Bill Text: IL SB1828 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Creates the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act. Requires the State Board of Education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the Board of Higher Education to jointly establish and maintain a longitudinal data system by entering into one or more agreements that link early learning, elementary, and secondary school student unit records with institution of higher learning student unit records. Subject to appropriation, requires the State Board of Education to establish a data warehouse that integrates data from multiple student unit record systems and supports all of the uses and functions of the longitudinal data system. Provides that the data warehouse must be developed in cooperation with the Illinois Community College Board and the Board of Higher Education and must have the ability to integrate longitudinal data from early learning through the postsecondary level. Sets forth provisions concerning the collection and maintenance of data, data sharing, privacy protection laws, and the performance of an evaluation and submission of a report. Makes changes to the Charter Schools Law of the School Code concerning not being exempt from the Act and the Illinois School Student Records Act concerning the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)
Status: (Passed) 2009-07-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0107 [SB1828 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB1828-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Creates the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act. Requires the State Board of Education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the Board of Higher Education to jointly establish and maintain a longitudinal data system by entering into one or more agreements that link early learning, elementary, and secondary school student unit records with institution of higher learning student unit records. Subject to appropriation, requires the State Board of Education to establish a data warehouse that integrates data from multiple student unit record systems and supports all of the uses and functions of the longitudinal data system. Provides that the data warehouse must be developed in cooperation with the Illinois Community College Board and the Board of Higher Education and must have the ability to integrate longitudinal data from early learning through the postsecondary level. Sets forth provisions concerning the collection and maintenance of data, data sharing, privacy protection laws, and the performance of an evaluation and submission of a report. Makes changes to the Charter Schools Law of the School Code concerning not being exempt from the Act and the Illinois School Student Records Act concerning the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)
Status: (Passed) 2009-07-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0107 [SB1828 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB1828-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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the P-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Longitudinal Education Data System Act.
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6 | Section 5. Findings; declarations. The General Assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | finds and declares all of the following: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (1) Sound data collection, reporting, and analysis are | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | critical to building a State education system capable of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | ensuring all Illinois students are adequately prepared for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | college and the global workforce. School districts and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | institutions of higher learning can improve instructional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | and educational decision-making using data that is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | collected and made available by this State. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | (2) Reliable and sufficient education data is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | necessary to ensure that this State bases education policy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | decisions on valid, objective measures of student | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | outcomes. Publicly accessible data on State, school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | district, and school performance allows the citizens of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | this State to assess local and statewide investments in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | education. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (3) A national collaborative effort among State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | education officials, national education organizations, and |
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1 | State and federal policymakers has defined the essential | ||||||
2 | elements a State longitudinal data system should contain. | ||||||
3 | Public Law 110-69, the America COMPETES Act, requires state | ||||||
4 | longitudinal data systems to include all 10 elements | ||||||
5 | identified by this national, collaborative effort for | ||||||
6 | states to qualify for federal funding opportunities. | ||||||
7 | (4) Public Law 110-134 requires the Illinois Early | ||||||
8 | Learning Council to develop recommendations regarding the | ||||||
9 | establishment of a unified data collection system for | ||||||
10 | public early childhood education and development programs | ||||||
11 | and services throughout this State, and those efforts | ||||||
12 | should be coordinated with the development of this State's | ||||||
13 | longitudinal data system. | ||||||
14 | (5) State education policymaking benefits from | ||||||
15 | partnerships between State education agencies and entities | ||||||
16 | with expertise in education research, including school | ||||||
17 | districts, institutions of higher learning, and research | ||||||
18 | organizations. This State should establish systems and | ||||||
19 | processes to permit qualified researchers to assist with | ||||||
20 | State evaluation and research functions in a manner | ||||||
21 | consistent with privacy protection laws. | ||||||
22 | (6) This State is committed to establishing and | ||||||
23 | maintaining a longitudinal student unit record data system | ||||||
24 | that educators and policymakers can use to analyze and | ||||||
25 | assess student progress from early learning programs | ||||||
26 | through postsecondary education and into employment. The |
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1 | State Board of Education, the Illinois Community College | ||||||
2 | Board, and the Board of Higher Education have designed, | ||||||
3 | built, and deployed some of the fundamental components of a | ||||||
4 | longitudinal data system and have engaged in extensive | ||||||
5 | efforts to effectively link and use available education | ||||||
6 | data. However, the various education data components | ||||||
7 | maintained by this State must be integrated and managed in | ||||||
8 | a cooperative manner to establish a data-driven, | ||||||
9 | decision-making environment for this State's education | ||||||
10 | system. | ||||||
11 | (7) The longitudinal data system established by this | ||||||
12 | Act is intended, among other purposes, to link student test | ||||||
13 | scores, length of enrollment, and graduation records over | ||||||
14 | time, as permitted by Section 1111(b)(3)(B) of the federal | ||||||
15 | Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. | ||||||
16 | 6311(b)(3)(B)). | ||||||
17 | (8) Students will achieve improved learning outcomes | ||||||
18 | as a result of the longitudinal data system established by | ||||||
19 | this Act through instruction and educational programs | ||||||
20 | informed by valid and reliable data. | ||||||
21 | (9) State use and management of education data must be | ||||||
22 | in accordance with all legal requirements protecting | ||||||
23 | student privacy and must protect personal information from | ||||||
24 | intentional or accidental release to unauthorized persons | ||||||
25 | and from intentional or accidental use for unauthorized | ||||||
26 | purposes.
