Public Act 90-0498 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0498

SB709 Enrolled                                 LRB9003186THpk

    AN ACT to amend  the  School  Code  by  changing  Section
2-3.112 and adding Section 2-3.120.

    Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
Section 2-3.112 and adding Section 2-3.120 as follows:

    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.112)
    Sec. 2-3.112.  Service evaluation reports.
    (a)  The  Service  Evaluation Committee is hereby created
to staff of the State Board of Education, under the direction
of the State Superintendent of Education,  and  the  regional
offices  of  education, under the direction of the respective
regional superintendent of schools, shall jointly design  and
develop,  under the direction of the Office of the Lieutenant
Governor, a form to be used by school districts  as  provided
in  this  Section to annually evaluate the nature and quality
of the services furnished to those school  districts  by  the
State   Board  of  Education  and  the  regional  offices  of
education. The Service Evaluation Committee shall be composed
of 7 members, consisting of  one  member  from  each  of  the
following  entities, designated in each case by the governing
board of the entity from which the member is designated:
         (1)  the Regional Superintendents Association;
         (2)  the  staff  employed  by  the  State  Board  of
    Education;
         (3)  the Illinois Parent Teacher Association;
         (4)  the Illinois Education Association;
         (5)  the Illinois Federation of Teachers;
         (6)  the Illinois Association of School Boards; and
         (7)  the    Illinois    Association    of     School
    Administrators.
Members  of  the  Service Evaluation Committee shall serve at
the pleasure of the governing board of the  entity  by  which
they  are  designated  to  serve as members of the Committee.
Committee members shall serve without compensation but  shall
be   reimbursed   for  the  reasonable  expenses  which  they
necessarily   incur   in    the    performance    of    their
responsibilities as members of the Committee.
    (b)  Under  the direction of the Office of the Lieutenant
Governor, the Committee, at periodic intervals not to  exceed
3  years,  The  staff of the State Board of Education and the
regional offices of education shall annually review the  form
to  be  used for the evaluation and make any modifications in
the form  that  it  determines  they  jointly  determine  are
necessary.   The  design,  development, and any modifications
that are to be made to  the  form  shall  be  determined  and
agreed  upon  not later than August 1 of each year, beginning
in 1998 1996.
    (c)  The Office of the Lieutenant Governor State Board of
Education  shall  cause  the  form  of  evaluation  as   last
designed,  developed,  or  modified  under this Section to be
printed and distributed to the board  of  education  of  each
school  district  in  the State not later than September 1 of
each year, beginning in 1998 1996.
    (d)  The  president  of  the  board   of   education   is
authorized  to  cause the evaluation form to be completed and
may sign the form as president of the board of education  and
forward  the  completed  form to the Office of the Lieutenant
Governor not later than November 1 of each year, beginning in
1998 1996.  Before  completing  and  signing  the  evaluation
form,  the  president, acting through the board of education,
shall request and receive comments, opinions, and other input
from the district's  administrators,  teachers,  and  teacher
organizations to assist the board of education in evaluating,
rating,  and  reporting, on the form to be transmitted to the
Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the nature and quality  of
the  services furnished to the district by the State Board of
Education and  the  regional  office  of  education  for  the
educational  service  region  in which the school district is
located.
    (e)  The Office of the Lieutenant Governor  shall  review
and  tally  the results of all evaluation forms received from
the several school  districts  of  the  State  and  submit  a
written report of the evaluation results to the Governor, the
General   Assembly,   the  members  of  the  State  Board  of
Education, and each of the several  regional  superintendents
of schools not later than December 15 of each year, beginning
in  1998  1996.   The  Office  of the Lieutenant Governor, in
making the annual written report required by this subsection,
shall  not  report,  publish,  or   otherwise   release   the
evaluation  results  separately  for  any regional offices of
education but instead the evaluation results with respect  to
the  regional  offices  of  education  shall  be  tallied and
reported on an aggregate or composite basis, in  such  manner
as to avoid reporting evaluation results on a regional office
of education by regional office of education basis.
(Source: P.A. 89-212, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.120 new)
    Sec.   2-3.120.    Giant   Steps   pilot  program.   From
appropriations made for purposes of this Section,  the  State
Board  of  Education  shall  implement and administer a Giant
Steps pilot program for the study and  evaluation  of  autism
and  to  provide related teacher training.  The program shall
be operated over a period of 3 school years,  beginning  with
the  1997-1998  school year.  The State Board of Education is
authorized to make grants to school districts that  apply  to
participate  in  the  Giant  Steps program as implemented and
administered by the State  Board  of  Education.   The  State
Board  of  Education  shall  by  rule  provide  the  form  of
application  and criteria to be used and applied in selecting
participating school districts.

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  July
1,  1997,  except  that the changes to Section 2-3.112 of the
School Code take effect January 1, 1998.

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