Full Text of SB3236 100th General Assembly
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| 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 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 100-448 ) | 8 | | Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report | 9 | | cards.
| 10 | | (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent | 11 | | school year, the State Board of Education, through the State | 12 | | Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, | 13 | | school district report cards, and school report cards, and | 14 | | shall by the most economic means provide to each school
| 15 | | district in this State, including special charter districts and | 16 | | districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report | 17 | | cards for the school district and each of its schools. | 18 | | (2) In addition to any information required by federal law, | 19 | | the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and | 20 | | presentation of the school report card, which must include, at | 21 | | a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by | 22 | | the State Board of Education related to the following: | 23 | | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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; |
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| 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 | | (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the | 5 | | State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the | 6 | | State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's | 7 | | employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of | 8 | | Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State | 9 | | of Illinois; and | 10 | | (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of | 11 | | this Code only, State contributions to the Public School | 12 | | Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State | 13 | | contributions for health care for employees of that school | 14 | | district ; . | 15 | | (I) (G) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, | 16 | | as defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section | 17 | | 18-8.15 of this Code; | 18 | | (J) (H) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as | 19 | | defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section | 20 | | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; and | 21 | | (K) (I) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined | 22 | | in paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of | 23 | | this Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, | 24 | | as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section | 25 | | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount ; and | 26 | | . |
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| 1 | | (L) a school district's administrative costs. | 2 | | The school report card shall also provide
information that | 3 | | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | 4 | | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | 5 | | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | 6 | | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | 7 | | enrollment of low-income students, special education students, | 8 | | and English learners.
| 9 | | As used in this subsection paragraph (2): | 10 | | "Administrative costs" means costs associated with | 11 | | executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the | 12 | | school district that involve planning, organizing, managing, | 13 | | or directing the school district. | 14 | | "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to | 15 | | which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability | 16 | | or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers | 17 | | and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated | 18 | | from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge | 19 | | and pace. | 20 | | "Gifted education" means educational services, including | 21 | | differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed | 22 | | to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A | 23 | | of this Code. | 24 | | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | 25 | | school district report card shall include a subset of the | 26 | | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of |
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| 1 | | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating | 2 | | to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the | 3 | | school district, and the State report card shall include a | 4 | | subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through | 5 | | (E) of subsection (2) of this Section. | 6 | | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | 7 | | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | 8 | | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | 9 | | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | 10 | | State report card. | 11 | | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | 12 | | of the school district and school report cards from the State | 13 | | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including | 14 | | special charter districts and districts subject to the | 15 | | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | 16 | | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | 17 | | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's | 18 | | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
| 19 | | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of general | 20 | | circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, send the | 21 | | report cards
home to a parent (unless the district does not | 22 | | maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the report card | 23 | | shall be sent home to parents without request). If the
district | 24 | | posts the report card on its Internet web
site, the district
| 25 | | shall send a
written notice home to parents stating (i) that | 26 | | the report card is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address |
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| 1 | | of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
| 2 | | will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone | 3 | | number that parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the | 4 | | report card.
| 5 | | (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 this amendatory | 6 | | Act of the 98th General Assembly repeals, supersedes, | 7 | | invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in lawsuits pending | 8 | | on July 1, 2014 ( the effective date of Public Act 98-648) this | 9 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly in Illinois courts | 10 | | involving the interpretation of Public Act 97-8. | 11 | | (Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; | 12 | | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff. | 13 | | 1-1-18; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; revised 9-25-17.)
| 14 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 100-448 ) | 15 | | Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report | 16 | | cards.
| 17 | | (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent | 18 | | school year, the State Board of Education, through the State | 19 | | Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, | 20 | | school district report cards, and school report cards, and | 21 | | shall by the most economic means provide to each school
| 22 | | district in this State, including special charter districts and | 23 | | districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report | 24 | | cards for the school district and each of its schools. | 25 | | (2) In addition to any information required by federal law, |
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| 1 | | the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and | 2 | | presentation of the school report card, which must include, at | 3 | | a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by | 4 | | the State Board of Education related to the following: | 5 | | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, | 6 | | including average class size, average teaching experience, | 7 | | student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of | 8 | | students classified as low-income; the percentage of | 9 | | students classified as English learners; the percentage of | 10 | | students who have individualized education plans or 504 | 11 | | plans that provide for special education services; the | 12 | | number and percentage of all students who have been | 13 | | assessed for placement in a gifted education or advanced | 14 | | academic program and, of those students: (i) the racial and | 15 | | ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are classified as | 16 | | low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students | 17 | | who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a | 18 | | gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the | 19 | | percentage who are classified as low-income; the | 20 | | percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds | 21 | | expectations" level on the assessments required under | 22 | | Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of students | 23 | | who annually transferred in or out of the school district; | 24 | | average daily attendance; the per-pupil operating | 25 | | expenditure of the school district; and the per-pupil State | 26 | | average operating expenditure for the district type |
