Full Text of SB3722 103rd General Assembly
SB3722sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford Filed: 5/7/2024 | | 10300SB3722sam001 | | LRB103 38807 RJT 73028 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3722
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3722 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 2-3.64a-5, 10-20.5a, and 34-18 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5) | 7 | | Sec. 2-3.64a-5. State goals and assessment. | 8 | | (a) For the assessment and accountability purposes of this | 9 | | Section, "students" includes those students enrolled in a | 10 | | public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school, | 11 | | or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or | 12 | | board of control, a charter school operating in compliance | 13 | | with the Charter Schools Law, a school operated by a regional | 14 | | office of education under Section 13A-3 of this Code, or a | 15 | | public school administered by a local public agency or the | 16 | | Department of Human Services. |
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| 1 | | (b) The State Board of Education shall establish the | 2 | | academic standards that are to be applicable to students who | 3 | | are subject to State assessments under this Section. The State | 4 | | Board of Education shall not establish any such standards in | 5 | | final form without first providing opportunities for public | 6 | | participation and local input in the development of the final | 7 | | academic standards. Those opportunities shall include a | 8 | | well-publicized period of public comment and opportunities to | 9 | | file written comments. | 10 | | (c) Beginning no later than the 2014-2015 school year, the | 11 | | State Board of Education shall annually assess all students | 12 | | enrolled in grades 3 through 8 in English language arts and | 13 | | mathematics. | 14 | | Beginning no later than the 2017-2018 school year, the | 15 | | State Board of Education shall annually assess all students in | 16 | | science at one grade in grades 3 through 5, at one grade in | 17 | | grades 6 through 8, and at one grade in grades 9 through 12. | 18 | | The State Board of Education shall annually assess schools | 19 | | that operate a secondary education program, as defined in | 20 | | Section 22-22 of this Code, in English language arts and | 21 | | mathematics. The State Board of Education shall administer no | 22 | | more than 3 assessments, per student, of English language arts | 23 | | and mathematics for students in a secondary education program. | 24 | | One of these assessments shall be recognized by this State's | 25 | | public institutions of higher education, as defined in the | 26 | | Board of Higher Education Act, for the purpose of student |
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| 1 | | application or admissions consideration. The assessment | 2 | | administered by the State Board of Education for the purpose | 3 | | of student application to or admissions consideration by | 4 | | institutions of higher education must be administered on a | 5 | | school day during regular student attendance hours, and | 6 | | student profile information collected by the assessment shall , | 7 | | if available, be made available to the State's public | 8 | | institutions of higher education in a timely manner. | 9 | | Students who do not take the State's final accountability | 10 | | assessment or its approved alternate assessment may not | 11 | | receive a regular high school diploma unless the student is | 12 | | exempted from taking the State assessments under subsection | 13 | | (d) of this Section because the student is enrolled in a | 14 | | program of adult and continuing education, as defined in the | 15 | | Adult Education Act, or the student is identified by the State | 16 | | Board of Education, through rules, as being exempt from the | 17 | | assessment. | 18 | | The State Board of Education shall not assess students | 19 | | under this Section in subjects not required by this Section. | 20 | | Districts shall inform their students of the timelines and | 21 | | procedures applicable to their participation in every yearly | 22 | | administration of the State assessments. The State Board of | 23 | | Education shall establish periods of time in each school year | 24 | | during which State assessments shall occur to meet the | 25 | | objectives of this Section. | 26 | | The requirements of this subsection do not apply if the |
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| 1 | | State Board of Education has received a waiver from the | 2 | | administration of assessments from the U.S. Department of | 3 | | Education. | 4 | | (d) Every individualized educational program as described | 5 | | in Article 14 shall identify if the State assessment or | 6 | | components thereof require accommodation for the student. The | 7 | | State Board of Education shall develop rules governing the | 8 | | administration of an alternate assessment that may be | 9 | | available to students for whom participation in this State's | 10 | | regular assessments is not appropriate, even with | 11 | | accommodations as allowed under this Section. | 12 | | Students receiving special education services whose | 13 | | individualized educational programs identify them as eligible | 14 | | for the alternative State assessments nevertheless shall have | 15 | | the option of also taking this State's regular final | 16 | | accountability assessment, which shall be administered in | 17 | | accordance with the eligible accommodations appropriate for | 18 | | meeting these students' respective needs. | 19 | | All students determined to be English learners shall | 20 | | participate in the State assessments. The scores of those | 21 | | students who have been enrolled in schools in the United | 22 | | States for less than 12 months may not be used for the purposes | 23 | | of accountability. Any student determined to be an English | 24 | | learner shall receive appropriate assessment accommodations, | 25 | | including language supports, which shall be established by | 26 | | rule. Approved assessment accommodations must be provided |
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| 1 | | until the student's English language skills develop to the | 2 | | extent that the student is no longer considered to be an | 3 | | English learner, as demonstrated through a State-identified | 4 | | English language proficiency assessment. | 5 | | (e) The results or scores of each assessment taken under | 6 | | this Section shall be made available to the parents of each | 7 | | student. | 8 | | In each school year, the scores attained by a student on | 9 | | the final accountability assessment must be placed in the | 10 | | student's permanent record pursuant to rules that the State | 11 | | Board of Education shall adopt for that purpose in accordance | 12 | | with Section 3 of the Illinois School Student Records Act. In | 13 | | each school year, the scores attained by a student on the State | 14 | | assessments administered in grades 3 through 8 must be placed | 15 | | in the student's temporary record. | 16 | | (f) All schools shall administer the State's academic | 17 | | assessment of English language proficiency to all children | 18 | | determined to be English learners. | 19 | | (g) All schools in this State that are part of the sample | 20 | | drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics, in | 21 | | collaboration with their school districts and the State Board | 22 | | of Education, shall administer the academic assessments under | 23 | | the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried out | 24 | | under Section 411(b)(2) of the federal National Education | 25 | | Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010) if the U.S. Secretary | 26 | | of Education pays the costs of administering the assessments. |
