Full Text of SB0463 103rd 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 | | 24-11 and 24A-7 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/24-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-11) | 7 | | Sec. 24-11. Boards of Education - Boards of School | 8 | | Inspectors - Contractual continued service. | 9 | | (a) As used in this and the succeeding Sections of this | 10 | | Article: | 11 | | "Teacher" means any or all school district employees | 12 | | regularly required to be licensed under laws relating to the | 13 | | licensure of teachers. | 14 | | "Board" means board of directors, board of education, or | 15 | | board of school inspectors, as the case may be. | 16 | | "School term" means that portion of the school year, July | 17 | | 1 to the following June 30, when school is in actual session. | 18 | | "Program" means a program of a special education joint | 19 | | agreement. | 20 | | "Program of a special education joint agreement" means | 21 | | instructional, consultative, supervisory, administrative, | 22 | | diagnostic, and related services that are managed by a special | 23 | | educational joint agreement designed to service 2 or more |
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| 1 | | school districts that are members of the joint agreement. | 2 | | "PERA implementation date" means the implementation date | 3 | | of an evaluation system for teachers as specified by Section | 4 | | 24A-2.5 of this Code for all schools within a school district | 5 | | or all programs of a special education joint agreement. | 6 | | (b) This Section and Sections 24-12 through 24-16 of this | 7 | | Article apply only to school districts having less than | 8 | | 500,000 inhabitants. | 9 | | (c) Any teacher who is first employed as a full-time | 10 | | teacher in a school district or program prior to the PERA | 11 | | implementation date and who is employed in that district or | 12 | | program for a probationary period of 4 consecutive school | 13 | | terms shall enter upon contractual continued service in the | 14 | | district or in all of the programs that the teacher is legally | 15 | | qualified to hold, unless the teacher is given written notice | 16 | | of dismissal by certified mail, return receipt requested, by | 17 | | the employing board at least 45 days before the end of any | 18 | | school term within such period. | 19 | | (d) For any teacher who is first employed as a full-time | 20 | | teacher in a school district or program on or after the PERA | 21 | | implementation date but before July 1, 2023, the probationary | 22 | | period shall be one of the following periods, based upon the | 23 | | teacher's school terms of service and performance, before the | 24 | | teacher shall enter upon contractual continued service in the | 25 | | district or in all of the programs that the teacher is legally | 26 | | qualified to hold, unless the teacher is given written notice |
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| 1 | | of dismissal by certified mail, return receipt requested, by | 2 | | the employing board on or before April 15: | 3 | | (1) 4 consecutive school terms of service in which the | 4 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License , an Educator | 5 | | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | 6 | | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | 7 | | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | 8 | | educator endorsement and receives overall annual | 9 | | evaluation ratings of at least "Proficient" in the last | 10 | | school term and at least "Proficient" in either the second | 11 | | or third school terms; | 12 | | (2) 3 consecutive school terms of service in which the | 13 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License , an Educator | 14 | | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | 15 | | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | 16 | | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | 17 | | educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual | 18 | | evaluations of "Excellent"; or | 19 | | (3) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the | 20 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License , an Educator | 21 | | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | 22 | | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | 23 | | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | 24 | | educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual | 25 | | evaluations of "Excellent" service, but only if the | 26 | | teacher (i) previously attained contractual continued |
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| 1 | | service in a different school district or program in this | 2 | | State, (ii) voluntarily departed or was honorably | 3 | | dismissed from that school district or program in the | 4 | | school term immediately prior to the teacher's first | 5 | | school term of service applicable to the attainment of | 6 | | contractual continued service under this subdivision (3), | 7 | | and (iii) received, in his or her 2 most recent overall | 8 | | annual or biennial evaluations from the prior school | 9 | | district or program, ratings of at least "Proficient", | 10 | | with both such ratings occurring after the school | 11 | | district's or program's PERA implementation date. For a | 12 | | teacher to attain contractual continued service under this | 13 | | subdivision (3), the teacher shall provide official copies | 14 | | of his or her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial | 15 | | evaluations from the prior school district or program to | 16 | | the new school district or program within 60 days from the | 17 | | teacher's first day of service with the new school | 18 | | district or program. The prior school district or program | 19 | | must provide the teacher with official copies of his or | 20 | | her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial evaluations | 21 | | within 14 days after the teacher's request. If a teacher | 22 | | has requested such official copies prior to 45 days after | 23 | | the teacher's first day of service with the new school | 24 | | district or program and the teacher's prior school | 25 | | district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | 26 | | official copies required under this subdivision (3), then |
