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Full Text of HB5330 98th General Assembly

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House Amendment 004   Senate Amendment 001
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HB5330ham004 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
Filed: 4/7/2014

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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5330
2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5330, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:

5     "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
6 2-3.64c as follows:

7     (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64c new)
8     (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2015)
9     Sec. 2-3.64c. Assessment Review Task Force. The State
10 Superintendent of Education shall appoint a task force to
11 review standardized assessments. The task force shall consist
12 of all of the following individuals:
13         (1) Two parents.
14         (2) One educator representing a statewide professional
15     teachers' organization.
16         (3) One educator representing a different statewide

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1     professional teachers' organization.
2         (4) One educator representing a professional teachers'
3     organization in a city having a population exceeding
4     500,000.
5         (5) One early childhood educator.
6         (6) One school district administrator representing an
7     association representing school administrators.
8         (7) One school principal representing an association
9     representing school principals.
10         (8) One school district board member representing an
11     association representing school board members.
12         (9) One early childhood center administrator.
13         (10) One assessment expert.
14         (11) One representative of the State Board of
15     Education.
16         (12) One representative of regional superintendents of
17     schools.
18         (13) One representative of a 4-year institution of
19     higher education.
20         (14) One representative of a 2-year institution of
21     higher education.
22         (15) One citizen who is a resident of this State.
23         (16) One representative from an organization
24     representing high school districts.
25     The State Superintendent shall appoint one of the task
26 force members as chairperson of the task force. The task force

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1 shall meet at least 4 times to review standardized assessments.
2 This review shall include at least 5% of school districts in
3 this State that represent a regionally equal sampling selected
4 from among those counties of this State other than Cook County
5 and the 5 counties contiguous to Cook County and shall include
6 a school district located in a city having a population over
7 500,000. The task force shall review the content and design of
8 standardized assessments; the time and money expended to
9 prepare for standardized assessments as measured against the
10 purpose of the assessment; parent, student, and educator
11 perceptions of the level and intensity of standardized
12 assessments; and any other issues involving standardized
13 assessments identified by the task force. The State Board of
14 Education shall provide administrative support to the task
15 force.
16     The task force shall report its findings to the Governor
17 and General Assembly no later than May 31, 2015, and, upon
18 filing its report, the task force is dissolved. This Section is
19 repealed on June 1, 2015.

20     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
21 2014.".

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