Bill Amendment: IL SB1993 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

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Bill Title: SCH CD-LOCAL ASSESSMENT-NOTICE

Status: 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0393 [SB1993 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1993-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Mary Beth Canty

Filed: 4/25/2023

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1993
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1993 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
10-20.85 and 34-18.82 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new)
Sec. 10-20.85. Community input on local assessments.
(a) As used in this Section, "district-administered
assessment" means an assessment that requires all student test
takers at any grade level to answer the same questions, or a
selection of questions from a common bank of questions, in the
same manner or substantially the same questions in the same
manner. The term does not include an observational assessment
tool used to satisfy the requirements of Section 2-3.64a-10 of
this Code or an assessment developed by district teachers or
administrators that will be used to measure student progress

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at an attendance center within the school district.
(b) Prior to approving a new contract for any
district-administered assessment, a school board must hold a
public vote at a regular meeting of the school board, at which
the terms of the proposal must be substantially presented and
an opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided,
subject to applicable notice requirements. However, if the
assessment being made available to review is subject to
copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property
protection, the review process shall include technical and
procedural safeguards to ensure that the materials are not
able to be widely disseminated to the general public in
violation of the intellectual property rights of the publisher
and to ensure content validity is not undermined.
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new)
Sec. 34-18.82. Community input on local assessments.
(a) As used in this Section, "district-administered
assessment" means an assessment that requires all student test
takers at any grade level to answer the same questions, or a
selection of questions from a common bank of questions, in the
same manner or substantially the same questions in the same
manner. The term does not include an observational assessment
tool used to satisfy the requirements of Section 2-3.64a-10 of
this Code or an assessment developed by district teachers or
administrators that will be used to measure student progress

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at an attendance center within the school district.
(b) Prior to approving a new contract for any
district-administered assessment, the board must hold a public
vote at a regular meeting of the board, at which the terms of
the proposal must be substantially presented and an
opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided,
subject to applicable notice requirements. However, if the
assessment being made available to review is subject to
copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property
protection, the review process shall include technical and
procedural safeguards to ensure that the materials are not
able to be widely disseminated to the general public in
violation of the intellectual property rights of the publisher
and to ensure content validity is not undermined.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2024.".