Bill Text: IL SB1993 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that prior to approving a new contract for any district-administered assessment, the school board must hold a public vote at a regular meeting of the school board, at which the terms of the proposal must be substantially presented and an opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided, subject to applicable notice requirements. Provides that if the assessment being made available to review is subject to copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property protection, the review process shall include technical and procedural safeguards to ensure that the materials are not able to be widely disseminated to the general public in violation of the intellectual property rights of the publisher and to ensure content validity is not undermined. Effective July 1, 2024.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0393 [SB1993 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1993-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 103-0393
SB1993 Enrolled LRB103 05234 RJT 50252 b
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 adding Sections
10-20.85 and 34-18.82 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new)
Sec. 10-20.85. Community input on local assessments.
(a) As used in this Section, "district-administered
assessment" means an assessment that requires all student test
takers at any grade level to answer the same questions, or a
selection of questions from a common bank of questions, in the
same manner or substantially the same questions in the same
manner. The term does not include an observational assessment
tool used to satisfy the requirements of Section 2-3.64a-10 of
this Code or an assessment developed by district teachers or
administrators that will be used to measure student progress
at an attendance center within the school district.
(b) Prior to approving a new contract for any
district-administered assessment, a school board must hold a
public vote at a regular meeting of the school board, at which
the terms of the proposal must be substantially presented and
an opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided,
subject to applicable notice requirements. However, if the

assessment being made available to review is subject to
copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property
protection, the review process shall include technical and
procedural safeguards to ensure that the materials are not
able to be widely disseminated to the general public in
violation of the intellectual property rights of the publisher
and to ensure content validity is not undermined.
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new)
Sec. 34-18.82. Community input on local assessments.
(a) As used in this Section, "district-administered
assessment" means an assessment that requires all student test
takers at any grade level to answer the same questions, or a
selection of questions from a common bank of questions, in the
same manner or substantially the same questions in the same
manner. The term does not include an observational assessment
tool used to satisfy the requirements of Section 2-3.64a-10 of
this Code or an assessment developed by district teachers or
administrators that will be used to measure student progress
at an attendance center within the school district.
(b) Prior to approving a new contract for any
district-administered assessment, the board must hold a public
vote at a regular meeting of the board, at which the terms of
the proposal must be substantially presented and an
opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided,
subject to applicable notice requirements. However, if the

assessment being made available to review is subject to
copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property
protection, the review process shall include technical and
procedural safeguards to ensure that the materials are not
able to be widely disseminated to the general public in
violation of the intellectual property rights of the publisher
and to ensure content validity is not undermined.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2024.