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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 SB2360
Introduced 1/28/2004, by Kimberly A. Lightford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/2-3.25d |
from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25d |
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Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to implement
and administer a student achievement improvement grant program to provide
2-year
grants to school districts on the academic watch list and other school
districts that
have the lowest achieving students.
Requires a
school
district to establish an accountability program in order to receive a grant.
Requires a grant to be automatically renewed when achievement goals are met.
Effective
immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2360 |
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LRB093 20520 NHT 46321 b |
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| AN ACT concerning schools.
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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 changing
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| 2-3.25d as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25d) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25d)
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| Sec. 2-3.25d. Academic early warning and watch status.
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| (a) Those schools that do not meet adequate yearly progress |
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| criteria, as
specified by the State Board of Education, for 2 |
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| consecutive annual
calculations,
shall be placed on academic |
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| early warning status for the next school year.
Schools on |
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| academic early warning status that do not meet adequate yearly
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| progress criteria for a third annual calculation shall remain |
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| on academic early
warning status. Schools on academic early |
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| warning status that do not meet
adequate yearly progress |
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| criteria for a fourth annual calculation shall be
placed
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| initial academic watch status. Schools on academic watch status |
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| that do not
meet adequate yearly progress criteria for a fifth |
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| or subsequent annual
calculation shall remain on academic watch |
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| status. Schools on academic early
warning or academic watch |
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| status that meet adequate yearly progress criteria
for
one |
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| annual calculation shall be acknowledged for making |
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| improvement and shall
maintain their current statuses for the |
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| next school year. Schools on academic
early warning or academic |
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| watch status that meet adequate yearly progress
criteria for 2 |
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| consecutive annual calculations shall be considered as having
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| met
expectations and shall be removed from any status |
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| designation.
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| The school district of a school placed on either academic |
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| early warning
status or academic watch status may appeal the |
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| status to the State Board of
Education in accordance with |
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| Section 2-3.25m of this Code.
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