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

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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]

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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
510-20.85 and 34-18.82 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new)
7 Sec. 10-20.85. Community input on local assessments.
8 (a) As used in this Section, "district-administered
9assessment" means an assessment that requires all student test
10takers at any grade level to answer the same questions, or a
11selection of questions from a common bank of questions, in the
12same manner or substantially the same questions in the same
13manner. The term does not include an observational assessment
14tool used to satisfy the requirements of Section 2-3.64a-10 of
15this Code or an assessment developed by district teachers or
16administrators that will be used to measure student progress
17at an attendance center within the school district.
18 (b) Prior to approving a new contract for any
19district-administered assessment, a school board must hold a
20public vote at a regular meeting of the school board, at which
21the terms of the proposal must be substantially presented and
22an opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided,
23subject to applicable notice requirements. However, if the

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1assessment being made available to review is subject to
2copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property
3protection, the review process shall include technical and
4procedural safeguards to ensure that the materials are not
5able to be widely disseminated to the general public in
6violation of the intellectual property rights of the publisher
7and to ensure content validity is not undermined.
8 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new)
9 Sec. 34-18.82. Community input on local assessments.
10 (a) As used in this Section, "district-administered
11assessment" means an assessment that requires all student test
12takers at any grade level to answer the same questions, or a
13selection of questions from a common bank of questions, in the
14same manner or substantially the same questions in the same
15manner. The term does not include an observational assessment
16tool used to satisfy the requirements of Section 2-3.64a-10 of
17this Code or an assessment developed by district teachers or
18administrators that will be used to measure student progress
19at an attendance center within the school district.
20 (b) Prior to approving a new contract for any
21district-administered assessment, the board must hold a public
22vote at a regular meeting of the board, at which the terms of
23the proposal must be substantially presented and an
24opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided,
25subject to applicable notice requirements. However, if the

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1assessment being made available to review is subject to
2copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property
3protection, the review process shall include technical and
4procedural safeguards to ensure that the materials are not
5able to be widely disseminated to the general public in
6violation of the intellectual property rights of the publisher
7and to ensure content validity is not undermined.
8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
92024.
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