| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
 Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Adopted 10/2012 |
P-12 |
From Illinois Register: Amends charter school provisions to conform with P.A. 97-152, effective July 20, 2011, which created the State Charter School Commission to assume some of the state board's responsibilities relative to charter schools. Additionally, the rules include the process to be used by charter schools should they close. The amendments address notice requirements, disposition of the school's assets and records, and the handling of students' school records.
Also outlines the procedures for the State Charter School Commission's consideration of appeals from charter school developers and charter schools or requests for consideration when a school board fails to act in a timely manner (Sections 650.100 and 650.110). The rules mirror closely the steps of the appeal process used by the state board. Under the Commission's procedures, opportunities will be provided for charter school developers and charter schools to meet with Commission staff and authorized representatives in advance of the public meeting held to consider the request for consideration or appeal. The amendments include timelines for action to ensure that the Commission meets its statutory obligation to render a decision on the request for consideration or appeal within 30 days after the public meeting is held. Pages 273-291 of 402: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume36_issue40.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 650.10 through .110
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
P-12 |
Creates the Commission for High School Graduation Achievement and Success to study the issue of high school graduation in the state. Directs the commission to study:
(1) Illinois graduation rates
(2) the mandatory attendance age
(3) alternative educational programs currently being used in the state, including which are the most successful, why they are successful, and whether they can be used by other districts
(4) the funding structures and options for these alternative programs
(5) alternative educational programs in other states and whether they would be successful in Illinois districts; and
(6) the effect that high school graduation has on individuals' job outlook.
Identifies at a minimum the alternative educational programs in the state the commission must study. Directs the commission to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to the governor and general assembly by November 1, 2012. Provides that on November 2, 2012, the commission is abolished and this section is repealed.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0911.pdf
Title: S.B. 3259
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
P-12 |
Provides that once established, each parent advisory committee for transitional bilingual education programs autonomously conduct its affairs, including the election of officers and the establishment of internal rules, guidelines, and procedures. Directs the state Advisory Council on Bilingual Education to submit a report to the state superintendent, governor, and general assembly by January 2013 on potential modifications to bilingual education programs to (1) be more flexible and achieve a higher success state among Hispanic students; (2) increase parental involvement, including the use of parent academies (and defines "parent academies"); (3) increase cultural competency through a cultural competency program among bilingual teaching staff (and defines "cultural competency program".). Also requires the report to address whether and how district bilingual parent advisory committees can be supported to increase parent opportunities to effectively express their views on the planning, operation, and evaluation of bilingual education programs. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB3819lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3819
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Curriculum--Drivers Education |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
P-12 |
Amends procedures for a local board, joint agreement of districts, or regional superintendent to apply to the state board for a waiver or modification of state mandates, including for an increase in the fee charged for drivers education. Requires a public hearing and prior notice of a public hearing on district website and newspaper within a certain number of days before the hearing. Requires an eligible applicant wishing to request a modification or waiver of state board rules regarding contracting with a commercial driver training school to provide drivers education meets specified criteria; provides exception. Provides procedures after such modification or waiver is granted. Establishes procedures under certain circumstances for a student to reimburse a district for or fully take on certain drivers education course costs. Directs the state board and secretary of state to adopt course content standards for driver education. Directs the state board to annually post a report on its website indicating the approximate per capita driver education cost for each district required to provide driver education. Includes the owner of a vehicle used for driver education training to those required to submit the vehicle to a "safety test" and secure a certificate of safety. Requires each driver education vehicle after initial registration to be subject to tests at least every 12 months for vehicles over 5 model years of age or having an odometer reading of over 75,000 miles, whichever occurs first. Requires a drivers education vehicle used by a public high school to be equipped with dual control brakes, a mirror on each side of the vehicle to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear, and a sign visible from the front and the rear identifying the vehicle as a driver education car. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-1025.pdf
Title: S.B. 3367
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Curriculum--Physical Education |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
P-12 |
Establishes the Enhance Physical Education Task Force. Establishes various purposes of the task force. Directs the task force to (1) make recommendations to the governor and the general assembly on certain goals of the Illinois Learning Standards for Physical Development and Health, and (2) focus on updating the standards based on brain research that impacts the relationship between physical activity and learning. By August 31, 2013, directs the task force to make recommendations and file a report with the governor and the general assembly. Repeals these provisions on September 1, 2013. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-1102.pdf
Title: S.B. 3374
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
P-12 |
Allows greater flexibility for recently consolidated districts when setting their local tax rate in the four years after consolidation. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-1022.pdf
Title: S.B. 3252
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Establishes the Financial Reporting Standards Board Act. Includes in definition of "agencies" all departments, officers, commissions, boards, authorities, institutions, universities, foundations, and bodies politic and corporate of the state required to submit financial reporting information to the office of the auditor general, the office of the comptroller, or the federal government. Creates the Financial Reporting Standards Board to assist the state in improving the timeliness, quality, and processing of financial reporting for the state. Includes among the powers of the board (1) the establishment of minimum qualifications, training and continuing education requirements, and best practice guidelines for state agency representatives ("GAAP coordinators") responsible for the submission of required documentation necessary for the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, as well as providing assistance during the GAAP cycle, (2) consulting with other states and private businesses that have successfully modernized and streamlined their financial reporting systems, and (3) participating in the development of a statewide GAAP-compliant financial reporting system. Directs each state agency to submit an annual audit of its GAAP and financial statement process for the board's review. Establishes responsibilities of the comptroller's division of financial reporting in the GAAP process. Repeals these provisions effective June 30, 2016. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-1055.pdf
Title: S.B. 3794
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
P-12 |
Requires district and registered nonpublic school to make publicly available by December 1 of each year the immunization data they are required to submit to the state board of education by November 15. Requires that the immunization data made publicly available be identical to the data the district or school reported to the state board. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB5013lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 5013
Source: www.ilga.gov |
P-3 Child Care |
Adopted 08/2012 |
P-12 |
Partially from Illinois Register: Defines "Gateways to Opportunity Registry" as a program administered by the department of human services to track and maintain education and training credentials of administrators and staff by establishing a profile in the registry of their educational attainment and professional development.
Requires all day care center staff, assistants and directors to become members of the Gateways to Opportunity Registry by September 1, 2012. Requires all new applicants for a day care's licensure or licensure renewal to show membership to the Registry at initial application. Requires newly hired staff serving children to become members of the Gateways to Opportunity Registry within 30 days after hire. Requires all new child care directors hired on or after July 1, 2017 to have a minimum of an associate's degree in child development or early childhood education. By December 28, 2012, requires all day care centers with cribs to have new cribs that meet federal safety standards. Pages 143-171 of 423: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume36_issue33.pdf
Title: 89 IL ADC 407.45, 50, 55, 60, 100, 130, 350
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
P-12 |
Amends provisions regarding early intervention services. Provides services are to be provided in natural environments to the maximum extent possible unless justification is provided consistent with federal regulations (prior language did not include this qualifier). Increases membership of the Illinois Interagency Council on Early Intervention to at least 20 but not more than 30 members. Repeals provisions requiring directors (or their designees) of certain state agencies to participate on the council; adds broader stakeholder definitions from which specified council members must be drawn. Adds director (or designee) of department of healthcare and family services to council membership. Amends provisions related to individualized family service plans to require that children receiving services receive a smooth and effective transition by their 3rd birthday consistent with federal regulations. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/PDF/09700SB0820lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 820
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
Postsec. |
Extends deadline for fire-sprinker system in a postsecondary dormitory from 2013 to September 2014 for institutions that file a compliance plan with the Office of the State Fire Marshal that is approved by January 1, 2013. Requires the plan to include all of specified elements. Establishes a fine for a violation of these provisions. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB4757lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4757
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
Community College |
Provides that certain statutory provisions regarding bids for contracts do not prevent a community college from complying with the terms and conditions of a grant, gift, or bequest that calls for the procurement of a particular good or service, provided that the grant, gift, or bequest provides all funding for the contract, complies with all applicable laws, and does not interfere with or otherwise impair any collective bargaining agreements the community college may have with labor organizations. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-1031.pdf
Title: S.B. 3635
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
Community College |
Provides that one of the 11 gubernatorally-appointed members of the Illinois Community College Board, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, must be the president of a public community
college, the chancellor of City Colleges of Chicago (Community College District No. 508), or the chief executive officer of Illinois Eastern Community Colleges. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-1106.pdf
Title: S.B. 3428
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
Community College |
Provides that the provisions of the Procurement of Domestic Products Act (http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2622&ChapterID=7) apply to the Public Community College Act to the extent practicable, provided that the Procurement of Domestic Products Act must not be applied to the Public Community College Act in a manner inconsistent with the requirements of the Public Community College Act. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-1105.pdf
Title: S.B. 2929
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Religion |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
Postsec. |
Requires that any student who, because of his/her religious beliefs, is unable to attend classes or to participate in any examination, study, or work requirement on a particular day, be excused from any such examination, study, or work requirement and be provided with a make-up opportunity, provided the make-up opportunity does not create an unreasonable burden on the institution. Requires a student to notify a faculty member well in advance of any anticipated absence or pending conflict between a scheduled class and religious observance. Prohibits certain negative repercussions on a student who avails him/herself of these provisions. Requires a copy of these provisions to be published in each institution of higher learning's course catalog. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-1038.pdf
Title: S.B. 2949
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
P-12 |
Creates the Eradicate Domestic Violence Task Force to develop a statewide prevention course for high school students designed to prevent interpersonal, adolescent violence based on the Step Back Program for boys and girls. Establishes specific duties of the task force under this charge, including proposing an evaluation structure and method of evaluation for modifying the curriculum content over time. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-1037.pdf
Title: H.B. 5689
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Construction Law. Includes the rehabilitation of aging buildings to alleviate classroom shortages and the rehabilitation of school facilities determined to be severe and continuing health or life safety hazards on the list of projects the state board must prioritize. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/PDF/09700SB0639lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 639
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
P-12 |
In a provision concerning the powers of a school board with regard to the awarding of contracts, deletes references to (1) work/contracts with private carriers for transportation of pupils, and (2) contracts for the transportation of pupils with special needs or disabilities. Provides that at no time may a cause of action lie against a school board for awarding a pupil transportation contract per standards set forth in statute unless the cause of action is based on fraudulent conduct. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0951.pdf
Title: H.B. 4029
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Special Education |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
P-12 |
Amends provisions related to service animals. Replaces certain references to "guide dog" with "service animal." Includes miniature horse in definition of service animal. Requires a public place of accommodation to make reasonable accommodation for a service animal, including a miniature horse, within certain considerations. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0956.pdf
Title: H.B. 3826
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Special Education |
Adopted 08/2012 |
P-12 |
From Illinois Register: Authorizes certified school nurses (CSN), physicians, registered nurses with bachelor's degrees, and advanced practice nurses to conduct medical reviews, provided that only a certified school nurse makes recommendations regarding educational interventions, accommodations or modifications based on the findings of the student's medical review. This rulemaking was in response to a request by the school nurses association for the agency to reconsider a 2010 rulemaking that allowed any registered and advanced practice nurse to conduct medical reviews. This change was made at that time to address concerns from some districts that they were having difficulty finding a sufficient number of certified school nurses to conduct these reviews. Pages 473-481 of 492: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume36_issue31.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 226.840
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Special Education--Transition |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
P-12 |
Existing statute permits supplies and services to be procured without advertising or calling for bids from any qualified not-for-profit agency for persons with severe disabilities that meets certain criteria. New provision extends eligibility for procurement of services without bid to a non-profit agency that is an accredited vocational program that provides transition services to youth between the ages of 14 1/2 and
22, and that provides residential services at a child care institution, or at a group home. Page 80 of 113: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/PDF/09700SB2958lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2958
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
P-12 |
Clarifies individuals and circumstances by which information surrounding a child's detainment under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 may be used. Specifies such information may be used solely by school principal or officials determined to have a legitimate educational or safety interest. Also requires that for a school official to have access to a minor under 17's law enforcement records, the agency or officer must believe there is an imminent threat of physical harm to students, school personnel, or others present in the school or on school grounds. Extends violations under which law enforcement records are to be shared with the school district to include violations of (1) the Hazing Act and (2) the Harassing and Obscene Communications Act, among others. Provides that such law enforcement records must be separate from other school records and are not to become part of the student's official school record or public record. Permits a student to be referred to in-school or community based social services if available and determined in the child's best interest. Identifies approaches that may be applied as "rehabilitation services." Requires that information about a minor who is the subject of a current police investigation directly related to school safety be oral information only (not law enforcement records), and to be used only for safety and for the child's rehabilitation. Also requires such oral information to be kept separate from other school records and prohibits from becoming part of the student's official school record or public record. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-1104.pdf
Title: H.B. 5602
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Emergency Rules 08/2012 |
P-12 |
On June 21, 2012, the state board adopted a policy to allow candidates for entry into educator preparation programs and applicants for Illinois educator licenses to use a minimum composite score received on the ACT or SAT in lieu of passing the Illinois test of basic skills (i.e., Test of Academic Proficiency). In order to allow candidates and applicants currently applying for programs and licenses to choose this alternative method, the board's policy must be placed in administrative rules. (This rule will be in force until replaced by regular rulemaking or until the end of the 150-day period, whichever occurs sooner.)
