Full Text of HB2461 100th General Assembly
HB2461 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB2461 Introduced , by Rep. Emily McAsey SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/10-17a | from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a |
|
Amends the School Code. Requires school report cards to include the most current data collected and maintained (rather than possessed) by the State Board of Education. Requires the State Board to include in the school report cards certain demographic information concerning gifted education and advanced academic programs, as well as information concerning the number of teachers a school has who hold a gifted education endorsement.
|
| |
| | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | | STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
| | A BILL FOR |
|
| | | HB2461 | | LRB100 08502 MLM 18623 b |
|
| 1 | | AN ACT concerning 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 | | 10-17a as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report | 8 | | cards.
| 9 | | (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent | 10 | | school year, the State Board of Education, through the State | 11 | | Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, | 12 | | school district report cards, and school report cards, and | 13 | | shall by the most economic means provide to each school
| 14 | | district in this State, including special charter districts and | 15 | | districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report | 16 | | cards for the school district and each of its schools. | 17 | | (2) In addition to any information required by federal law, | 18 | | the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and | 19 | | presentation of the school report card, which must include, at | 20 | | a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained | 21 | | possessed by the State Board of Education related to the | 22 | | following: | 23 | | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, |
| | | HB2461 | - 2 - | LRB100 08502 MLM 18623 b |
|
| 1 | | including average class size, average teaching experience, | 2 | | student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of | 3 | | students classified as low-income; the percentage of | 4 | | students classified as English learners; the percentage of | 5 | | students who have individualized education plans or 504 | 6 | | plans that provide for special education services; the | 7 | | number and percentage of all students who have been | 8 | | assessed for placement in a gifted education or advanced | 9 | | academic program and, of those students: (i) the racial and | 10 | | ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are classified as | 11 | | low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students | 12 | | who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a | 13 | | gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the | 14 | | percentage who are classified as low-income; the | 15 | | percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds | 16 | | expectations" level on the assessments required under | 17 | | Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of students | 18 | | who annually transferred in or out of the school district; | 19 | | the per-pupil operating expenditure of the school | 20 | | district; and the per-pupil State average operating | 21 | | expenditure for the district type (elementary, high | 22 | | school, or unit); | 23 | | (B) curriculum information, including, where | 24 | | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | 25 | | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment | 26 | | courses, foreign language classes, school personnel |
| | | HB2461 | - 3 - | LRB100 08502 MLM 18623 b |
|
| 1 | | resources (including Career Technical Education teachers), | 2 | | before and after school programs, extracurricular | 3 | | activities, subjects in which elective classes are | 4 | | offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the | 5 | | average number of days of Physical Education per week per | 6 | | student), approved programs of study, awards received, | 7 | | community partnerships, and special programs such as | 8 | | programming for the gifted and talented, students with | 9 | | disabilities, and work-study students; | 10 | | (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the | 11 | | percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of | 12 | | State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth | 13 | | grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled | 14 | | in post-secondary institutions (including colleges, | 15 | | universities, community colleges, trade/vocational | 16 | | schools, and training programs leading to career | 17 | | certification within 2 semesters of high school | 18 | | graduation), the percentage of students graduating from | 19 | | high school who are college and career ready, and the | 20 | | percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges, | 21 | | colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses | 22 | | that the community college, college, or university | 23 | | identifies as a developmental course; | 24 | | (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the | 25 | | percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5 | 26 | | credits or more without failing more than one core class, a |
| | | HB2461 | - 4 - | LRB100 08502 MLM 18623 b |
|
| 1 | | measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a | 2 | | measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter | 3 | | high school on track for college and career readiness; | 4 | | (E) the school environment, including, where | 5 | | applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10 | 6 | | absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with | 7 | | less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other | 8 | | than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to | 9 | | the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term | 10 | | disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the | 11 | | percentage of teachers returning to the school from the | 12 | | previous year, the number of different principals at the | 13 | | school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold | 14 | | a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria | 15 | | used by the district to determine whether a student is | 16 | | eligible for participation in a gifted education program or | 17 | | advanced academic program and the manner in which parents | 18 | | and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2 | 19 | | or more indicators from any school climate survey selected | 20 | | or approved by the State and administered pursuant to | 21 | | Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar | 22 | | indicators included on school report cards for all surveys | 23 | | selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section | 24 | | 2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of | 25 | | teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most | 26 | | recent evaluation; and |
| | | HB2461 | - 5 - | LRB100 08502 MLM 18623 b |
|
| 1 | | (F) a school district's and its individual schools' | 2 | | balanced accountability measure, in accordance with | 3 | | Section 2-3.25a of this Code. | 4 | | The school report card shall also provide
information that | 5 | | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | 6 | | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | 7 | | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | 8 | | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | 9 | | enrollment of low-income students, special education students, | 10 | | and English learners.
| 11 | | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | 12 | | school district report card shall include a subset of the | 13 | | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | 14 | | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating | 15 | | to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the | 16 | | school district, and the State report card shall include a | 17 | | subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through | 18 | | (E) of subsection (2) of this Section. | 19 | | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | 20 | | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | 21 | | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | 22 | | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | 23 | | State report card. | 24 | | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | 25 | | of the school district and school report cards from the State | 26 | | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including |
| | | HB2461 | - 6 - | LRB100 08502 MLM 18623 b |
|
| 1 | | special charter districts and districts subject to the | 2 | | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | 3 | | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | 4 | | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's | 5 | | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
| 6 | | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of general | 7 | | circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, send the | 8 | | report cards
home to a parent (unless the district does not | 9 | | maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the report card | 10 | | shall be sent home to parents without request). If the
district | 11 | | posts the report card on its Internet web
site, the district
| 12 | | shall send a
written notice home to parents stating (i) that | 13 | | the report card is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address | 14 | | of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
| 15 | | will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone | 16 | | number that parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the | 17 | | report card.
| 18 | | (6) Nothing contained in this amendatory Act of the 98th | 19 | | General Assembly repeals, supersedes, invalidates, or | 20 | | nullifies final decisions in lawsuits pending on the effective | 21 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly in | 22 | | Illinois courts involving the interpretation of Public Act | 23 | | 97-8. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-648, eff. 7-1-14; 99-30, | 25 | | eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
|
|