Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
Filed: 3/12/2019
 
 

 

 

 
10100HB0817ham001LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a



1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 817 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 817 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
510-17a and  by adding Section 2-3.176 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.176 new)
7    Sec. 2-3.176. Computer science education grants. 
8    (a) In this Section, "computer science education" means the 
9study of computers and algorithmic processes, including their 
10principles, hardware and software designs, implementation, and 
11impact on society.
12    (b) Subject to appropriation or private donations, the 
13State Board of Education shall make available to school 
14districts grants to support computer science education. A 
15school district must use grant funds awarded under this Section 
16for educator salaries, professional development for educators, 
 
 
10100HB0817ham001- 2 -LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a

1and the equipment needed to facilitate computer science 
2education.  Of the total grant amount received, a school 
3district must use 20% for professional development for 
4educators. The State Board shall prioritize the distribution of 
5grants under this Section to Organizational Units assigned to 
6Tier 1 or Tier 2 under Section 18-8.15. 
 



7    (105 ILCS 5/10-17a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)



8    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 100-448)
9    Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report 
10cards. 

11    (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent 
12school year, the State Board of Education, through the State 
13Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, 
14school district report cards, and school report cards, and 
15shall by the most economic means provide to each school

16district in this State, including special charter districts and 
17districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report 
18cards for the school district and each of its schools.  
19    (2) In addition to any information required by federal law, 
20the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and 
21presentation of the school report card, which must include, at 
22a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by 
23the State Board of Education related to the following:
24        (A)  school characteristics and student demographics, 
25    including average class size, average teaching experience,  
 
 
10100HB0817ham001- 3 -LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a

1    student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of 
2    students classified as low-income; the percentage of 
3    students classified as English learners; the percentage of 
4    students who have individualized education plans or 504 
5    plans that provide for special education services; the 
6    number and percentage of all students who have been 
7    assessed for placement in a gifted education or advanced 
8    academic program and, of those students: (i) the racial and 
9    ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are classified as 
10    low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students 
11    who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a 
12    gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the 
13    percentage who are classified as low-income; the 
14    percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds 
15    expectations" level on the assessments required under 
16    Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code;  the percentage of students 
17    who annually transferred in or out of the school district; 
18    the per-pupil operating expenditure of the school 
19    district; and the per-pupil State average operating 
20    expenditure  for the district type (elementary, high 
21    school, or unit);
22        (B)  curriculum information, including, where 
23    applicable, Advanced Placement, International 
24    Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment 
25    courses, foreign language classes, computer science 
26    courses, school personnel resources (including Career 
 
 
10100HB0817ham001- 4 -LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a

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 
 
 
10100HB0817ham001- 5 -LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a

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;
 
 
10100HB0817ham001- 6 -LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a

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; and . 
 
 
10100HB0817ham001- 7 -LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a

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. 
8    The school report card shall also provide
information that 
9allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and 
10environment data to the State average, to the school data from 
11the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and 
12environment of similar schools based on the type of school and 
13enrollment of low-income students, special education students, 
14and English learners.

15    As used in this subsection (2): 
16    "Administrative costs" means costs associated with 
17executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the 
18school district that involve planning, organizing, managing, 
19or directing the school district. 
20    "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to 
21which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability 
22or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers 
23and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated 
24from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge 
25and pace. 
26    "Gifted education" means educational services, including 
 
 
10100HB0817ham001- 8 -LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a

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

25site, make the report cards
 available
to a newspaper of general 
26circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, send the 
 
 
10100HB0817ham001- 9 -LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a

1report cards
home to a parent (unless the district does not 
2maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the report card 
3shall be sent home to parents without request).  If the
district 
4posts the report card on its Internet web
site, the district

5shall send a
written notice home to parents stating (i) that 
6the report card is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address 
7of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card

8will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone 
9number that parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the 
10report card.






11    (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals, 
12supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in 
13lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public 
14Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of 
15Public Act 97-8. 
16(Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; 
1799-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff. 
181-1-18; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-807, eff. 8-10-18; 100-863, 
19eff. 8-14-18; 100-1121, eff. 1-1-19; revised 12-19-18.)

 
20    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 100-448)
21    Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report 
22cards. 

23    (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent 
24school year, the State Board of Education, through the State 
25Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, 
 
 
10100HB0817ham001- 10 -LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a

1school district report cards, and school report cards, and 
2shall by the most economic means provide to each school

3district in this State, including special charter districts and 
4districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report 
5cards for the school district and each of its schools.  
6    (2) In addition to any information required by federal law, 
7the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and 
8presentation of the school report card, which must include, at 
9a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by 
10the State Board of Education related to the following:
11        (A)  school characteristics and student demographics, 
12    including average class size, average teaching experience,  
13    student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of 
14    students classified as low-income; the percentage of 
15    students classified as English learners; the percentage of 
16    students who have individualized education plans or 504 
17    plans that provide for special education services; the 
18    number and percentage of all students who have been 
19    assessed for placement in a gifted education or advanced 
20    academic program and, of those students: (i) the racial and 
21    ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are classified as 
22    low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students 
23    who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a 
24    gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the 
25    percentage who are classified as low-income; the 
26    percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds 
 
