Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

Filed: 5/7/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3722

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3722 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5Sections 2-3.64a-5, 10-20.5a, and 34-18 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5)
7    Sec. 2-3.64a-5. State goals and assessment.
8    (a) For the assessment and accountability purposes of this
9Section, "students" includes those students enrolled in a
10public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
11or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
12board of control, a charter school operating in compliance
13with the Charter Schools Law, a school operated by a regional
14office of education under Section 13A-3 of this Code, or a
15public school administered by a local public agency or the
16Department of Human Services.

 

 

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1    (b) The State Board of Education shall establish the
2academic standards that are to be applicable to students who
3are subject to State assessments under this Section. The State
4Board of Education shall not establish any such standards in
5final form without first providing opportunities for public
6participation and local input in the development of the final
7academic standards. Those opportunities shall include a
8well-publicized period of public comment and opportunities to
9file written comments.
10    (c) Beginning no later than the 2014-2015 school year, the
11State Board of Education shall annually assess all students
12enrolled in grades 3 through 8 in English language arts and
13mathematics.
14    Beginning no later than the 2017-2018 school year, the
15State Board of Education shall annually assess all students in
16science at one grade in grades 3 through 5, at one grade in
17grades 6 through 8, and at one grade in grades 9 through 12.
18    The State Board of Education shall annually assess schools
19that operate a secondary education program, as defined in
20Section 22-22 of this Code, in English language arts and
21mathematics. The State Board of Education shall administer no
22more than 3 assessments, per student, of English language arts
23and mathematics for students in a secondary education program.
24One of these assessments shall be recognized by this State's
25public institutions of higher education, as defined in the
26Board of Higher Education Act, for the purpose of student

 

 

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1application or admissions consideration. The assessment
2administered by the State Board of Education for the purpose
3of student application to or admissions consideration by
4institutions of higher education must be administered on a
5school day during regular student attendance hours, and
6student profile information collected by the assessment shall,
7if available, be made available to the State's public
8institutions of higher education in a timely manner.
9    Students who do not take the State's final accountability
10assessment or its approved alternate assessment may not
11receive a regular high school diploma unless the student is
12exempted from taking the State assessments under subsection
13(d) of this Section because the student is enrolled in a
14program of adult and continuing education, as defined in the
15Adult Education Act, or the student is identified by the State
16Board of Education, through rules, as being exempt from the
17assessment.
18    The State Board of Education shall not assess students
19under this Section in subjects not required by this Section.
20    Districts shall inform their students of the timelines and
21procedures applicable to their participation in every yearly
22administration of the State assessments. The State Board of
23Education shall establish periods of time in each school year
24during which State assessments shall occur to meet the
25objectives of this Section.
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1State Board of Education has received a waiver from the
2administration of assessments from the U.S. Department of
3Education.
4    (d) Every individualized educational program as described
5in Article 14 shall identify if the State assessment or
6components thereof require accommodation for the student. The
7State Board of Education shall develop rules governing the
8administration of an alternate assessment that may be
9available to students for whom participation in this State's
10regular assessments is not appropriate, even with
11accommodations as allowed under this Section.
12    Students receiving special education services whose
13individualized educational programs identify them as eligible
14for the alternative State assessments nevertheless shall have
15the option of also taking this State's regular final
16accountability assessment, which shall be administered in
17accordance with the eligible accommodations appropriate for
18meeting these students' respective needs.
19    All students determined to be English learners shall
20participate in the State assessments. The scores of those
21students who have been enrolled in schools in the United
22States for less than 12 months may not be used for the purposes
23of accountability. Any student determined to be an English
24learner shall receive appropriate assessment accommodations,
25including language supports, which shall be established by
26rule. Approved assessment accommodations must be provided

 

 

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1until the student's English language skills develop to the
2extent that the student is no longer considered to be an
3English learner, as demonstrated through a State-identified
4English language proficiency assessment.
5    (e) The results or scores of each assessment taken under
6this Section shall be made available to the parents of each
7student.
8    In each school year, the scores attained by a student on
9the final accountability assessment must be placed in the
10student's permanent record pursuant to rules that the State
11Board of Education shall adopt for that purpose in accordance
12with Section 3 of the Illinois School Student Records Act. In
13each school year, the scores attained by a student on the State
14assessments administered in grades 3 through 8 must be placed
15in the student's temporary record.
16    (f) All schools shall administer the State's academic
17assessment of English language proficiency to all children
18determined to be English learners.
19    (g) All schools in this State that are part of the sample
20drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics, in
21collaboration with their school districts and the State Board
22of Education, shall administer the academic assessments under
23the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried out
24under Section 411(b)(2) of the federal National Education
25Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010) if the U.S. Secretary
26of Education pays the costs of administering the assessments.

