Full Text of HB0817 101st 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 and by adding Section 2-3.176 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.176 new) | 7 | | Sec. 2-3.176. Computer science education grants. | 8 | | (a) In this Section, "computer science education" means the | 9 | | study of computers and algorithmic processes, including their | 10 | | principles, hardware and software designs, implementation, and | 11 | | impact on society. | 12 | | (b) Subject to appropriation or private donations, the | 13 | | State Board of Education shall make available to school | 14 | | districts grants to support computer science education. A | 15 | | school district must use grant funds awarded under this Section | 16 | | for educator salaries, professional development for educators, | 17 | | and the equipment needed to facilitate computer science | 18 | | education. Of the total grant amount received, a school | 19 | | district must use 20% for professional development for | 20 | | educators. The State Board shall prioritize the distribution of | 21 | | grants under this Section to Organizational Units assigned to | 22 | | Tier 1 or Tier 2 under Section 18-8.15.
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
| 2 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 100-448 ) | 3 | | Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report | 4 | | cards.
| 5 | | (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent | 6 | | school year, the State Board of Education, through the State | 7 | | Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, | 8 | | school district report cards, and school report cards, and | 9 | | shall by the most economic means provide to each school
| 10 | | district in this State, including special charter districts and | 11 | | districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report | 12 | | cards for the school district and each of its schools. | 13 | | (2) In addition to any information required by federal law, | 14 | | the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and | 15 | | presentation of the school report card, which must include, at | 16 | | a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by | 17 | | the State Board of Education related to the following: | 18 | | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, | 19 | | including average class size, average teaching experience, | 20 | | student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of | 21 | | students classified as low-income; the percentage of | 22 | | students classified as English learners; the percentage of | 23 | | students who have individualized education plans or 504 | 24 | | plans that provide for special education services; the | 25 | | number and percentage of all students who have been | 26 | | assessed for placement in a gifted education or advanced |
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| 1 | | academic program and, of those students: (i) the racial and | 2 | | ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are classified as | 3 | | low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students | 4 | | who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a | 5 | | gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the | 6 | | percentage who are classified as low-income; the | 7 | | percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds | 8 | | expectations" level on the assessments required under | 9 | | Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of students | 10 | | who annually transferred in or out of the school district; | 11 | | the per-pupil operating expenditure of the school | 12 | | district; and the per-pupil State average operating | 13 | | expenditure for the district type (elementary, high | 14 | | school, or unit); | 15 | | (B) curriculum information, including, where | 16 | | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | 17 | | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment | 18 | | courses, foreign language classes, computer science | 19 | | courses, school personnel resources (including Career | 20 | | Technical Education teachers), before and after school | 21 | | programs, extracurricular activities, subjects in which | 22 | | elective classes are offered, health and wellness | 23 | | initiatives (including the average number of days of | 24 | | Physical Education per week per student), approved | 25 | | programs of study, awards received, community | 26 | | partnerships, and special programs such as programming for |
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| 1 | | the gifted and talented, students with disabilities, and | 2 | | work-study students; | 3 | | (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the | 4 | | percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of | 5 | | State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth | 6 | | grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled | 7 | | in post-secondary institutions (including colleges, | 8 | | universities, community colleges, trade/vocational | 9 | | schools, and training programs leading to career | 10 | | certification within 2 semesters of high school | 11 | | graduation), the percentage of students graduating from | 12 | | high school who are college and career ready, and the | 13 | | percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges, | 14 | | colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses | 15 | | that the community college, college, or university | 16 | | identifies as a developmental course; | 17 | | (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the | 18 | | percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5 | 19 | | credits or more without failing more than one core class, a | 20 | | measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a | 21 | | measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter | 22 | | high school on track for college and career readiness; | 23 | | (E) the school environment, including, where | 24 | | applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10 | 25 | | absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with | 26 | | less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other |
