101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0817

 

Introduced 1/22/2019, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/1-3  from Ch. 122, par. 1-3
105 ILCS 5/2-3.47  from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.47
105 ILCS 5/2-3.176 new
105 ILCS 5/10-17a  from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a

    Amends the School Code. Defines "computer science education". Requires the State Board of Education to establish an Office of Computer Science Education and to select an Executive Director for that Office. Requires the Executive Director to work with a team of professionals assigned to the Office and with a variety of stakeholder groups toward ensuring that every student in kindergarten through grade 12 in this State is afforded an equal and equitable opportunity to obtain a world-class computer science education. Provides that from the amounts appropriated for its annual budget, the State Board must provide funding for computer science education that must be used exclusively for teacher salaries, ongoing professional development for teachers, and technology needed specifically for facilitating computer science education. With regard to the State Board's school report cards, provides that the curriculum information data must include data on computer science courses, which must be disaggregated by every student subgroup identity recognized by the State Board, including race, gender identity, and free or reduced-price lunch program eligibility. Requires the report cards to also include data on the amount of money allocated annually for computer science education. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
51-3, 2-3.47, and 10-17a and by adding Section 2-3.176 as
6follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/1-3)  (from Ch. 122, par. 1-3)
8    Sec. 1-3. Definitions.
9    The terms "common schools", "free schools" and "public
10schools" are used interchangeably to apply to any school
11operated by authority of this Act.
12    "Computer science education" means the study of computers
13and algorithmic processes, including their principles,
14hardware and software designs, implementation, and impact on
15society.
16    "School board" means the governing body of any district
17created or operating under authority of this Act, including
18board of school directors and board of education. When the
19context so indicates it also means the governing body of any
20non-high school district and of any special charter district,
21including board of school inspectors.
22    "Special charter district" means any city, township or
23district organized into a school district, under a special Act

 

 

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1or charter of the General Assembly or in which schools are now
2managed and operating within such unit in whole or in part
3under the terms of such special Act or charter.
4(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
 
5    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.47)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.47)
6    Sec. 2-3.47. Annual budget.
7    (a) The State Board of Education shall annually submit a
8budget recommendation to the Governor and General Assembly that
9contains recommendations for funding for pre-school through
10grade 12.
11    (b) From the amounts appropriated for its annual budget,
12the State Board must provide funding for computer science
13education that must be used exclusively for teacher salaries,
14ongoing professional development for teachers, and technology
15needed specifically for facilitating computer science
16education.
17(Source: P.A. 98-739, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
18    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.176 new)
19    Sec. 2-3.176. Office of Computer Science Education. The
20State Board shall establish an Office of Computer Science
21Education within the State Board of Education and must select
22an Executive Director for that Office. The Executive Director
23must work with a team of professionals assigned to the Office
24and with a variety of stakeholder groups toward ensuring that

 

 

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1every student in kindergarten through grade 12 in this State is
2afforded an equal and equitable opportunity to obtain a
3world-class computer science education.
 
4    (105 ILCS 5/10-17a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
5    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 100-448)
6    Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report
7cards.
8    (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent
9school year, the State Board of Education, through the State
10Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card,
11school district report cards, and school report cards, and
12shall by the most economic means provide to each school
13district in this State, including special charter districts and
14districts subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report
15cards for the school district and each of its schools.
16    (2) In addition to any information required by federal law,
17the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and
18presentation of the school report card, which must include, at
19a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by
20the State Board of Education related to the following:
21        (A) school characteristics and student demographics,
22    including average class size, average teaching experience,
23    student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of
24    students classified as low-income; the percentage of
25    students classified as English learners; the percentage of

 

 

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1    students who have individualized education plans or 504
2    plans that provide for special education services; the
3    number and percentage of all students who have been
4    assessed for placement in a gifted education or advanced
5    academic program and, of those students: (i) the racial and
6    ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are classified as
7    low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students
8    who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a
9    gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the
10    percentage who are classified as low-income; the
11    percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds
12    expectations" level on the assessments required under
13    Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of students
14    who annually transferred in or out of the school district;
15    the per-pupil operating expenditure of the school
16    district; and the per-pupil State average operating
17    expenditure for the district type (elementary, high
18    school, or unit);
19        (B) curriculum information, including, where
20    applicable, Advanced Placement, International
21    Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment
22    courses, foreign language classes, computer science
23    courses (disaggregated by every student subgroup identity
24    recognized by the State Board of Education, including race,
25    gender identity, and free or reduced-price lunch program
26    eligibility), school personnel resources (including Career

 

 

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1    Technical Education teachers), before and after school
2    programs, extracurricular activities, subjects in which
3    elective classes are offered, health and wellness
4    initiatives (including the average number of days of
5    Physical Education per week per student), approved
6    programs of study, awards received, community
7    partnerships, and special programs such as programming for
8    the gifted and talented, students with disabilities, and
9    work-study students;
10        (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the
11    percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of
12    State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth
13    grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled
14    in post-secondary institutions (including colleges,
15    universities, community colleges, trade/vocational
16    schools, and training programs leading to career
17    certification within 2 semesters of high school
18    graduation), the percentage of students graduating from
19    high school who are college and career ready, and the
20    percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges,
21    colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses
22    that the community college, college, or university
23    identifies as a developmental course;
24        (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the
25    percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5
26    credits or more without failing more than one core class, a