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1 | Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
2 | "Community College Board" means the Illinois Community | ||||||
3 | College Board.
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4 | "Community colleges" has the meaning ascribed to that term | ||||||
5 | in Section 1-2 of the Public Community College Act. | ||||||
6 | "Early learning" means any publicly funded education and | ||||||
7 | care program supporting young children not yet enrolled in | ||||||
8 | kindergarten.
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9 | "Elementary" means kindergarten through eighth grade. | ||||||
10 | "Institution of higher learning" has the meaning ascribed | ||||||
11 | to that term in Section 10 of the Higher Education Student | ||||||
12 | Assistance Act.
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13 | "Longitudinal data system" means a student unit record data | ||||||
14 | system that links student records from early learning through | ||||||
15 | the postsecondary level, which may consist of separate student | ||||||
16 | unit record systems integrated through agreement and data | ||||||
17 | transfer mechanisms. | ||||||
18 | "Privacy protection laws" means the federal Family | ||||||
19 | Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. 1232g), | ||||||
20 | the Illinois School Students Record Act, the Personal | ||||||
21 | Information Protection Act, and any other State or federal law | ||||||
22 | relating to the confidentiality and protection of personally | ||||||
23 | identifiable information. | ||||||
24 | "Research organization" means a governmental entity, | ||||||
25 | institution of higher learning, public policy or advocacy |
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1 | organization, or other person or entity conducting educational | ||||||
2 | research that (i) is qualified to perform educational research | ||||||
3 | and protect the privacy of student data, (ii) is seeking to | ||||||
4 | perform research for a non-commercial purpose authorized by | ||||||
5 | privacy protection laws, and (iii) agrees to perform the | ||||||
6 | research pursuant to a written agreement meeting the | ||||||
7 | requirements of privacy protection laws and this Act.
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8 | "School" means any elementary or secondary educational | ||||||
9 | institution, charter school, vocational school, special | ||||||
10 | education facility, or any other elementary or secondary | ||||||
11 | educational agency or institution, but does not include a | ||||||
12 | non-public school.
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13 | "Secondary" means ninth through twelfth grade.
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14 | "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
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15 | "State Education Authorities" means the State Board, | ||||||
16 | Community College Board, and Board of Higher Education.
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17 | Section 15. Establishment of the longitudinal data system | ||||||
18 | and data warehouse. | ||||||
19 | (a) The State Education Authorities shall jointly | ||||||
20 | establish and maintain a longitudinal data system by entering | ||||||
21 | into one or more agreements that link early learning, | ||||||
22 | elementary, and secondary school student unit records with | ||||||
23 | institution of higher learning student unit records. To the | ||||||
24 | extent authorized by this Section and Section 20 of this Act: | ||||||
25 | (1) the State Board is responsible for collecting and |
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1 | maintaining authoritative enrollment, completion, and | ||||||
2 | student characteristic information on early learning, | ||||||
3 | public school (kindergarten through grade 12), and | ||||||
4 | non-public school (kindergarten through grade 12) | ||||||
5 | students; | ||||||
6 | (2) the Community College Board is responsible for | ||||||
7 | collecting and maintaining authoritative enrollment, | ||||||
8 | completion, and student characteristic information on | ||||||
9 | community college students; and | ||||||
10 | (3) the Board of Higher Education is responsible for | ||||||
11 | collecting and maintaining authoritative enrollment, | ||||||
12 | completion, and student characteristic information on | ||||||
13 | students enrolled in institutions of higher learning, | ||||||
14 | other than community colleges. | ||||||
15 | (b) On or before June 30, 2013, subject to the availability | ||||||
16 | of funding through appropriations made specifically for the | ||||||
17 | purposes of this Act, the State Education Authorities shall | ||||||
18 | improve and expand the longitudinal data system to enable the | ||||||
19 | State Education Authorities to perform or cause to be performed | ||||||
20 | all of the following activities and functions: | ||||||
21 | (1) Reduce, to the maximum extent possible, the data | ||||||
22 | collection burden on school districts and institutions of | ||||||
23 | higher learning by using data submitted to the system for | ||||||
24 | multiple reporting and analysis functions. | ||||||
25 | (2) Provide authorized officials of early learning | ||||||
26 | programs, schools, school districts, and institutions of |
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1 | higher learning with access to their own student-level | ||||||
2 | data, summary reports, and data that can be integrated with | ||||||
3 | additional data maintained outside of the system to inform | ||||||
4 | education decision-making. | ||||||
5 | (3) Link data to instructional management tools that | ||||||
6 | support instruction and assist collaboration among | ||||||
7 | teachers and postsecondary instructors. | ||||||
8 | (4) Enhance and expand existing high | ||||||
9 | school-to-postsecondary reporting systems to inform school | ||||||
10 | and school district officials, education policymakers, and | ||||||
11 | members of the public about public school students' | ||||||
12 | performance in postsecondary education. | ||||||
13 | (5) Provide data reporting, analysis, and planning | ||||||
14 | tools that assist with financial oversight, human resource | ||||||
15 | management, and other education support functions. | ||||||
16 | (6) Improve student access to educational | ||||||
17 | opportunities by linking data to student college and career | ||||||
18 | planning portals, facilitating the submission of | ||||||
19 | electronic transcripts and scholarship and financial aid | ||||||
20 | applications, and enabling the transfer of student records | ||||||
21 | to officials of a school or institution of higher learning | ||||||
22 | where a student enrolls or seeks or intends to enroll. | ||||||
23 | (7) Establish a public Internet web interface that | ||||||
24 | provides non-confidential data reports and permits queries | ||||||
25 | so that parents, the media, and other members of the public | ||||||
26 | can more easily access information pertaining to |
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1 | statewide, district, and school performance. | ||||||
2 | (8) Provide research and reports to the General | ||||||
3 | Assembly that assist with evaluating the effectiveness of | ||||||
4 | specific programs and that enable legislators to analyze | ||||||
5 | educational performance within their legislative | ||||||
6 | districts. | ||||||
7 | (9) Allow the State Education Authorities to | ||||||
8 | efficiently meet federal and State reporting requirements | ||||||
9 | by drawing data for required reports from multiple State | ||||||
10 | systems. | ||||||
11 | (10) Establish a system to evaluate teacher and | ||||||
12 | administrator preparation programs using student academic | ||||||
13 | growth as one component of evaluation.
