Bill Text: IL HB2860 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a survey of learning conditions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2860 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB2860-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB2860 Introduced , by Rep. Elaine Nekritz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/2-3.153
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a survey of learning conditions.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
2-3.153 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.153)
Sec. 2-3.153. Survey of learning conditions. The The State
Board of Education shall select for statewide administration an
instrument to provide feedback from, at a minimum, students in
grades 6 through 12 and teachers on the instructional
environment within a school after giving consideration to the
recommendations of the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council
made pursuant to subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of Section
24A-20 of this Code. Subject to appropriation to the State
Board of Education for the State's cost of development and
administration and commencing with the 2012-2013 school year,
each school district shall administer, at least biannually, the
instrument in every public school attendance center by a date
specified by the State Superintendent of Education, and data
resulting from the instrument's administration must be
provided to the State Board of Education. The survey component
that requires completion by the teachers must be administered
during teacher meetings or professional development days or at

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other times that would not interfere with the teachers' regular
classroom and direct instructional duties. The State
Superintendent, following consultation with teachers,
principals, and other appropriate stakeholders, shall publicly
report on selected indicators of learning conditions resulting
from administration of the instrument at the individual school,
district, and State levels and shall identify whether the
indicators result from an anonymous administration of the
instrument. If in any year the appropriation to the State Board
of Education is insufficient for the State's costs associated
with statewide administration of the instrument, the State
Board of Education shall give priority to districts with
low-performing schools and a representative sample of other
districts.
(Source: P.A. 97-8, eff. 6-13-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)