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1 | AN ACT concerning schools.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
Section | ||||||
5 | 2-3.25d as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25d) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25d)
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7 | Sec. 2-3.25d. Academic early warning and watch status.
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8 | (a) Those schools that do not meet adequate yearly progress | ||||||
9 | criteria, as
specified by the State Board of Education, for 2 | ||||||
10 | consecutive annual
calculations,
shall be placed on academic | ||||||
11 | early warning status for the next school year.
Schools on | ||||||
12 | academic early warning status that do not meet adequate yearly
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13 | progress criteria for a third annual calculation shall remain | ||||||
14 | on academic early
warning status. Schools on academic early | ||||||
15 | warning status that do not meet
adequate yearly progress | ||||||
16 | criteria for a fourth annual calculation shall be
placed
on | ||||||
17 | initial academic watch status. Schools on academic watch status | ||||||
18 | that do not
meet adequate yearly progress criteria for a fifth | ||||||
19 | or subsequent annual
calculation shall remain on academic watch | ||||||
20 | status. Schools on academic early
warning or academic watch | ||||||
21 | status that meet adequate yearly progress criteria
for
one | ||||||
22 | annual calculation shall be acknowledged for making | ||||||
23 | improvement and shall
maintain their current statuses for the | ||||||
24 | next school year. Schools on academic
early warning or academic | ||||||
25 | watch status that meet adequate yearly progress
criteria for 2 | ||||||
26 | consecutive annual calculations shall be considered as having
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27 | met
expectations and shall be removed from any status | ||||||
28 | designation.
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29 | The school district of a school placed on either academic | ||||||
30 | early warning
status or academic watch status may appeal the | ||||||
31 | status to the State Board of
Education in accordance with | ||||||
32 | Section 2-3.25m of this Code.
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1 | A school district that has one or more schools on academic | ||||||
2 | early warning
or academic watch status shall prepare a revised | ||||||
3 | School Improvement Plan or
amendments thereto setting forth the | ||||||
4 | district's expectations for removing each
school from academic | ||||||
5 | early warning or academic watch status and for improving
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6 | student performance in the affected school or schools. | ||||||
7 | Districts operating
under
Article 34 of this Code may prepare | ||||||
8 | the School Improvement Plan required under
Section 34-2.4 of | ||||||
9 | this Code.
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10 | The revised School Improvement Plan for a school
that is | ||||||
11 | initially placed on academic early warning status
or that | ||||||
12 | remains on
academic early warning status after a third annual | ||||||
13 | calculation
must be approved by
the
school board (and by the | ||||||
14 | school's local school council in a district operating
under | ||||||
15 | Article 34 of this Code, unless the school is on probation | ||||||
16 | pursuant to
subsection (c) of Section
34-8.3 of this Code).
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17 | The revised School Improvement Plan for a school placed on | ||||||
18 | initial
academic watch status after a fourth annual calculation | ||||||
19 | must be approved by the
school board (and by the school's local | ||||||
20 | school council in a district operating
under Article 34 of this | ||||||
21 | Code, unless the school is on probation pursuant to
subsection | ||||||
22 | (c) of Section
34-8.3 of this Code) and the State | ||||||
23 | Superintendent of Education.
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24 | The revised School Improvement Plan for a school that | ||||||
25 | remains on
academic watch status after a fifth annual | ||||||
26 | calculation must be approved by the
school board (and by the | ||||||
27 | school's local school council in a district operating
under | ||||||
28 | Article 34 of this Code, unless the school is on probation | ||||||
29 | pursuant to
subsection (c) of Section
34-8.3 of this Code) and | ||||||
30 | the State Superintendent of Education.
In addition, the | ||||||
31 | district must develop a school restructuring plan for the
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32 | school that
must
be approved by the school board (and by the | ||||||
33 | school's local school council in a
district operating under | ||||||
34 | Article 34 of this Code) and subsequently approved by
the State | ||||||
35 | Superintendent of Education.
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36 | A school on academic watch status that does not meet |
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1 | adequate yearly
progress criteria for a sixth annual | ||||||
2 | calculation shall implement its approved
school restructuring | ||||||
3 | plan beginning with the next school year, subject to the
State
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4 | interventions specified in Section 2-3.25f of this Code.
