Bill Text: IL HB3276 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that for a school district that has an approved waiver from the requirement that tuition be charged to non-resident pupils, the school district report card shall include the total cost of allowing non-resident pupils to attend the schools of the district free of charge or at a reduced-tuition charge, the number of non-resident pupils attending the schools of the district free of charge or at a reduced-tuition charge, and the number of such pupils who are the children of a parent or guardian who is a full-time or part-time employee or staff member of the school district. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3276 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3276-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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 10-17a as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
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7 | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 100-448 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | cards.
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10 | (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | school year, the State Board of Education, through the State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | school district report cards, and school report cards, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | shall by the most economic means provide to each school
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15 | district in this State, including special charter districts and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | cards for the school district and each of its schools. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (2) In addition to any information required by federal law, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | presentation of the school report card, which must include, at | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | the State Board of Education related to the following: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, |
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1 | including average class size, average teaching experience, | ||||||
2 | student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of | ||||||
3 | students classified as low-income; the percentage of | ||||||
4 | students classified as English learners; the percentage of | ||||||
5 | students who have individualized education plans or 504 | ||||||
6 | plans that provide for special education services; the | ||||||
7 | number and percentage of all students who have been | ||||||
8 | assessed for placement in a gifted education or advanced | ||||||
9 | academic program and, of those students: (i) the racial and | ||||||
10 | ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are classified as | ||||||
11 | low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students | ||||||
12 | who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a | ||||||
13 | gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the | ||||||
14 | percentage who are classified as low-income; the | ||||||
15 | percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds | ||||||
16 | expectations" level on the assessments required under | ||||||
17 | Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of students | ||||||
18 | who annually transferred in or out of the school district; | ||||||
19 | the per-pupil operating expenditure of the school | ||||||
20 | district; and the per-pupil State average operating | ||||||
21 | expenditure for the district type (elementary, high | ||||||
22 | school, or unit); | ||||||
23 | (B) curriculum information, including, where | ||||||
24 | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | ||||||
25 | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment | ||||||
26 | courses, foreign language classes, school personnel |
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1 | resources (including Career Technical Education teachers), | ||||||
2 | before and after school programs, extracurricular | ||||||
3 | activities, subjects in which elective classes are | ||||||
4 | offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the | ||||||
5 | average number of days of Physical Education per week per | ||||||
6 | student), approved programs of study, awards received, | ||||||
7 | community partnerships, and special programs such as | ||||||
8 | programming for the gifted and talented, students with | ||||||
9 | disabilities, and work-study students; | ||||||
10 | (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the | ||||||
11 | percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of | ||||||
12 | State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth | ||||||
13 | grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled | ||||||
14 | in post-secondary institutions (including colleges, | ||||||
15 | universities, community colleges, trade/vocational | ||||||
16 | schools, and training programs leading to career | ||||||
17 | certification within 2 semesters of high school | ||||||
18 | graduation), the percentage of students graduating from | ||||||
19 | high school who are college and career ready, and the | ||||||
20 | percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges, | ||||||
21 | colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses | ||||||
22 | that the community college, college, or university | ||||||
23 | identifies as a developmental course; | ||||||
24 | (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the | ||||||
25 | percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5 | ||||||
26 | credits or more without failing more than one core class, a |
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1 | measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a | ||||||
2 | measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter | ||||||
3 | high school on track for college and career readiness; | ||||||
4 | (E) the school environment, including, where | ||||||
5 | applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10 | ||||||
6 | absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with | ||||||
7 | less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other | ||||||
8 | than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to | ||||||
9 | the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term | ||||||
10 | disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the | ||||||
11 | percentage of teachers returning to the school from the | ||||||
12 | previous year, the number of different principals at the | ||||||
13 | school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold | ||||||
14 | a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria | ||||||
15 | used by the district to determine whether a student is | ||||||
16 | eligible for participation in a gifted education program or | ||||||
17 | advanced academic program and the manner in which parents | ||||||
18 | and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2 | ||||||
19 | or more indicators from any school climate survey selected | ||||||
20 | or approved by the State and administered pursuant to | ||||||
21 | Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar | ||||||
22 | indicators included on school report cards for all surveys | ||||||
23 | selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section | ||||||
24 | 2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of | ||||||
25 | teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most | ||||||
26 | recent evaluation; |
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1 | (F) a school district's and its individual schools' | ||||||
2 | balanced accountability measure, in accordance with | ||||||
3 | Section 2-3.25a of this Code; | ||||||
4 | (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the | ||||||
5 | State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the | ||||||
6 | State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's | ||||||
7 | employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of | ||||||
8 | Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State | ||||||
9 | of Illinois; | ||||||
10 | (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of | ||||||
11 | this Code only, State contributions to the Public School | ||||||
12 | Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State | ||||||
13 | contributions for health care for employees of that school | ||||||
14 | district; | ||||||
15 | (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as | ||||||
16 | defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section | ||||||
17 | 18-8.15 of this Code; | ||||||
18 | (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as | ||||||
19 | defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section | ||||||
20 | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; | ||||||
21 | (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in | ||||||
22 | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this | ||||||
23 | Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as | ||||||
24 | defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section | ||||||
25 | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; and | ||||||
26 | (L) a school district's administrative costs ; and . |
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1 | (M) (L) whether or not the school has participated in | ||||||
2 | the Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M) (L) , | ||||||
3 | "Illinois Youth Survey" means a self-report survey, | ||||||
4 | administered in school settings every 2 years, designed to | ||||||
5 | gather information about health and social indicators, | ||||||
6 | including substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of | ||||||
7 | students in grades 8, 10, and 12. | ||||||
8 | The school report card shall also provide
information that | ||||||
9 | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | ||||||
10 | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | ||||||
11 | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | ||||||
12 | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | ||||||
13 | enrollment of low-income students, special education students, | ||||||
14 | and English learners.
