Full Text of SB1645 96th General Assembly
SB1645 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB1645
Introduced 2/19/2009, by Sen. William Delgado SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/10-17a |
from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a |
105 ILCS 5/10-20.46 new |
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105 ILCS 5/34-18.37 new |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that each school board shall require an annual assessment of the physical fitness levels of all students in grades 5, 7, and 9, which shall be reported on the school district's school report card (along with the average number of minutes per week of physical education for each grade level). Requires the assessment data to be reported to the State Board of Education. Requires the State Board to compile the results, including statewide averages, broken down by gender and grade level, and use the assessment data to file a summary report every other year, beginning in October of 2012, regarding the overall status of health-related fitness of Illinois public school children with the Office of the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Department of Public Health. Allows students to be excused from the physical fitness assessment. Effective January 1, 2010.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 10-17a and by adding Sections 10-20.46 and 34-18.37 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
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| Sec. 10-17a. Better schools accountability.
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| (1) Policy and
Purpose. It shall be the policy of the State | 9 |
| of Illinois that each school
district in this State, including | 10 |
| special charter districts and districts
subject to the | 11 |
| provisions of Article 34, shall submit to parents, taxpayers
of | 12 |
| such district, the Governor, the General Assembly, and the | 13 |
| State
Board of Education a school report card assessing the | 14 |
| performance of its
schools and students. The report card shall | 15 |
| be an index of school
performance measured against statewide | 16 |
| and local standards and will provide
information to make prior | 17 |
| year comparisons and to set future year targets
through the | 18 |
| school improvement plan.
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| (2) Reporting Requirements. Each school district shall | 20 |
| prepare a report
card in accordance with the guidelines set | 21 |
| forth in this Section which
describes the performance of its | 22 |
| students by school attendance centers and
by district and the | 23 |
| district's financial resources and use of financial
resources. |
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| Such report
card shall be presented at a regular school board | 2 |
| meeting subject to
applicable notice requirements,
posted on | 3 |
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school district's Internet web site, if the district | 4 |
| maintains an Internet web
site,
made available
to a newspaper | 5 |
| of general circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, | 6 |
| sent
home to a parent (unless the district does not maintain an | 7 |
| Internet web site,
in which case
the report card shall be sent | 8 |
| home to parents without request). If the
district posts the | 9 |
| report card on its Internet web
site, the district
shall send a
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| written notice home to parents stating (i) that the report card | 11 |
| is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address of the web site, | 12 |
| (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
will be sent to
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| parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone number that | 14 |
| parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the report card.
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| In addition, each school district shall submit the
completed | 16 |
| report card to the office of the district's Regional
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| Superintendent which shall make copies available to any | 18 |
| individuals
requesting them.
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| The report card shall be completed and disseminated prior | 20 |
| to October 31
in each school year. The report card shall | 21 |
| contain, but
not be limited to, actual local school attendance | 22 |
| center, school district
and statewide data indicating the | 23 |
| present performance of the school, the
State norms and the | 24 |
| areas for planned improvement for the school and school
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| district.
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| (3) (a) The report card shall include the following |
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| applicable
indicators of attendance center, district, and | 2 |
| statewide student
performance: percent of students who exceed, | 3 |
| meet, or do not meet
standards established by the
State Board | 4 |
| of Education pursuant to Section 2-3.25a; composite and subtest
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| means on
nationally normed achievement tests for
college bound | 6 |
| students; student attendance rates; chronic
truancy rate; | 7 |
| dropout rate;
graduation rate;
and student
mobility, turnover
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| shown as a percent of transfers out and a percent of transfers | 9 |
| in.
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| (b) The report card shall include the following | 11 |
| descriptions for the
school,
district, and State: average
class | 12 |
| size; amount of time per day devoted to mathematics, science,
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| English and social science at primary,
middle and junior high | 14 |
| school grade levels;
number of students taking the Prairie | 15 |
| State Achievement Examination under
subsection (c) of
Section | 16 |
| 2-3.64, the number of those students who received a score of | 17 |
| excellent,
and
the average score by school of students taking | 18 |
| the examination;
pupil-teacher ratio; pupil-administrator | 19 |
| ratio;
operating expenditure per
pupil; district expenditure | 20 |
| by fund; average administrator salary; and average
teacher | 21 |
| salary ; the number and percentage of students assessed at each | 22 |
| grade level under Section 10-20.46 or 34-18.37 of this Code and | 23 |
| the percentage of students by gender in each grade level that | 24 |
| showed scores in the range deemed "healthy" on each of the | 25 |
| fitness assessments; and the average number of minutes per week | 26 |
| of physical education for each grade level .
The report card |
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| shall also specify the amount of money that the district
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| receives from all sources, including without limitation | 3 |
| subcategories
specifying the amount from local property taxes, | 4 |
| the amount from
general State aid, the amount from other State | 5 |
| funding, and the amount
from other income.
