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92_HB1692

 
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 1        AN ACT with regard to 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
 5    Section 10-17a and adding Section 27-23.6 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
 7        Sec. 10-17a.  Better schools accountability.
 8        (1)  Policy  and  Purpose.  It shall be the policy of the
 9    State of Illinois that each school district  in  this  State,
10    including  special charter districts and districts subject to
11    the provisions  of  Article  34,  shall  submit  to  parents,
12    taxpayers   of  such  district,  the  Governor,  the  General
13    Assembly, and the State Board of Education  a  school  report
14    card  assessing  the performance of its schools and students.
15    The report card shall  be  an  index  of  school  performance
16    measured  against  statewide  and  local  standards  and will
17    provide information to make prior year comparisons and to set
18    future year targets through the school improvement plan.
19        (2)  Reporting Requirements.  Each school district  shall
20    prepare  a  report card in accordance with the guidelines set
21    forth in this Section which describes the performance of  its
22    students by school attendance centers and by district and the
23    district's  use  of  financial  resources.   Such report card
24    shall be presented at a regular school board meeting  subject
25    to  applicable  notice  requirements,  and  such report cards
26    shall be made available to a newspaper of general circulation
27    serving the district and shall be sent home  to  parents.  In
28    addition,  each  school  district  shall submit the completed
29    report  card  to  the  office  of  the  district's   Regional
30    Superintendent  which  shall  make  copies  available  to any
31    individuals requesting them.
 
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 1        The report card shall be completed and disseminated prior
 2    to October 31 in each school year.   The  report  card  shall
 3    contain,   but   not  be  limited  to,  actual  local  school
 4    attendance  center,  school  district  and   statewide   data
 5    indicating  the  present performance of the school, the State
 6    norms and the areas for planned improvement  for  the  school
 7    and school district.
 8        (3) (a)  The  report  card  shall  include  the following
 9    applicable indicators of  attendance  center,  district,  and
10    statewide   student  performance:  percent  of  students  who
11    exceed, meet, or do not meet  standards  established  by  the
12    State   Board  of  Education  pursuant  to  Section  2-3.25a;
13    composite and subtest means on nationally normed  achievement
14    tests  for  college bound students; student attendance rates;
15    chronic truancy rate;  dropout  rate;  graduation  rate;  and
16    student  mobility,  turnover  shown as a percent of transfers
17    out and a percent of transfers in.
18        (b)  The  report  card  shall   include   the   following
19    descriptions  for  the  school, district, and State:  average
20    class size; amount of time per day  devoted  to  mathematics,
21    science,  English  and  social science at primary, middle and
22    junior high school grade levels; number  of  students  taking
23    the  Prairie  State  Achievement Examination under subsection
24    (c) of Section 2-3.64,  the  number  of  those  students  who
25    received  a  score  of  excellent,  and  the average score by
26    school of  students  taking  the  examination;  pupil-teacher
27    ratio;  pupil-administrator  ratio; operating expenditure per
28    pupil; district expenditure by  fund;  average  administrator
29    salary; and average teacher salary.
30        (c)  The  report card shall include applicable indicators
31    of parental  involvement  in  each  attendance  center.   The
32    parental  involvement  component  of  the  report  card shall
33    include the percentage of students whose parents or guardians
34    have had one or more personal  contacts  with  the  students'
 
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 1    teachers  during  the  school  year  concerning the students'
 2    education,  and  such  other  information,  commentary,   and
 3    suggestions as the school district desires.  For the purposes
 4    of  this  paragraph,  "personal contact" includes, but is not
 5    limited to, parent-teacher conferences,  parental  visits  to
 6    school,  school  visits to home, telephone conversations, and
 7    written correspondence.  The parental  involvement  component
 8    shall   not  single  out  or  identify  individual  students,
 9    parents, or guardians by name.
10        (c-5)  For the 2002-2003, 2003-2004, and 2004-2005 school
11    years, the report  card  shall  include  information  in  the
12    following  format,  which  shall  be filled out by the school
13    district:
14        Does your school district incorporate anti-bias education
15    and intergroup conflict resolution as part of its activities?
16    yes ...  no ...
17        If yes, please check all that apply:
18             ... teacher training
19             ... classroom instruction
20             ... student groups
21             ... other
22        (d)  The report card form shall be prepared by the  State
23    Board of Education and provided to school districts.
24    (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)

25        (105 ILCS 5/27-23.6 new)
26        Sec. 27-23.6.  Anti-bias education.
27        (a)  The   General   Assembly   finds  that  there  is  a
28    significant increase in violence in the schools and that much
29    of that violence is the result of intergroup  tensions.   The
30    General  Assembly  further finds that anti-bias education and
31    intergroup conflict  resolution  are  effective  methods  for
32    preventing violence and lessening tensions in the schools.
33        (b)  Beginning  with  the  2002-2003  school year, public
 
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 1    elementary and secondary schools may  incorporate  activities
 2    to  address  intergroup  conflict,  with  the  objectives  of
 3    improving  intergroup  relations  on  and  beyond  the school
 4    campus, defusing intergroup tensions, and promoting  peaceful
 5    resolution of conflict.  Such activities may include, but not
 6    be limited to, instruction and teacher training programs.

 7        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 8    becoming law.

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