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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | ||||||
| 5 | 10-20.85 and 34-18.82 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 10-20.85. Community input on local assessments. Prior | ||||||
| 8 | to approving a contract for any district-administered | ||||||
| 9 | assessment, except those assessments developed by district | ||||||
| 10 | teachers or administrators, that will be used to measure | ||||||
| 11 | student progress at an attendance center within the school | ||||||
| 12 | district, a school board must hold a public hearing at a | ||||||
| 13 | regular or special meeting of the school board, in which the | ||||||
| 14 | terms of the proposal must be substantially presented and an | ||||||
| 15 | opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided. | ||||||
| 16 | Notice of such public hearing must be provided at least 10 days | ||||||
| 17 | prior to the hearing by: | ||||||
| 18 | (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation | ||||||
| 19 | in the school district; | ||||||
| 20 | (2) written or electronic notice designed to reach the | ||||||
| 21 | parents or guardians of all students enrolled in the | ||||||
| 22 | school district; and | ||||||
| 23 | (3) written or electronic notice designed to reach any | ||||||
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| 1 | exclusive collective bargaining representatives of school | ||||||
| 2 | district employees and all those employees not in a | ||||||
| 3 | collective bargaining unit. | ||||||
| 4 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new) | ||||||
| 5 | Sec. 34-18.82. Community input on local assessments. Prior | ||||||
| 6 | to approving a contract for any district-administered | ||||||
| 7 | assessment, except those assessments developed by district | ||||||
| 8 | teachers or administrators, that will be used to measure | ||||||
| 9 | student progress at an attendance center within the school | ||||||
| 10 | district, the school board must hold a public hearing at a | ||||||
| 11 | regular or special meeting of the school board, in which the | ||||||
| 12 | terms of the proposal must be substantially presented and an | ||||||
| 13 | opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided. | ||||||
| 14 | Notice of such public hearing must be provided at least 10 days | ||||||
| 15 | prior to the hearing by: | ||||||
| 16 | (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation | ||||||
| 17 | in the school district; | ||||||
| 18 | (2) written or electronic notice designed to reach the | ||||||
| 19 | parents or guardians of all students enrolled in the | ||||||
| 20 | school district; and | ||||||
| 21 | (3) written or electronic notice designed to reach any | ||||||
| 22 | exclusive collective bargaining representatives of school | ||||||
| 23 | district employees and all those employees not in a | ||||||
| 24 | collective bargaining unit.
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| 25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
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| 1 | becoming law.
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