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| 1 | | the time period for the teacher to submit the official | 2 | | copies to his or her new school district or program must be | 3 | | extended until 14 days after receipt of such copies from | 4 | | the prior school district or program. If the prior school | 5 | | district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | 6 | | official copies required under this subdivision (3) within | 7 | | 90 days from the teacher's first day of service with the | 8 | | new school district or program, then the new school | 9 | | district or program shall rely upon the teacher's own | 10 | | copies of his or her evaluations for purposes of this | 11 | | subdivision (3). | 12 | | If the teacher does not receive overall annual evaluations | 13 | | of "Excellent" in the school terms necessary for eligibility | 14 | | to achieve accelerated contractual continued service in | 15 | | subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection (d), the teacher | 16 | | shall be eligible for contractual continued service pursuant | 17 | | to subdivision (1) of this subsection (d). If, at the | 18 | | conclusion of 4 consecutive school terms of service that count | 19 | | toward attainment of contractual continued service, the | 20 | | teacher's performance does not qualify the teacher for | 21 | | contractual continued service under subdivision (1) of this | 22 | | subsection (d), then the teacher shall not enter upon | 23 | | contractual continued service and shall be dismissed. If a | 24 | | performance evaluation is not conducted for any school term | 25 | | when such evaluation is required to be conducted under Section | 26 | | 24A-5 of this Code, then the teacher's performance evaluation |
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| 1 | | rating for such school term for purposes of determining the | 2 | | attainment of contractual continued service shall be deemed | 3 | | "Proficient", except that, during any time in which the | 4 | | Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | 5 | | emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency | 6 | | Management Agency Act, this default to "Proficient" does not | 7 | | apply to any teacher who has entered into contractual | 8 | | continued service and who was deemed "Excellent" on his or her | 9 | | most recent evaluation. During any time in which the Governor | 10 | | has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency | 11 | | pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management | 12 | | Agency Act and unless the school board and any exclusive | 13 | | bargaining representative have completed the performance | 14 | | rating for teachers or mutually agreed to an alternate | 15 | | performance rating, any teacher who has entered into | 16 | | contractual continued service, whose most recent evaluation | 17 | | was deemed "Excellent", and whose performance evaluation is | 18 | | not conducted when the evaluation is required to be conducted | 19 | | shall receive a teacher's performance rating deemed | 20 | | "Excellent". A school board and any exclusive bargaining | 21 | | representative may mutually agree to an alternate performance | 22 | | rating for teachers not in contractual continued service | 23 | | during any time in which the Governor has declared a disaster | 24 | | due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 25 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, as long as the | 26 | | agreement is in writing. |
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| 1 | | (d-5) For any teacher who is first employed as a full-time | 2 | | teacher in a school district or program on or after July 1, | 3 | | 2023, the probationary period shall be one of the following | 4 | | periods, based upon the teacher's school terms of service and | 5 | | performance, before the teacher shall enter upon contractual | 6 | | continued service in the district or in all of the programs | 7 | | that the teacher is legally qualified to hold, unless the | 8 | | teacher is given written notice of dismissal by certified | 9 | | mail, return receipt requested, by the employing board on or | 10 | | before April 15: | 11 | | (1) 3 consecutive school terms of service in which the | 12 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License , an Educator | 13 | | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | 14 | | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | 15 | | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | 16 | | educator endorsement and receives overall annual | 17 | | evaluation ratings of at least "Proficient" in the second | 18 | | and third school terms; | 19 | | (2) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the | 20 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License , an Educator | 21 | | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | 22 | | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | 23 | | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | 24 | | educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual | 25 | | evaluations of "Excellent"; or | 26 | | (3) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the |