 

 

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1    (h) (Blank).
2    (i) For the purposes of this subsection (i), "academically
3based assessments" means assessments consisting of questions
4and answers that are measurable and quantifiable to measure
5the knowledge, skills, and ability of students in the subject
6matters covered by the assessments. All assessments
7administered pursuant to this Section must be academically
8based assessments. The scoring of academically based
9assessments shall be reliable, valid, and fair and shall meet
10the guidelines for assessment development and use prescribed
11by the American Psychological Association, the National
12Council on Measurement in Education, and the American
13Educational Research Association.
14    The State Board of Education shall review the use of all
15assessment item types in order to ensure that they are valid
16and reliable indicators of student performance aligned to the
17learning standards being assessed and that the development,
18administration, and scoring of these item types are
19justifiable in terms of cost.
20    (j) The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a
21committee of no more than 21 members, consisting of parents,
22teachers, school administrators, school board members,
23assessment experts, regional superintendents of schools, and
24citizens, to review the State assessments administered by the
25State Board of Education. The Committee shall select one of
26its members as its chairperson. The Committee shall meet on an

 

 

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1ongoing basis to review the content and design of the
2assessments (including whether the requirements of subsection
3(i) of this Section have been met), the time and money expended
4at the local and State levels to prepare for and administer the
5assessments, the collective results of the assessments as
6measured against the stated purpose of assessing student
7performance, and other issues involving the assessments
8identified by the Committee. The Committee shall make periodic
9recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education and
10the General Assembly concerning the assessments.
11    (k) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
12implement this Section.
13(Source: P.A. 103-204, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
14    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.5a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.5a)
15    Sec. 10-20.5a. Access to high school campus.
16    (a) For school districts maintaining grades 10 through 12,
17to provide, on an equal basis, and consistent with the federal
18Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, access to a
19high school campus and student directory information to the
20official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of
21Illinois and the United States, as well as access to student
22directory information to the Board of Higher Education, the
23Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student
24Assistance Commission, and State public institutions of higher
25education for the purpose of informing students of educational

 

 

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1and career opportunities if the board has provided such access
2to persons or groups whose purpose is to acquaint students
3with educational or occupational opportunities available to
4them. The board is not required to give greater notice
5regarding the right of access to recruiting representatives
6than is given to other persons and groups. In this Section,
7"directory information" means a high school student's name,
8address, email address, and telephone number, and "public
9institutions of higher education" has the meaning given to
10that term in Section 1 of the Board of Higher Education Act.
11    (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian submits a
12signed, written request to the high school before the end of
13the student's sophomore year (or if the student is a transfer
14student, by another time set by the high school) that
15indicates that the student or his or her parent or guardian
16does not want the student's directory information to be
17provided to official recruiting representatives under
18subsection (a) of this Section, the high school may not
19provide access to the student's directory information to these
20recruiting representatives. The high school shall notify its
21students and their parents or guardians of the provisions of
22this subsection (b).
23    (c) A high school may require official recruiting
24representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the United
25States to pay a fee for copying and mailing a student's
26directory information in an amount that is not more than the

 

 

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1actual costs incurred by the high school.
2    (d) Information received by an official recruiting
3representative, the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois
4Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance
5Commission, or public institutions of higher education under
6this Section may be used only to provide information to
7students concerning educational and career opportunities and
8may not be released to a person who is not involved in
9recruiting students for the armed forces of Illinois or the
10United States or with the Board of Higher Education, the
11Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student
12Assistance Commission, or public State institutions of higher
13education.
14    (e) By January 1, 2025 2024, each school district that is
15subject to this Section shall make student directory
16information shall be made electronically accessible through a
17secure centralized data system for official recruiting
18representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the United
19States, as well as for the Board of Higher Education, the
20Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student
21Assistance Commission, and State public institutions of higher
22education.
23(Source: P.A. 103-204, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
24    (105 ILCS 5/34-18)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
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1general supervision and jurisdiction over the public education
2and the public school system of the city, and, except as
3otherwise provided by this Article, shall have power:
4        1. To make suitable provision for the establishment
5    and maintenance throughout the year or for such portion
6    thereof as it may direct, not less than 9 months and in
7    compliance with Section 10-19.05, of schools of all grades
8    and kinds, including normal schools, high schools, night
9    schools, schools for defectives and delinquents, parental
10    and truant schools, schools for the blind, the deaf, and
11    persons with physical disabilities, schools or classes in
12    manual training, constructural and vocational teaching,
13    domestic arts, and physical culture, vocation and
14    extension schools and lecture courses, and all other
15    educational courses and facilities, including
16    establishing, equipping, maintaining and operating
17    playgrounds and recreational programs, when such programs
18    are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected with any
19    public school under the general supervision and
20    jurisdiction of the board; provided that the calendar for
21    the school term and any changes must be submitted to and
22    approved by the State Board of Education before the
23    calendar or changes may take effect, and provided that in
24    allocating funds from year to year for the operation of
25    all attendance centers within the district, the board
26    shall ensure that supplemental general State aid or