Clarification from Illinois Register: Providing a second option for admission into educator preparation programs has the potential to benefit a large number of candidates, especially those who have been unable to pass a particular component, or subtest (i.e., reading, language arts, mathematics and writing), of Illinois' test of basic skills. Individuals who wish to begin their programs in the fall semester, but who have not yet been fully admitted due to a low score on one or more subtests, may opt to use their scores from the ACT or SAT instead. Otherwise, these individuals would have to wait 60 days before they could re-test and would not receive scores until after the start of the school year. Pages 243-258 of 281: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume36_issue32.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 25.720
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
P-12 |
Provides the service retirement pension must not be cancelled for a pensioner who is re-employed as a teacher on a temporary and non-annual basis or on an hourly basis, so long as the person (1) does not work as a paid teacher on more than 100 days in a school year and (2) does not accept gross compensation in a school year in excess of (i) $30,000 or (ii) in the case of a person who retires with at least 5 years of
service as a principal, an amount equal to the daily rate normally paid to retired principals multiplied by 100. Provides that such re-employment does not require contributions, result in service credit, or constitute active membership in the Fund. Establishes pensioner and state board procedures for a pensioner to be eligible for such re-employment without cancellation of pension. Provides that if a pensioner works for more than 100 days or accepts excess gross compensation for such re-employment in any school year, the service retirement pension will thereupon be cancelled. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/PDF/09700SB3597lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 3597
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2012 |
Postsec. |
Amends provisions regarding scholarships for foster youth. Former language limited scholarship eligibility to children under care, or children formerly under care who have been adopted or in the subsidized guardianship program. New language replaces references to "children" with "youth," replaces reference to "subsidized guardianship program" with "in guardianship placement," and explicitly extends scholarship eligibility to youth who aged out of care at age 18 or older. Former language required eligible scholarship candidates to have completed 4 years in an accredited high school. New language requires scholarship candidates to have earned a high school diploma from a public school district or a recognized nonpublic school or a certificate of general education development (GED), or who have met the state criteria for high school graduation. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/PDF/09700SB2818lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2818
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 07/2012 |
Postsec. |
Requires members of the investment advisory panel created under the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act to file verified written statements of economic interests with the secretary of state. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB4116lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4116
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues |
Signed into law 07/2012 |
Postsec. |
Limits permissible charges for use of an external search firm at four-year public postsecondary institutions to (1) the hiring of the president of the university or (ii) in the case of when the president of the
university and the board of trustees demonstrate a justifiable need for guidance from an individual or firm with specific expertise in the field of the hiring. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB5914lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 5914
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Curriculum--Mathematics |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Provides legislative findings. Directs the state board, immediately upon the effective date of this amendatory act, to coordinate the acquisition, adaptation, and development of middle and high school mathematics curriculum models to aid districts and teachers in implementing standards. Requires that the acquisition, adaptation, and development process include the input of representatives of statewide educational organizations and stakeholders. Requires that curriculum models include (1) Scope-and-sequence descriptions for middle and high school math progressions; (2) Recommendations of curricula for the final year of math or math-equivalent instruction before graduation; (3) Sample lesson plans; (4) Model high school course designs that demonstrate effective student pathways to mathematics-standards attainment by graduation; (5) Training programs for teachers and administrators, in both traditional and electronic formats. Requires curriculum models to be completed by March 2013. Requires the curriculum models and training programs to be made available to all districts for optional adoption. Directs the Illinois P-20 Council to submit a report to the governor and general assembly on the extent and effect of district utilization of the curriculum models. Within 4 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act, requires that state math test results and higher education math remediation data be used to gauge the effectiveness of high school math instruction and the extent of standards attainment and be used to guide the continuous improvement of the math curriculum and instruction.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0704.pdf
Title: S.B. 3244
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Governance--Regional Entities |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Requires that, after July 1, 2015, each educational service region contain at least 61,000 inhabitants (previously at least 43,000). Provides that before June 30, 2013, regions may be consolidated voluntarily under statutory provisions or by joint resolution of the county boards of regions seeking to join a voluntary consolidation. Provides that if by January 2014, locally determined consolidation decisions result in more than 35 regions of population greater than 61,000, the state board must, before June 2014, direct further consolidation until 35 regions are achieved. Provides relative to state board powers to consolidate educational service regions. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0703.pdf
Title: S.B. 2706
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Existing policy permits districts to provide safety education instruction in all grades. Provides that the definition of "safety education" includes, for students enrolled in grades 6-8, instruction in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and how to use an automated external defibrillator by watching a training video on those subjects. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB5114lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 5114
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. With respect to administrative certificates, provides that a candidate (i) who has enrolled and began coursework prior to August 1, 2011 in an Illinois program approved by the state board of education for the preparation of administrators and (ii) who successfully completes that program prior to January 1, 2013 may apply for the general administrative endorsement until January 1, 2013 without his or her 2 years of full-time teaching or school service personnel experience having been accrued while the individual held a valid early childhood, elementary, secondary, special K through 12, special pre-school through age 21, or school service personnel certificate. Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB4993lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4993
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Adopted 06/2012 |
P-12 |
From Illinois Register: Sets forth the minimum requirements for both student growth and professional practice that all school districts must meet when establishing their performance
evaluation systems for teachers and principals/assistant principals (Subparts B and D, respectively). Provides an outline for how student growth must be considered when rating student performance for teachers by:
• Designating that student growth must constitute at least 30% of the final performance evaluation rating assigned, which will be phased in using at least 25% for the first two years of implementation;
• Defining the type of assessments from which the joint committee may choose; and
• Allowing joint committees to determine locally how student characteristics will be considered relative to student growth.
The state model for considering student growth for teachers (Subpart C), applicable to all districts except for Chicago Public Schools, will continue to be fleshed out in future rulemakings in regards to special populations, identification of procedures for reaching agreement on the type of assessments to be used when the joint committee cannot agree, and for both assessments for nontested areas, such as career and technical education and the fine arts, and the measures tied to those assessments, such as student learning objectives.
Requires the consideration of student growth for principals and assistant principals (see Section 50.310) also must be at least 30% of the final performance evaluation rating assigned, which will be phased in during a two-year period. States when a student's score may be included as part of the student growth measure, ensuring that the results can be attributed to the principal or assistant principal being evaluated. Recognizes the unique role of assistant principals by allowing for consideration of other student outcomes that are tied to the individual's specific duties, such as attendance, when ascertaining the assistant principal's impact on student growth.
The rules for professional practice for teachers and principals/assistant principals (see Sections 50.120 and 50.320, respectively) define the characteristics of a formal observation, the number of observations that must be conducted, and requirements for the evaluator to meet with the individual being evaluated before the observation takes place and share information about the evidence collected after the observation is concluded. These requirements will help prepare both the evaluator and individual being evaluated for each observation and provide information in a timely manner so that the individual can work towards improvements in practice before the final performance evaluation rating is assigned.
Subpart E addresses requirements for any locally developed prequalification process or retraining program. Pages 277-312 of 403: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume36_issue22.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 50.10, 20, 30, 100, 110, 120, 140, 200, 300, 310, 320, 330, 400, 410, 420; 23 IL ADC 50.App. A
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
P-3 |
Adopted 06/2012 |
P-12 |
From Illinois Register: This rulemaking resulted from the State Board of Education's application for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for a Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grant to design and implement early learning and development systems that are comprehensive in scope and coordinated among the various state agencies charged with administering the programs. As set forth in RTT-ELC, the goals of the federal grant program were to increase the number and percentage of low-income and disadvantaged children enrolled in high-quality early learning programs; design and implement an integrated system of high-quality early learning programs and services; and ensure the use of certain nationally recommended assessments.
As a support to the RTT-ELC application, the State Board in October considered a rulemaking to require school districts to administer a kindergarten readiness survey, starting in school year 2014-15. Funding from the federal grant was for the design and implementation of a survey that would be used to gauge a student's progress during the school year. Unfortunately, Illinois was not successful in its effort to win a RTT-ELC
grant.
The lack of federal funding now available for the Illinois Kindergarten Individual Development Survey, or KIDS, initiative has resulted in staff's recommendation that the implementation date for districts to begin administering the kindergarten survey be delayed until the 2015-16 school year, provided state funding is available to pay the cost of the survey's administration. It is anticipated that the limited statewide implementation of the KIDS be conducted during two school years – 2013-14 and 2014-15 – rather than one, and the proposed rule is being modified to note the second year.
Additionally, the agency removed a requirement for school districts to participate either in a pilot of the survey or a limited statewide implementation, to align with a modification to 23 Ill. Adm. Code 235 (Early Childhood Block Grant), effective April 18, 2012.
Finally, the amendments also acknowledge that the Illinois Learning Standards, set forth in Section 1.Appendix D (State Goals for Learning) of the rules, apply to kindergarten. This Section lists the goals and standards for all students, including the common core standards that are for K-12 in English language arts and math. The remaining State-developed goals and standards are the same for kindergarten as they are for other grade levels, with the benchmarks (which are not stated in the rules) specific to the kindergarten level.
Page 250-276 of 403: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume36_issue22.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 1.420; 23 IL ADC 1.APP. D
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 06/2012 |
Postsec. |
Restricts MAP payment for graduate-level coursework based on school practices found during program reviews. Introduces changes to limit the number of times MAP benefits can be used for repeat courses based, in part, on changes to federal regulations (34 CFR 668.2). Section 2735.40(m) is amended to introduce changes to clarify and separate the requirements for the reconciliation of MAP data and MAP funds based on recommendations from staff. Pages 62-73 of 125: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume36_issue26.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 2735.30, 40
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Adopted 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Creates the Area Career and Technical Education and Vocational Centers Task Force. Directs the task force to study the issue of funding of area career/vocational centers and career and technical education programs, including transportation for such programs, and to consider the possibility of enacting legislation to make changes to such funding;. Directs the task force to hold a minimum of 7 public hearings in the state, and to submit its findings and recommendations to the governor by February 2013, at which time the task force will disband. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HJR/PDF/09700HJ0079lv.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 79
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Authorizes issuance of expedited temporary occupational or professional license to a service member or spouse of a service member who holds valid licensure for the occupation or profession in another state, commonwealth, possession or territory of the United States or District of Columbia, or any foreign jurisdiction, and requirements are equivalent to licensure standards in Illinois, and who meets other specified requirements. Provides under Types of Licenses section of education code for "Professional Educator License with Stipulations" for service member or spouse. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/PDF/09700SB0275lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 275
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 |
From ILGA website: Provides that no one may be admitted to an Alternative Teacher Certification program or Alternative Route to Teacher Certification program after September 1, 2013 (instead of September 1, 2012), and those candidates who are admitted on or before September 1, 2013 (instead of September 1, 2012) must complete the program before January 1, 2015 (instead of September 1, 2013).
Makes changes concerning the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers. With respect to certain references to public schools and districts in provisions concerning an alternative provisional educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations and a recognized institution offering the program partnering with a school district, provides that "public schools" and "school district" includes without limitation a charter school. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/PDF/09700SB0638lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 638
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Attendance |
Adopted 05/2012 |
P-12 |
Extends the School Success Task Force established during the 96th General Assembly and adds a member to the Task Force representing City of Chicago School District 299. Directs the School Success Task Force to submit a report before December 31, 2012. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HJR/PDF/09700HJ0067lv.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 67
Source: www.ilga.gov |
P-3 Ensuring Quality |
Adopted 05/2012 |
P-12 |
From Illinois Register: This rulemaking resulted from the state board's application for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to design and implement early learning and development systems that are comprehensive in scope and coordinated among the various state agencies charged with administering the programs. The state board served as the lead agency for the application. Agency staff worked with outside consultants, early childhood education advocates and staff from the Department of Human Services (DHS), Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and the Illinois Early Learning Council to prepare the application. Unfortunately, Illinois was not successful in this effort and did not receive the grant.
The lack of funding now available for the initiatives set forth in Part 235, coupled with the public comment received, have resulted in certain initiatives being removed from the rulemaking or their implementation dates being delayed.
Briefly, the amendments address several significant changes that relate to the core focus areas of the federal grant. In particular, efforts were made to coordinate the state board's Preschool for All Children (PFA) and Prevention Initiative grant programs with those offered through or licensed by DHS or DCFS. In particular, the proposed amendments required any recipient of these grants to use the DHS' Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement System (a requirement that has since been removed from the rulemaking) and continue to require that grantees register certain staff in DHS' Gateways to Opportunity staff registry and credentialing system.
Additionally, a portion of the federal grant was to be used to continue the agency's efforts to develop and implement a kindergarten readiness tool to gauge a student's progress during the school year. Under the rules as proposed any school district that offers kindergarten (whether full or half day) would be required to administer the Kindergarten Individual Development Survey, or KIDS. While this requirement was placed in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1 (to be adopted later this spring), Section 235.70(o) of early childhood rules had required that all school districts with PFA grants participate in the limited statewide implementation of KIDS in the 2013-14 school year.
Part 235 amendments include expansion of program standards to address initiatives serving children ages 3 to 5 (see Section 235.Appendix B). While developmental guidelines for infants and toddlers have been removed from the rules due to public comment, the existing learning and developmental standards for children ages 3-5 have been updated and now align to the recently adopted Illinois Learning Standards for
English language arts and mathematics, commonly referred to as the common core standards.
