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Public Act 102-0875
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
2-3.64a-15 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-15 new) |
Sec. 2-3.64a-15. Restrictions on prekindergarten through |
grade 2 assessments. |
(a) In this Section: |
"Diagnostic and screening purposes" means for the purpose |
of determining if individual students need remedial |
instruction or to determine eligibility for special education, |
early intervention, bilingual education, dyslexia services, or |
other related educational services. Any assessment used to |
determine eligibility for special education or related |
services must be consistent with Section 614 of the federal |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. "Diagnostic and |
screening purposes" includes the identification and evaluation |
of students with disabilities. "Diagnostic and screening |
purposes" does not include any assessment in which student |
scores are used to rate or rank a classroom, program, teacher, |
school, school district, or jurisdiction. |
"Standardized assessment" means an assessment that |
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requires all student test takers to answer the same questions, |
or a selection of questions from a common bank of questions, in |
the same manner or substantially the same questions in the |
same manner. "Standardized assessment" does not include an |
observational assessment tool used to satisfy the requirements |
of Section 2-3.64a-10. |
(b) The State Board of Education may not develop, |
purchase, or require a school district to administer, develop, |
or purchase a standardized assessment for students enrolled or |
preparing to enroll in prekindergarten through grade 2, other |
than for diagnostic and screening purposes. |
(c) The State Board of Education may not provide funding |
for any standardized assessment of students enrolled or |
preparing to enroll in prekindergarten through grade 2, other |
than for diagnostic and screening purposes. |
(d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit |
the ability of a classroom teacher or school district to |
develop, purchase, administer, or score an assessment for an |
individual classroom, grade level, or group of grade levels in |
any subject area in prekindergarten through the grade 2. |
(e) Nothing in this Section limits procedures used by a |
school or school district for child find under 34 CFR |
300.111(c) or evaluation under 34 CFR 300.304. |
(f) Nothing in this Section restricts the use of an annual |
assessment of English proficiency of all English learners to |
comply with Section 1111(b)(2)(G) of the federal Elementary |