 

 

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1    supplemental grant funds are allocated and applied in
2    accordance with Section 18-8, 18-8.05, or 18-8.15. To
3    admit to such schools without charge foreign exchange
4    students who are participants in an organized exchange
5    student program which is authorized by the board. The
6    board shall permit all students to enroll in
7    apprenticeship programs in trade schools operated by the
8    board, whether those programs are union-sponsored or not.
9    No student shall be refused admission into or be excluded
10    from any course of instruction offered in the common
11    schools by reason of that student's sex. No student shall
12    be denied equal access to physical education and
13    interscholastic athletic programs supported from school
14    district funds or denied participation in comparable
15    physical education and athletic programs solely by reason
16    of the student's sex. Equal access to programs supported
17    from school district funds and comparable programs will be
18    defined in rules promulgated by the State Board of
19    Education in consultation with the Illinois High School
20    Association. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
21    Article, neither the board of education nor any local
22    school council or other school official shall recommend
23    that children with disabilities be placed into regular
24    education classrooms unless those children with
25    disabilities are provided with supplementary services to
26    assist them so that they benefit from the regular

 

 

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1    classroom instruction and are included on the teacher's
2    regular education class register;
3        2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable
4    charge therefor, and to use school funds for the payment
5    of such expenses as the board may determine are necessary
6    in conducting the school lunch program;
7        3. To co-operate with the circuit court;
8        4. To make arrangements with the public or
9    quasi-public libraries and museums for the use of their
10    facilities by teachers and pupils of the public schools;
11        5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for
12    the purpose of treating the pupils in the schools, but
13    accepting such treatment shall be optional with parents or
14    guardians;
15        6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms
16    when not otherwise needed, including light, heat, and
17    attendants, for free public lectures, concerts, and other
18    educational and social interests, free of charge, under
19    such provisions and control as the principal of the
20    affected attendance center may prescribe;
21        7. To apportion the pupils to the several schools;
22    provided that no pupil shall be excluded from or
23    segregated in any such school on account of his color,
24    race, sex, or nationality. The board shall take into
25    consideration the prevention of segregation and the
26    elimination of separation of children in public schools

 

 

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1    because of color, race, sex, or nationality. Except that
2    children may be committed to or attend parental and social
3    adjustment schools established and maintained either for
4    boys or girls only. All records pertaining to the
5    creation, alteration or revision of attendance areas shall
6    be open to the public. Nothing herein shall limit the
7    board's authority to establish multi-area attendance
8    centers or other student assignment systems for
9    desegregation purposes or otherwise, and to apportion the
10    pupils to the several schools. Furthermore, beginning in
11    school year 1994-95, pursuant to a board plan adopted by
12    October 1, 1993, the board shall offer, commencing on a
13    phased-in basis, the opportunity for families within the
14    school district to apply for enrollment of their children
15    in any attendance center within the school district which
16    does not have selective admission requirements approved by
17    the board. The appropriate geographical area in which such
18    open enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by
19    the board of education. Such children may be admitted to
20    any such attendance center on a space available basis
21    after all children residing within such attendance
22    center's area have been accommodated. If the number of
23    applicants from outside the attendance area exceed the
24    space available, then successful applicants shall be
25    selected by lottery. The board of education's open
26    enrollment plan must include provisions that allow

 

 

