HB5729sam001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Daniel Biss

Filed: 5/6/2016

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5729

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5729 as follows:

on page 12, line 26, by replacing "The" with "Subject to subsection (g) of this Section, the"; and

on page 15, line 8, after "requirements,", by inserting "teacher tenure or seniority, teacher or principal evaluations,"; and

on page 15, line 11, after "learners.", by inserting "Any waiver or modification of teacher educator licensure requirements must ensure that an appropriately licensed teacher determines or approves the method for assessing competency mastery and determines or verifies whether a student has demonstrated mastery."; and

on page 16, immediately below line 18, by inserting the following:

"(g) For purposes of this subsection (g), "annual cohort" means the group of school districts selected by the State Superintendent of Education to participate in the pilot program during an annual application and selection process. The State Superintendent of Education shall limit each annual cohort of the pilot program as follows: the first 2 annual cohorts shall be limited to no more than 12 school districts, and any subsequent annual cohort shall be limited to no more than 15 school districts. A school district may submit only one application for each annual cohort of the pilot program. The application of a school district having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants may not include more than 6 schools. The expansion of a school district's competency-based learning system to a new school or new subject area identified in Section 27-22 of the School Code shall require a new application by the school district.".