Full Text of SB0463 103rd General Assembly
SB0463sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel Filed: 4/9/2024 | | 10300SB0463sam001 | | LRB103 02914 RJT 71925 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 463
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 463 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 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 |
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| 1 | | 1 to the following June 30, when school is in actual session. | 2 | | "Program" means a program of a special education joint | 3 | | agreement. | 4 | | "Program of a special education joint agreement" means | 5 | | instructional, consultative, supervisory, administrative, | 6 | | diagnostic, and related services that are managed by a special | 7 | | educational joint agreement designed to service 2 or more | 8 | | school districts that are members of the joint agreement. | 9 | | "PERA implementation date" means the implementation date | 10 | | of an evaluation system for teachers as specified by Section | 11 | | 24A-2.5 of this Code for all schools within a school district | 12 | | or all programs of a special education joint agreement. | 13 | | (b) This Section and Sections 24-12 through 24-16 of this | 14 | | Article apply only to school districts having less than | 15 | | 500,000 inhabitants. | 16 | | (c) Any teacher who is first employed as a full-time | 17 | | teacher in a school district or program prior to the PERA | 18 | | implementation date and who is employed in that district or | 19 | | program for a probationary period of 4 consecutive school | 20 | | terms shall enter upon contractual continued service in the | 21 | | district or in all of the programs that the teacher is legally | 22 | | qualified to hold, unless the teacher is given written notice | 23 | | of dismissal by certified mail, return receipt requested, by | 24 | | the employing board at least 45 days before the end of any | 25 | | school term within such period. | 26 | | (d) For any teacher who is first employed as a full-time |
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| 1 | | teacher in a school district or program on or after the PERA | 2 | | implementation date but before July 1, 2023, the probationary | 3 | | period shall be one of the following periods, based upon the | 4 | | teacher's school terms of service and performance, before the | 5 | | teacher shall enter upon contractual continued service in the | 6 | | district or in all of the programs that the teacher is legally | 7 | | qualified to hold, unless the teacher is given written notice | 8 | | of dismissal by certified mail, return receipt requested, by | 9 | | the employing board on or before April 15: | 10 | | (1) 4 consecutive school terms of service in which the | 11 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License and receives | 12 | | overall annual evaluation ratings of at least "Proficient" | 13 | | in the last school term and at least "Proficient" in | 14 | | either the second or third school terms; | 15 | | (2) 3 consecutive school terms of service in which the | 16 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License and receives | 17 | | 2 overall annual evaluations of "Excellent"; or | 18 | | (3) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the | 19 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License and receives | 20 | | 2 overall annual evaluations of "Excellent" service, but | 21 | | only if the teacher (i) previously attained contractual | 22 | | continued service in a different school district or | 23 | | program in this State, (ii) voluntarily departed or was | 24 | | honorably dismissed from that school district or program | 25 | | in the school term immediately prior to the teacher's | 26 | | first school term of service applicable to the attainment |
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| 1 | | of contractual continued service under this subdivision | 2 | | (3), and (iii) received, in his or her 2 most recent | 3 | | overall annual or biennial evaluations from the prior | 4 | | school district or program, ratings of at least | 5 | | "Proficient", with both such ratings occurring after the | 6 | | school district's or program's PERA implementation date. | 7 | | For a teacher to attain contractual continued service | 8 | | under this subdivision (3), the teacher shall provide | 9 | | official copies of his or her 2 most recent overall annual | 10 | | or biennial evaluations from the prior school district or | 11 | | program to the new school district or program within 60 | 12 | | days from the teacher's first day of service with the new | 13 | | school district or program. The prior school district or | 14 | | program must provide the teacher with official copies of | 15 | | his or her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial | 16 | | evaluations within 14 days after the teacher's request. If | 17 | | a teacher has requested such official copies prior to 45 | 18 | | days after the teacher's first day of service with the new | 19 | | school district or program and the teacher's prior school | 20 | | district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | 21 | | official copies required under this subdivision (3), then | 22 | | the time period for the teacher to submit the official | 23 | | copies to his or her new school district or program must be | 24 | | extended until 14 days after receipt of such copies from | 25 | | the prior school district or program. If the prior school | 26 | | district or program fails to provide the teacher with the |