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| 1 | | (h) (Blank). | 2 | | (i) For the purposes of this subsection (i), "academically | 3 | | based assessments" means assessments consisting of questions | 4 | | and answers that are measurable and quantifiable to measure | 5 | | the knowledge, skills, and ability of students in the subject | 6 | | matters covered by the assessments. All assessments | 7 | | administered pursuant to this Section must be academically | 8 | | based assessments. The scoring of academically based | 9 | | assessments shall be reliable, valid, and fair and shall meet | 10 | | the guidelines for assessment development and use prescribed | 11 | | by the American Psychological Association, the National | 12 | | Council on Measurement in Education, and the American | 13 | | Educational Research Association. | 14 | | The State Board of Education shall review the use of all | 15 | | assessment item types in order to ensure that they are valid | 16 | | and reliable indicators of student performance aligned to the | 17 | | learning standards being assessed and that the development, | 18 | | administration, and scoring of these item types are | 19 | | justifiable in terms of cost. | 20 | | (j) The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a | 21 | | committee of no more than 21 members, consisting of parents, | 22 | | teachers, school administrators, school board members, | 23 | | assessment experts, regional superintendents of schools, and | 24 | | citizens, to review the State assessments administered by the | 25 | | State Board of Education. The Committee shall select one of | 26 | | its members as its chairperson. The Committee shall meet on an |
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| 1 | | ongoing basis to review the content and design of the | 2 | | assessments (including whether the requirements of subsection | 3 | | (i) of this Section have been met), the time and money expended | 4 | | at the local and State levels to prepare for and administer the | 5 | | assessments, the collective results of the assessments as | 6 | | measured against the stated purpose of assessing student | 7 | | performance, and other issues involving the assessments | 8 | | identified by the Committee. The Committee shall make periodic | 9 | | recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education and | 10 | | the General Assembly concerning the assessments. | 11 | | (k) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to | 12 | | implement this Section. | 13 | | (Source: P.A. 103-204, eff. 1-1-24 .) | 14 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.5a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.5a) | 15 | | Sec. 10-20.5a. Access to high school campus. | 16 | | (a) For school districts maintaining grades 10 through 12, | 17 | | to provide, on an equal basis, and consistent with the federal | 18 | | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 , access to a | 19 | | high school campus and student directory information to the | 20 | | official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of | 21 | | Illinois and the United States, as well as access to student | 22 | | directory information to the Board of Higher Education, the | 23 | | Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student | 24 | | Assistance Commission, and State public institutions of higher | 25 | | education for the purpose of informing students of educational |
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| 1 | | and career opportunities if the board has provided such access | 2 | | to persons or groups whose purpose is to acquaint students | 3 | | with educational or occupational opportunities available to | 4 | | them. The board is not required to give greater notice | 5 | | regarding the right of access to recruiting representatives | 6 | | than is given to other persons and groups. In this Section, | 7 | | "directory information" means a high school student's name, | 8 | | address, email address, and telephone number , and "public | 9 | | institutions of higher education" has the meaning given to | 10 | | that term in Section 1 of the Board of Higher Education Act . | 11 | | (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian submits a | 12 | | signed, written request to the high school before the end of | 13 | | the student's sophomore year (or if the student is a transfer | 14 | | student, by another time set by the high school) that | 15 | | indicates that the student or his or her parent or guardian | 16 | | does not want the student's directory information to be | 17 | | provided to official recruiting representatives under | 18 | | subsection (a) of this Section, the high school may not | 19 | | provide access to the student's directory information to these | 20 | | recruiting representatives. The high school shall notify its | 21 | | students and their parents or guardians of the provisions of | 22 | | this subsection (b). | 23 | | (c) A high school may require official recruiting | 24 | | representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the United | 25 | | States to pay a fee for copying and mailing a student's | 26 | | directory information in an amount that is not more than the |
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| 1 | | actual costs incurred by the high school. | 2 | | (d) Information received by an official recruiting | 3 | | representative , the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois | 4 | | Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance | 5 | | Commission, or public institutions of higher education under | 6 | | this Section may be used only to provide information to | 7 | | students concerning educational and career opportunities and | 8 | | may not be released to a person who is not involved in | 9 | | recruiting students for the armed forces of Illinois or the | 10 | | United States or with the Board of Higher Education, the | 11 | | Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student | 12 | | Assistance Commission , or public State institutions of higher | 13 | | education. | 14 | | (e) By January 1, 2025 2024 , each school district that is | 15 | | subject to this Section shall make student directory | 16 | | information shall be made electronically accessible through a | 17 | | secure centralized data system for official recruiting | 18 | | representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the United | 19 | | States, as well as for the Board of Higher Education, the | 20 | | Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student | 21 | | Assistance Commission, and State public institutions of higher | 22 | | education. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 103-204, eff. 1-1-24 .) | 24 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18) | 25 | | Sec. 34-18. Powers of the board. The board shall exercise |
