SB2793eng 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2793 Engrossed LRB098 17391 NHT 52489 b

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 2-3.160 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.160 new)

Sec. 2-3.160. Student discipline report; school discipline improvement plan.

(a) On or before October 31, 2015 and on or before October 31 of each subsequent year, the State Board of Education, through the State Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a report on student discipline in all school districts in this State. This report must be posted on the Internet website of the State Board of Education. The report shall include both of the following:

(1) Data on the issuance of out-of-school suspensions, expulsions, and removals to alternative settings, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, gender, age, grade level, limited English proficiency, incident type, and discipline duration.

(2) Data on the use of arrests or criminal citations, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, gender, and age.

(b) The State Board of Education shall analyze the data under subsection (a) of this Section on an annual basis and determine the top quartile of school districts for the following metric: total number of instructional days on which students were excluded, divided by the total student population. The State Board of Education shall determine the top quartile of school districts for racial disproportionality in this metric. The State Board of Education shall require each of the school districts identified in this quartile to submit a school discipline improvement plan identifying the strategies the school district will implement to reduce the use of harsh disciplinary practices. This plan must be approved at a public school board meeting and posted on the school district's Internet website. Within one year after being identified, the school district shall post a progress report describing the implementation of the school discipline improvement plan and the results achieved on the school district's Internet website.

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