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14 | (11) In accordance with a data sharing agreement | ||||||
15 | entered into between the State Education Authorities and | ||||||
16 | the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, establish | ||||||
17 | procedures and systems to evaluate the relationship | ||||||
18 | between need-based financial aid and student enrollment | ||||||
19 | and success in institutions of higher learning.
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20 | (12) In accordance with data sharing agreements | ||||||
21 | entered into between the State Education Authorities and | ||||||
22 | health and human service agencies, establish procedures | ||||||
23 | and systems to evaluate the relationship between education | ||||||
24 | and other student and family support systems. | ||||||
25 | (13) In accordance with data sharing agreements | ||||||
26 | entered into between the State Education Authorities and |
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1 | employment and workforce development agencies, establish | ||||||
2 | procedures and systems to evaluate the relationship | ||||||
3 | between education programs and outcomes and employment | ||||||
4 | fields, employment locations, and employment outcomes.
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5 | (c) On or before June 30, 2013, subject to the availability | ||||||
6 | of funding through appropriations made specifically for the | ||||||
7 | purposes of this Act, the State Board shall establish a data | ||||||
8 | warehouse that integrates data from multiple student unit | ||||||
9 | record systems and supports all of the uses and functions of | ||||||
10 | the longitudinal data system set forth in this Act. The data | ||||||
11 | warehouse must be developed in cooperation with the Community | ||||||
12 | College Board and the Board of Higher Education and must have | ||||||
13 | the ability to integrate longitudinal data from early learning | ||||||
14 | through the postsecondary level in accordance with one or more | ||||||
15 | data sharing agreements entered into among the State Education | ||||||
16 | Authorities. The data warehouse, as integrated with the | ||||||
17 | longitudinal data system, must include, but is not limited to, | ||||||
18 | all of the following elements: | ||||||
19 | (1) A unique statewide student identifier that | ||||||
20 | connects student data across key databases across years. | ||||||
21 | The unique statewide student identifier must not be derived | ||||||
22 | from a student's social security number and must be | ||||||
23 | provided to institutions of higher learning to assist with | ||||||
24 | linkages between early learning through secondary and | ||||||
25 | postsecondary data. | ||||||
26 | (2) Student-level enrollment, demographic, and program |
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1 | participation information, including information on | ||||||
2 | participation in dual credit programs. | ||||||
3 | (3) The ability to match individual students' | ||||||
4 | elementary and secondary test records from year to year to | ||||||
5 | measure academic growth. | ||||||
6 | (4) Information on untested students in the elementary | ||||||
7 | and secondary levels, and the reasons they were not tested. | ||||||
8 | (5) A teacher and administrator identifier system with | ||||||
9 | the ability to match students to early learning, | ||||||
10 | elementary, and secondary teachers and elementary and | ||||||
11 | secondary administrators. Data from the teacher | ||||||
12 | identification system must not be used by school districts | ||||||
13 | for employment decisions involving individual teachers in | ||||||
14 | contractual continued service unless the district and the | ||||||
15 | exclusive bargaining representative of the district's | ||||||
16 | teachers, if any, have agreed to such use. For purposes of | ||||||
17 | this item (5), employment decisions do not include the use | ||||||
18 | of data from the teacher identification system to support | ||||||
19 | student learning and adjust instruction through | ||||||
20 | non-punitive measures. Nothing in this item (5) or | ||||||
21 | elsewhere in this Act shall in any way alter those rights | ||||||
22 | and obligations set forth in the Illinois Educational Labor | ||||||
23 | Relations Act. | ||||||
24 | (6) Student-level transcript information, including | ||||||
25 | information on courses completed and grades earned, from | ||||||
26 | middle and high schools. The State Board shall establish a |
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1 | statewide course classification system based upon the | ||||||
2 | federal School Codes for Exchange of Data or a similar | ||||||
3 | course classification system. Each school district and | ||||||
4 | charter school shall map its course descriptions to the | ||||||
5 | statewide course classification system for the purpose of | ||||||
6 | State reporting. School districts and charter schools are | ||||||
7 | not required to change or modify the locally adopted course | ||||||
8 | descriptions used for all other purposes. The State Board | ||||||
9 | shall establish or contract for the establishment of a | ||||||
10 | technical support and training system to assist schools and | ||||||
11 | districts with the implementation of this item (6) and | ||||||
12 | shall, to the extent possible, collect transcript data | ||||||
13 | using a system that permits automated reporting from | ||||||
14 | district student information systems. | ||||||
15 | (7) Student-level college readiness test scores. | ||||||
16 | (8) Student-level graduation and dropout data. | ||||||
17 | (9) The ability to match early learning through | ||||||
18 | secondary student unit records with institution of higher | ||||||
19 | learning student unit record systems.