Other changes in Part 235 include the following:
• Requesting in Section 235.20(c)(4) that applicants provide information about other similar programs operating in the same service area, including the number of children estimated to be served, if that figure is known
• Setting in Section 235.30(a)(1)(C) minimum criteria for procedures used to assess the progress of children enrolled in a PFA program
• Clarifying in Section 235.50(a)(1)(A) that consideration in the proposal review process will be given to applicants serving areas where the need for services exceeds the available resources, when that information is available to an applicant. Pages 48- of 95: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume36_issue18.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 235.20, 30, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70; 23 IL ADC 235.APP. A, B, C
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Adopted 05/2012 |
P-12 |
Urges Congress to pass the Talent Act as either a separate act or an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act or another Act of Congress. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HJR/PDF/09700HJ0051lv.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 51
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Adopted 04/2012 |
Postsec. |
Guides the reviews of private colleges' and universities' (a) applications to establish new colleges and universities in the state and (b) applications for new degree programs, including out-of-state public, out-of-state private, and in-state private institutions. Private colleges and universities that were established in some cases prior to 1945 or 1961 are exempt from submitting proposals unless they want to offer a previously authorized degree program in a region other than the region where their home campus is located.
From Illinois Register: The adopted amendments are based around 4 themes: (1) tightening requirements prior to approval through use of more specific definitions; (2) increasing transparency and accountability through new specific requirements related to consumer information disclosure and essential data elements; (3) tightening and publicizing the post-approval review process by using automatic triggers for review driven by data, complaints, and public disclosures such as adverse actions by accrediting bodies and federal and state authorities; and (4) administrative procedural changes. Pages 455-495 of 716: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume36_issue17.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 1030.10, 20, 30, 60, 70, 90
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Adopted 04/2012 |
Postsec. |
This rule guides the reviews of (a) applications for new degree programs at public universities and community colleges and (b) proposals from public universities to establish new research and public service centers. This rule also requires the institutional review of all degree programs within a cycle of eight years and submission to the Board of Higher Education of a summary of each review. The reviews should lead to continuation of strong programs, corrective measures to address problem areas, and suspension or elimination of less effective programs.
From Illinois Register: The proposed amendments are based around 4 themes: (1) tightening requirements prior to approval through use of more specific definitions; (2) increasing transparency and accountability through new specific requirements related to consumer information disclosure and essential data elements; (3) tightening and publicizing the post-approval review process by using automatic triggers for review driven by data, complaints, and public disclosures such as adverse actions of accrediting bodies and federal and state authorities; and (4) administrative procedural changes. Pages 496-514 of 716: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume36_issue17.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 1050.10, 20, 30
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 01/2012 |
P-12 |
Directs the state board of education, through the state superintendent of education, by October 31, 2013 and each October 31 thereafter, to prepare a state report card, district report cards and school report cards, and provide each district with its district and school report cards by the most economic means. Repeals language establishing indicators for state, district and school report cards. Repeals provision directing each Chicago attendance center to prepare a report card in accordance with state guidelines. Directs the state superintendent to determine, in addition to any information required by federal law, the indicators and presentation of the school report card, including in Chicago. Requires that the report card include specified information related to (1) school characteristics and student demographics; (2) curriculum information, including as applicable Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, dual enrollment courses, foreign language classes, school personnel resources (including Career Technical Education teachers), before- and after-school programs, extracurricular activities, health and wellness initiatives (including the average number of days of physical education per week per student), awards received, community partnerships, and special programs such as programming for the gifted and talented, students with disabilities, and work-study students); (3) student outcomes, including as applicable the percentage of 8th graders who pass algebra, the percentage of students enrolled in post-secondary programs within two semesters of high school graduation, the percentage of students graduating high school college-ready and/or career-ready, percentage of graduates enrolled in a remedial course; (4) student progress, including as applicable the percentage of 9th graders who have earned at least 5 credits without failing more than one core class, a measure of students' kindergarten readiness, a measure of growth, and the percentage of students entering high school on track for college and career readiness; (5) the school environment (including various indicators of student and teacher absenteeism, teacher and principal turnover).
Clarifies that the school report card must allow current outcome, progress and environment data to be compared to the state average, to the school data from the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress and environment of similar schools based on the type of school and enrollment of low-income, special education, and limited English proficiency students. Provides that at the state superintendent's discretion, district report cards also include a subset of the aforementioned information required for school report cards, as well as information related to per-pupil operating expenses and other district finances, and state report cards include a subset of the information required for school report cards. Gives the state superintendent discretion at any time to amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district or state report card. Specifies that every district, within 30 calendar days of receipt of the district and school report cards, present such report cards at a regular school board meeting. Repeals provision that required districts to submit report cards to the office of the district's regional superintendent. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0671.pdf
Title: H.B. 605
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--Student Fees |
Signed into law 01/2012 |
P-12 |
Removes language requiring the department of human services to complete a financial analysis on each student attending the Illinois School for the Deaf or the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired and to ask parents or guardians to participate, if applicable, in the cost of identified services or activities that are not education related. Requires the department of human services to promulgate rules concerning fees for activities or services at the schools with input from (i) the superintendent of each school and (ii) directors of special education from selected local education agencies that place students at the schools. Removes fees for room and board for residential students and fees for day student meals from the list of established fees parents or guardians of students attending the Illinois School for the Deaf or the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired may be asked to financially participate in. Removes language exempting parents or guardians who are receiving Medicaid or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) from financially participating in the established fees. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0664.pdf
Title: S.B. 274
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 12/2011 |
Postsec. |
Repeals the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act. Enacts the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012. Provides that certificates of approval granted by the state board of education under the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act repealed by this Act must remain valid through June 30, 2012. Establishes definitions. Requires an entity to obtain a permit of approval from the board of higher education ("board") prior to operating a private business and vocational school; provides exceptions. Requires a school to apply for a new permit for each location of a school operating in multiple locations, and whenever a change of ownership of a school occurs. Also requires application to the board for any change of location and for a classroom extension at a new or changed location. Specifies that issuance of the permit of approval by the board does not denote that the school or any program offered by the school is recommended, guaranteed or endorsed by the board or that the board is responsible for the quality of the school or its programs; prohibits a school from communicating this to be the case. Provides the board in approving schools does not make a guarantee of the employability of school graduates, and prohibits a school from communicating such information.
Permits a certificate to be awarded only by a private business and vocational school approved by the board to award such a certificate or by an institution approved by the board under the authority of the Private College Act, the Academic Degree Act, or the Board of Higher Education Act. Prohibits a private business and vocational school from being authorized to award a certificate or being approved as a certificate-granting institution unless it provides documentation to the board that it satisfies the criteria for approval. Provides that certain types of schools, including schools with no physical presence in the state, are not considered to be a private business and vocational school. Provides criteria to determine whether a school has a physical presence in the state.
Establishes some but not necessarily all of the criteria for approval of institutions and the programs offered under the Act; requires each entity seeking a permit of approval to demonstrate that it satisfies institution-approval criteria and that each program of study offered meets the program-approval criteria in this Act and any applicable rules. Includes among the approval criteria that institutions clearly demonstrate how a student's completion of the program of study satisfies employment requirements in the occupational field, and requires such information to be clearly and accurately provided to students. If licensure, certification or their equivalent is required of program graduates to enter the field of employment, requires the institution to clearly demonstrate that completion of the program will allow students to achieve this status. Also includes among approval criteria that tuition/fees and any other expense charged by the school be appropriate to the expected income that will be earned by graduates. Prohibits a school from having a tuition policy or enrollment agreement that requires a student to register for more than a single period of enrollment (i.e., semester, quarter, etc.) as a condition of the enrollment; also prohibits a school from charging a student for multiple periods of enrollment prior to completion of the single period of enrollment. Requires legal action against the institution, its parent company, owners, governing board or board members to be provided to the board and permits such action to be considered as a reason for denial or revocation of the permit of approval. Requires schools to clearly and conspicuously make specified disclosures on student admissions, transfers, completions, withdrawals and graduate success (including employment-in-field and starting salaries) on the school Web site, and for such information to relate to the most recent July 1-June 30 reporting period. Also requires the disclosure section to include the language "COMPLAINTS AGAINST THIS SCHOOL MAY BE REGISTERED WITH THE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION", along with board contact information.
Requires each school to provide a copy of its enrollment agreement to the board, and directs the board to develop a standard enrollment agreement for use by schools that have been approved or are seeking approval. Requires that students be given a copy of the enrollment agreement when the student signs that agreement and at the time of the agreement's acceptance, if those events occur at different times. Establishes minimum content of enrollment agreements. Provides that schools and programs offered by schools are approved for 5 years; provides that failure to comply with specified provisions is grounds for immediate revocation of the permit of approval. Also requires each non-degree program of study to be approved by the board. Authorizes the board's executive director to order any school subject to this Act to cease and desist operations if the school is found to have acted contrary to the standards set forth in this Act or the supporting administrative rules. Establishes procedures to be followed before the executive director refuses to issue or renew, or revokes, any certificate or permit. Directs the board to establish rules for the appeal of decisions to revoke the permit of approval that include minimum requirements. Establishes certain violations as a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense, and Class 4 felony for any subsequent offense. Directs the board to adopt rules to pursue resolution of complaints. Sets requirements that institutions must meet to receive and maintain approval, including that institutions (1) provide data as requested by the board or provide vocational and technical educational data for the state's P-20 longitudinal data system, (2) adhere to parameters for advertising programs of study, and (3) maintain satisfactory student retention and graduation rates and state licensing examination or professional certification exam passage rates.
Requires the board to establish minimum standards for a fair and equitable refund policy that must be applied by all institutions subject to the Act; requires the same refund policy to be applied to students regardless of whether they are eligible for federal financial aid. Prohibits the advertising of a school or program of study, or the solicitation of prospective students, prior to the board's issuance of a permit of approval. Establishes procedures for the closing of a school. Requires an institution proposing to discontinue its operations to cause to be created a teach-out plan acceptable to the board, which must fulfill the school's educational obligations to its students. Also requires a closing school to return prepaid tuition to students. Requires the board to collect fees for enumerated actions (i.e., initial application for a certificate of approval, application for renewal, etc.) and permits the board to set fees for application and renewal by rule. Creates the Private Business and Vocational Schools Quality Assurance Fund as a special fund in the state treasury.Provides the board must use all moneys in the fund, subject to appropriation, to supplement support for the administration and enforcement of the Act; prohibits such funds from being used for any other purpose. Specifies acts or omissions by an owner, operator, or authorized agent of a private business and vocational school that constitute violations of this Act and unlawful practices pursuant to the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides the board has rulemaking authority as necessary and appropriate to implement this Act. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0650.pdf
Title: S.B. 1795
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 11/2011 |
P-12 |
Permits payments into the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to be distributed to regional offices and officials for fiscal year 2012. Provides that if there is an insufficient amount in the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund for payments for regional offices and officials or local officials, the amount of such insufficiency must be carried over to the following month(s). Specifies that salaries plus an amount for other employment-related compensation or benefits for regional superintendents and assistant regional superintendents are payable monthly by the state board of education out of the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund through a specific appropriation in the state board of education budget for the fiscal year 2012 only, and are payable monthly from the Common School Fund for fiscal year 2013 and beyond through a specific appropriation in the state board of education budget. Specifies that employee contributions required under the Illinois Pension Code for state board employees are subject to appropriation in the state board of education budget for such payments to regional superintendents and assistant regional superintendents. Requires the state board of education, upon becoming aware that a regional superintendent is employing a spouse or relative as an assistant regional superintendent, to report this information to the governor and the comptroller. Prohibits state board under such circumstances from requesting warrants for payment of regional assistant superintendent's other employment-related compensation or benefits (existing provision already prohibits payment of such regional assistant superintendent's salary).
Establishes the Streamlining Illinois' Regional Offices of Education Commission. Directs the commission to explore and examine all duties of the state board of education and all regional offices of education and
intermediate service centers, as well as the boundaries of the educational service regions, to determine which duties and responsibilities should be provided regionally to more appropriately and efficiently deliver services and whether the boundaries of the education service regions can be expanded to streamline the regional offices of education. Requires that the commission ensure that its recommendations include specifics as to the necessary funding to carry out identified responsibilities. Establishes commission membership. Directs the commission to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to the governor and general assembly by August 2012. Permits the commission to submit other reports as it deems appropriate. Abolishes the commission August 2, 2012. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0619.pdf
Title: S.B. 2147
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Bilingual/ESL |
Adopted 10/2011 |
P-12 |
Amends certification requirements for administrators of transitional bilingual education program, to bring into compliance with other changes. Pages 715-719 of 764: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume35_issue42.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 228.35
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Bilingual/ESL |
Adopted 10/2011 |
P-12 |
From administrative register: In 2006, the state board established for the first time requirements for administrators of bilingual education programs. These rules required such administrators to have the appropriate administrative certification and hold one of several endorsements or approvals required of bilingual education teachers, with the specific endorsement or approval dependent on whether the program offered was a transitional bilingual education program (TBE) or a transitional program of instruction (TPI). It has become clear that a significant number of districts have been unable to find individuals to serve in administrative positions who have the proper bilingual endorsement or approval. The previous requirements have been particularly troubling for school districts with transitional bilingual education programs, wherein instruction is provided to students in their native language while they are learning English. Under those requirements, an administrator of a TBE program was required to hold either the bilingual endorsement or approval or the English as a new language endorsement with a language designation. Both of these endorsements require passage of a language examination to demonstrate proficiency in a second language.
