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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 adding Section 
52-3.64c as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64c new)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2015)
8    Sec. 2-3.64c. Assessment Review Task Force.  The State 
9Superintendent of Education shall appoint a task force to 
10review standardized assessments.  The task force shall consist 
11of all of the following individuals:
12        (1)  Two parents.
13        (2)  One educator representing a statewide professional 
14    teachers' organization.
15        (3)  One educator representing a different statewide 
16    professional teachers' organization.
17        (4)  One educator representing a professional teachers' 
18    organization in a city having a population exceeding 
19    500,000.
20        (5)  One early childhood educator.
21        (6)  One school district administrator representing an 
22    association representing school administrators.
23        (7)  One school principal representing an association 
 
 
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1    representing school principals.
2        (8)  One school district board member representing an 
3    association representing school board members.
4        (9)  One early childhood center administrator.
5        (10)  One assessment expert.
6        (11)  One representative of the State Board of 
7    Education.
8        (12)  One representative of regional superintendents of 
9    schools.
10        (13)  One representative of a 4-year institution of 
11    higher education.
12        (14)  One representative of a 2-year institution of 
13    higher education.
14        (15)  One citizen who is a resident of this State.
15        (16) One representative from an organization 
16    representing high school districts. 
17    The State Superintendent shall appoint one of the task 
18force members as chairperson of the task force.  The task force 
19shall meet at least 4 times to review standardized assessments.  
20This review shall include at least 5% of school districts in 
21this State that represent a regionally equal sampling selected 
22from among those counties of this State other than Cook County 
23and the 5 counties contiguous to Cook County and shall include 
24a school district located in a city having a population over 
25500,000. The task force shall review the content and design of 
26standardized assessments; the time and money expended to 
 
 
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1prepare for standardized assessments as measured against the 
2purpose of the assessment; parent, student, and educator 
3perceptions of the level and intensity of standardized 
4assessments; and any other issues involving standardized 
5assessments identified by the task force.  The State Board of 
6Education shall provide administrative support to the task 
7force.
8    The task force shall report its findings to the Governor 
9and General Assembly no later than May 31, 2015, and, upon 
10filing its report, the task force is dissolved.  This Section is 
11repealed on June 1, 2015. 
 

12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
132014.