Sen. Heather Steans

Filed: 3/25/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1828

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1828 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the P-20
5 Longitudinal Education Data System Act.
 
6     Section 5. Findings; declarations. The General Assembly
7 finds and declares all of the following:
8         (1) Sound data collection, reporting, and analysis are
9     critical to building a State education system capable of
10     ensuring all Illinois students are adequately prepared for
11     college and the global workforce. School districts and
12     institutions of higher learning can improve instructional
13     and educational decision-making using data that is
14     collected and made available by this State.
15         (2) Reliable and sufficient education data is
16     necessary to ensure that this State bases education policy

 

 

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1     decisions on valid, objective measures of student
2     outcomes. Publicly accessible data on State, school
3     district, and school performance allows the citizens of
4     this State to assess local and statewide investments in
5     education.
6         (3) A national collaborative effort among State
7     education officials, national education organizations, and
8     state and federal policymakers has defined the essential
9     elements a State longitudinal data system should contain.
10     Public Law 110-69, the America COMPETES Act, requires state
11     longitudinal data systems to include all 10 elements
12     identified by this national, collaborative effort for
13     states to qualify for federal funding opportunities. The
14     federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
15     requires states to establish longitudinal data systems
16     with all 10 elements to qualify for federal funding for
17     education, public safety, and other government services.
18         (4) Public Law 110-134 requires the Illinois Early
19     Learning Council to develop recommendations regarding the
20     establishment of a unified data collection system for
21     public early childhood education and development programs
22     and services throughout this State, and those efforts
23     should be coordinated with the development of this State's
24     longitudinal data system.
25         (5) State education policymaking benefits from
26     partnerships between State education agencies and entities

 

 

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1     with expertise in education research, including school
2     districts, institutions of higher learning, and research
3     organizations. This State should establish systems and
4     processes to permit qualified researchers to assist with
5     State evaluation and research functions in a manner
6     consistent with privacy protection laws.
7         (6) State education systems and national policymaking
8     benefit from multi-state collaborations that are informed
9     by high quality data collection systems.
10         (7) This State is committed to establishing and
11     maintaining a longitudinal student unit record data system
12     that educators and policymakers can use to analyze and
13     assess student progress from early learning programs
14     through postsecondary education and into employment. The
15     State Board of Education, the Illinois Community College
16     Board, and the Board of Higher Education have designed,
17     built, and deployed some of the fundamental components of a
18     longitudinal data system and have engaged in extensive
19     efforts to effectively link and use available education
20     data. However, the various education data components
21     maintained by this State must be integrated and managed in
22     a cooperative manner to establish a data-driven,
23     decision-making environment for this State's education
24     system.
25         (8) The longitudinal data system established by this
26     Act is intended, among other purposes, to link student test

 

 

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1     scores, length of enrollment, and graduation records over
2     time, as permitted by Section 1111(b)(3)(B) of the federal
3     Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C.
4     6311(b)(3)(B)).
5         (9) Students will achieve improved learning outcomes
6     as a result of the longitudinal data system established by
7     this Act through instruction and educational programs
8     informed by valid and reliable data.
9         (10) State use and management of education data must be
10     in accordance with all legal requirements protecting
11     student privacy and must protect personal information from
12     intentional or accidental release to unauthorized persons
13     and from intentional or accidental use for unauthorized
14     purposes.
 
15     Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
16     "Community College Board" means the Illinois Community
17 College Board.
18     "Community colleges" has the meaning ascribed to that term
19 in Section 1-2 of the Public Community College Act.
20     "Early learning" means any publicly funded education and
21 care program supporting young children not yet enrolled in
22 kindergarten.
23     "Elementary" means kindergarten through eighth grade.
24     "Institution of higher learning" has the meaning ascribed
25 to that term in Section 10 of the Higher Education Student

 

 

