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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1327
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1327, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT relating to academic standards and assessment,
5 amending a named Act."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
9 Section 2-3.64 as follows:
10 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.64)
11 Sec. 2-3.64. State goals and assessment.
12 (a) Beginning in the 1992-93 school year, the State
13 Board of Education shall establish standards and annually,
14 through the 1997-1998 school year, assess the performance
15 of: (i) all pupils enrolled in the 3rd, 6th, 8th, and 10th
16 grades in language arts (reading and writing) and
17 mathematics; and (ii) all pupils enrolled in the 4th, 7th,
18 and 11th grades in the biological, physical, and social
19 sciences. Beginning in the 1998-99 1995-96 school year, the
20 State Board of Education shall establish standards and
21 periodically, in collaboration with local school districts,
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1 conduct, through the 1997-1998 school year, studies of
2 student performance in the learning areas of fine arts and
3 physical development/health. Beginning with the 1998-1999
4 school year, the State Board of Education shall annually
5 assess the performance of: (i) all pupils enrolled in the
6 3rd, and 5th, 8th, and 10th grades in English language arts
7 (reading and writing) the basic subjects of reading, writing,
8 and mathematics; and (ii) all pupils enrolled in the 4th,
9 7th, and 11th grades in the biological and physical sciences
10 and the social sciences. The State Board of Education shall
11 establish, in final form and within one year after the
12 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996, the academic
13 standards that are to be applicable to pupils who are subject
14 to State assessment under this Section beginning with the
15 1998-1999 school year. However, the State Board of Education
16 shall not establish any such standards in final form without
17 first providing opportunities for public participation and
18 local input in the development of the final academic
19 standards. Those opportunities shall include a
20 well-publicized period of public comment, public hearings
21 throughout the State, and opportunities to file written
22 comments. Beginning with the 1998-99 school year and
23 thereafter, the State assessment shall identify pupils in the
24 3rd grade or 5th grade who do not meet the State standards.
25 If, by performance on the State assessment tests or local
26 assessments or by teacher judgment judgement, a student's
27 performance is determined to be demonstrate a proficiency
28 level comparable to the average pupil performance 2 or more
29 grades below current placement, the student shall be provided
30 a remediation program developed by the district in
31 consultation with a parent or guardian. Such remediation
32 programs may include, but shall not be limited to, increased
33 or concentrated instructional time, a remedial summer school
34 program of not less than 90 hours, improved instructional
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1 approaches, tutorial sessions, retention in grade, and
2 modifications to instructional materials. Each pupil for whom
3 a remediation program is developed under this subsection
4 shall be required to enroll in and attend whatever program
5 the district determines is appropriate for the pupil.
6 Districts may combine students in remediation programs where
7 appropriate and may cooperate with other districts in the
8 design and delivery of those programs. The parent or
9 guardian of a student required to attend a remediation
10 program under this Section shall be given written notice of
11 that requirement by the school district a reasonable time
12 prior to commencement of the remediation program that the
13 student is to attend. The State shall be responsible for
14 providing school districts with the new and additional
15 funding, under Section 2-3.51.5 or by other or additional
16 means, that is required to enable the districts to operate
17 remediation programs for the pupils who are required to
18 enroll in and attend those programs under this Section. Every
19 individualized educational program as described in Article 14
20 shall identify if the State test or components thereof are
21 appropriate for that student. For those pupils for whom the
22 State test or components thereof are not appropriate, the
23 State Board of Education shall develop rules and regulations
24 governing the administration of alternative assessments
25 prescribed within each student's individualized educational
26 program which are appropriate to the disability of each
27 student. All pupils who are in a State approved transitional
28 bilingual education program or transitional program of
29 instruction shall participate in the State assessment. Any
30 student who has been enrolled in a State approved bilingual
31 education program less than 3 academic years shall be
32 exempted if the student's lack of English as determined by an
33 English language proficiency test would keep the student from
34 understanding the test, and that student's district shall
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1 have an alternative assessment program in place for that