New Section 1.783 offers, as an alternative to obtaining an endorsement or approval, the option for an administrator to complete coursework specific to bilingual education. Pages 589 and 597-599: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume35_issue42.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 1.705, 783
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Accountability |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires that if an Annual Financial Report resulting from a mandated audit reflects a deficit, the district must, within 30 days after acceptance of such audit report, submit a deficit reduction plan.
Makes legislative findings relative to the need for financial oversight panels. Creates the Financial Oversight Panel Law of the School Code. Allows a school district (other than the Chicago school district) to petition the state board of education for the establishment of a Financial Oversight Panel for the district, and allows the state board to establish a Financial Oversight Panel without a petition from a district. Requires the Financial Oversight Panel, the school board and the district superintendent or chief executive officer to develop goals and objectives to help the district obtain financial stability. Contains provisions concerning duties of the district; members and meetings of a Panel; powers of a Panel; deposits and investments; and cash and bank accounts. Permits a Panel to employ a chief executive officer, a chief educational officer, a chief fiscal officer, a superintendent (who must be under the direction of the Panel or the chief executive officer employed by the Panel and must have all of the statutorily-assigned powers and duties of a school district superintendent and such other duties as may be assigned by the Panel), and a chief school business official. Permits a Panel, in its discretion, to remove the local board-appointed or -elected treasurer and appoint a new treasurer. Authorizes a Panel to negotiate collective bargaining agreements with the district's employees. Upon a Panel's direction, requires a district to reorganize the district's financial accounts, management, and budgetary systems in a manner consistent with state board rules to remedy the conditions that led the Panel to be created, to achieve greater financial responsibility and to reduce financial inefficiency. Permits a Panel to prepare and file a proposal for emergency financial assistance for the school district and for the Panel's operations budget. Permits a district to receive both a loan and a grant. Provides that if a district is unable after 3 attempts to secure short-term financing, a Panel, with state superintendent approval, must have the same power as a district to issue tax anticipation warrants, issue tax anticipation notes, issue revenue anticipation certificates or notes, issue general state aid anticipation certificates, and establish and utilize lines of credit. Authorizes certain actions if a Panel is unable to secure short-term borrowing. Requires a Panel to annually submit to the state superintendent a report that includes the audited financial statement for the preceding fiscal year, an approved financial plan and a statement of the major steps necessary to accomplish the objectives of the financial plan. Authorizes the state superintendent to require a separate audit of the Panel. Specifies that a district must render such services to and permit the use of its facilities and resources by the Panel at no charge, and permits any state agency or district to render such services to the Panel as may be requested by the Panel. Requires a Panel to be abolished 10 years after its creation. Permits the state board to abolish a panel at any time after 3 years if no obligations of the Panel are outstanding and the financial need for the Panel no longer exists. Establishes provisions for return of power to local board if financial need for the Panel no longer exists but the Panel has outstanding financial obligations.
Creates special provisions for districts subject to the authority of a Financial Oversight Panel in terms of tax levy procedures. Makes certain employees of a Financial Oversight Panel who are not superintendents or certified school business officials participants in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. Provides that if the Financial Oversight Panel is unable to pay the required employer contributions to the fund, then the school districts served must make payment of required contributions. Permits monies from the School District Emergency Financial Assistance Fund to be used to provide technical assistance or consultation to Financial Oversight Panels that petition for emergency financial assistance grants. Establishes provisions related to payment of emergency state financial assistance loans by Financial Oversight Panels. Provides an emergency financial assistance loan to the Panel or district must not be considered part of the calculation of a district's debt for purposes of limitation.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0429.pdf
Title: S.B. 2149
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides that if certain specified schools remain on academic watch status for two years, subject to the availability of federal appropriation money, the state board must allow the local school board to operate the school on a state board-approved pilot full-year school plan upon expiration of its teachers' current collective bargaining agreement. Directs a school board to notify the state board of its intent to operate the school on a full-year school plan. Requires a minimum 215 days of student attendance, including not more than 4 institute days, during a 12-month period in a school on a full-year school plan. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0370.pdf
Title: H.B. 1415
Source: www.ilga.gov |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Permits a student who has been suspended for more than 20 days to be immediately transferred to an alternative program. Provides that an eligible student may not be denied participation in an alternative learning opportunities program solely because s/he has been expelled, or suspended for more than 20 days. Provides an exception when such transfer is deemed to cause a threat to the safety of students or staff in the alternative program. Permits a student who has been expelled or suspended more than 20 days to be eligible to enroll in a charter alternative learning opportunities program. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0495.pdf
Title: H.B. 2086
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Attendance |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs the court, when issuing a stalking no contact order, to weigh specified considerations when the petitioner and the respondent attend the same public or private K-12 school, including any continuing physical danger or emotional distress to the petitioner. Permits the court to order the respondent to accept a transfer or change of placement or program, or place restrictions on the respondent's movements within the school attended by the petitioner. Provides that the respondent may not deny a transfer, change of placement, or change of program on specified grounds, including that the respondent fails or refuses to consent. Requires that a parent is responsible for transportation if a respondent is transferred to another attendance center or program. Permits the court to order the parents to take certain actions or refrain from certain actions to ensure the minor respondent complies with the order. Permits the court to hold the parents of a minor respondent in contempt for a violation of any provision of any no stalking order for conduct of the minor respondent if the parent directed, encouraged, or assisted the respondent minor in such conduct. Prohibits the court from holding a district or private school or any of its employees in civil or criminal contempt unless the school district or private or non-public school has been allowed to intervene. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0294.pdf
Title: H.B. 192
Source: |
Attendance |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides that at the time of annual enrollment or at any time during the school year, a school district or a recognized non-public school serving any of grades K-12 must provide, either on its standard enrollment form or on a separate form, the opportunity for the individual enrolling the student to voluntarily state whether the student has a parent or guardian who is a member of a branch of the U.S. armed forces and who is either deployed to active duty or expects to be deployed to active duty during the school year. Requires school districts and recognized non-public schools to report this enrollment data to the state board of education. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0505.pdf
Title: H.B. 2870
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides that upon request of a school, school district, community college district, or private school, any information obtained by a school district pursuant to provisions concerning criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database within the last 5 years must be made available to that school, school district, community college district, or private school. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0248.pdf
Title: H.B. 1240
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
By no later than December 1, 2011, directs the Advisory Council on Bilingual Education to submit a report to the state superintendent of education, the governor, and the general assembly addressing, at a minimum, (1) whether and how the 20 child per attendance center minimum should be modified; (2) whether and how educator certification requirements in legislation and applicable state board of education rules should be modified; (3) whether and how bilingual education requirements in legislation and applicable state board of education rules should be modified to address differences between elementary and secondary schools; and (4) whether and how to allow school districts to administer alternative bilingual education programs instead of transitional bilingual education programs. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0305.pdf
Title: H.B. 3109
Source: |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
Postsec. |
Creates the Higher Education Green Jobs and Technology Act. Permits representatives from each state university and community college, in conjunction with research centers on these campuses focused on clean or sustainable energy, to meet annually to develop collaborative efforts with regard to the green technology industry. Directs the board of higher education and the Illinois community college board to publish on their Web sites information on efforts by these institutions to promote the green technology industry, including the development of new academic degree and certificate programs, courses of instruction, and
initiatives made to align green jobs programs with employer needs. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0241.pdf
Title: H.B. 166
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Creates the Comprehensive Healthcare Workforce Planning Act. Establishes the State Healthcare Workforce Council to provide an ongoing assessment of health care workforce trends, training issues, and financing policies and to recommend appropriate state government and private sector efforts to address identified needs. Provides that the Council's work must focus on health care workforce supply and distribution; cultural competence and minority participation in health professions education; primary care training and practice; and data evaluation and analysis. Establishes the membership of the State Healthcare Workforce Council, including the state superintendent of education, the executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, and the president of the Illinois Community College Board. Directs the department of public health to prepare a comprehensive healthcare workforce plan. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0424.pdf
Title: S.B. 1945
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Encourages each regional superintendent of schools to offer districts the opportunity to share in joint educational or operational programs, and to urge school districts to participate in such programs when the
school district determines that such participation is fiscally prudent. Permits a regional superintendent of schools to present to a district possible services and functions that multiple schools may share or consolidate. Permits regional superintendents to share best practices with districts exploring new methods to become more financially efficient.
Directs each school district to annually complete a report, to be published on the state board Web site and district Web site, summarizing district attempts to improve fiscal efficiency through shared services
or outsourcing in the prior fiscal year. Requires that the report include the incidence of numerous specified shared service options related to both operations and instruction, and a list of potential shared services or outsourcing the district may consider or investigate for the next fiscal year, along with any anticipated barriers to implementation. Based on data supplied by districts, requires regional superintendents to annually publish a regional report summarizing district attempts to improve fiscal efficiency through shared services or outsourcing within the educational service region. Requires that this report include a list of all joint purchasing initiatives, joint agreements between districts, attempts to reduce or eliminate duplication of services and duplicative expenditures, and identification of any overlapping regional service delivery systems. Provides that for school districts required to develop and submit a deficit reduction plan to the state board, the regional superintendent of schools and the school district must jointly prepare a shared services and outsourcing plan that considers actions that may improve the district's fiscal efficiency and how future savings associated with shared services or outsourcing are to be utilized. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0357.pdf
Title: S.B. 2134
Source: /www.ilga.gov |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Very similar to S.B. 620 (http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/PDF/09700SB0620lv.pdf). Differs from S.B. 620 in definition of "school action" by excluding from definition reassignment due to a new
school with an attendance area boundary and that is made to relieve overcrowding. Also creates different fiscal transparency requirements than those created in S.B. 620. S.B. 630 requires that for fiscal year 2012, the chief executive officer provide the Chicago school board with an annual capital expenditure report within 90 days after the end of the fiscal year, to be posted to the district Web site. It also requires that for fiscal year 2013 and thereafter, the chief executive officer provide the board with an annual capital expenditure report with the same specifications as the one S.B. 620 calls for after the bill goes into effect (not phased in, as in S.B. 630). In section regarding contents of a school transition plan, requires that school transition plans include "informational briefings" (rather than "counseling" as in S.B. 620) to provide parents and children with pertinent information to make an informed choice. Clarifies that the chief executive officer publish notice of the proposed school actions each year, rather than by December 2011, as required in S.B. 620, though both require annual posting of proposed school actions to be taken at the close of the current academic year by December 1 of each year. Provides that no Chicago school board decision regarding a proposed school action may take place less than 60 days after the announcement of the proposed school action. Requires the chief executive officer to publish a brief summary of the proposed school actions and the date, time, and place of the hearings or meetings in a newspaper of general circulation. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0474.pdf
Title: S.B. 630
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Creates new sections 105 ILCS 5/34-200 through -235 regarding school action and facility master planning for Chicago Public Schools. By December 31, 2011, directs the district to publish space utilization standards on the district's Web site. Requires that the standards include several specified components, including the method to determine efficient use of a school building based on educational program design capacity, and the standards for overcrowding and underutilization. Directs the chief executive officer or designee to annually publish a space utilization report for each building operated by the district. Requires the chief executive officer, by December 31, 2011, to propose minimum and optimal facility performance standards for specified facility attributes, and identifies process for eliciting public feedback before the final recommendations are developed. Requires that the final educational facility space utilization and performance standards be published on the district Web site.
Directs the chief executive officer or designee to develop a 10-year educational facility master plan every five years, with the first such master plan to be approved by July 2013. Specifies the elements that must inform the educational facility master plan. Requires that a preliminary draft of the master plan be distributed for comment by January 2013, and requires that the final approved Educational Facility Master Plan be published on the district Web site. Directs the district to develop a capital needs review process and 1-year and 5-year capital improvement plans. By January 1, 2012, requires the chief executive officer or designee to establish a capital needs review process that includes a comprehensive bi-annual assessment of the capital needs at each facility owned, leased or operated by the district. Requires that, beginning with fiscal year 2013 and each year thereafter, the chief executive officer publish a proposed one-year capital improvement plan at least 60 days before the end of the prior fiscal year. Requires that the one-year capital improvement plan include specified information for all capital projects for which funds are to be appropriated. Directs the Chicago school board to adopt a final one-year capital improvement plan within 45 days after adopting the annual budget. Beginning with fiscal year 2013, directs the chief executive officer to publish a proposed 5-year capital improvement plan with the proposed one-year capital improvement plan, and requires the 5-year capital improvement plan to be assessed annually. Requires that an annual report be published explaining differences between projected capital projects in the 5-year capital improvement plan and the capital projects authorized in the proposed one-year capital improvement plan for the following fiscal year. Requires that the 5-year plan be published on the district's Web site and distributed to all principals.
