Bill Text: IL SB2094 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the length of a school term.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB2094 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB2094-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2094
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2094 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 10-17a and by adding Section 10-20.53 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
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7 | Sec. 10-17a. Better schools accountability.
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8 | (1) Policy and
Purpose. It shall be the policy of the State | ||||||
9 | of Illinois that each school
district in this State, including | ||||||
10 | special charter districts and districts
subject to the | ||||||
11 | provisions of Article 34, shall submit to parents, taxpayers
of | ||||||
12 | such district, the Governor, the General Assembly, and the | ||||||
13 | State
Board of Education a school report card assessing the | ||||||
14 | performance of its
schools and students. The report card shall | ||||||
15 | be an index of school
performance measured against statewide | ||||||
16 | and local standards and will provide
information to make prior |
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1 | year comparisons and to set future year targets
through the | ||||||
2 | school improvement plan.
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3 | (2) Reporting Requirements. Each school district shall | ||||||
4 | prepare a report
card in accordance with the guidelines set | ||||||
5 | forth in this Section which
describes the performance of its | ||||||
6 | students by school attendance centers and
by district and the | ||||||
7 | district's financial resources and use of financial
resources. | ||||||
8 | Such report
card shall be presented at a regular school board | ||||||
9 | meeting subject to
applicable notice requirements,
posted on | ||||||
10 | the
school district's Internet web site, if the district | ||||||
11 | maintains an Internet web
site,
made available
to a newspaper | ||||||
12 | of general circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, | ||||||
13 | sent
home to a parent (unless the district does not maintain an | ||||||
14 | Internet web site,
in which case
the report card shall be sent | ||||||
15 | home to parents without request). If the
district posts the | ||||||
16 | report card on its Internet web
site, the district
shall send a
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17 | written notice home to parents stating (i) that the report card | ||||||
18 | is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address of the web site, | ||||||
19 | (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
will be sent to
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20 | parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone number that | ||||||
21 | parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the report card.
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22 | In addition, each school district shall submit the
completed | ||||||
23 | report card to the office of the district's Regional
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24 | Superintendent which shall make copies available to any | ||||||
25 | individuals
requesting them.
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26 | The report card shall be completed and disseminated prior |
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1 | to October 31
in each school year. The report card shall | ||||||
2 | contain, but
not be limited to, actual local school attendance | ||||||
3 | center, school district
and statewide data indicating the | ||||||
4 | present performance of the school, the
State norms and the | ||||||
5 | areas for planned improvement for the school and school
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6 | district.
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7 | (3) (a) The report card shall include the following | ||||||
8 | applicable
indicators of attendance center, district, and | ||||||
9 | statewide student
performance: percent of students who exceed, | ||||||
10 | meet, or do not meet
standards established by the
State Board | ||||||
11 | of Education pursuant to Section 2-3.25a; composite and subtest
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12 | means on
nationally normed achievement tests for
college bound | ||||||
13 | students; student attendance rates; chronic
truancy rate; | ||||||
14 | dropout rate;
graduation rate;
and student
mobility, turnover
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15 | shown as a percent of transfers out and a percent of transfers | ||||||
16 | in.
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17 | (b) The report card shall include the following | ||||||
18 | descriptions for the
school,
district, and State: average
class | ||||||
19 | size; amount of time per day devoted to mathematics, science,
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20 | English and social science at primary,
middle and junior high | ||||||
21 | school grade levels;
designation of a secondary school as an | ||||||
22 | Illinois Democracy School; number of students taking the | ||||||
23 | Prairie State Achievement Examination under
subsection (c) of
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24 | Section 2-3.64, the number of those students who received a | ||||||
25 | score of excellent,
and
the average score by school of students | ||||||
26 | taking the examination;
pupil-teacher ratio; |
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1 | pupil-administrator ratio;
operating expenditure per
pupil; | ||||||
2 | district expenditure by fund; average administrator salary; | ||||||
3 | and average
teacher salary.
The report card shall also specify | ||||||
4 | the amount of money that the district
receives from all | ||||||
5 | sources, including without limitation subcategories
specifying | ||||||
6 | the amount from local property taxes, the amount from
general | ||||||
7 | State aid, the amount from other State funding, and the amount
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8 | from other income.
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9 | (c) The report card shall include applicable indicators of | ||||||
10 | parental
involvement in each attendance center. The parental | ||||||
11 | involvement component
of the report card shall include the | ||||||
12 | percentage of students whose parents
or guardians have had one | ||||||
13 | or more personal contacts with the students'
teachers during | ||||||
14 | the school year concerning the students' education, and such
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15 | other information, commentary, and suggestions as the school | ||||||
16 | district
desires. For the purposes of this paragraph, "personal | ||||||
17 | contact" includes,
but is not limited to, parent-teacher | ||||||
18 | conferences, parental visits to
school, school visits to home, | ||||||
19 | telephone conversations, and written
correspondence. The | ||||||
20 | parental involvement component shall not single out or
identify | ||||||
21 | individual students, parents, or guardians by name.
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22 | (d) The report card form shall be prepared by the State | ||||||
23 | Board of
Education and provided to school districts by the most | ||||||
24 | efficient, economic,
and appropriate means.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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1 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.53 new) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 10-20.53. Illinois Democracy School. A school board | ||||||
3 | may designate any of its secondary schools as Illinois | ||||||
4 | Democracy Schools if the school receives accreditation as such | ||||||
5 | by a not-for-profit accreditation board consisting of | ||||||
6 | educators, administrators, students, universities, funders, | ||||||
7 | elected officials, policymakers, and representatives from the | ||||||
8 | public, private, and non-profit sectors. An Illinois Democracy | ||||||
9 | School shall provide students with experiences in the rights, | ||||||
10 | responsibilities, and tensions inherent in living in a | ||||||
11 | constitutional democracy; consciously promote civic engagement | ||||||
12 | by all students; focus on fostering participatory citizenship; | ||||||
13 | place an emphasis on helping students understand how the | ||||||
14 | fundamental ideals and principles of our democratic society | ||||||
15 | relate to the problems, opportunities, and controversies that | ||||||
16 | matter in the present; collaborate with parents, students, and | ||||||
17 | their communities in developing a civic mission and in | ||||||
18 | providing curricular and extra-curricular civic learning | ||||||
19 | experiences for all students; and engage students in a | ||||||
20 | continual process of improving and increasing civic learning.
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 30, | ||||||
22 | 2011.".
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