Full Text of HB3500 94th General Assembly
HB3500eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
|
|
|
HB3500 Engrossed |
|
LRB094 07158 NHT 37312 b |
|
| 1 |
| AN ACT relating to education.
| 2 |
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 |
| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
Section | 5 |
| 2-3.25d as follows:
| 6 |
| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25d) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25d)
| 7 |
| Sec. 2-3.25d. Academic early warning and watch status.
| 8 |
| (a) Those schools that do not meet adequate yearly progress | 9 |
| criteria, as
specified by the State Board of Education through | 10 |
| the adoption of rules , for 2 consecutive annual
calculations,
| 11 |
| shall be placed on academic early warning status for the next | 12 |
| school year.
Schools on academic early warning status that do | 13 |
| not meet adequate yearly
progress criteria for a third annual | 14 |
| calculation shall remain on academic early
warning status. | 15 |
| Schools on academic early warning status that do not meet
| 16 |
| adequate yearly progress criteria for a fourth annual | 17 |
| calculation shall be
placed
on initial academic watch status. | 18 |
| Schools on academic watch status that do not
meet adequate | 19 |
| yearly progress criteria for a fifth or subsequent annual
| 20 |
| calculation shall remain on academic watch status. Schools on | 21 |
| academic early
warning or academic watch status that meet | 22 |
| adequate yearly progress criteria
for
one annual calculation | 23 |
| shall be acknowledged for making improvement and shall
maintain | 24 |
| their current statuses for the next school year. Schools on | 25 |
| academic
early warning or academic watch status that meet | 26 |
| adequate yearly progress
criteria for 2 consecutive annual | 27 |
| calculations shall be considered as having
met
expectations and | 28 |
| shall be removed from any status designation.
| 29 |
| The school district of a school placed on either academic | 30 |
| early warning
status or academic watch status may appeal the | 31 |
| status to the State Board of
Education in accordance with | 32 |
| Section 2-3.25m of this Code.
|
|
|
|
HB3500 Engrossed |
- 2 - |
LRB094 07158 NHT 37312 b |
|
| 1 |
| A school district that has one or more schools on academic | 2 |
| early warning
or academic watch status shall prepare a revised | 3 |
| School Improvement Plan or
amendments thereto setting forth the | 4 |
| district's expectations for removing each
school from academic | 5 |
| early warning or academic watch status and for improving
| 6 |
| student performance in the affected school or schools. | 7 |
| Districts operating
under
Article 34 of this Code may prepare | 8 |
| the School Improvement Plan required under
Section 34-2.4 of | 9 |
| this Code.
| 10 |
| The revised School Improvement Plan for a school
that is | 11 |
| initially placed on academic early warning status
or that | 12 |
| remains on
academic early warning status after a third annual | 13 |
| calculation
must be approved by
the
school board (and by the | 14 |
| school's local school council in a district operating
under | 15 |
| Article 34 of this Code, unless the school is on probation | 16 |
| pursuant to
subsection (c) of Section
34-8.3 of this Code).
| 17 |
| The revised School Improvement Plan for a school placed on | 18 |
| initial
academic watch status after a fourth annual calculation | 19 |
| must be approved by the
school board (and by the school's local | 20 |
| school council in a district operating
under Article 34 of this | 21 |
| Code, unless the school is on probation pursuant to
subsection | 22 |
| (c) of Section
34-8.3 of this Code) and the State | 23 |
| Superintendent of Education.
| 24 |
| The revised School Improvement Plan for a school that | 25 |
| remains on
academic watch status after a fifth annual | 26 |
| calculation must be approved by the
school board (and by the | 27 |
| school's local school council in a district operating
under | 28 |
| Article 34 of this Code, unless the school is on probation | 29 |
| pursuant to
subsection (c) of Section
34-8.3 of this Code) and | 30 |
| the State Superintendent of Education.
In addition, the | 31 |
| district must develop a school restructuring plan for the
| 32 |
| school that
must
be approved by the school board (and by the | 33 |
| school's local school council in a
district operating under | 34 |
| Article 34 of this Code) and subsequently approved by
the State | 35 |
| Superintendent of Education.
| 36 |
| A school on academic watch status that does not meet |
|
|
|
HB3500 Engrossed |
- 3 - |
LRB094 07158 NHT 37312 b |
|
| 1 |
| adequate yearly
progress criteria for a sixth annual | 2 |
| calculation shall implement its approved
school restructuring | 3 |
| plan beginning with the next school year, subject to the
State
| 4 |
| interventions specified in Section 2-3.25f of this Code.
| 5 |
| (b) Those school districts that do not meet adequate yearly | 6 |
| progress
criteria, as specified by the State Board of Education | 7 |
| through the adoption of rules , for 2 consecutive
annual
| 8 |
| calculations, shall be placed on academic early warning status | 9 |
| for the next
school year. Districts on academic early warning | 10 |
| status that do not meet
adequate yearly progress criteria for a | 11 |
| third annual calculation shall remain
on
academic early warning | 12 |
| status. Districts on academic early warning status that
do not | 13 |
| meet adequate yearly progress criteria for a fourth annual | 14 |
| calculation
shall
be placed on initial academic watch status. | 15 |
| Districts on academic watch status
that do not meet adequate | 16 |
| yearly progress criteria for a fifth or subsequent
annual | 17 |
| calculation shall remain on academic watch status. Districts on | 18 |
| academic
early warning or academic watch status that meet | 19 |
| adequate yearly progress
criteria for one annual calculation | 20 |
| shall be acknowledged for making
improvement and shall maintain | 21 |
| their current statuses for the next school year.