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| 1 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License , an Educator | 2 | | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | 3 | | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | 4 | | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | 5 | | educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual | 6 | | evaluations of "Excellent" service, but only if the | 7 | | teacher (i) previously attained contractual continued | 8 | | service in a different school district or program in this | 9 | | State, (ii) voluntarily departed or was honorably | 10 | | dismissed from that school district or program in the | 11 | | school term immediately prior to the teacher's first | 12 | | school term of service applicable to the attainment of | 13 | | contractual continued service under this subdivision (3), | 14 | | and (iii) received, in his or her 2 most recent overall | 15 | | annual or biennial evaluations from the prior school | 16 | | district or program, ratings of at least "Proficient", | 17 | | with both such ratings occurring after the school | 18 | | district's or program's PERA implementation date. For a | 19 | | teacher to attain contractual continued service under this | 20 | | subdivision (3), the teacher shall provide official copies | 21 | | of his or her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial | 22 | | evaluations from the prior school district or program to | 23 | | the new school district or program within 60 days from the | 24 | | teacher's first day of service with the new school | 25 | | district or program. The prior school district or program | 26 | | must provide the teacher with official copies of his or |
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| 1 | | her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial evaluations | 2 | | within 14 days after the teacher's request. If a teacher | 3 | | has requested such official copies prior to 45 days after | 4 | | the teacher's first day of service with the new school | 5 | | district or program and the teacher's prior school | 6 | | district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | 7 | | official copies required under this subdivision (3), then | 8 | | the time period for the teacher to submit the official | 9 | | copies to his or her new school district or program must be | 10 | | extended until 14 days after receipt of such copies from | 11 | | the prior school district or program. If the prior school | 12 | | district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | 13 | | official copies required under this subdivision (3) within | 14 | | 90 days from the teacher's first day of service with the | 15 | | new school district or program, then the new school | 16 | | district or program shall rely upon the teacher's own | 17 | | copies of his or her evaluations for purposes of this | 18 | | subdivision (3). | 19 | | If the teacher does not receive overall annual evaluations | 20 | | of "Excellent" in the school terms necessary for eligibility | 21 | | to achieve accelerated contractual continued service in | 22 | | subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection (d-5) (d) , the | 23 | | teacher shall be eligible for contractual continued service | 24 | | pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection (d-5) (d) . If, | 25 | | at the conclusion of 3 consecutive school terms of service | 26 | | that count toward attainment of contractual continued service, |
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| 1 | | the teacher's performance does not qualify the teacher for | 2 | | contractual continued service under subdivision (1) of this | 3 | | subsection (d-5) (d) , then the teacher shall not enter upon | 4 | | contractual continued service and shall be dismissed. If a | 5 | | performance evaluation is not conducted for any school term | 6 | | when such evaluation is required to be conducted under Section | 7 | | 24A-5 of this Code, then the teacher's performance evaluation | 8 | | rating for such school term for purposes of determining the | 9 | | attainment of contractual continued service shall be deemed | 10 | | "Proficient", except that, during any time in which the | 11 | | Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | 12 | | emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency | 13 | | Management Agency Act, this default to "Proficient" does not | 14 | | apply to any teacher who has entered into contractual | 15 | | continued service and who was deemed "Excellent" on his or her | 16 | | most recent evaluation. During any time in which the Governor | 17 | | has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency | 18 | | pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management | 19 | | Agency Act and unless the school board and any exclusive | 20 | | bargaining representative have completed the performance | 21 | | rating for teachers or mutually agreed to an alternate | 22 | | performance rating, any teacher who has entered into | 23 | | contractual continued service, whose most recent evaluation | 24 | | was deemed "Excellent", and whose performance evaluation is | 25 | | not conducted when the evaluation is required to be conducted | 26 | | shall receive a teacher's performance rating deemed |
