100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5948

 

Introduced , by Rep. David S. Olsen

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-17a  from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a

    Amends the School Code. With regard to school report cards, provides that, except as required by federal law or for data collected uniformly for all ethnic subgroups among the entire student population in this State, any data collected by the State Board of Education pertaining to students may not be disaggregated by ethnic subgroups. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
510-17a as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-17a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
7    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 100-448)
8    Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report
9cards.
10    (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent
11school year, the State Board of Education, through the State
12Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card,
13school district report cards, and school report cards, and
14shall by the most economic means provide to each school
15district in this State, including special charter districts and
16districts subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report
17cards for the school district and each of its schools.
18    (2) In addition to any information required by federal law,
19the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and
20presentation of the school report card, which must include, at
21a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by
22the State Board of Education related to the following:
23        (A) school characteristics and student demographics,

 

 

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1    including average class size, average teaching experience,
2    student racial/ethnic breakdown (which data must be
3    collected by the State Board uniformly for all ethnic
4    subgroups among the entire student population in this
5    State), and the percentage of students classified as
6    low-income; the percentage of students classified as
7    English learners; the percentage of students who have
8    individualized education plans or 504 plans that provide
9    for special education services; the number and percentage
10    of all students who have been assessed for placement in a
11    gifted education or advanced academic program and, of those
12    students: (i) the racial and ethnic breakdown (which data
13    must be collected by the State Board uniformly for all
14    ethnic subgroups among the entire student population in
15    this State), (ii) the percentage who are classified as
16    low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students
17    who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a
18    gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the
19    percentage who are classified as low-income; the
20    percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds
21    expectations" level on the assessments required under
22    Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of students
23    who annually transferred in or out of the school district;
24    the per-pupil operating expenditure of the school
25    district; and the per-pupil State average operating
26    expenditure for the district type (elementary, high

 

 

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1    school, or unit);
2        (B) curriculum information, including, where
3    applicable, Advanced Placement, International
4    Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment
5    courses, foreign language classes, school personnel
6    resources (including Career Technical Education teachers),
7    before and after school programs, extracurricular
8    activities, subjects in which elective classes are
9    offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the
10    average number of days of Physical Education per week per
11    student), approved programs of study, awards received,
12    community partnerships, and special programs such as
13    programming for the gifted and talented, students with
14    disabilities, and work-study students;
15        (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the
16    percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of
17    State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth
18    grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled
19    in post-secondary institutions (including colleges,
20    universities, community colleges, trade/vocational
21    schools, and training programs leading to career
22    certification within 2 semesters of high school
23    graduation), the percentage of students graduating from
24    high school who are college and career ready, and the
25    percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges,
26    colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses

 

 

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1    that the community college, college, or university
2    identifies as a developmental course;
3        (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the
4    percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5
5    credits or more without failing more than one core class, a
6    measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a
7    measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter
8    high school on track for college and career readiness;
9        (E) the school environment, including, where
10    applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10
11    absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with
12    less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other
13    than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to
14    the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term
15    disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the
16    percentage of teachers returning to the school from the
17    previous year, the number of different principals at the
18    school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold
19    a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria
20    used by the district to determine whether a student is
21    eligible for participation in a gifted education program or
22    advanced academic program and the manner in which parents
23    and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2
24    or more indicators from any school climate survey selected
25    or approved by the State and administered pursuant to
26    Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar

 

 

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1    indicators included on school report cards for all surveys
2    selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section
3    2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of
4    teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most
5    recent evaluation;
6        (F) a school district's and its individual schools'
7    balanced accountability measure, in accordance with
8    Section 2-3.25a of this Code;
9        (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the
10    State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the
11    State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's
12    employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of
13    Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
14    of Illinois; and
15        (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of
16    this Code only, State contributions to the Public School
17    Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State
18    contributions for health care for employees of that school
19    district; .
20        (I) (G) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy,
21    as defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section
22    18-8.15 of this Code;
23        (J) (H) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as
24    defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section
25    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; and
26        (K) (I) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined

 

 

