Full Text of SB0315 96th General Assembly
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Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 1/11/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 315
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 315 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 1. This amendatory Act may be referred to as the | 5 |
| Performance Evaluation Reform Act of 2010. | 6 |
| Section 5. Findings; declarations. The General Assembly | 7 |
| finds and declares all of the following: | 8 |
| (1) Effective teachers and school leaders are a | 9 |
| critical factor contributing to student achievement. | 10 |
| (2) Many existing district performance evaluation | 11 |
| systems fail to adequately distinguish between effective | 12 |
| and ineffective teachers and principals. A recent study of | 13 |
| evaluation systems in 3 of the largest Illinois districts | 14 |
| found that out of 41,174 teacher evaluations performed over | 15 |
| a 5-year period, 92.6% of teachers were rated "superior" or | 16 |
| "excellent", 7% were rated "satisfactory", and only 0.4% |
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| were rated "unsatisfactory". | 2 |
| (3) Performance evaluation systems must assess | 3 |
| professional competencies as well as student growth. | 4 |
| (4) School districts and the State must ensure that | 5 |
| performance evaluation systems are valid and reliable and | 6 |
| contribute to the development of staff and improved student | 7 |
| achievement outcomes. | 8 |
| Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 9 |
| 2-3.25g, 24A-3, 24A-4, 24A-5, 24A-7, 24A-8, 24A-15, 34-8, and | 10 |
| 34-85c and by adding Sections 24A-2.5, 24A-7.1, and 24A-20 as | 11 |
| follows: | 12 |
| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25g) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25g) | 13 |
| Sec. 2-3.25g. Waiver or modification of mandates within the | 14 |
| School
Code and administrative rules and regulations. | 15 |
| (a) In this Section: | 16 |
| "Board" means a school board or the governing board or | 17 |
| administrative district, as the case may be, for a joint | 18 |
| agreement. | 19 |
| "Eligible applicant" means a school district, joint | 20 |
| agreement made up of school districts, or regional | 21 |
| superintendent of schools on behalf of schools and programs | 22 |
| operated by the regional office of education.
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| "Implementation date" has the meaning set forth in | 24 |
| Section 24A-2.5 of this Code. |
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| "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
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| (b) Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this School | 3 |
| Code or any other law of this State to the
contrary, eligible | 4 |
| applicants may petition the State Board of Education for the
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| waiver or modification of the mandates of this School Code or | 6 |
| of the
administrative rules and regulations promulgated by the | 7 |
| State Board of
Education. Waivers or modifications of | 8 |
| administrative rules and regulations
and modifications of | 9 |
| mandates of this School Code may be requested when an eligible | 10 |
| applicant demonstrates that it can address the intent of the | 11 |
| rule or
mandate in a more effective, efficient, or economical | 12 |
| manner or when necessary
to stimulate innovation or improve | 13 |
| student performance. Waivers of
mandates of
the School Code may | 14 |
| be requested when the waivers are necessary to stimulate
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| innovation or improve student performance. Waivers may not be | 16 |
| requested
from laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to | 17 |
| special education, teacher
certification, teacher tenure and | 18 |
| seniority, or Section 5-2.1 of this Code or from compliance | 19 |
| with the No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110). | 20 |
| On and after the applicable implementation date, eligible | 21 |
| applicants may not seek a waiver or seek a modification of a | 22 |
| mandate regarding the requirements for (i) student performance | 23 |
| data to be a significant factor in teacher or principal | 24 |
| evaluations or (ii) for teachers and principals to be rated | 25 |
| using the 4 categories of "excellent", "proficient", "needs | 26 |
| improvement", or "unsatisfactory". On the applicable |
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| implementation date, any previously authorized waiver or | 2 |
| modification from such requirements shall terminate. | 3 |
| (c) Eligible applicants, as a matter of inherent managerial | 4 |
| policy, and any
Independent Authority established under | 5 |
| Section 2-3.25f may submit an
application for a waiver or | 6 |
| modification authorized under this Section. Each
application | 7 |
| must include a written request by the eligible applicant or
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| Independent Authority and must demonstrate that the intent of | 9 |
| the mandate can
be addressed in a more effective, efficient, or | 10 |
| economical manner
or be based
upon a specific plan for improved | 11 |
| student performance and school improvement.
Any eligible | 12 |
| applicant requesting a waiver or modification for the reason | 13 |
| that intent
of the mandate can be addressed in a more | 14 |
| economical manner shall include in
the application a fiscal | 15 |
| analysis showing current expenditures on the mandate
and | 16 |
| projected savings resulting from the waiver
or modification. | 17 |
| Applications
and plans developed by eligible applicants must be | 18 |
| approved by the board or regional superintendent of schools | 19 |
| applying on behalf of schools or programs operated by the | 20 |
| regional office of education following a public hearing on the | 21 |
| application and plan and the
opportunity for the board or | 22 |
| regional superintendent to hear testimony from staff
directly | 23 |
| involved in
its implementation, parents, and students. The time | 24 |
| period for such testimony shall be separate from the time | 25 |
| period established by the eligible applicant for public comment | 26 |
| on other matters. If the applicant is a school district or |
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| joint agreement requesting a waiver or modification of Section | 2 |
| 27-6 of this Code, the public hearing shall be held on a day | 3 |
| other than the day on which a regular meeting of the board is | 4 |
| held. If the applicant is a school district, the
public hearing | 5 |
| must be preceded
by at least one published notice occurring at | 6 |
| least 7 days prior to the hearing
in a newspaper of general | 7 |
| circulation within the school district that sets
forth the | 8 |
| time, date, place, and general subject matter of the hearing. | 9 |
| If the applicant is a joint agreement or regional | 10 |
| superintendent, the public hearing must be preceded by at least | 11 |
| one published notice (setting forth the time, date, place, and | 12 |
| general subject matter of the hearing) occurring at least 7 | 13 |
| days prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation | 14 |
| in each school district that is a member of the joint agreement | 15 |
| or that is served by the educational service region, provided | 16 |
| that a notice appearing in a newspaper generally circulated in | 17 |
| more than one school district shall be deemed to fulfill this | 18 |
| requirement with respect to all of the affected districts. The
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| eligible applicant must notify in writing the affected | 20 |
| exclusive collective
bargaining agent and those State | 21 |
| legislators representing the eligible applicant's territory of
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| its
intent to seek approval of a
waiver or
modification and of | 23 |
| the hearing to be held to take testimony from staff.
