Illinois House Bill 4424 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-15 - Referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a reading initiative in all public elementary schools to ensure that all students, beginning with students entering kindergarten in the 2016-2017 school year, are reading at or above grade level by the time they complete 3rd grade. Provides that, under the initiative, if a student does not read at or above grade level by the time he or she completes 3rd grade, then that student may not be promoted to the next higher grade level until he or she is able to read at or above grade level. Provides that if more than 10% of a school's 3rd grade students are retained at the end of a given school year, then the school district is subject to State intervention, in which the State Board of Education may authorize the State Superintendent of Education to direct the reassignment of students or direct the reassignment or replacement of school district personnel who are relevant to the failure of those students to read at or above grade level. Effective immediately.

SCH CD-READING INITIATIVE

Rep. Rita Mayfield [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-15	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2016-01-15	House	First Reading
2016-01-11	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	2-3.25f	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	2-3.51.3	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4424&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB4424.htm