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| 1 | | general supervision and jurisdiction over the public education | 2 | | and the public school system of the city, and, except as | 3 | | otherwise provided by this Article, shall have power: | 4 | | 1. To make suitable provision for the establishment | 5 | | and maintenance throughout the year or for such portion | 6 | | thereof as it may direct, not less than 9 months and in | 7 | | compliance with Section 10-19.05, of schools of all grades | 8 | | and kinds, including normal schools, high schools, night | 9 | | schools, schools for defectives and delinquents, parental | 10 | | and truant schools, schools for the blind, the deaf, and | 11 | | persons with physical disabilities, schools or classes in | 12 | | manual training, constructural and vocational teaching, | 13 | | domestic arts, and physical culture, vocation and | 14 | | extension schools and lecture courses, and all other | 15 | | educational courses and facilities, including | 16 | | establishing, equipping, maintaining and operating | 17 | | playgrounds and recreational programs, when such programs | 18 | | are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected with any | 19 | | public school under the general supervision and | 20 | | jurisdiction of the board; provided that the calendar for | 21 | | the school term and any changes must be submitted to and | 22 | | approved by the State Board of Education before the | 23 | | calendar or changes may take effect, and provided that in | 24 | | allocating funds from year to year for the operation of | 25 | | all attendance centers within the district, the board | 26 | | shall ensure that supplemental general State aid or |
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| 1 | | supplemental grant funds are allocated and applied in | 2 | | accordance with Section 18-8, 18-8.05, or 18-8.15. To | 3 | | admit to such schools without charge foreign exchange | 4 | | students who are participants in an organized exchange | 5 | | student program which is authorized by the board. The | 6 | | board shall permit all students to enroll in | 7 | | apprenticeship programs in trade schools operated by the | 8 | | board, whether those programs are union-sponsored or not. | 9 | | No student shall be refused admission into or be excluded | 10 | | from any course of instruction offered in the common | 11 | | schools by reason of that student's sex. No student shall | 12 | | be denied equal access to physical education and | 13 | | interscholastic athletic programs supported from school | 14 | | district funds or denied participation in comparable | 15 | | physical education and athletic programs solely by reason | 16 | | of the student's sex. Equal access to programs supported | 17 | | from school district funds and comparable programs will be | 18 | | defined in rules promulgated by the State Board of | 19 | | Education in consultation with the Illinois High School | 20 | | Association. Notwithstanding any other provision of this | 21 | | Article, neither the board of education nor any local | 22 | | school council or other school official shall recommend | 23 | | that children with disabilities be placed into regular | 24 | | education classrooms unless those children with | 25 | | disabilities are provided with supplementary services to | 26 | | assist them so that they benefit from the regular |
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| 1 | | classroom instruction and are included on the teacher's | 2 | | regular education class register; | 3 | | 2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable | 4 | | charge therefor, and to use school funds for the payment | 5 | | of such expenses as the board may determine are necessary | 6 | | in conducting the school lunch program; | 7 | | 3. To co-operate with the circuit court; | 8 | | 4. To make arrangements with the public or | 9 | | quasi-public libraries and museums for the use of their | 10 | | facilities by teachers and pupils of the public schools; | 11 | | 5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for | 12 | | the purpose of treating the pupils in the schools, but | 13 | | accepting such treatment shall be optional with parents or | 14 | | guardians; | 15 | | 6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms | 16 | | when not otherwise needed, including light, heat, and | 17 | | attendants, for free public lectures, concerts, and other | 18 | | educational and social interests, free of charge, under | 19 | | such provisions and control as the principal of the | 20 | | affected attendance center may prescribe; | 21 | | 7. To apportion the pupils to the several schools; | 22 | | provided that no pupil shall be excluded from or | 23 | | segregated in any such school on account of his color, | 24 | | race, sex, or nationality. The board shall take into | 25 | | consideration the prevention of segregation and the | 26 | | elimination of separation of children in public schools |
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| 1 | | because of color, race, sex, or nationality. Except that | 2 | | children may be committed to or attend parental and social | 3 | | adjustment schools established and maintained either for | 4 | | boys or girls only. All records pertaining to the | 5 | | creation, alteration or revision of attendance areas shall | 6 | | be open to the public. Nothing herein shall limit the | 7 | | board's authority to establish multi-area attendance | 8 | | centers or other student assignment systems for | 9 | | desegregation purposes or otherwise, and to apportion the | 10 | | pupils to the several schools. Furthermore, beginning in | 11 | | school year 1994-95, pursuant to a board plan adopted by | 12 | | October 1, 1993, the board shall offer, commencing on a | 13 | | phased-in basis, the opportunity for families within the | 14 | | school district to apply for enrollment of their children | 15 | | in any attendance center within the school district which | 16 | | does not have selective admission requirements approved by | 17 | | the board. The appropriate geographical area in which such | 18 | | open enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by | 19 | | the board of education. Such children may be admitted to | 20 | | any such attendance center on a space available basis | 21 | | after all children residing within such attendance | 22 | | center's area have been accommodated. If the number of | 23 | | applicants from outside the attendance area exceed the | 24 | | space available, then successful applicants shall be | 25 | | selected by lottery. The board of education's open | 26 | | enrollment plan must include provisions that allow |
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| 1 | | low-income students to have access to transportation | 2 | | needed to exercise school choice. Open enrollment shall be | 3 | | in compliance with the provisions of the Consent Decree | 4 | | and Desegregation Plan cited in Section 34-1.01; | 5 | | 8. To approve programs and policies for providing | 6 | | transportation services to students. Nothing herein shall | 7 | | be construed to permit or empower the State Board of | 8 | | Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other | 9 | | transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving | 10 | | racial balance in any school; | 11 | | 9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to | 12 | | establish and approve system-wide curriculum objectives | 13 | | and standards, including graduation standards, which | 14 | | reflect the multi-cultural diversity in the city and are | 15 | | consistent with State law, provided that for all purposes | 16 | | of this Article courses or proficiency in American Sign | 17 | | Language shall be deemed to constitute courses or | 18 | | proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ | 19 | | principals and teachers, appointed as provided in this | 20 | | Article, and fix their compensation. The board shall | 21 | | prepare such reports related to minimal competency testing | 22 | | as may be requested by the State Board of Education and, in | 23 | | addition, shall monitor and approve special education and | 24 | | bilingual education programs and policies within the | 25 | | district to ensure that appropriate services are provided | 26 | | in accordance with applicable State and federal laws to |