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1 Assistance Act.
2     "Longitudinal data system" means a student unit record data
3 system that links student records from early learning through
4 the postsecondary level, which may consist of separate student
5 unit record systems integrated through agreement and data
6 transfer mechanisms.
7     "Privacy protection laws" means the federal Family
8 Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. 1232g),
9 the Illinois School Students Record Act, the Personal
10 Information Protection Act, and any other State or federal law
11 relating to the confidentiality and protection of personally
12 identifiable information.
13     "Research organization" means a governmental entity,
14 institution of higher learning, public policy or advocacy
15 organization, or other person or entity conducting educational
16 research that (i) is qualified to perform educational research
17 and protect the privacy of student data, (ii) is seeking to
18 perform research for a non-commercial purpose authorized by
19 privacy protection laws, and (iii) agrees to perform the
20 research pursuant to a written agreement meeting the
21 requirements of privacy protection laws and this Act.
22     "School" means any elementary or secondary educational
23 institution, charter school, vocational school, special
24 education facility, or any other elementary or secondary
25 educational agency or institution, but does not include a
26 non-public school.

 

 

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1     "Secondary" means ninth through twelfth grade.
2     "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
3     "State Education Authorities" means the State Board,
4 Community College Board, and Board of Higher Education.
 
5     Section 15. Establishment of the longitudinal data system
6 and data warehouse.
7     (a) The State Education Authorities shall jointly
8 establish and maintain a longitudinal data system by entering
9 into one or more agreements that link early learning,
10 elementary, and secondary school student unit records with
11 institution of higher learning student unit records. To the
12 extent authorized by this Section and Section 20 of this Act:
13         (1) the State Board is responsible for collecting and
14     maintaining authoritative enrollment, completion, and
15     student characteristic information on early learning,
16     public school (kindergarten through grade 12), and
17     non-public school (kindergarten through grade 12)
18     students;
19         (2) the Community College Board is responsible for
20     collecting and maintaining authoritative enrollment,
21     completion, and student characteristic information on
22     community college students; and
23         (3) the Board of Higher Education is responsible for
24     collecting and maintaining authoritative enrollment,
25     completion, and student characteristic information on

 

 

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1     students enrolled in institutions of higher learning,
2     other than community colleges.
3     (b) On or before June 30, 2013, subject to the availability
4 of funding through appropriations made specifically for the
5 purposes of this Act, the State Education Authorities shall
6 improve and expand the longitudinal data system to enable the
7 State Education Authorities to perform or cause to be performed
8 all of the following activities and functions:
9         (1) Reduce, to the maximum extent possible, the data
10     collection burden on school districts and institutions of
11     higher learning by using data submitted to the system for
12     multiple reporting and analysis functions.
13         (2) Provide authorized officials of early learning
14     programs, schools, school districts, and institutions of
15     higher learning with access to their own student-level
16     data, summary reports, and data that can be integrated with
17     additional data maintained outside of the system to inform
18     education decision-making.
19         (3) Link data to instructional management tools that
20     support instruction and assist collaboration among
21     teachers and postsecondary instructors.
22         (4) Enhance and expand existing high
23     school-to-postsecondary reporting systems to inform school
24     and school district officials, education policymakers, and
25     members of the public about public school students'
26     performance in postsecondary education.

 

 

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1         (5) Provide data reporting, analysis, and planning
2     tools that assist with financial oversight, human resource
3     management, and other education support functions.
4         (6) Improve student access to educational
5     opportunities by linking data to student college and career
6     planning portals, facilitating the submission of
7     electronic transcripts and scholarship and financial aid
8     applications, and enabling the transfer of student records
9     to officials of a school or institution of higher learning
10     where a student enrolls or seeks or intends to enroll.
11         (7) Establish a public Internet web interface that
12     provides non-confidential data reports and permits queries
13     so that parents, the media, and other members of the public
14     can more easily access information pertaining to
15     statewide, district, and school performance.
16         (8) Provide research and reports to the General
17     Assembly that assist with evaluating the effectiveness of
18     specific programs and that enable legislators to analyze
19     educational performance within their legislative
20     districts.
21         (9) Allow the State Education Authorities to
22     efficiently meet federal and State reporting requirements
23     by drawing data for required reports from multiple State
24     systems.
25         (10) Establish a system to evaluate teacher and
26     administrator preparation programs using student academic

 

 