Requires the chief executive officer to provide the Chicago board with an annual capital expenditure report within 90 days after the end of the fiscal year, and for the report to be published on the district's Web site. Requires that the annual capital expenditure report include specified information. Requires that a list of all property owned by or leased to the Chicago school board be published on the district's Web site by January 1, 2012, and that the information be updated annually. Requires that all lease agreements in which the Chicago school board is a lessor or lessee be published on the district's Web site for the duration of the lease, and requires specified information about lease agreements to be published to the Web site.
Provides that if the Board approves a school action, the chief executive officer or designee must work with local school educators and families of students attending the affected school to ensure successful integration of affected students into new learning environments. Requires the chief executive officer or designee to develop a school transition plan, and to identify and commit specific resources for implementation of the plan for at least the first full academic year after the board approves a school action. Requires that a school transition plan include specified components, including options to enroll in higher performing schools, and counseling on the choice of schools, including all information a parent and child need to make an informed choice. Requires the chief academic officer to annually publish guidelines for school actions, outlining the academic and non-academic criteria for a school action. Outlines processes for providing notice of proposed school actions and providing public hearings. Provides that if the chief executive officer does not follow the statutory mandates for proposing a school action, the proposed school action cannot be approved by the Chicago school board during the school year in which the school action was proposed.
Provides that nothing in these provisions prevents the district from taking emergency action to protect the health and safety of students and staff in an attendance center.
Directs the Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force, after recommendations have been issued, to meet at least once annually to review Chicago's compliance with the aforementioned statutory provisions concerning school action and facility master planning. Directs the task force to prepare a report on how the district has met the school action and facility master planning provisions. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0473.pdf
Title: S.B. 620
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires a school district that receives an Early Childhood Block Grant to report to the state board of education on its use of the block grant in such form and detail as specified by the state board. Requires the report to the general assembly to include the following information for the district: block grant allocation and expenditures by program; population and service levels by program; and administrative expenditures by program.
Also requires the report on how Chicago uses education block grant and educational services block grants to include block grant allocation and expenditures by program; population and service levels by program; and administrative expenditures by program. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0256.pdf
Title: S.B. 1742
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Extends the list of persons required to report child abuse or neglect to include any physician, physician's assistant, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, medical technician, certified nursing assistant, social worker, or licensed professional counselor of any office, clinic or any other physical location that provides abortions, abortion referrals, or contraceptives. Requires any such office, clinic or other location to provide to all office personnel copies of written information and training materials about abuse and neglect and the reporting requirements for such. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0254.pdf
Title: H.B. 2093
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides that the first teacher supply and demand report following the initial report must be provided by January 2012, rather than January 2011. Requires administrator and teacher salary and benefits information, prior to being reported to the state board for an annual report, to be presented at a regular school board meeting and posted to the district Web site, if one exists. Makes other minor changes. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0256.pdf
Title: H.B. 3464
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Effective June 30, 2012, repeals 105 ILCS 5/21-1a on teacher certification exams. Effective June 30, 2013, repeals statutory provisions on (1) teacher certification, qualifications and issuance of certificates; (2) subject endorsement on teacher certificates; (3) grades of certificates; (4) early childhood certificates; (5) required instruction for all teachers; (6) elementary, special and high school certificates; (7) alternative certification and alternative routes to teacher certification; (8) administrative certification and alternative routes to administrator certification; (9) teacher leader endorsements; (10) principal preparation programs; (11) substitute certificates and substitute teaching; (12) provisional certificates; (13) recognition of certification of teachers from out of state; (14) additional certificates for experienced employed teachers; (15) resident teacher certificates; (16) 105 ILCS 5/21-12 related to printing, seal, signature, credentials for teacher certificates; (17) annual registration fees for certificates; (18) school service personnel certificates; (19) the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program (however, this program is reauthorized in the new Article 21B).
Effective September 2013, repeals statutory provisions related to the Illinois Teacher Corps.
Creates new Article 21B, "Educator Licensure". As summarized in http://www.ift-aft.org/News/DailyNews/11-06-06/Changes_in_Educator_Licensing_Pass_in_SB_1799.aspx:
--Renames the State Teacher Certification Board as the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board
--Changes the name of the certificate to the Illinois Professional Educator License. Qualified educators will be issued a professional educator license endorsed in each area and grade level for which they are eligible to seek employment in teaching, administration or school service. Each license will be valid for 5 years.
--Streamlines the 66 types of available certificates to 3 types of licenses: the Illinois Professional Educator License, the Professional Educator License with Stipulations and the Substitute Teaching License.. Each will be endorsed in specific content and grade areas. This change will make it easy for each license holder to track his/her qualifications as all endorsements will be on a single license rather than multiple certificates.
--All certificates renewing after July 2012 will be exchanged for Illinois licenses. Hard copy licenses will not be issued but the new credentials can be accessed and printed from the Educator Certification System online.
--The three license system (Initial, Standard, Master certificates) will be eliminated.
--Individuals holding National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification will get a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation on an existing Professional Educator License. Certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards does not automatically allow an individual to teach in the area for which he/she received NBPTS certification unless the individual also has the appropriate Illinois endorsement. The designation is issued for the same validity period (10 years) as the NBPTS certification. If an individual does not renew his/her NBPTS certification, the designation will be removed from the Professional Educator License.
--New fee structure effective January 2012 for applications for license (for in-state and out-of-state educators), additional endorsements/approvals, and registration per year.
--Effective September 2014, the general administrative endorsement will not be issued. Until July 2015, an individual may convert to a principal endorsement if he/she served at least 1 full year during the last 5 years in a position requiring a general administrative endorsement.
--Substitute teacher licenses are valid for 5 years and may be renewed if the individual has passed a test of basic skills. However, if an individual has had his/her Professional Educator License or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked or has not met the renewal requirements for licensure, the individual is not eligible to obtain a Substitute Teaching License.
--The Paraprofessional educator endorsement will be on the Professional Educator License and renewable every 5 years. Renewal requirements have not yet been determined. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0607.pdf
Title: S.B. 1799
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Creates the Commission to End the Disparities Facing the African-American Community Act. Provides that the Commission consists of 24 members, including the state superintendent of education and the executive director of the board of higher education. Directs the Commission by December 31, 2013 to report to the governor and general assembly on the disparities facing African-Americans in the areas of healthcare, healthcare services, employment, education, criminal justice, housing, and other social and economic issues. Provides that the commission dissolves upon the reporting of the findings and recommendations to the governor and general assembly. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0360.pdf
Title: H.B. 1547
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Amends the instructional time during which the remote educational program may be delivered (to disassociate from the traditional school calendar). Replaces reference to "days of attendance" to "clock hours of instruction" for purposes of the remote educational program. Provides that students enrolled in a remote educational program may be counted on the basis of one-fifth day of attendance for every clock hour of instruction, provided that, in any month, the school district may not claim more days of attendance than the maximum number of days of attendance the district can claim for students in a traditional or year-round schedule, depending on which school calendar the remote educational program student is enrolled in. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0339.pdf
Title: H.B. 3223
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
Postsec. |
Directs the board of higher education to include in a specified annual report to the governor and general assembly information on each public institution's admission, retention and graduation statistics of all students who are the first in their immediate family to attend an institution of higher education. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0588.pdf
Title: S.B. 122
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
Postsec. |
Directs the board of higher education, in formulating the annual budget request, to consider undergraduate tuition and fee waiver programs (in addition to rates of tuition and fees) at the state universities and colleges. Establishes a pilot program at Eastern Illinois University to increase the board of higher education's institutional tuition waiver limitation for the university over a 4-year period. Directs the institutional board to annually report to the board of higher education on the pilot program's impact on tuition revenue, enrollment goals, and increasing access and affordability on such dates as the board of higher education determines. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0290.pdf
Title: S.B. 1798
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
Postsec. |
Permits an agency to delete from its records debts certified as uncollectible for public university debts of $1,000 or more when the debt is more than 8 years old. Specifies that section pertaining to the sale of debts certified as uncollectable does not apply to public university debts that are less than 8 years old. Exempts public university debts from provision allowing state agencies to enter into deferred payment plans for purposes of paying a past due debt. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0444.pdf
Title: H.B. 466
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
Postsec. |
Directs the board of higher education to form a broad-based group of individuals representing specified stakeholders to devise a system for allocating state funding to public postsecondary institutions based upon performance related to student success and certificate and degree completion.
Beginning in Fiscal Year 2013, requires that the board of higher education budget recommendations to the governor and the general assembly include performance-based allocations. Requires that these metrics be
adopted by the board by rule and be developed and promulgated in accordance with specified principles, including, among others, that the metrics include provisions for recognizing the demands on and rewarding the performance of institutions in advancing the success of students who are academically or financially at risk, including first-generation students, low-income students, and students traditionally underrepresented in higher education. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0320.pdf
Title: H.B. 1503
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Defines the offense of criminal trespass to a safe school zone as entering or remaining in a safe school zone, both (1) for a student or employee who has been suspended, expelled, or dismissed for disrupting the orderly operation of the school, or (2) for another individual who has been served by mail or in person that that his/her presence has been withdrawn by the school administrator or designee, and whose presence or acts interfere with, or whenever there is reasonable suspicion to believe, such person will disrupt the orderly operation, or the safety, or peaceful conduct of the school or school activities. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0547.pdf
Title: H.B. 78
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Permits a district to expel a student guilty of gross disobedience or misconduct perpetuated by electronic means. Permits a student to be suspended for up to 10 days or to be expelled for up to two years if (1) the student has made an explicit threat on a Web site against a school employee, a student, or any school-related personnel, (2) the Web site was accessible in the school at the time the threat was made or was available to third parties who worked or studied within the school grounds at the time the threat was made, and (3) the threat could be reasonably interpreted as threatening to the safety and security of the student or staff member because of his/her duties or status as a student or staff member in the school. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0340.pdf
Title: H.B. 3281
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Establishes the School District Realignment and Consolidation Commission. Provides the purpose of the commission is to make recommendations to the governor and general assembly on the number of school districts in the state, the optimal amount of enrollment for a school district, and where consolidation and realignment would be beneficial. Directs the commission, by July 2012, to vote its recommendations and file a report with the governor and the general assembly. Provides for legislative action if the report is ratified by at least 11 of the commission members. Repeals the section on January 31, 2013.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0503.pdf
Title: H.B. 1216
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Repeals the provision concerning the Illinois Accessibility Task Force. Also provides that a school board does not have to comply with the Illinois Accessibility Code with respect to accessibility to press boxes that are on school property if the press boxes are in bleachers that have points of entry at only one level, and the aggregate area of the press box is no more than 500 square feet (instead of if the press boxes were constructed before August 25, 2009). http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0355.pdf
Title: S.B. 2096
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides that "multifunction school-activity bus" means a school bus manufactured for the purpose of transporting 11 or more persons (rather than 11 to 15 persons), including the driver, whose purposes do not include transporting students to and from home or school bus stops. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0378.pdf
Title: H.B. 2265
Source: www.ilga.gov |
STEM |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
Postsec. |
Creates the Diversity in Engineering Scholarship Program. Defines ''targeted group member" as a person belonging to a class of race, color or sex, whose percent of the workforce within the Department of Transportation's professional classification that includes civil engineers is less than that class's percent of the statewide labor market for such job activities as recorded in the Department's annual affirmative action plan. Defines ''eligible student" as a targeted group member who: (i) is an Illinois resident at the time of scholarship application; (ii) is enrolled full-time at any Illinois college or university in any program leading toward a degree in civil engineering; (iii) agrees to conditions required by the Department, including the obligation to work for the Department after graduation if a position is offered for at least one year for each academic year the student receives a scholarship. Provides that the Department of Transportation, subject to appropriation, must award scholarships to up to 20 students each year in the amount of no more than $7,500 per academic year. Directs the Department to promulgate rules as necessary to implement and administer the scholarship program.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB1256lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1256
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Removes a provision requiring the state teacher certification board to categorically certify a special education teacher in one or more of certain specialized categories of disability if the special education teacher applies and qualifies for such certification. Provides instead that the state board of education and state teacher certification board must certify a special education teacher under (1) learning behavior specialist I; (2) learning behavior specialist II; (3) teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired; (4) teacher of students who are deaf or hard of hearing; (5) speech-language pathologist; or (6) early childhood special education teacher. Authorizes the state board to provide for the assignment of individuals to special education positions by short-term, emergency certification, which may not be renewed. Authorizes the state board to use peremptory rulemaking to place into the Illinois Administrative Code the certification policies and standards related to special education that the state board has been required to implement pursuant to federal court ordershttp://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0461.pdf
Title: S.B. 1794
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides that of the 4 days annually that a regional superintendent may arrange for or conduct district, regional or county institutes, 2 days may be used as a teacher's and educational support personnel workshop (instead of just a teacher's workshop). Permits an exemption for educational support personnel from workshop attendance if the workshop is not relevant to the work they do. Provides that the days in any school year spent by educational support personnel during the term time spent in attendance upon a teachers' institute must be considered time expended in the service of the school district and no deduction of wages may be made for such attendance. Allows a school board to make a pro-rata deduction from the salary of any educational support personnel who fail or refuse to attend the teachers' institute, unless the personnel are exempt from attending. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0525.pdf
Title: S.B. 1578
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Defines "textbook"; includes electronic textbooks. Creates the textbook block grant program. Subject to appropriation, authorizes the state board of education to provide annual funding to public school districts and state-recognized, non-public schools serving students in grades K-12 for the purchase of selected textbooks. Provides that the textbooks authorized to be purchased are limited without exception to textbooks that have been preapproved and designated by the state board of education for use in any public school and that are secular, non-religious, and non-sectarian. Requires the state board of education to annually publish a list of the textbooks authorized to be purchased. Authorizes the state board of education to adopt rules as necessary to ensure the religious neutrality of the textbook block grant program, as well as provide for the monitoring of all textbooks authorized to be purchased directly by state-recognized, nonpublic schools serving students in grades K-12. Requires that the per-pupil grant amount be calculated utilizing the total appropriation divided by the most current student enrollment data available (instead of the most current student enrollment data available divided by the total appropriation).
