Bill Text: IL SB3382 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Evaluation of Certified Employees Article of the School Code. Provides that on July 1, 2024, the State Superintendent of Education shall convene a Performance Evaluation Advisory Committee for the purpose of maintaining and improving the State evaluator training and pre-qualification program in this State. Provides that the Committee shall be staffed by the State Board of Education. Sets forth the membership of the Committee. Provides that members of the Committee shall be nominated by program providers and appointed by the State Superintendent. Provides that the Committee shall meet initially at the call of the State Superintendent and shall select one member as chairperson at its initial meeting. Provides that the Committee shall meet at least quarterly and may also meet at the call of the chairperson of the Committee. Provides that the Committee shall advise the State Board of Education on the continued implementation of the evaluator training and pre-qualification program in this State, which may include the development and delivery of the program's existing and new administrators' academies, gathering feedback from program instructors and participants, sharing best practices, consulting with the State Board on any proposed rule changes regarding evaluator training, and other subjects as determined by the chairperson of the Committee. Effective June 15, 2024.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-08 - Referred to Assignments [SB3382 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3382-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3382 Introduced 2/8/2024, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/24A-7 from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7
Amends the Evaluation of Certified Employees Article of the School Code. Provides that on July 1, 2024, the State Superintendent of Education shall convene a Performance Evaluation Advisory Committee for the purpose of maintaining and improving the State evaluator training and pre-qualification program in this State. Provides that the Committee shall be staffed by the State Board of Education. Sets forth the membership of the Committee. Provides that members of the Committee shall be nominated by program providers and appointed by the State Superintendent. Provides that the Committee shall meet initially at the call of the State Superintendent and shall select one member as chairperson at its initial meeting. Provides that the Committee shall meet at least quarterly and may also meet at the call of the chairperson of the Committee. Provides that the Committee shall advise the State Board of Education on the continued implementation of the evaluator training and pre-qualification program in this State, which may include the development and delivery of the program's existing and new administrators' academies, gathering feedback from program instructors and participants, sharing best practices, consulting with the State Board on any proposed rule changes regarding evaluator training, and other subjects as determined by the chairperson of the Committee. Effective June 15, 2024.
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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
24A-7 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/24A-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7)
Sec. 24A-7. Rules.
(a) The State Board of Education is authorized to adopt
such rules as are deemed necessary to implement and accomplish
the purposes and provisions of this Article, including, but
not limited to, rules:
(1) relating to the methods for measuring student
growth (including, but not limited to, limitations on the
age of usable data; the amount of data needed to reliably
and validly measure growth for the purpose of teacher and
principal evaluations; and whether and at what time annual
State assessments may be used as one of multiple measures
of student growth);
(2) defining the term "significant factor" for
purposes of including consideration of student growth in
performance ratings;
(3) controlling for such factors as student
characteristics (including, but not limited to, students

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receiving special education and English Learner services),
student attendance, and student mobility so as to best
measure the impact that a teacher, principal, school and
school district has on students' academic achievement;
(4) establishing minimum requirements for district
teacher and principal evaluation instruments and
procedures; and
(5) establishing a model evaluation plan for use by
school districts in which student growth shall comprise
50% of the performance rating.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section, such
rules shall not preclude a school district having 500,000 or
more inhabitants from using an annual State assessment as the
sole measure of student growth for purposes of teacher or
principal evaluations.
(b) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a
Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, which shall be
staffed by the State Board of Education. Members of the
Council shall be selected by the State Superintendent and
include, without limitation, representatives of teacher unions
and school district management, persons with expertise in
performance evaluation processes and systems, as well as other
stakeholders. The Council shall meet at least quarterly and
may also meet at the call of the chairperson of the Council,
following August 18, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act
100-211) until June 30, 2024. The Council shall advise the

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State Board of Education on the ongoing implementation of
performance evaluations in this State, which may include
gathering public feedback, sharing best practices, consulting
with the State Board on any proposed rule changes regarding
evaluations, and other subjects as determined by the
chairperson of the Council.
(c) On July 1, 2024, the State Superintendent of Education
shall convene a Performance Evaluation Advisory Committee for
the purpose of maintaining and improving the evaluator
training and pre-qualification program in this State under
Section 24A-3. The Committee shall be staffed by the State
Board of Education. Members of the Committee shall include,
without limitation, representatives from providers of the
evaluator retraining and pre-qualification program in this
State, which include teacher unions, school district
management, including a school district organized under
Article 34, and a statewide organization representing regional
offices of education. Members of the Committee shall be
nominated by the providers and appointed by the State
Superintendent.
The Committee shall meet initially at the call of the
State Superintendent and shall select one member as
chairperson at its initial meeting. The Committee shall meet
at least quarterly and may also meet at the call of the
chairperson of the Committee.
The Committee shall advise the State Board of Education on

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the continued implementation of the evaluator training and
pre-qualification program in this State, which may include the
development and delivery of the program's existing and new
administrators' academies, gathering feedback from program
instructors and participants, sharing best practices,
consulting with the State Board on any proposed rule changes
regarding evaluator training, and other subjects as determined
by the chairperson of the Committee.
(d) Prior to the applicable implementation date, the these
rules shall not apply to teachers assigned to schools
identified in an agreement entered into between the board of a
school district operating under Article 34 of this Code and
the exclusive representative of the district's teachers in
accordance with Section 34-85c of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 102-252, eff. 1-1-22; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)