Districts on | 22 |
| academic early warning or academic watch status that meet | 23 |
| adequate
yearly progress criteria for 2 consecutive annual | 24 |
| calculations shall be
considered
as having met expectations and | 25 |
| shall be removed from any status designation.
| 26 |
| A district placed on either academic early warning status | 27 |
| or academic
watch status may appeal the status to the State | 28 |
| Board of Education in
accordance with Section 2-3.25m of this | 29 |
| Code.
| 30 |
| Districts on academic early warning or academic watch | 31 |
| status shall
prepare a District Improvement Plan or amendments | 32 |
| thereto setting forth the
district's expectations for removing | 33 |
| the district from academic early warning
or
academic watch | 34 |
| status and for improving student performance in the district.
| 35 |
| The
District Improvement Plan for a district that is | 36 |
| initially placed on academic
early
warning status must be |
|
|
|
HB3500 Engrossed |
- 4 - |
LRB094 07158 NHT 37312 b |
|
| 1 |
| approved by the school board.
| 2 |
| The revised District Improvement Plan for a district that | 3 |
| remains on
academic early warning status after a third annual | 4 |
| calculation must be approved
by the school board.
| 5 |
| The revised District Improvement Plan for a district on | 6 |
| initial academic
watch
status after a fourth annual calculation | 7 |
| must be approved by the school board
and the State | 8 |
| Superintendent of Education.
| 9 |
| The revised District Improvement Plan for a district that | 10 |
| remains on
academic watch status after a fifth annual | 11 |
| calculation must be approved by the
school board and the State | 12 |
| Superintendent of Education. In addition, the
district must
| 13 |
| develop a district restructuring plan that must be approved by | 14 |
| the school
board and the State Superintendent of Education.
| 15 |
| A district on academic watch status that does not meet | 16 |
| adequate yearly
progress criteria for a sixth annual | 17 |
| calculation shall implement its approved
district | 18 |
| restructuring plan beginning with the next school year, subject | 19 |
| to
the State
interventions specified in Section 2-3.25f of this | 20 |
| Code.
| 21 |
| (b-5) For the purpose of calculating adequate yearly | 22 |
| progress under subsections (a) and (b) of this Section by the | 23 |
| State, a school district, or a school, a full academic year | 24 |
| must be defined as continuous enrollment of a student in the | 25 |
| district or school for 176 days of pupil attendance prior to | 26 |
| the date of the administration of State assessments. Nothing in | 27 |
| this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly prohibits a | 28 |
| school district or school from administering a State assessment | 29 |
| to any student for the purpose of assessing the student's | 30 |
| mastery of the curriculum.
| 31 |
| (c) All revised School and District Improvement Plans shall | 32 |
| be developed
in collaboration with staff in the affected school | 33 |
| or school district. All
revised
School and District Improvement | 34 |
| Plans shall be developed, submitted, and
approved pursuant to | 35 |
| rules adopted by the State Board of Education. The
revised | 36 |
| Improvement Plan shall address measurable outcomes for |
|
|
|
HB3500 Engrossed |
- 5 - |
LRB094 07158 NHT 37312 b |
|
| 1 |
| improving
student performance so that such performance meets | 2 |
| adequate yearly progress
criteria as specified by the State | 3 |
| Board of Education.
| 4 |
| (d) All federal requirements apply to schools and school | 5 |
| districts utilizing
federal funds under Title I, Part A of the | 6 |
| federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965. | 7 |
| (e) The State Board of Education, from any moneys it may | 8 |
| have available for this purpose, must implement
and administer | 9 |
| a grant
program that provides 2-year grants to school districts | 10 |
| on the academic watch
list and other school districts that have | 11 |
| the lowest achieving students, as
determined by the State Board | 12 |
| of Education, to be
used to improve student achievement.
In | 13 |
| order
to receive a
grant under this program, a school district | 14 |
| must establish an accountability
program. The
accountability | 15 |
| program must involve the use of statewide testing standards and
| 16 |
| local
evaluation measures. A grant shall be automatically | 17 |
| renewed when achievement
goals are met. The Board may adopt any | 18 |
| rules necessary to implement and
administer this grant program.
| 19 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03; 93-890, eff. 8-9-04.)
| 20 |
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 21 |
| becoming law. |
|