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91_HB4181eng HB4181 Engrossed LRB9112092NTksA 1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section 2 10-17a and adding Section 27-23.6. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing 6 Section 10-17a and adding Section 27-23.6 as follows: 7 (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a) 8 Sec. 10-17a. Better schools accountability. 9 (1) Policy and Purpose. It shall be the policy of the 10 State of Illinois that each school district in this State, 11 including special charter districts and districts subject to 12 the provisions of Article 34, shall submit to parents, 13 taxpayers of such district, the Governor, the General 14 Assembly, and the State Board of Education a school report 15 card assessing the performance of its schools and students. 16 The report card shall be an index of school performance 17 measured against statewide and local standards and will 18 provide information to make prior year comparisons and to set 19 future year targets through the school improvement plan. 20 (2) Reporting Requirements. Each school district shall 21 prepare a report card in accordance with the guidelines set 22 forth in this Section which describes the performance of its 23 students by school attendance centers and by district and the 24 district's use of financial resources. Such report card 25 shall be presented at a regular school board meeting subject 26 to applicable notice requirements, and such report cards 27 shall be made available to a newspaper of general circulation 28 serving the district and shall be sent home to parents. In 29 addition, each school district shall submit the completed 30 report card to the office of the district's Regional 31 Superintendent which shall make copies available to any HB4181 Engrossed -2- LRB9112092NTksA 1 individuals requesting them. 2 The report card shall be completed and disseminated prior 3 to October 31 in each school year. The report card shall 4 contain, but not be limited to, actual local school 5 attendance center, school district and statewide data 6 indicating the present performance of the school, the State 7 norms and the areas for planned improvement for the school 8 and school district. 9 (3) (a) The report card shall include the following 10 applicable indicators of attendance center, district, and 11 statewide student performance: percent of students who 12 exceed, meet, or do not meet standards established by the 13 State Board of Education pursuant to Section 2-3.25a; 14 composite and subtest means on nationally normed achievement 15 tests for college bound students; student attendance rates; 16 chronic truancy rate; dropout rate; graduation rate; and 17 student mobility, turnover shown as a percent of transfers 18 out and a percent of transfers in. 19 (b) The report card shall include the following 20 descriptions for the school, district, and State: average 21 class size; amount of time per day devoted to mathematics, 22 science, English and social science at primary, middle and 23 junior high school grade levels; number of students taking 24 the Prairie State Achievement Examination under subsection 25 (c) of Section 2-3.64, the number of those students who 26 received a score of excellent, and the average score by 27 school of students taking the examination; pupil-teacher 28 ratio; pupil-administrator ratio; operating expenditure per 29 pupil; district expenditure by fund; average administrator 30 salary; and average teacher salary. 31 (c) The report card shall include applicable indicators 32 of parental involvement in each attendance center. The 33 parental involvement component of the report card shall 34 include the percentage of students whose parents or guardians HB4181 Engrossed -3- LRB9112092NTksA 1 have had one or more personal contacts with the students' 2 teachers during the school year concerning the students' 3 education, and such other information, commentary, and 4 suggestions as the school district desires. For the purposes 5 of this paragraph, "personal contact" includes, but is not 6 limited to, parent-teacher conferences, parental visits to 7 school, school visits to home, telephone conversations, and 8 written correspondence. The parental involvement component 9 shall not single out or identify individual students, 10 parents, or guardians by name. 11 (c-5) For the 2001-2002, 2002-2003, and 2003-2004 school 12 years, the report card shall include information in the 13 following format, which shall be filled out by the school 14 district: 15 Does your school district incorporate anti-bias education 16 and intergroup conflict resolution as part of its activities? 17 yes ... no ... 18 If yes, please check all that apply: 19 ... teacher training 20 ... classroom instruction 21 ... student groups 22 ... other 23 (d) The report card form shall be prepared by the State 24 Board of Education and provided to school districts. 25 (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.) 26 (105 ILCS 5/27-23.6 new) 27 Sec. 27-23.6. Anti-bias education. 28 (a) The General Assembly finds that there is a 29 significant increase in violence in the schools and that much 30 of that violence is the result of intergroup tensions. The 31 General Assembly further finds that anti-bias education and 32 intergroup conflict resolution are effective methods for 33 preventing violence and lessening tensions in the schools. HB4181 Engrossed -4- LRB9112092NTksA 1 (b) Beginning with the 2001-2002 school year, public 2 elementary and secondary schools may incorporate activities 3 to address intergroup conflict, with the objectives of 4 improving intergroup relations on and beyond the school 5 campus, defusing intergroup tensions, and promoting peaceful 6 resolution of conflict. Such activities may include, but not 7 be limited to, instruction and teacher training programs. 8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 9 becoming law.