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| 1 | | than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to | 2 | | the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term | 3 | | disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the | 4 | | percentage of teachers returning to the school from the | 5 | | previous year, the number of different principals at the | 6 | | school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold | 7 | | a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria | 8 | | used by the district to determine whether a student is | 9 | | eligible for participation in a gifted education program or | 10 | | advanced academic program and the manner in which parents | 11 | | and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2 | 12 | | or more indicators from any school climate survey selected | 13 | | or approved by the State and administered pursuant to | 14 | | Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar | 15 | | indicators included on school report cards for all surveys | 16 | | selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section | 17 | | 2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of | 18 | | teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most | 19 | | recent evaluation; | 20 | | (F) a school district's and its individual schools' | 21 | | balanced accountability measure, in accordance with | 22 | | Section 2-3.25a of this Code; | 23 | | (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the | 24 | | State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the | 25 | | State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's | 26 | | employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of |
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| 1 | | Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State | 2 | | of Illinois; | 3 | | (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of | 4 | | this Code only, State contributions to the Public School | 5 | | Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State | 6 | | contributions for health care for employees of that school | 7 | | district; | 8 | | (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as | 9 | | defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section | 10 | | 18-8.15 of this Code; | 11 | | (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as | 12 | | defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section | 13 | | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; | 14 | | (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in | 15 | | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this | 16 | | Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as | 17 | | defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section | 18 | | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; and | 19 | | (L) a school district's administrative costs ; and . | 20 | | (M) (L) whether or not the school has participated in | 21 | | the Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M) (L) , | 22 | | "Illinois Youth Survey" means a self-report survey, | 23 | | administered in school settings every 2 years, designed to | 24 | | gather information about health and social indicators, | 25 | | including substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of | 26 | | students in grades 8, 10, and 12. |
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| 1 | | The school report card shall also provide
information that | 2 | | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | 3 | | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | 4 | | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | 5 | | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | 6 | | enrollment of low-income students, special education students, | 7 | | and English learners.
| 8 | | As used in this subsection (2): | 9 | | "Administrative costs" means costs associated with | 10 | | executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the | 11 | | school district that involve planning, organizing, managing, | 12 | | or directing the school district. | 13 | | "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to | 14 | | which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability | 15 | | or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers | 16 | | and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated | 17 | | from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge | 18 | | and pace. | 19 | | "Gifted education" means educational services, including | 20 | | differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed | 21 | | to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A | 22 | | of this Code. | 23 | | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | 24 | | school district report card shall include a subset of the | 25 | | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | 26 | | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating |
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| 1 | | to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the | 2 | | school district, and the State report card shall include a | 3 | | subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through | 4 | | (E) of subsection (2) of this Section. | 5 | | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | 6 | | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | 7 | | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | 8 | | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | 9 | | State report card. | 10 | | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | 11 | | of the school district and school report cards from the State | 12 | | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including | 13 | | special charter districts and districts subject to the | 14 | | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | 15 | | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | 16 | | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's | 17 | | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
| 18 | | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of general | 19 | | circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, send the | 20 | | report cards
home to a parent (unless the district does not | 21 | | maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the report card | 22 | | shall be sent home to parents without request). If the
district | 23 | | posts the report card on its Internet web
site, the district
| 24 | | shall send a
written notice home to parents stating (i) that | 25 | | the report card is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address | 26 | | of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
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| 1 | | will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone | 2 | | number that parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the | 3 | | report card.
| 4 | | (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals, | 5 | | supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in | 6 | | lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public | 7 | | Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of | 8 | | Public Act 97-8. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; | 10 | | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff. | 11 | | 1-1-18; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-807, eff. 8-10-18; 100-863, | 12 | | eff. 8-14-18; 100-1121, eff. 1-1-19; revised 12-19-18.)
| 13 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 100-448 ) | 14 | | Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report | 15 | | cards.