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20 | (10) A State data audit system assessing data quality, | ||||||
21 | validity, and reliability.
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22 | (d) Using data provided to and maintained by the | ||||||
23 | longitudinal data system, the State Education Authorities may, | ||||||
24 | in addition to functions and activities specified elsewhere in | ||||||
25 | this Section, perform and undertake the following: | ||||||
26 | (1) research for or on behalf of early learning |
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1 | programs, schools, school districts, or institutions of | ||||||
2 | higher learning, which may be performed by one or more | ||||||
3 | State Education Authorities or through agreements with | ||||||
4 | research organizations meeting all of the requirements of | ||||||
5 | this Act and privacy protection laws; and | ||||||
6 | (2) audits or evaluations of federal or | ||||||
7 | State-supported education programs and activities to | ||||||
8 | enforce federal or State legal requirements with respect to | ||||||
9 | those programs. Each State Education Authority may assist | ||||||
10 | another State Education Authority with audit, evaluation, | ||||||
11 | or enforcement activities and may disclose education | ||||||
12 | records with each other for those activities relating to | ||||||
13 | any early learning through postsecondary program. The | ||||||
14 | State Education Authorities may disclose student | ||||||
15 | information to authorized officials of a student's former | ||||||
16 | early learning program, school, or school district to | ||||||
17 | assist with the evaluation of federal or State-supported | ||||||
18 | programs.
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19 | (e) In establishing, operating, and expanding the | ||||||
20 | longitudinal data system, the State Education Authorities | ||||||
21 | shall convene stakeholders and create opportunities for input | ||||||
22 | and advice in the areas of data ownership, data use, research | ||||||
23 | priorities, data management, confidentiality, data access, and | ||||||
24 | reporting from the system. Such stakeholders include, but are | ||||||
25 | not limited to, institutions of higher learning, school | ||||||
26 | districts, charter schools, early learning programs, teachers, |
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1 | professors, parents, principals and administrators, school | ||||||
2 | research consortiums, education policy and advocacy | ||||||
3 | organizations, news media, the Illinois Student Assistance | ||||||
4 | Commission, the Illinois Education Research Council, the | ||||||
5 | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Illinois | ||||||
6 | Early Learning Council, and the Legislative Research Unit. | ||||||
7 | (f) Representatives of the State Education Authorities | ||||||
8 | shall report to and advise the Illinois P-20 Council on the | ||||||
9 | implementation, operation, and expansion of the longitudinal | ||||||
10 | data system. | ||||||
11 | (g) Appropriations made to the State Education Authorities | ||||||
12 | for the purposes of this Act shall be used exclusively for | ||||||
13 | expenses for the development and operation of the longitudinal | ||||||
14 | data system. Authorized expenses of the State Education | ||||||
15 | Authorities may relate to contracts with outside vendors for | ||||||
16 | the development and operation of the system, agreements with | ||||||
17 | other governmental entities or research organizations for | ||||||
18 | authorized uses and functions of the system, technical support | ||||||
19 | and training for entities submitting data to the system, or | ||||||
20 | regular or contractual employees necessary for the system's | ||||||
21 | development or operation.
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22 | Section 20. Collection and maintenance of data. | ||||||
23 | (a) The State Board is authorized to collect and maintain | ||||||
24 | data from school districts, schools, and early learning | ||||||
25 | programs and disclose this data to the longitudinal data system |
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1 | for the purposes set forth in this Act. The State Board may | ||||||
2 | also disclose data to the longitudinal data system that the | ||||||
3 | State Board is otherwise authorized by law to collect and | ||||||
4 | maintain. | ||||||
5 | On or before July 1, 2010, the State Board shall establish | ||||||
6 | procedures through which State-recognized, non-public schools | ||||||
7 | may elect to participate in the longitudinal data system by | ||||||
8 | disclosing data to the State Board for one or more of the | ||||||
9 | purposes set forth in this Act. | ||||||
10 | Subject to the availability of funding through | ||||||
11 | appropriations made specifically for the purposes of this Act, | ||||||
12 | the State Board shall establish or contract for the | ||||||
13 | establishment of a technical support and training system to | ||||||
14 | assist school districts, schools, and early learning programs | ||||||
15 | with data submission, use, and analysis. | ||||||
16 | (b) The Community College Board is authorized to collect | ||||||
17 | and maintain data from community college districts and disclose | ||||||
18 | this data to the longitudinal data system for the purposes set | ||||||
19 | forth in this Act. The Community College Board may also | ||||||
20 | disclose data to the longitudinal data system that the | ||||||
21 | Community College Board is otherwise authorized by law to | ||||||
22 | collect and maintain. | ||||||
23 | Subject to the availability of funding through | ||||||
24 | appropriations made specifically for the purposes of this Act, | ||||||
25 | the Community College Board shall establish or contract for the | ||||||
26 | establishment of a technical support and training system to |
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1 | assist community colleges with data submission, use, and | ||||||
2 | analysis. | ||||||
3 | (c) The Board of Higher Education is authorized to collect | ||||||
4 | and maintain data from any public institution of higher | ||||||
5 | learning, other than community colleges, and disclose this data | ||||||
6 | to the longitudinal data system for the purposes set forth in | ||||||
7 | this Act. The Board of Higher Education may also disclose data | ||||||
8 | to the longitudinal data system that the Board of Higher | ||||||
9 | Education is otherwise authorized by law to collect and | ||||||
10 | maintain. | ||||||
11 | Beginning on July 1, 2012, the Board of Higher Education is | ||||||
12 | authorized to collect and maintain data from any non-public | ||||||
13 | institution of higher learning enrolling one or more students | ||||||
14 | receiving Monetary Award Program grants, pursuant to Section 35 | ||||||
15 | of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act, and disclose | ||||||
