Full Text of HB3977 101st General Assembly
HB3977 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB3977 Introduced 1/8/2020, by Rep. Rita Mayfield SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. Permits student instruction to be received electronically under a school district's program for e-learning days while students are not physically present because a school was selected to be a polling place under the Election Code.
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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 school districts, a program for | 10 | | use of electronic-learning (e-learning) days, as described in | 11 | | this
Section. | 12 | | (b) The school board of a school district may, by | 13 | | resolution, adopt a research-based program or
research-based | 14 | | programs for e-learning days district-wide that shall permit | 15 | | student instruction to be received electronically while | 16 | | students are not physically present in lieu of the district's | 17 | | scheduled emergency days as required by Section 10-19 of this | 18 | | Code or because a school was selected to be a polling place | 19 | | under Section 11-4.1 of the Election Code . The research-based | 20 | | program or programs may not exceed the minimum number of | 21 | | emergency days in the approved school calendar and must be | 22 | | verified by the regional office of education or intermediate | 23 | | service center for the school district on or before September |
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| 1 | | 1st annually to ensure access for all students. The regional | 2 | | office of education or intermediate service center shall ensure | 3 | | that the specific needs of all students are met, including | 4 | | special education students and English learners, and that all | 5 | | mandates are still met using the proposed research-based | 6 | | program. The e-learning program may utilize the Internet, | 7 | | telephones, texts, chat rooms, or other similar means of | 8 | | electronic communication for instruction and interaction | 9 | | between teachers and students that meet the needs of all
| 10 | | learners. The e-learning program shall address the school | 11 | | district's responsibility to ensure that all teachers and staff | 12 | | who may be involved in the provision of e-learning have access | 13 | | to any and all hardware and software that may be required for | 14 | | the program. If a proposed program does not address this | 15 | | responsibility, the school district must propose an alternate | 16 | | program. | 17 | | (c) Before its adoption by a school board, the school board | 18 | | must hold a public hearing on a school district's initial | 19 | | proposal for an e-learning program or for renewal of such a | 20 | | program, at a regular or special meeting of the school board, | 21 | | in which the terms of the proposal must be substantially | 22 | | presented and an opportunity for allowing public comments must | 23 | | be provided. Notice of such public hearing must be provided at | 24 | | least 10 days prior to the hearing by: | 25 | | (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation | 26 | | in the school district; |
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| 1 | | (2) written or electronic notice designed to reach the | 2 | | parents or guardians of all students enrolled in the school | 3 | | district; and | 4 | | (3) written or electronic notice designed to reach any | 5 | | exclusive collective bargaining representatives of school | 6 | | district employees and all those employees not in a | 7 | | collective bargaining unit. | 8 | | (d) The regional office of education or intermediate | 9 | | service center for the school district must timely verify that | 10 | | a proposal for an e-learning program has met the requirements | 11 | | specified in this Section and that the proposal contains | 12 | | provisions designed to reasonably and practicably accomplish | 13 | | the following: | 14 | | (1) to ensure and verify at least 5 clock hours of | 15 | | instruction or school work, as required under Section | 16 | | 10-19.05, for each student participating in an e-learning | 17 | | day; | 18 | | (2) to ensure access from home or other appropriate | 19 | | remote facility for all students participating, including | 20 | | computers, the Internet, and other forms of electronic | 21 | | communication that must be utilized in the proposed | 22 | | program; | 23 | | (2.5) to ensure that non-electronic materials are made | 24 | | available to students participating in the program who do | 25 | | not have access to the required technology or to | 26 | | participating teachers or students who are prevented from |
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| 1 | | accessing the required technology; | 2 | | (3) to ensure appropriate learning opportunities for | 3 | | students with special needs; | 4 | | (4) to monitor and verify each student's electronic | 5 | | participation; | 6 | | (5) to address the extent to which student | 7 | | participation is within the student's control as to the | 8 | | time, pace, and means of learning; | 9 | | (6) to provide effective notice to students and their | 10 | | parents or guardians of the use of particular days for | 11 | | e-learning; | 12 | | (7) to provide staff and students with adequate | 13 | | training for e-learning days' participation; | 14 | | (8) to ensure an opportunity for any collective | 15 | | bargaining negotiations with representatives of the school | 16 | | district's employees that would be legally required, | 17 | | including all classifications of school district employees | 18 | | who are represented by collective bargaining agreements | 19 | | and who would be affected in the event of an e-learning | 20 | | day; | 21 | | (9) to review and revise the program as implemented to | 22 | | address difficulties confronted; and | 23 | | (10) to ensure that the protocol regarding general | 24 | | expectations and responsibilities of the program is | 25 | | communicated to teachers, staff, and students at least 30 | 26 | | days prior to utilizing an e-learning day. |
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| 1 | | The school board's approval of a school district's initial | 2 | | e-learning program and renewal of the e-learning program shall | 3 | | be for a term of 3 years. | 4 | | (e) The State Board of Education may adopt rules consistent | 5 | | with the provision of this Section.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 100-760, eff. 8-10-18; 101-12, eff. 7-1-19.)
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