Bill Text: IL SB2793 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. As part of the annual school report card, requires every school to provide (i) data on the issuance of out-of-school suspensions, expulsions, and removals to alternative settings, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, gender, age, grade level, limited English proficiency status, length of exclusion, reason for exclusion, and whether alternative educational options were provided; (ii) data on the use of arrests or criminal citations, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, gender, age, grade level, disability status, limited English proficiency status, and alleged criminal offense; and (iii) data on student retention during and between academic years, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, gender, age, grade level, disability status, limited English proficiency status, and the reason for the student's departure. Sets forth requirements and exemptions concerning the data, including requiring the State Board of Education to analyze the data on an annual basis and determine the top quartile of school districts for specified metrics. Requires certain districts identified by the State Board to submit a school discipline improvement plan identifying the strategies it will implement to reduce the use of harsh disciplinary practices or reduce the disproportionality evident in its disciplinary practices; sets forth other requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1102 [SB2793 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB2793-Amended.html
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. As part of the annual school report card, requires every school to provide (i) data on the issuance of out-of-school suspensions, expulsions, and removals to alternative settings, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, gender, age, grade level, limited English proficiency status, length of exclusion, reason for exclusion, and whether alternative educational options were provided; (ii) data on the use of arrests or criminal citations, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, gender, age, grade level, disability status, limited English proficiency status, and alleged criminal offense; and (iii) data on student retention during and between academic years, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, gender, age, grade level, disability status, limited English proficiency status, and the reason for the student's departure. Sets forth requirements and exemptions concerning the data, including requiring the State Board of Education to analyze the data on an annual basis and determine the top quartile of school districts for specified metrics. Requires certain districts identified by the State Board to submit a school discipline improvement plan identifying the strategies it will implement to reduce the use of harsh disciplinary practices or reduce the disproportionality evident in its disciplinary practices; sets forth other requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1102 [SB2793 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB2793-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2793
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2793, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
| 3 | with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. | ||||||
| 4 | 2, as follows:
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| 5 | on page 2, line 13, by replacing "October 1" with "the last | ||||||
| 6 | school day in September"; and
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| 7 | on page 2, line 16, by replacing "October 1" with "the last | ||||||
| 8 | school day in September".
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