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| 1 | | official copies required under this subdivision (3) within | 2 | | 90 days from the teacher's first day of service with the | 3 | | new school district or program, then the new school | 4 | | district or program shall rely upon the teacher's own | 5 | | copies of his or her evaluations for purposes of this | 6 | | subdivision (3). | 7 | | If the teacher does not receive overall annual evaluations | 8 | | of "Excellent" in the school terms necessary for eligibility | 9 | | to achieve accelerated contractual continued service in | 10 | | subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection (d), the teacher | 11 | | shall be eligible for contractual continued service pursuant | 12 | | to subdivision (1) of this subsection (d). If, at the | 13 | | conclusion of 4 consecutive school terms of service that count | 14 | | toward attainment of contractual continued service, the | 15 | | teacher's performance does not qualify the teacher for | 16 | | contractual continued service under subdivision (1) of this | 17 | | subsection (d), then the teacher shall not enter upon | 18 | | contractual continued service and shall be dismissed. If a | 19 | | performance evaluation is not conducted for any school term | 20 | | when such evaluation is required to be conducted under Section | 21 | | 24A-5 of this Code, then the teacher's performance evaluation | 22 | | rating for such school term for purposes of determining the | 23 | | attainment of contractual continued service shall be deemed | 24 | | "Proficient", except that, during any time in which the | 25 | | Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | 26 | | emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency |
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| 1 | | Management Agency Act, this default to "Proficient" does not | 2 | | apply to any teacher who has entered into contractual | 3 | | continued service and who was deemed "Excellent" on his or her | 4 | | most recent evaluation. During any time in which the Governor | 5 | | has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency | 6 | | pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management | 7 | | Agency Act and unless the school board and any exclusive | 8 | | bargaining representative have completed the performance | 9 | | rating for teachers or mutually agreed to an alternate | 10 | | performance rating, any teacher who has entered into | 11 | | contractual continued service, whose most recent evaluation | 12 | | was deemed "Excellent", and whose performance evaluation is | 13 | | not conducted when the evaluation is required to be conducted | 14 | | shall receive a teacher's performance rating deemed | 15 | | "Excellent". A school board and any exclusive bargaining | 16 | | representative may mutually agree to an alternate performance | 17 | | rating for teachers not in contractual continued service | 18 | | during any time in which the Governor has declared a disaster | 19 | | due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 20 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, as long as the | 21 | | agreement is in writing. | 22 | | (d-5) For any teacher who is first employed as a full-time | 23 | | teacher in a school district or program on or after July 1, | 24 | | 2023, the probationary period shall be one of the following | 25 | | periods, based upon the teacher's school terms of service and | 26 | | performance, before the teacher shall enter upon contractual |
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| 1 | | continued service in the district or in all of the programs | 2 | | that the teacher is legally qualified to hold, unless the | 3 | | teacher is given written notice of dismissal by certified | 4 | | mail, return receipt requested, by the employing board on or | 5 | | before April 15: | 6 | | (1) 3 consecutive school terms of service in which the | 7 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License and receives | 8 | | overall annual evaluation ratings of at least "Proficient" | 9 | | in the second and third school terms; | 10 | | (2) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the | 11 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License and receives | 12 | | 2 overall annual evaluations of "Excellent"; or | 13 | | (3) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the | 14 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License and receives | 15 | | 2 overall annual evaluations of "Excellent" service, but | 16 | | only if the teacher (i) previously attained contractual | 17 | | continued service in a different school district or | 18 | | program in this State, (ii) voluntarily departed or was | 19 | | honorably dismissed from that school district or program | 20 | | in the school term immediately prior to the teacher's | 21 | | first school term of service applicable to the attainment | 22 | | of contractual continued service under this subdivision | 23 | | (3), and (iii) received, in his or her 2 most recent | 24 | | overall annual or biennial evaluations from the prior | 25 | | school district or program, ratings of at least | 26 | | "Proficient", with both such ratings occurring after the |