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1     growth as one component of evaluation.
2         (11) In accordance with a data sharing agreement
3     entered into between the State Education Authorities and
4     the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, establish
5     procedures and systems to evaluate the relationship
6     between need-based financial aid and student enrollment
7     and success in institutions of higher learning.
8         (12) In accordance with data sharing agreements
9     entered into between the State Education Authorities and
10     health and human service agencies, establish procedures
11     and systems to evaluate the relationship between education
12     and other student and family support systems.
13         (13) In accordance with data sharing agreements
14     entered into between the State Education Authorities and
15     employment and workforce development agencies, establish
16     procedures and systems to evaluate the relationship
17     between education programs and outcomes and employment
18     fields, employment locations, and employment outcomes.
19     (c) On or before June 30, 2013, subject to the availability
20 of funding through appropriations made specifically for the
21 purposes of this Act, the State Board shall establish a data
22 warehouse that integrates data from multiple student unit
23 record systems and supports all of the uses and functions of
24 the longitudinal data system set forth in this Act. The data
25 warehouse must be developed in cooperation with the Community
26 College Board and the Board of Higher Education and must have

 

 

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1 the ability to integrate longitudinal data from early learning
2 through the postsecondary level in accordance with one or more
3 data sharing agreements entered into among the State Education
4 Authorities. The data warehouse, as integrated with the
5 longitudinal data system, must include, but is not limited to,
6 all of the following elements:
7         (1) A unique statewide student identifier that
8     connects student data across key databases across years.
9     The unique statewide student identifier must not be derived
10     from a student's social security number and must be
11     provided to institutions of higher learning to assist with
12     linkages between early learning through secondary and
13     postsecondary data.
14         (2) Student-level enrollment, demographic, and program
15     participation information, including information on
16     participation in dual credit programs.
17         (3) The ability to match individual students'
18     elementary and secondary test records from year to year to
19     measure academic growth.
20         (4) Information on untested students in the elementary
21     and secondary levels, and the reasons they were not tested.
22         (5) A teacher and administrator identifier system with
23     the ability to match students to early learning,
24     elementary, and secondary teachers and elementary and
25     secondary administrators. Information able to be obtained
26     only as a result of the linkage of teacher and student data

 

 

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1     through the longitudinal data system may not be used by a
2     school district for decisions involving teacher pay or
3     teacher benefits unless the district and the exclusive
4     bargaining representative of the district's teachers, if
5     any, have agreed to this use. Information able to be
6     obtained only as a result of the linkage of teacher and
7     student data through the longitudinal data system may not
8     be used by a school district as part of an evaluation under
9     Article 24A of the School Code unless, in good faith
10     cooperation with the school district's teachers or, where
11     applicable, the exclusive bargaining representative of the
12     school district's teachers, the school district has
13     developed an evaluation plan or substantive change to an
14     evaluation plan that specifically describes the school
15     district's rationale for using this information for
16     evaluations, how this information will be used as part of
17     the evaluation process, and how this information will
18     relate to evaluation standards. However, nothing in this
19     subdivision (5) or elsewhere in this Act limits or
20     restricts (i) a district's use of any local or State data
21     that has been obtained independently from the linkage of
22     teacher and student data through the longitudinal data
23     system or (ii) a charter school's use of any local or State
24     data in connection with teacher pay, benefits, or
25     evaluations.
26         (6) Student-level transcript information, including

 

 

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1     information on courses completed and grades earned, from
2     middle and high schools. The State Board shall establish a
3     statewide course classification system based upon the
4     federal School Codes for Exchange of Data or a similar
5     course classification system. Each school district and
6     charter school shall map its course descriptions to the
7     statewide course classification system for the purpose of
8     State reporting. School districts and charter schools are
9     not required to change or modify the locally adopted course
10     descriptions used for all other purposes. The State Board
11     shall establish or contract for the establishment of a
12     technical support and training system to assist schools and
13     districts with the implementation of this item (6) and
14     shall, to the extent possible, collect transcript data
15     using a system that permits automated reporting from
16     district student information systems.
17         (7) Student-level college readiness test scores.
18         (8) Student-level graduation and dropout data.
19         (9) The ability to match early learning through
20     secondary student unit records with institution of higher
21     learning student unit record systems.
22         (10) A State data audit system assessing data quality,
23     validity, and reliability.
24     (d) Using data provided to and maintained by the
25 longitudinal data system, the State Education Authorities may,
26 in addition to functions and activities specified elsewhere in

