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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3705

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3705 as follows:
 3    on page 1, line 5, after "34-2.3,", by  inserting  "34-2.4,";
 4    and

 5    on  page  11, line 29, after "principal", by inserting ", the
 6    professional personnel leadership committee,"; and

 7    on page  15,  by  replacing  lines  5  through  32  with  the
 8    following:

 9        "(105 ILCS 5/34-2.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.4)
10        Sec.  34-2.4.   School  improvement plan.  A 3 year local
11    school improvement plan shall be developed and implemented at
12    each  attendance  center.  This  plan   shall   reflect   the
13    overriding  purpose  of  the  attendance  center  to  improve
14    educational quality. The local school principal shall develop
15    a  school  improvement  plan  in  consultation with the local
16    school council, all categories of school staff,  parents  and
17    community  residents. Once the plan is developed, reviewed by
18    the professional personnel leadership committee, and approved
19    by and after the local school council has approved the  same,
20    the    principal   shall   be   responsible   for   directing
21    implementation of the plan,  and  the  local  school  council
22    shall  monitor  its implementation.  After the termination of
 
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 1    the initial 3 year plan, a new 3 year plan shall be developed
 2    and modified as appropriate on an annual basis.
 3        The school improvement plan shall be designed to  achieve
 4    priority goals including but not limited to:
 5             (a)  assuring   that   students   show   significant
 6        progress  toward  meeting and exceeding State performance
 7        standards in State mandated learning areas, including the
 8        mastery of higher order thinking skills in these areas;
 9             (b)  assuring that students attend school  regularly
10        and  graduate from school at such rates that the district
11        average equals or surpasses national norms;
12             (c)  assuring that students are adequately  prepared
13        for  and  aided  in  making  a  successful  transition to
14        further education and life experience;
15             (d)  assuring that students are adequately  prepared
16        for  and  aided  in  making  a  successful  transition to
17        employment; and
18             (e)  assuring that  students  are,  to  the  maximum
19        extent   possible,   provided   with  a  common  learning
20        experience that is of  high  academic  quality  and  that
21        reflects  high  expectations for all students' capacities
22        to learn.
23        With  respect  to  these  priority  goals,   the   school
24    improvement  plan  shall  include  but  not be limited to the
25    following:
26             (a)  an analysis of data collected in the attendance
27        center and community indicating  the  specific  strengths
28        and  weaknesses  of the attendance center in light of the
29        goals  specified  above,  including  data  and   analysis
30        specified  by  the State Board of Education pertaining to
31        specific measurable outcomes for student performance, the
32        attendance centers, and their instructional programs;
33             (b)  a description of specific annual objectives the
34        attendance center will  pursue  in  achieving  the  goals
 
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 1        specified above;
 2             (c)  a  description  of  the specific activities the
 3        attendance  center  will   undertake   to   achieve   its
 4        objectives;
 5             (d)  an analysis of the attendance center's staffing
 6        pattern and material resources, and an explanation of how
 7        the  attendance  center's  planned  staffing pattern, the
 8        deployment of staff, and the use  of  material  resources
 9        furthers the objectives of the plan;
10             (e)  a   description  of  the  key  assumptions  and
11        directions of the school's curriculum  and  the  academic
12        and  non-academic  programs of the attendance center, and
13        an explanation of how this curriculum and these  programs
14        further the goals and objectives of the plan;
15             (f)  a  description  of the steps that will be taken
16        to enhance educational opportunities  for  all  students,
17        regardless   of   gender,   including   limited   English
18        proficient   students,   disabled   students,  low-income
19        students and minority students;
20             (g)  a description of any steps which may  be  taken
21        by  the  attendance  center  to educate parents as to how
22        they can assist  children  at  home  in  preparing  their
23        children to learn effectively;
24             (h)  a  description  of  the  steps  the  attendance
25        center  will  take to coordinate its efforts with, and to
26        gain  the  participation  and   support   of,   community
27        residents,   business   organizations,  and  other  local
28        institutions and individuals;
29             (i)  a description of any staff development  program
30        for  all school staff and volunteers tied to the priority
31        goals, objectives, and activities specified in the plan;
32             (j)  a description of the  steps  the  local  school
33        council  will  undertake to monitor implementation of the
34        plan on an ongoing basis;
 