16 | this data to the longitudinal data system for the purposes set | ||||||
17 | forth in this Act. Prior to July 1, 2012, any non-public | ||||||
18 | institution of higher learning may elect to participate in the | ||||||
19 | longitudinal data system by disclosing data for one or more of | ||||||
20 | the purposes set forth in this Act to the Board of Higher | ||||||
21 | Education or to a consortium that has contracted with the Board | ||||||
22 | of Higher Education pursuant to this subsection (c). | ||||||
23 | The Board of Higher Education may contract with one or more | ||||||
24 | voluntary consortiums of non-public institutions of higher | ||||||
25 | learning established for the purpose of data sharing, research, | ||||||
26 | and analysis. The contract may allow the consortium to collect |
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1 | data from participating institutions on behalf of the Board of | ||||||
2 | Higher Education, provided that (i) the contract ensures that | ||||||
3 | the State Education Authorities have access to the data for the | ||||||
4 | purposes, functions, and activities described in Section 15 of | ||||||
5 | this Act and (ii) the data submitted to the consortium meets | ||||||
6 | all of the requirements specified by the Board of Higher | ||||||
7 | Education. The contract may provide for consultation with a | ||||||
8 | representative committee of participating institutions prior | ||||||
9 | to the use of data from the consortium for a data sharing | ||||||
10 | arrangement entered into with any party other than a State | ||||||
11 | Education Authority pursuant to Section 25 of this Act. | ||||||
12 | Non-public institutions of higher learning submitting | ||||||
13 | student-level data to a consortium that has contracted with the | ||||||
14 | Board of Higher Education pursuant to this paragraph shall not | ||||||
15 | be required to submit student-level data to the Board of Higher | ||||||
16 | Education. | ||||||
17 | Subject to the availability of funding through | ||||||
18 | appropriations made specifically for the purposes of this Act, | ||||||
19 | the Board of Higher Education shall establish or contract for | ||||||
20 | the establishment of a technical support and training system to | ||||||
21 | assist institutions of higher learning, other than community | ||||||
22 | colleges, with data submission, use, and analysis. The Board of | ||||||
23 | Higher Education shall engage in a cooperative planning process | ||||||
24 | with public and non-public institutions of higher learning and | ||||||
25 | statewide higher education associations in connection with all | ||||||
26 | of the activities authorized by this subsection (c). |
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1 | (d) The State Education Authorities shall establish | ||||||
2 | procedures and requirements relating to the submission of data | ||||||
3 | authorized to be collected pursuant to this Section, including | ||||||
4 | requirements for data specifications, quality, security, and | ||||||
5 | timeliness. All early learning programs, schools, school | ||||||
6 | districts, and institutions of higher learning subject to the | ||||||
7 | data collection authority of a State Education Authority | ||||||
8 | pursuant to this Section shall comply with the State Education | ||||||
9 | Authority's procedures and requirements for data submissions. | ||||||
10 | A State Education Authority may require that staff responsible | ||||||
11 | for collecting, validating, and submitting data participate in | ||||||
12 | training and technical assistance offered by this State if data | ||||||
13 | is not submitted in accordance with applicable procedures and | ||||||
14 | requirements.
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15 | Section 25. Data sharing. | ||||||
16 | (a) The State Education Authorities may disclose data from | ||||||
17 | the longitudinal data system collected pursuant to Section 20 | ||||||
18 | of this Act only in connection with a data sharing arrangement | ||||||
19 | meeting the requirements of this Section. | ||||||
20 | (b) Any State agency, board, authority, or commission may | ||||||
21 | enter into a data sharing arrangement with one or more of the | ||||||
22 | State Education Authorities to share data to support the | ||||||
23 | research and evaluation activities authorized by this Act. | ||||||
24 | State Education Authorities may also enter into data sharing | ||||||
25 | arrangements with other governmental entities, institutions of |
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1 | higher learning, and research organizations that support the | ||||||
2 | research and evaluation activities authorized by this Act. | ||||||
3 | (c) Any data sharing arrangement entered into pursuant to | ||||||
4 | this Section must: | ||||||
5 | (1) be permissible under and undertaken in accordance | ||||||
6 | with privacy protection laws; | ||||||
7 | (2) be approved by the following persons:
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8 | (A) the State Superintendent of Education or his or | ||||||
9 | her designee for the use of early learning, public | ||||||
10 | school, and non-public school student data; | ||||||
11 | (B) the chief executive officer of the Community | ||||||
12 | College Board or his or her designee for the use of | ||||||
13 | community college student data; and | ||||||
14 | (C) the executive director of the Board of Higher | ||||||
15 | Education or his or her designee for the use of student | ||||||
16 | data from an institution of higher learning, other than | ||||||
17 | a community college;
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18 | (3) not permit the personal identification of any | ||||||
19 | person by individuals other than authorized | ||||||
20 | representatives of the recipient entity that have | ||||||
21 | legitimate interests in the information; | ||||||
22 | (4) ensure the destruction or return of the data when | ||||||
23 | no longer needed for the authorized purposes under the data | ||||||
24 | sharing arrangement; and | ||||||
25 | (5) be performed pursuant to a written agreement with | ||||||
26 | the recipient entity that does the following: |
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1 | (A) specifies the purpose, scope, and duration of | ||||||
2 | the data sharing arrangement; | ||||||
3 | (B) requires the recipient of the data to use | ||||||
4 | personally identifiable information from education | ||||||
5 | records to meet only the purpose or purposes of the | ||||||
6 | data sharing arrangement stated in the written | ||||||
7 | agreement; | ||||||
8 | (C) describes specific data access, use, and | ||||||
9 | security restrictions that the recipient will | ||||||
10 | undertake; and | ||||||
11 | (D) includes such other terms and provisions as the | ||||||
12 | State Education Authorities deem necessary to carry | ||||||
13 | out the intent and purposes of this Act.