The | 24 |
| affected exclusive collective bargaining agents shall be | 25 |
| notified of such
public hearing at least 7 days prior to the | 26 |
| date of the hearing and shall be
allowed to attend
such public |
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| hearing. The eligible applicant shall attest to compliance with | 2 |
| all of
the notification and procedural requirements set forth | 3 |
| in this Section. | 4 |
| (d) A request for a waiver or modification of | 5 |
| administrative rules and
regulations or for a modification of | 6 |
| mandates contained in this School Code
shall be submitted to | 7 |
| the State Board of Education within 15 days after
approval by | 8 |
| the board or regional superintendent of schools. The | 9 |
| application as submitted to the
State Board of Education shall | 10 |
| include a description of the public hearing.
Following receipt | 11 |
| of the request, the
State Board shall have 45 days to review | 12 |
| the application and request. If the
State Board fails to | 13 |
| disapprove the application within that 45 day period, the
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| waiver or modification shall be deemed granted. The State Board
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| may disapprove
any request if it is not based upon sound | 16 |
| educational practices, endangers the
health or safety of | 17 |
| students or staff, compromises equal opportunities for
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| learning, or fails to demonstrate that the intent of the rule | 19 |
| or mandate can be
addressed in a more effective, efficient, or | 20 |
| economical manner or have improved
student performance as a | 21 |
| primary goal. Any request disapproved by the State
Board may be | 22 |
| appealed to the General Assembly by the eligible applicant
as | 23 |
| outlined in this Section. | 24 |
| A request for a waiver from mandates contained in this | 25 |
| School Code shall be
submitted to the State Board within 15 | 26 |
| days after approval by the board or regional superintendent of |
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| schools.
The application as submitted to the State Board of | 2 |
| Education
shall include a description of the public hearing. | 3 |
| The description shall
include, but need not be limited to, the | 4 |
| means of notice, the number of people
in attendance, the number | 5 |
| of people who spoke as proponents or opponents of the
waiver, a | 6 |
| brief description of their comments, and whether there were any
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| written statements submitted.
The State Board shall review the | 8 |
| applications and requests for
completeness and shall compile | 9 |
| the requests in reports to be filed with the
General Assembly.
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| The State Board shall file
reports outlining the waivers
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| requested by eligible applicants
and appeals by eligible | 12 |
| applicants of requests
disapproved by the State Board with the | 13 |
| Senate and the House of
Representatives before each March 1 and
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| October
1. The General Assembly may disapprove the report of | 15 |
| the State Board in whole
or in part within 60 calendar days | 16 |
| after each house of the General Assembly
next
convenes after | 17 |
| the report is filed by adoption of a resolution by a record | 18 |
| vote
of the majority of members elected in each house. If the | 19 |
| General Assembly
fails to disapprove any waiver request or | 20 |
| appealed request within such 60
day period, the waiver or | 21 |
| modification shall be deemed granted. Any resolution
adopted by | 22 |
| the General Assembly disapproving a report of the State Board | 23 |
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whole or in part shall be binding on the State Board. | 24 |
| (e) An approved waiver or modification (except a waiver | 25 |
| from or modification to a physical education mandate) may | 26 |
| remain in effect for a period not to
exceed 5 school years and |
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| may be renewed upon application by the
eligible applicant. | 2 |
| However, such waiver or modification may be changed within that
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| 5-year period by a board or regional superintendent of schools | 4 |
| applying on behalf of schools or programs operated by the | 5 |
| regional office of education following the procedure as set
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| forth in this Section for the initial waiver or modification | 7 |
| request. If
neither the State Board of Education nor the | 8 |
| General Assembly disapproves, the
change is deemed granted. | 9 |
| An approved waiver from or modification to a physical | 10 |
| education mandate may remain in effect for a period not to | 11 |
| exceed 2 school years and may be renewed no more than 2 times | 12 |
| upon application by the eligible applicant. An approved waiver | 13 |
| from or modification to a physical education mandate may be | 14 |
| changed within the 2-year period by the board or regional | 15 |
| superintendent of schools, whichever is applicable, following | 16 |
| the procedure set forth in this Section for the initial waiver | 17 |
| or modification request. If neither the State Board of | 18 |
| Education nor the General Assembly disapproves, the change is | 19 |
| deemed granted.
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| (f) On or before February 1, 1998, and each year | 21 |
| thereafter, the State Board of
Education shall submit a | 22 |
| cumulative report summarizing all types of waivers of
mandates | 23 |
| and modifications of mandates granted by the State Board or the
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| General Assembly. The report shall identify the topic of the | 25 |
| waiver along with
the number and percentage of eligible | 26 |
| applicants for which the waiver has been
granted. The report |
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| shall also include any recommendations from the State
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| regarding the repeal or modification of waived mandates. | 3 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-198, eff. 1-1-06; 94-432, eff. 8-2-05; 94-875, | 4 |
| eff. 7-1-06; 95-223, eff. 1-1-08.) | 5 |
| (105 ILCS 5/24A-2.5 new) | 6 |
| Sec. 24A-2.5. Definitions. In this Article: | 7 |
| "Evaluator" means: | 8 |
| (1) an administrator qualified under Section 24A-3; or | 9 |
| (2) other individuals qualified under Section 24A-3, | 10 |
| provided that, if such other individuals are in the | 11 |
| bargaining unit of a district's teachers, the district and | 12 |
| the exclusive bargaining representative of that unit must | 13 |
| agree to those individuals evaluating other bargaining | 14 |
| unit members. | 15 |
| Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in item (2) of | 16 |
| this definition, a school district operating under Article 34 | 17 |
| of this Code may require department chairs qualified under | 18 |
| Section 24A-3 to evaluate teachers in their department or | 19 |
| departments, provided that the school district shall bargain | 20 |
| with the bargaining representative of its teachers over the | 21 |
| impact and effects on department chairs of such a requirement. | 22 |
| "Implementation date" means, unless otherwise specified | 23 |
| and provided that the requirements set forth in subsection (d) | 24 |
| of Section 24A-20 have been met: | 25 |
| (1) For school districts having 500,000 or more |
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| inhabitants, in at least 300 schools by September 1, 2012 | 2 |
| and in the remaining schools by September 1, 2013. | 3 |
| (2) For school districts having less than 500,000 | 4 |
| inhabitants and receiving a Race to the Top Grant or School | 5 |
| Improvement Grant after the effective date of this | 6 |
| amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the date | 7 |
| specified in those grants for implementing an evaluation | 8 |