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| 1 | | school district's or program's PERA implementation date. | 2 | | For a teacher to attain contractual continued service | 3 | | under this subdivision (3), the teacher shall provide | 4 | | official copies of his or her 2 most recent overall annual | 5 | | or biennial evaluations from the prior school district or | 6 | | program to the new school district or program within 60 | 7 | | days from the teacher's first day of service with the new | 8 | | school district or program. The prior school district or | 9 | | program must provide the teacher with official copies of | 10 | | his or her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial | 11 | | evaluations within 14 days after the teacher's request. If | 12 | | a teacher has requested such official copies prior to 45 | 13 | | days after the teacher's first day of service with the new | 14 | | school district or program and the teacher's prior school | 15 | | district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | 16 | | official copies required under this subdivision (3), then | 17 | | the time period for the teacher to submit the official | 18 | | copies to his or her new school district or program must be | 19 | | extended until 14 days after receipt of such copies from | 20 | | the prior school district or program. If the prior school | 21 | | district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | 22 | | official copies required under this subdivision (3) within | 23 | | 90 days from the teacher's first day of service with the | 24 | | new school district or program, then the new school | 25 | | district or program shall rely upon the teacher's own | 26 | | copies of his or her evaluations for purposes of this |
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| 1 | | subdivision (3). | 2 | | If the teacher does not receive overall annual evaluations | 3 | | of "Excellent" in the school terms necessary for eligibility | 4 | | to achieve accelerated contractual continued service in | 5 | | subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection (d), the teacher | 6 | | shall be eligible for contractual continued service pursuant | 7 | | to subdivision (1) of this subsection (d). If, at the | 8 | | conclusion of 3 consecutive school terms of service that count | 9 | | toward attainment of contractual continued service, the | 10 | | teacher's performance does not qualify the teacher for | 11 | | contractual continued service under subdivision (1) of this | 12 | | subsection (d), then the teacher shall not enter upon | 13 | | contractual continued service and shall be dismissed. If a | 14 | | performance evaluation is not conducted for any school term | 15 | | when such evaluation is required to be conducted under Section | 16 | | 24A-5 of this Code, then the teacher's performance evaluation | 17 | | rating for such school term for purposes of determining the | 18 | | attainment of contractual continued service shall be deemed | 19 | | "Proficient", except that, during any time in which the | 20 | | Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | 21 | | emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency | 22 | | Management Agency Act, this default to "Proficient" does not | 23 | | apply to any teacher who has entered into contractual | 24 | | continued service and who was deemed "Excellent" on his or her | 25 | | most recent evaluation. During any time in which the Governor | 26 | | has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency |
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| 1 | | pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management | 2 | | Agency Act and unless the school board and any exclusive | 3 | | bargaining representative have completed the performance | 4 | | rating for teachers or mutually agreed to an alternate | 5 | | performance rating, any teacher who has entered into | 6 | | contractual continued service, whose most recent evaluation | 7 | | was deemed "Excellent", and whose performance evaluation is | 8 | | not conducted when the evaluation is required to be conducted | 9 | | shall receive a teacher's performance rating deemed | 10 | | "Excellent". A school board and any exclusive bargaining | 11 | | representative may mutually agree to an alternate performance | 12 | | rating for teachers not in contractual continued service | 13 | | during any time in which the Governor has declared a disaster | 14 | | due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 15 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, as long as the | 16 | | agreement is in writing. | 17 | | (e) For the purposes of determining contractual continued | 18 | | service, a school term shall be counted only toward attainment | 19 | | of contractual continued service if the teacher actually | 20 | | teaches or is otherwise present and participating in the | 21 | | district's or program's educational program for 120 days or | 22 | | more, provided that the days of leave under the federal Family | 23 | | Medical Leave Act that the teacher is required to take until | 24 | | the end of the school term shall be considered days of teaching | 25 | | or participation in the district's or program's educational | 26 | | program. A school term that is not counted toward attainment |
