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92_HB3324

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning schools.

 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    Sections 10-20.9a and 34-18.18 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
 9    system or other approved means of evaluating pupil  progress.
10    The  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
17    that  no  grade  or  evaluation  shall  be  changed   without
18    notification to the teacher concerning the nature and reasons
19    for  such change. If such a change is made, the person making
20    the change shall assume such responsibility  for  determining
21    the grade or evaluation, and shall initial such change.
22        (b)  School  districts  shall not promote students to the
23    next higher grade level based upon age or  any  other  social
24    reasons  not  related  to  the  academic  performance  of the
25    students.  On or before  September  1,  1998,  school  boards
26    shall  adopt  and  enforce a policy on promotion as they deem
27    necessary to  ensure  that  students  meet  local  goals  and
28    objectives  and can perform at the expected grade level prior
29    to promotion. Decisions to promote or retain students in  any
30    classes  shall  be  based  on  successful  completion  of the
31    curriculum, attendance, performance based on  Illinois  Goals
 
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 1    and  Assessment Program tests, the Iowa Test of Basic Skills,
 2    or other testing or any other  criteria  established  by  the
 3    school  board.   Students determined by the local district to
 4    not qualify for promotion to the next higher grade  shall  be
 5    provided  remedial  assistance,  which may include, but shall
 6    not be limited to, a summer bridge program of no less than 90
 7    hours,   tutorial   sessions,   increased   or   concentrated
 8    instructional time, modifications to instructional materials,
 9    and retention in grade.
10        A school district may not promote a student to  the  next
11    higher  grade  level  if the student has more than 10 days of
12    unexcused  absences,  unless  the  student  makes  up   those
13    absences by attending a remedial or summer school class.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96; 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)

15        (105 ILCS 5/34-18.18)
16        Sec.   34-18.18.  Student   promotion   and   graduation.
17    Occupational standards.
18        (a)  The  Board  shall  not  require  a  student  to meet
19    occupational  standards  for   grade   level   promotion   or
20    graduation  unless  that student is voluntarily enrolled in a
21    job training program.
22        (b)  The school district may not promote a student to the
23    next higher grade level if the student has more than 10  days
24    of  unexcused  absences,  unless  the  student makes up those
25    absences by attending a remedial or summer school class.
26    (Source: P.A. 91-175, eff. 1-1-00.)

27        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
28    becoming law.

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