| system for teachers and principals incorporating student | 9 |
| growth as a significant factor. | 10 |
| (3) For the lowest performing 20% percent of remaining | 11 |
| school districts having less than 500,000 inhabitants | 12 |
| (with the measure of and school year or years used for | 13 |
| school district performance to be determined by the State | 14 |
| Superintendent of Education at a time determined by the | 15 |
| State Superintendent), September 1, 2015. | 16 |
| (4) For all other school districts having less than | 17 |
| 500,000 inhabitants, September 1, 2016. | 18 |
| "Race to the Top Grant" means a grant made by the Secretary | 19 |
| of the U.S. Department of Education pursuant to paragraph (2) | 20 |
| of Section 14006(a) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment | 21 |
| Act of 2009. | 22 |
| "School Improvement Grant" means a grant made by the | 23 |
| Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education pursuant to | 24 |
| Section 1003(g) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. | 25 |
| (105 ILCS 5/24A-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-3) |
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| Sec. 24A-3. Evaluation training and pre-qualification . | 2 |
| (a) School Beginning January 1, 1986, school
boards shall | 3 |
| require evaluators those administrators, or -- in school | 4 |
| districts
having a population exceeding 500,000 -- assistant | 5 |
| principals, who
evaluate other certified personnel to | 6 |
| participate at least once every 2
years in an inservice | 7 |
| training workshop on either school improvement or the
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| evaluation of certified personnel
provided or approved by the | 9 |
| State Board of Education prior to undertaking any evaluation | 10 |
| and at least once during each certificate renewal cycle. | 11 |
| Training provided or approved by the State Board of Education | 12 |
| shall include the evaluator training program developed | 13 |
| pursuant to Section 24A-20 of this Code . | 14 |
| (b) Any evaluator undertaking an evaluation after | 15 |
| September 1, 2012 must first successfully complete a | 16 |
| pre-qualification program provided or approved by the State | 17 |
| Board of Education. The program must involve rigorous training | 18 |
| and an independent observer's determination that the | 19 |
| evaluator's ratings properly align to the requirements | 20 |
| established by the State Board pursuant to this Article. | 21 |
| (Source: P.A. 86-1477; 87-1076.) | 22 |
| (105 ILCS 5/24A-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-4) | 23 |
| Sec. 24A-4. Development and submission of evaluation plan. | 24 |
| (a) As used in
this and the succeeding Sections, "teacher" | 25 |
| means any and all school
district employees regularly required |
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| to be certified under laws relating
to the certification of | 2 |
| teachers. Each school district shall develop, in
cooperation | 3 |
| with its teachers or, where applicable, the exclusive
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| bargaining representatives of its teachers, an evaluation plan | 5 |
| for all
teachers . | 6 |
| (b) By no later than the applicable implementation date, | 7 |
| each school district shall, in good faith cooperation with its | 8 |
| teachers or, where applicable, the exclusive bargaining | 9 |
| representatives of its teachers, incorporate the use of data | 10 |
| and indicators on student growth as a significant factor in | 11 |
| rating teaching performance, into its evaluation plan for all | 12 |
| teachers, both those teachers in contractual continued service | 13 |
| and those teachers not in contractual continued service. The | 14 |
| plan shall at least meet the standards and requirements for | 15 |
| student growth and teacher evaluation established under | 16 |
| Section 24A-7, and specifically describe how student growth | 17 |
| data and indicators will be used as part of the evaluation | 18 |
| process, how this information will relate to evaluation | 19 |
| standards, the assessments or other indicators of student | 20 |
| performance that will be used in measuring student growth and | 21 |
| the weight that each will have, the methodology that will be | 22 |
| used to measure student growth, and the criteria other than | 23 |
| student growth that will be used in evaluating the teacher and | 24 |
| the weight that each will have. | 25 |
| To incorporate the use of data and indicators of student | 26 |
| growth as a significant factor in rating teacher performance |
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| into the evaluation plan, the district shall use a joint | 2 |
| committee composed of equal representation selected by the | 3 |
| district and its teachers or, where applicable, the exclusive | 4 |
| bargaining representative of its teachers. If, within 180 | 5 |
| calendar days of the committee's first meeting, the committee | 6 |
| does not reach agreement on the plan, then the district shall | 7 |
| implement the model evaluation plan established under Section | 8 |
| 24A-7 with respect to the use of data and indicators on student | 9 |
| growth as a significant factor in rating teacher performance. | 10 |
| Nothing in in this subsection (a) shall make decisions on | 11 |
| the use of data and indicators on student growth as a | 12 |
| significant factor in rating teaching performance mandatory | 13 |
| subjects of bargaining under the Illinois Educational Labor | 14 |
| Relations Act that are not currently mandatory subjects of | 15 |
| bargaining under the Act. | 16 |
| (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subsection | 17 |
| (b) of this subsection, if the joint committee referred to in | 18 |
| that subsection does not reach agreement on the plan within 90 | 19 |
| calendar days after the committee's first meeting, a school | 20 |
| district having 500,000 or more inhabitants shall not be | 21 |
| required to implement any aspect of the model evaluation plan | 22 |
| and may implement its last best proposal. in contractual | 23 |
| continued service. The district shall, no later
than October 1, | 24 |
| 1986, submit a copy of its evaluation plan to the State
Board | 25 |
| of Education, which shall review the plan and make public its
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| comments thereon, and the district shall at the same time |
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| provide a copy to
the exclusive bargaining representatives. | 2 |
| Whenever any substantive change
is made in a district's | 3 |
| evaluation plan, the new plan shall be submitted to
the State | 4 |
| Board of Education for review and comment, and the district | 5 |
| shall
at the same time provide a copy of any such new plan to | 6 |
| the exclusive
bargaining representatives. The board of a school | 7 |
| district operating under Article 34 of this Code and the | 8 |
| exclusive representative of the district's teachers shall | 9 |
| submit a certified copy of an agreement entered into under | 10 |
| Section 34-85c of this Code to the State Board of Education, | 11 |
| and that agreement shall constitute the teacher evaluation plan | 12 |
| for teachers assigned to schools identified in that agreement. | 13 |
| Whenever any substantive change is made in an agreement entered | 14 |
| into under Section 34-85c of this Code by the board of a school | 15 |
| district operating under Article 34 of this Code and the | 16 |
| exclusive representative of the district's teachers, the new | 17 |
| agreement shall be submitted to the State Board of Education.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-510, eff. 8-28-07.) | 19 |
| (105 ILCS 5/24A-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-5) | 20 |
| Sec. 24A-5. Content of evaluation plans. This Section does | 21 |
| not apply to teachers assigned to schools identified in an | 22 |
| agreement entered into between the board of a school district | 23 |
| operating under Article 34 of this Code and the exclusive | 24 |
| representative of the district's teachers in accordance with | 25 |
| Section 34-85c of this Code.
