Full Text of SB0633 102nd 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 Section | 5 | | 10-17a as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report | 8 | | cards.
| 9 | | (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent | 10 | | school year, the State Board of Education, through the State | 11 | | Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report | 12 | | card, school district report cards, and school report cards, | 13 | | and shall by the most economic means provide to each school
| 14 | | district in this State, including special charter districts | 15 | | and districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the | 16 | | report cards for the school district and each of its schools. | 17 | | (2) In addition to any information required by federal | 18 | | law, the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators | 19 | | and presentation of the school report card, which must | 20 | | include, at a minimum, the most current data collected and | 21 | | maintained by the State Board of Education related to the | 22 | | following: | 23 | | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, |
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| 1 | | including average class size, average teaching experience, | 2 | | student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of | 3 | | students classified as low-income; the percentage of | 4 | | students classified as English learners; the percentage of | 5 | | students who have individualized education plans or 504 | 6 | | plans that provide for special education services; the | 7 | | number and percentage of all students who have been | 8 | | assessed for placement in a gifted education or advanced | 9 | | academic program and, of those students: (i) the racial | 10 | | and ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are | 11 | | classified as low-income, and (iii) the number and | 12 | | percentage of students who received direct instruction | 13 | | from a teacher who holds a gifted education endorsement | 14 | | and, of those students, the percentage who are classified | 15 | | as low-income; the percentage of students scoring at the | 16 | | "exceeds expectations" level on the assessments required | 17 | | under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of | 18 | | students who annually transferred in or out of the school | 19 | | district; average daily attendance; the per-pupil | 20 | | operating expenditure of the school district; and the | 21 | | per-pupil State average operating expenditure for the | 22 | | district type (elementary, high school, or unit); | 23 | | (B) curriculum information, including, where | 24 | | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | 25 | | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment | 26 | | courses, foreign language classes, computer science |
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| 1 | | courses, school personnel resources (including Career | 2 | | Technical Education teachers), before and after school | 3 | | programs, extracurricular activities, subjects in which | 4 | | elective classes are offered, health and wellness | 5 | | initiatives (including the average number of days of | 6 | | Physical Education per week per student), approved | 7 | | programs of study, awards received, community | 8 | | partnerships, and special programs such as programming for | 9 | | the gifted and talented, students with disabilities, and | 10 | | work-study students; | 11 | | (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the | 12 | | percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of | 13 | | State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth | 14 | | grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students who | 15 | | participated in workplace learning experiences, the | 16 | | percentage of students enrolled in post-secondary | 17 | | institutions (including colleges, universities, community | 18 | | colleges, trade/vocational schools, and training programs | 19 | | leading to career certification within 2 semesters of high | 20 | | school graduation), the percentage of students graduating | 21 | | from high school who are college and career ready, and the | 22 | | percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges, | 23 | | colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses | 24 | | that the community college, college, or university | 25 | | identifies as a developmental course; | 26 | | (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the |
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| 1 | | percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned | 2 | | 5 credits or more without failing more than one core | 3 | | class, a measure of students entering kindergarten ready | 4 | | to learn, a measure of growth, and the percentage of | 5 | | students who enter high school on track for college and | 6 | | career readiness; | 7 | | (E) the school environment, including, where | 8 | | applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10 | 9 | | absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with | 10 | | less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other | 11 | | than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to | 12 | | the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term | 13 | | disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the | 14 | | percentage of teachers returning to the school from the | 15 | | previous year, the number of different principals at the | 16 | | school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold | 17 | | a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria | 18 | | used by the district to determine whether a student is | 19 | | eligible for participation in a gifted education program | 20 | | or advanced academic program and the manner in which | 21 | | parents and guardians are made aware of the process and | 22 | | criteria, 2 or more indicators from any school climate | 23 | | survey selected or approved by the State and administered | 24 | | pursuant to Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or | 25 | | similar indicators included on school report cards for all | 26 | | surveys selected or approved by the State pursuant to |
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| 1 | | Section 2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage | 2 | | of teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most | 3 | | recent evaluation , and, beginning with the 2022-2023 | 4 | | school year, data on the number of incidents of violence | 5 | | that occurred on school grounds or during school-related | 6 | | activities and that resulted in an out-of-school | 7 | | suspension, expulsion, or removal to an alternative | 8 | | setting, as reported pursuant to Section 2-3.162 ; | 9 | | (F) a school district's and its individual schools' | 10 | | balanced accountability measure, in accordance with | 11 | | Section 2-3.25a of this Code; | 12 | | (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the | 13 | | State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of | 14 | | the State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the | 15 | | school's employees, which shall be reported to the State | 16 | | Board of Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of | 17 | | the State of Illinois; | 18 | | (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 | 19 | | of this Code only, State contributions to the Public | 20 | | School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago | 21 | | and State contributions for health care for employees of | 22 | | that school district; | 23 | | (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as | 24 | | defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section | 25 | | 18-8.15 of this Code; | 26 | | (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as |