 

 

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1 this Section, perform and undertake the following:
2         (1) research for or on behalf of early learning
3     programs, schools, school districts, or institutions of
4     higher learning, which may be performed by one or more
5     State Education Authorities or through agreements with
6     research organizations meeting all of the requirements of
7     this Act and privacy protection laws; and
8         (2) audits or evaluations of federal or
9     State-supported education programs and activities to
10     enforce federal or State legal requirements with respect to
11     those programs. Each State Education Authority may assist
12     another State Education Authority with audit, evaluation,
13     or enforcement activities and may disclose education
14     records with each other for those activities relating to
15     any early learning through postsecondary program. The
16     State Education Authorities may disclose student
17     information to authorized officials of a student's former
18     early learning program, school, or school district to
19     assist with the evaluation of federal or State-supported
20     education programs.
21     (e) In establishing, operating, and expanding the
22 longitudinal data system, the State Education Authorities
23 shall convene stakeholders and create opportunities for input
24 and advice in the areas of data ownership, data use, research
25 priorities, data management, confidentiality, data access, and
26 reporting from the system. Such stakeholders include, but are

 

 

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1 not limited to, public and non-public institutions of higher
2 learning, school districts, charter schools, non-public
3 elementary and secondary schools, early learning programs,
4 teachers, professors, parents, principals and administrators,
5 school research consortiums, education policy and advocacy
6 organizations, news media, the Illinois Student Assistance
7 Commission, the Illinois Education Research Council, the
8 Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Illinois
9 Early Learning Council, and the Legislative Research Unit.
10     (f) Representatives of the State Education Authorities
11 shall report to and advise the Illinois P-20 Council on the
12 implementation, operation, and expansion of the longitudinal
13 data system.
14     (g) Appropriations made to the State Education Authorities
15 for the purposes of this Act shall be used exclusively for
16 expenses for the development and operation of the longitudinal
17 data system. Authorized expenses of the State Education
18 Authorities may relate to contracts with outside vendors for
19 the development and operation of the system, agreements with
20 other governmental entities or research organizations for
21 authorized uses and functions of the system, technical support
22 and training for entities submitting data to the system, or
23 regular or contractual employees necessary for the system's
24 development or operation.
 
25     Section 20. Collection and maintenance of data.

 

 

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1     (a) The State Board is authorized to collect and maintain
2 data from school districts, schools, and early learning
3 programs and disclose this data to the longitudinal data system
4 for the purposes set forth in this Act. The State Board shall
5 collect data from charter schools with more than one campus in
6 a manner that can be disaggregated by campus site. The State
7 Board may also disclose data to the longitudinal data system
8 that the State Board is otherwise authorized by law to collect
9 and maintain.
10     On or before July 1, 2010, the State Board shall establish
11 procedures through which State-recognized, non-public schools
12 may elect to participate in the longitudinal data system by
13 disclosing data to the State Board for one or more of the
14 purposes set forth in this Act.
15     Subject to the availability of funding through
16 appropriations made specifically for the purposes of this Act,
17 the State Board shall establish or contract for the
18 establishment of a technical support and training system to
19 assist school districts, schools, and early learning programs
20 with data submission, use, and analysis.
21     (b) The Community College Board is authorized to collect
22 and maintain data from community college districts and disclose
23 this data to the longitudinal data system for the purposes set
24 forth in this Act. The Community College Board may also
25 disclose data to the longitudinal data system that the
26 Community College Board is otherwise authorized by law to

 

 

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1 collect and maintain.
2     Subject to the availability of funding through
3 appropriations made specifically for the purposes of this Act,
4 the Community College Board shall establish or contract for the
5 establishment of a technical support and training system to
6 assist community colleges with data submission, use, and
7 analysis.
8     (c) The Board of Higher Education is authorized to collect
9 and maintain data from any public institution of higher
10 learning, other than community colleges, and disclose this data
11 to the longitudinal data system for the purposes set forth in
12 this Act. The Board of Higher Education may also disclose data
13 to the longitudinal data system that the Board of Higher
14 Education is otherwise authorized by law to collect and
15 maintain.
16     Beginning on July 1, 2012, the Board of Higher Education is
17 authorized to collect and maintain data from any non-public
18 institution of higher learning enrolling one or more students
19 receiving Monetary Award Program grants, pursuant to Section 35
20 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act, and disclose
21 this data to the longitudinal data system for the purposes set
22 forth in this Act. Prior to July 1, 2012, any non-public
23 institution of higher learning may elect to participate in the
24 longitudinal data system by disclosing data for one or more of
25 the purposes set forth in this Act to the Board of Higher
26 Education or to a consortium that has contracted with the Board

