Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
Filed: 3/14/2013
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 489 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 489 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
534-18.48 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.48 new)
7    Sec. 34-18.48. Basic skills class.
8    (a)  The board shall establish a basic skills class for 
9students in each of grades 4, 5, and 6.  If a 3rd grade student 
10is at least 2 grade levels behind in reading or mathematics, 
11based on an assessment of the student's reading and mathematics 
12skills, the student must be placed in a basic skills class when 
13he or she is in the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades until he or she 
14completes 6th grade or attains reading or mathematics skills 
15that are at or above the 6th grade level, whichever occurs 
16first.
 
 
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1    (b)  The basic skills class shall serve those students who 
2at the end of 3rd grade are not performing at grade level in 
3reading or mathematics by furnishing those students with a 
4separate classroom environment in which they can be given 
5additional assistance and instruction in reading or 
6mathematics with the goal of attaining reading or mathematics 
7skills at or above the 6th grade level upon the completion of 
86th grade.  The basic skills class must not be classified as a 
9special education class.
10    (c)  The State Board of Education shall create the 
11appropriate curriculum for the basic skills class, establish 
12learning objectives for students in a basic skills class, and 
13provide lesson plans for the basic skills class.".