HB5330enr 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5330 Enrolled LRB098 15073 NHT 50862 b

AN ACT concerning education.

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

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 2-3.64c as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.64c new)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2015)

Sec. 2-3.64c. Assessment Review Task Force. The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a task force to review standardized assessments. The task force shall consist of all of the following individuals:

(1) Two parents.

(2) One educator representing a statewide professional teachers' organization.

(3) One educator representing a different statewide professional teachers' organization.

(4) One educator representing a professional teachers' organization in a city having a population exceeding 500,000.

(5) One early childhood educator.

(6) One school district administrator representing an association representing school administrators.

(7) One school principal representing an association representing school principals.

(8) One school district board member representing an association representing school board members.

(9) One early childhood center administrator.

(10) One assessment expert.

(11) One representative of the State Board of Education.

(12) One representative of regional superintendents of schools.

(13) One representative of a 4-year institution of higher education.

(14) One representative of a 2-year institution of higher education.

(15) One citizen who is a resident of this State.

(16) One representative from an organization representing high school districts.

(17) One bilingual education educator.

(18) One school principal representing an association representing school principals in a city having a population exceeding 500,000.

(19) One special education administrator of a school district. The task force shall also consist of the following members appointed as follows:

(A) One member of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate.

(B) One member of the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.

(C) One member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(D) One member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

The State Superintendent shall appoint one of the task force members as chairperson of the task force. The task force shall meet at least 4 times to review standardized assessments. This review shall include at least 5% of school districts in this State that represent a regionally equal sampling selected from among those counties of this State other than Cook County and the 5 counties contiguous to Cook County and shall include a school district located in a city having a population over 500,000. The task force shall review the content and design of standardized assessments; the time and money expended to prepare for standardized assessments as measured against the purpose of the assessment; parent, student, and educator perceptions of the level and intensity of standardized assessments; and any other issues involving standardized assessments identified by the task force. The State Board of Education shall provide administrative support to the task force.

The task force shall report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly no later than May 31, 2015, and, upon filing its report, the task force is dissolved. This Section is repealed on June 1, 2015.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2014.