Full Text of HB5173 101st General Assembly
HB5173 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB5173 Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/10-20.9a | from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.9a |
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Amends the School Code. Prohibits a school district from withholding a student's grades, transcripts, or diploma because of an unpaid balance on the student's school account. Effective immediately.
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| | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | | STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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| | | HB5173 | | LRB101 17255 CMG 66659 b |
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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 | | 10-20.9a as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.9a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.9a)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-20.9a. Final grade; promotion.
| 8 | | (a) Teachers shall
administer the approved
marking system | 9 | | or other approved means of evaluating pupil progress. The
| 10 | | teacher shall maintain the responsibility and right to | 11 | | determine grades and
other evaluations of students within the | 12 | | grading policies of the district
based upon his or her | 13 | | professional judgment of available criteria pertinent
to any | 14 | | given subject area or activity for which he or she is | 15 | | responsible.
District policy shall provide the procedure and | 16 | | reasons by and for which
a grade may be changed; provided that | 17 | | no grade or evaluation shall be
changed without notification to | 18 | | the teacher concerning the nature and
reasons for such change. | 19 | | If such a change is made, the person
making
the change shall | 20 | | assume such responsibility for determining the grade or
| 21 | | evaluation, and shall initial such change.
| 22 | | (b) School districts shall not promote students to the next
| 23 | | higher grade level based upon age or any other social reasons |
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| 1 | | not related to
the academic performance of the students. On or | 2 | | before September 1, 1998,
school boards shall adopt and enforce | 3 | | a policy on promotion as they deem necessary to ensure that | 4 | | students
meet
local goals and objectives and can perform at the | 5 | | expected grade level prior to
promotion.
Decisions to promote | 6 | | or retain students in any classes shall be based on
successful | 7 | | completion of the curriculum, attendance, performance based on | 8 | | the assessments required under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code, | 9 | | the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, or
other testing or any other | 10 | | criteria established by the school board. Students
determined | 11 | | by the local district to not qualify for promotion to the next
| 12 | | higher grade shall be provided remedial assistance, which may | 13 | | include, but
shall not be limited to, a summer bridge program | 14 | | of no less than 90 hours,
tutorial sessions, increased or | 15 | | concentrated instructional time, modifications
to | 16 | | instructional materials, and retention in grade.
| 17 | | (c) No school district shall withhold a student's grades, | 18 | | transcripts, or diploma because of an unpaid balance on the | 19 | | student's school account. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 98-972, eff. 8-15-14.)
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.
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