Full Text of HB2448 96th General Assembly
HB2448eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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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 | 5 |
| 10-29 as follows: | 6 |
| (105 ILCS 5/10-29 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 10-29. Remote educational programs. | 8 |
| (a) For purposes of this Section, "remote educational | 9 |
| program" means an educational program delivered to students in | 10 |
| the home or other location outside of a school building that | 11 |
| meets all of the following criteria: | 12 |
| (1) A student may participate in the program only after | 13 |
| the school district determines, pursuant to adopted school | 14 |
| board policy, that a remote educational program will best | 15 |
| serve the student's individual learning needs. The adopted | 16 |
| school board policy shall include, but not be limited to, | 17 |
| all of the following: | 18 |
| (A) Criteria for determining that a remote | 19 |
| educational program will best serve a student's | 20 |
| individual learning needs. | 21 |
| (B) Any limitations on the number of students or | 22 |
| grade levels that may participate in a remote | 23 |
| educational program. |
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| (C) A description of the process that the school | 2 |
| district will use to approve participation in the | 3 |
| remote educational program. | 4 |
| (D) A description of the process the school | 5 |
| district will use to develop and approve a written | 6 |
| remote educational plan that meets the requirements of | 7 |
| subdivision (5) of this subsection (a). | 8 |
| (E) A description of the system the school district | 9 |
| will establish to calculate the number of clock hours a | 10 |
| student is participating in instruction in accordance | 11 |
| with the remote educational program. | 12 |
| (F) A description of the process for renewing a | 13 |
| remote educational program at the expiration of its | 14 |
| term. | 15 |
| (G) Such other terms and provisions as the school | 16 |
| district deems necessary to provide for the | 17 |
| establishment and delivery of a remote educational | 18 |
| program. | 19 |
| (2) The school district has determined that the remote | 20 |
| educational program's curriculum is aligned to State | 21 |
| learning standards and that the program offers instruction | 22 |
| and educational experiences consistent with those given to | 23 |
| students at the same grade level in the district. | 24 |
| (3) The remote educational program is delivered by | 25 |
| instructors that meet the following qualifications: | 26 |
| (A) they are certificated under Article 21 of this |
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| Code; | 2 |
| (B) they meet applicable highly qualified criteria | 3 |
| under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; and | 4 |
| (C) they have responsibility for all of the | 5 |
| following elements of the program: planning | 6 |
| instruction, diagnosing learning needs, prescribing | 7 |
| content delivery through class activities, assessing | 8 |
| learning, reporting outcomes to administrators and | 9 |
| parents and guardians, and evaluating the effects of | 10 |
| instruction. | 11 |
| (4) During that period of the calendar year included | 12 |
| within the regular school term of the school district, the | 13 |
| remote educational program may be offered only on days of | 14 |
| pupil attendance or institute days included within the | 15 |
| school district's calendar established pursuant to Section | 16 |
| 10-19 of this Code. Outside of the regular school term of | 17 |
| the district, the remote educational program may be offered | 18 |
| as part of any summer school program authorized by this | 19 |
| Code. | 20 |
| (5) Each student participating in the remote | 21 |
| educational program must have a written remote educational | 22 |
| plan that includes, but is not limited to, all of the | 23 |
| following: | 24 |
| (A) Specific achievement goals for the student | 25 |
| aligned to State learning standards. | 26 |
| (B) A description of all assessments that will be |
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| used to measure student progress, which description | 2 |
| shall indicate the assessments that will be | 3 |
| administered at an attendance center within the school | 4 |
| district. | 5 |
| (C) A description of the progress reports that will | 6 |
| be provided to the student's parents and the school | 7 |
| district. | 8 |
| (D) Expectations, processes, and schedules for | 9 |
| interaction between a teacher and student. | 10 |
| (E) A description of the specific responsibilities | 11 |
| of the student's family and the school district with | 12 |
| respect to equipment, materials, phone and Internet | 13 |
| service, and any other requirements applicable to the | 14 |
