Full Text of SB3065 95th General Assembly
SB3065 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB3065
Introduced 9/22/2008, by Sen. James T. Meeks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. Establishes the 21st Century School Reform Initiative Pilot Program in which 4 clusters (a cluster being a high school and all of the prekindergarten, elementary, middle, and junior high schools from which a majority of students will attend that high school) must be selected within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act for participation in the program for 3 school years. Sets forth provisions concerning how the clusters are to be selected, the establishment of a State oversight committee and local oversight committees, the recruitment of 3 superintendent advisors, the completion of a comprehensive needs assessment, the requirements that the cluster schools must meet, and the adoption of rules by the State Board of Education. Requires that the State oversight committee submit a report on or before January 1, 2012 to the General Assembly summarizing the results of the program and making recommendations on its expansion. Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning education, which may be referred to as | 2 |
| the 21st Century School Reform Initiative Act.
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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 adding Section | 6 |
| 2-3.148 as follows: | 7 |
| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.148 new) | 8 |
| Sec. 2-3.148. 21st Century School Reform Initiative Pilot | 9 |
| Program. | 10 |
| (a) As used in this Section: | 11 |
| "Cluster" means a high school and all of the | 12 |
| prekindergarten, elementary, middle, and junior high schools | 13 |
| from which a majority of students will attend that high school. | 14 |
| "Program" means the 21st Century School Reform Initiative | 15 |
| Pilot Program. | 16 |
| (b) The 21st Century School Reform Initiative Pilot Program | 17 |
| is established. Four clusters must be selected within 30 days | 18 |
| after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th | 19 |
| General Assembly for participation in the program for 3 school | 20 |
| years as follows: | 21 |
| (1) The chief executive officer of the Chicago Board of | 22 |
| Education shall select 2 clusters in the City of Chicago. | 23 |
| (2) The State Superintendent of Education shall select |
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| one cluster in South Suburban Cook County. | 2 |
| (3) The State Superintendent of Education shall select | 3 |
| one cluster in a county downstate. | 4 |
| Clusters must be selected through a prioritization process | 5 |
| that considers the following: | 6 |
| (A) the number of years the high school within the | 7 |
| cluster has remained on academic watch status; and | 8 |
| (B) the overall percentage of students in the school | 9 |
| with State assessment scores demonstrating proficiency. | 10 |
| Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education | 11 |
| shall make funds available to each school district containing a | 12 |
| cluster for the purposes of implementing this Section. | 13 |
| (c) Within 30 days after the effective date of this | 14 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, a State oversight | 15 |
| committee must be established consisting of all of the | 16 |
| following members: | 17 |
| (1) The State Superintendent of Education or his or her | 18 |
| designee. | 19 |
| (2) The Governor or his or her designee. | 20 |
| (3) One member appointed by the President of the | 21 |
| Senate. | 22 |
| (4) The lead sponsors of this amendatory Act of the | 23 |
| 95th General Assembly. | 24 |
| (5) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 25 |
| Senate. | 26 |
| (6) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of |
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| Representatives. | 2 |
| (7) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 3 |
| House of Representatives. | 4 |
| (8) One member appointed by the Governor representing | 5 |
| the business community. | 6 |
| (9) One member appointed by Governor representing an | 7 |
| association representing teachers. | 8 |
| (10) One member appointed by the Governor representing | 9 |
| an association representing school boards. | 10 |
| The State oversight committee shall recruit 3 | 11 |
| superintendents or retired superintendents of high-performing | 12 |
| school districts to serve as superintendent advisors to conduct | 13 |
| needs assessments and evaluations, advise local oversight | 14 |
| committees, monitor progress and implementation of the | 15 |
| program, and conduct systematic on-site visits to each of the | 16 |
| clusters. For the duration of this project, the superintendent | 17 |
| advisors shall provide regular reports to the oversight | 18 |
| committee. On or before January 1, 2012, the State oversight | 19 |
| committee shall submit a report to the General Assembly | 20 |
| summarizing the results of the program and making | 21 |
| recommendations on its expansion. | 22 |
| (d) Within 30 days after the selection of a cluster, a | 23 |
| local oversight committee must be established for that cluster | 24 |
| and shall consist of all of the following members: | 25 |
| (1) One school district administrator, external to the | 26 |
| cluster. |
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| (2) The principal of a high school, external to the | 2 |
| cluster. | 3 |
| (3) One parent of a student attending a school within | 4 |
| the cluster. | 5 |
| (4) Two teachers in schools within the cluster. | 6 |
| (5) One business professional. | 7 |
| (6) One representative of the State Board of Education. | 8 |
| (7) One high school student. | 9 |
| (8) One middle school student. | 10 |
| (e) The superintendent advisors must complete a | 11 |
| comprehensive needs assessment to identify areas of deficiency | 12 |
| in each cluster school. The data collected during the needs | 13 |
| assessment process must be reviewed and analyzed by the school, | 14 |
| local oversight committee, and superintendent advisors. The | 15 |
| superintendent advisors shall determine whether vertical | 16 |
| articulation occurs between grade levels and schools. The State | 17 |
| oversight committee shall review the following goals and areas | 18 |
| during the needs assessment and determine whether a school | 19 |
| needs improvement in any of the following areas: | 20 |
| (1) Curriculum is aligned to State and national | 21 |
| standards, all students possess a grade-appropriate common | 22 |
| core of knowledge, rigorous and relevant standards are | 23 |
| expected, individual grading policies are effective, high | 24 |
| school course offerings are adequate, and instruction is | 25 |
| provided in appropriate kindergarten through grade 8 | 26 |
| content areas. |
