Public Act 098-1075
 
HB5330 EnrolledLRB098 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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2015)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.