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1    in paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of
2    this Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target,
3    as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section
4    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount.
5    The school report card shall also provide information that
6allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and
7environment data to the State average, to the school data from
8the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and
9environment of similar schools based on the type of school and
10enrollment of low-income students, special education students,
11and English learners.
12    Except as required by federal law or for data collected
13uniformly for all ethnic subgroups among the entire student
14population in this State, any data collected by the State Board
15under this subsection (2) pertaining to students may not be
16disaggregated by ethnic subgroups.
17    As used in this subsection paragraph (2):
18    "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to
19which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability
20or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers
21and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated
22from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge
23and pace.
24    "Gifted education" means educational services, including
25differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed
26to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A

 

 

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1of this Code.
2    (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the
3school district report card shall include a subset of the
4information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of
5subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating
6to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the
7school district, and the State report card shall include a
8subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through
9(E) of subsection (2) of this Section.
10    (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
11Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the
12State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to
13amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or
14State report card.
15    (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt
16of the school district and school report cards from the State
17Superintendent of Education, each school district, including
18special charter districts and districts subject to the
19provisions of Article 34, shall present such report cards at a
20regular school board meeting subject to applicable notice
21requirements, post the report cards on the school district's
22Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
23site, make the report cards available to a newspaper of general
24circulation serving the district, and, upon request, send the
25report cards home to a parent (unless the district does not
26maintain an Internet web site, in which case the report card

 

 

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1shall be sent home to parents without request). If the district
2posts the report card on its Internet web site, the district
3shall send a written notice home to parents stating (i) that
4the report card is available on the web site, (ii) the address
5of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
6will be sent to parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone
7number that parents may call to request a printed copy of the
8report card.
9    (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 this amendatory
10Act of the 98th General Assembly repeals, supersedes,
11invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in lawsuits pending
12on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act 98-648) this
13amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly in Illinois courts
14involving the interpretation of Public Act 97-8.
15(Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15;
1699-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff.
171-1-18; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; revised 9-25-17.)
 
18    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 100-448)
19    Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report
20cards.
21    (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent
22school year, the State Board of Education, through the State
23Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card,
24school district report cards, and school report cards, and
25shall by the most economic means provide to each school

 

 

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1district in this State, including special charter districts and
2districts subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report
3cards for the school district and each of its schools.
4    (2) In addition to any information required by federal law,
5the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and
6presentation of the school report card, which must include, at
7a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by
8the State Board of Education related to the following:
9        (A) school characteristics and student demographics,
10    including average class size, average teaching experience,
11    student racial/ethnic breakdown (which data must be
12    collected by the State Board uniformly for all ethnic
13    subgroups among the entire student population in this
14    State), and the percentage of students classified as
15    low-income; the percentage of students classified as
16    English learners; the percentage of students who have
17    individualized education plans or 504 plans that provide
18    for special education services; the number and percentage
19    of all students who have been assessed for placement in a
20    gifted education or advanced academic program and, of those
21    students: (i) the racial and ethnic breakdown (which data
22    must be collected by the State Board uniformly for all
23    ethnic subgroups among the entire student population in
24    this State), (ii) the percentage who are classified as
25    low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students
26    who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a

 

 

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1    gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the
2    percentage who are classified as low-income; the
3    percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds
4    expectations" level on the assessments required under
5    Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of students
6    who annually transferred in or out of the school district;
7    average daily attendance; the per-pupil operating
8    expenditure of the school district; and the per-pupil State
9    average operating expenditure for the district type
10    (elementary, high school, or unit);
11        (B) curriculum information, including, where
12    applicable, Advanced Placement, International
13    Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment
14    courses, foreign language classes, school personnel
15    resources (including Career Technical Education teachers),
16    before and after school programs, extracurricular
17    activities, subjects in which elective classes are
18    offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the
19    average number of days of Physical Education per week per
20    student), approved programs of study, awards received,
21    community partnerships, and special programs such as
22    programming for the gifted and talented, students with
23    disabilities, and work-study students;
24        (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the
25    percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of
26    State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth

 

 