2 student. The State Board of Education shall appoint a task
3 force of concerned parents, teachers, school administrators
4 and other professionals to assist in identifying such
5 alternative assessment programs. Reasonable accommodations as
6 prescribed by the State Board of Education shall be provided
7 for individual students in the assessment procedure. All
8 assessment procedures prescribed by the State Board of
9 Education shall require: (i) that each test used for State
10 and local student assessment testing under this Section
11 identify by name the pupil taking the test; (ii) that the
12 name of the pupil taking the test be placed on the test at
13 the time the test is taken; (iii) that the results or scores
14 of each test taken under this Section by a pupil of the
15 school district be reported to that district and identify by
16 name the pupil who received the reported results or of
17 scores; and (iv) that the results or scores of each test
18 taken under this Section be made available to the parents of
19 the pupil. In addition, beginning with the 1998-1999 school
20 year and in each school year thereafter, all scores received
21 by a student on the Illinois Goals and Assessment Program
22 tests administered by the State Board of Education under this
23 Section and, beginning with the 1999-2000 school year and in
24 each school year thereafter, the scores received by a student
25 on the Prairie State Achievement Examination administered
26 under subsection (c) of this Section shall become part of the
27 student's permanent record and shall be entered therein
28 pursuant to regulations that the State Board of Education
29 shall promulgate for that purpose in accordance with Section
30 3 and subsection (e) of Section 2 of the Illinois School
31 Student Records Act. The State Board of Education shall
32 establish a common month in each school year for which State
33 testing shall occur to meet the objectives of this Section.
34 However, if the schools of a district are closed and classes
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1 are not scheduled during any week that is established by the
2 State Board of Education as the week of the month when State
3 testing under this Section shall occur, the school district
4 may administer the required State testing at any time up to 2
5 weeks following the week established by the State Board of
6 Education for the testing, so long as the school district
7 gives the State Board of Education written notice of its
8 intention to deviate from the established schedule by January
9 2 of the year in which falls the week established by the
10 State Board of Education for the testing. The maximum time
11 allowed for all actual testing required under this subsection
12 during the school year shall not exceed 25 hours as allocated
13 among the required tests by the State Board of Education.
14 (a-5) The State Board of Education shall review the
15 current assessment testing schedule applicable under
16 subsection (a) on the effective date of this amendatory Act
17 of 1996 and submit a plan to the General Assembly, on or
18 before December 31, 1996, to increase the effectiveness of
19 the State assessment tests administered under that subsection
20 with respect to student diagnosis and to reduce the amount of
21 classroom time spent administering those tests. The General
22 Assembly may enact the recommendations made by the State
23 Board of Education to maximize effectiveness and minimize the
24 hours and grade levels of testing.
25 (b) It shall be the policy of the State to encourage
26 school districts to continuously assess pupil proficiency in
27 the fundamental learning areas in order to: (i) provide
28 timely information on the performance of individual students
29 relative to State standards that is adequate to guide
30 instructional strategies; (ii) improve future instruction;
31 and (iii) complement the information provided by the State
32 assessment system described in this Section. Each district's
33 school improvement plan must address specific activities the
34 district intends to implement to assist pupils who by teacher
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1 judgment judgement and assessment results as prescribed in
2 subsection (a) of this Section demonstrate that they are not
3 meeting State goals or local objectives. Such activities may
4 include, but shall not be limited to, summer school, extended
5 school day, special homework, tutorial sessions, modified
6 instructional materials, other modifications in the
7 instructional program, reduced class size or retention in
8 grade. To assist school districts in assessing pupil
9 proficiency in reading in the primary grades, the State Board
10 shall make optional reading inventories for diagnostic
11 purposes available to each school district that requests such
12 assistance. Districts that administer the reading
13 inventories may develop remediation programs for students who
14 perform in the bottom half of the student population. Those
15 remediation programs may be funded by moneys provided under
16 the School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant
17 Program established under Section 2-3.51.5. Nothing in this
18 Section shall prevent school districts from implementing
19 testing and remediation policies for grades not required
20 under this Section.
