Full Text of HB4860 100th General Assembly
HB4860 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB4860 Introduced , by Rep. Mike Fortner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. Changes the electronic-learning days program from a pilot program to a permanent program. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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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 | | 10-20.56 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.56) | 7 | | Sec. 10-20.56. E-learning days. | 8 | | (a) The State Board of Education shall establish and | 9 | | maintain, for implementation in selected school districts a | 10 | | during the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, and 2017-2018 school years, a
| 11 | | pilot program for use of electronic-learning (e-learning) | 12 | | days, as described in this
Section. The State Superintendent of | 13 | | Education shall select up to 3 school districts for this | 14 | | program, at least one of which may be an elementary or unit | 15 | | school district. The use of e-learning days may not begin until | 16 | | the second semester of the 2015-2016 school year, and the pilot | 17 | | program shall conclude with the end of the 2017-2018 school | 18 | | year. On or before June 1, 2019, the State Board shall report | 19 | | its recommendation for expansion, revision, or discontinuation | 20 | | of the program to the Governor and General Assembly. | 21 | | (b) The school board of a school district selected by the | 22 | | State Superintendent of Education under subsection (a) of this | 23 | | Section may, by resolution, adopt a research-based program or
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| 1 | | research-based programs for e-learning days district-wide that | 2 | | shall permit student instruction to be received electronically | 3 | | while students are not physically present in lieu of the | 4 | | district's scheduled emergency days as required by Section | 5 | | 10-19 of this Code. The research-based program or programs may | 6 | | not exceed the minimum number of emergency days in the approved | 7 | | school calendar and must be submitted to the State | 8 | | Superintendent for approval on or before September 1st annually | 9 | | to ensure access for all students. The State Superintendent | 10 | | shall approve programs that ensure that the specific needs of | 11 | | all students are met, including special education students and | 12 | | English learners, and that all mandates are still met using the | 13 | | proposed research-based program. The e-learning program may | 14 | | utilize the Internet, telephones, texts, chat rooms, or other | 15 | | similar means of electronic communication for instruction and | 16 | | interaction between teachers and students that meet the needs | 17 | | of all
learners. | 18 | | (c) Before its adoption by a school board, a school | 19 | | district's initial proposal for an e-learning program or for | 20 | | renewal of such a program must be approved by the State Board | 21 | | of Education and shall follow a public hearing, at a regular or | 22 | | special meeting of the school board, in which the terms of the | 23 | | proposal must be substantially presented and an opportunity for | 24 | | allowing public comments must be provided. Notice of such | 25 | | public hearing must be provided at least 10 days prior to the | 26 | | hearing by: |
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| 1 | | (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation | 2 | | in the school district; | 3 | | (2) written or electronic notice designed to reach the | 4 | | parents or guardians of all students enrolled in the school | 5 | | district; and | 6 | | (3) written or electronic notice designed to reach any | 7 | | exclusive collective bargaining representatives of school | 8 | | district employees and all those employees not in a | 9 | | collective bargaining unit. | 10 | | (d) A proposal for an e-learning program must be timely | 11 | | approved by the State Board of Education if the requirements | 12 | | specified in this Section have been met and if, in the view of | 13 | | the State Board of Education, the proposal contains provisions | 14 | | designed to reasonably and practicably accomplish the | 15 | | following: | 16 | | (1) to ensure and verify at least 5 clock hours of | 17 | | instruction or school work for each student participating | 18 | | in an e-learning day; | 19 | | (2) to ensure access from home or other appropriate | 20 | | remote facility for all students participating, including | 21 | | computers, the Internet, and other forms of electronic | 22 | | communication that must be utilized in the proposed | 23 | | program; | 24 | | (3) to ensure appropriate learning opportunities for | 25 | | students with special needs; | 26 | | (4) to monitor and verify each student's electronic |
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| 1 | | participation; | 2 | | (5) to address the extent to which student | 3 | | participation is within the student's control as to the | 4 | | time, pace, and means of learning; | 5 | | (6) to provide effective notice to students and their | 6 | | parents or guardians of the use of particular days for | 7 | | e-learning; | 8 | | (7) to provide staff and students with adequate | 9 | | training for e-learning days' participation; | 10 | | (8) to ensure an opportunity for any collective | 11 | | bargaining negotiations with representatives of the school | 12 | | district's employees that would be legally required; and | 13 | | (9) to review and revise the program as implemented to | 14 | | address difficulties confronted. | 15 | | The State Board of Education's approval of a school | 16 | | district's initial e-learning program and renewal of the | 17 | | e-learning program shall be for a term of 3 years. | 18 | | (e) The State Board of Education may adopt rules governing | 19 | | its supervision and review of e-learning programs consistent | 20 | | with the provision of this Section. However, in the absence of | 21 | | such rules, school districts may submit proposals for State | 22 | | Board of Education consideration under the authority of this | 23 | | Section.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 99-194, eff. 7-30-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
| 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 26 | | becoming law.
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