Public Act 103-0452
 
HB3570 EnrolledLRB103 30081 RJT 56505 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
24A-20 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/24A-20)
    Sec. 24A-20. State Board of Education data collection and 
evaluation assessment and support systems.
    (a) On or before the date established in subsection (b) of 
this Section, the State Board of Education shall, through a 
process involving collaboration with the Performance 
Evaluation Advisory Council, develop or contract for the 
development of and implement all of the following data 
collection and evaluation assessment and support systems:
        (1)  A system to annually collect and publish data by 
    district and school on teacher and administrator 
    performance evaluation outcomes.  The system must ensure 
    that no teacher or administrator can be personally 
    identified by publicly reported data.
        (2)  Both a teacher and principal model evaluation 
    template. The model templates must incorporate the 
    requirements of this Article and any other requirements 
    established by the State Board by administrative rule, but 
    allow customization by districts in a manner that does not 
    conflict with such requirements.
        (3)  An evaluator pre-qualification program based on 
    the model teacher evaluation template.
        (4)  An evaluator training program based on the model 
    teacher evaluation template.  The training program shall 
    provide multiple training options that account for the 
    prior training and experience of the evaluator.
        (5)  A superintendent training program based on the 
    model principal evaluation template.
        (6)  One or more instruments to provide feedback to 
    principals on the instructional environment within a 
    school.
        (7)  A State Board-provided or approved technical 
    assistance system that supports districts with the 
    development and implementation of teacher and principal 
    evaluation systems.
        (8)  Web-based systems and tools supporting 
    implementation of the model templates and the evaluator 
    pre-qualification and training programs.
        (9)  A process for measuring and reporting correlations 
    between local principal and teacher evaluations and (A) 
    student growth in tested grades and subjects and (B) 
    retention rates of teachers.
        (10) A process for assessing whether school district 
    evaluation systems developed pursuant to this Act and that 
    consider student growth as a significant factor in the 
    rating of a teacher's and principal's performance are 
    valid and reliable, contribute to the development of 
    staff, and improve student achievement outcomes. By no 
    later than September 1, 2014, a research-based study shall 
    be issued assessing such systems for validity and 
    reliability, contribution to the development of staff, and 
    improvement of student performance  and recommending, based 
    on the results of this study, changes, if any, that need to 
    be incorporated into teacher and principal evaluation 
    systems that consider student growth as a significant 
    factor in the rating performance for remaining school 
    districts to be required to implement such systems.
    (b)  If the State of Illinois receives a Race to the Top 
Grant, the data collection and support systems described in 
subsection (a) must be developed on or before September 30, 
2011.  If the State of Illinois does not receive a Race to the 
Top Grant, the data collection and support systems described 
in subsection (a) must be developed on or before September 30, 
2012; provided, however, that the data collection and support 
systems set forth in items (3) and (4) of subsection (a) of 
this Section must be developed by September 30, 2011 
regardless of whether the State of Illinois receives a Race to 
the Top Grant.  By no later than September 1, 2011, if the State 
of Illinois receives a Race to the Top Grant, or September 1, 
2012, if the State of Illinois does not receive a Race to the 
Top Grant, the State Board of Education must execute or 
contract for the execution of the assessment referenced in 
item (10) of subsection (a) of this Section to determine 
whether the school district evaluation systems developed 
pursuant to this Act have been valid and reliable, contributed 
to the development of staff, and improved student performance.
    (c)  Districts shall submit data and information to the 
State Board on teacher and principal performance evaluations 
and evaluation plans in accordance with procedures and 
requirements for submissions established by the State Board.  
Such data shall include, without limitation, (i) data on the 
performance rating given to all teachers in contractual 
continued service, (ii) data on district recommendations to 
renew or not renew teachers not in contractual continued 
service, and (iii) data on the performance rating given to all 
principals.
    (d)  If the State Board of Education does not timely 
fulfill any of the requirements set forth in Sections 24A-7 
and 24A-20, and adequate and sustainable federal, State, or 
other funds are not provided to the State Board of Education 
and school districts to meet their responsibilities under this 
Article, the applicable implementation date shall be postponed 
by the number of calendar days equal to those needed by the 
State Board of Education to fulfill such requirements and for 
the adequate and sustainable funds to be provided to the State 
Board of Education and school districts.  The determination as 
to whether the State Board of Education has fulfilled any or 
all requirements set forth in Sections 24A-7 and 24A-20 and 
whether adequate and sustainable funds have been provided to 
the State Board of Education and school districts shall be 
made by the State Board of Education in consultation with the 
P-20 Council.

    (e) The State Board of Education shall report teacher 
evaluation data from each school in the State. The State 
Board's report shall include:
        (1) data from the most recent performance evaluation 
    ratings issued prior to the effective date of this 
    amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly  for all 
    nontenured teachers and teachers in contractual continued 
    service broken down by the race and ethnicity of teachers; 
    and
        (2) data from the most recent performance evaluation 
    ratings issued prior to the effective date of this 
    amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly for all 
    nontenured teachers and teachers in contractual continued 
    service broken down by the race, ethnicity, and 
    eligibility status for free or reduced-price lunch of 
    students in the school where the teachers work.
    The report shall contain data in an aggregate format. The 
report with the aggregate data is not confidential pursuant to 
Section 24A-7.1 of this Code unless an individual teacher is 
personally identifiable in the report. With respect to the 
report, the underlying data and any personally identifying 
information of a teacher shall be confidential. The State 
Board shall provide the data in the report in a format that 
prevents identification of individual teachers.
(Source: P.A. 96-861, eff. 1-15-10.)