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1    low-income students to have access to transportation
2    needed to exercise school choice. Open enrollment shall be
3    in compliance with the provisions of the Consent Decree
4    and Desegregation Plan cited in Section 34-1.01;
5        8. To approve programs and policies for providing
6    transportation services to students. Nothing herein shall
7    be construed to permit or empower the State Board of
8    Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other
9    transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving
10    racial balance in any school;
11        9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to
12    establish and approve system-wide curriculum objectives
13    and standards, including graduation standards, which
14    reflect the multi-cultural diversity in the city and are
15    consistent with State law, provided that for all purposes
16    of this Article courses or proficiency in American Sign
17    Language shall be deemed to constitute courses or
18    proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ
19    principals and teachers, appointed as provided in this
20    Article, and fix their compensation. The board shall
21    prepare such reports related to minimal competency testing
22    as may be requested by the State Board of Education and, in
23    addition, shall monitor and approve special education and
24    bilingual education programs and policies within the
25    district to ensure that appropriate services are provided
26    in accordance with applicable State and federal laws to

 

 

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1    children requiring services and education in those areas;
2        10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize
3    volunteer personnel for: (i) non-teaching duties not
4    requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils,
5    including library duties; and (ii) supervising study
6    halls, long distance teaching reception areas used
7    incident to instructional programs transmitted by
8    electronic media such as computers, video, and audio,
9    detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored
10    extracurricular activities. The board may further utilize
11    volunteer nonlicensed personnel or employ nonlicensed
12    personnel to assist in the instruction of pupils under the
13    immediate supervision of a teacher holding a valid
14    educator license, directly engaged in teaching subject
15    matter or conducting activities; provided that the teacher
16    shall be continuously aware of the nonlicensed persons'
17    activities and shall be able to control or modify them.
18    The general superintendent shall determine qualifications
19    of such personnel and shall prescribe rules for
20    determining the duties and activities to be assigned to
21    such personnel;
22        10.5. To utilize volunteer personnel from a regional
23    School Crisis Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part
24    of the Safe to Learn Program established pursuant to
25    Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act of
26    1995, to provide assistance to schools in times of

 

 

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1    violence or other traumatic incidents within a school
2    community by providing crisis intervention services to
3    lessen the effects of emotional trauma on individuals and
4    the community; the School Crisis Assistance Team Steering
5    Committee shall determine the qualifications for
6    volunteers;
7        11. To provide television studio facilities in not to
8    exceed one school building and to provide programs for
9    educational purposes, provided, however, that the board
10    shall not construct, acquire, operate, or maintain a
11    television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio
12    facilities to a licensed television station located in the
13    school district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed
14    one school radio transmitting station and provide programs
15    for educational purposes;
16        12. To offer, if deemed appropriate, outdoor education
17    courses, including field trips within the State of
18    Illinois, or adjacent states, and to use school
19    educational funds for the expense of the said outdoor
20    educational programs, whether within the school district
21    or not;
22        13. During that period of the calendar year not
23    embraced within the regular school term, to provide and
24    conduct courses in subject matters normally embraced in
25    the program of the schools during the regular school term
26    and to give regular school credit for satisfactory

 

 

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1    completion by the student of such courses as may be
2    approved for credit by the State Board of Education;
3        14. To insure against any loss or liability of the
4    board, the former School Board Nominating Commission,
5    Local School Councils, the Chicago Schools Academic
6    Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict Councils
7    or of any member, officer, agent, or employee thereof,
8    resulting from alleged violations of civil rights arising
9    from incidents occurring on or after September 5, 1967 or
10    from the wrongful or negligent act or omission of any such
11    person whether occurring within or without the school
12    premises, provided the officer, agent, or employee was, at
13    the time of the alleged violation of civil rights or
14    wrongful act or omission, acting within the scope of his
15    or her employment or under direction of the board, the
16    former School Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago
17    Schools Academic Accountability Council, Local School
18    Councils, or the former Subdistrict Councils; and to
19    provide for or participate in insurance plans for its
20    officers and employees, including, but not limited to,
21    retirement annuities, medical, surgical and
22    hospitalization benefits in such types and amounts as may
23    be determined by the board; provided, however, that the
24    board shall contract for such insurance only with an
25    insurance company authorized to do business in this State.
26    Such insurance may include provision for employees who

 

 