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| 1 | | of contractual continued service shall not be considered a | 2 | | break in service for purposes of determining whether a teacher | 3 | | has been employed for consecutive school terms, provided that | 4 | | the teacher actually teaches or is otherwise present and | 5 | | participating in the district's or program's educational | 6 | | program in the following school term. | 7 | | (f) If the employing board determines to dismiss the | 8 | | teacher in the last year of the probationary period as | 9 | | provided in subsection (c) of this Section or subdivision (1) | 10 | | or (2) of subsection (d) of this Section or subdivision (1) or | 11 | | (2) of subsection (d-5) of this Section, but not subdivision | 12 | | (3) of subsection (d) of this Section or subdivision (3) of | 13 | | subsection (d-5) of this Section, the written notice of | 14 | | dismissal provided by the employing board must contain | 15 | | specific reasons for dismissal. Any full-time teacher who does | 16 | | not receive written notice from the employing board on or | 17 | | before April 15 as provided in this Section and whose | 18 | | performance does not require dismissal after the fourth | 19 | | probationary year pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section | 20 | | or the third probationary year pursuant to subsection (d-5) of | 21 | | this Section shall be re-employed for the following school | 22 | | term. | 23 | | (g) Contractual continued service shall continue in effect | 24 | | the terms and provisions of the contract with the teacher | 25 | | during the last school term of the probationary period, | 26 | | subject to this Act and the lawful regulations of the |
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| 1 | | employing board. This Section and succeeding Sections do not | 2 | | modify any existing power of the board except with respect to | 3 | | the procedure of the discharge of a teacher and reductions in | 4 | | salary as hereinafter provided. Contractual continued service | 5 | | status shall not restrict the power of the board to transfer a | 6 | | teacher to a position which the teacher is qualified to fill or | 7 | | to make such salary adjustments as it deems desirable, but | 8 | | unless reductions in salary are uniform or based upon some | 9 | | reasonable classification, any teacher whose salary is reduced | 10 | | shall be entitled to a notice and a hearing as hereinafter | 11 | | provided in the case of certain dismissals or removals. | 12 | | (h) If, by reason of any change in the boundaries of school | 13 | | districts, by reason of a special education cooperative | 14 | | reorganization or dissolution in accordance with Section | 15 | | 10-22.31 of this Code, or by reason of the creation of a new | 16 | | school district, the position held by any teacher having a | 17 | | contractual continued service status is transferred from one | 18 | | board to the control of a new or different board, then the | 19 | | contractual continued service status of the teacher is not | 20 | | thereby lost, and such new or different board is subject to | 21 | | this Code with respect to the teacher in the same manner as if | 22 | | the teacher were its employee and had been its employee during | 23 | | the time the teacher was actually employed by the board from | 24 | | whose control the position was transferred. | 25 | | (i) The employment of any teacher in a program of a special | 26 | | education joint agreement established under Section 3-15.14, |
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| 1 | | 10-22.31 or 10-22.31a shall be governed by this and succeeding | 2 | | Sections of this Article. For purposes of attaining and | 3 | | maintaining contractual continued service and computing length | 4 | | of continuing service as referred to in this Section and | 5 | | Section 24-12, employment in a special educational joint | 6 | | program shall be deemed a continuation of all previous | 7 | | licensed employment of such teacher for such joint agreement | 8 | | whether the employer of the teacher was the joint agreement, | 9 | | the regional superintendent, or one of the participating | 10 | | districts in the joint agreement. | 11 | | (j) For any teacher employed after July 1, 1987 as a | 12 | | full-time teacher in a program of a special education joint | 13 | | agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint | 14 | | agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint | 15 | | agreement, in the event of a reduction in the number of | 16 | | programs or positions in the joint agreement in which the | 17 | | notice of dismissal is provided on or before the end of the | 18 | | 2010-2011 school term, the teacher in contractual continued | 19 | | service is eligible for employment in the joint agreement | 20 | | programs for which the teacher is legally qualified in order | 21 | | of greater length of continuing service in the joint | 22 | | agreement, unless an alternative method of determining the | 23 | | sequence of dismissal is established in a collective | 24 | | bargaining agreement. For any teacher employed after July 1, | 25 | | 1987 as a full-time teacher in a program of a special education | 26 | | joint agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint |
