Illinois-2023-HB1123-Introduced

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1123

Introduced , by Rep. Terra Costa Howard

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/10-17a from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a

Amends the School Code. Requires school report cards prepared by the State Superintendent of Education to include the percentage of students with disabilities who have fulfilled the minimum State graduation requirements and have been issued a regular high school diploma and the percentage of students with disabilities who have fulfilled the minimum State graduation requirements but have not completed their individualized education program and are enrolled and receiving individualized education program services.

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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY

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1 AN ACT concerning education.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section

5 10-17a as follows:

6 (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)

7 Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report

8 cards.

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

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, and special programs such as programming for

21 the gifted and talented, students with disabilities, and

22 work-study students;

23 (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the

24 percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of

25 State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth

26 grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students who

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1 participated in workplace learning experiences, the

2 percentage of students enrolled in post-secondary

3 institutions (including colleges, universities, community

4 colleges, trade/vocational schools, and training programs

5 leading to career certification within 2 semesters of high

6 school graduation), the percentage of students graduating

7 from 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, the percentage of

12 students with disabilities under the federal Individuals

13 with Disabilities Education Act and Article 14 of this

14 Code who have fulfilled the minimum State graduation

15 requirements set forth in Section 27-22 of this Code and

16 have been issued a regular high school diploma, and the

17 percentage of students with disabilities under the federal

18 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Article 14

19 of this Code who have fulfilled the minimum State

20 graduation requirements set forth in Section 27-22 of this

21 Code but have not completed their individualized education

22 program and are enrolled and receiving individualized

23 education program services;

24 (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the

25 percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned

26 5 credits or more without failing more than one core

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1 class, a measure of students entering kindergarten ready

2 to learn, a measure of growth, and the percentage of

3 students who enter high school on track for college and

4 career readiness;

5 (E) the school environment, including, where

6 applicable, high school dropout rate by grade level, the

7 percentage of students with less than 10 absences in a

8 school year, the percentage of teachers with less than 10

9 absences in a school year for reasons other than

10 professional development, leaves taken pursuant to the

11 federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term

12 disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the

13 percentage of teachers returning to the school from the

14 previous year, the number of different principals at the

15 school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold

16 a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria

17 used by the district to determine whether a student is

18 eligible for participation in a gifted education program

19 or advanced academic program and the manner in which

20 parents and guardians are made aware of the process and

21 criteria, the number of teachers who are National Board

22 Certified Teachers, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, 2

23 or more indicators from any school climate survey selected

24 or approved by the State and administered pursuant to

25 Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar

26 indicators included on school report cards for all surveys

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1 selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section

2 2-3.153 of this Code, the combined percentage of teachers

3 rated as proficient or excellent in their most recent

4 evaluation, and, beginning with the 2022-2023 school year,

5 data on the number of incidents of violence that occurred

6 on school grounds or during school-related activities and

7 that resulted in an out-of-school suspension, expulsion,

8 or removal to an alternative setting, as reported pursuant

9 to Section 2-3.162;

10 (F) a school district's and its individual schools'

11 balanced accountability measure, in accordance with

12 Section 2-3.25a of this Code;

13 (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the

14 State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of

15 the State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the

16 school's employees, which shall be reported to the State

17 Board of Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of

18 the State of Illinois;

19 (H) for a school district organized under Article 34

20 of this Code only, State contributions to the Public

21 School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago

22 and State contributions for health care for employees of

23 that school district;

24 (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as

25 defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section

26 18-8.15 of this Code;

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1 (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as

2 defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section

3 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;

4 (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in

5 paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this

6 Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as

7 defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section

8 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;

9 (L) a school district's administrative costs;

10 (M) whether or not the school has participated in the

11 Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M), "Illinois

12 Youth Survey" means a self-report survey, administered in

13 school settings every 2 years, designed to gather

14 information about health and social indicators, including

15 substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of students in

16 grades 8, 10, and 12; and

17 (N) whether the school offered its students career and

18 technical education opportunities.

19 The school report card shall also provide information that

20 allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and

21 environment data to the State average, to the school data from

22 the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and

23 environment of similar schools based on the type of school and

24 enrollment of low-income students, special education students,

25 and English learners.

26 As used in this subsection (2):

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1 "Administrative costs" means costs associated with

2 executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the

3 school district that involve planning, organizing, managing,

4 or directing the school district.

5 "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to

6 which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive

7 ability or advanced academic achievement compared to local age

8 peers and in which the curriculum is substantially

9 differentiated from the general curriculum to provide

10 appropriate challenge and pace.

11 "Computer science" means the study of computers and

12 algorithms, including their principles, their hardware and

13 software designs, their implementation, and their impact on

14 society. "Computer science" does not include the study of

15 everyday uses of computers and computer applications, such as

16 keyboarding or accessing the Internet.

17 "Gifted education" means educational services, including

18 differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed

19 to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A

20 of this Code.

21 For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2),

22 "average daily attendance" means the average of the actual

23 number of attendance days during the previous school year for

24 any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance

25 by Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school.

26 (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the

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1 school district report card shall include a subset of the

2 information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of

3 subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information

4 relating to the operating expense per pupil and other finances

5 of the school district, and the State report card shall

6 include a subset of the information identified in paragraphs

7 (A) through (E) and paragraph (N) of subsection (2) of this

8 Section. The school district report card shall include the

9 average daily attendance, as that term is defined in

10 subsection (2) of this Section, of students who have

11 individualized education programs and students who have 504

12 plans that provide for special education services within the

13 school district.

14 (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this

15 Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the

16 State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to

17 amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or

18 State report card.

19 (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt

20 of the school district and school report cards from the State

21 Superintendent of Education, each school district, including

22 special charter districts and districts subject to the

23 provisions of Article 34, shall present such report cards at a

24 regular school board meeting subject to applicable notice

25 requirements, post the report cards on the school district's

26 Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web

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1 site, make the report cards available to a newspaper of

2 general circulation serving the district, and, upon request,

3 send the report cards home to a parent (unless the district

4 does not maintain an Internet web site, in which case the

5 report card shall be sent home to parents without request). If

6 the district posts the report card on its Internet web site,

7 the district shall send a written notice home to parents

8 stating (i) that the report card is available on the web site,

9 (ii) the address of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of

10 the report card will be sent to parents upon request, and (iv)

11 the telephone number that parents may call to request a

12 printed copy of the report card.

13 (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals,

14 supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in

15 lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public

16 Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of

17 Public Act 97-8.

18 (Source: P.A. 101-68, eff. 1-1-20; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19;

19 101-654, eff. 3-8-21; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-294, eff.

20 1-1-22; 102-539, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-594,

21 eff. 7-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)