Bill Text: IL HB1750 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning State goals and assessment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-12 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1750 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB1750-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, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2-3.64a-5 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 2-3.64a-5. State goals and assessment. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) For the the assessment and accountability purposes of | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | this Section, "students" includes those students enrolled in a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school, | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | board of control, a charter school operating in compliance with | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | the Charter Schools Law, a school operated by a regional office | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | of education under Section 13A-3 of this Code, or a public | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | school administered by a local public agency or the Department | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | of Human Services. | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | (b) The State Board of Education shall establish the | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | academic standards that are to be applicable to students who | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | are subject to State assessments under this Section. The State | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Board of Education shall not establish any such standards in | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | final form without first providing opportunities for public | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | participation and local input in the development of the final | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | academic standards. Those opportunities shall include a |
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1 | well-publicized period of public comment and opportunities to | ||||||
2 | file written comments. | ||||||
3 | (c) Beginning no later than the 2014-2015 school year, the | ||||||
4 | State Board of Education shall annually assess all students | ||||||
5 | enrolled in grades 3 through 8 in English language arts and | ||||||
6 | mathematics. | ||||||
7 | Beginning no later than the 2017-2018 school year, the | ||||||
8 | State Board of Education shall annually assess all students in | ||||||
9 | science at one grade in grades 3 through 5, at one grade in | ||||||
10 | grades 6 through 8, and at one grade in grades 9 through 12. | ||||||
11 | The State Board of Education shall annually assess schools | ||||||
12 | that operate a secondary education program, as defined in | ||||||
13 | Section 22-22 of this Code, in English language arts and | ||||||
14 | mathematics. The State Board of Education shall administer no | ||||||
15 | more than 3 assessments, per student, of English language arts | ||||||
16 | and mathematics for students in a secondary education program. | ||||||
17 | One of these assessments shall be recognized by this State's | ||||||
18 | public institutions of higher education, as defined in the | ||||||
19 | Board of Higher Education Act, for the purpose of student | ||||||
20 | application or admissions consideration. The assessment | ||||||
21 | administered by the State Board of Education for the purpose of | ||||||
22 | student application to or admissions consideration by | ||||||
23 | institutions of higher education must be administered on a | ||||||
24 | school day during regular student attendance hours. | ||||||
25 | Students who do not take the State's final accountability | ||||||
26 | assessment or its approved alternate assessment may not receive |
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1 | a regular high school diploma unless the student is exempted | ||||||
2 | from taking the State assessments under subsection (d) of this | ||||||
3 | Section because the student is enrolled in a program of adult | ||||||
4 | and continuing education, as defined in the Adult Education | ||||||
5 | Act, or the student is identified by the State Board of | ||||||
6 | Education, through rules, as being exempt from the assessment. | ||||||
7 | The State Board of Education shall not assess students | ||||||
8 | under this Section in subjects not required by this Section. | ||||||
9 | Districts shall inform their students of the timelines and | ||||||
10 | procedures applicable to their participation in every yearly | ||||||
11 | administration of the State assessments.