Repeals sections concerning the state board's loan of secular textbooks; the adoption of books by school boards; the purchase of textbooks from families moving out of a school district; the printing, publishing, distributing and selling of textbooks by a district; the manner and methods of textbook distribution; and rules for the care and preservation of textbooks. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0570.pdf
Title: H.B. 3115
Source: www.ilga.gov |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides that each campus of a Chicago charter school devoted exclusively to re-enrolled high school dropouts must be operated through a contract or payroll (instead of just operated) by the same legal entity as that for which the charter is approved and certified. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0151.pdf
Title: H.B. 2401
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Bilingual/ESL |
Adopted 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Previously, "progress" in terms of English language proficiency was determined by the percentage of students whose scores on any of the four domains (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) on a given administration of the English language proficiency assessment increased by at least .5 of a proficiency level. New rulemaking requires that progress be determined on a composite English proficiency level, or, in the second administration of the English language proficiency assessment, the student achieved the maximum composite English proficiency level attainable on the assessment. Page 160-161 of 413: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume35_issue30.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 1.30
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Creates the State Charter School Commission, and makes it responsible for authorizing charter schools statewide. Establishes membership of the commission and terms of office. Creates the State Charter School Commission Fund as a special fund in the state treasury, with monies to be used by the commission for the commission's operational and administrative costs. Replaces "state board" with "commission" in various provisions relating to charter school oversight. In instances where the commission reverses a local board's denial of a charter on appeal and the commission thus becomes the chartering entity, requires the state board to determine whether the charter proposal approved by the commission is consistent with statutory provisions. Every two years, directs the commission to provide to the state board and local school boards a report on best practices in charter school authorizing, including evaluating applications, oversight of charters, and renewal of charter schools. Permits the commission to charge a fee to a charter school it authorizes, with the fee to be deposited in the State Charter School Commission Fund. Requires any charter school authorized by the state board to have its authorization transferred to the commission upon a vote of the state board; provides, however, that no such transfer may take place before July 2012. Provides for transfer of authorization of charter schools approved by local boards to the state charter school commission. Clarifies rulemaking authority and applicability of rules for commission and state board. Defines "authorizer". Establishes powers and duties of charter school authorizers. Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for authorizers. Requires the commission and all local school boards that have a charter school operating to develop and maintain chartering policies and practices consistent with recognized principles and standards for quality charter authorizing in all specified major areas of authorizing responsibility. Permits a local board to develop its own process for receiving charter school proposals. Provides that if 45 days pass without the local school board holding a public meeting for consideration of a charter school proposal, or if the local board has not voted on the proposal within 30 days of the public meeting, the applicant may submit the proposal to the commission. Permits a charter school applicant whose proposal has been denied by a local board to appeal the proposal to the commission. Clarifies proceedings of appeals as commission initially takes on oversight role. Permits the commission to reverse a local board's decision to deny a charter school proposal if the commission finds the proposal is in compliance with statute and is in the best interests of the students the charter school is designed to serve. Provides that final decisions of the commission are subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law. Provides that in the case of a charter school proposed to be jointly authorized by 2 or more school districts, the local school boards may unanimously deny the charter school proposal with a statement that the boards are not opposed to the charter school, but that they yield to the commission in light of the complexities of joint administration. For charter schools authorized by the commission, requires the commission to quarterly certify to the state board the student enrollment for each of its charter schools. For any charter school authorized by the commission, requires the state board to pay directly to a charter school any federal or state aid attributable to a student with a disability attending the school.
Repeals language directing the state board to compile annual evaluations of charter schools received from local boards, prepare an annual report on charter schools and issue a report every other year to the governor and legislature with its findings for the previous two years. Replaces with language requiring the state board to issue a report to the general assembly and governor every other year on each authorizer's strategic vision, charter schools' academic and financial performance, the status of each authorizer's charter school portfolio (i.e., charter operating, revoked, etc.), and the authorizing functions provided by the authorizer to the charter schools under its purview, including the authorizer's operating costs and expenses detailed in annual audited financial statements, which must conform with generally accepted accounting principles. Provides that the state board has the power to remove authorizing power from any authorizer if the authorizer does not demonstrate a commitment to high-quality authorization practices, and revoke the chronically low-performing charters authorized by the authorizer at the time of the removal. Provides that if a charter school is approved by the commission, the commission charter school is its own local education agency (LEA). http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0152.pdf
Title: S.B. 79
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
Postsec. |
Creates the Higher Education Technology Entrepreneur Center Act. Authorizes the board of trustees of each public university and community college district to to create a technology entrepreneur center for each campus of the university or each community college. Requires a center to provide material and personal infrastructure to selected innovators who possess an inventive concept that has not yet been offered for sale in the private-sector market, with the goal being to develop a concept to the point where it can become a business venture. Provides that a center may offer mentors, workshops, contacts with potential private-sector investors, and a structured course or courses of work-study to bring an innovation from conception to market. Provides that the work-study program, if offered, may offer business instruction, engineering instruction, or a structured combination of both forms of knowledge. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0196.pdf
Title: H.B. 1876
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
Adopted 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Establishes procedures under 105 ILCS 5/22-60 for a school district, private school or district resident to appeal to the state superintendent a regional superintendent's decision regarding a request for an exemption. Pages 164-166 of 413: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume35_issue30.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 1.110
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Health |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs each school board to adopt a policy on student athlete concussions and head injuries that is in compliance with the protocols, policies and bylaws of the Illinois High School Association. Requires that information on the local concussion and head injury policy must be included in any agreement, contract, code or other written instrument a district requires student athletes and parents to sign before participating in practice or interscholastic competition. Directs the Illinois High School Association to make available to all districts, including elementary school districts, educational materials describing the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries. Requires that districts use such educational materials to educate coaches, student athletes and parents about the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries, including continuing play after a concussion or head injury.
Authorizes and encourages any park district to make available to residents and users of park district facilities, including youth athletic programs, educational materials that describe the nature and risk of concussion and head injuries. Provides such materials may use materials developed by the Illinois High School Association. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0204.pdf
Title: H.B. 200
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs each school board to promote at least 60 minutes of minimum reading opportunities daily for students in grades K-3 whose reading level is one grade level or lower than their current grade level according to current learning standards and the school district. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0088.pdf
Title: H.B. 2397
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides that if a student has performed below grade level for two consecutive years, a remedial summer school program must provide an emphasis on reading and math.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB0139lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 139
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires districts to provide instruction in violence prevention and conflict resolution in grades K-12 (rather than in grades 4-12, as previously required). http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB1204lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1204
Source: www.ilga.gov |
STEM |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Permits 4 or more contiguous districts at least partially in the same municipality to jointly operate, through an institution of higher education located in the municipality, a a science and mathematics partnership school for serving some or all of grades K-8. Permits the partnership school to limit attendance to students living in any of the participating districts, and to establish admission criteria focused on students' academic proficiency in science and math. Requires that Each participating school district pay its per capita cost of educating the students from that district attending the partnership school. Provides relative to joint operation of the partnership school, and for selection and compensation/benefits/determination of service of teachers and other school employees. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/PDF/09700SB0621lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 621
Source: www.ilga.gov |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Allows at least 5 charter schools devoted exclusively to students from low-performing or overcrowded schools to operate at any one time in Chicago. Provides the up to five Chicago charter schools serving re-enrolled high school dropouts to also serve students age 15 or 16 who are at risk of dropping out. Specifies that a Chicago charter school whose mission is to serve high school dropouts may grant priority admission (previous language said "restrict admission") to high school dropouts and/or students age 15-16 who are at risk of dropping out. Also permits any charter school with a mission exclusive to educating students from low-performing or overcrowded schools to restrict admission to students from low-performing or overcrowded schools. Defines "priority admission", "low-perfoming school", "overcrowded school" and "students at risk of dropping out" for these purposes. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0624.pdf
Title: H.B. 190
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
(Does not apply to Chicago Public Schools (CPS), as CPS already requires hiring for new and vacant positions to be based on seniority.) Specifies that selection of a candidate for a new or vacant teaching position must be based on consideration of factors including certifications, qualifications, merit and ability (including performance evaluations, if available), and relevant experience, and not length of continuing service with the district, unless all other factors are determined to be equal. Provides a school district's decision to select a particular candidate to fill a new or vacant position is not subject to review under grievance resolution procedures provided that the district does not fail to adhere to procedural requirements in a collective bargaining agreement relating to the filling of new or vacant teaching positions. Provides that existing provisions in collective bargaining agreements on filling new and vacant positions must remain in full force and effect for the term of the agreement, unless terminated by mutual agreement. Pages 13-14: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0008.pdf
Title: S.B. 7 - Seniority Should Not Be Used in Hiring Decisions
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Governance--School Boards--Training |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
(Does not apply to Chicagp school board members.) Requires every school board member elected or appointed after the effective date of this act, either within a year of enactment of this act or in the first year of his/her term, to complete at least 4 hours professional development leadership training covering topics in education and labor law, financial oversight and accountability, and fiduciary responsibilities of a school board member. Requires a school district Web site to include the names of the school board members who have completed training. Permits the training on financial oversight, accountability, and fiduciary responsibilities to be provided by association established under the education code for the purpose of training school board members or by other qualified providers approved by the state board of education, in consultation with an association so established. Pages 4-5: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0008.pdf
Title: S.B. 7 - School Board Member Training
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Health |
Adopted 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Extends the date by which the Recess in Schools Task Force must submit its final report to December 31, 2011. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HJR/PDF/09700HJ0004lv.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 4
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Specifies that Chicago collective bargaining agreements may address decisions to determine the length of the work and school day and length of the work and school year. Page 97 of 111: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0008.pdf
Title: S.B. 7 - Length of School Day and Year in Collective Bargaining Agreements
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Applies to all districts: Permits a school district and its teachers' exclusive bargaining representative to agree to an earlier implementation date of the new teacher evaluation system than required by statute, provided the start date is no earlier than September 1, 2013 (however, all schools in Chicago should have implemented the new teacher evaluation system anyway). Clarifies that under the new evaluation system, all teachers (not just those in contractual continued service) must be rated as "excellent", "proficient", "needs improvement" or unsatisfactory". Provides that after the implementation of the new evaluation system, if a teacher in contractual continued service successfully completes a remediation plan following an "unsatisfactory" rating and receives a subsequent "unsatisfactory" rating in any of the teacher's annual or biannual overall performance evaluations during the 36-month period following completion of the teacher's remediation plan, the district may forego remediation and seek dismissal. Pages 69-77 of 111: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0008.pdf
Title: S.B. 7 - Teacher Evaluation
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
(Does not apply to Chicago Public Schools (CPS), as CPS is already required to base layoffs on performance rather than seniority.) Makes changes to reduction in force procedures effective with the 2011-12 school term. Amends teacher notification processes. Former lawmaking required that the teacher(s) with the shorter length of continuing service with the district be dismissed first, unless another approach had been approved in a collective bargaining agreement. New provisions establish 4 groupings: (1) Teachers not in contractual continued sevice who have not received a performance evaluation rating; (2) Teachers with a "Needs Improvement" or "Unsatisfactory" performance evaluation rating on either of the teachers' last 2 performance evaluation ratings; (3) Teachers with a performance evaluation rating of at least "Satisfactory" or "Proficient" on both of the teachers' last 2 performance evaluation ratings, if 2 ratings are available, or on the teachers' last performance evaluation rating, if only one rating is available, unless a teacher qualifies for placement into grouping 4; (4) Teachers whose last 2 performance evaluation ratings are "Excellent", or with 2 "Excellent" performance evaluation ratings out of the last 3 with a third rating of "Satisfactory" or "Proficient". Specifies that teachers in Grouping 1 must be dismissed first, and teachers in Grouping 4 dismissed last. Identifies sequence in which teachers are to be dismissed within each grouping. Establishes that the order of recall of dismissed teachers must be in inverse order of dismissal, unless an alternative order of recall is established in a collective bargaining agreement or contract between the board and a professional faculty members' organization. Provides that whenever the number of honorable dismissal notices based upon economic necessity exceeds 5 notices or 150% of the average number of teachers honorably dismissed in the preceding 3 years, the local board must hold a public hearing on the question of the dismissals. Following the hearing and board review, the action to approve any such reduction requires a majority vote of the board members. Provides that any provisions on the sequence of honorable dismissals and recall of honorably dismissed teachers in a collective bargaining agreement entered into on or before January 1, 2011 and in effect on the effective date of this act must remain in effect through the expiration of such agreement or June 30, 2013, whichever is earlier. Requires every school district and special education joint agreement to use a joint committee with equal representation of board members and either teachers or the teachers' exclusive bargaining representative to determine specified matters with implications for teacher groupings and dismissals. Pages 26-38 of 111: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0008.pdf
Title: S.B. 7 - Reductions in Force and Teacher Recalls
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Teacher Attitudes |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs the state board to select an instrument to survey, statewide, students in grades 6-12 and teachers on the instructional environment in a school after giving consideration to the recommendations of the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council. Subject to appropriation to the state board, each district, beginning with the 2012-13 school year, must administer instrument in every public school attendance center, and data must be provided to the state board. Requires the state superintendent to publicly report on selected indicators of learning conditions resulting from administration of the instrument at the individual school,
district and state levels. Provides that in any year in which the appropriation is insufficient for statewide administration of the survey, the state board must give priority to districts with low-performing schools and a representative sample of other districts. Pages 2-4: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0008.pdf
Title: S.B. 7 - Statewide Survey on Learning Conditions
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Repeals provision allowing teacher to be dismissed for failure to complete a 1-year remediation plan with a "satisfactory" or better rating; replaces with provision allowing dismissal on the basis of performance. Defines "incompetency" for purposes of suspension or revocation of teacher licensure as 2 or more school terms of service for which the certificate holder has received an "unsatisfactory" rating on a performance evaluation within 7 school terms. Identifies factors the state superintendent must consider in determining whether to initiate action against one or more certificates based on incompetency and the recommended sanction for such action, including among others the evaluator or evaluators who performed an unsatisfactory evaluation met the pre-certification and training requirements established in statute, the time between the unsatisfactory evaluation ratings, the quality of the remediation plans associated with the unsatisfactory evaluation ratings and whether the certificate holder successfully completed the remediation plans, and whether one or more of the unsatisfactory evaluation ratings occurred in the first year of a teaching or administrative assignment. Authorizes the state superintendent to seek required professional development, at the certificate holder's expense, as a sanction in lieu of or in addition to suspension or revocation. Pages 5-8 of 111: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0008.pdf
Title: S.B. 7 - Teacher Dismissal; Suspension or Revocation of Teacher Licensure
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Applies to all districts (Note: The probationary period has been 4 years since 1998): Increases teacher probationary period to 4 consecutive school terms prior to the implementation of PERA (teacher evaluation based in part on student performance; districts vary on when PERA will be implemented). Clarifies that such a teacher who completes the probationary period enters into contractual continued service only in that district or the programs the teacher is legally qualified to hold. Provides that for probationary teacher appointed after July 2013, the teacher enters into contractual continued service after one of the following:
(1) 3 years (if 3 consecutive "excellent" reviews in first 3 years of full-time service)
(2) 4 years (if teacher has 4 consecutive school terms of service in which he/she receives a rating of at least "Proficient" in the last school term and rating of at least "Proficient" in either the 2nd or 3rd school term)
(3) 2 years (if 2 consecutive "Excellent" annual evaluations in the current district, teacher previously earned contractual continued service in another district in the state and voluntarily left the former district or was released by RIF in school term immediately before starting in new district, and was rated at least "Proficient" in 2 most recent annual or biennial evaluations from prior school district after PERA implemented).