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| 1 | | children requiring services and education in those areas; | 2 | | 10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize | 3 | | volunteer personnel for: (i) non-teaching duties not | 4 | | requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils, | 5 | | including library duties; and (ii) supervising study | 6 | | halls, long distance teaching reception areas used | 7 | | incident to instructional programs transmitted by | 8 | | electronic media such as computers, video, and audio, | 9 | | detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored | 10 | | extracurricular activities. The board may further utilize | 11 | | volunteer nonlicensed personnel or employ nonlicensed | 12 | | personnel to assist in the instruction of pupils under the | 13 | | immediate supervision of a teacher holding a valid | 14 | | educator license, directly engaged in teaching subject | 15 | | matter or conducting activities; provided that the teacher | 16 | | shall be continuously aware of the nonlicensed persons' | 17 | | activities and shall be able to control or modify them. | 18 | | The general superintendent shall determine qualifications | 19 | | of such personnel and shall prescribe rules for | 20 | | determining the duties and activities to be assigned to | 21 | | such personnel; | 22 | | 10.5. To utilize volunteer personnel from a regional | 23 | | School Crisis Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part | 24 | | of the Safe to Learn Program established pursuant to | 25 | | Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act of | 26 | | 1995, to provide assistance to schools in times of |
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| 1 | | violence or other traumatic incidents within a school | 2 | | community by providing crisis intervention services to | 3 | | lessen the effects of emotional trauma on individuals and | 4 | | the community; the School Crisis Assistance Team Steering | 5 | | Committee shall determine the qualifications for | 6 | | volunteers; | 7 | | 11. To provide television studio facilities in not to | 8 | | exceed one school building and to provide programs for | 9 | | educational purposes, provided, however, that the board | 10 | | shall not construct, acquire, operate, or maintain a | 11 | | television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio | 12 | | facilities to a licensed television station located in the | 13 | | school district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed | 14 | | one school radio transmitting station and provide programs | 15 | | for educational purposes; | 16 | | 12. To offer, if deemed appropriate, outdoor education | 17 | | courses, including field trips within the State of | 18 | | Illinois, or adjacent states, and to use school | 19 | | educational funds for the expense of the said outdoor | 20 | | educational programs, whether within the school district | 21 | | or not; | 22 | | 13. During that period of the calendar year not | 23 | | embraced within the regular school term, to provide and | 24 | | conduct courses in subject matters normally embraced in | 25 | | the program of the schools during the regular school term | 26 | | and to give regular school credit for satisfactory |
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| 1 | | completion by the student of such courses as may be | 2 | | approved for credit by the State Board of Education; | 3 | | 14. To insure against any loss or liability of the | 4 | | board, the former School Board Nominating Commission, | 5 | | Local School Councils, the Chicago Schools Academic | 6 | | Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict Councils | 7 | | or of any member, officer, agent, or employee thereof, | 8 | | resulting from alleged violations of civil rights arising | 9 | | from incidents occurring on or after September 5, 1967 or | 10 | | from the wrongful or negligent act or omission of any such | 11 | | person whether occurring within or without the school | 12 | | premises, provided the officer, agent, or employee was, at | 13 | | the time of the alleged violation of civil rights or | 14 | | wrongful act or omission, acting within the scope of his | 15 | | or her employment or under direction of the board, the | 16 | | former School Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago | 17 | | Schools Academic Accountability Council, Local School | 18 | | Councils, or the former Subdistrict Councils; and to | 19 | | provide for or participate in insurance plans for its | 20 | | officers and employees, including, but not limited to, | 21 | | retirement annuities, medical, surgical and | 22 | | hospitalization benefits in such types and amounts as may | 23 | | be determined by the board; provided, however, that the | 24 | | board shall contract for such insurance only with an | 25 | | insurance company authorized to do business in this State. | 26 | | Such insurance may include provision for employees who |
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| 1 | | rely on treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone for | 2 | | healing, in accordance with the tenets and practice of a | 3 | | recognized religious denomination; | 4 | | 15. To contract with the corporate authorities of any | 5 | | municipality or the county board of any county, as the | 6 | | case may be, to provide for the regulation of traffic in | 7 | | parking areas of property used for school purposes, in | 8 | | such manner as is provided by Section 11-209 of the | 9 | | Illinois Vehicle Code; | 10 | | 16. (a) To provide, on an equal basis and consistent | 11 | | with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act | 12 | | of 1974 , access to a high school campus and student | 13 | | directory information to the official recruiting | 14 | | representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the | 15 | | United States , as well as access to student directory | 16 | | information to the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois | 17 | | Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance | 18 | | Commission, and public institutions of higher education, | 19 | | for the purposes of informing students of the educational | 20 | | and career opportunities available in the military if the | 21 | | board has provided such access to persons or groups whose | 22 | | purpose is to acquaint students with educational or | 23 | | occupational opportunities available to them. The board is | 24 | | not required to give greater notice regarding the right of | 25 | | access to recruiting representatives than is given to | 26 | | other persons and groups. In this paragraph 16, "directory |
