101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5114
 
Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Deb Conroy
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
105 ILCS 5/10-30 new
105 ILCS 5/34-21.9 new

     Amends the School Code. Requires a school board, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year and each school year thereafter, to collect data for the preceding school year and submit a report to the State Board of Education regarding student participation in computer science courses. Requires the report to include, along with other required information: (i) the total number of computer science courses offered in each school and whether these courses are advanced placement classes; (ii) the number and percentage of students who enrolled in a computer science program; and (iii) the number of computer science instructors at each school. Requires the report to be posted on the school district's website. Effective immediately. 
  


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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Sections 
510-30 and 34-21.9 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-30 new)
7    Sec. 10-30. Computer science education report. With the 
8goal to ultimately close the gender gap in the field of 
9computer science, a school board, beginning with the 2020-2021 
10school year and each school year thereafter, shall collect data 
11for the preceding school year and submit a report to the State 
12Board of Education regarding student participation in computer 
13science courses. The report shall be posted on the school 
14district's website if the school district maintains a website. 
15The report must include, but is not limited to, the following: 
16        (1) the total number of computer science courses 
17    offered in each school and whether these courses are 
18    advanced placement classes;
19        (2) the number and percentage of students who enrolled 
20    in a computer science program, disaggregated by: 
21            (A) gender;
22            (B) race and ethnicity;
23            (C) special education status;
 
 
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1            (D) English language learner status;
2            (E) eligibility for the free and reduced-price 
3        lunch program; and
4            (F) grade level. 
5        (3) The number of computer science instructors at each 
6    school, disaggregated by:
7            (A) certification, if applicable;
8            (B) gender; and
9            (C) highest academic degree. 
 
10    (105 ILCS 5/34-21.9 new)
11    Sec. 34-21.9. Computer science education report. With the 
12goal to ultimately close the gender gap in the field of 
13computer science, the board, beginning with the 2020-2021 
14school year and each school year thereafter, shall collect data 
15for the preceding school year and submit a report to the State 
16Board of Education regarding student participation in computer 
17science courses.  The report shall be posted on the district's 
18website. The report must include, but is not limited to, the 
19following: 
20        (1) the total number of computer science courses 
21    offered in each school and whether these courses are 
22    advanced placement classes;
23        (2) the number and percentage of students who enrolled 
24    in a computer science program, disaggregated by: 
25            (A) gender;
 
 
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1            (B) race and ethnicity;
2            (C) special education status;
3            (D) English language learner status;
4            (E) eligibility for the free and reduced-price 
5        lunch program; and
6            (F) grade level. 
  
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
8becoming law.