Full Text of SB0665 99th General Assembly
SB0665sam001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Heather A. Steans Filed: 3/12/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 665
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 665 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 2-3.25f as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25f) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25f)
| 7 | | Sec. 2-3.25f. State interventions.
| 8 | | (a) The State Board of Education shall provide technical
| 9 | | assistance to assist with the development and implementation of | 10 | | School and District Improvement Plans.
| 11 | | Schools or school districts that fail to make reasonable | 12 | | efforts to
implement an
approved Improvement Plan may suffer | 13 | | loss of State funds by school
district, attendance center, or | 14 | | program as the State Board of Education
deems appropriate.
| 15 | | (a-5) (Blank). | 16 | | (b) If after 3 years following its placement on
academic
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| 1 | | watch status a school district or school remains on
academic | 2 | | watch status, the
State Board of Education may (i)
change the | 3 | | recognition status of the school district or school to
| 4 | | nonrecognized or (ii) authorize the State Superintendent
of | 5 | | Education to direct the reassignment of pupils
or direct the | 6 | | reassignment or replacement of school district personnel who
| 7 | | are relevant to the
failure
to
meet adequate yearly progress | 8 | | criteria. If
a school district is nonrecognized in its | 9 | | entirety, it shall automatically
be dissolved on July 1 | 10 | | following that nonrecognition and its territory
realigned with | 11 | | another school district or districts by the regional board
of | 12 | | school trustees in accordance with the procedures set forth in | 13 | | Section
7-11 of the School Code. The effective date of the | 14 | | nonrecognition of a school
shall be July 1 following the | 15 | | nonrecognition.
| 16 | | (b-5) The State Board of Education shall also develop a | 17 | | system to provide assistance and resources to lower performing | 18 | | school districts. At a minimum, the State Board shall identify | 19 | | school districts to receive priority services, to be known as | 20 | | priority districts. The school district shall provide the | 21 | | exclusive bargaining representative with a 5-day notice that | 22 | | the district has been identified as a priority district. In | 23 | | addition, the State Board may, by rule, develop other | 24 | | categories of low-performing schools and school districts to | 25 | | receive services. | 26 | | Districts designated as priority districts shall be those |
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| 1 | | that fall within one of the following categories: | 2 | | (1) Have at least one school that is among the lowest | 3 | | performing 5% of schools in this State based on a 3-year | 4 | | average, with respect to the performance of the "all | 5 | | students" group for the percentage of students meeting or | 6 | | exceeding standards in reading and mathematics combined, | 7 | | and demonstrate a lack of progress as defined by the State | 8 | | Board of Education. | 9 | | (2) Have at least one secondary school that has an | 10 | | average graduation rate of less than 60% over the last 3 | 11 | | school years. | 12 | | (3) Have at least one school receiving a school | 13 | | improvement grant under Section 1003(g) of the federal | 14 | | Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. | 15 | | The State Board of Education shall work with a priority | 16 | | district to perform a district needs assessment to determine | 17 | | the district's core functions that are areas of strength and | 18 | | weakness, unless the district is already undergoing a national | 19 | | accreditation process. The results from the district needs | 20 | | assessment shall be used by the district to identify goals and | 21 | | objectives for the district's improvement. The district needs | 22 | | assessment shall include a study of district functions, such as | 23 | | district finance, governance, student engagement, instruction | 24 | | practices, climate, community involvement, and continuous | 25 | | improvement. | 26 | | Based on the results of the district needs assessment, the |
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| 1 | | State Board of Education shall work with the district to | 2 | | provide technical assistance and professional development, in | 3 | | partnership with the district, to implement a continuous | 4 | | improvement plan that would increase outcomes for students. The | 5 | | plan for continuous improvement shall be based on the results | 6 | | of the district needs assessment and shall be used to determine | 7 | | the types of services that are to be provided to each priority | 8 | | district. Potential services for a district may include | 9 | | monitoring adult and student practices, reviewing and | 10 | | reallocating district resources, developing a district | 11 | | leadership team, providing access to curricular content area | 12 | | specialists, and providing online resources and professional | 13 | | development. | 14 | | The State Board of Education may require priority districts | 15 | | identified as having deficiencies in one or more core functions | 16 | | of the district needs assessment to undergo an accreditation | 17 | | process as provided in subsection (d) of Section 2-3.25f-5 of | 18 | | this Code. | 19 | | (c) All federal requirements apply to schools and school | 20 | | districts
utilizing
federal funds under Title I, Part A of the | 21 | | federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 97-370, eff. 1-1-12; 98-1155, eff. 1-9-15.)
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law.".
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