Bill Amendment: IL SB0453 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
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Bill Title: SAFE SCHOOLS/HEALTHY LEARNING
Status: 2017-11-08 - Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield [SB0453 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB0453-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: SAFE SCHOOLS/HEALTHY LEARNING
Status: 2017-11-08 - Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield [SB0453 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB0453-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 453
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 453 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 2-3.162 and by adding Section 2-3.170 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.162) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 2-3.162. Student discipline report; school discipline | ||||||
8 | improvement plan. | ||||||
9 | (a) On or before October 31, 2015 and on or before October | ||||||
10 | 31 of each subsequent year, the State Board of Education, | ||||||
11 | through the State Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a | ||||||
12 | report on student discipline in all school districts in this | ||||||
13 | State, including State-authorized charter schools. This report | ||||||
14 | shall include data from all public schools within school | ||||||
15 | districts, including district-authorized charter schools. This | ||||||
16 | report must be posted on the Internet website of the State |
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1 | Board of Education. The report shall include data on the | ||||||
2 | issuance of out-of-school suspensions, expulsions, and | ||||||
3 | removals to alternative settings in lieu of another | ||||||
4 | disciplinary action, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, | ||||||
5 | gender, age, grade level, whether a student is an English | ||||||
6 | learner, incident type, and discipline duration. | ||||||
7 | (b) The State Board of Education shall analyze the data | ||||||
8 | under subsection (a) of this Section on an annual basis and | ||||||
9 | determine the top 20% of school districts qualifying under any | ||||||
10 | of for the following metrics: | ||||||
11 | (1) Total number of out-of-school suspensions divided | ||||||
12 | by the total district enrollment by the last school day in | ||||||
13 | September for the year in which the data was collected, | ||||||
14 | multiplied by 100. | ||||||
15 | (2) Total number of out-of-school expulsions divided | ||||||
16 | by the total district enrollment by the last school day in | ||||||
17 | September for the year in which the data was collected, | ||||||
18 | multiplied by 100. | ||||||
19 | (3) Racial disproportionality, defined as the | ||||||
20 | overrepresentation of students of color or white students | ||||||
21 | in comparison to the total number of students of color or | ||||||
22 | white students on October 1st of the school year in which | ||||||
23 | data are collected, with respect to the use of | ||||||
24 | out-of-school suspensions and expulsions, which must be | ||||||
25 | calculated using the same method as the U.S. Department of | ||||||
26 | Education's Office for Civil Rights uses. |
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1 | The analysis must be based on data collected over 3 | ||||||
2 | consecutive school years, beginning with the 2014-2015 school | ||||||
3 | year. | ||||||
4 | (c) On or before October 31, 2017 and on or before October | ||||||
5 | 31 of each subsequent year, the State Board of Education shall | ||||||
6 | notify each school district Beginning with the 2017-2018 school | ||||||
7 | year, the State Board of Education shall require each of the | ||||||
8 | school districts that are identified in the top 20% of any of | ||||||
9 | the metrics described in this subsection (b) of this Section | ||||||
10 | for 3 consecutive school years that the school district must | ||||||
11 | submit a plan in conformance with subsection (d) of this | ||||||
12 | Section. | ||||||
13 | (d) School districts identified in the top 20% of any of | ||||||
14 | the metrics described in subsection (b) of this Section for 3 | ||||||
15 | consecutive school years must, in a manner prescribed by the | ||||||
16 | State Board of Education, submit a plan to the State Board of | ||||||
17 | Education that identifies to submit a plan identifying the | ||||||
18 | strategies the school district will implement to reduce the use | ||||||
19 | of exclusionary disciplinary practices or racial | ||||||
20 | disproportionality or both, if applicable. School districts | ||||||
21 | that no longer meet the criteria described in any of the | ||||||
22 | metrics described in this subsection (b) for 3 consecutive | ||||||
23 | years shall no longer be required to submit a plan. | ||||||
24 | This plan may be combined with any other improvement plans | ||||||
25 | required under federal or State law. | ||||||
26 | The plan must be approved at a public school board meeting |
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1 | no later than 90 days after notification from the State Board | ||||||
2 | of Education pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section and | ||||||
3 | must be posted on the school district's Internet website. | ||||||
