Bill Text: IL HB1012 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires the instruction on character education to include the teaching of respect toward a person's race or ethnicity or gender. With regard to the State Board of Education's school report card, requires data collected on curriculum information to include information on a school's instruction on character education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-12 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB1012 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB1012-Introduced.html
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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 Sections | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 10-17a and 27-12 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | card, school district report cards, and school report cards, | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | and shall by the most economical means provide to each school
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14 | district in this State, including special charter districts | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | and districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | report cards for the school district and each of its schools. | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Because of the impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | during school year 2020-2021, the State Board of Education | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | shall have until December 31, 2021 to prepare and provide the | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | report cards that would otherwise be due by October 31, 2021. | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | During a school year in which the Governor has declared a | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | disaster due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the report |
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1 | cards for the school districts and each of its schools shall be | ||||||
2 | prepared by December 31. | ||||||
3 | (2) In addition to any information required by federal | ||||||
4 | law, the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators | ||||||
5 | and presentation of the school report card, which must | ||||||
6 | include, at a minimum, the most current data collected and | ||||||
7 | maintained by the State Board of Education related to the | ||||||
8 | following: | ||||||
9 | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, | ||||||
10 | including average class size, average teaching experience, | ||||||
11 | student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of | ||||||
12 | students classified as low-income; the percentage of | ||||||
13 | students classified as English learners, the number of | ||||||
14 | students who graduate from a bilingual or English learner | ||||||
15 | program, and the number of students who graduate from, | ||||||
16 | transfer from, or otherwise leave bilingual programs; the | ||||||
17 | percentage of students who have individualized education | ||||||
18 | plans or 504 plans that provide for special education | ||||||
19 | services; the number and percentage of all students who | ||||||
20 | have been assessed for placement in a gifted education or | ||||||
21 | advanced academic program and, of those students: (i) the | ||||||
22 | racial and ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are | ||||||
23 | classified as low-income, and (iii) the number and | ||||||
24 | percentage of students who received direct instruction | ||||||
25 | from a teacher who holds a gifted education endorsement | ||||||
26 | and, of those students, the percentage who are classified |
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1 | as low-income; the percentage of students scoring at the | ||||||
2 | "exceeds expectations" level on the assessments required | ||||||
3 | under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of | ||||||
4 | students who annually transferred in or out of the school | ||||||
5 | district; average daily attendance; the per-pupil | ||||||
6 | operating expenditure of the school district; and the | ||||||
7 | per-pupil State average operating expenditure for the | ||||||
8 | district type (elementary, high school, or unit); | ||||||
9 | (B) curriculum information, including, where | ||||||
10 | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | ||||||
11 | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment | ||||||
12 | courses, foreign language classes, computer science | ||||||
13 | courses, school personnel resources (including Career | ||||||
14 | Technical Education teachers), before and after school | ||||||
15 | programs, extracurricular activities, subjects in which | ||||||
16 | elective classes are offered, health and wellness | ||||||
17 | initiatives (including the average number of days of | ||||||
18 | Physical Education per week per student), approved | ||||||
19 | programs of study, awards received, community | ||||||
20 | partnerships, instruction on character education, and | ||||||
21 | special programs such as programming for the gifted and | ||||||
22 | talented, students with disabilities, and work-study | ||||||
23 | 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 who | ||||||
2 | participated in workplace learning experiences, the | ||||||
3 | percentage of students enrolled in post-secondary | ||||||
4 | institutions (including colleges, universities, community | ||||||
5 | colleges, trade/vocational schools, and training programs | ||||||
6 | leading to career certification within 2 semesters of high | ||||||
7 | school graduation), the percentage of students graduating | ||||||
8 | from high school who are college and career ready, and the | ||||||
9 | percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges, | ||||||
10 | colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses | ||||||
11 | that the community college, college, or university | ||||||
12 | identifies as a developmental course; | ||||||
13 | (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the | ||||||
14 | percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned | ||||||
15 | 5 credits or more without failing more than one core | ||||||
16 | class, a measure of students entering kindergarten ready | ||||||
17 | to learn, a measure of growth, and the percentage of | ||||||
18 | students who enter high school on track for college and | ||||||
19 | career readiness; | ||||||
20 | (E) the school environment, including, where | ||||||
21 | applicable, high school dropout rate by grade level, the | ||||||
22 | percentage of students with less than 10 absences in a | ||||||
23 | school year, the percentage of teachers with less than 10 | ||||||
24 | absences in a school year for reasons other than | ||||||
25 | professional development, leaves taken pursuant to the | ||||||
26 | federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term |
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1 | disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the | ||||||
2 | percentage of teachers returning to the school from the | ||||||
3 | previous year, the number of different principals at the | ||||||
4 | school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold | ||||||
5 | a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria | ||||||
6 | used by the district to determine whether a student is | ||||||
7 | eligible for participation in a gifted education program | ||||||
8 | or advanced academic program and the manner in which | ||||||
9 | parents and guardians are made aware of the process and | ||||||
10 | criteria, the number of teachers who are National Board | ||||||
11 | Certified Teachers, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, 2 | ||||||
12 | or more indicators from any school climate survey selected | ||||||
13 | or approved by the State and administered pursuant to | ||||||
14 | Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar | ||||||
15 | indicators included on school report cards for all surveys | ||||||
16 | selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section | ||||||
17 | 2-3.153 of this Code, the combined percentage of teachers | ||||||
18 | rated as proficient or excellent in their most recent | ||||||
19 | evaluation, and, beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, | ||||||
20 | data on the number of incidents of violence that occurred | ||||||
21 | on school grounds or during school-related activities and | ||||||
22 | that resulted in an out-of-school suspension, expulsion, | ||||||
23 | or removal to an alternative setting, as reported pursuant | ||||||
24 | to Section 2-3.162; | ||||||
25 | (F) a school district's and its individual schools' | ||||||
26 | balanced accountability measure, in accordance with |
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1 | Section 2-3.25a of this Code; | ||||||
