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Public Act 103-0946
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| SB3164 Enrolled | LRB103 37201 RJT 67320 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
2-3.64a-15 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-15) |
Sec. 2-3.64a-15. Restrictions on prekindergarten through |
grade 2 assessments. |
(a) In this Section: |
"Diagnostic and screening purposes" means for the purpose |
of determining if individual students need remedial |
instruction or to determine eligibility for special education, |
early intervention, bilingual education, dyslexia services, |
advanced academic programs as defined in Section 14A-17 of |
this Code, or other related educational services. Any |
assessment used to determine eligibility for special education |
or related services must be consistent with Section 614 of the |
federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. |
"Diagnostic and screening purposes" includes the |
identification and evaluation of students with disabilities. |
"Diagnostic and screening purposes" does not include any |
assessment in which student scores are used to rate or rank a |
classroom, program, teacher, school, school district, or |
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jurisdiction. |
"Standardized assessment" means an assessment that |
requires all student test takers to answer the same questions, |
or a selection of questions from a common bank of questions, in |
the same manner or substantially the same questions in the |
same manner. "Standardized assessment" does not include an |
observational assessment tool used to satisfy the requirements |
of Section 2-3.64a-10. |
(b) The State Board of Education may not develop, |
purchase, or require a school district to administer, develop, |
or purchase a standardized assessment for students enrolled or |
preparing to enroll in prekindergarten through grade 2, other |
than for diagnostic and screening purposes. |
(c) The State Board of Education may not provide funding |
for any standardized assessment of students enrolled or |
preparing to enroll in prekindergarten through grade 2, other |
than for diagnostic and screening purposes. |
(d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit |
the ability of a classroom teacher or school district to |
develop, purchase, administer, or score an assessment for an |
individual classroom, grade level, or group of grade levels in |
any subject area in prekindergarten through the grade 2. |
(e) Nothing in this Section limits procedures used by a |
school or school district for child find under 34 CFR |
300.111(c) or evaluation under 34 CFR 300.304. |
(f) Nothing in this Section restricts the use of an annual |