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| Each school district to
which this Article applies shall | 2 |
| establish a teacher evaluation plan
which ensures that each | 3 |
| teacher in contractual continued service
is evaluated at least | 4 |
| once in the course of every 2 school years , beginning
with the | 5 |
| 1986-87 school year . | 6 |
| By no later than the September 1, 2012, each school | 7 |
| district shall establish a teacher evaluation plan that ensures | 8 |
| that: | 9 |
| (1) each teacher not in contractual continued service | 10 |
| is evaluated at least once every school year; and | 11 |
| (2) each teacher in contractual continued service is | 12 |
| evaluated at least once in the course of every 2 school | 13 |
| years. However, any teacher in contractual continued | 14 |
| service whose performance is rated as either "needs | 15 |
| improvement" or "unsatisfactory" must be evaluated at | 16 |
| least once in the school year following the receipt of such | 17 |
| rating. | 18 |
| Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section or | 19 |
| any other Section of the School Code, a principal shall not be | 20 |
| prohibited from evaluating any teachers within a school during | 21 |
| his or her first year as principal of such school. | 22 |
| The evaluation plan shall comply with the requirements of | 23 |
| this Section and
of any rules adopted by the State Board of | 24 |
| Education pursuant to this Section. | 25 |
| The plan shall include a description of each teacher's | 26 |
| duties
and responsibilities and of the standards to which that |
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| teacher
is expected to conform . The plan may provide for | 2 |
| evaluation of personnel whose positions
require administrative | 3 |
| certification by independent evaluators not employed
by or | 4 |
| affiliated with the school district. The results of the school
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| district administrators' evaluations shall be reported to the | 6 |
| employing
school board, together with such recommendations for | 7 |
| remediation as the
evaluator or evaluators may deem | 8 |
| appropriate. Evaluation of teachers whose positions do not | 9 |
| require administrative
certification shall be conducted by an | 10 |
| administrator qualified under Section
24A-3, or -- in school | 11 |
| districts having a population exceeding 500,000 --
by either an | 12 |
| administrator qualified under Section 24A-3 or an assistant
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| principal under the supervision of an administrator qualified | 14 |
| under Section
24A-3 , and shall include at least the following | 15 |
| components: | 16 |
| (a) personal observation of the teacher in the | 17 |
| classroom by the evaluator (on at least
2 different school | 18 |
| days in school districts having a population
exceeding
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| 500,000) by a district administrator qualified under | 20 |
| Section 24A-3, or --
in school districts having a | 21 |
| population exceeding 500,000 -- by either an
administrator | 22 |
| qualified under Section 24A-3 or an assistant principal | 23 |
| under
the supervision of an administrator qualified under | 24 |
| Section 24A-3 , unless
the teacher has no classroom duties. | 25 |
| (b) consideration of the teacher's attendance, | 26 |
| planning, and
instructional methods, classroom management, |
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| where relevant, and
competency in the subject matter | 2 |
| taught , where relevant . | 3 |
| (c) by no later than the applicable implementation | 4 |
| date, consideration of student growth as a significant | 5 |
| factor in the rating of the teacher's performance. | 6 |
| (d) prior to September 1, 2012, (c) rating of the | 7 |
| teacher's performance of teachers in contractual continued | 8 |
| service as either: | 9 |
| (i) "excellent",
"satisfactory" or | 10 |
| "unsatisfactory" ; or . | 11 |
| (ii) "excellent", "proficient", "needs | 12 |
| improvement" or "unsatisfactory". | 13 |
| (e) on and after September 1, 2012, rating of the | 14 |
| performance of teachers in contractual continued service | 15 |
| as "excellent", "proficient", "needs improvement" or | 16 |
| "unsatisfactory". | 17 |
| (f) (d) specification as to the teacher's strengths and | 18 |
| weaknesses, with
supporting reasons for the comments made. | 19 |
| (g) (e) inclusion of a copy of the evaluation in the | 20 |
| teacher's personnel
file and provision of a copy to the | 21 |
| teacher. | 22 |
| (h) within 30 school days after the completion of an | 23 |
| evaluation rating a teacher in contractual continued | 24 |
| service as "needs improvement", development by the | 25 |
| evaluator, in consultation with the teacher, and taking | 26 |
| into account the teacher's on-going professional |
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| assignments, of a professional development plan directed | 3 |
| to the areas that need improvement and any supports that | 4 |
| the district will provide to address the areas identified | 5 |
| as needing improvement. | 6 |
| (i) (f) within 30 days after completion of an | 7 |
| evaluation rating a teacher
in contractual continued | 8 |
| service as "unsatisfactory", development and commencement | 9 |
| by the district , or by an administrator qualified under | 10 |
| Section
24A-3 or an assistant principal under the | 11 |
| supervision of an administrator
qualified under Section | 12 |
| 24A-3 in school districts having a population
exceeding | 13 |
| 500,000, of a remediation plan designed to correct | 14 |
| deficiencies
cited, provided the deficiencies are deemed | 15 |
| remediable.
In all school districts the
remediation plan | 16 |
| for unsatisfactory, tenured teachers shall
provide for 90 | 17 |
| school days of remediation within the
classroom , unless an | 18 |
| applicable collective bargaining agreement provides for a | 19 |
| shorter duration . In all school districts evaluations | 20 |
| issued pursuant
to
this Section shall be
issued within 10 | 21 |
| days after the conclusion of the respective remediation | 22 |
| plan.