2 | (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the | ||||||
3 | State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of | ||||||
4 | the State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the | ||||||
5 | school's employees, which shall be reported to the State | ||||||
6 | Board of Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of | ||||||
7 | the State of Illinois; | ||||||
8 | (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 | ||||||
9 | of this Code only, State contributions to the Public | ||||||
10 | School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago | ||||||
11 | and State contributions for health care for employees of | ||||||
12 | that school district; | ||||||
13 | (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as | ||||||
14 | defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section | ||||||
15 | 18-8.15 of this Code; | ||||||
16 | (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as | ||||||
17 | defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section | ||||||
18 | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; | ||||||
19 | (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in | ||||||
20 | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this | ||||||
21 | Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as | ||||||
22 | defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section | ||||||
23 | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; | ||||||
24 | (L) a school district's administrative costs; | ||||||
25 | (M) whether or not the school has participated in the | ||||||
26 | Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M), "Illinois |
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1 | Youth Survey" means a self-report survey, administered in | ||||||
2 | school settings every 2 years, designed to gather | ||||||
3 | information about health and social indicators, including | ||||||
4 | substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of students in | ||||||
5 | grades 8, 10, and 12; and | ||||||
6 | (N) whether the school offered its students career and | ||||||
7 | technical education opportunities. | ||||||
8 | The school report card shall also provide
information that | ||||||
9 | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | ||||||
10 | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | ||||||
11 | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | ||||||
12 | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | ||||||
13 | enrollment of low-income students, special education students, | ||||||
14 | and English learners.
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15 | As used in this subsection (2): | ||||||
16 | "Administrative costs" means costs associated with | ||||||
17 | executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the | ||||||
18 | school district that involve planning, organizing, managing, | ||||||
19 | or directing the school district. | ||||||
20 | "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to | ||||||
21 | which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive | ||||||
22 | ability or advanced academic achievement compared to local age | ||||||
23 | peers and in which the curriculum is substantially | ||||||
24 | differentiated from the general curriculum to provide | ||||||
25 | appropriate challenge and pace. | ||||||
26 | "Computer science" means the study of computers and |
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1 | algorithms, including their principles, their hardware and | ||||||
2 | software designs, their implementation, and their impact on | ||||||
3 | society. "Computer science" does not include the study of | ||||||
4 | everyday uses of computers and computer applications, such as | ||||||
5 | keyboarding or accessing the Internet. | ||||||
6 | "Gifted education" means educational services, including | ||||||
7 | differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed | ||||||
8 | to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A | ||||||
9 | of this Code. | ||||||
10 | For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2), | ||||||
11 | "average daily attendance" means the average of the actual | ||||||
12 | number of attendance days during the previous school year for | ||||||
13 | any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance | ||||||
14 | by Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school. | ||||||
15 | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | ||||||
16 | school district report card shall include a subset of the | ||||||
17 | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | ||||||
18 | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information | ||||||
19 | relating to the operating expense per pupil and other finances | ||||||
20 | of the school district, and the State report card shall | ||||||
21 | include a subset of the information identified in paragraphs | ||||||
22 | (A) through (E) and paragraph (N) of subsection (2) of this | ||||||
23 | Section. The school district report card shall include the | ||||||
24 | average daily attendance, as that term is defined in | ||||||
25 | subsection (2) of this Section, of students who have | ||||||
26 | individualized education programs and students who have 504 |
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1 | plans that provide for special education services within the | ||||||
2 | school district. | ||||||
3 | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | ||||||
4 | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | ||||||
5 | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | ||||||
6 | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | ||||||
7 | State report card. | ||||||
8 | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | ||||||
9 | of the school district and school report cards from the State | ||||||
10 | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including | ||||||
11 | special charter districts and districts subject to the | ||||||
12 | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | ||||||
13 | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | ||||||
14 | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's | ||||||
15 | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
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16 | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of | ||||||
17 | general circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, | ||||||
18 | send the report cards
home to a parent (unless the district | ||||||
19 | does not maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the | ||||||
20 | report card shall be sent home to parents without request). If | ||||||
21 | the
district posts the report card on its Internet web
site, | ||||||
22 | the district
shall send a
written notice home to parents | ||||||
23 | stating (i) that the report card is available on
the web site,
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24 | (ii) the address of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of | ||||||
25 | the report card
will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) | ||||||
26 | the telephone number that parents may
call to
request a |
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1 | printed copy of the report card.
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2 | (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals, | ||||||
3 | supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in | ||||||
4 | lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public | ||||||
5 | Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of | ||||||
6 | Public Act 97-8. | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 101-68, eff. 1-1-20; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; | ||||||
8 | 101-654, eff. 3-8-21; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-294, eff. | ||||||
9 | 1-1-22; 102-539, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-594, | ||||||
10 | eff. 7-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22 .)
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11 | (105 ILCS 5/27-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-12)
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12 | Sec. 27-12. Character education.
Every public school | ||||||
13 | teacher shall teach character education, which includes the | ||||||
14 | teaching of respect, including, but not limited to, respect | ||||||
15 | toward a person's race or ethnicity or gender, responsibility, | ||||||
16 | fairness, caring, trustworthiness, and citizenship, in order | ||||||
17 | to raise pupils' honesty, kindness,
justice, discipline, | ||||||
18 | respect for others, and moral courage for the purpose
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19 | lessening crime and raising
the standard of good character.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 94-187, eff. 7-12-05.)
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