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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 Section
524A-7 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/24A-7)  (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7)
7    Sec. 24A-7. Rules. The State Board of Education is
8authorized to adopt such rules as are deemed necessary to
9implement and accomplish the purposes and provisions of this
10Article, including, but not limited to, rules (i) relating to
11the methods for measuring student growth (including, but not
12limited to, limitations on the age of useable data; the amount
13of data needed to reliably and validly measure growth for the
14purpose of teacher and principal evaluations; and whether and
15at what time annual State assessments may be used as one of
16multiple measures of student growth), (ii) defining the term
17"significant factor" for purposes of including consideration
18of student growth in performance ratings, (iii) controlling for
19such factors as student characteristics (including, but not
20limited to, students receiving special education and English
21Language Learner services), student attendance, and student
22mobility so as to best measure the impact that a teacher,
23principal, school and school district has on students' academic

 

 

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1achievement, (iv) establishing minimum requirements for
2district teacher and principal evaluation instruments and
3procedures, and (v) establishing a model evaluation plan for
4use by school districts in which student growth shall comprise
550% of the performance rating. Notwithstanding any provision in
6this Section, such rules shall not preclude a school district
7having 500,000 or more inhabitants from using an annual State
8assessment as the sole measure of student growth for purposes
9of teacher or principal evaluations.
10    The rules shall be developed through a process involving
11collaboration with a Performance Evaluation Advisory Council,
12which shall be convened and staffed by the State Board of
13Education. Members of the Council shall be selected by the
14State Superintendent and include, without limitation,
15representatives of teacher unions and school district
16management, persons with expertise in performance evaluation
17processes and systems, as well as other stakeholders. The
18Performance Evaluation Advisory Council shall meet at least
19quarterly following the effective date of this amendatory Act
20of the 96th General Assembly until June 30, 2021 2017.
21    Prior to the applicable implementation date, these rules
22shall not apply to teachers assigned to schools identified in
23an agreement entered into between the board of a school
24district operating under Article 34 of this Code and the
25exclusive representative of the district's teachers in
26accordance with Section 34-85c of this Code.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 95-510, eff. 8-28-07; 96-861, eff. 1-15-10;
296-1423, eff. 8-3-10.)