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| Public Act 102-0727 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
10-20.9a as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.9a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.9a)
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Sec. 10-20.9a. Final grade; promotion.
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(a) Teachers shall
administer the approved
marking system | ||||
or other approved means of evaluating pupil progress. The
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teacher shall maintain the responsibility and right to | ||||
determine grades and
other evaluations of students within the | ||||
grading policies of the district
based upon his or her | ||||
professional judgment of available criteria pertinent
to any | ||||
given subject area or activity for which he or she is | ||||
responsible.
District policy shall provide the procedure and | ||||
reasons by and for which
a grade may be changed; provided that | ||||
no grade or evaluation shall be
changed without notification | ||||
to the teacher concerning the nature and
reasons for such | ||||
change. If such a change is made, the person
making
the change | ||||
shall assume such responsibility for determining the grade or
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evaluation, and shall initial such change.
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(b) School districts shall not promote students to the | ||||
next
higher grade level based upon age or any other social | ||||
reasons not related to
the academic performance of the | ||
students. On or before September 1, 1998,
school boards shall | ||
adopt and enforce a policy on promotion as they deem necessary | ||
to ensure that students
meet
local goals and objectives and | ||
can perform at the expected grade level prior to
promotion.
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Decisions to promote or retain students in any classes shall | ||
be based on
successful completion of the curriculum, | ||
attendance, performance based on the assessments required | ||
under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code, the Iowa Test of Basic | ||
Skills, or
other testing or any other criteria established by | ||
the school board. Students
determined by the local district to | ||
not qualify for promotion to the next
higher grade shall be | ||
provided remedial assistance, which may include, but
shall not | ||
be limited to, a summer bridge program of no less than 90 | ||
hours,
tutorial sessions, increased or concentrated | ||
instructional time, modifications
to instructional materials, | ||
and retention in grade.
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(c) No public high school of a school district shall | ||
withhold a student's grades, transcripts, or diploma because | ||
of an unpaid balance on the student's school account. | ||
At the end of each school year, the school district shall | ||
catalogue and report to the State Board of Education the total | ||
amount that remains unpaid by students due to the prohibition | ||
under this subsection (c). | ||
(d) On and after 3 years from the effective date of this | ||
amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, subsection (c) | ||
is inoperative. | ||
(Source: P.A. 98-972, eff. 8-15-14.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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