Bill Text: IL HB0163 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. With regard to recognition standards for student performance and school improvement, prohibits the State Board of Education from having separate performance standards for students based on race or ethnicity.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-21 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0084 [HB0163 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB0163-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 099-0084 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
2-3.25a as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25a) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25a)
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Sec. 2-3.25a. "School district" defined; additional | ||||
standards.
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(a) For the purposes of this Section and Sections 3.25b, | ||||
3.25c,
3.25d, 3.25e, and 3.25f of this Code, "school district" | ||||
includes other
public entities responsible for administering | ||||
public schools, such as
cooperatives, joint agreements, | ||||
charter schools, special charter districts,
regional offices | ||||
of
education, local agencies, and the Department of Human | ||||
Services.
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(b) In addition to the standards
established pursuant to | ||||
Section 2-3.25, the State Board of Education shall
develop | ||||
recognition standards for student performance and school
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improvement
in all public schools operated by school districts. | ||||
The indicators to
determine adequate yearly progress shall be | ||||
limited to the State assessment
of student performance in | ||||
reading and mathematics, student attendance rates at
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elementary school level, graduation rates
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level, and participation rates on student assessments.
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standards
shall be designed to permit the measurement of | ||
student
performance and school improvement by schools and | ||
school districts compared to
student
performance and school | ||
improvement for the preceding academic years. The State Board | ||
of Education is prohibited from having separate performance | ||
standards for students based on race or ethnicity.
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(Source: P.A. 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)
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