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14 | Section 30. Subject to privacy protection laws. The | ||||||
15 | collection, use, maintenance, disclosure, and sharing of data | ||||||
16 | authorized by this Act must be conducted in accordance with | ||||||
17 | privacy protection laws. The State Education Authorities shall | ||||||
18 | each develop security measures and procedures that protect | ||||||
19 | personal information from intentional or accidental release to | ||||||
20 | unauthorized persons and from intentional or accidental use for | ||||||
21 | unauthorized purposes.
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22 | Section 35. No impact on existing authority. This Act does | ||||||
23 | not modify or diminish any responsibilities or authority that a | ||||||
24 | State Education Authority or the State Education Authorities |
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1 | collectively may otherwise have under law with respect to the | ||||||
2 | collection, use, maintenance, disclosure, and sharing of data.
| ||||||
3 | Section 40. Evaluation. Subject to the availability of | ||||||
4 | funding through appropriations made specifically for the | ||||||
5 | purposes of this Act, the State Education Authorities shall | ||||||
6 | contract with an independent outside evaluator for oversight of | ||||||
7 | the development and operation of the longitudinal data system. | ||||||
8 | The independent outside evaluator shall annually submit a | ||||||
9 | report to the State Education Authorities, the Illinois P-20 | ||||||
10 | Council, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
11 | Representatives, and the President and Minority Leader of the | ||||||
12 | Senate. The report shall include without limitation (i) an | ||||||
13 | evaluation of the extent to which the system is being developed | ||||||
14 | and operated to achieve the purposes, objectives, and | ||||||
15 | requirements of this Act; (ii) an evaluation of the oversight | ||||||
16 | and governance of the system by the State Education Authorities | ||||||
17 | and any recommendations to improve the oversight and governance | ||||||
18 | of the system; and (iii) an evaluation of the security measures | ||||||
19 | and procedures developed by the State Education Authorities to | ||||||
20 | protect personally identifiable information and any | ||||||
21 | recommendations to further ensure the privacy of personally | ||||||
22 | identifiable information.
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23 | Section 500. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
24 | 27A-5 as follows:
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1 | (105 ILCS 5/27A-5)
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2 | Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements.
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3 | (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian, | ||||||
4 | nonreligious, non-home
based, and non-profit school. A charter | ||||||
5 | school shall be organized and operated
as a nonprofit | ||||||
6 | corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity
| ||||||
7 | authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
| ||||||
8 | (b) A charter school may be established under this Article | ||||||
9 | by creating a new
school or by converting an existing public | ||||||
10 | school or attendance center to
charter
school status.
Beginning | ||||||
11 | on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | ||||||
12 | General
Assembly, in all new
applications submitted to the | ||||||
13 | State Board or a local school board to establish
a charter
| ||||||
14 | school in a city having a population exceeding 500,000, | ||||||
15 | operation of the
charter
school shall be limited to one campus. | ||||||
16 | The changes made to this Section by this
amendatory Act
of the | ||||||
17 | 93rd General
Assembly do not apply to charter schools existing | ||||||
18 | or approved on or before the
effective date of this
amendatory | ||||||
19 | Act.
| ||||||
20 | (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by | ||||||
21 | its board of
directors or other governing body
in the manner | ||||||
22 | provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter school
| ||||||
23 | shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and the Open | ||||||
24 | Meetings Act.
| ||||||
25 | (d) A charter school shall comply with all applicable |
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1 | health and safety
requirements applicable to public schools | ||||||
2 | under the laws of the State of
Illinois.
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3 | (e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a | ||||||
4 | charter school shall
not charge tuition; provided that a | ||||||
5 | charter school may charge reasonable fees
for textbooks, | ||||||
6 | instructional materials, and student activities.
| ||||||
7 | (f) A charter school shall be responsible for the | ||||||
8 | management and operation
of its fiscal affairs including,
but | ||||||
9 | not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each | ||||||
10 | charter
school's finances shall be conducted annually by an | ||||||
11 | outside, independent
contractor retained by the charter | ||||||
12 | school.