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1    grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled
2    in post-secondary institutions (including colleges,
3    universities, community colleges, trade/vocational
4    schools, and training programs leading to career
5    certification within 2 semesters of high school
6    graduation), the percentage of students graduating from
7    high school who are college and career ready, and the
8    percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges,
9    colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses
10    that the community college, college, or university
11    identifies as a developmental course;
12        (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the
13    percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5
14    credits or more without failing more than one core class, a
15    measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a
16    measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter
17    high school on track for college and career readiness;
18        (E) the school environment, including, where
19    applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10
20    absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with
21    less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other
22    than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to
23    the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term
24    disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the
25    percentage of teachers returning to the school from the
26    previous year, the number of different principals at the

 

 

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1    school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold
2    a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria
3    used by the district to determine whether a student is
4    eligible for participation in a gifted education program or
5    advanced academic program and the manner in which parents
6    and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2
7    or more indicators from any school climate survey selected
8    or approved by the State and administered pursuant to
9    Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar
10    indicators included on school report cards for all surveys
11    selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section
12    2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of
13    teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most
14    recent evaluation;
15        (F) a school district's and its individual schools'
16    balanced accountability measure, in accordance with
17    Section 2-3.25a of this Code;
18        (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the
19    State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the
20    State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's
21    employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of
22    Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
23    of Illinois; and
24        (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of
25    this Code only, State contributions to the Public School
26    Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State

 

 

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1    contributions for health care for employees of that school
2    district; .
3        (I) (G) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy,
4    as defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section
5    18-8.15 of this Code;
6        (J) (H) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as
7    defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section
8    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; and
9        (K) (I) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined
10    in paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of
11    this Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target,
12    as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section
13    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount.
14    The school report card shall also provide information that
15allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and
16environment data to the State average, to the school data from
17the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and
18environment of similar schools based on the type of school and
19enrollment of low-income students, special education students,
20and English learners.
21    Except as required by federal law or for data collected
22uniformly for all ethnic subgroups among the entire student
23population in this State, any data collected by the State Board
24under this subsection (2) pertaining to students may not be
25disaggregated by ethnic subgroups.
26    As used in this subsection paragraph (2):

 

 

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1    "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to
2which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability
3or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers
4and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated
5from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge
6and pace.
7    "Gifted education" means educational services, including
8differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed
9to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A
10of this Code.
11    For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2),
12"average daily attendance" means the average of the actual
13number of attendance days during the previous school year for
14any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance by
15Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school.
16    (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the
17school district report card shall include a subset of the
18information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of
19subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating
20to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the
21school district, and the State report card shall include a
22subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through
23(E) of subsection (2) of this Section. The school district
24report card shall include the average daily attendance, as that
25term is defined in subsection (2) of this Section, of students
26who have individualized education programs and students who

 

 

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1have 504 plans that provide for special education services
2within the school district.
3    (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
4Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the
5State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to
6amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or
7State report card.
8    (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt
9of the school district and school report cards from the State
10Superintendent of Education, each school district, including
11special charter districts and districts subject to the
12provisions of Article 34, shall present such report cards at a
13regular school board meeting subject to applicable notice
14requirements, post the report cards on the school district's
15Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
16site, make the report cards available to a newspaper of general
17circulation serving the district, and, upon request, send the
18report cards home to a parent (unless the district does not
19maintain an Internet web site, in which case the report card
20shall be sent home to parents without request). If the district
21posts the report card on its Internet web site, the district
22shall send a written notice home to parents stating (i) that
23the report card is available on the web site, (ii) the address
24of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
25will be sent to parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone
26number that parents may call to request a printed copy of the

 

 

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1report card.
2    (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 this amendatory
3Act of the 98th General Assembly repeals, supersedes,
4invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in lawsuits pending
5on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act 98-648) this
6amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly in Illinois courts
7involving the interpretation of Public Act 97-8.
8(Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15;
999-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff.
101-1-18; 100-448, eff. 7-1-19; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; revised
119-25-17.)
 
12    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
13changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
14that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
15represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
16not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
17made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
18Public Act.
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.