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| 1 | | information" means a high school student's name, address, | 2 | | email address, and telephone number , and "public | 3 | | institutions of higher education" has the meaning given to | 4 | | that term in Section 1 of the Board of Higher Education | 5 | | Act . | 6 | | (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian | 7 | | submits a signed, written request to the high school | 8 | | before the end of the student's sophomore year (or if the | 9 | | student is a transfer student, by another time set by the | 10 | | high school) that indicates that the student or his or her | 11 | | parent or guardian does not want the student's directory | 12 | | information to be provided to official recruiting | 13 | | representatives under subsection (a) of this Section, the | 14 | | high school may not provide access to the student's | 15 | | directory information to these recruiting representatives. | 16 | | The high school shall notify its students and their | 17 | | parents or guardians of the provisions of this subsection | 18 | | (b). | 19 | | (c) A high school may require official recruiting | 20 | | representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the | 21 | | United States to pay a fee for copying and mailing a | 22 | | student's directory information in an amount that is not | 23 | | more than the actual costs incurred by the high school. | 24 | | (d) Information received by an official recruiting | 25 | | representative under this Section may be used only to | 26 | | provide information to students concerning educational and |
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| 1 | | career opportunities available in the military and may not | 2 | | be released to a person who is not involved in recruiting | 3 | | students for the armed forces of Illinois or the United | 4 | | States or with the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois | 5 | | Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance | 6 | | Commission, or public institutions of higher education. | 7 | | (e) By January 1, 2025, the school district shall make | 8 | | student directory information electronically accessible | 9 | | for official recruiting representatives of the armed | 10 | | forces of Illinois or the United States, as well as for the | 11 | | Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community College | 12 | | Board, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and | 13 | | public institutions of higher education ; | 14 | | 17. (a) To sell or market any computer program | 15 | | developed by an employee of the school district, provided | 16 | | that such employee developed the computer program as a | 17 | | direct result of his or her duties with the school | 18 | | district or through the utilization of school district | 19 | | resources or facilities. The employee who developed the | 20 | | computer program shall be entitled to share in the | 21 | | proceeds of such sale or marketing of the computer | 22 | | program. The distribution of such proceeds between the | 23 | | employee and the school district shall be as agreed upon | 24 | | by the employee and the school district, except that | 25 | | neither the employee nor the school district may receive | 26 | | more than 90% of such proceeds. The negotiation for an |
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| 1 | | employee who is represented by an exclusive bargaining | 2 | | representative may be conducted by such bargaining | 3 | | representative at the employee's request. | 4 | | (b) For the purpose of this paragraph 17: | 5 | | (1) "Computer" means an internally programmed, | 6 | | general purpose digital device capable of | 7 | | automatically accepting data, processing data and | 8 | | supplying the results of the operation. | 9 | | (2) "Computer program" means a series of coded | 10 | | instructions or statements in a form acceptable to a | 11 | | computer, which causes the computer to process data in | 12 | | order to achieve a certain result. | 13 | | (3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from the | 14 | | marketing or sale of a product after deducting the | 15 | | expenses of developing and marketing such product; | 16 | | 18. To delegate to the general superintendent of | 17 | | schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts | 18 | | and expenditures in amounts of $35,000 or less; | 19 | | 19. Upon the written request of an employee, to | 20 | | withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues, | 21 | | payments, or contributions payable by such employee to any | 22 | | labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational | 23 | | Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an amount | 24 | | shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which | 25 | | is equal to the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any | 26 | | payments or contributions, and the board shall transmit |
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| 1 | | such withholdings to the specified labor organization | 2 | | within 10 working days from the time of the withholding; | 3 | | 19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a | 4 | | municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, a | 5 | | county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook | 6 | | County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park | 7 | | District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the | 8 | | Chicago Transit Authority, or a housing authority of a | 9 | | municipality with a population of 500,000 or more that a | 10 | | debt is due and owing the municipality, the county, the | 11 | | Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park | 12 | | District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the | 13 | | Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing authority by an | 14 | | employee of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold, | 15 | | from the compensation of that employee, the amount of the | 16 | | debt that is due and owing and pay the amount withheld to | 17 | | the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest | 18 | | Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | 19 | | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | 20 | | Transit Authority, or the housing authority; provided, | 21 | | however, that the amount deducted from any one salary or | 22 | | wage payment shall not exceed 25% of the net amount of the | 23 | | payment. Before the Board deducts any amount from any | 24 | | salary or wage of an employee under this paragraph, the | 25 | | municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve | 26 | | District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan |
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| 1 | | Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, | 2 | | or the housing authority shall certify that (i) the | 3 | | employee has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to | 4 | | dispute the debt that is due and owing the municipality, | 5 | | the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the | 6 | | Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation | 7 | | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing | 8 | | authority and (ii) the employee has received notice of a | 9 | | wage deduction order and has been afforded an opportunity | 10 | | for a hearing to object to the order. For purposes of this | 11 | | paragraph, "net amount" means that part of the salary or | 12 | | wage payment remaining after the deduction of any amounts | 13 | | required by law to be deducted and "debt due and owing" | 14 | | means (i) a specified sum of money owed to the | 15 | | municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve | 16 | | District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan | 17 | | Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, | 18 | | or the housing authority for services, work, or goods, | 19 | | after the period granted for payment has expired, or (ii) | 20 | | a specified sum of money owed to the municipality, the | 21 | | county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the | 22 | | Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation | 23 | | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing | 24 | | authority pursuant to a court order or order of an | 25 | | administrative hearing officer after the exhaustion of, or | 26 | | the failure to exhaust, judicial review; |
