HB2574 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2574

Introduced 2/4/2025, by Rep. Sue Scherer

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new

Amends the School Code. Requires, on or before July 1, 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Board of Education to report specified information for each assessment contract it enters into. Requires the State Board to make the compiled information available on its Internet website. Requires the State Board to engage with certain groups to enhance the transparency around assessments. Allows the State Board to adopt rules to carry out its responsibilities under the provisions. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

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 adding Section 2-3.206 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new)

Sec. 2-3.206. Assessment reporting transparency.

(a) On or before July 1, 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Board of Education shall report, for each assessment contract the State Board of Education enters into, all of the following:

(1) the effective date of the contract and the date the contract concludes;

(2) whether the contract includes any renewal options and, if so, the length and number of renewals;

(3) the total contract costs on a yearly basis; and

(4) the notice of communications with the vendor to exercise renewal options.

(b) The State Board of Education shall compile the information required under subsection (a) and make that information available to the public on its Internet website.

(c) To further enhance the transparency around assessments, the State Board of Education shall engage with stakeholder groups such as the committee appointed under Section 2-3.64a-5 and the Balanced Accountability Measure Committee created in Section 2-3.25a, other State Board of Education established groups, such as the Technical Advisory Committee, and any other relevant entities established after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.

(d) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this Section.

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