| 16 | | (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent | 17 | | school year, the State Board of Education, through the State | 18 | | Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, | 19 | | school district report cards, and school report cards, and | 20 | | shall by the most economic means provide to each school
| 21 | | district in this State, including special charter districts and | 22 | | districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report | 23 | | cards for the school district and each of its schools. | 24 | | (2) In addition to any information required by federal law, | 25 | | the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and |
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| 1 | | presentation of the school report card, which must include, at | 2 | | a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by | 3 | | the State Board of Education related to the following: | 4 | | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, | 5 | | including average class size, average teaching experience, | 6 | | student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of | 7 | | students classified as low-income; the percentage of | 8 | | students classified as English learners; the percentage of | 9 | | students who have individualized education plans or 504 | 10 | | plans that provide for special education services; the | 11 | | number and percentage of all students who have been | 12 | | assessed for placement in a gifted education or advanced | 13 | | academic program and, of those students: (i) the racial and | 14 | | ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are classified as | 15 | | low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students | 16 | | who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a | 17 | | gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the | 18 | | percentage who are classified as low-income; the | 19 | | percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds | 20 | | expectations" level on the assessments required under | 21 | | Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of students | 22 | | who annually transferred in or out of the school district; | 23 | | average daily attendance; the per-pupil operating | 24 | | expenditure of the school district; and the per-pupil State | 25 | | average operating expenditure for the district type | 26 | | (elementary, high school, or unit); |
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| 1 | | (B) curriculum information, including, where | 2 | | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | 3 | | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment | 4 | | courses, foreign language classes, computer science | 5 | | courses, school personnel resources (including Career | 6 | | Technical Education teachers), before and after school | 7 | | programs, extracurricular activities, subjects in which | 8 | | elective classes are offered, health and wellness | 9 | | initiatives (including the average number of days of | 10 | | Physical Education per week per student), approved | 11 | | programs of study, awards received, community | 12 | | partnerships, and special programs such as programming for | 13 | | the gifted and talented, students with disabilities, and | 14 | | 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; | 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) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as | 21 | | defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section | 22 | | 18-8.15 of this Code; | 23 | | (J) 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; | 26 | | (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in |
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| 1 | | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this | 2 | | Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as | 3 | | defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section | 4 | | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; and | 5 | | (L) a school district's administrative costs ; and . | 6 | | (M) (L) whether or not the school has participated in | 7 | | the Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M) (L) , | 8 | | "Illinois Youth Survey" means a self-report survey, | 9 | | administered in school settings every 2 years, designed to | 10 | | gather information about health and social indicators, | 11 | | including substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of | 12 | | students in grades 8, 10, and 12. | 13 | | The school report card shall also provide
information that | 14 | | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | 15 | | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | 16 | | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | 17 | | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | 18 | | enrollment of low-income students, special education students, | 19 | | and English learners.
| 20 | | As used in this subsection (2): | 21 | | "Administrative costs" means costs associated with | 22 | | executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the | 23 | | school district that involve planning, organizing, managing, | 24 | | or directing the school district. | 25 | | "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to | 26 | | which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability |
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| 1 | | or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers | 2 | | and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated | 3 | | from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge | 4 | | and pace. | 5 | | "Gifted education" means educational services, including | 6 | | differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed | 7 | | to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A | 8 | | of this Code. | 9 | | For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2), | 10 | | "average daily attendance" means the average of the actual | 11 | | number of attendance days during the previous school year for | 12 | | any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance by | 13 | | Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school. | 14 | | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | 15 | | school district report card shall include a subset of the | 16 | | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | 17 | | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating | 18 | | to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the | 19 | | school district, and the State report card shall include a | 20 | | subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through | 21 | | (E) of subsection (2) of this Section. The school district | 22 | | report card shall include the average daily attendance, as that | 23 | | term is defined in subsection (2) of this Section, of students | 24 | | who have individualized education programs and students who | 25 | | have 504 plans that provide for special education services | 26 | | within the school district. |
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| 1 | | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | 2 | | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | 3 | | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | 4 | | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | 5 | | State report card. | 6 | | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | 7 | | of the school district and school report cards from the State | 8 | | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including | 9 | | special charter districts and districts subject to the | 10 | | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | 11 | | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | 12 | | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's | 13 | | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
| 14 | | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of general | 15 | | circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, send the | 16 | | report cards
home to a parent (unless the district does not | 17 | | maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the report card | 18 | | shall be sent home to parents without request). If the
district | 19 | | posts the report card on its Internet web
site, the district
| 20 | | shall send a
written notice home to parents stating (i) that | 21 | | the report card is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address | 22 | | of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
| 23 | | will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone | 24 | | number that parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the | 25 | | report card.
| 26 | | (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals, |
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| 1 | | supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in | 2 | | lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public | 3 | | Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of | 4 | | Public Act 97-8. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; | 6 | | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff. | 7 | | 1-1-18; 100-448, eff. 7-1-19; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-807, | 8 | | eff. 8-10-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1121, eff. 1-1-19; | 9 | | revised 12-19-18.) | 10 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 11 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 12 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 13 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 14 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 15 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 16 | | Public Act.
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law.
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