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| 1 | | 20. The board is encouraged to employ a sufficient | 2 | | number of licensed school counselors to maintain a | 3 | | student/counselor ratio of 250 to 1. Each counselor shall | 4 | | spend at least 75% of his work time in direct contact with | 5 | | students and shall maintain a record of such time; | 6 | | 21. To make available to students vocational and | 7 | | career counseling and to establish 5 special career | 8 | | counseling days for students and parents. On these days | 9 | | representatives of local businesses and industries shall | 10 | | be invited to the school campus and shall inform students | 11 | | of career opportunities available to them in the various | 12 | | businesses and industries. Special consideration shall be | 13 | | given to counseling minority students as to career | 14 | | opportunities available to them in various fields. For the | 15 | | purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a | 16 | | person who is any of the following: | 17 | | (a) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having | 18 | | origins in any of the original peoples of North and South | 19 | | America, including Central America, and who maintains | 20 | | tribal affiliation or community attachment). | 21 | | (b) Asian (a person having origins in any of the | 22 | | original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the | 23 | | Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to, | 24 | | Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, | 25 | | the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam). | 26 | | (c) Black or African American (a person having origins |
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| 1 | | in any of the black racial groups of Africa). | 2 | | (d) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican, | 3 | | Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish | 4 | | culture or origin, regardless of race). | 5 | | (e) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a | 6 | | person having origins in any of the original peoples of | 7 | | Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands). | 8 | | Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school | 9 | | days; | 10 | | 22. To report to the State Board of Education the | 11 | | annual student dropout rate and number of students who | 12 | | graduate from, transfer from, or otherwise leave bilingual | 13 | | programs; | 14 | | 23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and | 15 | | Neglected Child Reporting Act or other applicable State or | 16 | | federal law, to permit school officials to withhold, from | 17 | | any person, information on the whereabouts of any child | 18 | | removed from school premises when the child has been taken | 19 | | into protective custody as a victim of suspected child | 20 | | abuse. School officials shall direct such person to the | 21 | | Department of Children and Family Services or to the local | 22 | | law enforcement agency, if appropriate; | 23 | | 24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of | 24 | | existing school facilities, projected enrollment, and | 25 | | efficient utilization of available resources, for capital | 26 | | improvement of schools and school buildings within the |
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| 1 | | district, addressing in that policy both the relative | 2 | | priority for major repairs, renovations, and additions to | 3 | | school facilities and the advisability or necessity of | 4 | | building new school facilities or closing existing schools | 5 | | to meet current or projected demographic patterns within | 6 | | the district; | 7 | | 25. To make available to the students in every high | 8 | | school attendance center the ability to take all courses | 9 | | necessary to comply with the Board of Higher Education's | 10 | | college entrance criteria effective in 1993; | 11 | | 26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching | 12 | | profession, whereby qualified professionals become | 13 | | licensed teachers, by allowing credit for professional | 14 | | employment in related fields when determining point of | 15 | | entry on the teacher pay scale; | 16 | | 27. To provide or contract out training programs for | 17 | | administrative personnel and principals with revised or | 18 | | expanded duties pursuant to this Code in order to ensure | 19 | | they have the knowledge and skills to perform their | 20 | | duties; | 21 | | 28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special | 22 | | needs programs, and to allocate such funds and other lump | 23 | | sum amounts to each attendance center in a manner | 24 | | consistent with the provisions of part 4 of Section | 25 | | 34-2.3. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to | 26 | | require any additional appropriations of State funds for |
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| 1 | | this purpose; | 2 | | 29. (Blank); | 3 | | 30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or | 4 | | any other law to the contrary, to contract with third | 5 | | parties for services otherwise performed by employees, | 6 | | including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those | 7 | | employees upon 14 days written notice to the affected | 8 | | employees. Those contracts may be for a period not to | 9 | | exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a system-wide basis. | 10 | | The board may not operate more than 30 contract schools, | 11 | | provided that the board may operate an additional 5 | 12 | | contract turnaround schools pursuant to item (5.5) of | 13 | | subsection (d) of Section 34-8.3 of this Code, and the | 14 | | governing bodies of contract schools are subject to the | 15 | | Freedom of Information Act and Open Meetings Act; | 16 | | 31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures | 17 | | governing the layoff or reduction in force of employees | 18 | | and the recall of such employees, including, but not | 19 | | limited to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force | 20 | | or recall rights of such employees and the weight to be | 21 | | given to any particular criterion. Such criteria shall | 22 | | take into account factors, including, but not limited to, | 23 | | qualifications, certifications, experience, performance | 24 | | ratings or evaluations, and any other factors relating to | 25 | | an employee's job performance; | 26 | | 32. To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in the |
