Full Text of HB4380 99th General Assembly
HB4380eng 99TH 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 1. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the | 5 | | General Assembly to set forth in law that: | 6 | | (1) students ought to spend the maximum amount of time | 7 | | learning; | 8 | | (2) time spent getting tested or preparing for tests | 9 | | threatens the ability of a school to perform as a place of | 10 | | learning; and | 11 | | (3) existing non-PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of | 12 | | Readiness for College and Careers) standardized tests | 13 | | administered in high schools, including without limitation | 14 | | standardized tests used to test potential college | 15 | | applicants, provide adequate information to policymakers | 16 | | of the educational efficacy of each individual high school | 17 | | and school district and make additional testing redundant | 18 | | and unnecessary.
| 19 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 20 | | 2-3.64a-5 as follows: | 21 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5) | 22 | | Sec. 2-3.64a-5. State goals and assessment. |
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| 1 | | (a) For the assessment and accountability purposes of this | 2 | | Section, "students" includes those students enrolled in a | 3 | | public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school, | 4 | | or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or | 5 | | board of control, a charter school operating in compliance with | 6 | | the Charter Schools Law, a school operated by a regional office | 7 | | of education under Section 13A-3 of this Code, or a public | 8 | | school administered by a local public agency or the Department | 9 | | of Human Services. | 10 | | (b) The State Board of Education shall establish the | 11 | | academic standards that are to be applicable to students who | 12 | | are subject to State assessments under this Section. The State | 13 | | Board of Education shall not establish any such standards in | 14 | | final form without first providing opportunities for public | 15 | | participation and local input in the development of the final | 16 | | academic standards. Those opportunities shall include a | 17 | | well-publicized period of public comment and opportunities to | 18 | | file written comments. | 19 | | (c) Beginning no later than the 2014-2015 school year, the | 20 | | State Board of Education shall annually assess all students | 21 | | enrolled in grades 3 through 8 in English language arts and | 22 | | mathematics. | 23 | | Beginning no later than the 2017-2018 school year, the | 24 | | State Board of Education shall annually assess all students in | 25 | | science at one grade in grades 3 through 5, at one grade in | 26 | | grades 6 through 8, and at one grade in grades 9 through 12. |
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| 1 | | The State Board of Education shall annually assess schools | 2 | | that operate a secondary education program, as defined in | 3 | | Section 22-22 of this Code, in English language arts and | 4 | | mathematics. The State Board of Education shall administer no | 5 | | more than 3 assessments, per student, of English language arts | 6 | | and mathematics for students in a secondary education program | 7 | | until the expiration of any contracts entered into before the | 8 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General | 9 | | Assembly between the State Board of Education and the company | 10 | | or companies that operate the PARCC (Partnership for Assessment | 11 | | of Readiness for College and Careers) tests, with one . One of | 12 | | these assessments including shall include a college and career | 13 | | ready determination that shall be accepted by this State's | 14 | | public institutions of higher education, as defined in the | 15 | | Board of Higher Education Act, for the purpose of student | 16 | | application or admissions consideration. After the expiration | 17 | | of any contracts entered into before the effective date of this | 18 | | amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly between the State | 19 | | Board of Education and the company or companies that operate | 20 | | the PARCC tests, the State Board of Education shall enter into | 21 | | 2 separate contracts, one to administer the ACT and one to | 22 | | administer the SAT. Each school district must be offered the | 23 | | opportunity to choose between the 2 examinations. This | 24 | | examination shall constitute a secondary education program | 25 | | annual assessment for the purpose of implementing this Section. | 26 | | Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education is |
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| 1 | | required to cover all expenses for each student to take one of | 2 | | the 2 examinations for the purpose of college application or | 3 | | admissions consideration. If the student chooses to take both | 4 | | examinations, the student or his or her parent or guardian is | 5 | | required to cover expenses for the other examination. The State | 6 | | Board of Education shall take whatever may be appropriate ways | 7 | | and means, including a request for a federal waiver or waivers | 8 | | if required, to ensure that, should a waiver or waivers be | 9 | | granted pursuant to this request, no State assessments other | 10 | | than these 2 examinations may be administered to students in a | 11 | | secondary education program after the expiration of any | 12 | | contracts entered into before the effective date of this | 13 | | amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly between the State | 14 | | Board of Education and the company or companies that operate | 15 | | the PARCC tests. Notwithstanding the mandate to administer | 16 | | these 2 examinations, should the PARCC test continue to be | 17 | | required of Illinois high schools by federal mandate, the PARCC | 18 | | test shall continue to be administered to students in a | 19 | | secondary education program. | 20 | | Students who are not assessed for college and career ready | 21 | | determinations may not receive a regular high school diploma | 22 | | unless the student is exempted from taking State assessments | 23 | | under subsection (d) of this Section because (i) the student's | 24 | | individualized educational program developed under Article 14 | 25 | | of this Code identifies the State assessment as inappropriate | 26 | | for the student, (ii) the student is enrolled in a program of |
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| 1 | | adult and continuing education, as defined in the Adult | 2 | | Education Act, (iii) the school district is not required to | 3 | | assess the individual student for purposes of accountability | 4 | | under federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requirements, | 5 | | (iv) the student has been determined to be an English learner | 6 | | and has been enrolled in schools in the United States for less | 7 | | than 12 months, or (v) the student is otherwise identified by | 8 | | the State Board of Education, through rules, as being exempt | 9 | | from the assessment. | 10 | | The State Board of Education shall not assess students | 11 | | under this Section in subjects not required by this Section. | 12 | | Districts shall inform their students of the timelines and | 13 | | procedures applicable to their participation in every yearly | 14 | | administration of the State assessments.