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1    rely on treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone for
2    healing, in accordance with the tenets and practice of a
3    recognized religious denomination;
4        15. To contract with the corporate authorities of any
5    municipality or the county board of any county, as the
6    case may be, to provide for the regulation of traffic in
7    parking areas of property used for school purposes, in
8    such manner as is provided by Section 11-209 of the
9    Illinois Vehicle Code;
10        16. (a) To provide, on an equal basis and consistent
11    with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
12    of 1974, access to a high school campus and student
13    directory information to the official recruiting
14    representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the
15    United States, as well as access to student directory
16    information to the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois
17    Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance
18    Commission, and public institutions of higher education,
19    for the purposes of informing students of the educational
20    and career opportunities available in the military if the
21    board has provided such access to persons or groups whose
22    purpose is to acquaint students with educational or
23    occupational opportunities available to them. The board is
24    not required to give greater notice regarding the right of
25    access to recruiting representatives than is given to
26    other persons and groups. In this paragraph 16, "directory

 

 

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1    information" means a high school student's name, address,
2    email address, and telephone number, and "public
3    institutions of higher education" has the meaning given to
4    that term in Section 1 of the Board of Higher Education
5    Act.
6        (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian
7    submits a signed, written request to the high school
8    before the end of the student's sophomore year (or if the
9    student is a transfer student, by another time set by the
10    high school) that indicates that the student or his or her
11    parent or guardian does not want the student's directory
12    information to be provided to official recruiting
13    representatives under subsection (a) of this Section, the
14    high school may not provide access to the student's
15    directory information to these recruiting representatives.
16    The high school shall notify its students and their
17    parents or guardians of the provisions of this subsection
18    (b).
19        (c) A high school may require official recruiting
20    representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the
21    United States to pay a fee for copying and mailing a
22    student's directory information in an amount that is not
23    more than the actual costs incurred by the high school.
24        (d) Information received by an official recruiting
25    representative under this Section may be used only to
26    provide information to students concerning educational and

 

 

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1    career opportunities available in the military and may not
2    be released to a person who is not involved in recruiting
3    students for the armed forces of Illinois or the United
4    States or with the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois
5    Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance
6    Commission, or public institutions of higher education.
7        (e) By January 1, 2025, the school district shall make
8    student directory information electronically accessible
9    for official recruiting representatives of the armed
10    forces of Illinois or the United States, as well as for the
11    Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community College
12    Board, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and
13    public institutions of higher education;
14        17. (a) To sell or market any computer program
15    developed by an employee of the school district, provided
16    that such employee developed the computer program as a
17    direct result of his or her duties with the school
18    district or through the utilization of school district
19    resources or facilities. The employee who developed the
20    computer program shall be entitled to share in the
21    proceeds of such sale or marketing of the computer
22    program. The distribution of such proceeds between the
23    employee and the school district shall be as agreed upon
24    by the employee and the school district, except that
25    neither the employee nor the school district may receive
26    more than 90% of such proceeds. The negotiation for an

 

 

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1    employee who is represented by an exclusive bargaining
2    representative may be conducted by such bargaining
3    representative at the employee's request.
4        (b) For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
5            (1) "Computer" means an internally programmed,
6        general purpose digital device capable of
7        automatically accepting data, processing data and
8        supplying the results of the operation.
9            (2) "Computer program" means a series of coded
10        instructions or statements in a form acceptable to a
11        computer, which causes the computer to process data in
12        order to achieve a certain result.
13            (3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from the
14        marketing or sale of a product after deducting the
15        expenses of developing and marketing such product;
16        18. To delegate to the general superintendent of
17    schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts
18    and expenditures in amounts of $35,000 or less;
19        19. Upon the written request of an employee, to
20    withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues,
21    payments, or contributions payable by such employee to any
22    labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational
23    Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an amount
24    shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which
25    is equal to the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any
26    payments or contributions, and the board shall transmit

 

 

