Public Act 100-0211
 
SB0449 EnrolledLRB100 04891 MLM 14901 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 changing Section 
24A-7 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/24A-7)  (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7)
    Sec. 24A-7. Rules.  The State Board of Education is 
authorized to adopt such rules as
are deemed necessary to 
implement and accomplish the purposes and
provisions of this 
Article, including, but not limited to, rules (i) relating to 
the methods for measuring student growth (including, but not 
limited to, limitations on the age of useable data; the amount 
of data needed to reliably and validly measure growth for the 
purpose of teacher and principal evaluations; and whether and 
at what time annual State assessments may be used as one of 
multiple measures of student growth), (ii) defining the term 
"significant factor" for purposes of including consideration 
of student growth in performance ratings, (iii) controlling for 
such factors as student characteristics (including, but not 
limited to, students receiving special education and English 
Language Learner services), student attendance, and student 
mobility so as to best measure the impact that a teacher, 
principal, school and school district has on students' academic 
achievement, (iv) establishing minimum requirements for 
district teacher and principal evaluation instruments and 
procedures, and (v) establishing a model evaluation plan for 
use by school districts in which student growth shall comprise 
50% of the performance rating.  Notwithstanding any provision in 
this Section, such rules shall not preclude a school district 
having 500,000 or more inhabitants from using an annual State 
assessment as the sole measure of student growth for purposes 
of teacher or principal evaluations.
    The State Superintendent of Education shall convene The 
rules shall be developed through a process involving 
collaboration with a Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, 
which shall be convened and staffed by the State Board of 
Education. Members of the Council shall be selected by the 
State Superintendent and include, without limitation, 
representatives of teacher unions and school district 
management, persons with expertise in performance evaluation 
processes and systems, as well as other stakeholders.  The 
Performance Evaluation Advisory Council shall meet at least 
quarterly, and may also meet at the call of the chairperson of 
the Council, following the effective date of this amendatory 
Act of the 100th 96th General Assembly until June 30, 2021 
2017. The Council shall advise the State Board of Education on 
the ongoing implementation of performance evaluations in this 
State, which may include gathering public feedback, sharing 
best practices, consulting with the State Board on any proposed 
rule changes regarding evaluations, and other subjects as 
determined by the chairperson of the Council. 
    Prior to the applicable implementation date, these rules 
shall not apply to teachers assigned to schools identified in 
an agreement entered into between the board of a school 
district operating under Article 34 of this Code and the 
exclusive representative of the district's teachers in 
accordance with Section 34-85c of this Code. 
(Source: P.A. 95-510, eff. 8-28-07; 96-861, eff. 1-15-10; 
96-1423, eff. 8-3-10.)
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.