Full Text of SB0865 100th General Assembly
SB0865ham002 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Christian L. Mitchell Filed: 5/17/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 865
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 865 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 10-17a as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report | 8 | | cards.
| 9 | | (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent | 10 | | school year, the State Board of Education, through the State | 11 | | Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, | 12 | | school district report cards, and school report cards, and | 13 | | shall by the most economic means provide to each school
| 14 | | district in this State, including special charter districts and | 15 | | districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report | 16 | | cards for the school district and each of its schools. |
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| 1 | | (2) In addition to any information required by federal law, | 2 | | the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and | 3 | | presentation of the school report card, which must include, at | 4 | | a minimum, the most current data possessed by the State Board | 5 | | of Education related to the following: | 6 | | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, | 7 | | including average class size, average teaching experience, | 8 | | student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of | 9 | | students classified as low-income; the percentage of | 10 | | students classified as English learners; the percentage of | 11 | | students who have individualized education plans or 504 | 12 | | plans that provide for special education services; the | 13 | | percentage of students who annually transferred in or out | 14 | | of the school district; the per-pupil operating | 15 | | expenditure of the school district; and the per-pupil State | 16 | | average operating expenditure for the district type | 17 | | (elementary, high school, or unit); | 18 | | (B) curriculum information, including, where | 19 | | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | 20 | | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment | 21 | | courses, foreign language classes, school personnel | 22 | | resources (including Career Technical Education teachers), | 23 | | before and after school programs, extracurricular | 24 | | activities, subjects in which elective classes are | 25 | | offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the | 26 | | average number of days of Physical Education per week per |
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| 1 | | student), approved programs of study, awards received, | 2 | | community partnerships, and special programs such as | 3 | | programming for the gifted and talented, students with | 4 | | disabilities, and work-study students; | 5 | | (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the | 6 | | percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of | 7 | | State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth | 8 | | grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled | 9 | | in post-secondary institutions (including colleges, | 10 | | universities, community colleges, trade/vocational | 11 | | schools, and training programs leading to career | 12 | | certification within 2 semesters of high school | 13 | | graduation), the percentage of students graduating from | 14 | | high school who are college and career ready, and the | 15 | | percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges, | 16 | | colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses | 17 | | that the community college, college, or university | 18 | | identifies as a developmental course; | 19 | | (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the | 20 | | percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5 | 21 | | credits or more without failing more than one core class, a | 22 | | measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a | 23 | | measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter | 24 | | high school on track for college and career readiness; | 25 | | (E) the school environment, including, where | 26 | | applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10 |
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| 1 | | absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with | 2 | | less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other | 3 | | than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to | 4 | | the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term | 5 | | disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the | 6 | | percentage of teachers returning to the school from the | 7 | | previous year, the number of different principals at the | 8 | | school in the last 6 years, 2 or more indicators from any | 9 | | school climate survey selected or approved by the State and | 10 | | administered pursuant to Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with | 11 | | the same or similar indicators included on school report | 12 | | cards for all surveys selected or approved by the State | 13 | | pursuant to Section 2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined | 14 | | percentage of teachers rated as proficient or excellent in | 15 | | their most recent evaluation; and | 16 | | (F) a school district's and its individual schools' | 17 | | balanced accountability measure, in accordance with | 18 | | Section 2-3.25a of this Code ; . | 19 | | (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the | 20 | | State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the | 21 | | State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's | 22 | | employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of | 23 | | Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State | 24 | | of Illinois; and | 25 | | (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of | 26 | | this Code only, State contributions to the Public School |
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| 1 | | Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State | 2 | | contributions for health care for employees of that school | 3 | | district. | 4 | | The school report card shall also provide
information that | 5 | | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | 6 | | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | 7 | | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | 8 | | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | 9 | | enrollment of low-income students, special education students, | 10 | | and English learners.
| 11 | | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | 12 | | school district report card shall include a subset of the | 13 | | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | 14 | | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating | 15 | | to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the | 16 | | school district, and the State report card shall include a | 17 | | subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through | 18 | | (E) of subsection (2) of this Section. | 19 | | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | 20 | | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | 21 | | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | 22 | | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | 23 | | State report card. | 24 | | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | 25 | | of the school district and school report cards from the State | 26 | | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including |
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| 1 | | special charter districts and districts subject to the | 2 | | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | 3 | | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | 4 | | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's | 5 | | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
| 6 | | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of general | 7 | | circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, send the | 8 | | report cards
home to a parent (unless the district does not | 9 | | maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the report card | 10 | | shall be sent home to parents without request). If the
district | 11 | | posts the report card on its Internet web
site, the district
| 12 | | shall send a
written notice home to parents stating (i) that | 13 | | the report card is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address | 14 | | of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
| 15 | | will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone | 16 | | number that parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the | 17 | | report card.
| 18 | | (6) Nothing contained in this amendatory Act of the 98th | 19 | | General Assembly repeals, supersedes, invalidates, or | 20 | | nullifies final decisions in lawsuits pending on the effective | 21 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly in | 22 | | Illinois courts involving the interpretation of Public Act | 23 | | 97-8. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-648, eff. 7-1-14; 99-30, | 25 | | eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.".
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