 

 

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1 of Higher Education pursuant to this subsection (c).
2     The Board of Higher Education may contract with one or more
3 voluntary consortiums of non-public institutions of higher
4 learning established for the purpose of data sharing, research,
5 and analysis. The contract may allow the consortium to collect
6 data from participating institutions on behalf of the Board of
7 Higher Education. The contract may provide for consultation
8 with a representative committee of participating institutions
9 and a representative of one or more organizations representing
10 the participating institutions prior to the use of data from
11 the consortium for a data sharing arrangement entered into with
12 any party other than a State Education Authority pursuant to
13 Section 25 of this Act. The contract may further provide that
14 individual institutions of higher learning shall have the right
15 to opt out of specific uses of their data or portions thereof
16 for reasons specified in the contract. Student-level data
17 submitted by each institution of higher learning participating
18 in a consortium that has contracted with the Board of Higher
19 Education pursuant to this paragraph shall remain the property
20 of that institution. Upon notice to the consortium and the
21 Board of Higher Education, any non-public institution of higher
22 learning shall have the right to remove its data from the
23 consortium if the institution has reasonable cause to believe
24 that there is a threat to the security of its data or its data
25 is used in a manner that violates the terms of the contract
26 between the consortium and the Board of Higher Education. In

 

 

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1 the event data is removed from a consortium pursuant to the
2 preceding sentence, the data must be returned by the
3 institution to the consortium after the basis for removal has
4 been corrected. The data submitted from the consortium to the
5 Board of Higher Education must be used only for agreed-upon
6 purposes, as stated in the terms of the contract between the
7 consortium and the Board of Higher Education. Non-public
8 institutions of higher learning submitting student-level data
9 to a consortium that has contracted with the Board of Higher
10 Education pursuant to this paragraph shall not be required to
11 submit student-level data to the Board of Higher Education.
12     Subject to the availability of funding through
13 appropriations made specifically for the purposes of this Act,
14 the Board of Higher Education shall establish or contract for
15 the establishment of a technical support and training system to
16 assist institutions of higher learning, other than community
17 colleges, with data submission, use, and analysis. The Board of
18 Higher Education may make available grant funding to a
19 consortium of non-public institutions of higher learning to
20 provide assistance in the development of a data collection
21 system. The Board of Higher Education shall engage in a
22 cooperative planning process with public and non-public
23 institutions of higher learning and statewide higher education
24 associations in connection with all of the activities
25 authorized by this subsection (c).
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1 procedures and requirements relating to the submission of data
2 authorized to be collected pursuant to this Section, including
3 requirements for data specifications, quality, security, and
4 timeliness. All early learning programs, schools, school
5 districts, and institutions of higher learning subject to the
6 data collection authority of a State Education Authority
7 pursuant to this Section shall comply with the State Education
8 Authority's procedures and requirements for data submissions.
9 A State Education Authority may require that staff responsible
10 for collecting, validating, and submitting data participate in
11 training and technical assistance offered by this State if data
12 is not submitted in accordance with applicable procedures and
13 requirements.
 