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| 1 | | hiring of personnel or the selection of contractors; | 2 | | 33. (Blank); and | 3 | | 34. To establish a Labor Management Council to the | 4 | | board comprised of representatives of the board, the chief | 5 | | executive officer, and those labor organizations that are | 6 | | the exclusive representatives of employees of the board | 7 | | and to promulgate policies and procedures for the | 8 | | operation of the Council. | 9 | | The specifications of the powers herein granted are not to | 10 | | be construed as exclusive, but the board shall also exercise | 11 | | all other powers that may be requisite or proper for the | 12 | | maintenance and the development of a public school system, not | 13 | | inconsistent with the other provisions of this Article or | 14 | | provisions of this Code which apply to all school districts. | 15 | | In addition to the powers herein granted and authorized to | 16 | | be exercised by the board, it shall be the duty of the board to | 17 | | review or to direct independent reviews of special education | 18 | | expenditures and services. The board shall file a report of | 19 | | such review with the General Assembly on or before May 1, 1990. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 102-465, eff. 1-1-22; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; | 21 | | 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; 103-8, eff. 1-1-24 .) | 22 | | Section 10. The Public University Uniform Admission Pilot | 23 | | Program Act is amended by changing Section 1 and by adding | 24 | | Sections 3, 17, 18, and 19 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (110 ILCS 118/1) | 2 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2027) | 3 | | Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public | 4 | | University Direct Uniform Admission Pilot Program Act. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20 .) | 6 | | (110 ILCS 118/3 new) | 7 | | Sec. 3. Findings. The General Assembly makes all of the | 8 | | following findings: | 9 | | (1) Illinois has a strong system of public higher | 10 | | education, including public universities and community | 11 | | colleges across the State. | 12 | | (2) The Illinois economy thrives when Illinois | 13 | | students choose to pursue postsecondary education at | 14 | | Illinois institutions of higher education. | 15 | | (3) According to the National Bureau of Economic | 16 | | Research, two-thirds of graduates stay and work in the | 17 | | state in which they matriculated. | 18 | | (4) Students who have been historically underserved, | 19 | | such as those who are the first in their families to go to | 20 | | college, come from low-income families or communities. | 21 | | Students of color and students from rural communities, | 22 | | among others, often face the greatest barriers to | 23 | | accessing higher education, in part because of a lack of | 24 | | information. | 25 | | (5) Every eligible high school junior and senior in |
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| 1 | | Illinois should receive an offer to an Illinois | 2 | | institution of higher education, including public | 3 | | universities and community colleges. | 4 | | (6) Every eligible public community college student | 5 | | seeking a transfer pathway should receive an offer to a | 6 | | public university in Illinois. | 7 | | (7) Illinois can and should develop the tools and | 8 | | technology to dramatically simplify the public university | 9 | | and community college application and admission process | 10 | | for Illinois students. | 11 | | (110 ILCS 118/17 new) | 12 | | Sec. 17. Direct admission program. | 13 | | (a) In this Section, "Public university" means the | 14 | | University of Illinois at Springfield, Southern Illinois | 15 | | University, Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois | 16 | | University, Governors State University, Illinois State | 17 | | University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern | 18 | | Illinois University, Western Illinois University, or any other | 19 | | public university established or authorized by the General | 20 | | Assembly after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 21 | | the 103rd General Assembly. | 22 | | (b) Beginning with the 2026-2027 academic year, the Board | 23 | | of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois | 24 | | Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance | 25 | | Commission, and the State Board of Education, shall establish |
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| 1 | | and administer a direct admission program. The direct | 2 | | admission program shall automatically offer admission into a | 3 | | public university or community college to qualified high | 4 | | school juniors and seniors in this State and to public | 5 | | community college students in this State who qualify to | 6 | | transfer to a public university. | 7 | | (c) Each public university and community college in the | 8 | | direct admission program shall identify and provide its | 9 | | standards for general admission to the Board of Higher | 10 | | Education on an annual basis. The standards shall consist of | 11 | | quantifiable data, such as grade point average or class rank, | 12 | | that align with data available in any of the data systems | 13 | | maintained by the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois | 14 | | Community College Board, the State Board of Education, or the | 15 | | Illinois Student Assistance Commission. The Board of Higher | 16 | | Education shall determine which students meet the standards | 17 | | for general admission for each public university in the direct | 18 | | admission program, and that information shall be made | 19 | | available to the student and to each public university and | 20 | | community college. Each public university or community college | 21 | | may also notify qualified students. | 22 | | (d) As all public community colleges in this State are | 23 | | open-access institutions, student directory information shall | 24 | | be used to identify a student's local public community | 25 | | college, and the community college shall be included on all | 26 | | correspondence to a student indicating the student's |
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| 1 | | acceptance to the community college alongside those public | 2 | | universities that offer the student direct admission. | 3 | | Under the direct admission program, a public community | 4 | | college shall offer admission to all students who are | 5 | | residents of the community college district. Under the direct | 6 | | admission program, a public university shall offer and accept | 7 | | admission to any high school junior or senior in this State who | 8 | | meets the public university's standards for admission, as | 9 | | identified under subsection (c), and to any public community | 10 | | college transfer student transferring to a public university | 11 | | who meets all of the following requirements: | 12 | | (1) Is enrolled at a public community college in this | 13 | | State. | 14 | | (2) Has earned a minimum of 36 graded, transferable | 15 | | semester hours. | 16 | | (3) Has attained a minimum cumulative grade point | 17 | | average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale or its equivalent in all | 18 | | transferable coursework completed at the time admission is | 19 | | offered to the student. | 20 | | (4) Has satisfied the public university's English | 21 | | language proficiency requirement. | 22 | | Students are encouraged to consult the Illinois | 23 | | Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum | 24 | | course list and other resources at the State and university | 25 | | level to determine course transferability for purposes of | 26 | | paragraph (2) of this subsection (d). |
