HB6044ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

Filed: 3/24/2016

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6044

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6044 as follows:

on page 1, line 5, immediately before "7-2a,", by inserting "2-3.25a,"; and

on page 1, immediately below line 6, by inserting the following:

"(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25a) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25a)

Sec. 2-3.25a. "School district" defined; additional standards.

(a) For the purposes of this Section and Sections 3.25b, 3.25c, 3.25d, 3.25e, and 3.25f of this Code, "school district" includes other public entities responsible for administering public schools, such as cooperatives, joint agreements, charter schools, special charter districts, regional offices of education, local agencies, and the Department of Human Services.

(b) In addition to the standards established pursuant to Section 2-3.25, the State Board of Education shall develop recognition standards for student performance and school improvement for all school districts and their individual schools, which must be an outcomes-based, balanced accountability measure. The State Board of Education is prohibited from having separate performance standards for students based on race or ethnicity.

Subject to the availability of federal, State, public, or private funds, the balanced accountability measure must be designed to focus on 2 components, student performance and professional practice. The student performance component shall count for 30% of the total balanced accountability measure, and the professional practice component shall count for 70% of the total balanced accountability measure. The student performance component shall focus on student outcomes and closing the achievement gaps within each school district and its individual schools using a Multiple Measure Index and Annual Measurable Objectives, as set forth in Section 2-3.25d of this Code. The professional practice component shall focus on the degree to which a school district, as well as its individual schools, is implementing evidence-based, best professional practices and exhibiting continued improvement. Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, the balanced accountability measure shall consist of only the student performance component, which shall account for 100% of the total balanced accountability measure. From the 2017-2018 2016-2017 school year through the 2022-2023 2021-2022 school year, the State Board of Education and a Balanced Accountability Measure Committee shall identify a number of school districts per the designated school years to begin implementing the balanced accountability measure, which includes both the student performance and professional practice components. By the 2022-2023 2021-2022 school year, all school districts must be implementing the balanced accountability measure, which includes both components. The Balanced Accountability Measure Committee shall consist of the following individuals: a representative of a statewide association representing regional superintendents of schools, a representative of a statewide association representing principals, a representative of an association representing principals in a city having a population exceeding 500,000, a representative of a statewide association representing school administrators, a representative of a statewide professional teachers' organization, a representative of a different statewide professional teachers' organization, an additional representative from either statewide professional teachers' organization, a representative of a professional teachers' organization in a city having a population exceeding 500,000, a representative of a statewide association representing school boards, and a representative of a school district organized under Article 34 of this Code. The head of each association or entity listed in this paragraph shall appoint its respective representative. The State Superintendent of Education, in consultation with the Committee, may appoint no more than 2 additional individuals to the Committee, which individuals shall serve in an advisory role and must not have voting or other decision-making rights. The Committee is abolished on June 1, 2023 2022.

Using a Multiple Measure Index consistent with subsection (a) of Section 2-3.25d of this Code, the student performance component shall consist of the following subcategories, each of which must be valued at 10%:

(1) achievement status;

(2) achievement growth; and

(3) Annual Measurable Objectives, as set forth in subsection (b) of Section 2-3.25d of this Code. Achievement status shall measure and assess college and career readiness, as well as the graduation rate. Achievement growth shall measure the school district's and its individual schools' student growth via this State's growth value tables. Annual Measurable Objectives shall measure the degree to which school districts, as well as their individual schools, are closing their achievement gaps among their student population and subgroups.

The professional practice component shall consist of the following subcategories:

(A) compliance;

(B) evidence-based best practices; and

(C) contextual improvement. Compliance, which shall count for 10%, shall measure the degree to which a school district and its individual schools meet the current State compliance requirements. Evidence-based best practices, which shall count for 30%, shall measure the degree to which school districts and their individual schools are adhering to a set of evidence-based quality standards and best practice for effective schools that include (i) continuous improvement, (ii) culture and climate, (iii) shared leadership, (iv) governance, (v) education and employee quality, (vi) family and community connections, and (vii) student and learning development and are further developed in consultation with the State Board of Education and the Balanced Accountability Measure Committee set forth in this subsection (b). Contextual improvement, which shall count for 30%, shall provide school districts and their individual schools the opportunity to demonstrate improved outcomes through local data, including without limitation school climate, unique characteristics, and barriers that impact the educational environment and hinder the development and implementation of action plans to address areas of school district and individual school improvement. Each school district, in good faith cooperation with its teachers or, where applicable, the exclusive bargaining representatives of its teachers, shall develop 2 measurable objectives to demonstrate contextual improvement, each of which must be equally weighted. Each school district shall begin such good faith cooperative development of these objectives no later than 6 months prior to the beginning of the school year in which the school district is to implement the professional practice component of the balanced accountability measure. The professional practice component must be scored using trained peer review teams that observe and verify school district practices using an evidence-based framework.

The balanced accountability measure shall combine the student performance and professional practice components into one summative score based on 100 points at the school district and individual-school level. A school district shall be designated as "Exceeds Standards - Exemplar" if the overall score is 100 to 90, "Meets Standards - Proficient" if the overall score is 89 to 75, "Approaching Standards - Needs Improvement" if the overall score is 74 to 60, and "Below Standards - Unsatisfactory" if the overall score is 59 to 0. The balanced accountability measure shall also detail both incentives that reward school districts for continued improved performance, as provided in Section 2-3.25c of this Code, and consequences for school districts that fail to provide evidence of continued improved performance, which may include presentation of a barrier analysis, additional school board and administrator training, or additional State assistance. Based on its summative score, a school district may be exempt from the balanced accountability measure for one or more school years. The State Board of Education, in collaboration with the Balanced Accountability Measure Committee set forth in this subsection (b), shall adopt rules that further implementation in accordance with the requirements of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 99-84, eff. 1-1-16; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; revised 10-9-15.)"; and

on page 48, by replacing line 7 with the following: "2016, except that this Section and the changes to Section 2-3.25a of the School Code take effect upon becoming law.".