Bill Text: IL HB4455 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that each year, on or before the September fall enrollment count, (1) the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher who is teaching courses in public school classrooms for prekindergarten through grade 3 may not exceed 18 students; (2) the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher who is teaching courses in public school classrooms for grades 4 through 8 may not exceed 22 students; and the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher who is teaching courses in public school classrooms for grades 9 through 12 may not exceed 25 students, which maximums must be maintained after the September fall enrollment count. Sets forth exceptions. Requires the State Board of Education to annually calculate class size measures based upon the September fall enrollment count.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4455 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB4455-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB4455 Introduced , by Rep. Marlow H. Colvin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/34-18.47 new
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that each year, on or before the September fall enrollment count, (1) the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher who is teaching courses in public school classrooms for prekindergarten through grade 3 may not exceed 18 students; (2) the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher who is teaching courses in public school classrooms for grades 4 through 8 may not exceed 22 students; and the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher who is teaching courses in public school classrooms for grades 9 through 12 may not exceed 25 students, which maximums must be maintained after the September fall enrollment count. Sets forth exceptions. Requires the State Board of Education to annually calculate class size measures based upon the September fall enrollment count.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
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 adding Section
34-18.47 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.47 new)
Sec. 34-18.47. Maximum class size.
(a) Each year, on or before the September fall enrollment
count, the following class size maximums must be satisfied:
(1) The maximum number of students assigned to each
teacher who is teaching courses in public school classrooms
for prekindergarten through grade 3 may not exceed 18
students.
(2) The maximum number of students assigned to each
teacher who is teaching courses in public school classrooms
for grades 4 through 8 may not exceed 22 students. The
maximum number of students assigned to a high school course
in which a student in any of grades 4 through 8 is enrolled
shall be governed by the requirements in subdivision (3) of
this subsection (a).
(3) The maximum number of students assigned to each
teacher who is teaching courses in public school classrooms
for grades 9 through 12 may not exceed 25 students.

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These maximums must be maintained after the September fall
enrollment count, except as provided in subsection (c) of this
Section or due to an extreme emergency beyond the control of
the board.
(b) The State Board of Education shall annually calculate
the class size measures described in subsection (a) of this
Section based upon the September fall enrollment count.
(c) A student who enrolls in a school after the September
fall enrollment count may be assigned to an existing class that
temporarily exceeds the maximum number of students in
subsection (a) of this Section if the board determines it to be
impractical, educationally unsound, or disruptive to student
learning to not assign the student to the class. If the board
makes this determination:
(1) up to 3 students may be assigned to a teacher in
kindergarten through grade 3 above the maximum as provided
in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) up to 5 students may be assigned to a teacher in
grades 4 through 12 above the maximum as provided in
subdivisions (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of this Section,
respectively; and
(3) the board shall develop a plan that provides that
the school will be in full compliance with the maximum
class size in subsection (a) of this Section by the next
September fall enrollment count.