Full Text of HB5347 102nd General Assembly
HB5347 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB5347 Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/21B-5 | | 105 ILCS 5/27-1 | from Ch. 122, par. 27-1 |
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Amends the School Code. Prohibits the State Board of Education from revising its teaching standards or learning standards without the approval of the General Assembly through adoption of a joint resolution outlining the State Board's specific revisions and granting the State Board the authority to revise those standards. Effective immediately.
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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 | | 21B-5 and 27-1 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-5) | 7 | | Sec. 21B-5. Licensure powers of the State Board of | 8 | | Education. | 9 | | (a) Recognizing that the education of our citizens is the | 10 | | single most important influence on the prosperity and success | 11 | | of this State and recognizing that new developments in | 12 | | education require a flexible approach to our educational | 13 | | system, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 14 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall have the | 15 | | power and authority to do all of the following: | 16 | | (1) Set standards for teaching, supervising, or | 17 | | otherwise holding licensed employment in the public | 18 | | schools of this State and administer the licensure process | 19 | | as provided in this Article , except that the State Board | 20 | | may not revise its teaching standards without the approval | 21 | | of the General Assembly through adoption of a joint | 22 | | resolution outlining the State Board's specific revisions | 23 | | and granting the State Board the authority to revise the |
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| 1 | | teaching standards . | 2 | | (2) Approve, evaluate, and sanction educator | 3 | | preparation programs. | 4 | | (3) Enter into agreements with other states relative | 5 | | to reciprocal approval of educator preparation programs. | 6 | | (4) Establish standards for the issuance of new types | 7 | | of educator licenses. | 8 | | (5) Establish a code of ethics for all educators. | 9 | | (6) Maintain a system of licensure examination aligned | 10 | | with standards determined by the State Board of Education. | 11 | | (7) Take such other action relating to the improvement | 12 | | of instruction in the public schools as is appropriate and | 13 | | consistent with applicable laws. | 14 | | (b) Only the State Board of Education, acting in | 15 | | accordance with the applicable provisions of this Article and | 16 | | rules, shall have the authority to issue or endorse any | 17 | | license required for teaching, supervising, or otherwise | 18 | | holding licensed employment in the public schools; and no | 19 | | other State agency shall have any power or authority (i) to | 20 | | establish or prescribe any qualifications or other | 21 | | requirements applicable to the issuance or endorsement of any | 22 | | such license or (ii) to establish or prescribe any licensure | 23 | | or equivalent requirement that must be satisfied in order to | 24 | | teach, supervise, or hold licensed employment in the public | 25 | | schools.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 100-596, eff. 7-1-18.)
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-1)
| 2 | | Sec. 27-1. Areas of education taught - discrimination
on | 3 | | account of sex. The State of Illinois, having the | 4 | | responsibility of
defining requirements for elementary and | 5 | | secondary education, establishes
that the primary purpose of | 6 | | schooling is the transmission of knowledge and
culture through | 7 | | which children learn in areas necessary to their continuing
| 8 | | development and entry into the world of work. Such areas | 9 | | include the language
arts, mathematics, the biological, | 10 | | physical and social sciences, the fine
arts and physical | 11 | | development and health.
| 12 | | Each school district shall give priority in the allocation | 13 | | of resources,
including funds, time allocation, personnel, and | 14 | | facilities, to fulfilling
the primary purpose of schooling.
| 15 | | The State Board of Education shall establish goals and | 16 | | learning standards consistent with the
above purposes and | 17 | | define the knowledge and skills which the State expects
| 18 | | students to master and apply as a consequence of their | 19 | | education. However, the State Board may not revise its | 20 | | learning standards without the approval of the General | 21 | | Assembly through adoption of a joint resolution outlining the | 22 | | State Board's specific revisions and granting the State Board | 23 | | the authority to revise the learning standards.
| 24 | | Each school district shall establish learning objectives | 25 | | consistent with
the State Board of Education's goals and |
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| 1 | | learning standards for the areas referred to in this Section, | 2 | | shall develop appropriate testing and
assessment systems for | 3 | | determining the degree to which students are
achieving the | 4 | | objectives, and shall develop reporting systems to apprise the
| 5 | | community and State of the assessment results.
| 6 | | Each school district shall make available to all
students | 7 | | academic and vocational courses for the attainment of learning
| 8 | | objectives.
| 9 | | No student shall be refused admission into or be excluded | 10 | | from any
course of instruction offered in the common schools | 11 | | by reason of that
person's sex. No student shall, solely by | 12 | | reason of that person's sex,
be denied equal access to | 13 | | physical education and interscholastic
athletic programs or | 14 | | comparable programs supported from school district
funds. This | 15 | | Section is violated when a high school subject to this Act
| 16 | | participates in the post-season basketball tournament of any | 17 | | organization
or association that does not conduct post-season | 18 | | high school basketball
tournaments for both boys and girls, | 19 | | which tournaments are identically
structured. Conducting | 20 | | identically structured tournaments includes having
the same | 21 | | number of girls' teams as boys' teams playing, in their | 22 | | respective
tournaments, at any common location chosen for the | 23 | | final series of games in
a tournament; provided, that nothing | 24 | | in this paragraph shall be deemed to
prohibit the selection | 25 | | for the final series of games in the girls'
tournaments of a | 26 | | common location that is different than the common location
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| 1 | | selected for the final series of games in the boys' | 2 | | tournaments. Except
as specifically stated in this Section, | 3 | | equal access
to programs supported by school district funds | 4 | | and comparable programs will
be defined in rules promulgated | 5 | | by the State Board of Education in
consultation with the | 6 | | Illinois High School Association.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 94-875, eff. 7-1-06.)
| 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 | | becoming law.
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