Full Text of SB3538 100th General Assembly
SB3538 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB3538 Introduced 2/16/2018, by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/10-17a | from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a |
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Amends the School Code. Requires a school report card to include the most current data collected and maintained by the State Board of Education on the percentage of students, by grade level, who have an individualized education program or a federal Section 504 plan and who are chronically absent. Effective July 1, 2018.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 10-17a as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
| 7 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 100-448 ) | 8 | | Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report | 9 | | cards.
| 10 | | (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent | 11 | | school year, the State Board of Education, through the State | 12 | | Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, | 13 | | school district report cards, and school report cards, and | 14 | | shall by the most economic means provide to each school
| 15 | | district in this State, including special charter districts and | 16 | | districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report | 17 | | cards for the school district and each of its schools. | 18 | | (2) In addition to any information required by federal law, | 19 | | the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and | 20 | | presentation of the school report card, which must include, at | 21 | | a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by | 22 | | the State Board of Education related to the following: | 23 | | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, |
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| 1 | | including average class size, average teaching experience, | 2 | | student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of | 3 | | students classified as low-income; the percentage of | 4 | | students classified as English learners; the percentage of | 5 | | students who have individualized education programs plans | 6 | | or 504 plans that provide for special education services; | 7 | | the percentage of students, by grade level, who have an | 8 | | individualized education program or a federal Section 504 | 9 | | plan and who are chronically absent; the number and | 10 | | percentage of all students who have been assessed for | 11 | | placement in a gifted education or advanced academic | 12 | | program and, of those students: (i) the racial and ethnic | 13 | | breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are classified as | 14 | | low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students | 15 | | who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a | 16 | | gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the | 17 | | percentage who are classified as low-income; the | 18 | | percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds | 19 | | expectations" level on the assessments required under | 20 | | Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of students | 21 | | who annually transferred in or out of the school district; | 22 | | the per-pupil operating expenditure of the school | 23 | | district; and the per-pupil State average operating | 24 | | expenditure for the district type (elementary, high | 25 | | school, or unit); | 26 | | (B) curriculum information, including, where |
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| 1 | | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | 2 | | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment | 3 | | courses, foreign language classes, school personnel | 4 | | resources (including Career Technical Education teachers), | 5 | | before and after school programs, extracurricular | 6 | | activities, subjects in which elective classes are | 7 | | offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the | 8 | | average number of days of Physical Education per week per | 9 | | student), approved programs of study, awards received, | 10 | | community partnerships, and special programs such as | 11 | | programming for the gifted and talented, students with | 12 | | disabilities, and work-study students; | 13 | | (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the | 14 | | percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of | 15 | | State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth | 16 | | grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled | 17 | | in post-secondary institutions (including colleges, | 18 | | universities, community colleges, trade/vocational | 19 | | schools, and training programs leading to career | 20 | | certification within 2 semesters of high school | 21 | | graduation), the percentage of students graduating from | 22 | | high school who are college and career ready, and the | 23 | | percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges, | 24 | | colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses | 25 | | that the community college, college, or university | 26 | | identifies as a developmental course; |
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| 1 | | (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the | 2 | | percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5 | 3 | | credits or more without failing more than one core class, a | 4 | | measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a | 5 | | measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter | 6 | | high school on track for college and career readiness; | 7 | | (E) the school environment, including, where | 8 | | applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10 | 9 | | absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with | 10 | | less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other | 11 | | than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to | 12 | | the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term | 13 | | disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the | 14 | | percentage of teachers returning to the school from the | 15 | | previous year, the number of different principals at the | 16 | | school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold | 17 | | a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria | 18 | | used by the district to determine whether a student is | 19 | | eligible for participation in a gifted education program or | 20 | | advanced academic program and the manner in which parents | 21 | | and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2 | 22 | | or more indicators from any school climate survey selected | 23 | | or approved by the State and administered pursuant to | 24 | | Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar | 25 | | indicators included on school report cards for all surveys | 26 | | selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section |
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| 1 | | 2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of | 2 | | teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most | 3 | | recent evaluation; | 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 | | (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the | 8 | | State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the | 9 | | State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's | 10 | | employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of | 11 | | Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State | 12 | | of Illinois; and | 13 | | (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of | 14 | | this Code only, State contributions to the Public School | 15 | | Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State | 16 | | contributions for health care for employees of that school | 17 | | district ; . | 18 | | (I) (G) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, | 19 | | as defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section | 20 | | 18-8.15 of this Code; | 21 | | (J) (H) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as | 22 | | defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section | 23 | | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; and | 24 | | (K) (I) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined | 25 | | in paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of | 26 | | this Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, |
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| 1 | | as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section | 2 | | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount. | 3 | | The school report card shall also provide
information that | 4 | | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | 5 | | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | 6 | | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | 7 | | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | 8 | | enrollment of low-income students, special education students, | 9 | | and English learners.
