
| 24 | | number of such breakfasts served in the same month during |
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| 1 | | the
preceding year.
| 2 | | (2) Start-up incentive. The State Board of Education | 3 | | may make grants to school
boards and welfare centers that | 4 | | agree to start a school breakfast
program in one or more | 5 | | schools or other sites.
First priority for these grants | 6 | | shall be given through August 15 to schools in which 40% or
| 7 | | more of their
students are eligible for free and reduced | 8 | | price meals, based on the school district's previous year's | 9 | | October claim, under the National
School Lunch
Act (42 | 10 | | U.S.C. 1751 et seq.). Depending on the availability of | 11 | | funds and the
rate at
which funds are being utilized, the | 12 | | State Board of Education is authorized to
allow additional | 13 | | schools or other sites to receive these
grants in the order | 14 | | in which they are received by the State Board of Education.
| 15 | | The amount of the grant shall be $3,500 for
each qualifying | 16 | | school or site in which a school breakfast program
is | 17 | | started. The grants shall be used to pay the start-up costs | 18 | | for
the school breakfast program, including equipment, | 19 | | supplies, and
program promotion, but shall not be used for | 20 | | food, labor, or other
recurring operational costs. | 21 | | Applications for the grants shall be
made to the State | 22 | | Board of Education on forms designated by the
State Board | 23 | | of Education. Any grantee that fails to operate a
school | 24 | | breakfast program for at least 3 years after receipt of a
| 25 | | grant shall refund the amount of the grant to the State | 26 | | Board of
Education.
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| 1 | | (3) Non-traditional breakfast incentive. Understanding | 2 | | that there are barriers to implementing a school breakfast | 3 | | program in a traditional setting such as in a cafeteria, | 4 | | the State Board of Education may make grants to school | 5 | | boards and welfare centers to offer the school breakfast | 6 | | program in non-traditional settings or using | 7 | | non-traditional methods. Priority will be given to | 8 | | applications through August 15 of each year from schools | 9 | | that are identified as priority schools under Section | 10 | | 2-3.25d-5 of the School Code on the Early Academic Warning | 11 | | List . Depending on the availability of funds and the rate | 12 | | at which funds are being utilized, the State Board of | 13 | | Education is authorized to allow additional schools or | 14 | | other sites to receive these grants in the order in which | 15 | | they are received by the State Board of Education.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 96-158, eff. 8-7-09.)
| 17 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25m rep.)
| 18 | | Section 15. The School Code is amended by repealing Section | 19 | | 2-3.25m.
| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 21 | | 2015.
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