Full Text of HB0605 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 | | 10-17a and 34-88 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report | 8 | | cards Better schools accountability .
| 9 | | (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent | 10 | | school year, the State Board of Education, through the State | 11 | | Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, | 12 | | school district report cards, and school report cards, and | 13 | | shall by the most economic means provide to Policy and
Purpose. | 14 | | It shall be the policy of the State of Illinois that each | 15 | | school
district in this State, including special charter | 16 | | districts and districts
subject to the provisions of Article | 17 | | 34, the report cards for the shall submit to parents, taxpayers
| 18 | | of such district, the Governor, the General Assembly, and the | 19 | | State
Board of Education a school district and each of its | 20 | | schools report card assessing the performance of its
schools | 21 | | and students . | 22 | | (2) In addition to any information required by federal law, | 23 | | the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and |
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| 1 | | presentation of the school report card, which must include, at | 2 | | a minimum, the most current data possessed by the State Board | 3 | | of Education related to the following: | 4 | | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, | 5 | | including average class size, average teaching experience, | 6 | | student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of | 7 | | students classified as low-income; the percentage of | 8 | | students classified as limited English proficiency; the | 9 | | percentage of students who have individualized education | 10 | | plans or 504 plans that provide for special education | 11 | | services; the percentage of students who annually | 12 | | transferred in or out of the school district; the per-pupil | 13 | | operating expenditure of the school district; and the | 14 | | per-pupil State average operating expenditure for the | 15 | | district type (elementary, high school, or unit); | 16 | | (B) curriculum information, including, where | 17 | | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | 18 | | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment | 19 | | courses, foreign language classes, school personnel | 20 | | resources (including Career Technical Education teachers), | 21 | | before and after school programs, extracurricular | 22 | | activities, subjects in which elective classes are | 23 | | offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the | 24 | | average number of days of Physical Education per week per | 25 | | student), approved programs of study, awards received, | 26 | | community partnerships, and special programs such as |
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| 1 | | programming for the gifted and talented, students with | 2 | | disabilities, and work-study students; | 3 | | (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the | 4 | | percentage of students meeting as well as exceeding State | 5 | | standards on assessments, the percentage of students in the | 6 | | eighth grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students | 7 | | enrolled in post-secondary institutions (including | 8 | | colleges, universities, community colleges, | 9 | | trade/vocational schools, and training programs leading to | 10 | | career certification within 2 semesters of high school | 11 | | graduation), the percentage of students graduating from | 12 | | high school who are college ready, the percentage of | 13 | | students graduating from high school who are career ready, | 14 | | and the percentage of graduates enrolled in community | 15 | | colleges, colleges, and universities who are in one or more | 16 | | courses that the community college, college, or university | 17 | | identifies as a remedial course; | 18 | | (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the | 19 | | percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5 | 20 | | credits or more without failing more than one core class, a | 21 | | measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a | 22 | | measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter | 23 | | high school on track for college and career readiness; and | 24 | | (E) the school environment, including, where | 25 | | applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10 | 26 | | absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with |
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| 1 | | less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other | 2 | | than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to | 3 | | the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term | 4 | | disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the | 5 | | percentage of teachers returning to the school from the | 6 | | previous year, the number of different principals at the | 7 | | school in the last 6 years, 2 or more indicators from any | 8 | | school climate survey developed by the State and | 9 | | administered pursuant to Section 2-3.153 of this Code, and | 10 | | the combined percentage of teachers rated as proficient or | 11 | | excellent in their most recent evaluation. | 12 | | The school report card shall also be an index of school
| 13 | | performance measured against statewide and local standards and | 14 | | will provide
information that allows for comparing the current | 15 | | outcome, progress, and environment data to the State average, | 16 | | to the school data from the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, | 17 | | progress, and environment of similar schools based on the type | 18 | | of school and enrollment of low-income, special education, and | 19 | | limited English proficiency students to make prior year | 20 | | comparisons and to set future year targets
through the school | 21 | | improvement plan .