21 (c) Beginning with the 1999-2000 school year, each
22 school district that operates a high school program for
23 students in grades 9 through 12 shall annually administer the
24 a Prairie State Achievement Examination established under
25 this subsection as set forth below each year to its 12th
26 grade students. The Prairie State Achievement Examination
27 shall be developed by the State Board of Education to measure
28 student performance in the 4 5 fundamental academic areas of
29 English language arts reading, writing, mathematics, science,
30 and social sciences studies. The State Board of Education
31 shall establish the academic standards that are to apply in
32 measuring student performance on the Prairie State
33 Achievement Examination in those 4 5 fundamental academic
34 areas, including the minimum examination score in each area
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1 that will qualify for purposes of this Section as a score
2 that is excellent. A student whose score on a portion of the
3 Prairie State Achievement Examination encompassing a
4 specified academic area is determined to be excellent by the
5 State Board of Education shall receive the Prairie State
6 Achievement Award from the State in recognition of the
7 student's excellent performance in that academic area.
8 Each 10th grade 12th grade student, exclusive of a
9 student whose individualized educational program developed
10 under Article 14 identifies does not identify the Prairie
11 State Achievement Examination as inappropriate appropriate
12 for the student, shall be required to take the English
13 language arts and mathematics portions of the examination,
14 which each school district shall administer to its 12th grade
15 students in January of each school year. Each 11th grade
16 student, exclusive of a student whose individualized
17 educational program developed under Article 14 identifies the
18 Prairie State Achievement Examination as inappropriate for
19 the student, shall be required to take the biological and
20 physical sciences and social sciences portions of the
21 examination. Score reports for each fundamental academic
22 area shall indicate the score which qualifies as an excellent
23 score on that portion of the examination. A student shall
24 receive a copy of the score report furnished by the State
25 Board of Education to the school for each portion of the
26 Prairie State Achievement Examination taken and may use these
27 score reports to identify those academic areas in which he or
28 she has received the Prairie State Achievement Award for
29 excellent performance. A 11th or 12th grade student who has
30 so far failed to earn an excellent score in any one or more
31 of the fundamental academic areas shall be permitted to
32 retake that portion or those portions of the examination
33 during any subsequent administration prior to his or her
34 graduation from high school. Districts shall inform their
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1 students of the timelines and procedures applicable to their
2 optional participation in such administrations of the Prairie
3 State Achievement Examination. The Prairie State Achievement
4 Examination shall be administered by each school district a
5 second time, in March of each school year, for those 12th
6 grade students who fail to receive a score on the January
7 examination that would qualify them to receive the Prairie
8 State Achievement Award and who elect to take the March
9 examination for the purpose of attempting to earn a score
10 that will qualify them to receive that award. Students who
11 will graduate from high school before entering grade 12 shall
12 take the Prairie State Achievement Examination during the
13 school year in which they will graduate from high school.
14 Students receiving special education services whose
15 individualized educational programs do not identify the
16 Prairie State Achievement Examination as inappropriate
17 appropriate for them nevertheless shall have the option of
18 taking the examination, which shall be administered to those
19 students in accordance with standards adopted by the State
20 Board of Education to accommodate the respective disabilities
21 of those students. A student who successfully completes all
22 other applicable high school graduation requirements but
23 fails to receive a score on the Prairie State Achievement
24 Examination that qualifies the student for receipt of the
25 Prairie State Achievement Award shall nevertheless qualify
26 for the receipt of a regular high school diploma.
27 (Source: P.A. 88-192; 88-227; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 88-686,
28 eff. 1-24-95; 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)
29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
30 becoming law.".