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Full Text of SB1455  99th General Assembly

SB1455ham003 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Esther Golar

Filed: 5/13/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1455

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1455 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
52-3.64a-5 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5)
7    Sec. 2-3.64a-5. State goals and assessment.
8    (a) For the assessment and accountability purposes of this
9Section, "students" includes those students enrolled in a
10public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
11or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
12board of control, a charter school operating in compliance with
13the Charter Schools Law, a school operated by a regional office
14of education under Section 13A-3 of this Code, or a public
15school administered by a local public agency or the Department
16of Human Services.

 

 

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1    (b) The State Board of Education shall establish the
2academic standards that are to be applicable to students who
3are subject to State assessments under this Section. The State
4Board of Education shall not establish any such standards in
5final form without first providing opportunities for public
6participation and local input in the development of the final
7academic standards. Those opportunities shall include a
8well-publicized period of public comment and opportunities to
9file written comments.
10    (c) Beginning no later than the 2014-2015 school year, the
11State Board of Education shall annually assess all students
12enrolled in grades 3 through 8 in English language arts and
13mathematics.
14    Beginning no later than the 2017-2018 school year, the
15State Board of Education shall annually assess all students in
16science at one grade in grades 3 through 5, at one grade in
17grades 6 through 8, and at one grade in grades 9 through 12.
18    The State Board of Education shall annually assess schools
19that operate a secondary education program, as defined in
20Section 22-22 of this Code, in English language arts and
21mathematics. The State Board of Education shall administer no
22more than 3 assessments, per student, of English language arts
23and mathematics for students in a secondary education program.
24One of these assessments shall include a college and career
25ready determination that shall be accepted by this State's
26public institutions of higher education, as defined in the

 

 

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1Board of Higher Education Act, for the purpose of student
2application or admissions consideration.
3    Students who are not assessed for college and career ready
4determinations may not receive a regular high school diploma
5unless the student is exempted from taking State assessments
6under subsection (d) of this Section because (i) the student's
7individualized educational program developed under Article 14
8of this Code identifies the State assessment as inappropriate
9for the student, (ii) the student is enrolled in a program of
10adult and continuing education, as defined in the Adult
11Education Act, (iii) the school district is not required to
12assess the individual student for purposes of accountability
13under federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requirements,
14(iv) the student has been determined to be an English language
15learner, referred to in this Code as a student with limited
16English proficiency, and has been enrolled in schools in the
17United States for less than 12 months, or (v) the student is
18otherwise identified by the State Board of Education, through
19rules, as being exempt from the assessment.
20    The State Board of Education shall not assess students
21under this Section in subjects not required by this Section.
22    Districts shall inform their students of the timelines and
23procedures applicable to their participation in every yearly
24administration of the State assessments. The State Board of
25Education shall establish periods of time in each school year
26during which State assessments shall occur to meet the

 

 

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1objectives of this Section.
2    (d) Every individualized educational program as described
3in Article 14 shall identify if the State assessment or
4components thereof are appropriate for the student. The State
5Board of Education shall develop rules governing the
6administration of an alternate assessment that may be available
7to students for whom participation in this State's regular
8assessments is not appropriate, even with accommodations as
9allowed under this Section.
10    Students receiving special education services whose
11individualized educational programs identify them as eligible
12for the alternative State assessments nevertheless shall have
13the option of taking this State's regular assessment that
14includes a college and career ready determination, which shall
15be administered in accordance with the eligible accommodations
16appropriate for meeting these students' respective needs.
17    All students determined to be an English language learner,
18referred to in this Code as a student with limited English
19proficiency, shall participate in the State assessments,
20excepting those students who have been enrolled in schools in
21the United States for less than 12 months. Such students may be
22exempted from participation in one annual administration of the
23English language arts assessment. Any student determined to be
24an English language learner, referred to in this Code as a
25student with limited English proficiency, shall receive
26appropriate assessment accommodations, including language

 

 

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1supports, which shall be established by rule. Approved
2assessment accommodations must be provided until the student's
3English language skills develop to the extent that the student
4is no longer considered to be an English language learner,
5referred to in this Code as a student with limited English
6proficiency, as demonstrated through a State-identified
7English language proficiency assessment.
8    (e) The results or scores of each assessment taken under
9this Section shall be made available to the parents of each
10student.
11    In each school year, the scores attained by a student on
12the State assessment that includes a college and career ready
13determination must be placed in the student's permanent record
14and must be entered on the student's transcript pursuant to
15rules that the State Board of Education shall adopt for that
16purpose in accordance with Section 3 of the Illinois School
17Student Records Act. In each school year, the scores attained
18by a student on the State assessments administered in grades 3
19through 8 must be placed in the student's temporary record.
20    (f) All schools shall administer an academic assessment of
21English language proficiency in oral language (listening and
22speaking) and reading and writing skills to all children
23determined to be English language learners, referred to in
24Section 14C-3 of this Code as children with limited
25English-speaking ability.
26    (g) All schools in this State that are part of the sample

 

 

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1drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics, in
2collaboration with their school districts and the State Board
3of Education, shall administer the biennial academic
4assessments under the National Assessment of Educational
5Progress carried out under Section 411(b)(2) of the federal
6National Education Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010) if
7the U.S. Secretary of Education pays the costs of administering
8the assessments.
9    (h) Subject to available funds to this State for the
10purpose of student assessment, the State Board of Education
11shall provide additional assessments and assessment resources
12that may be used by school districts for local assessment
13purposes. The State Board of Education shall annually
14distribute a listing of these additional resources.
15    (i) For the purposes of this subsection (i), "academically
16based assessments" means assessments consisting of questions
17and answers that are measurable and quantifiable to measure the
18knowledge, skills, and ability of students in the subject
19matters covered by the assessments. All assessments
20administered pursuant to this Section must be academically
21based assessments. The scoring of academically based
22assessments shall be reliable, valid, and fair and shall meet
23the guidelines for assessment development and use prescribed by
24the American Psychological Association, the National Council
25on Measurement in Education, and the American Educational
26Research Association.

 

 

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1    The State Board of Education shall review the use of all
2assessment item types in order to ensure that they are valid
3and reliable indicators of student performance aligned to the
4learning standards being assessed and that the development,
5administration, and scoring of these item types are justifiable
6in terms of cost.
7    (j) The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a
8committee of no more than 21 members, consisting of parents,
9teachers, school administrators, school board members,
10assessment experts, regional superintendents of schools, and
11citizens, to review the State assessments administered by the
12State Board of Education. The Committee shall select one of its
13members as its chairperson. The Committee shall meet on an
14ongoing basis to review the content and design of the
15assessments (including whether the requirements of subsection
16(i) of this Section have been met), the time and money expended
17at the local and State levels to prepare for and administer the
18assessments, the collective results of the assessments as
19measured against the stated purpose of assessing student
20performance, and other issues involving the assessments
21identified by the Committee. The Committee shall make periodic
22recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education and
23the General Assembly concerning the assessments.
24    (k) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
25implement this Section.
26(Source: P.A. 98-972, eff. 8-15-14.)".