14     Section 25. Data sharing.
15     (a) The State Education Authorities may disclose data from
16 the longitudinal data system collected pursuant to Section 20
17 of this Act only in connection with a data sharing arrangement
18 meeting the requirements of this Section.
19     (b) Any State agency, board, authority, or commission may
20 enter into a data sharing arrangement with one or more of the
21 State Education Authorities to share data to support the
22 research and evaluation activities authorized by this Act.
23 State Education Authorities may also enter into data sharing
24 arrangements with other governmental entities, institutions of
25 higher learning, and research organizations that support the

 

 

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1 research and evaluation activities authorized by this Act.
2     (c) Any data sharing arrangement entered into pursuant to
3 this Section must:
4         (1) be permissible under and undertaken in accordance
5     with privacy protection laws;
6         (2) be approved by the following persons:
7             (A) the State Superintendent of Education or his or
8         her designee for the use of early learning, public
9         school, and non-public school student data;
10             (B) the chief executive officer of the Community
11         College Board or his or her designee for the use of
12         community college student data; and
13             (C) the executive director of the Board of Higher
14         Education or his or her designee for the use of student
15         data from an institution of higher learning, other than
16         a community college;
17         (3) not permit the personal identification of any
18     person by individuals other than authorized
19     representatives of the recipient entity that have
20     legitimate interests in the information;
21         (4) ensure the destruction or return of the data when
22     no longer needed for the authorized purposes under the data
23     sharing arrangement; and
24         (5) be performed pursuant to a written agreement with
25     the recipient entity that does the following:
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1         the data sharing arrangement;
2             (B) requires the recipient of the data to use
3         personally identifiable information from education
4         records to meet only the purpose or purposes of the
5         data sharing arrangement stated in the written
6         agreement;
7             (C) describes specific data access, use, and
8         security restrictions that the recipient will
9         undertake; and
10             (D) includes such other terms and provisions as the
11         State Education Authorities deem necessary to carry
12         out the intent and purposes of this Act.
 
13     Section 30. Subject to privacy protection laws. The
14 collection, use, maintenance, disclosure, and sharing of data
15 authorized by this Act must be conducted in accordance with
16 privacy protection laws. The State Education Authorities shall
17 each develop security measures and procedures that protect
18 personal information from intentional or accidental release to
19 unauthorized persons and from intentional or accidental use for
20 unauthorized purposes.
 
21     Section 35. No impact on existing authority. This Act does
22 not modify or diminish any responsibilities or authority that a
23 State Education Authority or the State Education Authorities
24 collectively may otherwise have under law with respect to the

 

 

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1 collection, use, maintenance, disclosure, and sharing of data.
 
2     Section 40. Evaluation. Subject to the availability of
3 funding through appropriations made specifically for the
4 purposes of this Act, the State Education Authorities shall
5 contract with an independent outside evaluator for oversight of
6 the development and operation of the longitudinal data system.
7 The independent outside evaluator shall annually submit a
8 report to the State Education Authorities, the Illinois P-20
9 Council, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
10 Representatives, and the President and Minority Leader of the
11 Senate. The report shall include without limitation (i) an
12 evaluation of the extent to which the system is being developed
13 and operated to achieve the purposes, objectives, and
14 requirements of this Act; (ii) an evaluation of the oversight
15 and governance of the system by the State Education Authorities
16 and any recommendations to improve the oversight and governance
17 of the system; and (iii) an evaluation of the security measures
18 and procedures developed by the State Education Authorities to
19 protect personally identifiable information and any
20 recommendations to further ensure the privacy of personally
21 identifiable information.
 
22     Section 500. The School Code is amended by changing Section
23 27A-5 as follows:
 

 

 