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13 | (g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of | ||||||
14 | this Article and
its charter. A charter
school is exempt from | ||||||
15 | all other State laws and regulations in the School Code
| ||||||
16 | governing public
schools and local school board policies, | ||||||
17 | except the following:
| ||||||
18 | (1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of the School Code | ||||||
19 | regarding criminal
history records checks and checks of the | ||||||
20 | Statewide Sex Offender Database of applicants for | ||||||
21 | employment;
| ||||||
22 | (2) Sections 24-24 and 34-84A of the School Code | ||||||
23 | regarding discipline of
students;
| ||||||
24 | (3) The Local Governmental and Governmental Employees | ||||||
25 | Tort Immunity Act;
| ||||||
26 | (4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit |
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1 | Corporation Act of 1986
regarding indemnification of | ||||||
2 | officers, directors, employees, and agents;
| ||||||
3 | (5) The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
| ||||||
4 | (6) The Illinois School Student Records Act; and
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5 | (7) Section 10-17a of the School Code regarding school | ||||||
6 | report cards ; and .
| ||||||
7 | (8) The P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act. | ||||||
8 | (h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a | ||||||
9 | school district, the
governing body of a State college or | ||||||
10 | university or public community college, or
any other public or | ||||||
11 | for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use
of a | ||||||
12 | school building and grounds or any other real property or | ||||||
13 | facilities that
the charter school desires to use or convert | ||||||
14 | for use as a charter school site,
(ii) the operation and | ||||||
15 | maintenance thereof, and
(iii) the provision of any service, | ||||||
16 | activity, or undertaking that the charter
school is required to | ||||||
17 | perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
| ||||||
18 | However, a charter school
that is established on
or
after the | ||||||
19 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
| ||||||
20 | Assembly and that operates
in a city having a population | ||||||
21 | exceeding
500,000 may not contract with a for-profit entity to
| ||||||
22 | manage or operate the school during the period that commences | ||||||
23 | on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | ||||||
24 | General Assembly and
concludes at the end of the 2004-2005 | ||||||
25 | school year.
Except as provided in subsection (i) of this | ||||||
26 | Section, a school district may
charge a charter school |
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1 | reasonable rent for the use of the district's
buildings, | ||||||
2 | grounds, and facilities. Any services for which a charter | ||||||
3 | school
contracts
with a school district shall be provided by | ||||||
4 | the district at cost. Any services
for which a charter school | ||||||
5 | contracts with a local school board or with the
governing body | ||||||
6 | of a State college or university or public community college
| ||||||
7 | shall be provided by the public entity at cost.
| ||||||
8 | (i) In no event shall a charter school that is established | ||||||
9 | by converting an
existing school or attendance center to | ||||||
10 | charter school status be required to
pay rent for space
that is | ||||||
11 | deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter | ||||||
12 | agreement,
in school district
facilities. However, all other | ||||||
13 | costs for the operation and maintenance of
school district | ||||||
14 | facilities that are used by the charter school shall be subject
| ||||||
15 | to negotiation between
the charter school and the local school | ||||||
16 | board and shall be set forth in the
charter.
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17 | (j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age or | ||||||
18 | grade level.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 93-3, eff. 4-16-03; 93-909, eff. 8-12-04; 94-219, | ||||||
20 | eff. 7-14-05.)
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21 | Section 505. The Illinois School Student Records Act is | ||||||
22 | amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
| ||||||
23 | (105 ILCS 10/6) (from Ch. 122, par. 50-6)
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24 | Sec. 6. (a) No school student records or information
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1 | contained therein may be released, transferred, disclosed or | ||||||
2 | otherwise
disseminated, except as follows:
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3 | (1) To a parent or student or person specifically
| ||||||
4 | designated as a representative by a parent, as provided in | ||||||
5 | paragraph (a)
of Section 5;
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6 | (2) To an employee or official of the school or
school | ||||||
7 | district or State Board with current demonstrable | ||||||
8 | educational
or administrative interest in the student, in | ||||||
9 | furtherance of such interest;
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10 | (3) To the official records custodian of another school | ||||||
11 | within
Illinois or an official with similar | ||||||
12 | responsibilities of a school
outside Illinois, in which the | ||||||
13 | student has enrolled, or intends to enroll,
upon the | ||||||
14 | request of such official or student;
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15 | (4) To any person for the purpose of research,
| ||||||
16 | statistical reporting , or planning, provided that such | ||||||
17 | research, statistical reporting, or planning is | ||||||
18 | permissible under and undertaken in accordance with the | ||||||
19 | federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 | ||||||
20 | U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) no student or parent can be
identified | ||||||
21 | from the information released and the person to whom the
| ||||||
22 | information is released signs an affidavit agreeing to | ||||||
23 | comply with all
applicable statutes and rules pertaining to | ||||||
24 | school student records ;
| ||||||
25 | (5) Pursuant to a court order, provided that the
parent | ||||||
26 | shall be given prompt written notice upon receipt
of such |
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| |||||||
1 | order of the terms of the order, the nature and
substance | ||||||
2 | of the information proposed to be released
in compliance | ||||||
3 | with such order and an opportunity to
inspect and copy the | ||||||
4 | school student records and to
challenge their contents | ||||||
5 | pursuant to Section 7;
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6 | (6) To any person as specifically required by State
or | ||||||
7 | federal law;
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8 | (6.5) To juvenile authorities
when necessary for the | ||||||
9 | discharge of their official duties
