Bill Text: IL HB1880 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires each school district to maintain records that are related to the utilization of remote and blended remote learning days. Sets forth what teacher information the records must include. Requires the school district to make the records available to the public in the district's administrative office and on the district's Internet website. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1880 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB1880-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB1880 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-30
105 ILCS 5/34-18.66
Amends the School Code. Requires each school district to maintain records that are related to the utilization of remote and blended remote learning days. Sets forth what teacher information the records must include. Requires the school district to make the records available to the public in the district's administrative office and on the district's Internet website. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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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 changing Sections
10-30 and 34-18.66 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-30)
Sec. 10-30. Remote and blended remote learning. This
Section applies if the Governor has declared a disaster due to
a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.
(1) If the Governor has declared a disaster due to a
public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the State
Superintendent of Education may declare a requirement to
use remote learning days or blended remote learning days
for a school district, multiple school districts, a
region, or the entire State. During remote learning days,
schools shall conduct instruction remotely. During blended
remote learning days, schools may utilize hybrid models of
in-person and remote instruction. Once declared, remote
learning days or blended remote learning days shall be
implemented in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 as days
of attendance and shall be deemed pupil attendance days

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for calculation of the length of a school term under
Section 10-19.
(2) For purposes of this Section, a remote learning
day or blended remote learning day may be met through a
district's implementation of an e-learning program under
Section 10-20.56.
(3) For any district that does not implement an
e-learning program under Section 10-20.56, the district
shall adopt a remote and blended remote learning day plan
approved by the district superintendent. Each district may
utilize remote and blended remote learning planning days,
consecutively or in separate increments, to develop,
review, or amend its remote and blended remote learning
day plan or provide professional development to staff
regarding remote education. Up to 5 remote and blended
remote learning planning days may be deemed pupil
attendance days for calculation of the length of a school
term under Section 10-19.
(4) Each remote and blended remote learning day plan
shall address the following:
(i) accessibility of the remote instruction to all
students enrolled in the district;
(ii) if applicable, a requirement that the remote
learning day and blended remote learning day
activities reflect State learning standards;
(iii) a means for students to confer with an

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educator, as necessary;
(iv) the unique needs of students in special
populations, including, but not limited to, students
eligible for special education under Article 14,
students who are English learners as defined in
Section 14C-2, and students experiencing homelessness
under the Education for Homeless Children Act, or
vulnerable student populations;
(v) how the district will take attendance and
monitor and verify each student's remote
participation; and
(vi) transitions from remote learning to on-site
learning upon the State Superintendent's declaration
that remote learning days or blended remote learning
days are no longer deemed necessary.
(5) The district superintendent shall periodically
review and amend the district's remote and blended remote
learning day plan, as needed, to ensure the plan meets the
needs of all students.
(6) Each remote and blended remote learning day plan
shall be posted on the district's Internet website where
other policies, rules, and standards of conduct are posted
and shall be provided to students and faculty.
(7) This Section does not create any additional
employee bargaining rights and does not remove any
employee bargaining rights.

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(8) Statutory and regulatory curricular mandates and
offerings may be administered via a district's remote and
blended remote learning day plan, except that a district
may not offer individual behind-the-wheel instruction
required by Section 27-24.2 via a district's remote and
blended remote learning day plan. This Section does not
relieve schools and districts from completing all
statutory and regulatory curricular mandates and
offerings.
(9) Each school district shall maintain records that
are related to remote and blended remote learning days
utilized under this Section. The records shall include,
but are not limited to, the following information:
(i) the length of time of actual remote or blended
remote learning per school day;
(ii) the identification of the teachers or other
school personnel who participated in remote or blended
remote learning each school day;
(iii) the actual length of time a teacher or other
school personnel identified in subparagraph (ii)
participated in remote or blended remote learning each
school day; and
(iv) the identification of those teachers or other
school personnel who canceled a daily session of
remote or blended remote learning to which they were
assigned per school day.

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The school district shall make the records available
to the public in the district's administrative office and
on the district's Internet website, if one is maintained
by the district.
(Source: P.A. 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.66)
Sec. 34-18.66. Remote and blended remote learning. This
Section applies if the Governor has declared a disaster due to
a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.
(1) If the Governor has declared a disaster due to a
public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the State
Superintendent of Education may declare a requirement to
use remote learning days or blended remote learning days
for the school district, multiple school districts, a
region, or the entire State. During remote learning days,
schools shall conduct instruction remotely. During blended
remote learning days, schools may utilize hybrid models of
in-person and remote instruction. Once declared, remote
learning days or blended remote learning days shall be
implemented in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 as days
of attendance and shall be deemed pupil attendance days
for calculation of the length of a school term under
Section 10-19.

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(2) For purposes of this Section, a remote learning
day or blended remote learning day may be met through the
district's implementation of an e-learning program under
Section 10-20.56.
(3) If the district does not implement an e-learning
program under Section 10-20.56, the district shall adopt a
remote and blended remote learning day plan approved by
the general superintendent of schools. The district may
utilize remote and blended remote learning planning days,
consecutively or in separate increments, to develop,
review, or amend its remote and blended remote learning
day plan or provide professional development to staff
regarding remote education. Up to 5 remote and blended
remote learning planning days may be deemed pupil
attendance days for calculation of the length of a school
term under Section 10-19.
(4) Each remote and blended remote learning day plan
shall address the following:
(i) accessibility of the remote instruction to all
students enrolled in the district;
(ii) if applicable, a requirement that the remote
learning day and blended remote learning day
activities reflect State learning standards;
(iii) a means for students to confer with an
educator, as necessary;
(iv) the unique needs of students in special

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populations, including, but not limited to, students
eligible for special education under Article 14,
students who are English learners as defined in
Section 14C-2, and students experiencing homelessness
under the Education for Homeless Children Act, or
vulnerable student populations;
(v) how the district will take attendance and
monitor and verify each student's remote
participation; and
(vi) transitions from remote learning to on-site
learning upon the State Superintendent's declaration
that remote learning days or blended remote learning
days are no longer deemed necessary.
(5) The general superintendent of schools shall
periodically review and amend the district's remote and
blended remote learning day plan, as needed, to ensure the
plan meets the needs of all students.
(6) Each remote and blended remote learning day plan
shall be posted on the district's Internet website where
other policies, rules, and standards of conduct are posted
and shall be provided to students and faculty.
(7) This Section does not create any additional
employee bargaining rights and does not remove any
employee bargaining rights.
(8) Statutory and regulatory curricular mandates and
offerings may be administered via the district's remote

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and blended remote learning day plan, except that the
district may not offer individual behind-the-wheel
instruction required by Section 27-24.2 via the district's
remote and blended remote learning day plan. This Section
does not relieve schools and the district from completing
all statutory and regulatory curricular mandates and
offerings.
(9) The school district shall maintain records that
are related to remote and blended remote learning days
utilized under this Section. The records shall include,
but are not limited to, the following information:
(i) the length of time of actual remote or blended
remote learning per school day;
(ii) the identification of the teachers or other
school personnel who participated in remote or blended
remote learning each school day;
(iii) the actual length of time a teacher or other
school personnel identified in subparagraph (ii)
participated in remote or blended remote learning each
school day; and
(iv) the identification of those teachers or other
school personnel who canceled a daily session of
remote or blended remote learning to which they were
assigned per school day.
The school district shall make the records available
to the public in the district's administrative office and

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on the district's Internet website.
(Source: P.A. 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.