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1     (105 ILCS 5/27A-5)
2     Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements.
3     (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian,
4 nonreligious, non-home based, and non-profit school. A charter
5 school shall be organized and operated as a nonprofit
6 corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity
7 authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
8     (b) A charter school may be established under this Article
9 by creating a new school or by converting an existing public
10 school or attendance center to charter school status. Beginning
11 on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
12 General Assembly, in all new applications submitted to the
13 State Board or a local school board to establish a charter
14 school in a city having a population exceeding 500,000,
15 operation of the charter school shall be limited to one campus.
16 The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the
17 93rd General Assembly do not apply to charter schools existing
18 or approved on or before the effective date of this amendatory
19 Act.
20     (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by
21 its board of directors or other governing body in the manner
22 provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter school
23 shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and the Open
24 Meetings Act.
25     (d) A charter school shall comply with all applicable
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1 under the laws of the State of Illinois.
2     (e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a
3 charter school shall not charge tuition; provided that a
4 charter school may charge reasonable fees for textbooks,
5 instructional materials, and student activities.
6     (f) A charter school shall be responsible for the
7 management and operation of its fiscal affairs including, but
8 not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each
9 charter school's finances shall be conducted annually by an
10 outside, independent contractor retained by the charter
11 school.
12     (g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of
13 this Article and its charter. A charter school is exempt from
14 all other State laws and regulations in the School Code
15 governing public schools and local school board policies,
16 except the following:
17         (1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of the School Code
18     regarding criminal history records checks and checks of the
19     Statewide Sex Offender Database of applicants for
20     employment;
21         (2) Sections 24-24 and 34-84A of the School Code
22     regarding discipline of students;
23         (3) The Local Governmental and Governmental Employees
24     Tort Immunity Act;
25         (4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit
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1     officers, directors, employees, and agents;
2         (5) The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
3         (6) The Illinois School Student Records Act; and
4         (7) Section 10-17a of the School Code regarding school
5     report cards; and .
6         (8) The P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act.
7     (h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a
8 school district, the governing body of a State college or
9 university or public community college, or any other public or
10 for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use of a
11 school building and grounds or any other real property or
12 facilities that the charter school desires to use or convert
13 for use as a charter school site, (ii) the operation and
14 maintenance thereof, and (iii) the provision of any service,
15 activity, or undertaking that the charter school is required to
16 perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
17 However, a charter school that is established on or after the
18 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
19 Assembly and that operates in a city having a population
20 exceeding 500,000 may not contract with a for-profit entity to
21 manage or operate the school during the period that commences
22 on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
23 General Assembly and concludes at the end of the 2004-2005
24 school year. Except as provided in subsection (i) of this
25 Section, a school district may charge a charter school
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1 grounds, and facilities. Any services for which a charter
2 school contracts with a school district shall be provided by
3 the district at cost. Any services for which a charter school
4 contracts with a local school board or with the governing body
5 of a State college or university or public community college
6 shall be provided by the public entity at cost.
7     (i) In no event shall a charter school that is established
8 by converting an existing school or attendance center to
9 charter school status be required to pay rent for space that is
10 deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter
11 agreement, in school district facilities. However, all other
12 costs for the operation and maintenance of school district
13 facilities that are used by the charter school shall be subject
14 to negotiation between the charter school and the local school
15 board and shall be set forth in the charter.
16     (j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age or
17 grade level.
18 (Source: P.A. 93-3, eff. 4-16-03; 93-909, eff. 8-12-04; 94-219,
19 eff. 7-14-05.)
 
20     Section 505. The Illinois School Student Records Act is
21 amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
 