| 22 | | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | 23 | | school district report card shall include a subset of the | 24 | | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | 25 | | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating | 26 | | to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the |
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| 1 | | school district, and the State report card shall include a | 2 | | subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through | 3 | | (E) of subsections (2) of this Section. | 4 | | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | 5 | | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | 6 | | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | 7 | | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | 8 | | State report card. | 9 | | (2) Reporting Requirements. Each school district shall | 10 | | prepare a report
card in accordance with the guidelines set | 11 | | forth in this Section which
describes the performance of its | 12 | | students by school attendance centers and
by district and the | 13 | | district's financial resources and use of financial
resources. | 14 | | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | 15 | | of the school district and school report cards from the State | 16 | | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including | 17 | | special charter districts and districts subject to the | 18 | | provisions of Article 34, shall present such Such report
cards | 19 | | card shall be presented at a regular school board meeting | 20 | | subject to
applicable notice requirements, post the report | 21 | | cards
posted on the
school district's Internet web site, if the | 22 | | district maintains an Internet web
site, make the report cards
| 23 | | made available
to a newspaper of general circulation serving | 24 | | the district, and, upon
request, send the report cards sent
| 25 | | home to a parent (unless the district does not maintain an | 26 | | Internet web site,
in which case
the report card shall be sent |
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| 1 | | home to parents without request). If the
district posts the | 2 | | report card on its Internet web
site, the district
shall send a
| 3 | | written notice home to parents stating (i) that the report card | 4 | | is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address of the web site, | 5 | | (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
will be sent to
| 6 | | parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone number that | 7 | | parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the report card.
| 8 | | In addition, each school district shall submit the
completed | 9 | | report card to the office of the district's Regional
| 10 | | Superintendent which shall make copies available to any | 11 | | individuals
requesting them.
| 12 | | The report card shall be completed and disseminated prior | 13 | | to October 31
in each school year. The report card shall | 14 | | contain, but
not be limited to, actual local school attendance | 15 | | center, school district
and statewide data indicating the | 16 | | present performance of the school, the
State norms and the | 17 | | areas for planned improvement for the school and school
| 18 | | district.
| 19 | | (3) (a) The report card shall include the following | 20 | | applicable
indicators of attendance center, district, and | 21 | | statewide student
performance: percent of students who exceed, | 22 | | meet, or do not meet
standards established by the
State Board | 23 | | of Education pursuant to Section 2-3.25a; composite and subtest
| 24 | | means on
nationally normed achievement tests for
college bound | 25 | | students; student attendance rates; chronic
truancy rate; | 26 | | dropout rate;
graduation rate;
and student
mobility, turnover
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| 1 | | shown as a percent of transfers out and a percent of transfers | 2 | | in.
| 3 | | (b) The report card shall include the following | 4 | | descriptions for the
school,
district, and State: average
class | 5 | | size; amount of time per day devoted to mathematics, science,
| 6 | | English and social science at primary,
middle and junior high | 7 | | school grade levels;
number of students taking the Prairie | 8 | | State Achievement Examination under
subsection (c) of
Section | 9 | | 2-3.64, the number of those students who received a score of | 10 | | excellent,
and
the average score by school of students taking | 11 | | the examination;
pupil-teacher ratio; pupil-administrator | 12 | | ratio;
operating expenditure per
pupil; district expenditure | 13 | | by fund; average administrator salary; and average
teacher | 14 | | salary.
The report card shall also specify the amount of money | 15 | | that the district
receives from all sources, including without | 16 | | limitation subcategories
specifying the amount from local | 17 | | property taxes, the amount from
general State aid, the amount | 18 | | from other State funding, and the amount
from other income.
| 19 | | (c) The report card shall include applicable indicators of | 20 | | parental
involvement in each attendance center. The parental | 21 | | involvement component
of the report card shall include the | 22 | | percentage of students whose parents
or guardians have had one | 23 | | or more personal contacts with the students'
teachers during | 24 | | the school year concerning the students' education, and such
| 25 | | other information, commentary, and suggestions as the school | 26 | | district
desires. For the purposes of this paragraph, "personal |
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| 1 | | contact" includes,
but is not limited to, parent-teacher | 2 | | conferences, parental visits to
school, school visits to home, | 3 | | telephone conversations, and written
correspondence. The | 4 | | parental involvement component shall not single out or
identify | 5 | | individual students, parents, or guardians by name.
| 6 | | (d) The report card form shall be prepared by the State | 7 | | Board of
Education and provided to school districts by the most | 8 | | efficient, economic,
and appropriate means.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 10 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-88) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-88)
| 11 | | Sec. 34-88. District and school report cards School | 12 | | reports . The board shall, in accordance with Section 10-17a of | 13 | | the School Code, annually present and disseminate the school | 14 | | district and school report cards prepared by the State | 15 | | Superintendent of Education. Each attendance center shall | 16 | | prepare a report
card in accordance with the guidelines | 17 | | established in paragraphs (b) and
(c) of subsection (3) of | 18 | | Section 10-17a which describes the performance
of its schools | 19 | | and students. This report card shall be transmitted to
the | 20 | | general superintendent who shall present report cards from
each | 21 | | of the attendance centers within the district to the
board.
| 22 | | The board shall make available to a newspaper of general
| 23 | | circulation
serving the district a report which provides | 24 | | information detailing the
performance of the district.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 2 | | 1, 2012.
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