However, the school board or other governing | 23 |
| authority of the district
shall not lose
jurisdiction to | 24 |
| discharge a teacher in the event the evaluation is not | 25 |
| issued
within 10 days after the conclusion of the | 26 |
| respective remediation plan. |
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| (j) (g) participation in the remediation plan by the | 2 |
| teacher in contractual continued service rated
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| "unsatisfactory", an evaluator and a district | 4 |
| administrator qualified under Section 24A-3
(or -- in a | 5 |
| school district having a population exceeding 500,000 -- an
| 6 |
| administrator qualified under Section 24A-3 or an | 7 |
| assistant principal under
the supervision of an | 8 |
| administrator qualified under Section 24A-3),
and a | 9 |
| consulting teacher , selected by the evaluator by the | 10 |
| participating administrator or by
the principal, or -- in | 11 |
| school districts having a population exceeding
500,000 -- | 12 |
| by an administrator qualified under Section 24A-3 or by an
| 13 |
| assistant principal under the supervision of an | 14 |
| administrator qualified
under Section 24A-3, of the | 15 |
| teacher who was rated "unsatisfactory", which
consulting | 16 |
| teacher is an educational employee as defined in the | 17 |
| Educational
Labor Relations Act, has at least 5 years' | 18 |
| teaching experience , and a
reasonable familiarity with the | 19 |
| assignment of the teacher being evaluated,
and who received | 20 |
| an "excellent" rating on his or her most
recent evaluation. | 21 |
| Where no teachers who meet these criteria are available
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| within the district, the district shall request and the | 23 |
| State Board of
Education shall supply, to participate in | 24 |
| the remediation process, an
individual who meets these | 25 |
| criteria. | 26 |
| In a district having a population of less than 500,000 |
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| with an
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| may, if it so chooses, supply a roster of qualified | 3 |
| teachers from whom the
consulting teacher is to be | 4 |
| selected. That roster shall, however, contain
the names of | 5 |
| at least 5 teachers, each of whom meets the criteria for
| 6 |
| consulting teacher with regard to the teacher being | 7 |
| evaluated, or the names
of all teachers so qualified if | 8 |
| that number is less than 5. In the event of
a dispute as to | 9 |
| qualification, the State Board shall determine | 10 |
| qualification. | 11 |
| (k) a mid-point and final evaluation by an evaluator | 12 |
| during and at the end of the remediation period, | 13 |
| immediately following receipt of a remediation plan | 14 |
| provided for under subsections (i) and (j) of this Section. | 15 |
| Each evaluation shall assess the teacher's performance | 16 |
| during the time period since the prior evaluation; provided | 17 |
| that the last evaluation shall also include an overall | 18 |
| evaluation of the teacher's performance during the | 19 |
| remediation period. A written copy of the evaluations and | 20 |
| ratings, in which any deficiencies in performance and | 21 |
| recommendations for correction are identified, shall be | 22 |
| provided to and discussed with the teacher within 10 school | 23 |
| days after the date of the evaluation, unless an applicable | 24 |
| collective bargaining agreement provides to the contrary. | 25 |
| (h) evaluations and ratings once every 30 school days
for | 26 |
| the 90 school day
remediation period immediately
following |
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| receipt of a remediation plan provided for under | 2 |
| subsections (f) and (g) of this
Section;
provided that in | 3 |
| school districts having a population
exceeding
500,000
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| there shall be monthly evaluations and ratings for the | 5 |
| first 6 months and
quarterly evaluations and ratings for | 6 |
| the next 6 months immediately
following completion of the | 7 |
| remediation program of a teacher for whom a
remediation | 8 |
| plan has been developed. These subsequent evaluations
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| shall be conducted by an evaluator the participating | 10 |
| administrator, or -- in school
districts having a | 11 |
| population exceeding 500,000 -- by either the principal
or | 12 |
| by an assistant principal under the supervision of an
| 13 |
| administrator qualified under Section 24A-3 . The | 14 |
| consulting
teacher shall provide advice to the teacher | 15 |
| rated "unsatisfactory" on how
to improve teaching skills | 16 |
| and to successfully complete the remediation
plan. The | 17 |
| consulting teacher shall participate in developing the
| 18 |
| remediation plan, but the final decision as to the | 19 |
| evaluation shall be done
solely by the evaluator | 20 |
| administrator, or -- in school districts having a | 21 |
| population
exceeding 500,000 -- by either the principal or | 22 |
| by an assistant principal
under the supervision of an | 23 |
| administrator qualified under Section 24A-3 ,
unless an | 24 |
| applicable collective bargaining agreement provides to the | 25 |
| contrary.
Teachers in the remediation process in a school | 26 |
| district having a
population
exceeding 500,000 are not |
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| subject to the annual evaluations
described in paragraphs | 2 |
| (a) through (e) of this Section. Evaluations at the
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| conclusion of the remediation process shall be separate and | 4 |
| distinct from the
required annual evaluations of teachers | 5 |
| and shall not be subject to the
guidelines and procedures | 6 |
| relating to those annual evaluations. The evaluator
may but | 7 |
| is not required to use the forms provided for the annual | 8 |
| evaluation of
teachers in the district's evaluation plan. | 9 |
| (l) (i) in school districts having a population of less | 10 |
| than
500,000,
reinstatement to the evaluation schedule set | 11 |
| forth in the district's evaluation plan a schedule of | 12 |
| biennial evaluation for any teacher in contractual | 13 |
| continued service
who achieves a rating equal to or better | 14 |
| than "satisfactory" or "proficient" in the school year | 15 |
| following a rating of "needs improvement" or | 16 |
| "unsatisfactory". completes the 90 school day remediation | 17 |
| plan with a
"satisfactory" or better
rating, unless the | 18 |
| district's plan regularly requires more frequent
| 19 |
| evaluations; and in school districts having a population | 20 |
| exceeding
500,000, reinstatement to a schedule of biennial | 21 |
| evaluation for any teacher
who completes the 90 school day | 22 |
| remediation plan with a "satisfactory" or
better rating and | 23 |
| the one
year intensive review schedule as provided in | 24 |
| paragraph (h) of this Section
with a "satisfactory" or | 25 |
| better rating, unless such district's plan regularly
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| requires more frequent evaluations. |
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| (m) (j) dismissal in accordance with Section 24-12 or | 2 |
| 34-85 of the School
Code of any teacher who fails to | 3 |
| complete any applicable remediation plan
with a rating | 4 |
| equal to or better than a "satisfactory" or "proficient" | 5 |
| better rating. Districts and teachers subject to
dismissal | 6 |
| hearings are precluded from compelling the testimony of
| 7 |
| consulting teachers at such hearings under Section 24-12 or | 8 |
| 34-85, either
as to the rating process or for opinions of | 9 |