If after 4 consecutive school terms the teacher's performance does not qualify the teacher for contractual continued service, the teacher must be dismissed. If a performance evaluation is not conducted in any year when it is required to be conducted, the teacher's performance evaluation rating for purposes of determining the attainment of contractual continued service must be "Proficient". Defines "school term" for purposes of determining contractual continued service. Requires that for teachers dismissed in the last year of their probationary service (except those teachers described in (3) above), the written notice of dismissal must contain specific reasons for dismissal. Establishes procedures for reduction in force of full-time teachers in a program of a special education joint agreement, and in the event of the dissolution of a joint
agreement. Pages 14-26 of 111: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0008.pdf
Title: S.B. 7 - Teacher Employment (Attainment of Tenure)
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Applies to all districts: Requires that the dismissal notice of a teacher in continued service (other than an honorable dismissal) include a bill of particulars and the teacher's right to request a hearing. Amends various due process provisions. Allows a teacher to elect to have a hearing before a mutually-selected hearing officer, effective July 2012. Requires hearing officers to be selected from a state board master list, and beginning September 2012, to have participated in training provided or approved by the state board of education for teacher dismissal hearing officers. Provides for state board to appoint a hearing officer if teacher and board do not reach agreement on any of the names on the initial list of hearing officers provided by the state board. Amends alternative means of selecting a hearing officer. Establishes requirements for hearing officers, including that the hearing officer issue a decision and provide the decision in writing to both the teacher and board within 30 days from the end of the hearing or closure of the record, whichever is later. Amends process for determining which party pays fees and costs for the hearing officer (fees and costs automatically paid by state board until July 2012). Amends procedures for hearings, and directs the state board to promulgate rules related to various aspects of hearing proceedings. Requires a hearing officer to commence the hearing within 75 days and conclude the hearing within 120 days after being selected as the hearing officer; permits modification of these timelines for good cause or upon agreement of both parties. Limits each party to no more than 3 days to present its case; provides exceptions. Provides additional penalties if a hearing officer does not render a judgment within 30 days of the end of a hearing. Requires permanent removal of a hearing officer from the state board master list for failing twice to render a decision in 30 days. Amends language regarding school board actions subsequent to the hearing officer's findings of fact and recommendation.
Establishes optional alternative evaluative dismissal process for PERA evaluations for all districts (including Chicago) or a program of a special education joint agreement. Provides this option is available only if (1) the cause of dismissal is that the teacher failed to complete a remediation plan with a rating equal to or better than "Proficient"; (2) the "Unsatisfactory" performance evaluation rating that preceded remediation resulted from a PERA evaluation; and (3) the school district complied with specified pre-remediation and remediation processes. Limits scope of hearing to require board to demonstrate specified elements; permits teacher to only challenge the substantive and procedural aspects of (i) the "Unsatisfactory" performance evaluation rating that led to the remediation, (ii) the remediation plan, and (iii) the final remediation evaluation.
Pages 38-67 of 111: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0008.pdf
Title: S.B. 7 - Dismissal of Teacher in Continued Service
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides the following changes take place if and only if S.B. 7 as passed by the 97th General Assembly becomes law:
Provides that, with respect to the list of permissive subjects of bargaining between an educational employer whose territorial boundaries are coterminous with those of a city having a population in excess of 500,000 and an exclusive representative of its employees, decisions to determine length of the work and school day and length of the work and school year apply only to the Chicago school district.
Provides neither the Board nor any appointed mediator or fact-finder has jurisdiction over a collective bargaining dispute or impasse. Requires that, in the event of an impasse, the board post both parties' offers on its Web site. Provides that all members of Chicago's exclusive bargaining representative at the time of a strike authorization vote must be eligible to vote;
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0007.pdf
Title: H.B. 1197
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Specifies that certain existing impasse procedures do not apply to Chicago Public Schools. Directs the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board to invoke mediation if parties engaged in collective bargaining do not reach an agreement within 45 days of the start of the school year (previously was 15 days before start of school year). Adds new impasse provisions (which do not apply to Chicago Public Schools), relative to declaring an impasse during the mediation process. Also creates new provisions for Chicago that require the parties, if they fail to reach an agreement after a reasonable period of mediation, to submit the dispute to fact-finding, which must follow a specified process. Provides that if the dispute is not settled within 75 days after the the fact-finding panel is appointed, the fact-finding panel must issue a private report to the parties that contains advisory findings of fact and recommended terms of settlement for all disputed issues and that sets forth a rationale for each recommendation.
Applies to all districts in the state: Specifies that certain costs outside of fact-finding and mediation must be borne by the party incurring them. Provides that if an educational employer or exclusive bargaining
representative refuses to participate in mediation or fact finding when required by statute, the refusal must be deemed a refusal to bargain in good faith. Adds to conditions that must be met for educational employees to strike: if an impasse was declared, at least 14 days have elapsed after the mediator has made public the final offers; if fact-finding was invoked, at least 30 days have elapsed after a fact-finding report has been released for public information; for Chicago, at least 3/4 of all bargaining unit members have voted to authorize the strike; and for all districts, the collective bargaining agreement either has expired or has been terminated (previously only expired agreements were recognized under this provision). Applies to Chicago: Repeals 105 ILCS 5/34-85b, which provided that the provisions of Adminstrative Review Law applied to and governed all proceedings instituted for the judicial review by either the employee, teacher, principal or the board of final administrative decisions of the hearing officer.
Pages 98-111 of 111: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0008.pdf
Title: S.B. 7 - Impasse, Mediation, Fact-Finding, Strikes
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Attendance |
Adopted 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Extends the School Success Task Force established during the 96th General Assembly. Directs the task force to submit a report by December 31, 2011. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HJR/PDF/09700HJ0007lv.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 7
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Civic Education |
Adopted 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Commends the efforts of those schools that have already taken the necessary steps to become Illinois Democracy Schools; encourages all secondary schools in the state to take the necessary steps to become Illinois Democracy Schools, and resolves that each school district's school report card designate which of the district's secondary schools, if any, are Illinois Democracy Schools and which are not. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SR/PDF/09700SR0149lv.pdf
Title: S.R. 149
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Health--Nutrition |
Adopted 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Urges localities, schools, non-profit organizations, businesses, other entities, and the people of Illinois to promote Kids Eat Right, an initiative of the American Dietetic Association and the American Dietetic Association Foundation. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SR/PDF/09700SR0214lv.pdf
Title: S.R. 214
Source: www.ilga.gov |
P-16 or P-20 |
Adopted 05/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Urges the members of the Illinois House of Representatives to resolve to work toward the 10 recommendations set by the College Board Advocacy and Policy Center pertaining to strengthening education in the United States.
Title: H.R. 321
Source: |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Adopted 05/2011 |
Postsec. |
Urges Governor Pat Quinn, the Board of Higher Education, and all public universities in the state to do all that is in their power to prevent the furlough of instructors and professors, and resolves that public universities should examine their financial ability to implement a tuition waiver program targeted at students coming from the middle-income brackets. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HR/PDF/09700HR0326lv.pdf
Title: H.R. 326
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Finance |
Adopted 05/2011 |
Postsec. |
Resolves that each public university report to the general assembly by January 2012 on its efforts regarding use of energy and water at its facilities, and have a target goal of reducing its expense footprint for
power, gas and water consumption by at least 15% within 2 years or show how it has previously met this goal. Also resolves that this report include how much each university's total power, gas and water bills are and how much savings would be generated by its ongoing efforts to achieve the 15% target goal if that is more than its current efforts. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HR/PDF/09700HR0120lv.pdf
Title: H.R. 120
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Adopted 04/2011 |
Postsec. |
Requests the Illinois Board of Higher Education to conduct a cost-neutral analysis of all relevant out-of-state tuition and fees charged by the University of Illinois in comparison to those charged by the flagship schools in surrounding states, and that the board report its findings to the general assembly and the governor on or before June 30, 2011. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HR/PDF/09700HR0004lv.pdf
Title: H.R. 4
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Special Education |
Adopted 04/2011 |
P-12 |
Urges the state board of education to encourage the establishment of a peer buddy program in each school district for children with autism spectrum disorder enrolled in elementary, middle and high school. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HR/PDF/09700HR0043lv.pdf
Title: H.R. 43
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School Safety |
Adopted 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Urges K-12 schools to include railroad crossing warnings in their student handbooks. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SR/PDF/09700SR0044lv.pdf
Title: S.R. 44
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Assessment |
Adopted 02/2011 |
P-12 |
Clarifies that students in grade 11 must be administered the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) or the Illinois Alternate Assessment (IAA), if applicable. Defines grade 11 as the point in time when a student has earned the number of credits necessary for enrollment in grade 11, as determined by his or her school district in accordance with Sections 1.420(b) and 1.440. Provides that a district may not promote a student to grade 12 status until that student has taken either the PSAE or IAA. Pages 426-427 of 734: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume35_issue6.pdf
(Background from Illinois Register: In April 2010, monitors from the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) reviewed the agency's implementation of the accountability provisions of Title I, Part A, of ESEA, among other areas. In its spring 2010 Title I federal monitoring document, it cited Student Information System data as showing that approximately 8% of high school students had not been tested. As a result, USDE has directed the agency to take steps to ensure that all high school students are being assessed for accountability purposes, and Section 1.30 includes a definition for school districts to use to determine grade 11 status).
Title: 23 ADC 1.30
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 02/2011 |
P-12 |
Creates the Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children in the department of Children and Family Services. Includes the state superintendent or his/her designee, representatives of two statewide professional teachers' organizations, and a representative of an organization representing school management among the task force membership. Directs the task force to develop recommendations for reducing child sexual abuse in the state, and to submit a final report with its recommendations to the governor and general assembly by January 1, 2012. Provides the recommendations may include proposals for specific statutory changes and methods to foster cooperation among state agencies and between the state and local government. Provides that the task force is dissolved upon submission of the final report.