 

 

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1    measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a
2    measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter
3    high school on track for college and career readiness;
4        (E) the school environment, including, where
5    applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10
6    absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with
7    less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other
8    than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to
9    the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term
10    disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the
11    percentage of teachers returning to the school from the
12    previous year, the number of different principals at the
13    school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold
14    a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria
15    used by the district to determine whether a student is
16    eligible for participation in a gifted education program or
17    advanced academic program and the manner in which parents
18    and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2
19    or more indicators from any school climate survey selected
20    or approved by the State and administered pursuant to
21    Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar
22    indicators included on school report cards for all surveys
23    selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section
24    2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of
25    teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most
26    recent evaluation;

 

 

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1        (F) a school district's and its individual schools'
2    balanced accountability measure, in accordance with
3    Section 2-3.25a of this Code;
4        (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the
5    State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the
6    State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's
7    employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of
8    Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
9    of Illinois;
10        (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of
11    this Code only, State contributions to the Public School
12    Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State
13    contributions for health care for employees of that school
14    district;
15        (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as
16    defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section
17    18-8.15 of this Code;
18        (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as
19    defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section
20    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;
21        (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in
22    paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this
23    Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as
24    defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section
25    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; and
26        (L) a school district's administrative costs; .

 

 

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1        (M) (L) whether or not the school has participated in
2    the Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M) (L),
3    "Illinois Youth Survey" means a self-report survey,
4    administered in school settings every 2 years, designed to
5    gather information about health and social indicators,
6    including substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of
7    students in grades 8, 10, and 12; and .
8        (N) the amount of money allocated annually for computer
9    science education.
10    The school report card shall also provide information that
11allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and
12environment data to the State average, to the school data from
13the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and
14environment of similar schools based on the type of school and
15enrollment of low-income students, special education students,
16and English learners.
17    As used in this subsection (2):
18    "Administrative costs" means costs associated with
19executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the
20school district that involve planning, organizing, managing,
21or directing the school district.
22    "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to
23which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability
24or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers
25and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated
26from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge

 

 

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1and pace.
2    "Gifted education" means educational services, including
3differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed
4to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A
5of this Code.
6    (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the
7school district report card shall include a subset of the
8information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of
9subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating
10to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the
11school district, and the State report card shall include a
12subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through
13(E) of subsection (2) of this Section.
14    (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
15Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the
16State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to
17amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or
18State report card.
19    (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt
20of the school district and school report cards from the State
21Superintendent of Education, each school district, including
22special charter districts and districts subject to the
23provisions of Article 34, shall present such report cards at a
24regular school board meeting subject to applicable notice
25requirements, post the report cards on the school district's
26Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web

 

 

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1site, make the report cards available to a newspaper of general
2circulation serving the district, and, upon request, send the
3report cards home to a parent (unless the district does not
4maintain an Internet web site, in which case the report card
5shall be sent home to parents without request). If the district
6posts the report card on its Internet web site, the district
7shall send a written notice home to parents stating (i) that
8the report card is available on the web site, (ii) the address
9of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
10will be sent to parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone
11number that parents may call to request a printed copy of the
12report card.
13    (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals,
14supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in
15lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public
16Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of
17Public Act 97-8.
18(Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15;
1999-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff.
201-1-18; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-807, eff. 8-10-18; 100-863,
21eff. 8-14-18; 100-1121, eff. 1-1-19; revised 12-19-18.)
 
22    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 100-448)
23    Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report
24cards.
25    (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent

 

 

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1school year, the State Board of Education, through the State
2Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card,
3school district report cards, and school report cards, and
4shall by the most economic means provide to each school
5district in this State, including special charter districts and
6districts subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report
7cards for the school district and each of its schools.
8    (2) In addition to any information required by federal law,
9the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and
10presentation of the school report card, which must include, at
11a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by
12the State Board of Education related to the following:
13        (A) school characteristics and student demographics,
14    including average class size, average teaching experience,
15    student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of
16    students classified as low-income; the percentage of
17    students classified as English learners; the percentage of
18    students who have individualized education plans or 504
19    plans that provide for special education services; the
20    number and percentage of all students who have been
21    assessed for placement in a gifted education or advanced
22    academic program and, of those students: (i) the racial and
23    ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are classified as
24    low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students
25    who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a
26    gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the

 

 