| performances by teachers under
remediation. | 10 |
| In a district subject to a collective bargaining agreement
| 11 |
| as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, any | 12 |
| changes made by this amendatory Act to the provisions of this
| 13 |
| Section that are contrary to the express terms and provisions | 14 |
| of that
agreement shall go into effect in that district only | 15 |
| upon
expiration of that agreement. Thereafter, collectively | 16 |
| bargained evaluation
plans shall at a minimum meet the | 17 |
| standards of this Article. If such a
district has an evaluation | 18 |
| plan, however, whether pursuant to the
collective bargaining | 19 |
| agreement or otherwise, a copy of that plan shall be
submitted | 20 |
| to the State Board of Education for review and comment, in
| 21 |
| accordance with Section 24A-4. | 22 |
| Nothing in this Section or Section 24A-4 shall be construed | 23 |
| as preventing immediate
dismissal of a teacher for deficiencies | 24 |
| which are
deemed irremediable or for actions which are | 25 |
| injurious to or endanger the
health or person of students in | 26 |
| the classroom or school , or preventing the dismissal or |
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| non-renewal of teachers not in contractual continued service | 2 |
| for any reason not prohibited by applicable employment, labor, | 3 |
| and civil rights laws . Failure to
strictly comply with the time | 4 |
| requirements contained in Section 24A-5 shall
not invalidate | 5 |
| the results of the remediation plan. | 6 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-510, eff. 8-28-07.) | 7 |
| (105 ILCS 5/24A-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7) | 8 |
| Sec. 24A-7. Rules. The State Board of Education is | 9 |
| authorized to adopt such rules as
are deemed necessary to | 10 |
| implement and accomplish the purposes and
provisions of this | 11 |
| Article, including, but not limited to, rules (i) relating to | 12 |
| the methods for measuring student growth (including, but not | 13 |
| limited to, limitations on the age of useable data; the amount | 14 |
| of data needed to reliably and validly measure growth for the | 15 |
| purpose of teacher and principal evaluations; and whether and | 16 |
| at what time annual State assessments may be used as one of | 17 |
| multiple measures of student growth), (ii) defining the term | 18 |
| "significant factor" for purposes of including consideration | 19 |
| of student growth in performance ratings, (iii) controlling for | 20 |
| such factors as student characteristics (including, but not | 21 |
| limited to, students receiving special education and English | 22 |
| Language Learner services), student attendance, and student | 23 |
| mobility so as to best measure the impact that a teacher, | 24 |
| principal, school and school district has on students' academic | 25 |
| achievement, (iv) establishing minimum requirements for |
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| district teacher and principal evaluation instruments and | 2 |
| procedures, and (v) establishing a model evaluation plan for | 3 |
| use by school districts in which student growth shall comprise | 4 |
| 50% of the performance rating. Notwithstanding any provision in | 5 |
| this Section, rules shall not preclude a school district having | 6 |
| 500,000 or more inhabitants from using an annual State | 7 |
| assessment as the sole measure of student growth for purposes | 8 |
| of teacher or principal evaluations. | 9 |
| The rules shall be developed through a process involving | 10 |
| collaboration with a Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, | 11 |
| which shall be convened and staffed by the State Board of | 12 |
| Education. Members of the Council shall be selected by the | 13 |
| State Superintendent and include, without limitation, | 14 |
| representatives of teacher unions and school district | 15 |
| management, persons with expertise in performance evaluation | 16 |
| processes and systems, as well as other stakeholders. The | 17 |
| Performance Evaluation Advisory Council shall meet at least | 18 |
| quarterly following the effective date of this amendatory Act | 19 |
| of the 96th General Assembly until June 30, 2017. | 20 |
| Prior to the applicable implementation date, except that | 21 |
| these rules shall not apply to teachers assigned to schools | 22 |
| identified in an agreement entered into between the board of a | 23 |
| school district operating under Article 34 of this Code and the | 24 |
| exclusive representative of the district's teachers in | 25 |
| accordance with Section 34-85c of this Code. | 26 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-510, eff. 8-28-07.) |
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| (105 ILCS 5/24A-7.1 new) | 2 |
| Sec. 24A-7.1. Teacher and principal performance | 3 |
| evaluations. Except as otherwise provided under this Act, | 4 |
| disclosure of public school teacher and principal performance | 5 |
| evaluations is prohibited. | 6 |
| (105 ILCS 5/24A-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-8) | 7 |
| Sec. 24A-8. Evaluation of teachers not in contractual | 8 |
| continued service. Each Beginning with the 1987-88 school year | 9 |
| each teacher not in contractual
continued service shall be | 10 |
| evaluated at least once each school year. | 11 |
| (Source: P.A. 84-1419.) | 12 |
| (105 ILCS 5/24A-15) | 13 |
| Sec. 24A-15. Development and submission of evaluation plan | 14 |
| for principals. | 15 |
| (a) Each Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year and each | 16 |
| school year thereafter, each school district, except for a | 17 |
| school district organized under Article 34 of this Code, shall | 18 |
| establish a principal evaluation plan in accordance with this | 19 |
| Section. The plan must ensure that each principal is evaluated | 20 |
| as follows: | 21 |
| (1) For a principal on a single-year contract, the | 22 |
| evaluation must take place by March February 1 of each | 23 |
| year. |
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| (2) For a principal on a multi-year contract under | 2 |
| Section 10-23.8a of this Code, the evaluation must take | 3 |
| place by March 1 February 1 of the final year of the | 4 |
| contract. | 5 |
| On and after September 1, 2012, the plan must: | 6 |
| (i) rate the principal's performance as "excellent", | 7 |
| "proficient", "needs improvement" or "unsatisfactory"; and | 8 |
| (ii) ensure that each principal is evaluated at least | 9 |
| once every school year. | 10 |
| Nothing in this Section prohibits a school district from | 11 |
| conducting additional evaluations of principals.
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| (b) The evaluation shall include a description of the | 13 |
| principal's duties and responsibilities and the standards to | 14 |
| which the principal is expected to conform. | 15 |
| (c) The evaluation must be performed by the district | 16 |
| superintendent, the superintendent's designee, or, in the | 17 |
| absence of the superintendent or his or her designee, an | 18 |
| individual appointed by the school board who holds a registered | 19 |
| Type 75 State administrative certificate. | 20 |
| Prior to September 1, 2012, the The evaluation must be in | 21 |
| writing and must at least do all of the following: | 22 |
| (1) Consider the principal's specific duties, | 23 |
| responsibilities, management, and competence as a | 24 |
| principal. | 25 |
| (2) Specify the principal's strengths and weaknesses, | 26 |
| with supporting reasons. |
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| (3) Align with the Illinois Professional Standards for | 2 |
| School Leaders or research-based standards established by | 3 |
| administrative rule district standards .