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 1             (k)  a  description  of  the  steps  the  attendance
 2        center will take to ensure  that  teachers  have  working
 3        conditions   that   provide  a  professional  environment
 4        conducive to fulfilling their responsibilities;
 5             (l)  a  description  of  the  steps  the  attendance
 6        center  will  take  to  ensure  teachers  the  time   and
 7        opportunity to incorporate new ideas and techniques, both
 8        in  subject  matter  and  teaching skills, into their own
 9        work;
10             (m)  a  description  of  the  steps  the  attendance
11        center  will  take  to  encourage  pride   and   positive
12        identification with the attendance center through various
13        athletic activities; and
14             (n)  a  description  of  the  student  need  for and
15        provision of services to special populations, beyond  the
16        standard  school programs provided for students in grades
17        K through 12 and  those  enumerated  in  the  categorical
18        programs  cited  in  item  d of part 4 of Section 34-2.3,
19        including  financial  costs  of  providing  same  and   a
20        timeline   for   implementing   the  necessary  services,
21        including but not limited, when applicable,  to  ensuring
22        the  provisions  of  educational services to all eligible
23        children aged 4 years for the  1990-91  school  year  and
24        thereafter,  reducing  class  size  to  State averages in
25        grades K-3 for the 1991-92 school year and thereafter and
26        in all grades for the 1993-94 school year and thereafter,
27        and providing sufficient staff and facility resources for
28        students not served in the regular classroom setting.
29        Based  on  the  analysis  of  data  collected  indicating
30    specific strengths and weaknesses of the  attendance  center,
31    the  school  improvement plan may place greater emphasis from
32    year to year on particular priority  goals,  objectives,  and
33    activities.
34    (Source: P.A. 88-686, eff. 1-24-95.)
 
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 1        (105 ILCS 5/34-2.4a) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.4a)
 2        Sec. 34-2.4a.  Professional personnel leadership advisory
 3    committee.
 4        (a)  At  each attendance center operated pursuant to this
 5    Article,  a  professional   personnel   leadership   advisory
 6    committee  consisting  of  (i)  7 members elected each school
 7    year who  are  certified  classroom  teachers  or  and  other
 8    certificated  personnel,  who  are employed at the attendance
 9    center, and who desire to be members  of  the  committee  and
10    (ii)  the  2 teacher members of the local school council. The
11    teacher members of the local school council  shall  serve  as
12    co-chairs  of  the  committee,  or  one teacher member of the
13    local school council chosen by the committee shall  serve  as
14    chair of the committee.
15        (b)  The  purpose  of  the  committee  is  to develop and
16    formally present recommendations to  shall  be  elected  each
17    school year for the purpose of advising the principal and the
18    local  school  council on all matters of educational program,
19    including  but  not  limited  to   curriculum,   and   school
20    improvement  plan  development and implementation, and school
21    budgeting.
22        (c)  For the elected  committee  members,  the  principal
23    shall convene a publicized meeting of all certified classroom
24    teachers  and  other certificated personnel, at which meeting
25    those certified classroom  teachers  and  other  certificated
26    personnel  present,  excluding  the  principal,  shall  elect
27    members teachers and other certificated personnel to serve on
28    the  committee.  The  total  number  of  teachers  and  other
29    certificated   personnel  to  be  elected  to  serve  on  the
30    committee during the school year shall be determined  by  the
31    certified classroom teachers and other certificated personnel
32    present  at  the  meeting  at  which  the  teachers and other
33    certificated personnel are to  be  elected.  A  staff  member
34    eligible to vote may vote for 7 candidates in the election as
 
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 1    many  candidates as are to be elected, but votes shall not be
 2    cumulated.  Ties shall be determined by lot.  Vacancies shall
 3    be filled in like manner.
 4        (d)  In furtherance of its purpose, the  committee  shall
 5    have  the  authority  to gather information from school staff
 6    through  interviews  or  questionnaires  without  the   prior
 7    approval  of  the  principal,  the  local school council, the
 8    board, the board's chief  executive  officer,  or  the  chief
 9    executive officer's administrative staff.
10        The  committee shall meet once a month with the principal
11    to assist the principal in developing  the  specific  methods
12    and  contents  of  the  school's  curriculum,  as provided in
13    Section 34-8.1 of this Code, and to  make  other  educational
14    improvement  recommendations  approved  by  the  committee. A
15    report from the committee regarding these matters shall be an
16    agenda item at each  regular  meeting  of  the  local  school
17    council.
18        The  principal  shall  provide  the  committee  with  the
19    opportunity  to review and make recommendations regarding the
20    school  improvement  plan  and  school  budget.  The  teacher
21    members of the  local  school  council  shall  bring  motions
22    concerning  the  recommendations  approved  by the committee,
23    which motions shall formally be considered at meetings of the
24    local school council.
25    (Source: P.A. 85-1418; 86-1477.)"; and

26    on page 20, line 14,  by  replacing  "Professional  Personnel
27    Leadership" with "professional personnel leadership"; and

28    on   page   20,   line  15,  by  replacing  "Committee"  with
29    "committee"; and

30    on page 23,  immediately  below  line  7,  by  inserting  the
31    following:

32        "Section  99.  Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
 
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 1    July 1, 2002.".

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