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| 1 | | (elementary, high school, or unit); | 2 | | (B) curriculum information, including, where | 3 | | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | 4 | | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment | 5 | | courses, foreign language classes, school personnel | 6 | | resources (including Career Technical Education teachers), | 7 | | before and after school programs, extracurricular | 8 | | activities, subjects in which elective classes are | 9 | | offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the | 10 | | average number of days of Physical Education per week per | 11 | | student), approved programs of study, awards received, | 12 | | community partnerships, and special programs such as | 13 | | programming for the gifted and talented, students with | 14 | | disabilities, and work-study students; | 15 | | (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the | 16 | | percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of | 17 | | State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth | 18 | | grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled | 19 | | in post-secondary institutions (including colleges, | 20 | | universities, community colleges, trade/vocational | 21 | | schools, and training programs leading to career | 22 | | certification within 2 semesters of high school | 23 | | graduation), the percentage of students graduating from | 24 | | high school who are college and career ready, and the | 25 | | percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges, | 26 | | colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses |
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| 1 | | that the community college, college, or university | 2 | | identifies as a developmental course; | 3 | | (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the | 4 | | percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5 | 5 | | credits or more without failing more than one core class, a | 6 | | measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a | 7 | | measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter | 8 | | high school on track for college and career readiness; | 9 | | (E) the school environment, including, where | 10 | | applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10 | 11 | | absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with | 12 | | less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other | 13 | | than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to | 14 | | the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term | 15 | | disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the | 16 | | percentage of teachers returning to the school from the | 17 | | previous year, the number of different principals at the | 18 | | school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold | 19 | | a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria | 20 | | used by the district to determine whether a student is | 21 | | eligible for participation in a gifted education program or | 22 | | advanced academic program and the manner in which parents | 23 | | and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2 | 24 | | or more indicators from any school climate survey selected | 25 | | or approved by the State and administered pursuant to | 26 | | Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar |
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| 1 | | indicators included on school report cards for all surveys | 2 | | selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section | 3 | | 2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of | 4 | | teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most | 5 | | recent evaluation; | 6 | | (F) a school district's and its individual schools' | 7 | | balanced accountability measure, in accordance with | 8 | | Section 2-3.25a of this Code; | 9 | | (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the | 10 | | State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the | 11 | | State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's | 12 | | employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of | 13 | | Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State | 14 | | of Illinois; and | 15 | | (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of | 16 | | this Code only, State contributions to the Public School | 17 | | Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State | 18 | | contributions for health care for employees of that school | 19 | | district ; . | 20 | | (I) (G) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, | 21 | | as defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section | 22 | | 18-8.15 of this Code; | 23 | | (J) (H) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as | 24 | | defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section | 25 | | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; and | 26 | | (K) (I) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined |
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| 1 | | in paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of | 2 | | this Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, | 3 | | as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section | 4 | | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount ; | 5 | | and . | 6 | | (L) a school district's administrative costs. | 7 | | The school report card shall also provide
information that | 8 | | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | 9 | | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | 10 | | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | 11 | | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | 12 | | enrollment of low-income students, special education students, | 13 | | and English learners.
| 14 | | As used in this subsection paragraph (2): | 15 | | "Administrative costs" means costs associated with | 16 | | executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the | 17 | | school district that involve planning, organizing, managing, | 18 | | or directing the school district. | 19 | | "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to | 20 | | which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability | 21 | | or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers | 22 | | and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated | 23 | | from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge | 24 | | and pace. | 25 | | "Gifted education" means educational services, including | 26 | | differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed |
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| 1 | | to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A | 2 | | of this Code. | 3 | | For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2), | 4 | | "average daily attendance" means the average of the actual | 5 | | number of attendance days during the previous school year for | 6 | | any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance by | 7 | | Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school. | 8 | | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | 9 | | school district report card shall include a subset of the | 10 | | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | 11 | | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating | 12 | | to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the | 13 | | school district, and the State report card shall include a | 14 | | subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through | 15 | | (E) of subsection (2) of this Section. The school district | 16 | | report card shall include the average daily attendance, as that | 17 | | term is defined in subsection (2) of this Section, of students | 18 | | who have individualized education programs and students who | 19 | | have 504 plans that provide for special education services | 20 | | within the school district. | 21 | | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | 22 | | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | 23 | | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | 24 | | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | 25 | | State report card. | 26 | | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt |
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| 1 | | of the school district and school report cards from the State | 2 | | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including | 3 | | special charter districts and districts subject to the | 4 | | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | 5 | | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | 6 | | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's | 7 | | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
| 8 | | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of general | 9 | | circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, send the | 10 | | report cards
home to a parent (unless the district does not | 11 | | maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the report card | 12 | | shall be sent home to parents without request). If the
district | 13 | | posts the report card on its Internet web
site, the district
| 14 | | shall send a
written notice home to parents stating (i) that | 15 | | the report card is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address | 16 | | of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
| 17 | | will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone | 18 | | number that parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the | 19 | | report card.
| 20 | | (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 this amendatory | 21 | | Act of the 98th General Assembly repeals, supersedes, | 22 | | invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in lawsuits pending | 23 | | on July 1, 2014 ( the effective date of Public Act 98-648) this | 24 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly in Illinois courts | 25 | | involving the interpretation of Public Act 97-8. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; |
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| 1 | | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff. | 2 | | 1-1-18; 100-448, eff. 7-1-19; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; revised | 3 | | 9-25-17.) | 4 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 5 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 6 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 7 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 8 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 9 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 10 | | Public Act.
| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 | | becoming law.
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