| home or other location outside of a school building | 15 |
| necessary for the delivery of the remote educational | 16 |
| program. | 17 |
| (F) If applicable, a description of how the remote | 18 |
| educational program will be delivered in a manner | 19 |
| consistent with the student's individualized | 20 |
| educational program or plan under Section 504 of the | 21 |
| federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. | 22 |
| (G) A description of the procedures and | 23 |
| opportunities for participation in academic and | 24 |
| extra-curricular activities and programs within the | 25 |
| school district. | 26 |
| (H) The identification of a parent, guardian, or |
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| other responsible adult who will provide direct | 2 |
| supervision of the program. The plan must include an | 3 |
| acknowledgment by the parent, guardian, or other | 4 |
| responsible adult that he or she may engage only in | 5 |
| non-teaching duties not requiring instructional | 6 |
| judgment or the evaluation of a student. The plan shall | 7 |
| designate the parent, guardian, or other responsible | 8 |
| adult as non-teaching personnel or volunteer personnel | 9 |
| under subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 of this Code. | 10 |
| (I) The identification of a school district | 11 |
| administrator who will oversee the remote educational | 12 |
| program on behalf of the school district and who may be | 13 |
| contacted by the student's parents with respect to any | 14 |
| issues or concerns with the program. | 15 |
| (J) The term of the student's participation in the | 16 |
| remote educational program, which may not extend for | 17 |
| longer than 12 months, unless the term is renewed by | 18 |
| the district in accordance with subdivision (7) of this | 19 |
| subsection (a). | 20 |
| (K) A description of the specific location or | 21 |
| locations in which the program will be delivered. If | 22 |
| the remote educational program is to be delivered to a | 23 |
| student in any location other than the student's home, | 24 |
| the plan must include a written determination by the | 25 |
| school district that the location will provide a | 26 |
| learning environment appropriate for the delivery of |
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| the program. | 2 |
| (L) Certification by the school district that the | 3 |
| plan meets all other requirements of this Section. | 4 |
| (6) Students participating in a remote educational | 5 |
| program must be enrolled in a school district attendance | 6 |
| center pursuant to the school district's enrollment policy | 7 |
| or policies. A student participating in a remote | 8 |
| educational program must be tested as part of all | 9 |
| assessments administered by the school district pursuant | 10 |
| to Section 2-3.64 of this Code at the attendance center in | 11 |
| which the student is enrolled and in accordance with the | 12 |
| attendance center's assessment policies and schedule. The | 13 |
| student must be included within all adequate yearly | 14 |
| progress and other accountability determinations for the | 15 |
| school district and attendance center under State and | 16 |
| federal law. | 17 |
| (7) The term of a student's participation in a remote | 18 |
| educational program may not extend for longer than 12 | 19 |
| months, unless the term is renewed by the school district. | 20 |
| The district may only renew a student's participation in a | 21 |
| remote educational program following an evaluation of the | 22 |
| student's progress in the program, a determination that the | 23 |
| student's continuation in the program will best serve the | 24 |
| student's individual learning needs, and an amendment to | 25 |
| the student's written remote educational plan addressing | 26 |
| any changes for the upcoming term of the program. |
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| (b) A school district may, by resolution of its school | 2 |
| board, establish a remote educational program. | 3 |
| (c) Days of attendance by students in a remote educational | 4 |
| program meeting the requirements of this Section may be claimed | 5 |
| by the school district and shall be counted as school work for | 6 |
| general State aid purposes in accordance with and subject to | 7 |
| the limitations of Section 18-8.05 of this Code. | 8 |
| (d) The impact of remote educational programs on wages, | 9 |
| hours, and terms and conditions of employment of educational | 10 |
| employees within the school district shall be subject to local | 11 |
| collective bargaining agreements. | 12 |
| (e) The use of a home or other location outside of a school | 13 |
| building for a remote educational program shall not cause the | 14 |
| home or other location to be deemed a public school facility.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 |
| becoming law.
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