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| 1 | | "Excellent". A school board and any exclusive bargaining | 2 | | representative may mutually agree to an alternate performance | 3 | | rating for teachers not in contractual continued service | 4 | | during any time in which the Governor has declared a disaster | 5 | | due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 6 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, as long as the | 7 | | agreement is in writing. | 8 | | (e) For the purposes of determining contractual continued | 9 | | service, a school term shall be counted only toward attainment | 10 | | of contractual continued service if the teacher actually | 11 | | teaches or is otherwise present and participating in the | 12 | | district's or program's educational program for 120 days or | 13 | | more, provided that the days of leave under the federal Family | 14 | | Medical Leave Act that the teacher is required to take until | 15 | | the end of the school term shall be considered days of teaching | 16 | | or participation in the district's or program's educational | 17 | | program. A school term that is not counted toward attainment | 18 | | of contractual continued service shall not be considered a | 19 | | break in service for purposes of determining whether a teacher | 20 | | has been employed for consecutive school terms, provided that | 21 | | the teacher actually teaches or is otherwise present and | 22 | | participating in the district's or program's educational | 23 | | program in the following school term. | 24 | | (f) If the employing board determines to dismiss the | 25 | | teacher in the last year of the probationary period as | 26 | | provided in subsection (c) of this Section or subdivision (1) |
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| 1 | | or (2) of subsection (d) of this Section or subdivision (1) or | 2 | | (2) of subsection (d-5) of this Section, but not subdivision | 3 | | (3) of subsection (d) of this Section or subdivision (3) of | 4 | | subsection (d-5) of this Section, the written notice of | 5 | | dismissal provided by the employing board must contain | 6 | | specific reasons for dismissal. Any full-time teacher who does | 7 | | not receive written notice from the employing board on or | 8 | | before April 15 as provided in this Section and whose | 9 | | performance does not require dismissal after the fourth | 10 | | probationary year pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section | 11 | | or the third probationary year pursuant to subsection (d-5) of | 12 | | this Section shall be re-employed for the following school | 13 | | term. | 14 | | (g) Contractual continued service shall continue in effect | 15 | | the terms and provisions of the contract with the teacher | 16 | | during the last school term of the probationary period, | 17 | | subject to this Act and the lawful regulations of the | 18 | | employing board. This Section and succeeding Sections do not | 19 | | modify any existing power of the board except with respect to | 20 | | the procedure of the discharge of a teacher and reductions in | 21 | | salary as hereinafter provided. Contractual continued service | 22 | | status shall not restrict the power of the board to transfer a | 23 | | teacher to a position which the teacher is qualified to fill or | 24 | | to make such salary adjustments as it deems desirable, but | 25 | | unless reductions in salary are uniform or based upon some | 26 | | reasonable classification, any teacher whose salary is reduced |
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| 1 | | shall be entitled to a notice and a hearing as hereinafter | 2 | | provided in the case of certain dismissals or removals. | 3 | | (h) If, by reason of any change in the boundaries of school | 4 | | districts, by reason of a special education cooperative | 5 | | reorganization or dissolution in accordance with Section | 6 | | 10-22.31 of this Code, or by reason of the creation of a new | 7 | | school district, the position held by any teacher having a | 8 | | contractual continued service status is transferred from one | 9 | | board to the control of a new or different board, then the | 10 | | contractual continued service status of the teacher is not | 11 | | thereby lost, and such new or different board is subject to | 12 | | this Code with respect to the teacher in the same manner as if | 13 | | the teacher were its employee and had been its employee during | 14 | | the time the teacher was actually employed by the board from | 15 | | whose control the position was transferred. | 16 | | (i) The employment of any teacher in a program of a special | 17 | | education joint agreement established under Section 3-15.14, | 18 | | 10-22.31 or 10-22.31a shall be governed by this and succeeding | 19 | | Sections of this Article. For purposes of attaining and | 20 | | maintaining contractual continued service and computing length | 21 | | of continuing service as referred to in this Section and | 22 | | Section 24-12, employment in a special educational joint | 23 | | program shall be deemed a continuation of all previous | 24 | | licensed employment of such teacher for such joint agreement | 25 | | whether the employer of the teacher was the joint agreement, | 26 | | the regional superintendent, or one of the participating |