| 10 | | As used in this subsection paragraph (2): | 11 | | "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to | 12 | | which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability | 13 | | or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers | 14 | | and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated | 15 | | from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge | 16 | | and pace. | 17 | | "Gifted education" means educational services, including | 18 | | differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed | 19 | | to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A | 20 | | of this Code. | 21 | | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | 22 | | school district report card shall include a subset of the | 23 | | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | 24 | | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating | 25 | | to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the | 26 | | school district, and the State report card shall include a |
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| 1 | | subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through | 2 | | (E) of subsection (2) of this Section. | 3 | | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | 4 | | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | 5 | | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | 6 | | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | 7 | | State report card. | 8 | | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | 9 | | of the school district and school report cards from the State | 10 | | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including | 11 | | special charter districts and districts subject to the | 12 | | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | 13 | | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | 14 | | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's | 15 | | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
| 16 | | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of general | 17 | | circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, send the | 18 | | report cards
home to a parent (unless the district does not | 19 | | maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the report card | 20 | | shall be sent home to parents without request). If the
district | 21 | | posts the report card on its Internet web
site, the district
| 22 | | shall send a
written notice home to parents stating (i) that | 23 | | the report card is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address | 24 | | of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
| 25 | | will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone | 26 | | number that parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the |
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| 1 | | report card.
| 2 | | (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 this amendatory | 3 | | Act of the 98th General Assembly repeals, supersedes, | 4 | | invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in lawsuits pending | 5 | | on July 1, 2014 ( the effective date of Public Act 98-648) this | 6 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly in Illinois courts | 7 | | involving the interpretation of Public Act 97-8. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; | 9 | | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff. | 10 | | 1-1-18; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; revised 9-25-17.)
| 11 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 100-448 ) | 12 | | Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report | 13 | | cards.
| 14 | | (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent | 15 | | school year, the State Board of Education, through the State | 16 | | Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, | 17 | | school district report cards, and school report cards, and | 18 | | shall by the most economic means provide to each school
| 19 | | district in this State, including special charter districts and | 20 | | districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report | 21 | | cards for the school district and each of its schools. | 22 | | (2) In addition to any information required by federal law, | 23 | | the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and | 24 | | presentation of the school report card, which must include, at | 25 | | a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by |
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| 1 | | the State Board of Education related to the following: | 2 | | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, | 3 | | including average class size, average teaching experience, | 4 | | student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of | 5 | | students classified as low-income; the percentage of | 6 | | students classified as English learners; the percentage of | 7 | | students who have individualized education programs plans | 8 | | or 504 plans that provide for special education services; | 9 | | the percentage of students, by grade level, who have an | 10 | | individualized education program or a federal Section 504 | 11 | | plan and who are chronically absent; the number and | 12 | | percentage of all students who have been assessed for | 13 | | placement in a gifted education or advanced academic | 14 | | program and, of those students: (i) the racial and ethnic | 15 | | breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are classified as | 16 | | low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students | 17 | | who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a | 18 | | gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the | 19 | | percentage who are classified as low-income; the | 20 | | percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds | 21 | | expectations" level on the assessments required under | 22 | | Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of students | 23 | | who annually transferred in or out of the school district; | 24 | | average daily attendance; the per-pupil operating | 25 | | expenditure of the school district; and the per-pupil State | 26 | | average operating expenditure for the district type |
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| 1 | | (elementary, high school, or unit); | 2 | | (B) curriculum information, including, where | 3 | | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | 4 | | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment | 5 | | courses, foreign language classes, school personnel | 6 | | resources (including Career Technical Education teachers), | 7 | | before and after school programs, extracurricular | 8 | | activities, subjects in which elective classes are | 9 | | offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the | 10 | | average number of days of Physical Education per week per | 11 | | student), approved programs of study, awards received, | 12 | | community partnerships, and special programs such as | 13 | | programming for the gifted and talented, students with | 14 | | disabilities, and work-study students; | 15 | | (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the | 16 | | percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of | 17 | | State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth | 18 | | grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled | 19 | | in post-secondary institutions (including colleges, | 20 | | universities, community colleges, trade/vocational | 21 | | schools, and training programs leading to career | 22 | | certification within 2 semesters of high school | 23 | | graduation), the percentage of students graduating from | 24 | | high school who are college and career ready, and the | 25 | | percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges, | 26 | | colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses |
