Bill Text: IL SB0594 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning promoting students to the next higher grade level.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0594 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB0594-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 SB0594 Introduced 1/24/2013, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-20.9a from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.9a
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning promoting students to the next higher grade level.
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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 Section
10-20.9a as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.9a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.9a)
Sec. 10-20.9a. Final Grade; Promotion.
(a) Teachers shall administer the the approved marking
system or other approved means of evaluating pupil progress.
The teacher shall maintain the responsibility and right to
determine grades and other evaluations of students within the
grading policies of the district based upon his or her
professional judgment of available criteria pertinent to any
given subject area or activity for which he or she is
responsible. District policy shall provide the procedure and
reasons by and for which a grade may be changed; provided that
no grade or evaluation shall be changed without notification to
the teacher concerning the nature and reasons for such change.
If such a change is made, the person making the change shall
assume such responsibility for determining the grade or
evaluation, and shall initial such change.
(b) School districts shall not promote students to the next
higher grade level based upon age or any other social reasons

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not related to the academic performance of the students. On or
before September 1, 1998, school boards shall adopt and enforce
a policy on promotion as they deem necessary to ensure that
students meet local goals and objectives and can perform at the
expected grade level prior to promotion. Decisions to promote
or retain students in any classes shall be based on successful
completion of the curriculum, attendance, performance based on
Illinois Goals and Assessment Program tests, the Iowa Test of
Basic Skills, or other testing or any other criteria
established by the school board. Students determined by the
local district to not qualify for promotion to the next higher
grade shall be provided remedial assistance, which may include,
but shall not be limited to, a summer bridge program of no less
than 90 hours, tutorial sessions, increased or concentrated
instructional time, modifications to instructional materials,
and retention in grade.
(Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96; 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)