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| 1 | | defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section | 2 | | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; | 3 | | (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in | 4 | | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this | 5 | | Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as | 6 | | defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section | 7 | | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; | 8 | | (L) a school district's administrative costs; | 9 | | (M) whether or not the school has participated in the | 10 | | Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M), "Illinois | 11 | | Youth Survey" means a self-report survey, administered in | 12 | | school settings every 2 years, designed to gather | 13 | | information about health and social indicators, including | 14 | | substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of students in | 15 | | grades 8, 10, and 12; and | 16 | | (N) whether the school offered its students career and | 17 | | technical education opportunities. | 18 | | The school report card shall also provide
information that | 19 | | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | 20 | | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | 21 | | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | 22 | | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | 23 | | enrollment of low-income students, special education students, | 24 | | and English learners.
| 25 | | As used in this subsection (2): | 26 | | "Administrative costs" means costs associated with |
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| 1 | | executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the | 2 | | school district that involve planning, organizing, managing, | 3 | | or directing the school district. | 4 | | "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to | 5 | | which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive | 6 | | ability or advanced academic achievement compared to local age | 7 | | peers and in which the curriculum is substantially | 8 | | differentiated from the general curriculum to provide | 9 | | appropriate challenge and pace. | 10 | | "Computer science" means the study of computers and | 11 | | algorithms, including their principles, their hardware and | 12 | | software designs, their implementation, and their impact on | 13 | | society. "Computer science" does not include the study of | 14 | | everyday uses of computers and computer applications, such as | 15 | | keyboarding or accessing the Internet. | 16 | | "Gifted education" means educational services, including | 17 | | differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed | 18 | | to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A | 19 | | of this Code. | 20 | | For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2), | 21 | | "average daily attendance" means the average of the actual | 22 | | number of attendance days during the previous school year for | 23 | | any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance | 24 | | by Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school. | 25 | | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | 26 | | school district report card shall include a subset of the |
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| 1 | | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | 2 | | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information | 3 | | relating to the operating expense per pupil and other finances | 4 | | of the school district, and the State report card shall | 5 | | include a subset of the information identified in paragraphs | 6 | | (A) through (E) and paragraph (N) of subsection (2) of this | 7 | | Section. The school district report card shall include the | 8 | | average daily attendance, as that term is defined in | 9 | | subsection (2) of this Section, of students who have | 10 | | individualized education programs and students who have 504 | 11 | | plans that provide for special education services within the | 12 | | school district. | 13 | | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | 14 | | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | 15 | | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | 16 | | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | 17 | | State report card. | 18 | | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | 19 | | of the school district and school report cards from the State | 20 | | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including | 21 | | special charter districts and districts subject to the | 22 | | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | 23 | | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | 24 | | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's | 25 | | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
| 26 | | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of |
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| 1 | | general circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, | 2 | | send the report cards
home to a parent (unless the district | 3 | | does not maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the | 4 | | report card shall be sent home to parents without request). If | 5 | | the
district posts the report card on its Internet web
site, | 6 | | the district
shall send a
written notice home to parents | 7 | | stating (i) that the report card is available on
the web site,
| 8 | | (ii) the address of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of | 9 | | the report card
will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) | 10 | | the telephone number that parents may
call to
request a | 11 | | printed copy of the report card.
| 12 | | (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals, | 13 | | supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in | 14 | | lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public | 15 | | Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of | 16 | | Public Act 97-8. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff. 1-1-18; | 18 | | 100-448, eff. 7-1-19; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-807, eff. | 19 | | 8-10-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1121, eff. 1-1-19; 101-68, | 20 | | eff. 1-1-20; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-654, eff. 3-8-21.) |
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