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| 1 | | agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint | 2 | | agreement, in the event of a reduction in the number of | 3 | | programs or positions in the joint agreement in which the | 4 | | notice of dismissal is provided during the 2011-2012 school | 5 | | term or a subsequent school term, the teacher shall be | 6 | | included on the honorable dismissal lists of all joint | 7 | | agreement programs for positions for which the teacher is | 8 | | qualified and is eligible for employment in such programs in | 9 | | accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of Section 24-12 of | 10 | | this Code and the applicable honorable dismissal policies of | 11 | | the joint agreement. | 12 | | (k) For any teacher employed after July 1, 1987 as a | 13 | | full-time teacher in a program of a special education joint | 14 | | agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint | 15 | | agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint | 16 | | agreement, in the event of the dissolution of a joint | 17 | | agreement, in which the notice to teachers of the dissolution | 18 | | is provided during the 2010-2011 school term, the teacher in | 19 | | contractual continued service who is legally qualified shall | 20 | | be assigned to any comparable position in a member district | 21 | | currently held by a teacher who has not entered upon | 22 | | contractual continued service or held by a teacher who has | 23 | | entered upon contractual continued service with a shorter | 24 | | length of contractual continued service. Any teacher employed | 25 | | after July 1, 1987 as a full-time teacher in a program of a | 26 | | special education joint agreement, whether the program is |
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| 1 | | operated by the joint agreement or a member district on behalf | 2 | | of the joint agreement, in the event of the dissolution of a | 3 | | joint agreement in which the notice to teachers of the | 4 | | dissolution is provided during the 2011-2012 school term or a | 5 | | subsequent school term, the teacher who is qualified shall be | 6 | | included on the order of honorable dismissal lists of each | 7 | | member district and shall be assigned to any comparable | 8 | | position in any such district in accordance with subsections | 9 | | (b) and (c) of Section 24-12 of this Code and the applicable | 10 | | honorable dismissal policies of each member district. | 11 | | (l) The governing board of the joint agreement, or the | 12 | | administrative district, if so authorized by the articles of | 13 | | agreement of the joint agreement, rather than the board of | 14 | | education of a school district, may carry out employment and | 15 | | termination actions including dismissals under this Section | 16 | | and Section 24-12. | 17 | | (m) The employment of any teacher in a special education | 18 | | program authorized by Section 14-1.01 through 14-14.01, or a | 19 | | joint educational program established under Section 10-22.31a, | 20 | | shall be under this and the succeeding Sections of this | 21 | | Article, and such employment shall be deemed a continuation of | 22 | | the previous employment of such teacher in any of the | 23 | | participating districts, regardless of the participation of | 24 | | other districts in the program. | 25 | | (n) Any teacher employed as a full-time teacher in a | 26 | | special education program prior to September 23, 1987 in which |
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| 1 | | 2 or more school districts participate for a probationary | 2 | | period of 2 consecutive years shall enter upon contractual | 3 | | continued service in each of the participating districts, | 4 | | subject to this and the succeeding Sections of this Article, | 5 | | and, notwithstanding Section 24-1.5 of this Code, in the event | 6 | | of the termination of the program shall be eligible for any | 7 | | vacant position in any of such districts for which such | 8 | | teacher is qualified. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 102-552, eff. 1-1-22; 102-854, eff. 5-13-22; | 10 | | 103-500, eff. 8-4-23.) | 11 | | (105 ILCS 5/24A-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7) | 12 | | Sec. 24A-7. Rules. | 13 | | (a) The State Board of Education is authorized to adopt | 14 | | such rules as are deemed necessary to implement and accomplish | 15 | | the purposes and provisions of this Article, including, but | 16 | | not limited to, rules: | 17 | | (1) relating to the methods for measuring student | 18 | | growth (including, but not limited to, limitations on the | 19 | | age of usable data; the amount of data needed to reliably | 20 | | and validly measure growth for the purpose of teacher and | 21 | | principal evaluations; and whether and at what time annual | 22 | | State assessments may be used as one of multiple measures | 23 | | of student growth); | 24 | | (2) defining the term "significant factor" for | 25 | | purposes of including consideration of student growth in |
