Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Filed: 3/14/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 489

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 489 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
534-18.48 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.48 new)
7    Sec. 34-18.48. Basic skills class.
8    (a) The board shall establish a basic skills class for
9students in each of grades 4, 5, and 6. If a 3rd grade student
10is at least 2 grade levels behind in reading or mathematics,
11based on an assessment of the student's reading and mathematics
12skills, the student must be placed in a basic skills class when
13he or she is in the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades until he or she
14completes 6th grade or attains reading or mathematics skills
15that are at or above the 6th grade level, whichever occurs
16first.

 

 

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1    (b) The basic skills class shall serve those students who
2at the end of 3rd grade are not performing at grade level in
3reading or mathematics by furnishing those students with a
4separate classroom environment in which they can be given
5additional assistance and instruction in reading or
6mathematics with the goal of attaining reading or mathematics
7skills at or above the 6th grade level upon the completion of
86th grade. The basic skills class must not be classified as a
9special education class.
10    (c) The State Board of Education shall create the
11appropriate curriculum for the basic skills class, establish
12learning objectives for students in a basic skills class, and
13provide lesson plans for the basic skills class.".