Bill Text: IL HB2637 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
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) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2637 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB2637-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 10-20.9a as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.9a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.9a)
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| 7 | Sec. 10-20.9a. Final grade; promotion.
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| 8 | (a) Teachers shall
administer the
the approved
marking | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | system or other approved means of evaluating pupil progress. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | The
teacher shall maintain the responsibility and right to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | determine grades and
other evaluations of students within the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | grading policies of the district
based upon his or her | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | professional judgment of available criteria pertinent
to any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | given subject area or activity for which he or she is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | responsible.
District policy shall provide the procedure and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | reasons by and for which
a grade may be changed; provided that | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | no grade or evaluation shall be
changed without notification to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | the teacher concerning the nature and
reasons for such change. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | If such a change is made, the person
making
the change shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | assume such responsibility for determining the grade or
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| 21 | evaluation, and shall initial such change. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | (b) School districts shall not promote students to the next
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| 23 | higher grade level based upon age or any other social reasons | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | not related to
the academic performance of the students. On or | ||||||
| 2 | before September 1, 1998,
school boards shall adopt and enforce | ||||||
| 3 | a policy on promotion as they deem necessary to ensure that | ||||||
| 4 | students
meet
local goals and objectives and can perform at the | ||||||
| 5 | expected grade level prior to
promotion.
Decisions to promote | ||||||
| 6 | or retain students in any classes shall be based on
successful | ||||||
| 7 | completion of the curriculum, attendance, performance based on | ||||||
| 8 | the assessments required under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code, | ||||||
| 9 | the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, or
other testing or any other | ||||||
| 10 | criteria established by the school board. Students
determined | ||||||
| 11 | by the local district to not qualify for promotion to the next
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| 12 | higher grade shall be provided remedial assistance, which may | ||||||
| 13 | include, but
shall not be limited to, a summer bridge program | ||||||
| 14 | of no less than 90 hours,
tutorial sessions, increased or | ||||||
| 15 | concentrated instructional time, modifications
to | ||||||
| 16 | instructional materials, and retention in grade.
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| 17 | (Source: P.A. 98-972, eff. 8-15-14.)
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