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90_SB0709enr
105 ILCS 5/1A-6 from Ch. 122, par. 1A-6
Amends the School Code. Revises a reference to the short
title of an Act in the provisions relating to grant
entitlements issued by the State Board of Education.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 2-3.112 and adding Section 2-3.120.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Section 2-3.112 and adding Section 2-3.120 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.112)
8 Sec. 2-3.112. Service evaluation reports.
9 (a) The Service Evaluation Committee is hereby created
10 to staff of the State Board of Education, under the direction
11 of the State Superintendent of Education, and the regional
12 offices of education, under the direction of the respective
13 regional superintendent of schools, shall jointly design and
14 develop, under the direction of the Office of the Lieutenant
15 Governor, a form to be used by school districts as provided
16 in this Section to annually evaluate the nature and quality
17 of the services furnished to those school districts by the
18 State Board of Education and the regional offices of
19 education. The Service Evaluation Committee shall be composed
20 of 7 members, consisting of one member from each of the
21 following entities, designated in each case by the governing
22 board of the entity from which the member is designated:
23 (1) the Regional Superintendents Association;
24 (2) the staff employed by the State Board of
25 Education;
26 (3) the Illinois Parent Teacher Association;
27 (4) the Illinois Education Association;
28 (5) the Illinois Federation of Teachers;
29 (6) the Illinois Association of School Boards; and
30 (7) the Illinois Association of School
31 Administrators.
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1 Members of the Service Evaluation Committee shall serve at
2 the pleasure of the governing board of the entity by which
3 they are designated to serve as members of the Committee.
4 Committee members shall serve without compensation but shall
5 be reimbursed for the reasonable expenses which they
6 necessarily incur in the performance of their
7 responsibilities as members of the Committee.
8 (b) Under the direction of the Office of the Lieutenant
9 Governor, the Committee, at periodic intervals not to exceed
10 3 years, The staff of the State Board of Education and the
11 regional offices of education shall annually review the form
12 to be used for the evaluation and make any modifications in
13 the form that it determines they jointly determine are
14 necessary. The design, development, and any modifications
15 that are to be made to the form shall be determined and
16 agreed upon not later than August 1 of each year, beginning
17 in 1998 1996.
18 (c) The Office of the Lieutenant Governor State Board of
19 Education shall cause the form of evaluation as last
20 designed, developed, or modified under this Section to be
21 printed and distributed to the board of education of each
22 school district in the State not later than September 1 of
23 each year, beginning in 1998 1996.
24 (d) The president of the board of education is
25 authorized to cause the evaluation form to be completed and
26 may sign the form as president of the board of education and
27 forward the completed form to the Office of the Lieutenant
28 Governor not later than November 1 of each year, beginning in
29 1998 1996. Before completing and signing the evaluation
30 form, the president, acting through the board of education,
31 shall request and receive comments, opinions, and other input
32 from the district's administrators, teachers, and teacher
33 organizations to assist the board of education in evaluating,
34 rating, and reporting, on the form to be transmitted to the
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1 Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the nature and quality of
2 the services furnished to the district by the State Board of
3 Education and the regional office of education for the
4 educational service region in which the school district is
5 located.
6 (e) The Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall review
7 and tally the results of all evaluation forms received from
8 the several school districts of the State and submit a
9 written report of the evaluation results to the Governor, the
10 General Assembly, the members of the State Board of
11 Education, and each of the several regional superintendents
12 of schools not later than December 15 of each year, beginning
13 in 1998 1996. The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, in
14 making the annual written report required by this subsection,
15 shall not report, publish, or otherwise release the
16 evaluation results separately for any regional offices of
17 education but instead the evaluation results with respect to
18 the regional offices of education shall be tallied and
19 reported on an aggregate or composite basis, in such manner
20 as to avoid reporting evaluation results on a regional office
21 of education by regional office of education basis.
22 (Source: P.A. 89-212, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
23 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.120 new)
24 Sec. 2-3.120. Giant Steps pilot program. From
25 appropriations made for purposes of this Section, the State
26 Board of Education shall implement and administer a Giant
27 Steps pilot program for the study and evaluation of autism
28 and to provide related teacher training. The program shall
29 be operated over a period of 3 school years, beginning with
30 the 1997-1998 school year. The State Board of Education is
31 authorized to make grants to school districts that apply to
32 participate in the Giant Steps program as implemented and
33 administered by the State Board of Education. The State
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1 Board of Education shall by rule provide the form of
2 application and criteria to be used and applied in selecting
3 participating school districts.
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
5 1, 1997, except that the changes to Section 2-3.112 of the
6 School Code take effect January 1, 1998.