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15 | As used in this subsection (2): | ||||||
16 | "Administrative costs" means costs associated with | ||||||
17 | executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the | ||||||
18 | school district that involve planning, organizing, managing, | ||||||
19 | or directing the school district. | ||||||
20 | "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to | ||||||
21 | which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability | ||||||
22 | or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers | ||||||
23 | and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated | ||||||
24 | from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge | ||||||
25 | and pace. | ||||||
26 | "Gifted education" means educational services, including |
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1 | differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed | ||||||
2 | to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A | ||||||
3 | of this Code. | ||||||
4 | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | ||||||
5 | school district report card shall include a subset of the | ||||||
6 | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | ||||||
7 | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating | ||||||
8 | to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the | ||||||
9 | school district, and the State report card shall include a | ||||||
10 | subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through | ||||||
11 | (E) of subsection (2) of this Section. | ||||||
12 | For a school district that has an approved waiver from | ||||||
13 | Section 10-20.12a of this Code under Section 2-3.25g of this | ||||||
14 | Code, the school district report card shall include the total | ||||||
15 | cost of allowing non-resident pupils to attend the schools of | ||||||
16 | the district free of charge or at a reduced-tuition charge, the | ||||||
17 | number of non-resident pupils attending the schools of the | ||||||
18 | district free of charge or at a reduced-tuition charge, and the | ||||||
19 | number of such pupils who are the children of a parent or | ||||||
20 | guardian who is a full-time or part-time employee or staff | ||||||
21 | member of the school district. | ||||||
22 | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | ||||||
23 | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | ||||||
24 | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | ||||||
25 | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | ||||||
26 | State report card. |
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1 | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | ||||||
2 | of the school district and school report cards from the State | ||||||
3 | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including | ||||||
4 | special charter districts and districts subject to the | ||||||
5 | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | ||||||
6 | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | ||||||
7 | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's | ||||||
8 | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
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9 | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of general | ||||||
10 | circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, send the | ||||||
11 | report cards
home to a parent (unless the district does not | ||||||
12 | maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the report card | ||||||
13 | shall be sent home to parents without request). If the
district | ||||||
14 | posts the report card on its Internet web
site, the district
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15 | shall send a
written notice home to parents stating (i) that | ||||||
16 | the report card is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address | ||||||
17 | of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
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18 | will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone | ||||||
19 | number that parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the | ||||||
20 | report card.
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21 | (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals, | ||||||
22 | supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in | ||||||
23 | lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public | ||||||
24 | Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of | ||||||
25 | Public Act 97-8. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; |
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1 | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff. | ||||||
2 | 1-1-18; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-807, eff. 8-10-18; 100-863, | ||||||
3 | eff. 8-14-18; 100-1121, eff. 1-1-19; revised 12-19-18.)
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4 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 100-448 ) | ||||||
5 | Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report | ||||||
6 | cards.