who request information | ||||||
10 | prior to
adjudication of the student and who certify in | ||||||
11 | writing that the information
will not be disclosed to any | ||||||
12 | other party except as provided under law or order
of court. | ||||||
13 | For purposes of this Section "juvenile authorities" means:
| ||||||
14 | (i) a judge of
the circuit court and members of the staff | ||||||
15 | of the court designated by the
judge; (ii) parties to the | ||||||
16 | proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and
their | ||||||
17 | attorneys; (iii) probation
officers and court appointed | ||||||
18 | advocates for the juvenile authorized by the judge
hearing | ||||||
19 | the case; (iv) any individual, public or private agency | ||||||
20 | having custody
of the child pursuant to court order; (v) | ||||||
21 | any individual, public or private
agency providing | ||||||
22 | education, medical or mental health service to the child | ||||||
23 | when
the requested information is needed to determine the | ||||||
24 | appropriate service or
treatment for the minor; (vi) any | ||||||
25 | potential placement provider when such
release
is | ||||||
26 | authorized by the court for the limited purpose of |
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1 | determining the
appropriateness of the potential | ||||||
2 | placement; (vii) law enforcement officers and
prosecutors;
| ||||||
3 | (viii) adult and juvenile prisoner review boards; (ix) | ||||||
4 | authorized military
personnel; (x)
individuals authorized | ||||||
5 | by court;
| ||||||
6 | (7) Subject to regulations of the State Board,
in | ||||||
7 | connection with an emergency, to appropriate persons
if the | ||||||
8 | knowledge of such information is necessary to protect
the | ||||||
9 | health or safety of the student or other
persons;
| ||||||
10 | (8) To any person, with the prior specific dated
| ||||||
11 | written consent of the parent designating the person
to | ||||||
12 | whom the records may be released, provided that at
the time | ||||||
13 | any such consent is requested or obtained,
the parent shall | ||||||
14 | be advised in writing that he has the right
to inspect and | ||||||
15 | copy such records in accordance with Section 5, to
| ||||||
16 | challenge their contents in accordance with Section 7 and | ||||||
17 | to limit any such
consent to
designated records or | ||||||
18 | designated portions of the information contained
therein;
| ||||||
19 | (9) To a governmental agency, or social service agency | ||||||
20 | contracted by a
governmental agency, in furtherance of an | ||||||
21 | investigation of a student's school
attendance pursuant to | ||||||
22 | the compulsory student attendance laws of this State,
| ||||||
23 | provided that the records are released to the employee or | ||||||
24 | agent designated by
the agency;
| ||||||
25 | (10) To those SHOCAP committee members who fall within | ||||||
26 | the meaning of
"state and local officials and authorities", |
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1 | as those terms are used within the
meaning of the federal | ||||||
2 | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, for
the
purposes | ||||||
3 | of identifying serious habitual juvenile offenders and | ||||||
4 | matching those
offenders with community resources pursuant | ||||||
5 | to Section 5-145 of the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987, but | ||||||
6 | only to the extent that the release, transfer,
disclosure, | ||||||
7 | or dissemination is consistent with the Family Educational | ||||||
8 | Rights
and Privacy Act; or
| ||||||
9 | (11) To the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
10 | Services in furtherance of the
requirements of Section | ||||||
11 | 2-3.131, 3-14.29, 10-28, or 34-18.26 of
the School Code or | ||||||
12 | Section 10 of the School Breakfast and Lunch
Program Act.
| ||||||
13 | (12) To the State Board or another State government | ||||||
14 | agency or between or among State government agencies in | ||||||
15 | order to evaluate or audit federal and State programs or | ||||||
16 | perform research and planning, but only to the extent that | ||||||
17 | the release, transfer, disclosure, or dissemination is | ||||||
18 | consistent with the federal Family Educational Rights and | ||||||
19 | Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.). | ||||||
20 | (b) No information may be released pursuant to | ||||||
21 | subparagraphs (3) or
(6) of paragraph (a) of this Section 6 | ||||||
22 | unless the parent receives
prior written notice of the nature | ||||||
23 | and substance of the information
proposed to be released, and | ||||||
24 | an opportunity to inspect
and copy such records in accordance | ||||||
25 | with Section 5 and to
challenge their contents in accordance | ||||||
26 | with Section 7. Provided, however,
that such notice shall be |
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1 | sufficient if published in a local newspaper of
general | ||||||
2 | circulation or other publication directed generally to the | ||||||
3 | parents
involved where the proposed release of information is | ||||||
4 | pursuant to
subparagraph 6 of paragraph (a) in this Section 6 | ||||||
5 | and relates to more
than 25 students.
| ||||||
6 | (c) A record of any release of information pursuant
to this | ||||||
7 | Section must be made and kept as a part of the
school student | ||||||
8 | record and subject to the access granted by Section 5.
Such | ||||||
9 | record of release shall be maintained for the life of the
| ||||||
10 | school student records and shall be available only to the | ||||||
11 | parent
and the official records custodian.
Each record of | ||||||
12 | release shall also include:
| ||||||
13 | (1) The nature and substance of the information | ||||||
14 | released;
| ||||||
15 | (2) The name and signature of the official records
| ||||||
16 | custodian releasing such information;
| ||||||
17 | (3) The name of the person requesting such information,
| ||||||
18 | the capacity in which such a request has been made, and the | ||||||
19 | purpose of such
request;
| ||||||
20 | (4) The date of the release; and
| ||||||
21 | (5) A copy of any consent to such release.
| ||||||
22 | (d) Except for the student and his parents, no person
to | ||||||
23 | whom information is released pursuant to this Section
and no | ||||||
24 | person specifically designated as a representative by a parent
| ||||||
25 | may permit any other person to have access to such information | ||||||
26 | without a prior
consent of the parent obtained in accordance |
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| |||||||
1 | with the requirements
of subparagraph (8) of paragraph (a) of | ||||||
2 | this Section.
| ||||||
3 | (e) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the
| ||||||
4 | publication of student directories which list student names, | ||||||
5 | addresses
and other identifying information and similar | ||||||
6 | publications which
comply with regulations issued by the State | ||||||
7 | Board.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-793, eff. 1-1-09.)
| ||||||
9 | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
10 | becoming law.
|