103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3570

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Laura Faver Dias

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/24A-20

    Amends the Evaluation of Certified Employees Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Educations shall analyze and assess teacher evaluation data from each school in the State. Provides that the State Board analysis and assessment shall include: (1) rating data for the last evaluation cycle and current evaluation cycle for all probationary teachers and teachers in continued contractual service broken down by race and ethnicity of teachers, and (2) rating data for the last evaluation cycle and current evaluation cycle for all probationary teachers and teachers in continued contractual service broken down by race, ethnicity, and free and reduced-price lunch status of the students in the school where the teacher works. Provides that each probationary teacher and each teacher in continued contractual service rated "needs improvement" or "unsatisfactory" shall be provided a peer mentor or coach to assist in improving their practice as educators. Provides for a continuing appropriation for the teacher mentoring programs established under Article 21A of the School Code.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
524A-20 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/24A-20)
7    Sec. 24A-20. State Board of Education data collection and
8evaluation assessment and support systems.
9    (a) On or before the date established in subsection (b) of
10this Section, the State Board of Education shall, through a
11process involving collaboration with the Performance
12Evaluation Advisory Council, develop or contract for the
13development of and implement all of the following data
14collection and evaluation assessment and support systems:
15        (1) A system to annually collect and publish data by
16    district and school on teacher and administrator
17    performance evaluation outcomes. The system must ensure
18    that no teacher or administrator can be personally
19    identified by publicly reported data.
20        (2) Both a teacher and principal model evaluation
21    template. The model templates must incorporate the
22    requirements of this Article and any other requirements
23    established by the State Board by administrative rule, but

 

 

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1    allow customization by districts in a manner that does not
2    conflict with such requirements.
3        (3) An evaluator pre-qualification program based on
4    the model teacher evaluation template.
5        (4) An evaluator training program based on the model
6    teacher evaluation template. The training program shall
7    provide multiple training options that account for the
8    prior training and experience of the evaluator.
9        (5) A superintendent training program based on the
10    model principal evaluation template.
11        (6) One or more instruments to provide feedback to
12    principals on the instructional environment within a
13    school.
14        (7) A State Board-provided or approved technical
15    assistance system that supports districts with the
16    development and implementation of teacher and principal
17    evaluation systems.
18        (8) Web-based systems and tools supporting
19    implementation of the model templates and the evaluator
20    pre-qualification and training programs.
21        (9) A process for measuring and reporting correlations
22    between local principal and teacher evaluations and (A)
23    student growth in tested grades and subjects and (B)
24    retention rates of teachers.
25        (10) A process for assessing whether school district
26    evaluation systems developed pursuant to this Act and that

 

 

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1    consider student growth as a significant factor in the
2    rating of a teacher's and principal's performance are
3    valid and reliable, contribute to the development of
4    staff, and improve student achievement outcomes. By no
5    later than September 1, 2014, a research-based study shall
6    be issued assessing such systems for validity and
7    reliability, contribution to the development of staff, and
8    improvement of student performance and recommending, based
9    on the results of this study, changes, if any, that need to
10    be incorporated into teacher and principal evaluation
11    systems that consider student growth as a significant
12    factor in the rating performance for remaining school
13    districts to be required to implement such systems.
14    (b) If the State of Illinois receives a Race to the Top
15Grant, the data collection and support systems described in
16subsection (a) must be developed on or before September 30,
172011. If the State of Illinois does not receive a Race to the
18Top Grant, the data collection and support systems described
19in subsection (a) must be developed on or before September 30,
202012; provided, however, that the data collection and support
21systems set forth in items (3) and (4) of subsection (a) of
22this Section must be developed by September 30, 2011
23regardless of whether the State of Illinois receives a Race to
24the Top Grant. By no later than September 1, 2011, if the State
25of Illinois receives a Race to the Top Grant, or September 1,
262012, if the State of Illinois does not receive a Race to the

 

 

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1Top Grant, the State Board of Education must execute or
2contract for the execution of the assessment referenced in
3item (10) of subsection (a) of this Section to determine
4whether the school district evaluation systems developed
5pursuant to this Act have been valid and reliable, contributed
6to the development of staff, and improved student performance.
7    (c) Districts shall submit data and information to the
8State Board on teacher and principal performance evaluations
9and evaluation plans in accordance with procedures and
10requirements for submissions established by the State Board.
11Such data shall include, without limitation, (i) data on the
12performance rating given to all teachers in contractual
13continued service, (ii) data on district recommendations to
14renew or not renew teachers not in contractual continued
15service, and (iii) data on the performance rating given to all
16principals.
17    (d) If the State Board of Education does not timely
18fulfill any of the requirements set forth in Sections 24A-7
19and 24A-20, and adequate and sustainable federal, State, or
20other funds are not provided to the State Board of Education
21and school districts to meet their responsibilities under this
22Article, the applicable implementation date shall be postponed
23by the number of calendar days equal to those needed by the
24State Board of Education to fulfill such requirements and for
25the adequate and sustainable funds to be provided to the State
26Board of Education and school districts. The determination as

 

 

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1to whether the State Board of Education has fulfilled any or
2all requirements set forth in Sections 24A-7 and 24A-20 and
3whether adequate and sustainable funds have been provided to
4the State Board of Education and school districts shall be
5made by the State Board of Education in consultation with the
6P-20 Council.
7    (e) The State Board shall analyze and assess teacher
8evaluation data from each school in the State. The State
9Board's analysis and assessment shall include:
10        (1) rating data for the last evaluation cycle and
11    current evaluation cycle for all probationary teachers and
12    teachers in continued contractual service broken down by
13    race and ethnicity of teachers; and
14        (2) rating data for the last evaluation cycle and
15    current evaluation cycle for all probationary teachers and
16    teachers in continued contractual service broken down by
17    race, ethnicity, and free and reduced-price lunch status
18    of the students in the school where the teacher works.
19    Each probationary teacher and each teacher in continued
20contractual service rated needs improvement or unsatisfactory
21shall be provided a peer mentor or coach to assist in improving
22their practice as educators.
23    This subsection constitutes a continuing appropriation for
24the teacher mentoring programs established under Article 21A
25of this Code.
26(Source: P.A. 96-861, eff. 1-15-10.)