4 | Within one calendar year after the school board's approval of | ||||||
5 | the plan, the school district shall submit to the State Board | ||||||
6 | of Education, in a manner prescribed by the State Board of | ||||||
7 | Education, and post on the district's Internet website a | ||||||
8 | progress report describing the implementation of the plan and | ||||||
9 | the results achieved. Additional annual progress reports shall | ||||||
10 | be required until a school district no longer meets the | ||||||
11 | criteria in any of the metrics described in subsection (b) of | ||||||
12 | this Section for 3 consecutive school years. | ||||||
13 | (e) The calculation of the top 20% of any of the metrics | ||||||
14 | described in this subsection (b) of this Section shall exclude | ||||||
15 | all school districts, State-authorized charter schools, and | ||||||
16 | special charter districts that issued fewer than a total of 10 | ||||||
17 | out-of-school suspensions or expulsions, whichever is | ||||||
18 | applicable, during the school year. The calculation of the top | ||||||
19 | 20% of the metric described in subdivision (3) of this | ||||||
20 | subsection (b) of this Section shall exclude all school | ||||||
21 | districts with an enrollment of fewer than 50 white students or | ||||||
22 | fewer than 50 students of color. | ||||||
23 | The plan must be approved at a public school board meeting | ||||||
24 | and posted on the school district's Internet website. Within | ||||||
25 | one year after being identified, the school district shall | ||||||
26 | submit to the State Board of Education and post on the |
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1 | district's Internet website a progress report describing the | ||||||
2 | implementation of the plan and the results achieved.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 98-1102, eff. 8-26-14; 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; | ||||||
4 | 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)
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5 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.170 new) | ||||||
6 | Sec. 2-3.170. Safe Schools and Healthy Learning | ||||||
7 | Environments Program. | ||||||
8 | (a) The General Assembly recognizes that (i) many K-12 | ||||||
9 | students around the State are arrested in school and sent into | ||||||
10 | the justice system, often for minor offenses that do not pose a | ||||||
11 | serious threat to school safety; (ii) many schools across the | ||||||
12 | State have become overly reliant on law enforcement personnel | ||||||
13 | to handle routine school disciplinary matters; (iii) many | ||||||
14 | student behaviors that result in arrest in some schools are | ||||||
15 | addressed without involving the justice system in others; (iv) | ||||||
16 | the over-criminalization of K-12 students has had significant | ||||||
17 | negative consequences for students, families, and entire | ||||||
18 | communities; (v) these dynamics, known as the | ||||||
19 | "school-to-prison pipeline", have disproportionately affected | ||||||
20 | students of color; (vi) these practices impose substantial | ||||||
21 | economic costs on both localities and the State overall; (vii) | ||||||
22 | the use of school-based law enforcement has not been proven | ||||||
23 | effective as a strategy to promote safe and productive schools; | ||||||
24 | and (viii) eliminating unnecessary school-based arrests and | ||||||
25 | law enforcement presence in school while promoting the use of |
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1 | developmentally appropriate alternatives will protect school | ||||||
2 | safety, improve school climate, raise academic achievement, | ||||||
3 | and save taxpayer dollars. | ||||||
4 | (b) The State Board of Education, subject to appropriation, | ||||||
5 | is authorized to award competitive grants on an annual basis | ||||||
6 | under a Safe Schools and Healthy Learning Environments Program. | ||||||
7 | Under this program, selected school districts must reallocate | ||||||
8 | funding for school-based law enforcement personnel in some or | ||||||
9 | all of their schools to other evidence-based and promising | ||||||
10 | practices designed to promote school safety and healthy | ||||||
11 | learning environments, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
12 | restorative justice programs; increased use of school | ||||||
13 | psychologists, social workers, and other mental and behavioral | ||||||
14 | health specialists; drug and alcohol treatment services; | ||||||
15 | wraparound services for youth; and training for school staff on | ||||||
16 | conflict resolution techniques and other disciplinary | ||||||
17 | alternatives. For purposes of this subsection (b), "promising | ||||||
18 | practices" means practices that present, based on preliminary | ||||||
19 | information, potential for becoming evidence-based practices. | ||||||
20 | To apply for a grant under the program, school districts | ||||||
21 | shall submit applications that outline their plans for | ||||||
22 | reallocating their funds, including the total amount of funds | ||||||
23 | to be reallocated. Subject to the availability of funds, for | ||||||
24 | grant recipients, the Safe Schools and Healthy Learning | ||||||
25 | Environments Program shall match the amount that is reallocated | ||||||
