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1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections |
5 | | 10-20.85 and 34-18.82 as follows: |
6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new) |
7 | | Sec. 10-20.85. Community input on local assessments. |
8 | | (a) As used in this Section, "district-administered |
9 | | assessment" means an assessment that requires all student test |
10 | | takers at any grade level to answer the same questions, or a |
11 | | selection of questions from a common bank of questions, in the |
12 | | same manner or substantially the same questions in the same |
13 | | manner. The term does not include an observational assessment |
14 | | tool used to satisfy the requirements of Section 2-3.64a-10 of |
15 | | this Code or an assessment developed by district teachers or |
16 | | administrators that will be used to measure student progress |
17 | | at an attendance center within the school district. |
18 | | (b) Prior to approving a new contract for any |
19 | | district-administered assessment, a school board must hold a |
20 | | public vote at a regular meeting of the school board, at which |
21 | | the terms of the proposal must be substantially presented and |
22 | | an opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided, |
23 | | subject to applicable notice requirements. However, if the |
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1 | | assessment being made available to review is subject to |
2 | | copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property |
3 | | protection, the review process shall include technical and |
4 | | procedural safeguards to ensure that the materials are not |
5 | | able to be widely disseminated to the general public in |
6 | | violation of the intellectual property rights of the publisher |
7 | | and to ensure content validity is not undermined. |
8 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new) |
9 | | Sec. 34-18.82. Community input on local assessments. |
10 | | (a) As used in this Section, "district-administered |
11 | | assessment" means an assessment that requires all student test |
12 | | takers at any grade level to answer the same questions, or a |
13 | | selection of questions from a common bank of questions, in the |
14 | | same manner or substantially the same questions in the same |
15 | | manner. The term does not include an observational assessment |
16 | | tool used to satisfy the requirements of Section 2-3.64a-10 of |
17 | | this Code or an assessment developed by district teachers or |
18 | | administrators that will be used to measure student progress |
19 | | at an attendance center within the school district. |
20 | | (b) Prior to approving a new contract for any |
21 | | district-administered assessment, the board must hold a public |
22 | | vote at a regular meeting of the board, at which the terms of |
23 | | the proposal must be substantially presented and an |
24 | | opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided, |
25 | | subject to applicable notice requirements. However, if the |
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1 | | assessment being made available to review is subject to |
2 | | copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property |
3 | | protection, the review process shall include technical and |
4 | | procedural safeguards to ensure that the materials are not |
5 | | able to be widely disseminated to the general public in |
6 | | violation of the intellectual property rights of the publisher |
7 | | and to ensure content validity is not undermined.
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8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
9 | | 2024.
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