The State Board of | 15 | | Education shall establish periods of time in each school year | 16 | | during which State assessments shall occur to meet the | 17 | | objectives of this Section. | 18 | | (d) Every individualized educational program as described | 19 | | in Article 14 shall identify if the State assessment or | 20 | | components thereof are appropriate for the student. The State | 21 | | Board of Education shall develop rules governing the | 22 | | administration of an alternate assessment that may be available | 23 | | to students for whom participation in this State's regular | 24 | | assessments is not appropriate, even with accommodations as | 25 | | allowed under this Section. | 26 | | Students receiving special education services whose |
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| 1 | | individualized educational programs identify them as eligible | 2 | | for the alternative State assessments nevertheless shall have | 3 | | the option of taking this State's regular assessment that | 4 | | includes a college and career ready determination, which shall | 5 | | be administered in accordance with the eligible accommodations | 6 | | appropriate for meeting these students' respective needs. | 7 | | All students determined to be English learners shall | 8 | | participate in the State assessments, excepting those students | 9 | | who have been enrolled in schools in the United States for less | 10 | | than 12 months. Such students may be exempted from | 11 | | participation in one annual administration of the English | 12 | | language arts assessment. Any student determined to be an | 13 | | English learner shall receive appropriate assessment | 14 | | accommodations, including language supports, which shall be | 15 | | established by rule. Approved assessment accommodations must | 16 | | be provided until the student's English language skills develop | 17 | | to the extent that the student is no longer considered to be an | 18 | | English learner, as demonstrated through a State-identified | 19 | | English language proficiency assessment. | 20 | | (e) The results or scores of each assessment taken under | 21 | | this Section shall be made available to the parents of each | 22 | | student. | 23 | | In each school year, the scores attained by a student on | 24 | | the State assessment that includes a college and career ready | 25 | | determination must be placed in the student's permanent record | 26 | | and must be entered on the student's transcript pursuant to |
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| 1 | | rules that the State Board of Education shall adopt for that | 2 | | purpose in accordance with Section 3 of the Illinois School | 3 | | Student Records Act. In each school year, the scores attained | 4 | | by a student on the State assessments administered in grades 3 | 5 | | through 8 must be placed in the student's temporary record. | 6 | | (f) All schools shall administer an academic assessment of | 7 | | English language proficiency in oral language (listening and | 8 | | speaking) and reading and writing skills to all children | 9 | | determined to be English learners. | 10 | | (g) All schools in this State that are part of the sample | 11 | | drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics, in | 12 | | collaboration with their school districts and the State Board | 13 | | of Education, shall administer the biennial academic | 14 | | assessments under the National Assessment of Educational | 15 | | Progress carried out under Section 411(b)(2) of the federal | 16 | | National Education Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010) if | 17 | | the U.S. Secretary of Education pays the costs of administering | 18 | | the assessments. | 19 | | (h) Subject to available funds to this State for the | 20 | | purpose of student assessment, the State Board of Education | 21 | | shall provide additional assessments and assessment resources | 22 | | that may be used by school districts for local assessment | 23 | | purposes. The State Board of Education shall annually | 24 | | distribute a listing of these additional resources. | 25 | | (i) For the purposes of this subsection (i), "academically | 26 | | based assessments" means assessments consisting of questions |
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| 1 | | and answers that are measurable and quantifiable to measure the | 2 | | knowledge, skills, and ability of students in the subject | 3 | | matters covered by the assessments. All assessments | 4 | | administered pursuant to this Section must be academically | 5 | | based assessments. The scoring of academically based | 6 | | assessments shall be reliable, valid, and fair and shall meet | 7 | | the guidelines for assessment development and use prescribed by | 8 | | the American Psychological Association, the National Council | 9 | | on Measurement in Education, and the American Educational | 10 | | Research Association. | 11 | | The State Board of Education shall review the use of all | 12 | | assessment item types in order to ensure that they are valid | 13 | | and reliable indicators of student performance aligned to the | 14 | | learning standards being assessed and that the development, | 15 | | administration, and scoring of these item types are justifiable | 16 | | in terms of cost. | 17 | | (j) The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a | 18 | | committee of no more than 21 members, consisting of parents, | 19 | | teachers, school administrators, school board members, | 20 | | assessment experts, regional superintendents of schools, and | 21 | | citizens, to review the State assessments administered by the | 22 | | State Board of Education. The Committee shall select one of its | 23 | | members as its chairperson. The Committee shall meet on an | 24 | | ongoing basis to review the content and design of the | 25 | | assessments (including whether the requirements of subsection | 26 | | (i) of this Section have been met), the time and money expended |
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| 1 | | at the local and State levels to prepare for and administer the | 2 | | assessments, the collective results of the assessments as | 3 | | measured against the stated purpose of assessing student | 4 | | performance, and other issues involving the assessments | 5 | | identified by the Committee. The Committee shall make periodic | 6 | | recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education and | 7 | | the General Assembly concerning the assessments. | 8 | | (k) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to | 9 | | implement this Section.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 98-972, eff. 8-15-14; 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; | 11 | | 99-185, eff. 1-1-16; revised 10-16-15.)
| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 13 | | 2016. |
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