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| 1 | | (e) In establishing the direct admission program, the | 2 | | Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois | 3 | | Community College Board, shall specifically evaluate the | 4 | | impact on low-income students, students of color, first | 5 | | generation college students, students from populations | 6 | | underserved in higher education, and students from rural areas | 7 | | of this State. | 8 | | (f) The direct admission program shall use data and | 9 | | technology from the State Board of Education, the Illinois | 10 | | Student Assistance Commission, and the Illinois Community | 11 | | College Board. | 12 | | (g) The direct admission program may gather data and | 13 | | develop the technology to automatically notify high school | 14 | | juniors and seniors in this State and public community college | 15 | | transfer students of the direct admission program for the | 16 | | public universities for which those students qualify, based on | 17 | | the standards submitted under subsection (c) or, in the case | 18 | | of public community colleges, based on the community college | 19 | | district where those students reside. | 20 | | (h) The direct admission program may use the services of a | 21 | | statewide student application portal and aggregator to provide | 22 | | the automatic notification in subsection (g). The notification | 23 | | shall include the student's local public community college, | 24 | | consistent with the requirements in subsection (c). | 25 | | (i) The direct admission program shall provide admitted | 26 | | high school juniors and seniors in this State and public |
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| 1 | | community college transfer students with the website address | 2 | | for the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to find | 3 | | information regarding State grant programs, support for | 4 | | financial aid application completion, scholarship searches, | 5 | | and other financial aid-related information and shall | 6 | | encourage students to determine their eligibility for | 7 | | financial aid based on the Free Application for Federal | 8 | | Student Aid or, if applicable, an application for State | 9 | | financial aid. | 10 | | (110 ILCS 118/18 new) | 11 | | Sec. 18. Pre-selection outreach program. Beginning with | 12 | | the 2026-2027 academic year, the Board of Higher Education, in | 13 | | collaboration with the Illinois Community College Board, the | 14 | | Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and the State Board of | 15 | | Education, shall develop, in consultation with the University | 16 | | of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at | 17 | | Urbana-Champaign, a pre-selection outreach campaign to | 18 | | encourage qualifying Illinois high school juniors and seniors | 19 | | and public community college students who are graduates of an | 20 | | Illinois high school seeking to complete their baccalaureate | 21 | | degree to apply to the University of Illinois at Chicago or the | 22 | | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Pre-selection | 23 | | qualifying students shall be identified and encouraged to | 24 | | apply in the following manner: | 25 | | (1) The University of Illinois at Chicago and the |
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| 1 | | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shall determine | 2 | | the criteria by which students shall be identified for the | 3 | | pre-selection campaign, in consultation with the | 4 | | universities' faculty and faculty senates. The University | 5 | | of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at | 6 | | Urbana-Champaign shall provide the criteria to the Board | 7 | | of Higher Education by a timeline mutually agreed upon by | 8 | | the Board of Higher Education and the University of | 9 | | Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at | 10 | | Urbana-Champaign. | 11 | | (2) The University of Illinois at Chicago and the | 12 | | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shall provide | 13 | | the Board of Higher Education with the content of the | 14 | | communication to be shared with students describing how to | 15 | | request information or how to apply. The Board of Higher | 16 | | Education shall use the same portal or mechanisms for this | 17 | | communication as used for offers of direct admission under | 18 | | Section 17. | 19 | | (3) The Board of Higher Education, in collaboration | 20 | | with the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois | 21 | | Student Assistance Commission, and the State Board of | 22 | | Education, shall provide the University of Illinois at | 23 | | Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 24 | | with the contact information of the students who meet the | 25 | | eligibility criteria defined by the University of Illinois | 26 | | at Chicago or the University of Illinois at |
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| 1 | | Urbana-Champaign. | 2 | | (4) The University of Illinois at Chicago and the | 3 | | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign may, in | 4 | | collaboration with the Board of Higher Education and the | 5 | | Illinois Community College Board, develop a protocol to | 6 | | notify Illinois students who are not offered admission to | 7 | | either university of the student's eligibility for | 8 | | admission to a similar academic program at other public | 9 | | universities and community colleges in this State. | 10 | | (110 ILCS 118/19 new) | 11 | | Sec. 19. Direct admission and pre-selection outreach | 12 | | program report. | 13 | | (a) The Board of Higher Education shall submit a report on | 14 | | the direct admission program under Section 17 and the | 15 | | pre-selection outreach program under Section 18 to the | 16 | | Governor and General Assembly by February 1, 2027 and each | 17 | | February 1 thereafter. The report shall include, but is not | 18 | | limited to, information related to implementation of the | 19 | | direct admission program, the demographic and geographic data | 20 | | of students offered direct admission and the public university | 21 | | or community college to which direct admission was offered, | 22 | | the demographic and geographic data of students who qualified | 23 | | for pre-selection to the University of Illinois at Chicago and | 24 | | the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under Section | 25 | | 18, those who applied, and those who were offered admission, |
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| 1 | | the demographic and geographic data of high school seniors and | 2 | | public community college transfer students who accepted direct | 3 | | admission and enrolled in the public university or public | 4 | | community college that offered that direct admission, changes | 5 | | in admissions and enrollment over time of high school seniors | 6 | | and public community college transfer students through the | 7 | | direct admission program, and recommendations to improve the | 8 | | direct admission program. | 9 | | (b) All public universities in this State, the State Board | 10 | | of Education, the Illinois Community College Board, the | 11 | | Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and any other State | 12 | | agency that collects pertinent data shall furnish such data | 13 | | and information to the Board of Higher Education as the Board | 14 | | of Higher Education deems necessary to fulfill the | 15 | | requirements of this Section. | 16 | | (110 ILCS 118/95 rep.) | 17 | | Section 15. The Public University Uniform Admission Pilot | 18 | | Program Act is amended by repealing Section 95. | 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.". |
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