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1    such withholdings to the specified labor organization
2    within 10 working days from the time of the withholding;
3        19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a
4    municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, a
5    county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook
6    County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park
7    District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the
8    Chicago Transit Authority, or a housing authority of a
9    municipality with a population of 500,000 or more that a
10    debt is due and owing the municipality, the county, the
11    Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park
12    District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the
13    Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing authority by an
14    employee of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold,
15    from the compensation of that employee, the amount of the
16    debt that is due and owing and pay the amount withheld to
17    the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest
18    Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
19    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago
20    Transit Authority, or the housing authority; provided,
21    however, that the amount deducted from any one salary or
22    wage payment shall not exceed 25% of the net amount of the
23    payment. Before the Board deducts any amount from any
24    salary or wage of an employee under this paragraph, the
25    municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
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1    Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority,
2    or the housing authority shall certify that (i) the
3    employee has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to
4    dispute the debt that is due and owing the municipality,
5    the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
6    Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
7    District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing
8    authority and (ii) the employee has received notice of a
9    wage deduction order and has been afforded an opportunity
10    for a hearing to object to the order. For purposes of this
11    paragraph, "net amount" means that part of the salary or
12    wage payment remaining after the deduction of any amounts
13    required by law to be deducted and "debt due and owing"
14    means (i) a specified sum of money owed to the
15    municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
16    District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan
17    Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority,
18    or the housing authority for services, work, or goods,
19    after the period granted for payment has expired, or (ii)
20    a specified sum of money owed to the municipality, the
21    county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
22    Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
23    District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing
24    authority pursuant to a court order or order of an
25    administrative hearing officer after the exhaustion of, or
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1        20. The board is encouraged to employ a sufficient
2    number of licensed school counselors to maintain a
3    student/counselor ratio of 250 to 1. Each counselor shall
4    spend at least 75% of his work time in direct contact with
5    students and shall maintain a record of such time;
6        21. To make available to students vocational and
7    career counseling and to establish 5 special career
8    counseling days for students and parents. On these days
9    representatives of local businesses and industries shall
10    be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
11    of career opportunities available to them in the various
12    businesses and industries. Special consideration shall be
13    given to counseling minority students as to career
14    opportunities available to them in various fields. For the
15    purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a
16    person who is any of the following:
17        (a) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
18    origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
19    America, including Central America, and who maintains
20    tribal affiliation or community attachment).
21        (b) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
22    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
23    Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
24    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
25    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
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1    in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
2        (d) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
3    Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
4    culture or origin, regardless of race).
5        (e) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
6    person having origins in any of the original peoples of
7    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
8        Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school
9    days;
10        22. To report to the State Board of Education the
11    annual student dropout rate and number of students who
12    graduate from, transfer from, or otherwise leave bilingual
13    programs;
14        23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and
15    Neglected Child Reporting Act or other applicable State or
16    federal law, to permit school officials to withhold, from
17    any person, information on the whereabouts of any child
18    removed from school premises when the child has been taken
19    into protective custody as a victim of suspected child
20    abuse. School officials shall direct such person to the
21    Department of Children and Family Services or to the local
22    law enforcement agency, if appropriate;
23        24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of
24    existing school facilities, projected enrollment, and
25    efficient utilization of available resources, for capital
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1    district, addressing in that policy both the relative
2    priority for major repairs, renovations, and additions to
3    school facilities and the advisability or necessity of
4    building new school facilities or closing existing schools
5    to meet current or projected demographic patterns within
6    the district;
7        25. To make available to the students in every high
8    school attendance center the ability to take all courses
9    necessary to comply with the Board of Higher Education's
10    college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
11        26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching
12    profession, whereby qualified professionals become
13    licensed teachers, by allowing credit for professional
14    employment in related fields when determining point of
15    entry on the teacher pay scale;
16        27. To provide or contract out training programs for
17    administrative personnel and principals with revised or
18    expanded duties pursuant to this Code in order to ensure
19    they have the knowledge and skills to perform their
20    duties;
21        28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special
22    needs programs, and to allocate such funds and other lump
23    sum amounts to each attendance center in a manner
24    consistent with the provisions of part 4 of Section
25    34-2.3. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
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1    this purpose;
2        29. (Blank);
3        30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or
4    any other law to the contrary, to contract with third
5    parties for services otherwise performed by employees,
6    including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
7    employees upon 14 days written notice to the affected
8    employees. Those contracts may be for a period not to
9    exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a system-wide basis.
10    The board may not operate more than 30 contract schools,
11    provided that the board may operate an additional 5
12    contract turnaround schools pursuant to item (5.5) of
13    subsection (d) of Section 34-8.3 of this Code, and the
14    governing bodies of contract schools are subject to the
15    Freedom of Information Act and Open Meetings Act;
16        31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures
17    governing the layoff or reduction in force of employees
18    and the recall of such employees, including, but not
19    limited to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force
20    or recall rights of such employees and the weight to be
21    given to any particular criterion. Such criteria shall
22    take into account factors, including, but not limited to,
23    qualifications, certifications, experience, performance
24    ratings or evaluations, and any other factors relating to
25    an employee's job performance;
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1    hiring of personnel or the selection of contractors;
2        33. (Blank); and
3        34. To establish a Labor Management Council to the
4    board comprised of representatives of the board, the chief
5    executive officer, and those labor organizations that are
6    the exclusive representatives of employees of the board
7    and to promulgate policies and procedures for the
8    operation of the Council.
9    The specifications of the powers herein granted are not to
10be construed as exclusive, but the board shall also exercise
11all other powers that may be requisite or proper for the
12maintenance and the development of a public school system, not
13inconsistent with the other provisions of this Article or
14provisions of this Code which apply to all school districts.
15    In addition to the powers herein granted and authorized to
16be exercised by the board, it shall be the duty of the board to
17review or to direct independent reviews of special education
18expenditures and services. The board shall file a report of
19such review with the General Assembly on or before May 1, 1990.
20(Source: P.A. 102-465, eff. 1-1-22; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
21102-894, eff. 5-20-22; 103-8, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
22    Section 10. The Public University Uniform Admission Pilot
23Program Act is amended by changing Section 1 and by adding
24Sections 3, 17, 18, and 19 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (110 ILCS 118/1)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2027)
3    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public
4University Direct Uniform Admission Pilot Program Act.
5(Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
6    (110 ILCS 118/3 new)
7    Sec. 3. Findings. The General Assembly makes all of the
8following findings:
9        (1) Illinois has a strong system of public higher
10    education, including public universities and community
11    colleges across the State.
12        (2) The Illinois economy thrives when Illinois
13    students choose to pursue postsecondary education at
14    Illinois institutions of higher education.
15        (3) According to the National Bureau of Economic
16    Research, two-thirds of graduates stay and work in the
17    state in which they matriculated.
18        (4) Students who have been historically underserved,
19    such as those who are the first in their families to go to
20    college, come from low-income families or communities.
21    Students of color and students from rural communities,
22    among others, often face the greatest barriers to
23    accessing higher education, in part because of a lack of
24    information.
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1    Illinois should receive an offer to an Illinois
2    institution of higher education, including public
3    universities and community colleges.
4        (6) Every eligible public community college student
5    seeking a transfer pathway should receive an offer to a
6    public university in Illinois.
7        (7) Illinois can and should develop the tools and
8    technology to dramatically simplify the public university
9    and community college application and admission process
10    for Illinois students.
 
