Bill Text: IL HB5114 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires a school board, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year and each school year thereafter, to collect data for the preceding school year and submit a report to the State Board of Education regarding student participation in computer science courses. Requires the report to include, along with other required information: (i) the total number of computer science courses offered in each school and whether these courses are advanced placement classes; (ii) the number and percentage of students who enrolled in a computer science program; and (iii) the number of computer science instructors at each school. Requires the report to be posted on the school district's website. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5114 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5114-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5114 Introduced , by Rep. Deb Conroy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-30 new
105 ILCS 5/34-21.9 new
Amends the School Code. Requires a school board, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year and each school year thereafter, to collect data for the preceding school year and submit a report to the State Board of Education regarding student participation in computer science courses. Requires the report to include, along with other required information: (i) the total number of computer science courses offered in each school and whether these courses are advanced placement classes; (ii) the number and percentage of students who enrolled in a computer science program; and (iii) the number of computer science instructors at each school. Requires the report to be posted on the school district's website. Effective immediately.
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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
10-30 and 34-21.9 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-30 new)
Sec. 10-30. Computer science education report. With the
goal to ultimately close the gender gap in the field of
computer science, a school board, beginning with the 2020-2021
school year and each school year thereafter, shall collect data
for the preceding school year and submit a report to the State
Board of Education regarding student participation in computer
science courses. The report shall be posted on the school
district's website if the school district maintains a website.
The report must include, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) the total number of computer science courses
offered in each school and whether these courses are
advanced placement classes;
(2) the number and percentage of students who enrolled
in a computer science program, disaggregated by:
(A) gender;
(B) race and ethnicity;
(C) special education status;

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(D) English language learner status;
(E) eligibility for the free and reduced-price
lunch program; and
(F) grade level.
(3) The number of computer science instructors at each
school, disaggregated by:
(A) certification, if applicable;
(B) gender; and
(C) highest academic degree.
(105 ILCS 5/34-21.9 new)
Sec. 34-21.9. Computer science education report. With the
goal to ultimately close the gender gap in the field of
computer science, the board, beginning with the 2020-2021
school year and each school year thereafter, shall collect data
for the preceding school year and submit a report to the State
Board of Education regarding student participation in computer
science courses. The report shall be posted on the district's
website. The report must include, but is not limited to, the
following:
(1) the total number of computer science courses
offered in each school and whether these courses are
advanced placement classes;
(2) the number and percentage of students who enrolled
in a computer science program, disaggregated by:
(A) gender;

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(B) race and ethnicity;
(C) special education status;
(D) English language learner status;
(E) eligibility for the free and reduced-price
lunch program; and
(F) grade level.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.