Bill Text: IL HB2084 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning promoting students to the next higher grade level.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2084 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB2084-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 | 10-20.9a as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.9a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.9a)
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7 | Sec. 10-20.9a. Final grade; promotion.
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8 | (a) Teachers shall
administer the the approved
marking | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | system or other approved means of evaluating pupil progress. | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | The
teacher shall maintain the responsibility and right to | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | determine grades and
other evaluations of students within the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | grading policies of the district
based upon his or her | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | professional judgment of available criteria pertinent
to any | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | given subject area or activity for which he or she is | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | responsible.
District policy shall provide the procedure and | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | reasons by and for which
a grade may be changed; provided that | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | no grade or evaluation shall be
changed without notification | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | to the teacher concerning the nature and
reasons for such | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | change. If such a change is made, the person
making
the change | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | shall assume such responsibility for determining the grade or
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21 | evaluation, and shall initial such change.
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22 | (b) School districts shall not promote students to the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | next
higher grade level based upon age or any other social |
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1 | reasons not related to
the academic performance of the | ||||||
2 | students. On or before September 1, 1998,
school boards shall | ||||||
3 | adopt and enforce a policy on promotion as they deem necessary | ||||||
4 | to ensure that students
meet
local goals and objectives and | ||||||
5 | can perform at the expected grade level prior to
promotion.
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6 | Decisions to promote or retain students in any classes shall | ||||||
7 | be based on
successful completion of the curriculum, | ||||||
8 | attendance, performance based on the assessments required | ||||||
9 | under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code, the Iowa Test of Basic | ||||||
10 | Skills, or
other testing or any other criteria established by | ||||||
11 | the school board. Students
determined by the local district to | ||||||
12 | not qualify for promotion to the next
higher grade shall be | ||||||
13 | provided remedial assistance, which may include, but
shall not | ||||||
14 | be limited to, a summer bridge program of no less than 90 | ||||||
15 | hours,
tutorial sessions, increased or concentrated | ||||||
16 | instructional time, modifications
to instructional materials, | ||||||
17 | and retention in grade.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 98-972, eff. 8-15-14.)
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