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7 | (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent | ||||||
8 | school year, the State Board of Education, through the State | ||||||
9 | Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, | ||||||
10 | school district report cards, and school report cards, and | ||||||
11 | shall by the most economic means provide to each school
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12 | district in this State, including special charter districts and | ||||||
13 | districts
subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report | ||||||
14 | cards for the school district and each of its schools. | ||||||
15 | (2) In addition to any information required by federal law, | ||||||
16 | the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and | ||||||
17 | presentation of the school report card, which must include, at | ||||||
18 | a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by | ||||||
19 | the State Board of Education related to the following: | ||||||
20 | (A) school characteristics and student demographics, | ||||||
21 | including average class size, average teaching experience, | ||||||
22 | student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of | ||||||
23 | students classified as low-income; the percentage of | ||||||
24 | students classified as English learners; the percentage of | ||||||
25 | students who have individualized education plans or 504 |
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1 | plans that provide for special education services; the | ||||||
2 | number and percentage of all students who have been | ||||||
3 | assessed for placement in a gifted education or advanced | ||||||
4 | academic program and, of those students: (i) the racial and | ||||||
5 | ethnic breakdown, (ii) the percentage who are classified as | ||||||
6 | low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students | ||||||
7 | who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a | ||||||
8 | gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the | ||||||
9 | percentage who are classified as low-income; the | ||||||
10 | percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds | ||||||
11 | expectations" level on the assessments required under | ||||||
12 | Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of students | ||||||
13 | who annually transferred in or out of the school district; | ||||||
14 | average daily attendance; the per-pupil operating | ||||||
15 | expenditure of the school district; and the per-pupil State | ||||||
16 | average operating expenditure for the district type | ||||||
17 | (elementary, high school, or unit); | ||||||
18 | (B) curriculum information, including, where | ||||||
19 | applicable, Advanced Placement, International | ||||||
20 | Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment | ||||||
21 | courses, foreign language classes, school personnel | ||||||
22 | resources (including Career Technical Education teachers), | ||||||
23 | before and after school programs, extracurricular | ||||||
24 | activities, subjects in which elective classes are | ||||||
25 | offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the | ||||||
26 | average number of days of Physical Education per week per |
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1 | student), approved programs of study, awards received, | ||||||
2 | community partnerships, and special programs such as | ||||||
3 | programming for the gifted and talented, students with | ||||||
4 | disabilities, and work-study students; | ||||||
5 | (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the | ||||||
6 | percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of | ||||||
7 | State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth | ||||||
8 | grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled | ||||||
9 | in post-secondary institutions (including colleges, | ||||||
10 | universities, community colleges, trade/vocational | ||||||
11 | schools, and training programs leading to career | ||||||
12 | certification within 2 semesters of high school | ||||||
13 | graduation), the percentage of students graduating from | ||||||
14 | high school who are college and career ready, and the | ||||||
15 | percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges, | ||||||
16 | colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses | ||||||
17 | that the community college, college, or university | ||||||
18 | identifies as a developmental course; | ||||||
19 | (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the | ||||||
20 | percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5 | ||||||
21 | credits or more without failing more than one core class, a | ||||||
22 | measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a | ||||||
23 | measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter | ||||||
24 | high school on track for college and career readiness; | ||||||
25 | (E) the school environment, including, where | ||||||
26 | applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10 |
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1 | absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with | ||||||
2 | less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other | ||||||
3 | than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to | ||||||
4 | the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term | ||||||
5 | disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the | ||||||
6 | percentage of teachers returning to the school from the | ||||||
7 | previous year, the number of different principals at the | ||||||
8 | school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold | ||||||
9 | a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria | ||||||
10 | used by the district to determine whether a student is | ||||||
11 | eligible for participation in a gifted education program or | ||||||
12 | advanced academic program and the manner in which parents | ||||||
13 | and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2 | ||||||
14 | or more indicators from any school climate survey selected | ||||||
15 | or approved by the State and administered pursuant to | ||||||
16 | Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar | ||||||
17 | indicators included on school report cards for all surveys | ||||||
18 | selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section | ||||||
19 | 2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of | ||||||
20 | teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most | ||||||
21 | recent evaluation; | ||||||
22 | (F) a school district's and its individual schools' | ||||||
23 | balanced accountability measure, in accordance with | ||||||
24 | Section 2-3.25a of this Code; | ||||||
25 | (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the | ||||||
26 | State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the |
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1 | State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's | ||||||
2 | employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of | ||||||
3 | Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State | ||||||
4 | of Illinois; | ||||||
5 | (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of | ||||||
6 | this Code only, State contributions to the Public School | ||||||
7 | Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State | ||||||
8 | contributions for health care for employees of that school | ||||||
9 | district; | ||||||
10 | (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as | ||||||
11 | defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section | ||||||
12 | 18-8.15 of this Code; | ||||||
13 | (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as | ||||||
14 | defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section | ||||||
15 | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; | ||||||
16 | (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in | ||||||
17 | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this | ||||||
18 | Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as | ||||||
19 | defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section | ||||||
20 | 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount; and | ||||||
21 | (L) a school district's administrative costs ; and . | ||||||
22 | (M) (L) whether or not the school has participated in | ||||||
23 | the Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M) (L) , | ||||||
24 | "Illinois Youth Survey" means a self-report survey, | ||||||
25 | administered in school settings every 2 years, designed to | ||||||
26 | gather information about health and social indicators, |
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1 | including substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of | ||||||
2 | students in grades 8, 10, and 12. | ||||||
3 | The school report card shall also provide
information that | ||||||
4 | allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and | ||||||
5 | environment data to the State average, to the school data from | ||||||
6 | the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and | ||||||
7 | environment of similar schools based on the type of school and | ||||||
8 | enrollment of low-income students, special education students, | ||||||
9 | and English learners.