 
10100HB0817ham001- 11 -LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a

1    expectations" level on the assessments required under 
2    Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code;  the percentage of students 
3    who annually transferred in or out of the school district; 
4    average daily attendance; the per-pupil operating 
5    expenditure of the school district; and the per-pupil State 
6    average operating expenditure  for the district type 
7    (elementary, high school, or unit);
8        (B)  curriculum information, including, where 
9    applicable, Advanced Placement, International 
10    Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment 
11    courses, foreign language classes, computer science 
12    courses, school personnel resources (including Career 
13    Technical Education teachers), before and after school 
14    programs, extracurricular activities, subjects in which 
15    elective classes are offered, health and wellness 
16    initiatives (including the average number of days of 
17    Physical Education per week per student), approved 
18    programs of study, awards received, community 
19    partnerships, and special programs such as programming for 
20    the gifted and talented, students with disabilities, and 
21    work-study students;
22        (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the 
23    percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of 
24    State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth 
25    grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled 
26    in post-secondary institutions (including colleges, 
 
 
10100HB0817ham001- 12 -LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a

1    universities, community colleges, trade/vocational 
2    schools, and training programs leading to career 
3    certification within 2 semesters of high school 
4    graduation), the percentage of students graduating from 
5    high school who are college and career ready, and the 
6    percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges, 
7    colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses 
8    that the community college, college, or university 
9    identifies as a developmental course; 
10        (D)  student progress, including, where applicable, the 
11    percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5 
12    credits or more without failing more than one core class, a 
13    measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a 
14    measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter 
15    high school on track for college and career readiness;
16        (E)  the school environment, including, where 
17    applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10 
18    absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with 
19    less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other 
20    than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to 
21    the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term 
22    disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the 
23    percentage of teachers returning to the school from the 
24    previous year, the number of different principals at the 
25    school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold 
26    a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria 
 
 
10100HB0817ham001- 13 -LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a

1    used by the district to determine whether a student is 
2    eligible for participation in a gifted education program or 
3    advanced academic program and the manner in which parents 
4    and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2 
5    or more indicators from any school climate survey selected 
6    or approved by the State and administered pursuant to 
7    Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar 
8    indicators included on school report cards for all surveys 
9    selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section 
10    2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of 
11    teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most 
12    recent evaluation;
13        (F) a school district's and its individual schools' 
14    balanced accountability measure, in accordance with 
15    Section 2-3.25a of this Code;
16        (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the 
17    State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the 
18    State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's 
19    employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of 
20    Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State 
21    of Illinois;
22        (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of 
23    this Code only, State contributions to the Public School 
24    Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State 
25    contributions for health care for employees of that school 
26    district; 
 
 
10100HB0817ham001- 14 -LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a

1        (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as 
2    defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section 
3    18-8.15 of this Code;
4        (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as 
5    defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section 
6    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;
7        (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in 
8    paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this 
9    Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as 
10    defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section 
11    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; and 
12        (L) a school district's administrative costs ; and . 
13        (M) (L) whether or not the school has participated in 
14    the Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M) (L), 
15    "Illinois Youth Survey" means a self-report survey, 
16    administered in school settings every 2 years, designed to 
17    gather information about health and social indicators, 
18    including substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of 
19    students in grades 8, 10, and 12. 
20    The school report card shall also provide
information that 
21allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and 
22environment data to the State average, to the school data from 
23the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and 
24environment of similar schools based on the type of school and 
25enrollment of low-income students, special education students, 
26and English learners.

 
 
10100HB0817ham001- 15 -LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a

1    As used in this subsection (2): 
2    "Administrative costs" means costs associated with 
3executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the 
4school district that involve planning, organizing, managing, 
5or directing the school district. 
6    "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to 
7which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability 
8or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers 
9and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated 
10from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge 
11and pace. 
12    "Gifted education" means educational services, including 
13differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed 
14to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A 
15of this Code. 
16    For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2), 
17"average daily attendance" means the average of the actual 
18number of attendance days during the previous school year for 
19any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance by 
20Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school. 
21    (3)  At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the 
22school district report card shall include a subset of the 
23information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of 
24subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating 
25to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the 
26school district, and the State report card shall include a 
 
 
10100HB0817ham001- 16 -LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a

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

21site, make the report cards
 available
to a newspaper of general 
22circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, send the 
23report cards
home to a parent (unless the district does not 
24maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the report card 
25shall be sent home to parents without request).  If the
district 
26posts the report card on its Internet web
site, the district

 
 
10100HB0817ham001- 17 -LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a

1shall send a
written notice home to parents stating (i) that 
2the report card is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address 
3of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card

4will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone 
5number that parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the 
6report card.






7    (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals, 
8supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in 
9lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public 
10Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of 
11Public Act 97-8. 
12(Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; 
1399-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff. 
141-1-18; 100-448, eff. 7-1-19; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-807, 
15eff. 8-10-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1121, eff. 1-1-19; 
16revised 12-19-18.)
 
17    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes 
18changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text 
19that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section 
20represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does 
21not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes 
22made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other 
23Public Act.
 
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
 
 
10100HB0817ham001- 18 -LRB101 05907 AXK 57040 a

1becoming law.".