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| 1 | | that the community college, college, or university | 2 | | identifies as a developmental course; | 3 | | (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the | 4 | | percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5 | 5 | | credits or more without failing more than one core class, a | 6 | | measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a | 7 | | measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter | 8 | | high school on track for college and career readiness; | 9 | | (E) the school environment, including, where | 10 | | applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10 | 11 | | absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with | 12 | | less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other | 13 | | than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to | 14 | | the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term | 15 | | disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the | 16 | | percentage of teachers returning to the school from the | 17 | | previous year, the number of different principals at the | 18 | | school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold | 19 | | a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria | 20 | | used by the district to determine whether a student is | 21 | | eligible for participation in a gifted education program or | 22 | | advanced academic program and the manner in which parents | 23 | | and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2 | 24 | | or more indicators from any school climate survey selected | 25 | | or approved by the State and administered pursuant to | 26 | | Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar |
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| 1 | | indicators included on school report cards for all surveys | 2 | | selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section | 3 | | 2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of | 4 | | teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most | 5 | | recent evaluation; | 6 | | (F) a school district's and its individual schools' | 7 | | balanced accountability measure, in accordance with | 8 | | Section 2-3.25a of this Code; | 9 | | (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the | 10 | | State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the | 11 | | State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's | 12 | | employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of | 13 | | Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State | 14 | | of Illinois; and | 15 | | (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of | 16 | | this Code only, State contributions to the Public School | 17 | | Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State | 18 | | contributions for health care for employees of that school | 19 | | district ; . | 20 | | (I) (G) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, | 21 | | as defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section | 22 | | 18-8.15 of this Code; | 23 | | (J) (H) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as | 24 | | defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section | 25 | | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; and | 26 | | (K) (I) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined |
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| 1 | | in paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of | 2 | | this Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, | 3 | | as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section | 4 | | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount. | 5 | | The school report card shall also provide
information that | 6 | | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | 7 | | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | 8 | | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | 9 | | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | 10 | | enrollment of low-income students, special education students, | 11 | | and English learners.
| 12 | | As used in this subsection paragraph (2): | 13 | | "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to | 14 | | which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability | 15 | | or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers | 16 | | and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated | 17 | | from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge | 18 | | and pace. | 19 | | "Gifted education" means educational services, including | 20 | | differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed | 21 | | to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A | 22 | | of this Code. | 23 | | For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2), | 24 | | "average daily attendance" means the average of the actual | 25 | | number of attendance days during the previous school year for | 26 | | any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance by |
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| 1 | | Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school. | 2 | | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | 3 | | school district report card shall include a subset of the | 4 | | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | 5 | | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating | 6 | | to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the | 7 | | school district, and the State report card shall include a | 8 | | subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through | 9 | | (E) of subsection (2) of this Section. The school district | 10 | | report card shall include the average daily attendance, as that | 11 | | term is defined in subsection (2) of this Section, of students | 12 | | who have individualized education programs and students who | 13 | | have 504 plans that provide for special education services | 14 | | within the school district. | 15 | | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | 16 | | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | 17 | | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | 18 | | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | 19 | | State report card. | 20 | | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | 21 | | of the school district and school report cards from the State | 22 | | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including | 23 | | special charter districts and districts subject to the | 24 | | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | 25 | | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | 26 | | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's |
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| 1 | | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
| 2 | | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of general | 3 | | circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, send the | 4 | | report cards
home to a parent (unless the district does not | 5 | | maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the report card | 6 | | shall be sent home to parents without request). If the
district | 7 | | posts the report card on its Internet web
site, the district
| 8 | | shall send a
written notice home to parents stating (i) that | 9 | | the report card is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address | 10 | | of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
| 11 | | will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone | 12 | | number that parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the | 13 | | report card.
| 14 | | (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 this amendatory | 15 | | Act of the 98th General Assembly repeals, supersedes, | 16 | | invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in lawsuits pending | 17 | | on July 1, 2014 ( the effective date of Public Act 98-648) this | 18 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly in Illinois courts | 19 | | involving the interpretation of Public Act 97-8. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; | 21 | | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff. | 22 | | 1-1-18; 100-448, eff. 7-1-19; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; revised | 23 | | 9-25-17.) | 24 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 25 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text |
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| 1 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 2 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 3 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 4 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 5 | | Public Act.
| 6 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 7 | | 2018.
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