Full Text of HB5481 100th 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 adding Sections | 5 | | 2-3.136a, 10-20.67, and 34-18.60 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.136a new) | 7 | | Sec. 2-3.136a. Class size publication. No later than | 8 | | December 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the State Board of | 9 | | Education shall make available on its Internet website the | 10 | | information collected under subsection (d) of Sections | 11 | | 10-20.67 and 34-18.60 of this Code. | 12 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.67 new) | 13 | | Sec. 10-20.67. Class size reporting and reduction goals. | 14 | | (a) The General Assembly finds that limiting class sizes is | 15 | | an evidence-based practice that greatly benefits the | 16 | | educational development of students enrolled in public | 17 | | schools. The General Assembly also finds that decades of | 18 | | research support the following conclusions: | 19 | | (1) Increasing class sizes is detrimental to a | 20 | | student's educational outcomes. | 21 | | (2) The benefits of smaller classes are greater for | 22 | | low-income children, children of color, and young |
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| 1 | | children. | 2 | | (3) Class size effects are persistent and the cost of | 3 | | decreasing class sizes is offset by the future social and | 4 | | educational cost savings. | 5 | | (4) The benefits of small class sizes include not only | 6 | | improving student academic achievement, but also enhancing | 7 | | social-emotional outcomes and improved school culture. | 8 | | (b) The purposes of this Section are (i) to inform others | 9 | | about class size policy by having accurate data of class sizes | 10 | | in Illinois public schools and (ii) to set class size targets | 11 | | for classes in kindergarten through grade 12. | 12 | | (c) In this Section: | 13 | | "Class" means a setting in which organized instruction of | 14 | | academic course content is regularly provided to a group of | 15 | | students for a given scheduled period of time. | 16 | | "Class instructor" means a teacher who has been assigned to | 17 | | teach students in a class at a public school. | 18 | | "Class section" means a single class where a class | 19 | | instructor is assigned to teach more than one class per school | 20 | | day. | 21 | | "Class size" means the number of students in a class who | 22 | | appear on the class roster and for whom the class instructor is | 23 | | primarily responsible and accountable. | 24 | | "Pupil-teacher ratio" means the total number of students in | 25 | | a school divided by the total number of teachers working in | 26 | | that school. |
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| 1 | | "Teacher" means an individual instructing students at a | 2 | | public school. | 3 | | "Total caseload" means the total number of students taught | 4 | | by a class instructor assigned to multiple class sections, | 5 | | summed across all those assigned class sections. | 6 | | (d) No later than day 60 of instruction in each school | 7 | | year, a school board shall report for kindergarten through | 8 | | grade 12 classes all of the following information to the State | 9 | | Board of Education: | 10 | | (1) The total number of teachers actively employed | 11 | | within a school district, listed by individual school. | 12 | | (2) The pupil-teacher ratios for each school district. | 13 | | (3) The number of class instructors, by grade level and | 14 | | subject, in every school district. | 15 | | (4) For teachers assigned to teach multiple class | 16 | | sections, the class size of each class section and the | 17 | | total caseload, listed by teacher. | 18 | | (5) For teachers assigned to a single class, the class | 19 | | size for that class, listed by teacher. | 20 | | (e) The goal of the General Assembly is to make adequate | 21 | | provisions to ensure that, by the beginning of the 2020-2021 | 22 | | school year, the following class size goals are met: | 23 | | (1) Class size shall not exceed 18 students for a class | 24 | | of kindergarten students or a class of multi-grade students | 25 | | that includes kindergarten students. | 26 | | (2) Class size shall not exceed 22 students for a class |
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| 1 | | that includes students in grades 1 through 5. | 2 | | (3) Class size shall not exceed 25 students for a class | 3 | | that includes students in grades 6 through 12. | 4 | | (4) The total caseload per teacher for teachers | 5 | | assigned as class instructors for multiple class sections | 6 | | shall not exceed 150 students. | 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.60 new) | 8 | | Sec. 34-18.60. Class size reporting and reduction goals. | 9 | | (a) The General Assembly finds that limiting class sizes is | 10 | | an evidence-based practice that greatly benefits the | 11 | | educational development of students enrolled in public | 12 | | schools. The General Assembly also finds that decades of | 13 | | research support the following conclusions: | 14 | | (1) Increasing class sizes is detrimental to a | 15 | | student's educational outcomes. | 16 | | (2) The benefits of smaller classes are greater for | 17 | | low-income children, children of color, and young | 18 | | children. | 19 | | (3) Class size effects are persistent and the cost of | 20 | | decreasing class sizes is offset by the future social and | 21 | | educational cost savings. | 22 | | (4) The benefits of small class sizes include not only | 23 | | improving student academic achievement, but also enhancing | 24 | | social-emotional outcomes and improved school culture. | 25 | | (b) The purposes of this Section are (i) to inform others |
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| 1 | | about class size policy by having accurate data of class sizes | 2 | | in Illinois public schools and (ii) to set class size targets | 3 | | for classes in kindergarten through grade 12. | 4 | | (c) In this Section: | 5 | | "Class" means a setting in which organized instruction of | 6 | | academic course content is regularly provided to a group of | 7 | | students for a given scheduled period of time. | 8 | | "Class instructor" means a teacher who has been assigned to | 9 | | teach students in a class at a public school. | 10 | | "Class section" means a single class where a class | 11 | | instructor is assigned to teach more than one class per school | 12 | | day. | 13 | | "Class size" means the number of students in a class who | 14 | | appear on the class roster and for whom the class instructor is | 15 | | primarily responsible and accountable. | 16 | | "Pupil-teacher ratio" means the total number of students in | 17 | | a school divided by the total number of teachers working in | 18 | | that school. | 19 | | "Teacher" means an individual instructing students at a | 20 | | public school. | 21 | | "Total caseload" means the total number of students taught | 22 | | by a class instructor assigned to multiple class sections, | 23 | | summed across all those assigned class sections. | 24 | | (d) No later than day 60 of instruction in each school | 25 | | year, the board shall report for kindergarten through grade 12 | 26 | | classes all of the following information to the State Board of |
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| 1 | | Education: | 2 | | (1) The total number of teachers actively employed | 3 | | within the district, listed by individual school. | 4 | | (2) The pupil-teacher ratios for the district. | 5 | | (3) The number of class instructors, by grade level and | 6 | | subject, in every school district. | 7 | | (4) For teachers assigned to teach multiple class | 8 | | sections, the class size of each class section and the | 9 | | total caseload, listed by teacher. | 10 | | (5) For teachers assigned to a single class, the class | 11 | | size for that class, listed by teacher. | 12 | | (e) The goal of the General Assembly is to make adequate | 13 | | provisions to ensure that, by the beginning of the 2020-2021 | 14 | | school year, the following class size goals are met: | 15 | | (1) Class size shall not exceed 18 students for a class | 16 | | of kindergarten students or a class of multi-grade students | 17 | | that includes kindergarten students. | 18 | | (2) Class size shall not exceed 22 students for a class | 19 | | that includes students in grades 1 through 5. | 20 | | (3) Class size shall not exceed 25 students for a class | 21 | | that includes students in grades 6 through 12. | 22 | | (4) The total caseload per teacher for teachers | 23 | | assigned as class instructors for multiple class sections | 24 | | shall not exceed 150 students.
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