Full Text of SB2793 98th General Assembly
SB2793 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB2793 Introduced 1/30/2014, by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/10-17a | from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a |
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Amends the School Code. As part of the annual school report card, requires every school to provide (i) data on the issuance of out-of-school suspensions, expulsions, and removals to alternative settings, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, gender, age, grade level, limited English proficiency status, length of exclusion, reason for exclusion, and whether alternative educational options were provided; (ii) data on the use of arrests or criminal citations, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, gender, age, grade level, disability status, limited English proficiency status, and alleged criminal offense; and (iii) data on student retention during and between academic years, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, gender, age, grade level, disability status, limited English proficiency status, and the reason for the student's departure. Sets forth requirements and exemptions concerning the data, including requiring the State Board of Education to analyze the data on an annual basis and determine the top quartile of school districts for specified metrics. Requires certain districts identified by the State Board to submit a school discipline improvement plan identifying the strategies it will implement to reduce the use of harsh disciplinary practices or reduce the disproportionality evident in its disciplinary practices; sets forth other requirements.
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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 Section | 5 | | 10-17a 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.
| 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 each school
| 14 | | district in this State, including special charter districts and | 15 | | districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report | 16 | | cards for the school district and each of its schools. | 17 | | (2) In addition to any information required by federal law, | 18 | | the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and | 19 | | presentation of the school report card, which must include, at | 20 | | a minimum, the most current data possessed by the State Board | 21 | | of Education related to the following: | 22 | | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, | 23 | | including average class size, average teaching experience, |
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| 1 | | student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of | 2 | | students classified as low-income; the percentage of | 3 | | students classified as limited English proficiency; the | 4 | | percentage of students who have individualized education | 5 | | plans or 504 plans that provide for special education | 6 | | services; the percentage of students who annually | 7 | | transferred in or out of the school district; the per-pupil | 8 | | operating expenditure of the school district; and the | 9 | | per-pupil State average operating expenditure for the | 10 | | district type (elementary, high school, or unit); | 11 | | (B) curriculum information, including, where | 12 | | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | 13 | | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment | 14 | | courses, foreign language classes, school personnel | 15 | | resources (including Career Technical Education teachers), | 16 | | before and after school programs, extracurricular | 17 | | activities, subjects in which elective classes are | 18 | | offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the | 19 | | average number of days of Physical Education per week per | 20 | | student), approved programs of study, awards received, | 21 | | community partnerships, and special programs such as | 22 | | programming for the gifted and talented, students with | 23 | | disabilities, and work-study students; | 24 | | (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the | 25 | | percentage of students meeting as well as exceeding State | 26 | | standards on assessments, the percentage of students in the |
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| 1 | | eighth grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students | 2 | | enrolled in post-secondary institutions (including | 3 | | colleges, universities, community colleges, | 4 | | trade/vocational schools, and training programs leading to | 5 | | career certification within 2 semesters of high school | 6 | | graduation), the percentage of students graduating from | 7 | | high school who are college ready, the percentage of | 8 | | students graduating from high school who are career ready, | 9 | | and the percentage of graduates enrolled in community | 10 | | colleges, colleges, and universities who are in one or more | 11 | | courses that the community college, college, or university | 12 | | identifies as a remedial course; | 13 | | (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the | 14 | | percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5 | 15 | | credits or more without failing more than one core class, a | 16 | | measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a | 17 | | measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter | 18 | | high school on track for college and career readiness; and | 19 | | (E) the school environment, including, where | 20 | | applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10 | 21 | | absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with | 22 | | less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other | 23 | | than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to | 24 | | the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term | 25 | | disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the | 26 | | percentage of teachers returning to the school from the |
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| 1 | | previous year, the number of different principals at the | 2 | | school in the last 6 years, 2 or more indicators from any | 3 | | school climate survey developed by the State and | 4 | | administered pursuant to Section 2-3.153 of this Code, and | 5 | | the combined percentage of teachers rated as proficient or | 6 | | excellent in their most recent evaluation. | 7 | | The school report card shall also provide
information that | 8 | | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | 9 | | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | 10 | | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | 11 | | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | 12 | | enrollment of low-income, special education, and limited | 13 | | English proficiency students.
| 14 | | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | 15 | | school district report card shall include a subset of the | 16 | | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | 17 | | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating | 18 | | to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the | 19 | | school district, and the State report card shall include a | 20 | | subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through | 21 | | (E) of subsection (2) of this Section. | 22 | | (3.5) As part of the annual school report card, every | 23 | | school shall provide the following: | 24 | | (A) data on the issuance of out-of-school suspensions, | 25 | | expulsions, and removals to alternative settings, | 26 | | disaggregated by race and ethnicity, gender, age, grade |
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| 1 | | level, limited English proficiency status, length of | 2 | | exclusion, reason for exclusion, and whether alternative | 3 | | educational options were provided; | 4 | | (B) data on the use of arrests or criminal citations, | 5 | | disaggregated by race and ethnicity, gender, age, grade | 6 | | level, disability status, limited English proficiency | 7 | | status, and alleged criminal offense; and | 8 | | (C) data on student retention during and between | 9 | | academic years, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, | 10 | | gender, age, grade level, disability status, limited | 11 | | English proficiency status, and the reason for the | 12 | | student's departure. | 13 | | The disaggregation of this data must allow for cross | 14 | | tabulation. In school districts in which the number of students | 15 | | in category (A), (B), or (C) of this subsection (3.5) is so | 16 | | small that to publish data for the category would serve to | 17 | | identify the individual student or students involved, a school | 18 | | district is exempt from data publishing requirements for that | 19 | | category. However, the school district is still required to | 20 | | collect all the data required in categories (A) through (C) of | 21 | | this subsection (3.5). | 22 | | The State Board of Education shall analyze the data | 23 | | provided under this subsection (3.5) on an annual basis and | 24 | | determine the top quartile of school districts for both of the | 25 | | following metrics: | 26 | | (i) Total number of instructional days on which |
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| 1 | | students were excluded, divided by the total student | 2 | | population. | 3 | | (ii) Total number of student arrests or criminal | 4 | | citations, divided by the total student population. | 5 | | The State Board of Education shall also determine the top | 6 | | quartile of school districts for racial disproportionality in | 7 | | these 2 metrics. Each of the school districts identified in one | 8 | | or more of these quartiles shall be required to submit a school | 9 | | discipline improvement plan identifying the strategies it will | 10 | | implement to reduce the use of harsh disciplinary practices or | 11 | | reduce the disproportionality evident in its disciplinary | 12 | | practices. The State Board of Education shall provide the | 13 | | districts so identified with technical assistance in adopting | 14 | | alternative disciplinary policies and practices. Within 12 | 15 | | months after being identified, each district shall provide the | 16 | | State Board of Education with a progress report describing the | 17 | | implementation of the school discipline improvement plan and | 18 | | the results achieved. | 19 | | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | 20 | | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | 21 | | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | 22 | | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | 23 | | State report card. | 24 | | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | 25 | | of the school district and school report cards from the State | 26 | | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including |
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| 1 | | special charter districts and districts subject to the | 2 | | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | 3 | | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | 4 | | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's | 5 | | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
| 6 | | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of general | 7 | | circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, send the | 8 | | report cards
home to a parent (unless the district does not | 9 | | maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the report card | 10 | | shall be sent home to parents without request). If the
district | 11 | | posts the report card on its Internet web
site, the district
| 12 | | shall send a
written notice home to parents stating (i) that | 13 | | the report card is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address | 14 | | of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
| 15 | | will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone | 16 | | number that parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the | 17 | | report card.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 97-671, eff. 1-24-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
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