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| On and after September 1, 2012, the evaluation must, in | 5 |
| addition to the requirements in items (1), (2), and (3) of this | 6 |
| subsection (c), provide for the use of data and indicators on | 7 |
| student growth as a significant factor in rating performance. | 8 |
| (d) One copy of the evaluation must be included in the | 9 |
| principal's personnel file and one copy of the evaluation must | 10 |
| be provided to the principal. | 11 |
| (e) Failure by a district to evaluate a principal and to | 12 |
| provide the principal with a copy of the evaluation at least | 13 |
| once during the term of the principal's contract, in accordance | 14 |
| with this Section, is evidence that the principal is performing | 15 |
| duties and responsibilities in at least a satisfactory manner | 16 |
| and shall serve to automatically extend the principal's | 17 |
| contract for a period of one year after the contract would | 18 |
| otherwise expire, under the same terms and conditions as the | 19 |
| prior year's contract. The requirements in this Section are in | 20 |
| addition to the right of a school board to reclassify a | 21 |
| principal pursuant to Section 10-23.8b of this Code. | 22 |
| (f) Nothing in this Section prohibits a school board from | 23 |
| ordering lateral transfers of principals to positions of | 24 |
| similar rank and salary.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-1039, eff. 7-20-06.) |
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| Sec. 24A-20. State Board of Education data collection and | 3 |
| evaluation assessment and support systems. | 4 |
| (a) On or before the date established in subsection (b) of | 5 |
| this Section, the State Board of Education shall, through a | 6 |
| process involving collaboration with the Performance | 7 |
| Evaluation Advisory Council, develop or contract for the | 8 |
| development of and implement all of the following data | 9 |
| collection and evaluation assessment and support systems: | 10 |
| (1) A system to annually collect and publish data by | 11 |
| district and school on teacher and administrator | 12 |
| performance evaluation outcomes. The system must ensure | 13 |
| that no teacher or administrator can be personally | 14 |
| identified by publicly reported data. | 15 |
| (2) Both a teacher and principal model evaluation | 16 |
| template. The model templates must incorporate the | 17 |
| requirements of this Article and any other requirements | 18 |
| established by the State Board by administrative rule, but | 19 |
| allow customization by districts in a manner that does not | 20 |
| conflict with such requirements. | 21 |
| (3) An evaluator pre-qualification program based on | 22 |
| the model teacher evaluation template. | 23 |
| (4) An evaluator training program based on the model | 24 |
| teacher evaluation template. The training program shall | 25 |
| provide multiple training options that account for the | 26 |
| prior training and experience of the evaluator. |
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| model principal evaluation template. | 3 |
| (6) One or more instruments to provide feedback to | 4 |
| principals on the instructional environment within a | 5 |
| school. | 6 |
| (7) A State Board-provided or approved technical | 7 |
| assistance system that supports districts with the | 8 |
| development and implementation of teacher and principal | 9 |
| evaluation systems. | 10 |
| (8) Web-based systems and tools supporting | 11 |
| implementation of the model templates and the evaluator | 12 |
| pre-qualification and training programs. | 13 |
| (9) A process for measuring and reporting correlations | 14 |
| between local principal and teacher evaluations and (A) | 15 |
| student growth in tested grades and subjects and (B) | 16 |
| retention rates of teachers. | 17 |
| (10) A process for assessing whether school district | 18 |
| evaluation systems developed pursuant to this Act and that | 19 |
| consider student growth as a significant factor in the | 20 |
| rating of a teacher's and principal's performance are valid | 21 |
| and reliable, contribute to the development of staff, and | 22 |
| improve student achievement outcomes. By no later than | 23 |
| September 1, 2014, a research-based study shall be issued | 24 |
| assessing such systems for validity and reliability, | 25 |
| contribution to the development of staff, and improvement | 26 |
| of student performance and recommending, based on the |
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| results of this study, changes, if any, that need to be | 2 |
| incorporated into teacher and principal evaluation systems | 3 |
| that consider student growth as a significant factor in the | 4 |
| rating performance for remaining school districts to be | 5 |
| required to implement such systems. | 6 |
| (b) If the State of Illinois receives a Race to the Top | 7 |
| Grant, the data collection and support systems described in | 8 |
| subsection (a) must be developed on or before September 30, | 9 |
| 2011. If the State of Illinois does not receive a Race to the | 10 |
| Top Grant, the data collection and support systems described in | 11 |
| subsection (a) must be developed on or before September 30, | 12 |
| 2012; provided, however, that the data collection and support | 13 |
| systems set forth in items (3) and (4) of subsection (a) of | 14 |
| this Section must be developed September 30, 2011 regardless of | 15 |
| whether the State of Illinois receives a Race to the Top Grant. | 16 |
| By no later than September 1, 2011, if the State of Illinois | 17 |
| receives a Race to the Top Grant, or September 1, 2012, if the | 18 |
| State of Illinois does not receive a Race to the Top Grant, the | 19 |
| State Board of Education must execute or contract for the | 20 |
| execution of the assessment referenced in item (10) of | 21 |
| subsection (a) of this Section to determine whether the school | 22 |
| district evaluation systems developed pursuant to this Act have | 23 |
| been valid and reliable, contributed to the development of | 24 |
| staff, and improved student performance. | 25 |
| (c) Districts shall submit data and information to the | 26 |
| State Board on teacher and principal performance evaluations |
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| and evaluation plans in accordance with procedures and | 2 |
| requirements for submissions established by the State Board. | 3 |
| Such data shall include, without limitation, (i) data on the | 4 |
| performance rating given to all teachers in contractual | 5 |
| continued service, (ii) data on district recommendations to | 6 |
| renew or not renew teachers not in contractual continued | 7 |
| service, and (iii) data on the performance rating given to all | 8 |
| principals. | 9 |
| (d) If the State Board of Education does not timely fulfill | 10 |
| any of the requirements set forth in Sections 24A-7 and 24A-20, | 11 |
| and adequate and sustainable federal, State, or other funds are | 12 |
| not provided to the State Board of Education and school | 13 |
| districts to meet their responsibilities under this Article, | 14 |
| the applicable implementation date shall be postponed by the | 15 |
| number of calendar days equal to those needed by the State | 16 |
| Board of Education to fulfill such requirements and for the | 17 |
| adequate and sustainable funds to be provided to the State | 18 |
| Board of Education and school districts. The determination as | 19 |
| to whether the State Board of Education has fulfilled any or | 20 |
| all requirements set forth in Sections 24A-7 and 24A-20 and | 21 |
| whether adequate and sustainable funds have been provided to | 22 |
| the State Board of Education and school districts shall be made | 23 |
| by the State Board of Education in consultation with the P-20 | 24 |
| Council. | 25 |
| (105 ILCS 5/34-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-8) |