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10 | As used in this subsection (2): | ||||||
11 | "Administrative costs" means costs associated with | ||||||
12 | executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the | ||||||
13 | school district that involve planning, organizing, managing, | ||||||
14 | or directing the school district. | ||||||
15 | "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to | ||||||
16 | which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability | ||||||
17 | or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers | ||||||
18 | and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated | ||||||
19 | from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge | ||||||
20 | and pace. | ||||||
21 | "Gifted education" means educational services, including | ||||||
22 | differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed | ||||||
23 | to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A | ||||||
24 | of this Code. | ||||||
25 | For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2), | ||||||
26 | "average daily attendance" means the average of the actual |
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1 | number of attendance days during the previous school year for | ||||||
2 | any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance by | ||||||
3 | Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school. | ||||||
4 | (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the | ||||||
5 | school district report card shall include a subset of the | ||||||
6 | information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of | ||||||
7 | subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating | ||||||
8 | to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the | ||||||
9 | school district, and the State report card shall include a | ||||||
10 | subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through | ||||||
11 | (E) of subsection (2) of this Section. The school district | ||||||
12 | report card shall include the average daily attendance, as that | ||||||
13 | term is defined in subsection (2) of this Section, of students | ||||||
14 | who have individualized education programs and students who | ||||||
15 | have 504 plans that provide for special education services | ||||||
16 | within the school district. | ||||||
17 | For a school district that has an approved waiver from | ||||||
18 | Section 10-20.12a of this Code under Section 2-3.25g of this | ||||||
19 | Code, the school district report card shall include the total | ||||||
20 | cost of allowing non-resident pupils to attend the schools of | ||||||
21 | the district free of charge or at a reduced-tuition charge, the | ||||||
22 | number of non-resident pupils attending the schools of the | ||||||
23 | district free of charge or at a reduced-tuition charge, and the | ||||||
24 | number of such pupils who are the children of a parent or | ||||||
25 | guardian who is a full-time or part-time employee or staff | ||||||
26 | member of the school district. |
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1 | (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this | ||||||
2 | Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the | ||||||
3 | State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to | ||||||
4 | amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or | ||||||
5 | State report card. | ||||||
6 | (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt | ||||||
7 | of the school district and school report cards from the State | ||||||
8 | Superintendent of Education, each school district, including | ||||||
9 | special charter districts and districts subject to the | ||||||
10 | provisions of Article 34, shall present such report
cards at a | ||||||
11 | regular school board meeting subject to
applicable notice | ||||||
12 | requirements, post the report cards
on the
school district's | ||||||
13 | Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
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14 | site, make the report cards
available
to a newspaper of general | ||||||
15 | circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, send the | ||||||
16 | report cards
home to a parent (unless the district does not | ||||||
17 | maintain an Internet web site,
in which case
the report card | ||||||
18 | shall be sent home to parents without request). If the
district | ||||||
19 | posts the report card on its Internet web
site, the district
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20 | shall send a
written notice home to parents stating (i) that | ||||||
21 | the report card is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address | ||||||
22 | of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
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23 | will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone | ||||||
24 | number that parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the | ||||||
25 | report card.
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26 | (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals, |
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1 | supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in | ||||||
2 | lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public | ||||||
3 | Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of | ||||||
4 | Public Act 97-8. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; | ||||||
6 | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff. | ||||||
7 | 1-1-18; 100-448, eff. 7-1-19; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-807, | ||||||
8 | eff. 8-10-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1121, eff. 1-1-19; | ||||||
9 | revised 12-19-18.)
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10 | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||||||
11 | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||||||
12 | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | ||||||
13 | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | ||||||
14 | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | ||||||
15 | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | ||||||
16 | Public Act.
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.
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