SB1740sam002 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Mary Edly-Allen

Filed: 2/24/2025

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1740

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1740 as follows:

on page 2, line 25, by deleting ", for those grants in excess of $25,000,"; and

on page 4, line 13, by deleting "2-3.64a-5,"; and

on page 4, line 14, after "10-17a," by inserting "10-20.9a,"; and

on page 4, line 15, by deleting "14-8.03,"; and

by deleting line 21 on page 14 through line 19 on page 20; and

on page 45, immediately below line 14, by inserting the following:

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

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

(a) Teachers shall administer the approved marking system or other approved means of evaluating pupil progress. The teacher shall maintain the responsibility and right to determine grades and other evaluations of students within the grading policies of the district based upon his or her professional judgment of available criteria pertinent to any given subject area or activity for which he or she is responsible. District policy shall provide the procedure and reasons by and for which a grade may be changed; provided that no grade or evaluation shall be changed without notification to the teacher concerning the nature and reasons for such change. If such a change is made, the person making the change shall assume such responsibility for determining the grade or evaluation, and shall initial such change.

(b) School districts shall not promote students to the next higher grade level based upon age or any other social reasons not related to the academic performance of the students. On or before September 1, 1998, school boards shall adopt and enforce a policy on promotion as they deem necessary to ensure that students meet local goals and objectives and can perform at the expected grade level prior to promotion. Decisions to promote or retain students in any classes shall be based on successful completion of the curriculum, attendance, performance based on the assessments required under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code, the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, or other testing or any other criteria established by the school board. Students determined by the local district to not qualify for promotion to the next higher grade shall be provided remedial assistance, which may include, but shall not be limited to, a summer bridge program of no less than 90 hours, tutorial sessions, increased or concentrated instructional time, modifications to instructional materials, and retention in grade.

(c) (Blank). No public high school of a school district shall withhold a student's grades, transcripts, or diploma because of an unpaid balance on the student's school account.

At the end of each school year, the school district shall catalogue and report to the State Board of Education the total amount that remains unpaid by students due to the prohibition under this subsection (c).

(d) (Blank). On and after 3 years from the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, subsection (c) is inoperative.

(Source: P.A. 102-727, eff. 5-6-22.)"; and

by deleting line 16 on page 70 through line 8 on page 75; and

on page 78, by replacing line 9 with the following: "no less than 4 times between October 1, 2025 and September 1, 2026."; and

by replacing line 22 on page 163 through line 1 on page 164 with the following:

"The State Board of Education shall, subject to appropriation, prepare and make available multidisciplinary instructional resources and professional learning opportunities for educators that may be used to meet the following requirements:"; and

on page 164, line 2, by replacing "Be" with "The unit of instruction shall be"; and

on page 164, line 4, by replacing "Educate" with "The unit of instruction shall educate"; and

on page 164, line 6, by replacing "Educate" with "The unit of instruction shall educate"; and

on page 164, line 8, by replacing "Teach" with "The unit of instruction shall teach"; and

on page 164, line 11, by replacing "Provide" with "The unit of instruction shall provide"; and

on page 164, line 15, by replacing "curriculum resource materials" with "instructional resources and professional learning opportunities"; and

on page 164, lines 17 and 18, by replacing "resource materials under this subsection (d)" with "instructional resources and professional learning opportunities"; and

on page 211, line 22, after "school", by inserting "or school board"; and

on page 212, by replacing lines 4 through 6 with the following: "Article are entirely permissive. However, if a school or school board chooses to administer the curriculum or instruction in any of the following Sections of this Article, then the school or school board"; and

on page 273, by deleting line 16; and

on page 274, line 6, by deleting "10-20.9a,".