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5 | (b) Those school districts that do not meet adequate yearly | ||||||
6 | progress
criteria, as specified by the State Board of | ||||||
7 | Education, for 2 consecutive
annual
calculations, shall be | ||||||
8 | placed on academic early warning status for the next
school | ||||||
9 | year. Districts on academic early warning status that do not | ||||||
10 | meet
adequate yearly progress criteria for a third annual | ||||||
11 | calculation shall remain
on
academic early warning status. | ||||||
12 | Districts on academic early warning status that
do not meet | ||||||
13 | adequate yearly progress criteria for a fourth annual | ||||||
14 | calculation
shall
be placed on initial academic watch status. | ||||||
15 | Districts on academic watch status
that do not meet adequate | ||||||
16 | yearly progress criteria for a fifth or subsequent
annual | ||||||
17 | calculation shall remain on academic watch status. Districts on | ||||||
18 | academic
early warning or academic watch status that meet | ||||||
19 | adequate yearly progress
criteria for one annual calculation | ||||||
20 | shall be acknowledged for making
improvement and shall maintain | ||||||
21 | their current statuses for the next school year.
Districts on | ||||||
22 | academic early warning or academic watch status that meet | ||||||
23 | adequate
yearly progress criteria for 2 consecutive annual | ||||||
24 | calculations shall be
considered
as having met expectations and | ||||||
25 | shall be removed from any status designation.
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26 | A district placed on either academic early warning status | ||||||
27 | or academic
watch status may appeal the status to the State | ||||||
28 | Board of Education in
accordance with Section 2-3.25m of this | ||||||
29 | Code.
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30 | Districts on academic early warning or academic watch | ||||||
31 | status shall
prepare a District Improvement Plan or amendments | ||||||
32 | thereto setting forth the
district's expectations for removing | ||||||
33 | the district from academic early warning
or
academic watch | ||||||
34 | status and for improving student performance in the district.
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35 | The
District Improvement Plan for a district that is | ||||||
36 | initially placed on academic
early
warning status must be |
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1 | approved by the school board.
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2 | The revised District Improvement Plan for a district that | ||||||
3 | remains on
academic early warning status after a third annual | ||||||
4 | calculation must be approved
by the school board.
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5 | The revised District Improvement Plan for a district on | ||||||
6 | initial academic
watch
status after a fourth annual calculation | ||||||
7 | must be approved by the school board
and the State | ||||||
8 | Superintendent of Education.
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9 | The revised District Improvement Plan for a district that | ||||||
10 | remains on
academic watch status after a fifth annual | ||||||
11 | calculation must be approved by the
school board and the State | ||||||
12 | Superintendent of Education. In addition, the
district must
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13 | develop a district restructuring plan that must be approved by | ||||||
14 | the school
board and the State Superintendent of Education.
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15 | A district on academic watch status that does not meet | ||||||
16 | adequate yearly
progress criteria for a sixth annual | ||||||
17 | calculation shall implement its approved
district | ||||||
18 | restructuring plan beginning with the next school year, subject | ||||||
19 | to
the State
interventions specified in Section 2-3.25f of this | ||||||
20 | Code.
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21 | (c) All revised School and District Improvement Plans shall | ||||||
22 | be developed
in collaboration with staff in the affected school | ||||||
23 | or school district. All
revised
School and District Improvement | ||||||
24 | Plans shall be developed, submitted, and
approved pursuant to | ||||||
25 | rules adopted by the State Board of Education. The
revised | ||||||
26 | Improvement Plan shall address measurable outcomes for | ||||||
27 | improving
student performance so that such performance meets | ||||||
28 | adequate yearly progress
criteria as specified by the State | ||||||
29 | Board of Education.
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30 | (d) All federal requirements apply to schools and school | ||||||
31 | districts utilizing
federal funds under Title I, Part A of the | ||||||
32 | federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965. | ||||||
33 | (e) The State Board of Education, from any moneys it may | ||||||
34 | have available for this purpose, must implement
and administer | ||||||
35 | a grant
program that provides 2-year grants to school districts | ||||||
36 | on the academic watch
list and other school districts that have |
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1 | the lowest achieving students, as
determined by the State Board | ||||||
2 | of Education, to be
used to improve student achievement.
In | ||||||
3 | order
to receive a
grant under this program, a school district | ||||||
4 | must establish an accountability
program. The
accountability | ||||||
5 | program must involve the use of statewide testing standards and
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6 | local
evaluation measures. A grant shall be automatically | ||||||
7 | renewed when achievement
goals are met. The Board may adopt any | ||||||
8 | rules necessary to implement and
administer this grant program.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03.)
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10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
11 | becoming law. |