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| (2) Discipline policies are effective, as evidenced by | 2 |
| a review of suspensions and expulsions, on-site | 3 |
| observations of student behavior, and interviews with | 4 |
| staff, students, parents, and administrators. | 5 |
| (3) Professional development opportunities are | 6 |
| provided to staff, and teacher mentoring and induction | 7 |
| programs are effective, as evidenced by classroom visits | 8 |
| and staff surveys. | 9 |
| (4) Leadership training is provided for | 10 |
| administrators. | 11 |
| (5) Assessment tools used by the school are effective | 12 |
| and formative, and summative evaluations are conducted. | 13 |
| Based upon the results of the comprehensive needs | 14 |
| assessment, the superintendent advisors, in conjunction with | 15 |
| the State oversight committee and the local oversight | 16 |
| committee, shall determine which areas need improvement and | 17 |
| create a plan for the cluster to improve those areas of | 18 |
| deficiency. The plan must outline the procedures that will be | 19 |
| put in place to execute the requirements in subsections (f) | 20 |
| thorough (j) of this Section. The plan must be filed with the | 21 |
| State Board of Education within 120 days after the | 22 |
| establishment of the local oversight committee. | 23 |
| (f) Each school within the cluster must incorporate the | 24 |
| core instructional components of literacy, mathematics, | 25 |
| technology, and fine arts and provide instruction in character | 26 |
| education. |
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| (1) Literacy instruction must be provided in every | 2 |
| course of study and for each grade-level. Emphasis must be | 3 |
| given to teaching pre-reading, reading, and post-reading | 4 |
| skills, common literacy strategies across all grade | 5 |
| levels, and discipline-specific reading strategies. A | 6 |
| literacy coach must be employed in each school. | 7 |
| (2) Each high school student must take and successful | 8 |
| pass Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II or Trigonometry in | 9 |
| order to graduate, and all students must be prepared to | 10 |
| take Algebra I in grade 9. The mathematics curriculum must | 11 |
| emphasize real-world applications of classical | 12 |
| mathematical principles and the integration of technology. | 13 |
| (3) Each classroom must be equipped with a minimum of | 14 |
| one interactive whiteboard, one video projector, and 4 | 15 |
| computers. Each school shall contain a minimum of one | 16 |
| 35-station computer lab per 250 students. A laptop and | 17 |
| wireless Internet access within the school building must be | 18 |
| provided to each teacher. The superintendent advisors and | 19 |
| local oversight committees shall work together to evaluate | 20 |
| computer programs that provide (i) prompt feedback in | 21 |
| assessing student deficiencies in core subjects, (ii) | 22 |
| access to video libraries of instructional films aligned to | 23 |
| the Illinois Learning Standards, (iii) databases of | 24 |
| questions or activities related to classroom lesson plans, | 25 |
| and (iv) the ability for parents to monitor grades, | 26 |
| homework assignments, and learning activities from home |
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| and provide access to those programs that the | 2 |
| superintendent advisors, State oversight committee, and | 3 |
| local oversight committees determine would be beneficial | 4 |
| to each school. | 5 |
| (4) Each school must provide students in each grade | 6 |
| with at least one course in fine arts per year. | 7 |
| (5) Each school must provide age-appropriate | 8 |
| instruction to students in each grade level on character | 9 |
| education to encourage students to think critically and act | 10 |
| responsibly. Such instruction may include information | 11 |
| concerning goal-setting, self-esteem, time management, | 12 |
| proper conduct, responsibility for actions, leadership, | 13 |
| service to the community, and study skills. | 14 |
| (g) Each school within the cluster must implement a | 15 |
| professional development model that provides training to all | 16 |
| teachers at each grade level. Professional development must be | 17 |
| based on current research and must be appropriate for serving | 18 |
| the diverse needs of the students within the school and | 19 |
| district. A teacher induction and mentoring program must be | 20 |
| implemented for each cluster, and all cluster schools must | 21 |
| provide a mentor for each administrator. The superintendent | 22 |
| advisors, the State oversight committee, and the local | 23 |
| oversight committees shall determine qualifications for | 24 |
| mentors. Areas of professional development that may be provided | 25 |
| shall include leadership development, training in a variety of | 26 |
| instructional strategies, and training on new teacher and |
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| administrator mentoring programs. | 2 |
| (h) Cluster schools must implement the following | 3 |
| intervention programs and offer participation in one or more | 4 |
| programs to students whom staff of the school determines would | 5 |
| benefit from the program: | 6 |
| (1) before-school and after-school tutoring; | 7 |
| (2) tutoring during the school day; | 8 |
| (3) weekend tutoring; | 9 |
| (4) accelerated and remediation summer school; and | 10 |
| (5) credit recovery programs.
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| A mentoring program providing academic coaches to students may | 12 |
| be established and implemented. | 13 |
| (i) A cluster school must implement a parent partnership | 14 |
| program to encourage parental involvement and interest. | 15 |
| (j) Each school within a cluster shall administer | 16 |
| additional assessments of progress to evaluate the success of | 17 |
| the program. Schools must each provide evidence of progress | 18 |
| toward the achievement of learning outcomes at least one time | 19 |
| per week to the State oversight committee and local oversight | 20 |
| committee. In addition to the Illinois Standards Achievement | 21 |
| Test and the Prairie State Achievement Examination, schools | 22 |
| must administer a nationally normed test each year to all | 23 |
| students in the cluster and release the scores to the State | 24 |
| oversight committee and local oversight committee or the | 25 |
| superintendent advisors for data tracking purposes. School | 26 |
| administrators in the cluster must ensure that annual |
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| performance reviews are conducted for each staff member and | 2 |
| teacher. | 3 |
| (k) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the | 4 |
| implementation of this Section.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 |
| becoming law.
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