Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas

Filed: 5/10/2021

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2438

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2438 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
510-17a as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-17a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
7    Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report
8cards.
9    (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent
10school year, the State Board of Education, through the State
11Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report
12card, school district report cards, and school report cards,
13and shall by the most economic means provide to each school
14district in this State, including special charter districts
15and districts subject to the provisions of Article 34, the
16report cards for the school district and each of its schools.

 

 

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1    (2) In addition to any information required by federal
2law, the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators
3and presentation of the school report card, which must
4include, at a minimum, the most current data collected and
5maintained by the State Board of Education related to the
6following:
7        (A) school characteristics and student demographics,
8    including average class size, average teaching experience,
9    student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of
10    students classified as low-income; the percentage of
11    students classified as English learners; the percentage of
12    students who have individualized education plans or 504
13    plans that provide for special education services; the
14    number and percentage of all students who have been
15    assessed for placement in a gifted education or advanced
16    academic program and, of those students: (i) the racial
17    and ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are
18    classified as low-income, and (iii) the number and
19    percentage of students who received direct instruction
20    from a teacher who holds a gifted education endorsement
21    and, of those students, the percentage who are classified
22    as low-income; the percentage of students scoring at the
23    "exceeds expectations" level on the assessments required
24    under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of
25    students who annually transferred in or out of the school
26    district; average daily attendance; the per-pupil

 

 

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1    operating expenditure of the school district; and the
2    per-pupil State average operating expenditure for the
3    district type (elementary, high school, or unit);
4        (B) curriculum information, including, where
5    applicable, Advanced Placement, International
6    Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment
7    courses, foreign language classes, computer science
8    courses, school personnel resources (including Career
9    Technical Education teachers), before and after school
10    programs, extracurricular activities, subjects in which
11    elective classes are offered, health and wellness
12    initiatives (including the average number of days of
13    Physical Education per week per student), approved
14    programs of study, awards received, community
15    partnerships, and special programs such as programming for
16    the gifted and talented, students with disabilities, and
17    work-study students;
18        (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the
19    percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of
20    State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth
21    grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students who
22    participated in workplace learning experiences, the
23    percentage of students enrolled in post-secondary
24    institutions (including colleges, universities, community
25    colleges, trade/vocational schools, and training programs
26    leading to career certification within 2 semesters of high

 

 

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1    school graduation), the percentage of students graduating
2    from high school who are college and career ready, and the
3    percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges,
4    colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses
5    that the community college, college, or university
6    identifies as a developmental course;
7        (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the
8    percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned
9    5 credits or more without failing more than one core
10    class, a measure of students entering kindergarten ready
11    to learn, a measure of growth, and the percentage of
12    students who enter high school on track for college and
13    career readiness;
14        (E) the school environment, including, where
15    applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10
16    absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with
17    less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other
18    than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to
19    the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term
20    disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the
21    percentage of teachers returning to the school from the
22    previous year, the number of different principals at the
23    school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold
24    a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria
25    used by the district to determine whether a student is
26    eligible for participation in a gifted education program

 

 

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1    or advanced academic program and the manner in which
2    parents and guardians are made aware of the process and
3    criteria, the number of teachers who are National Board
4    Certified Teachers, disaggregated by race, 2 or more
5    indicators from any school climate survey selected or
6    approved by the State and administered pursuant to Section
7    2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar indicators
8    included on school report cards for all surveys selected
9    or approved by the State pursuant to Section 2-3.153 of
10    this Code, and the combined percentage of teachers rated
11    as proficient or excellent in their most recent
12    evaluation;
13        (F) a school district's and its individual schools'
14    balanced accountability measure, in accordance with
15    Section 2-3.25a of this Code;
16        (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the
17    State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of
18    the State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the
19    school's employees, which shall be reported to the State
20    Board of Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of
21    the State of Illinois;
22        (H) for a school district organized under Article 34
23    of this Code only, State contributions to the Public
24    School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago
25    and State contributions for health care for employees of
26    that school district;

 

 

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1        (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as
2    defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section
3    18-8.15 of this Code;
4        (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as
5    defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section
6    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;
7        (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in
8    paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this
9    Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as
10    defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section
11    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;
12        (L) a school district's administrative costs;
13        (M) whether or not the school has participated in the
14    Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M), "Illinois
15    Youth Survey" means a self-report survey, administered in
16    school settings every 2 years, designed to gather
17    information about health and social indicators, including
18    substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of students in
19    grades 8, 10, and 12; and
20        (N) whether the school offered its students career and
21    technical education opportunities.
22    The school report card shall also provide information that
23allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and
24environment data to the State average, to the school data from
25the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and
26environment of similar schools based on the type of school and

 

 

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1enrollment of low-income students, special education students,
2and English learners.
3    As used in this subsection (2):
4    "Administrative costs" means costs associated with
5executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the
6school district that involve planning, organizing, managing,
7or directing the school district.
8    "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to
9which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive
10ability or advanced academic achievement compared to local age
11peers and in which the curriculum is substantially
12differentiated from the general curriculum to provide
13appropriate challenge and pace.
14    "Computer science" means the study of computers and
15algorithms, including their principles, their hardware and
16software designs, their implementation, and their impact on
17society. "Computer science" does not include the study of
18everyday uses of computers and computer applications, such as
19keyboarding or accessing the Internet.
20    "Gifted education" means educational services, including
21differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed
22to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A
23of this Code.
24    For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2),
25"average daily attendance" means the average of the actual
26number of attendance days during the previous school year for

 

 

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1any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance
2by Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school.
3    (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the
4school district report card shall include a subset of the
5information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of
6subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information
7relating to the operating expense per pupil and other finances
8of the school district, and the State report card shall
9include a subset of the information identified in paragraphs
10(A) through (E) and paragraph (N) of subsection (2) of this
11Section. The school district report card shall include the
12average daily attendance, as that term is defined in
13subsection (2) of this Section, of students who have
14individualized education programs and students who have 504
15plans that provide for special education services within the
16school district.
17    (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
18Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the
19State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to
20amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or
21State report card.
22    (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt
23of the school district and school report cards from the State
24Superintendent of Education, each school district, including
25special charter districts and districts subject to the
26provisions of Article 34, shall present such report cards at a

 

 

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1regular school board meeting subject to applicable notice
2requirements, post the report cards on the school district's
3Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
4site, make the report cards available to a newspaper of
5general circulation serving the district, and, upon request,
6send the report cards home to a parent (unless the district
7does not maintain an Internet web site, in which case the
8report card shall be sent home to parents without request). If
9the district posts the report card on its Internet web site,
10the district shall send a written notice home to parents
11stating (i) that the report card is available on the web site,
12(ii) the address of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of
13the report card will be sent to parents upon request, and (iv)
14the telephone number that parents may call to request a
15printed copy of the report card.
16    (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals,
17supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in
18lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public
19Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of
20Public Act 97-8.
21(Source: P.A. 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff. 1-1-18;
22100-448, eff. 7-1-19; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-807, eff.
238-10-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1121, eff. 1-1-19; 101-68,
24eff. 1-1-20; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-654, eff. 3-8-21.)
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.".