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 1        AN ACT relating to schools.

 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
 5    Section 10-17a as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
 7        Sec. 10-17a.  Better schools accountability.
 8        (1)  Policy  and  Purpose.  It shall be the policy of the
 9    State of Illinois that each school district  in  this  State,
10    including  special charter districts and districts subject to
11    the provisions  of  Article  34,  shall  submit  to  parents,
12    taxpayers   of  such  district,  the  Governor,  the  General
13    Assembly, and the State Board of Education  a  school  report
14    card  assessing  the performance of its schools and students.
15    The report card shall  be  an  index  of  school  performance
16    measured  against  statewide  and  local  standards  and will
17    provide information to make prior year comparisons and to set
18    future year targets through the school improvement plan.
19        (2)  Reporting Requirements.  Each school district  shall
20    prepare  a  report card in accordance with the guidelines set
21    forth in this Section which describes the performance of  its
22    students by school attendance centers and by district and the
23    district's   financial   resources   and   use  of  financial
24    resources.  Such report card shall be presented at a  regular
25    school   board   meeting   subject   to   applicable   notice
26    requirements,  and  such report cards shall be made available
27    to a newspaper of general circulation  serving  the  district
28    and  shall  be sent home to parents. In addition, each school
29    district shall submit the completed report card to the office
30    of the district's Regional Superintendent  which  shall  make
31    copies available to any individuals requesting them.
 
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 1        The report card shall be completed and disseminated prior
 2    to  October  31  in  each school year.  The report card shall
 3    contain,  but  not  be  limited  to,  actual   local   school
 4    attendance   center,   school  district  and  statewide  data
 5    indicating the present performance of the school,  the  State
 6    norms  and  the  areas for planned improvement for the school
 7    and school district.
 8        (3) (a)  The report  card  shall  include  the  following
 9    applicable  indicators  of  attendance  center, district, and
10    statewide  student  performance:  percent  of  students   who
11    exceed,  meet,  or  do  not meet standards established by the
12    State  Board  of  Education  pursuant  to  Section   2-3.25a;
13    composite  and subtest means on nationally normed achievement
14    tests for college bound students; student  attendance  rates;
15    chronic  truancy  rate;  dropout  rate;  graduation rate; and
16    student mobility, turnover shown as a  percent  of  transfers
17    out and a percent of transfers in.
18        (b)  The   report   card   shall  include  the  following
19    descriptions for the school, district,  and  State:   average
20    class  size;  amount  of time per day devoted to mathematics,
21    science, English and social science at  primary,  middle  and
22    junior  high  school  grade levels; number of students taking
23    the Prairie State Achievement  Examination  under  subsection
24    (c)  of  Section  2-3.64,  the  number  of those students who
25    received a score of  excellent,  and  the  average  score  by
26    school  of  students  taking  the  examination; pupil-teacher
27    ratio; pupil-administrator ratio; operating  expenditure  per
28    pupil;  district  expenditure  by fund; average administrator
29    salary; and average teacher salary.  The  report  card  shall
30    also  specify  the amount of money that the district receives
31    from all sources, including without limitation  subcategories
32    specifying  the  amount from local property taxes, the amount
33    from general State aid, the amount from other State  funding,
34    and the amount from other income.
 
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 1        (c)  The  report card shall include applicable indicators
 2    of parental  involvement  in  each  attendance  center.   The
 3    parental  involvement  component  of  the  report  card shall
 4    include the percentage of students whose parents or guardians
 5    have had one or more personal  contacts  with  the  students'
 6    teachers  during  the  school  year  concerning the students'
 7    education,  and  such  other  information,  commentary,   and
 8    suggestions as the school district desires.  For the purposes
 9    of  this  paragraph,  "personal contact" includes, but is not
10    limited to, parent-teacher conferences,  parental  visits  to
11    school,  school  visits to home, telephone conversations, and
12    written correspondence.  The parental  involvement  component
13    shall   not  single  out  or  identify  individual  students,
14    parents, or guardians by name.
15        (d)  The report card form shall be prepared by the  State
16    Board of Education and provided to school districts.
17    (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)

18        Section  90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
19    Section 8.26 as follows:

20        (30 ILCS 805/8.26 new)
21        Sec. 8.26. Exempt mandate.   Notwithstanding  Sections  6
22    and  8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
23    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
24    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.

25        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
26    becoming law.

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