Full Text of HB1750 101st General Assembly
HB1750 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB1750 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | |
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical changes in a Section concerning
State goals and assessment.
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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 | | 2-3.64a-5 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5) | 7 | | Sec. 2-3.64a-5. State goals and assessment. | 8 | | (a) For the the assessment and accountability purposes of | 9 | | this Section, "students" includes those students enrolled in a | 10 | | public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school, | 11 | | or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or | 12 | | board of control, a charter school operating in compliance with | 13 | | the Charter Schools Law, a school operated by a regional office | 14 | | of education under Section 13A-3 of this Code, or a public | 15 | | school administered by a local public agency or the Department | 16 | | of Human Services. | 17 | | (b) The State Board of Education shall establish the | 18 | | academic standards that are to be applicable to students who | 19 | | are subject to State assessments under this Section. The State | 20 | | Board of Education shall not establish any such standards in | 21 | | final form without first providing opportunities for public | 22 | | participation and local input in the development of the final | 23 | | academic standards. Those opportunities shall include a |
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| 1 | | well-publicized period of public comment and opportunities to | 2 | | file written comments. | 3 | | (c) Beginning no later than the 2014-2015 school year, the | 4 | | State Board of Education shall annually assess all students | 5 | | enrolled in grades 3 through 8 in English language arts and | 6 | | mathematics. | 7 | | Beginning no later than the 2017-2018 school year, the | 8 | | State Board of Education shall annually assess all students in | 9 | | science at one grade in grades 3 through 5, at one grade in | 10 | | grades 6 through 8, and at one grade in grades 9 through 12. | 11 | | The State Board of Education shall annually assess schools | 12 | | that operate a secondary education program, as defined in | 13 | | Section 22-22 of this Code, in English language arts and | 14 | | mathematics. The State Board of Education shall administer no | 15 | | more than 3 assessments, per student, of English language arts | 16 | | and mathematics for students in a secondary education program. | 17 | | One of these assessments shall be recognized by this State's | 18 | | public institutions of higher education, as defined in the | 19 | | Board of Higher Education Act, for the purpose of student | 20 | | application or admissions consideration. The assessment | 21 | | administered by the State Board of Education for the purpose of | 22 | | student application to or admissions consideration by | 23 | | institutions of higher education must be administered on a | 24 | | school day during regular student attendance hours. | 25 | | Students who do not take the State's final accountability | 26 | | assessment or its approved alternate assessment may not receive |
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| 1 | | a regular high school diploma unless the student is exempted | 2 | | from taking the State assessments under subsection (d) of this | 3 | | Section because the student is enrolled in a program of adult | 4 | | and continuing education, as defined in the Adult Education | 5 | | Act, or the student is identified by the State Board of | 6 | | Education, through rules, as being exempt from the assessment. | 7 | | The State Board of Education shall not assess students | 8 | | under this Section in subjects not required by this Section. | 9 | | Districts shall inform their students of the timelines and | 10 | | procedures applicable to their participation in every yearly | 11 | | administration of the State assessments.
The State Board of | 12 | | Education shall establish periods of time in each school year | 13 | | during which State assessments shall occur to meet the | 14 | | objectives of this Section. | 15 | | (d) Every individualized educational program as described | 16 | | in Article 14 shall identify if the State assessment or | 17 | | components thereof require accommodation for the student. The | 18 | | State Board of Education shall develop rules governing the | 19 | | administration of an alternate assessment that may be available | 20 | | to students for whom participation in this State's regular | 21 | | assessments is not appropriate, even with accommodations as | 22 | | allowed under this Section. | 23 | | Students receiving special education services whose | 24 | | individualized educational programs identify them as eligible | 25 | | for the alternative State assessments nevertheless shall have | 26 | | the option of also taking this State's regular final |
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| 1 | | accountability assessment, which shall be administered in | 2 | | accordance with the eligible accommodations appropriate for | 3 | | meeting these students' respective needs. | 4 | | All students determined to be English learners shall | 5 | | participate in the State assessments. The scores of those | 6 | | students who have been enrolled in schools in the United States | 7 | | for less than 12 months may not be used for the purposes of | 8 | | accountability. Any student determined to be an English learner | 9 | | shall receive appropriate assessment accommodations, including | 10 | | language supports, which shall be established by rule. Approved | 11 | | assessment accommodations must be provided until the student's | 12 | | English language skills develop to the extent that the student | 13 | | is no longer considered to be an English learner, as | 14 | | demonstrated through a State-identified English language | 15 | | proficiency assessment. | 16 | | (e) The results or scores of each assessment taken under | 17 | | this Section shall be made available to the parents of each | 18 | | student. | 19 | | In each school year, the scores attained by a student on | 20 | | the final accountability assessment must be placed in the | 21 | | student's permanent record pursuant to rules that the State | 22 | | Board of Education shall adopt for that purpose in accordance | 23 | | with Section 3 of the Illinois School Student Records Act. In | 24 | | each school year, the scores attained by a student on the State | 25 | | assessments administered in grades 3 through 8 must be placed | 26 | | in the student's temporary record. |
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| 1 | | (f) All schools shall administer the State's academic | 2 | | assessment of English language proficiency to all children | 3 | | determined to be English learners. | 4 | | (g) All schools in this State that are part of the sample | 5 | | drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics, in | 6 | | collaboration with their school districts and the State Board | 7 | | of Education, shall administer the academic assessments under | 8 | | the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried out | 9 | | under Section 411(b)(2) of the federal National Education | 10 | | Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010) if the U.S. Secretary | 11 | | of Education pays the costs of administering the assessments. | 12 | | (h) (Blank). | 13 | | (i) For the purposes of this subsection (i), "academically | 14 | | based assessments" means assessments consisting of questions | 15 | | and answers that are measurable and quantifiable to measure the | 16 | | knowledge, skills, and ability of students in the subject | 17 | | matters covered by the assessments. All assessments | 18 | | administered pursuant to this Section must be academically | 19 | | based assessments. The scoring of academically based | 20 | | assessments shall be reliable, valid, and fair and shall meet | 21 | | the guidelines for assessment development and use prescribed by | 22 | | the American Psychological Association, the National Council | 23 | | on Measurement in Education, and the American Educational | 24 | | Research Association. | 25 | | The State Board of Education shall review the use of all | 26 | | assessment item types in order to ensure that they are valid |
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| 1 | | and reliable indicators of student performance aligned to the | 2 | | learning standards being assessed and that the development, | 3 | | administration, and scoring of these item types are justifiable | 4 | | in terms of cost. | 5 | | (j) The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a | 6 | | committee of no more than 21 members, consisting of parents, | 7 | | teachers, school administrators, school board members, | 8 | | assessment experts, regional superintendents of schools, and | 9 | | citizens, to review the State assessments administered by the | 10 | | State Board of Education. The Committee shall select one of its | 11 | | members as its chairperson. The Committee shall meet on an | 12 | | ongoing basis to review the content and design of the | 13 | | assessments (including whether the requirements of subsection | 14 | | (i) of this Section have been met), the time and money expended | 15 | | at the local and State levels to prepare for and administer the | 16 | | assessments, the collective results of the assessments as | 17 | | measured against the stated purpose of assessing student | 18 | | performance, and other issues involving the assessments | 19 | | identified by the Committee. The Committee shall make periodic | 20 | | recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education and | 21 | | the General Assembly concerning the assessments. | 22 | | (k) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to | 23 | | implement this Section.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-185, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, | 25 | | eff. 7-28-16; 100-7, eff. 7-1-17; 100-222, eff. 8-18-17; | 26 | | 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1046, eff. 8-23-18.) |
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