Rep. Joyce Mason
Filed: 3/1/2022
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4243 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4243 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
510-20.9a as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.9a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.9a)



7    Sec. 10-20.9a. Final grade; promotion. 

8    (a) Teachers shall
administer the approved
marking system 
9or other approved means of evaluating pupil progress.  The

10teacher shall maintain the responsibility and right to 
11determine grades and
other evaluations of students within the 
12grading policies of the district
based upon his or her 
13professional judgment of available criteria pertinent
to any 
14given subject area or activity for which he or she is 
15responsible.
District policy shall provide the procedure and 
16reasons by and for which
a grade may be changed; provided that 
 
 
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1no grade or evaluation shall be
changed without notification 
2to the teacher concerning the nature and
reasons for such 
3change. If such a change is made, the person
making
the change 
4shall assume such responsibility for determining the grade or

5evaluation, and shall initial such change.

6    (b) School districts shall not promote students to the 
7next
higher grade level based upon age or any other social 
8reasons not related to
the academic performance of the 
9students.  On or before September 1, 1998,
school boards shall 
10adopt and enforce a policy on promotion as they deem necessary 
11to ensure that students
meet
local goals and objectives and 
12can perform at the expected grade level prior to
promotion.

13Decisions to promote or retain students in any classes shall 
14be based on
successful completion of the curriculum, 
15attendance, performance based on the assessments required 
16under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code, the Iowa Test of Basic 
17Skills, or
other testing or any other criteria established by 
18the school board.  Students
determined by the local district to 
19not qualify for promotion to the next
higher grade shall be 
20provided remedial assistance, which may include, but
shall not 
21be limited to, a summer bridge program of no less than 90 
22hours,
tutorial sessions, increased or concentrated 
23instructional time, modifications
to instructional materials, 
24and retention in grade.

25    (c)   No public high school of a school district shall 
26withhold a student's grades, transcripts, or diploma because 
 
 
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1of an unpaid balance on the student's school account.
2(Source: P.A. 98-972, eff. 8-15-14.)

 
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
4becoming law.".