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| Sec. 34-8. Powers and duties of general superintendent. The | 2 |
| general superintendent of schools shall prescribe and control,
| 3 |
| subject to the approval of the board and to other provisions of | 4 |
| this
Article, the courses of study mandated by State law, | 5 |
| textbooks,
educational apparatus and equipment, discipline in | 6 |
| and conduct of the
schools, and shall perform such other duties | 7 |
| as the board may by rule
prescribe. The superintendent shall | 8 |
| also notify the State Board of
Education, the board and the | 9 |
| chief administrative official, other than the
alleged | 10 |
| perpetrator himself, in the school where the alleged | 11 |
| perpetrator
serves, that any person who is employed in a school | 12 |
| or otherwise comes into
frequent contact with children in the | 13 |
| school has been named as a
perpetrator in an indicated report | 14 |
| filed pursuant to the Abused and
Neglected Child Reporting Act, | 15 |
| approved June 26, 1975, as amended. | 16 |
| The general superintendent may be granted the authority by | 17 |
| the board
to hire a specific number of employees to assist in | 18 |
| meeting immediate
responsibilities. Conditions of employment | 19 |
| for such personnel shall not be
subject to the provisions of | 20 |
| Section 34-85. | 21 |
| The general superintendent may, pursuant to a delegation of | 22 |
| authority by
the board and Section 34-18, approve contracts and | 23 |
| expenditures. | 24 |
| Pursuant to other provisions of this Article, sites shall | 25 |
| be selected,
schoolhouses located thereon and plans therefor | 26 |
| approved, and textbooks
and educational apparatus and |
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| equipment shall be adopted and purchased
by the board only upon | 2 |
| the recommendation of the general superintendent
of schools or | 3 |
| by a majority vote of the full membership of the board
and, in | 4 |
| the case of textbooks, subject to Article 28 of this Act. The
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| board may furnish free textbooks to pupils and may publish its | 6 |
| own
textbooks and manufacture its own apparatus, equipment and | 7 |
| supplies. | 8 |
| In addition, in January of each year,
the general
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| superintendent of schools shall report to the State Board of | 10 |
| Education the number of high school students
in the district | 11 |
| who are enrolled in accredited courses (for which high
school | 12 |
| credit will be awarded upon successful completion of the | 13 |
| courses) at
any community college, together with the name and | 14 |
| number of the course or
courses which each such student is | 15 |
| taking. | 16 |
| The general superintendent shall also have the authority to | 17 |
| monitor the
performance of attendance centers, to identify and | 18 |
| place an attendance
center on remediation and probation, and to | 19 |
| recommend to the board that the
attendance center be placed on | 20 |
| intervention and be reconstituted, subject to
the provisions of | 21 |
| Sections 34-8.3 and 8.4. | 22 |
| The general superintendent, or his or her designee, shall
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| conduct an annual evaluation of each principal in the district
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| pursuant to guidelines promulgated by the Board and the Board | 25 |
| approved
principal evaluation form. The evaluation
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| based on factors, including the following:
(i) student academic |
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| improvement, as defined by the
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| student absenteeism rates at the school;
(iii) instructional | 3 |
| leadership;
(iv) effective implementation of programs, | 4 |
| policies, or strategies to
improve student academic | 5 |
| achievement; (v) school management;
and (vi) other factors, | 6 |
| including, without limitation, the principal's
communication | 7 |
| skills and ability to create and maintain a
student-centered | 8 |
| learning environment, to develop
opportunities for | 9 |
| professional development, and to encourage parental
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| involvement and community partnerships to achieve school | 11 |
| improvement. | 12 |
| Effective no later than September 1, 2012, the general | 13 |
| superintendent or his or her designee shall develop a written | 14 |
| principal evaluation plan. The evaluation plan must be in | 15 |
| writing and shall supersede the evaluation requirements set | 16 |
| forth in this Section. The evaluation plan must do at least all | 17 |
| of the following: | 18 |
| (1) Provide for annual evaluation of all principals | 19 |
| employed under a performance contract by the general | 20 |
| superintendent or his or her designee, no later than July | 21 |
| 1st of each year. | 22 |
| (2) Consider the principal's specific duties, | 23 |
| responsibilities, management, and competence as a | 24 |
| principal. | 25 |
| (3) Specify the principal's strengths and weaknesses, | 26 |
| with supporting reasons. |
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| (4) Align with research-based standards. | 2 |
| (5) Use data and indicators on student growth as a | 3 |
| significant factor in rating principal performance. | 4 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-496, eff. 8-28-07.) | 5 |
| (105 ILCS 5/34-85c) | 6 |
| Sec. 34-85c. Alternative procedures for teacher | 7 |
| evaluation, remediation, and removal for cause after | 8 |
| remediation. | 9 |
| (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the board and | 10 |
| the exclusive representative of the district's teachers are | 11 |
| hereby authorized to enter into an agreement to establish | 12 |
| alternative procedures for teacher evaluation, remediation, | 13 |
| and removal for cause after remediation, including an | 14 |
| alternative system for peer evaluation and recommendations ; | 15 |
| provided, however, that no later than September 1, 2012: (i) | 16 |
| any alternative procedures must include provisions whereby | 17 |
| student performance data is a significant factor in teacher | 18 |
| evaluation and (ii) teachers are rated as "excellent", | 19 |
| "proficient", "needs improvement" or "unsatisfactory" . | 20 |
| Pursuant exclusively to that agreement, teachers assigned to | 21 |
| schools identified in that agreement shall be subject to an | 22 |
| alternative performance evaluation plan and remediation | 23 |
| procedures in lieu of the plan and procedures set forth in | 24 |
| Article 24A of this Code and alternative removal for cause | 25 |
| standards and procedures in lieu of the removal standards and |
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| procedures set forth in Sections 34-85 and 34-85b of this Code. | 2 |
| To the extent that the agreement provides a teacher with an | 3 |
| opportunity for a hearing on removal for cause before an | 4 |
| independent hearing officer in accordance with Sections 34-85 | 5 |
| and 34-85b or otherwise, the hearing officer shall be governed | 6 |
| by the alternative performance evaluation plan, remediation | 7 |
| procedures, and removal standards and procedures set forth in | 8 |
| the agreement in making findings of fact and a recommendation. | 9 |
| (b) The board and the exclusive representative of the | 10 |
| district's teachers shall submit a certified copy of an | 11 |
| agreement as provided under subsection (a) of this Section to | 12 |
| the State Board of Education. | 13 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-510, eff. 8-28-07.) | 14 |
| (105 ILCS 5/24A-6 rep.) | 15 |
| Section 20. The School Code is amended by repealing Section | 16 |
| 24A-6.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 |
| becoming law.".
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