11    (110 ILCS 118/17 new)
12    Sec. 17. Direct admission program.
13    (a) In this Section, "Public university" means the
14University of Illinois at Springfield, Southern Illinois
15University, Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois
16University, Governors State University, Illinois State
17University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern
18Illinois University, Western Illinois University, or any other
19public university established or authorized by the General
20Assembly after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
21the 103rd General Assembly.
22    (b) Beginning with the 2026-2027 academic year, the Board
23of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois
24Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance
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1and administer a direct admission program. The direct
2admission program shall automatically offer admission into a
3public university or community college to qualified high
4school juniors and seniors in this State and to public
5community college students in this State who qualify to
6transfer to a public university.
7    (c) Each public university and community college in the
8direct admission program shall identify and provide its
9standards for general admission to the Board of Higher
10Education on an annual basis. The standards shall consist of
11quantifiable data, such as grade point average or class rank,
12that align with data available in any of the data systems
13maintained by the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois
14Community College Board, the State Board of Education, or the
15Illinois Student Assistance Commission. The Board of Higher
16Education shall determine which students meet the standards
17for general admission for each public university in the direct
18admission program, and that information shall be made
19available to the student and to each public university and
20community college. Each public university or community college
21may also notify qualified students.
22    (d) As all public community colleges in this State are
23open-access institutions, student directory information shall
24be used to identify a student's local public community
25college, and the community college shall be included on all
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1acceptance to the community college alongside those public
2universities that offer the student direct admission.
3    Under the direct admission program, a public community
4college shall offer admission to all students who are
5residents of the community college district. Under the direct
6admission program, a public university shall offer and accept
7admission to any high school junior or senior in this State who
8meets the public university's standards for admission, as
9identified under subsection (c), and to any public community
10college transfer student transferring to a public university
11who meets all of the following requirements:
12        (1) Is enrolled at a public community college in this
13    State.
14        (2) Has earned a minimum of 36 graded, transferable
15    semester hours.
16        (3) Has attained a minimum cumulative grade point
17    average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale or its equivalent in all
18    transferable coursework completed at the time admission is
19    offered to the student.
20        (4) Has satisfied the public university's English
21    language proficiency requirement.
22    Students are encouraged to consult the Illinois
23Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum
24course list and other resources at the State and university
25level to determine course transferability for purposes of
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1    (e) In establishing the direct admission program, the
2Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois
3Community College Board, shall specifically evaluate the
4impact on low-income students, students of color, first
5generation college students, students from populations
6underserved in higher education, and students from rural areas
7of this State.
8    (f) The direct admission program shall use data and
9technology from the State Board of Education, the Illinois
10Student Assistance Commission, and the Illinois Community
11College Board.
12    (g) The direct admission program may gather data and
13develop the technology to automatically notify high school
14juniors and seniors in this State and public community college
15transfer students of the direct admission program for the
16public universities for which those students qualify, based on
17the standards submitted under subsection (c) or, in the case
18of public community colleges, based on the community college
19district where those students reside.
20    (h) The direct admission program may use the services of a
21statewide student application portal and aggregator to provide
22the automatic notification in subsection (g). The notification
23shall include the student's local public community college,
24consistent with the requirements in subsection (c).
25    (i) The direct admission program shall provide admitted
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1community college transfer students with the website address
2for the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to find
3information regarding State grant programs, support for
4financial aid application completion, scholarship searches,
5and other financial aid-related information and shall
6encourage students to determine their eligibility for
7financial aid based on the Free Application for Federal
8Student Aid or, if applicable, an application for State
9financial aid.
 