The State Board of | ||||||
12 | Education shall establish periods of time in each school year | ||||||
13 | during which State assessments shall occur to meet the | ||||||
14 | objectives of this Section. | ||||||
15 | (d) Every individualized educational program as described | ||||||
16 | in Article 14 shall identify if the State assessment or | ||||||
17 | components thereof require accommodation for the student. The | ||||||
18 | State Board of Education shall develop rules governing the | ||||||
19 | administration of an alternate assessment that may be available | ||||||
20 | to students for whom participation in this State's regular | ||||||
21 | assessments is not appropriate, even with accommodations as | ||||||
22 | allowed under this Section. | ||||||
23 | Students receiving special education services whose | ||||||
24 | individualized educational programs identify them as eligible | ||||||
25 | for the alternative State assessments nevertheless shall have | ||||||
26 | the option of also taking this State's regular final |
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1 | accountability assessment, which shall be administered in | ||||||
2 | accordance with the eligible accommodations appropriate for | ||||||
3 | meeting these students' respective needs. | ||||||
4 | All students determined to be English learners shall | ||||||
5 | participate in the State assessments. The scores of those | ||||||
6 | students who have been enrolled in schools in the United States | ||||||
7 | for less than 12 months may not be used for the purposes of | ||||||
8 | accountability. Any student determined to be an English learner | ||||||
9 | shall receive appropriate assessment accommodations, including | ||||||
10 | language supports, which shall be established by rule. Approved | ||||||
11 | assessment accommodations must be provided until the student's | ||||||
12 | English language skills develop to the extent that the student | ||||||
13 | is no longer considered to be an English learner, as | ||||||
14 | demonstrated through a State-identified English language | ||||||
15 | proficiency assessment. | ||||||
16 | (e) The results or scores of each assessment taken under | ||||||
17 | this Section shall be made available to the parents of each | ||||||
18 | student. | ||||||
19 | In each school year, the scores attained by a student on | ||||||
20 | the final accountability assessment must be placed in the | ||||||
21 | student's permanent record pursuant to rules that the State | ||||||
22 | Board of Education shall adopt for that purpose in accordance | ||||||
23 | with Section 3 of the Illinois School Student Records Act. In | ||||||
24 | each school year, the scores attained by a student on the State | ||||||
25 | assessments administered in grades 3 through 8 must be placed | ||||||
26 | in the student's temporary record. |
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1 | (f) All schools shall administer the State's academic | ||||||
2 | assessment of English language proficiency to all children | ||||||
3 | determined to be English learners. | ||||||
4 | (g) All schools in this State that are part of the sample | ||||||
5 | drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics, in | ||||||
6 | collaboration with their school districts and the State Board | ||||||
7 | of Education, shall administer the academic assessments under | ||||||
8 | the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried out | ||||||
9 | under Section 411(b)(2) of the federal National Education | ||||||
10 | Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010) if the U.S. Secretary | ||||||
11 | of Education pays the costs of administering the assessments. | ||||||
12 | (h) (Blank). | ||||||
13 | (i) For the purposes of this subsection (i), "academically | ||||||
14 | based assessments" means assessments consisting of questions | ||||||
15 | and answers that are measurable and quantifiable to measure the | ||||||
16 | knowledge, skills, and ability of students in the subject | ||||||
17 | matters covered by the assessments. All assessments | ||||||
18 | administered pursuant to this Section must be academically | ||||||
19 | based assessments. The scoring of academically based | ||||||
20 | assessments shall be reliable, valid, and fair and shall meet | ||||||
21 | the guidelines for assessment development and use prescribed by | ||||||
22 | the American Psychological Association, the National Council | ||||||
23 | on Measurement in Education, and the American Educational | ||||||
24 | Research Association. | ||||||
25 | The State Board of Education shall review the use of all | ||||||
26 | assessment item types in order to ensure that they are valid |
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1 | and reliable indicators of student performance aligned to the | ||||||
2 | learning standards being assessed and that the development, | ||||||
3 | administration, and scoring of these item types are justifiable | ||||||
4 | in terms of cost. | ||||||
5 | (j) The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a | ||||||
6 | committee of no more than 21 members, consisting of parents, | ||||||
7 | teachers, school administrators, school board members, | ||||||
8 | assessment experts, regional superintendents of schools, and | ||||||
9 | citizens, to review the State assessments administered by the | ||||||
10 | State Board of Education. The Committee shall select one of its | ||||||
11 | members as its chairperson. The Committee shall meet on an | ||||||
12 | ongoing basis to review the content and design of the | ||||||
13 | assessments (including whether the requirements of subsection | ||||||
14 | (i) of this Section have been met), the time and money expended | ||||||
15 | at the local and State levels to prepare for and administer the | ||||||
16 | assessments, the collective results of the assessments as | ||||||
17 | measured against the stated purpose of assessing student | ||||||
18 | performance, and other issues involving the assessments | ||||||
19 | identified by the Committee. The Committee shall make periodic | ||||||
20 | recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education and | ||||||
21 | the General Assembly concerning the assessments. | ||||||
22 | (k) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to | ||||||
23 | implement this Section.
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