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1    percentage who are classified as low-income; the
2    percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds
3    expectations" level on the assessments required under
4    Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of students
5    who annually transferred in or out of the school district;
6    average daily attendance; the per-pupil operating
7    expenditure of the school district; and the per-pupil State
8    average operating expenditure for the district type
9    (elementary, high school, or unit);
10        (B) curriculum information, including, where
11    applicable, Advanced Placement, International
12    Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment
13    courses, foreign language classes, computer science
14    courses (disaggregated by every student subgroup identity
15    recognized by the State Board of Education, including race,
16    gender identity, and free or reduced-price lunch program
17    eligibility), school personnel resources (including Career
18    Technical Education teachers), before and after school
19    programs, extracurricular activities, subjects in which
20    elective classes are offered, health and wellness
21    initiatives (including the average number of days of
22    Physical Education per week per student), approved
23    programs of study, awards received, community
24    partnerships, and special programs such as programming for
25    the gifted and talented, students with disabilities, and
26    work-study students;

 

 

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1        (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the
2    percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of
3    State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth
4    grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled
5    in post-secondary institutions (including colleges,
6    universities, community colleges, trade/vocational
7    schools, and training programs leading to career
8    certification within 2 semesters of high school
9    graduation), the percentage of students graduating from
10    high school who are college and career ready, and the
11    percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges,
12    colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses
13    that the community college, college, or university
14    identifies as a developmental course;
15        (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the
16    percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5
17    credits or more without failing more than one core class, a
18    measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a
19    measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter
20    high school on track for college and career readiness;
21        (E) the school environment, including, where
22    applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10
23    absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with
24    less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other
25    than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to
26    the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term

 

 

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1    disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the
2    percentage of teachers returning to the school from the
3    previous year, the number of different principals at the
4    school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold
5    a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria
6    used by the district to determine whether a student is
7    eligible for participation in a gifted education program or
8    advanced academic program and the manner in which parents
9    and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2
10    or more indicators from any school climate survey selected
11    or approved by the State and administered pursuant to
12    Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar
13    indicators included on school report cards for all surveys
14    selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section
15    2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of
16    teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most
17    recent evaluation;
18        (F) a school district's and its individual schools'
19    balanced accountability measure, in accordance with
20    Section 2-3.25a of this Code;
21        (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the
22    State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the
23    State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's
24    employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of
25    Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
26    of Illinois;

 

 

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1        (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of
2    this Code only, State contributions to the Public School
3    Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State
4    contributions for health care for employees of that school
5    district;
6        (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as
7    defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section
8    18-8.15 of this Code;
9        (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as
10    defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section
11    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;
12        (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in
13    paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this
14    Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as
15    defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section
16    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; and
17        (L) a school district's administrative costs; .
18        (M) (L) whether or not the school has participated in
19    the Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M) (L),
20    "Illinois Youth Survey" means a self-report survey,
21    administered in school settings every 2 years, designed to
22    gather information about health and social indicators,
23    including substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of
24    students in grades 8, 10, and 12; and .
25        (N) the amount of money allocated annually for computer
26    science education.

 

 

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1    The school report card shall also provide information that
2allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and
3environment data to the State average, to the school data from
4the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and
5environment of similar schools based on the type of school and
6enrollment of low-income students, special education students,
7and English learners.
8    As used in this subsection (2):
9    "Administrative costs" means costs associated with
10executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the
11school district that involve planning, organizing, managing,
12or directing the school district.
13    "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to
14which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability
15or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers
16and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated
17from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge
18and pace.
19    "Gifted education" means educational services, including
20differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed
21to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A
22of this Code.
23    For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2),
24"average daily attendance" means the average of the actual
25number of attendance days during the previous school year for
26any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance by

 

 

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1Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school.
2    (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the
3school district report card shall include a subset of the
4information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of
5subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating
6to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the
7school district, and the State report card shall include a
8subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through
9(E) of subsection (2) of this Section. The school district
10report card shall include the average daily attendance, as that
11term is defined in subsection (2) of this Section, of students
12who have individualized education programs and students who
13have 504 plans that provide for special education services
14within the school district.
15    (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
16Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the
17State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to
18amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or
19State report card.
20    (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt
21of the school district and school report cards from the State
22Superintendent of Education, each school district, including
23special charter districts and districts subject to the
24provisions of Article 34, shall present such report cards at a
25regular school board meeting subject to applicable notice
26requirements, post the report cards on the school district's

 

 

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1Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
2site, make the report cards available to a newspaper of general
3circulation serving the district, and, upon request, send the
4report cards home to a parent (unless the district does not
5maintain an Internet web site, in which case the report card
6shall be sent home to parents without request). If the district
7posts the report card on its Internet web site, the district
8shall send a written notice home to parents stating (i) that
9the report card is available on the web site, (ii) the address
10of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
11will be sent to parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone
12number that parents may call to request a printed copy of the
13report card.
14    (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals,
15supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in
16lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public
17Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of
18Public Act 97-8.
19(Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15;
2099-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff.
211-1-18; 100-448, eff. 7-1-19; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-807,
22eff. 8-10-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1121, eff. 1-1-19;
23revised 12-19-18.)
 
24    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
25changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text

 

 

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1that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
2represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
3not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
4made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
5Public Act.
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.