22     (105 ILCS 10/6)  (from Ch. 122, par. 50-6)
23     Sec. 6. (a) No school student records or information
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1 otherwise disseminated, except as follows:
2         (1) To a parent or student or person specifically
3     designated as a representative by a parent, as provided in
4     paragraph (a) of Section 5;
5         (2) To an employee or official of the school or school
6     district or State Board with current demonstrable
7     educational or administrative interest in the student, in
8     furtherance of such interest;
9         (3) To the official records custodian of another school
10     within Illinois or an official with similar
11     responsibilities of a school outside Illinois, in which the
12     student has enrolled, or intends to enroll, upon the
13     request of such official or student;
14         (4) To any person for the purpose of research,
15     statistical reporting, or planning, provided that such
16     research, statistical reporting, or planning is
17     permissible under and undertaken in accordance with the
18     federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20
19     U.S.C. 1232g) no student or parent can be identified from
20     the information released and the person to whom the
21     information is released signs an affidavit agreeing to
22     comply with all applicable statutes and rules pertaining to
23     school student records;
24         (5) Pursuant to a court order, provided that the parent
25     shall be given prompt written notice upon receipt of such
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1     of the information proposed to be released in compliance
2     with such order and an opportunity to inspect and copy the
3     school student records and to challenge their contents
4     pursuant to Section 7;
5         (6) To any person as specifically required by State or
6     federal law;
7         (6.5) To juvenile authorities when necessary for the
8     discharge of their official duties who request information
9     prior to adjudication of the student and who certify in
10     writing that the information will not be disclosed to any
11     other party except as provided under law or order of court.
12     For purposes of this Section "juvenile authorities" means:
13     (i) a judge of the circuit court and members of the staff
14     of the court designated by the judge; (ii) parties to the
15     proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and their
16     attorneys; (iii) probation officers and court appointed
17     advocates for the juvenile authorized by the judge hearing
18     the case; (iv) any individual, public or private agency
19     having custody of the child pursuant to court order; (v)
20     any individual, public or private agency providing
21     education, medical or mental health service to the child
22     when the requested information is needed to determine the
23     appropriate service or treatment for the minor; (vi) any
24     potential placement provider when such release is
25     authorized by the court for the limited purpose of
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1     placement; (vii) law enforcement officers and prosecutors;
2     (viii) adult and juvenile prisoner review boards; (ix)
3     authorized military personnel; (x) individuals authorized
4     by court;
5         (7) Subject to regulations of the State Board, in
6     connection with an emergency, to appropriate persons if the
7     knowledge of such information is necessary to protect the
8     health or safety of the student or other persons;
9         (8) To any person, with the prior specific dated
10     written consent of the parent designating the person to
11     whom the records may be released, provided that at the time
12     any such consent is requested or obtained, the parent shall
13     be advised in writing that he has the right to inspect and
14     copy such records in accordance with Section 5, to
15     challenge their contents in accordance with Section 7 and
16     to limit any such consent to designated records or
17     designated portions of the information contained therein;
18         (9) To a governmental agency, or social service agency
19     contracted by a governmental agency, in furtherance of an
20     investigation of a student's school attendance pursuant to
21     the compulsory student attendance laws of this State,
22     provided that the records are released to the employee or
23     agent designated by the agency;
24         (10) To those SHOCAP committee members who fall within
25     the meaning of "state and local officials and authorities",
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1     Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, for the purposes
2     of identifying serious habitual juvenile offenders and
3     matching those offenders with community resources pursuant
4     to Section 5-145 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, but
5     only to the extent that the release, transfer, disclosure,
6     or dissemination is consistent with the Family Educational
7     Rights and Privacy Act; or
8         (11) To the Department of Healthcare and Family
9     Services in furtherance of the requirements of Section
10     2-3.131, 3-14.29, 10-28, or 34-18.26 of the School Code or
11     Section 10 of the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act.
12         (12) To the State Board or another State government
13     agency or between or among State government agencies in
14     order to evaluate or audit federal and State programs or
15     perform research and planning, but only to the extent that
16     the release, transfer, disclosure, or dissemination is
17     consistent with the federal Family Educational Rights and
18     Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g 1221 et seq.).
19     (b) No information may be released pursuant to
20 subparagraphs (3) or (6) of paragraph (a) of this Section 6
21 unless the parent receives prior written notice of the nature
22 and substance of the information proposed to be released, and
23 an opportunity to inspect and copy such records in accordance
24 with Section 5 and to challenge their contents in accordance
25 with Section 7. Provided, however, that such notice shall be
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1 circulation or other publication directed generally to the
2 parents involved where the proposed release of information is
3 pursuant to subparagraph 6 of paragraph (a) in this Section 6
4 and relates to more than 25 students.
5     (c) A record of any release of information pursuant to this
6 Section must be made and kept as a part of the school student
7 record and subject to the access granted by Section 5. Such
8 record of release shall be maintained for the life of the
9 school student records and shall be available only to the
10 parent and the official records custodian. Each record of
11 release shall also include:
12         (1) The nature and substance of the information
13     released;
14         (2) The name and signature of the official records
15     custodian releasing such information;
16         (3) The name of the person requesting such information,
17     the capacity in which such a request has been made, and the
18     purpose of such request;
19         (4) The date of the release; and
20         (5) A copy of any consent to such release.
21     (d) Except for the student and his parents, no person to
22 whom information is released pursuant to this Section and no
23 person specifically designated as a representative by a parent
24 may permit any other person to have access to such information
25 without a prior consent of the parent obtained in accordance
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1 this Section.
2     (e) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the
3 publication of student directories which list student names,
4 addresses and other identifying information and similar
5 publications which comply with regulations issued by the State
6 Board.
7 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-793, eff. 1-1-09.)
 
8     Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.".