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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2637 Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 105 ILCS 5/10-20.9a | from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.9a |
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning
promoting students to the next higher grade level.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB2637 | | LRB100 10579 MLM 20797 b |
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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 |