10    (110 ILCS 118/18 new)
11    Sec. 18. Pre-selection outreach program. Beginning with
12the 2026-2027 academic year, the Board of Higher Education, in
13collaboration with the Illinois Community College Board, the
14Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and the State Board of
15Education, shall develop, in consultation with the University
16of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at
17Urbana-Champaign, a pre-selection outreach campaign to
18encourage qualifying Illinois high school juniors and seniors
19and public community college students who are graduates of an
20Illinois high school seeking to complete their baccalaureate
21degree to apply to the University of Illinois at Chicago or the
22University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Pre-selection
23qualifying students shall be identified and encouraged to
24apply in the following manner:
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1    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shall determine
2    the criteria by which students shall be identified for the
3    pre-selection campaign, in consultation with the
4    universities' faculty and faculty senates. The University
5    of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at
6    Urbana-Champaign shall provide the criteria to the Board
7    of Higher Education by a timeline mutually agreed upon by
8    the Board of Higher Education and the University of
9    Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at
10    Urbana-Champaign.
11        (2) The University of Illinois at Chicago and the
12    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shall provide
13    the Board of Higher Education with the content of the
14    communication to be shared with students describing how to
15    request information or how to apply. The Board of Higher
16    Education shall use the same portal or mechanisms for this
17    communication as used for offers of direct admission under
18    Section 17.
19        (3) The Board of Higher Education, in collaboration
20    with the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois
21    Student Assistance Commission, and the State Board of
22    Education, shall provide the University of Illinois at
23    Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
24    with the contact information of the students who meet the
25    eligibility criteria defined by the University of Illinois
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1    Urbana-Champaign.
2        (4) The University of Illinois at Chicago and the
3    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign may, in
4    collaboration with the Board of Higher Education and the
5    Illinois Community College Board, develop a protocol to
6    notify Illinois students who are not offered admission to
7    either university of the student's eligibility for
8    admission to a similar academic program at other public
9    universities and community colleges in this State.
 
10    (110 ILCS 118/19 new)
11    Sec. 19. Direct admission and pre-selection outreach
12program report.
13    (a) The Board of Higher Education shall submit a report on
14the direct admission program under Section 17 and the
15pre-selection outreach program under Section 18 to the
16Governor and General Assembly by February 1, 2027 and each
17February 1 thereafter. The report shall include, but is not
18limited to, information related to implementation of the
19direct admission program, the demographic and geographic data
20of students offered direct admission and the public university
21or community college to which direct admission was offered,
22the demographic and geographic data of students who qualified
23for pre-selection to the University of Illinois at Chicago and
24the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under Section
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1the demographic and geographic data of high school seniors and
2public community college transfer students who accepted direct
3admission and enrolled in the public university or public
4community college that offered that direct admission, changes
5in admissions and enrollment over time of high school seniors
6and public community college transfer students through the
7direct admission program, and recommendations to improve the
8direct admission program.
9    (b) All public universities in this State, the State Board
10of Education, the Illinois Community College Board, the
11Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and any other State
12agency that collects pertinent data shall furnish such data
13and information to the Board of Higher Education as the Board
14of Higher Education deems necessary to fulfill the
15requirements of this Section.
 
16    (110 ILCS 118/95 rep.)
17    Section 15. The Public University Uniform Admission Pilot
18Program Act is amended by repealing Section 95.
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.".