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| 1 | | districts in the joint agreement. | 2 | | (j) For any teacher employed after July 1, 1987 as a | 3 | | full-time teacher in a program of a special education joint | 4 | | agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint | 5 | | agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint | 6 | | agreement, in the event of a reduction in the number of | 7 | | programs or positions in the joint agreement in which the | 8 | | notice of dismissal is provided on or before the end of the | 9 | | 2010-2011 school term, the teacher in contractual continued | 10 | | service is eligible for employment in the joint agreement | 11 | | programs for which the teacher is legally qualified in order | 12 | | of greater length of continuing service in the joint | 13 | | agreement, unless an alternative method of determining the | 14 | | sequence of dismissal is established in a collective | 15 | | bargaining agreement. For any teacher employed after July 1, | 16 | | 1987 as a full-time teacher in a program of a special education | 17 | | joint agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint | 18 | | agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint | 19 | | agreement, in the event of a reduction in the number of | 20 | | programs or positions in the joint agreement in which the | 21 | | notice of dismissal is provided during the 2011-2012 school | 22 | | term or a subsequent school term, the teacher shall be | 23 | | included on the honorable dismissal lists of all joint | 24 | | agreement programs for positions for which the teacher is | 25 | | qualified and is eligible for employment in such programs in | 26 | | accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of Section 24-12 of |
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| 1 | | this Code and the applicable honorable dismissal policies of | 2 | | the joint agreement. | 3 | | (k) For any teacher employed after July 1, 1987 as a | 4 | | full-time teacher in a program of a special education joint | 5 | | agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint | 6 | | agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint | 7 | | agreement, in the event of the dissolution of a joint | 8 | | agreement, in which the notice to teachers of the dissolution | 9 | | is provided during the 2010-2011 school term, the teacher in | 10 | | contractual continued service who is legally qualified shall | 11 | | be assigned to any comparable position in a member district | 12 | | currently held by a teacher who has not entered upon | 13 | | contractual continued service or held by a teacher who has | 14 | | entered upon contractual continued service with a shorter | 15 | | length of contractual continued service. Any teacher employed | 16 | | after July 1, 1987 as a full-time teacher in a program of a | 17 | | special education joint agreement, whether the program is | 18 | | operated by the joint agreement or a member district on behalf | 19 | | of the joint agreement, in the event of the dissolution of a | 20 | | joint agreement in which the notice to teachers of the | 21 | | dissolution is provided during the 2011-2012 school term or a | 22 | | subsequent school term, the teacher who is qualified shall be | 23 | | included on the order of honorable dismissal lists of each | 24 | | member district and shall be assigned to any comparable | 25 | | position in any such district in accordance with subsections | 26 | | (b) and (c) of Section 24-12 of this Code and the applicable |
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| 1 | | honorable dismissal policies of each member district. | 2 | | (l) The governing board of the joint agreement, or the | 3 | | administrative district, if so authorized by the articles of | 4 | | agreement of the joint agreement, rather than the board of | 5 | | education of a school district, may carry out employment and | 6 | | termination actions including dismissals under this Section | 7 | | and Section 24-12. | 8 | | (m) The employment of any teacher in a special education | 9 | | program authorized by Section 14-1.01 through 14-14.01, or a | 10 | | joint educational program established under Section 10-22.31a, | 11 | | shall be under this and the succeeding Sections of this | 12 | | Article, and such employment shall be deemed a continuation of | 13 | | the previous employment of such teacher in any of the | 14 | | participating districts, regardless of the participation of | 15 | | other districts in the program. | 16 | | (n) Any teacher employed as a full-time teacher in a | 17 | | special education program prior to September 23, 1987 in which | 18 | | 2 or more school districts participate for a probationary | 19 | | period of 2 consecutive years shall enter upon contractual | 20 | | continued service in each of the participating districts, | 21 | | subject to this and the succeeding Sections of this Article, | 22 | | and, notwithstanding Section 24-1.5 of this Code, in the event | 23 | | of the termination of the program shall be eligible for any | 24 | | vacant position in any of such districts for which such | 25 | | teacher is qualified. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 102-552, eff. 1-1-22; 102-854, eff. 5-13-22; |
