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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 10-17a as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
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7 | Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report | ||||||
8 | cards.
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9 | (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent | ||||||
10 | school year, the State Board of Education, through the State | ||||||
11 | Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, | ||||||
12 | school district report cards, and school report cards, and | ||||||
13 | shall by the most economic means provide to each school
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14 | district in this State, including special charter districts and | ||||||
15 | districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report | ||||||
16 | cards for the school district and each of its schools. | ||||||
17 | (2) In addition to any information required by federal law, | ||||||
18 | the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and | ||||||
19 | presentation of the school report card, which must include, at | ||||||
20 | a minimum, the most current data possessed by the State Board | ||||||
21 | of Education related to the following: | ||||||
22 | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, | ||||||
23 | including average class size, average teaching experience, |
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1 | student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of | ||||||
2 | students classified as low-income; the percentage of | ||||||
3 | students classified as English learners; the percentage of | ||||||
4 | students who have individualized education plans or 504 | ||||||
5 | plans that provide for special education services; the | ||||||
6 | percentage of students who annually transferred in or out | ||||||
7 | of the school district; the per-pupil operating | ||||||
8 | expenditure of the school district; and the per-pupil State | ||||||
9 | average operating expenditure for the district type | ||||||
10 | (elementary, high school, or unit); | ||||||
11 | (B) curriculum information, including, where | ||||||
12 | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | ||||||
13 | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment | ||||||
14 | courses, foreign language classes, school personnel | ||||||
15 | resources (including Career Technical Education teachers), | ||||||
16 | before and after school programs, extracurricular | ||||||
17 | activities, subjects in which elective classes are | ||||||
18 | offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the | ||||||
19 | average number of days of Physical Education per week per | ||||||
20 | student), approved programs of study, awards received, | ||||||
21 | community partnerships, and special programs such as | ||||||
22 | programming for the gifted and talented, students with | ||||||
23 | disabilities, and work-study students; | ||||||
24 | (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the | ||||||
25 | percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of | ||||||
26 | State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth |
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1 | grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled | ||||||
2 | in post-secondary institutions (including colleges, | ||||||
3 | universities, community colleges, trade/vocational | ||||||
4 | schools, and training programs leading to career | ||||||
5 | certification within 2 semesters of high school | ||||||
6 | graduation), the percentage of students graduating from | ||||||
7 | high school who are college and career ready, and the | ||||||
8 | percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges, | ||||||
9 | colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses | ||||||
10 | that the community college, college, or university | ||||||
11 | identifies as a developmental course; | ||||||
12 | (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the | ||||||
13 | percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5 | ||||||
14 | credits or more without failing more than one core class, a | ||||||
15 | measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a | ||||||
16 | measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter | ||||||
17 | high school on track for college and career readiness; | ||||||
18 | (E) the school environment, including, where | ||||||
19 | applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10 | ||||||
20 | absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with | ||||||
21 | less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other | ||||||
22 | than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to | ||||||
23 | the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term | ||||||
24 | disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the | ||||||
25 | percentage of teachers returning to the school from the | ||||||
26 | previous year, the number of different principals at the |
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1 | school in the last 6 years, 2 or more indicators from any | ||||||
2 | school climate survey selected or approved by the State and | ||||||
3 | administered pursuant to Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with | ||||||
4 | the same or similar indicators included on school report | ||||||
5 | cards for all surveys selected or approved by the State | ||||||
6 | pursuant to Section 2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined | ||||||
7 | percentage of teachers rated as proficient or excellent in | ||||||
8 | their most recent evaluation; and | ||||||
9 | (F) a school district's and its individual schools' | ||||||
10 | balanced accountability measure, in accordance with | ||||||
11 | Section 2-3.25a of this Code. | ||||||
12 | The school report card shall also provide
information that | ||||||
13 | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | ||||||
14 | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | ||||||
15 | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | ||||||
16 | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | ||||||
17 | enrollment of low-income students, special education students, | ||||||
18 | and English learners.
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19 | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | ||||||
20 | school district report card shall include a subset of the | ||||||
21 | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | ||||||
22 | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating | ||||||
23 | to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the | ||||||
24 | school district, and the State report card shall include a | ||||||
25 | subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through | ||||||
26 | (E) of subsection (2) of this Section. The school district |
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1 | report card shall include the total and per pupil normal cost | ||||||
2 | amount the State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System | ||||||
3 | of the State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the | ||||||
4 | district's employees, which shall be reported to the State | ||||||
5 | Board of Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the | ||||||
6 | State of Illinois. | ||||||
7 | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | ||||||
8 | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | ||||||
9 | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | ||||||
10 | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | ||||||
11 | State report card. | ||||||
12 | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | ||||||
13 | of the school district and school report cards from the State | ||||||
14 | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including | ||||||
15 | special charter districts and districts subject to the | ||||||
16 | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | ||||||
17 | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | ||||||
18 | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's | ||||||
19 | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
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20 | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of general | ||||||
21 | circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, send the | ||||||
22 | report cards
home to a parent (unless the district does not | ||||||
23 | maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the report card | ||||||
24 | shall be sent home to parents without request). If the
district | ||||||
25 | posts the report card on its Internet web
site, the district
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26 | shall send a
written notice home to parents stating (i) that |
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1 | the report card is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address | ||||||
2 | of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
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3 | will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone | ||||||
4 | number that parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the | ||||||
5 | report card.
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6 | (6) Nothing contained in this amendatory Act of the 98th | ||||||
7 | General Assembly repeals, supersedes, invalidates, or | ||||||
8 | nullifies final decisions in lawsuits pending on the effective | ||||||
9 | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly in | ||||||
10 | Illinois courts involving the interpretation of Public Act | ||||||
11 | 97-8. | ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-648, eff. 7-1-14; 99-30, | ||||||
13 | eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
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14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
15 | becoming law.
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