90th General Assembly
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Senate Sponsors:
O'MALLEY.

House Sponsors:
MITCHELL-PHELPS-HOEFT-FLOWERS-KOSEL

Short description: 
SCHOOL CD-MEDICATION-IGAP                                                  

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the School Code to delete obsolete language in  a  section      
   dealing  with  the  adoption of medications policies by school boards.      
   Effective immediately.                                                      
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          105 ILCS 5/10-20.14b                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          105 ILCS 5/2-3.64                                                    
        Changes the title and replaces the provisions of the bill as in-       
   troduced (other than its immediate effective date) with amendments to       
   a different Section of the School Code. In provisions concerning State      
   goals and assessments, replaces certain references concerning assess-       
   ment with references concerning tests and defines "academically             
   based" Illinois Goals and Assessment Program tests as tests consisting      
   of questions and answers that are objective, measurable and quantifi-       
   able to measure the knowledge, skill and ability of students in speci-      
   fied subjects. Provides that IGAP tests shall not include subjective        
   assessments, assessments or evaluations of attitudes, values and be-        
   liefs, or testing of personality, self esteem, or self concept.             
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 4.                                                
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a                                                   
        Changes the title and adds provisions further amending the School      
   Code. Replaces a requirement for balance and membership on the IGAP         
   Review Committee with a requirement that the committee consist of no        
   more than 20 members. Requires the Committee to select one of its           
   parent members as chairman and to meet on an ongoing basis. Provides        
   that the Committee's test review responsibilities include determining       
   whether the tests are "academically based" within the meaning of the        
   (proposed) statutory definition of that term. Requires the Committee        
   to make periodic recommendations (instead of such recommendations as        
   it deems appropriate) to the State Superintendent of Education and          
   General Assembly concerning the tests.                                      
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 6.                                                
        Provides that English grammar shall be a component of the IGAP         
   English language arts test and that history, geography, civics,             
   economics, and government shall be components of the IGAP social            
   sciences test. Revises the criteria that an IGAP test must meet in          
   order to be "academically based" as required by statue.                     
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. (Tabled May 15, 1998)                           
        Amends the School Code to provide  that  performance-based  tests      
   shall  not be used in statewide assessments, other than in the writing      
   test per  the  1998  IGAP,  unless  they  meet  certain  standards  of      
   reliability  and validity and present a statistically proven advantage      
   not met through  forced-choice  questions,  as  determined  by   pilot      
   programs.  Deletes  language  concerning  the  construction of certain      
   amendatory provisions.                                                      
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 2 (State Board of Education)                       
          SBE's FY99 budget request contains sufficient funding to             
          conduct the pilot studies.                                           
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 3 (State Board of Education)                       
          No change from previous SBE fiscal note.                             
          STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 3 (SBE)                             
          No change from SBE fiscal notes.                                     
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          105 ILCS 5/10-22.8              from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.8           
        Changes the title and adds  provisions  that  further  amend  the      
   School  Code.   Provides  for  a  school  board's sale of any personal      
   property belonging to the school district that is available through an      
   arrangement under which the personal property may  be  leased  by  the      
   district from the purchaser.                                                
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                 
        Adds that the  scoring  of  academically  based  tests  shall  be      
   unbiased.  Authorizes the State Board of Education on a pilot basis to      
   include  in  the  State  assessments in reading and math at each grade      
   level tested no more  than  2  short  answer  questions  that  require      
   students  to  respond  in  brief  to  questions  or prompts or to show      
   computations rather than selecting from alternatives.  Adds provisions      
   relative to the manner of reporting scores during the years  when  the      
   short  answer  questions  are  used.   Prohibits  the  State  Board of      
   Education from continuing or  extending  the  use  of  such  questions      
   unless  the  pilot  project  demonstrates that the use of short answer      
   questions  results  in  a  statistically  significant  improvement  in      
   student achievement and is justifiable in terms of  cost  and  student      
   performance.   Changes  the  name  of the IGAP Review Committee to the      
   State Testing Review Committee.                                             
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0789

   Last action date: 98-08-14

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   2     SENATE -   3


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