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| 1 | | performance ratings; | 2 | | (3) controlling for such factors as student | 3 | | characteristics (including, but not limited to, students | 4 | | receiving special education and English Learner services), | 5 | | student attendance, and student mobility so as to best | 6 | | measure the impact that a teacher, principal, school and | 7 | | school district has on students' academic achievement; | 8 | | (4) establishing minimum requirements for district | 9 | | teacher and principal evaluation instruments and | 10 | | procedures; and | 11 | | (5) establishing a model evaluation plan for use by | 12 | | school districts in which student growth shall comprise | 13 | | 50% of the performance rating. | 14 | | Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section, such | 15 | | rules shall not preclude a school district having 500,000 or | 16 | | more inhabitants from using an annual State assessment as the | 17 | | sole measure of student growth for purposes of teacher or | 18 | | principal evaluations. | 19 | | (b) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a | 20 | | Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, which shall be | 21 | | staffed by the State Board of Education. Members of the | 22 | | Council shall be selected by the State Superintendent and | 23 | | include, without limitation, representatives of teacher unions | 24 | | and school district management, persons with expertise in | 25 | | performance evaluation processes and systems, as well as other | 26 | | stakeholders. The Council shall meet at least quarterly and |
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| 1 | | may also meet at the call of the chairperson of the Council, | 2 | | following August 18, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act | 3 | | 100-211) until June 30, 2024. The Council shall advise the | 4 | | State Board of Education on the ongoing implementation of | 5 | | performance evaluations in this State, which may include | 6 | | gathering public feedback, sharing best practices, consulting | 7 | | with the State Board on any proposed rule changes regarding | 8 | | evaluations, and other subjects as determined by the | 9 | | chairperson of the Council. | 10 | | (c) On July 1, 2024, the State Superintendent of Education | 11 | | shall convene a Performance Evaluation Advisory Committee for | 12 | | the purpose of maintaining and improving the evaluator | 13 | | training and pre-qualification program in this State under | 14 | | Section 24A-3. The Committee shall be staffed by the State | 15 | | Board of Education. Members of the Committee shall include, | 16 | | without limitation, representatives from providers of the | 17 | | evaluator retraining and pre-qualification program in this | 18 | | State, which include teacher unions, school district | 19 | | management, including a school district organized under | 20 | | Article 34, and a statewide organization representing regional | 21 | | offices of education. Members of the Committee shall be | 22 | | nominated by the providers and appointed by the State | 23 | | Superintendent. | 24 | | The Committee shall meet initially at the call of the | 25 | | State Superintendent and shall select one member as | 26 | | chairperson at its initial meeting. The Committee shall meet |
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| 1 | | at least quarterly and may also meet at the call of the | 2 | | chairperson of the Committee. | 3 | | The Committee shall advise the State Board of Education on | 4 | | the continued implementation of the evaluator training and | 5 | | pre-qualification program in this State, which may include the | 6 | | development and delivery of the program's existing and new | 7 | | administrators' academies, gathering feedback from program | 8 | | instructors and participants, sharing best practices, | 9 | | consulting with the State Board on any proposed rule changes | 10 | | regarding evaluator training, and other subjects as determined | 11 | | by the chairperson of the Committee. | 12 | | (d) Prior to the applicable implementation date, the these | 13 | | rules shall not apply to teachers assigned to schools | 14 | | identified in an agreement entered into between the board of a | 15 | | school district operating under Article 34 of this Code and | 16 | | the exclusive representative of the district's teachers in | 17 | | accordance with Section 34-85c of this Code. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 102-252, eff. 1-1-22; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21 .) | 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 15, | 20 | | 2024.". |
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