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| (c) The report card shall include applicable indicators of | 7 |
| parental
involvement in each attendance center. The parental | 8 |
| involvement component
of the report card shall include the | 9 |
| percentage of students whose parents
or guardians have had one | 10 |
| or more personal contacts with the students'
teachers during | 11 |
| the school year concerning the students' education, and such
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| other information, commentary, and suggestions as the school | 13 |
| district
desires. For the purposes of this paragraph, "personal | 14 |
| contact" includes,
but is not limited to, parent-teacher | 15 |
| conferences, parental visits to
school, school visits to home, | 16 |
| telephone conversations, and written
correspondence. The | 17 |
| parental involvement component shall not single out or
identify | 18 |
| individual students, parents, or guardians by name.
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| (d) The report card form shall be prepared by the State | 20 |
| Board of
Education and provided to school districts by the most | 21 |
| efficient, economic,
and appropriate means.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-20.46 new) | 24 |
| Sec. 10-20.46. Physical fitness; assessment. | 25 |
| (a) Each school board shall require an annual assessment of |
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| the physical fitness levels of all students in grades 5, 7, and | 2 |
| 9, which shall be reported on the school district's school | 3 |
| report card under Section 10-17a of this Code. Assessment data | 4 |
| must be reported to the State Board of Education. The State | 5 |
| Board of Education shall collect the data and assist school | 6 |
| districts in reporting their data on the school report card. | 7 |
| (b) The specific physical fitness assessment tool to be | 8 |
| used by a school district must be a standardized tool | 9 |
| designated by the State Board of Education. All of the | 10 |
| assessments must be based on criterion-referenced standards. | 11 |
| The individual assessments shall include the following | 12 |
| health-related physical fitness assessments: | 13 |
| (1) the Pacer test or the one-mile walk/run test for | 14 |
| cardio-respiratory endurance; | 15 |
| (2) the push-up test for upper body strength and | 16 |
| endurance; | 17 |
| (3) the curl-up test for abdominal strength and | 18 |
| endurance; and | 19 |
| (4) the Backsaver sit and reach test for lower back and | 20 |
| leg flexibility. | 21 |
| (c) School districts shall report their raw physical | 22 |
| fitness assessment data electronically to a central collection | 23 |
| point designated by the State Board of Education by April 1st | 24 |
| of each school year. The State Board shall then compile the | 25 |
| results, including statewide averages, broken down by gender | 26 |
| and grade level. The State Board shall use this assessment data |
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| to file a summary report every other year, beginning in October | 2 |
| of 2012, regarding the overall status of health-related fitness | 3 |
| of Illinois public school children. This report must be filed | 4 |
| with the Office of the Governor, the General Assembly, and the | 5 |
| Department of Public Health on or before October 31st of the | 6 |
| reporting year. The accumulated data must also be made | 7 |
| available to the Department of Public Health for the purposes | 8 |
| of Section 4 of the Illinois Health Statistics Act. | 9 |
| (d) Students who have a medical excuse from a physician | 10 |
| must be excused from the physical fitness assessment. Students | 11 |
| with disabilities whose parent or physician requests that they | 12 |
| not be assessed must also be excused from the assessment. | 13 |
| (105 ILCS 5/34-18.37 new) | 14 |
| Sec. 34-18.37. Physical fitness; assessment. | 15 |
| (a) The board shall require an annual assessment of the | 16 |
| physical fitness levels of all students in grades 5, 7, and 9, | 17 |
| which shall be reported on an attendance center's report card | 18 |
| under Section 34-88 of this Code. Assessment data must be | 19 |
| reported to the State Board of Education. The State Board of | 20 |
| Education shall collect the data and assist attendance centers | 21 |
| in reporting their data on the report card. | 22 |
| (b) The specific physical fitness assessment tool to be | 23 |
| used by the school district must be a standardized tool | 24 |
| designated by the State Board of Education. All of the | 25 |
| assessments must be based on criterion-referenced standards. |
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| The individual assessments shall include the following | 2 |
| health-related physical fitness assessments: | 3 |
| (1) the Pacer test or the one-mile walk/run test for | 4 |
| cardio-respiratory endurance; | 5 |
| (2) the push-up test for upper body strength and | 6 |
| endurance; | 7 |
| (3) the curl-up test for abdominal strength and | 8 |
| endurance; and | 9 |
| (4) the Backsaver sit and reach test for lower back and | 10 |
| leg flexibility. | 11 |
| (c) The school district shall report its raw physical | 12 |
| fitness assessment data electronically to a central collection | 13 |
| point designated by the State Board of Education by April 1st | 14 |
| of each school year. The State Board shall then compile the | 15 |
| results and use this assessment data to file a summary report | 16 |
| as provided in subsection (c) of Section 10-20.46 of this Code. | 17 |
| (d) Students who have a medical excuse from a physician | 18 |
| must be excused from the physical fitness assessment. Students | 19 |
| with disabilities whose parent or physician requests that they | 20 |
| not be assessed must also be excused from the assessment.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 22 |
| 1, 2010.
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