26 | from school-based law enforcement personnel to alternative |
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1 | methods of addressing student behavior on a dollar-for-dollar | ||||||
2 | basis. | ||||||
3 | Grant funds shall be used only to fund alternatives to | ||||||
4 | school-based arrests and law enforcement presence in schools. | ||||||
5 | Grant funds shall not be used to increase the use of | ||||||
6 | school-based security personnel. Grant funds may be used to | ||||||
7 | transition from school-based law enforcement personnel to | ||||||
8 | alternative patrol structures. Nothing in this Section shall | ||||||
9 | prohibit school districts from involving law enforcement | ||||||
10 | personnel when necessary and allowed by law. | ||||||
11 | (c) The State Board of Education, subject to appropriation | ||||||
12 | of the grant program, shall annually disseminate a request for | ||||||
13 | applications to this program and funds shall be distributed | ||||||
14 | annually. The criteria to be considered by the State Board of | ||||||
15 | Education in awarding the funds shall be (i) the arrest rates | ||||||
16 | in the target schools over the preceding 3 years, which shall | ||||||
17 | be calculated as the number of arrests divided by the number of | ||||||
18 | students; (ii) the ratio of school-based law enforcement | ||||||
19 | personnel to students in the target schools over the preceding | ||||||
20 | 3 years; and (iii) the degree to which the proposal articulates | ||||||
21 | a strong, comprehensive approach for eliminating unnecessary | ||||||
22 | school-based arrests and the over-reliance on school-based law | ||||||
23 | enforcement to address school disciplinary matters while | ||||||
24 | building safer and healthier learning environments. | ||||||
25 | For factor (i), applicant school districts shall be ranked | ||||||
26 | from highest arrest rates to lowest, with higher arrest rates |
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1 | receiving priority. For factor (ii), applicant school | ||||||
2 | districts shall be ranked from the highest ratio of | ||||||
3 | school-based law enforcement to students to the lowest ratio, | ||||||
4 | with the higher ratios receiving priority. For factor (iii), | ||||||
5 | applicant school districts shall be ranked on the basis of the | ||||||
6 | strength of their overall strategy, with all school districts | ||||||
7 | that fail to articulate a sound approach being excluded from | ||||||
8 | consideration. The State Board of Education shall determine a | ||||||
9 | scoring system for each factor based on the relative ranking of | ||||||
10 | the applicant school districts. Applicant school districts' | ||||||
11 | overall cumulative scores shall be based on the following | ||||||
12 | weights: factor (i): 40%; factor (ii): 20%; and factor (iii): | ||||||
13 | 40%. If the appropriated funds are insufficient to provide | ||||||
14 | matching funds to all selected grantees, the funds shall be | ||||||
15 | awarded to the qualified applicant school districts on a | ||||||
16 | proportionate basis, based on the number of students within the | ||||||
17 | school districts to be affected by the grants, unless the | ||||||
18 | resulting allocation to qualified applicants would be less than | ||||||
19 | 25% of some or all school districts' proposed reallocation | ||||||
20 | amounts. In that event, funds shall be awarded on a | ||||||
21 | proportionate basis to school districts in the order of their | ||||||
22 | respective scores, with the highest-scoring school district | ||||||
23 | receiving top priority, up until the point at which the | ||||||
24 | resulting allocations would be less than 25% of some or all | ||||||
25 | selected school districts' proposed reallocation amounts. If | ||||||
26 | the appropriated funds exceed what is required to provide |
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1 | dollar-for-dollar matching funds to all qualified applicants, | ||||||
2 | the surplus shall be rolled over to be used for grants the | ||||||
3 | following year. | ||||||
4 | (d) The State Board of Education, subject to appropriation | ||||||
5 | to the grant program, in cooperation with the school districts | ||||||
6 | participating in the program, shall produce an annual report on | ||||||
7 | the results of the program, including both quantitative and | ||||||
8 | qualitative information on the progress being made in reducing | ||||||
9 | both unnecessary school-based arrests and the over-reliance on | ||||||
10 | school-based law enforcement to address school disciplinary | ||||||
11 | matters, and the effects of the program on school safety and | ||||||
12 | school climate. The report shall include the number of | ||||||
13 | school-based arrests made within each participating school | ||||||
14 | district during the school year prior to the grant compared to | ||||||
15 | the number of school-based arrests made during the school year | ||||||
16 | the grant was awarded. This report shall be posted on the State | ||||||
17 | Board of Education's website by October 31st of each year, | ||||||
18 | beginning in 2018. | ||||||
19 | (e) The State Board of Education may adopt rules necessary | ||||||
20 | for the implementation of this program. ".
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
22 | becoming law.".
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