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| 1 | | 103-500, eff. 8-4-23.) | 2 | | (105 ILCS 5/24A-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7) | 3 | | Sec. 24A-7. Rules. | 4 | | (a) The State Board of Education is authorized to adopt | 5 | | such rules as are deemed necessary to implement and accomplish | 6 | | the purposes and provisions of this Article, including, but | 7 | | not limited to, rules: | 8 | | (1) relating to the methods for measuring student | 9 | | growth (including, but not limited to, limitations on the | 10 | | age of usable data; the amount of data needed to reliably | 11 | | and validly measure growth for the purpose of teacher and | 12 | | principal evaluations; and whether and at what time annual | 13 | | State assessments may be used as one of multiple measures | 14 | | of student growth); | 15 | | (2) defining the term "significant factor" for | 16 | | purposes of including consideration of student growth in | 17 | | performance ratings; | 18 | | (3) controlling for such factors as student | 19 | | characteristics (including, but not limited to, students | 20 | | receiving special education and English Learner services), | 21 | | student attendance, and student mobility so as to best | 22 | | measure the impact that a teacher, principal, school and | 23 | | school district has on students' academic achievement; | 24 | | (4) establishing minimum requirements for district | 25 | | teacher and principal evaluation instruments and |
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| 1 | | procedures; and | 2 | | (5) establishing a model evaluation plan for use by | 3 | | school districts in which student growth shall comprise | 4 | | 50% of the performance rating. | 5 | | Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section, such | 6 | | rules shall not preclude a school district having 500,000 or | 7 | | more inhabitants from using an annual State assessment as the | 8 | | sole measure of student growth for purposes of teacher or | 9 | | principal evaluations. | 10 | | (b) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a | 11 | | Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, which shall be | 12 | | staffed by the State Board of Education. Members of the | 13 | | Council shall be selected by the State Superintendent and | 14 | | include, without limitation, representatives of teacher unions | 15 | | and school district management, persons with expertise in | 16 | | performance evaluation processes and systems, as well as other | 17 | | stakeholders. The Council shall meet at least quarterly and | 18 | | may also meet at the call of the chairperson of the Council, | 19 | | following August 18, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act | 20 | | 100-211) until June 30, 2024. The Council shall advise the | 21 | | State Board of Education on the ongoing implementation of | 22 | | performance evaluations in this State, which may include | 23 | | gathering public feedback, sharing best practices, consulting | 24 | | with the State Board on any proposed rule changes regarding | 25 | | evaluations, and other subjects as determined by the | 26 | | chairperson of the Council. |
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| 1 | | (c) On July 1, 2024, the State Superintendent of Education | 2 | | shall convene a Performance Evaluation Advisory Committee for | 3 | | the purpose of maintaining and improving the evaluator | 4 | | training and pre-qualification program in this State under | 5 | | Section 24A-3. The Committee shall be staffed by the State | 6 | | Board of Education. Members of the Committee shall include, | 7 | | without limitation, representatives from providers of the | 8 | | evaluator retraining and pre-qualification program in this | 9 | | State, which include teacher unions, school district | 10 | | management, including a school district organized under | 11 | | Article 34, and a statewide organization representing regional | 12 | | offices of education. Members of the Committee shall be | 13 | | nominated by the providers and appointed by the State | 14 | | Superintendent. | 15 | | The Committee shall meet initially at the call of the | 16 | | State Superintendent and shall select one member as | 17 | | chairperson at its initial meeting. The Committee shall meet | 18 | | at least quarterly and may also meet at the call of the | 19 | | chairperson of the Committee. | 20 | | The Committee shall advise the State Board of Education on | 21 | | the continued implementation of the evaluator training and | 22 | | pre-qualification program in this State, which may include the | 23 | | development and delivery of the program's existing and new | 24 | | administrators' academies, gathering feedback from program | 25 | | instructors and participants, sharing best practices, | 26 | | consulting with the State Board on any proposed rule changes |
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| 1 | | regarding evaluator training, and other subjects as determined | 2 | | by the chairperson of the Committee. | 3 | | (d) Prior to the applicable implementation date, the these | 4 | | rules shall not apply to teachers assigned to schools | 5 | | identified in an agreement entered into between the board of a | 6 | | school district operating under Article 34 of this Code and | 7 | | the exclusive representative of the district's teachers in | 8 | | accordance with Section 34-85c of this Code. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 102-252, eff. 1-1-22; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21 .) | 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 15, | 11 | | 2024. |
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