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SB4058 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB4058

 

Introduced 1/26/2022, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-20.83 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.78 new

    Amends the School Code. Provides that prior to approving a contract for any district-administered assessment, except those assessments developed by district teachers or administrators, that will be used to measure student progress at an attendance center within the school district, a school board must hold a public hearing at a regular or special meeting of the school board, in which the terms of the proposal must be substantially presented and an opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided. Provides that notice of such public hearing must be provided at least 10 days prior to the hearing by specified methods. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
510-20.83 and 34-18.78 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.83 new)
7    Sec. 10-20.83. Community input on local assessments. Prior
8to approving a contract for any district-administered
9assessment, except those assessments developed by district
10teachers or administrators, that will be used to measure
11student progress at an attendance center within the school
12district, a school board must hold a public hearing at a
13regular or special meeting of the school board, in which the
14terms of the proposal must be substantially presented and an
15opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided.
16Notice of such public hearing must be provided at least 10 days
17prior to the hearing by:
18        (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation
19    in the school district;
20        (2) written or electronic notice designed to reach the
21    parents or guardians of all students enrolled in the
22    school district; and
23        (3) written or electronic notice designed to reach any

 

 

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1    exclusive collective bargaining representatives of school
2    district employees and all those employees not in a
3    collective bargaining unit.
 
4    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.78 new)
5    Sec. 34-18.78. Community input on local assessments. Prior
6to approving a contract for any district-administered
7assessment, except those assessments developed by district
8teachers or administrators, that will be used to measure
9student progress at an attendance center within the school
10district, the school board must hold a public hearing at a
11regular or special meeting of the school board, in which the
12terms of the proposal must be substantially presented and an
13opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided.
14Notice of such public hearing must be provided at least 10 days
15prior to the hearing by:
16        (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation
17    in the school district;
18        (2) written or electronic notice designed to reach the
19    parents or guardians of all students enrolled in the
20    school district; and
21        (3) written or electronic notice designed to reach any
22    exclusive collective bargaining representatives of school
23    district employees and all those employees not in a
24    collective bargaining unit.
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.