Public Act 90-0498 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0498
SB709 Enrolled LRB9003186THpk
AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2-3.112 and adding Section 2-3.120.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
Section 2-3.112 and adding Section 2-3.120 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.112)
Sec. 2-3.112. Service evaluation reports.
(a) The Service Evaluation Committee is hereby created
to staff of the State Board of Education, under the direction
of the State Superintendent of Education, and the regional
offices of education, under the direction of the respective
regional superintendent of schools, shall jointly design and
develop, under the direction of the Office of the Lieutenant
Governor, a form to be used by school districts as provided
in this Section to annually evaluate the nature and quality
of the services furnished to those school districts by the
State Board of Education and the regional offices of
education. The Service Evaluation Committee shall be composed
of 7 members, consisting of one member from each of the
following entities, designated in each case by the governing
board of the entity from which the member is designated:
(1) the Regional Superintendents Association;
(2) the staff employed by the State Board of
Education;
(3) the Illinois Parent Teacher Association;
(4) the Illinois Education Association;
(5) the Illinois Federation of Teachers;
(6) the Illinois Association of School Boards; and
(7) the Illinois Association of School
Administrators.
Members of the Service Evaluation Committee shall serve at
the pleasure of the governing board of the entity by which
they are designated to serve as members of the Committee.
Committee members shall serve without compensation but shall
be reimbursed for the reasonable expenses which they
necessarily incur in the performance of their
responsibilities as members of the Committee.
(b) Under the direction of the Office of the Lieutenant
Governor, the Committee, at periodic intervals not to exceed
3 years, The staff of the State Board of Education and the
regional offices of education shall annually review the form
to be used for the evaluation and make any modifications in
the form that it determines they jointly determine are
necessary. The design, development, and any modifications
that are to be made to the form shall be determined and
agreed upon not later than August 1 of each year, beginning
in 1998 1996.
(c) The Office of the Lieutenant Governor State Board of
Education shall cause the form of evaluation as last
designed, developed, or modified under this Section to be
printed and distributed to the board of education of each
school district in the State not later than September 1 of
each year, beginning in 1998 1996.
(d) The president of the board of education is
authorized to cause the evaluation form to be completed and
may sign the form as president of the board of education and
forward the completed form to the Office of the Lieutenant
Governor not later than November 1 of each year, beginning in
1998 1996. Before completing and signing the evaluation
form, the president, acting through the board of education,
shall request and receive comments, opinions, and other input
from the district's administrators, teachers, and teacher
organizations to assist the board of education in evaluating,
rating, and reporting, on the form to be transmitted to the
Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the nature and quality of
the services furnished to the district by the State Board of
Education and the regional office of education for the
educational service region in which the school district is
located.
(e) The Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall review
and tally the results of all evaluation forms received from
the several school districts of the State and submit a
written report of the evaluation results to the Governor, the
General Assembly, the members of the State Board of
Education, and each of the several regional superintendents
of schools not later than December 15 of each year, beginning
in 1998 1996. The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, in
making the annual written report required by this subsection,
shall not report, publish, or otherwise release the
evaluation results separately for any regional offices of
education but instead the evaluation results with respect to
the regional offices of education shall be tallied and
reported on an aggregate or composite basis, in such manner
as to avoid reporting evaluation results on a regional office
of education by regional office of education basis.
(Source: P.A. 89-212, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.120 new)
Sec. 2-3.120. Giant Steps pilot program. From
appropriations made for purposes of this Section, the State
Board of Education shall implement and administer a Giant
Steps pilot program for the study and evaluation of autism
and to provide related teacher training. The program shall
be operated over a period of 3 school years, beginning with
the 1997-1998 school year. The State Board of Education is
authorized to make grants to school districts that apply to
participate in the Giant Steps program as implemented and
administered by the State Board of Education. The State
Board of Education shall by rule provide the form of
application and criteria to be used and applied in selecting
participating school districts.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
1, 1997, except that the changes to Section 2-3.112 of the
School Code take effect January 1, 1998.