Permits local boards to adopt and implement a policy addressing sexual abuse of children that may include:
--age-appropriate curriculum for students in pre-K through 5th grade
--training for school personnel on child sexual abuse
--information to parents in the school handbook on the warning signs of a child being abused, along with any needed assistance, referral or resource information
--available counseling and resources for students affected by sexual abuse
--emotional and educational support for a child of abuse to continue to be successful in school.
Identifies other areas that local policies may address. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1524.pdf
Title: S.B. 2843
Source: www.ilga.gov |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Adopted 02/2011 |
P-12 |
From Illinois Register: Change in Section 675.50 enables supplemental education services (SES) providers of various sizes to submit financial records that have been affirmed as reliable by a knowledgeable person (i.e., a certified audit/audited financial statements or other verified financial statements). This new language seeks to balance the state board's need for reliable documentation against the unintended consequence of pricing smaller providers out of
the market and thus limiting parental choice, since the cost for a certified audit is often prohibitive for smaller providers.
Section 675.250 streamlines the process that entities must use if they want to appeal their removal by the agency from the list of approved SES providers with which districts may work. Page 477-483 of 734: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume35_issue6.pdf
Title: 23 ADC 675.50, 250
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Bilingual/ESL |
Adopted 01/2011 |
P-12 |
From summary in Illinois Register: Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAOs) for English language learners. Section 1.88 of the rules sets forth the AMAOs for educational agencies that use funds from Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. As part of federal monitoring conducted in 2009, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) determined that the objectives set forth in Section 1.88 failed to address annual targets for increasing the number or percentage of an educational agency's students who are making progress in learning English or attaining proficiency, as the Act requires. As a result, the USDE
directed the agency to establish targets to be used to determine AMAOs for the 2009-2010 school year, with the target level increasing in each subsequent school year. Targets for the progress and proficiency objectives, as set forth in the rulemaking, were submitted to USDE for review; the department has approved these for use in determining 2009-10 AMAOs but instructed the agency to further refine certain elements of the progress target. A separate rulemaking will be conducted to address the issues raised in this regard.
Page 392-396 of 619: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume35_issue3.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 1.88
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 01/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
2010 legislation has created the Task Force on Private Student Loans (see http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0880.pdf). This provision establishes the legislative expectation that institutions of higher learning comply with reasonable requests from the task force or it support staff for aggregated data relevant to the purposes of the task force. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0647lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 647
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Health |
Signed into law 12/2010 |
P-12 |
Creates the Care of Students with Diabetes Act. Requires that a diabetes care plan serve as the basis of a student's Section 504 plan, and that a parent submit such a plan to a school for any student with diabetes who seeks assistance with diabetes care in the school setting after the effective date of this act. (If a student has been managing his/her diabetes care in the school setting before the effective date of this act, makes submission of such a plan optional.) Establishes required content of a diabetes care plan, as well as parameters for the services and accommodations that may be specified in a diabetes care plan. Requires that a diabetes care plan be submitted to the school at specified instances, including after a student's diagnosis, and when a student's care needs change during the school year.
Defines "delegated care aide" as a school employee who has agreed to receive training in diabetes care and to assist students in implementing their diabetes care plan, and who has entered into an agreement with a parent and the district or private school. Establishes responsibilities and powers of delegated care aides. Requires that principals facilitate compliance with the provisions of a diabetes care plan. Requires all school employees in a school with a student who has diabetes to receive training in (1) the basics of diabetes care, (2) how to identify when a student with diabetes needs immediate or emergency medical attention, and (3) whom to contact in an emergency. Specifies points on which delegated care aides must be trained to assist a student with diabetes in accordance with his/her diabetes care plan. Requires that initial training for school employees and delegated care aides (1) be provided by a licensed healthcare provider with expertise in diabetes or a certified diabetic educator and individualized by a student's parent or guardian; (2) be consistent with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services guidelines; and (3) be updated when the diabetes care plan is changed and at least annually. Authorizes school nurses or health care providers to provide technical assistance or consultation to delegated care aides.
Requires that an information sheet be provided to any school employee who transports a student for school-sponsored activities; establishes required content of an information sheet. Authorizes a student who is permitted by his/her diabetes care plan to perform specified functions, and to possess at all times the supplies and equipment necessary to monitor and treat diabetes. Bars a district from restricting the assignment of a student with diabetes to a particular school because the school does not have a full-time school nurse; bars a school from denying a student access to any school or school-related activities because a student has diabetes. Provides protections against retaliation and civil immununity to school employees under specified circumstances. Effective date December 1, 2010.
Bill text: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1485.pdf
Governor's veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB6065gms.pdf (Amendatory Veto Overridden in Both Houses)
Title: H.B. 6065
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Health |
Adopted 12/2010 |
P-12 |
Creates a Recess in Schools Task Force. Charges the task force with examining the barriers facing schools in providing daily recess to every age-appropriate student, and making recommendations
for overcoming those obstacles. Directs the task force to submit a final report to the general assembly by January 1, 2011 with its recommendations for bringing recess back to the maximum number
of students. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SJR/PDF/09600SJ0080lv.pdf
Title: S.J.R. 80
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
Signed into law 12/2010 |
P-12 |
Authorizes a fee, not to exceed the cost of the background check, to be charged to applicants seeking employment as a substitute teacher. Provides that in order to substitute teach in the public schools, a person holding valid certification must register as a substitute teacher with the regional superintendent of schools in each educational service region where the person will be employed. Specifies that the registrant is responsible for:
--The payment of fees to register the certificate for its period of validity
--Authorization of a state-level background check (and for the payment of the related costs)
--Evidence of physical fitness and freedom from communicable disease.
Places responsibility for recordkeeping for substitute teacher certification, background checks and physical exam results on regional superintendents. Directs a regional superintendent of schools to issue a signed and sealed certificate of authorization to the substitute teacher verifying that he/she has completed the registration process and criminal background check and has a physical examination and negative tuberculin test on file, and is approved to substitute teach in the educational service region. Requires that this certificate be presented to all prospective employing school districts in the educational service region, and that each employing district maintain a photocopy of the certificate with employment records for the substitute teacher. Requires that persons wishing to substitute teach in more than one educational service region register as a substitute teacher with each appropriate regional superintendent of schools. Provides that if the substitute teacher has been issued a signed and sealed certificate of authorization from another regional
superintendent of schools, the registering entity may photocopy the certificate for its files and verify the substitute teacher's registration status.
Bill becomes effective January 1, 2011.
Bill text: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB5863lv.pdf
Governor's veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB5863gms.pdf
Title: H.B. 5863
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Health |
Adopted 11/2010 |
P-12 |
States the House of Representatives' support for school-based influenza mass vaccination collaborations among local health departments and elementary and secondary schools in their jurisdictions for the purpose of vaccinating school-age children against influenza in accordance with the recommendations of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the annual vaccination of all school-age children 5 through 18 years of age. Further resolves that these vaccinations be voluntary for all participants, and be administered only with the consent of the student's parent or guardian. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HR/PDF/09600HR1165lv.pdf
Title: H.R. 1165
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality |
Adopted 11/2010 |
P-12 |
The Code of Ethics for Illinois Educators was written in response to a need identified in the process of developing the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, which are contained in Part 24 of agency rules. After researching and evaluating the content, format, and frameworks from codes of ethics for educators in numerous states, education agencies, and associations, the Illinois Educator Code of Ethics Advisory Group chose the Rhode Island Educator Code of Professional Responsibility as a model for developing the Code of Ethics for Illinois Educators. Pages 418-423 of 505: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume34_issue46.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 22.10, 20
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 10/2010 |
P-12 |
Partially from summary in Illinois Register:
Sections 25.710 and 25.720: Reflects new practice that allows certification candidates to "bank" passing scores on the test of basic skills in reading, language arts, mathematics and writing so that candidates who fail one or more subsections of the test are not required to take the entire test over again. Clarifies that either retaking the full test or retaking one or more subtests counts toward the maximum of five times that a certification candidate may take the basic skills test. Makes available language proficiency tests in several new languages for those seeking a transitional bilingual education certificate or endorsement; these are noted in Section 25.710.
Section 25.765: Allows institutions of higher education with educator preparation programs to have access to any of the results (i.e., pass or fail) of tests taken by examinees. Rationale provided by register: This change will enable institutions to review the candidates' results to help them prepare for, and be successful taking, the required tests. Additionally, the institution may monitor a candidate's activity to determine if he or she is nearing the five-take limit. Accessing all test results also will allow the institution to analyze those to determine whether a candidate should be considering career paths other than education.
Pages 885-904 of 1119: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume34_issue41.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 25.710, 720, 765
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 |
Amends definition of "dropout". Previous language allowed student in any grades 1-12 to be classified as a dropout; new provision limits dropouts to students enrolled in grades 9-12. Adds that a student may not be listed as a dropout due to expulsion, aging out or removal for medical non-compliance. Specifies that a child known to be home-schooled or continuing school in another country may not be classified as a dropout. 46-48 of 51: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB3681lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 5/26-2a
Source: www.ilga.gov |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Adopted 08/2010 |
P-12 |
P.A. 96-106 (S.B. 1796), effective July 30, 2009, establishes the Illinois Hope and Opportunity Pathways through Education (IHOPE) program with the goal of re-enrolling high school dropouts into programs that will enable these individuals to earn their high school diplomas. The legislation directs the state board to implement and administer the program, including approving IHOPE plans developed by regional offices of education and/or the Chicago School District, and adopting rules setting forth the requirements for the development of the IHOPE Plan and fund distribution process, and other rules.
From Illinois Register: New Part 210, Subpart A, sets forth the requirements for an IHOPE program, whose plan for the program must be approved by the state board of education for it to be eligible to receive general state aid or an incentive grant. The requirements for that plan are contained in Section 210.70 and criteria for review and approval of the plan are in Section 210.75. The requirements protect the rights of students who choose to enroll in IHOPE programs by ensuring that:
• before individuals can be enrolled in an IHOPE program, they, along with their parents or guardians if they are less than 18 years old, receive information about the program
• each student has a learning plan (Individual Instructional Plan) that addresses his/her individual needs and goals
• the IHOPE program and school district awarding the high school diploma work in cooperation to provide services to students who had an Individualized Education Program in the last high school they attended; and
• school records are retained by the district of residence awarding the diploma in accordance with the Illinois School Student Records Act [105 ILCS 10] and the state board of education's rules governing Student Records (23 Ill. Adm. Code 375).
The rules also require that individuals providing instruction be certified in Illinois and that personnel providing support services be properly qualified. Other provisions address continuation of programs beyond the initial approval year and suspension and revocation of program approval in certain circumstances. Subpart B of the rules establishes the process for applying for an incentive grant.
There is no appropriation in Fiscal Year 2011 for incentive grants; however, promulgating rules now for the application process will ensure that the grant process can begin immediately when funding is approved.
Pages 624-650 of 724: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume34_issue32.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 210.10, 20, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60, 70, 75, 80, 90, 100, 110, 200, 210, 220, 230
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 |
Provides that one of the purposes of Article 14C of the School Code, "Transitional Bilingual Education", is to allow the state to directly or indirectly provide technical assistance and professional development to support transitional bilingual education programs statewide. Pages 22-23 of 51: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB3681lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 5/14C-1
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Bilingual/ESL |
Adopted 08/2010 |
P-12 |
Addresses districts' plans for continuing services for students who leave a transitional bilingual education (TBE) program or a transitional program of instruction (TPI) without having achieved English proficiency. These new provisions help to more clearly identify district requirements under both state law (under which students must exit ELL programs after three years or until student achieves English proficiency, whichever comes first) and the federal mandate in the Equal Educational Opportunities Act (EEOA) (which requires districts to provide services that will enable limited English proficient (LEP) students to "overcome barriers" to educational achievement). Amends provisions to require uniform statewide exit criteria from the LEP subgroup for Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) purposes. Incorporates Spanish Language Arts standards by reference, and requires districts to include in their bilingual education plans for the 2011-12 school year a discussion of how they plan to align instruction to the standards, which must occur in the 2012-13 school year. Beginning in 2012-13, also requires that plans discuss how student performance will be measured and curriculum modified, as needed.
Pages 651-683 of 724: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume34_issue32.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 228
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Bilingual/ESL |
Adopted 08/2010 |
P-12 |
Clarifies that teachers of children ages 3-5 in a transitional bilingual program or a transitional program of instruction administered by a district, either in an attendance center or a non-school-based facility, must meet the personnel qualifications and professional development requirements for transitional bilingual education established in rule. Also requires school district applications for preschool grants to provide a description of the steps to be taken to ensure that provisions specific to serving English language learners in preschool programs (Article 14C of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/Art. 14C] and 23 Ill. Adm. Code 228 (Transitional Bilingual Education)) are met. Pages 685-696 of 724: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume34_issue32.pdf
Title: 23 IL ADC 235.20, 30, 120
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Curriculum--Physical Education |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 |
Repeals the section concerning the state board of education's biennial physical education report to the governor and general assembly. Page 51 of 51: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB3681lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 5/2-3.97
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 |
Provides that no public school district or private school is obligated to comply with any new unfunded mandate adopted by the legislature or state board of education. Provides that if the amount appropriated to fund a new mandate does not fully fund the mandated activity, the district or private school may choose to discontinue or modify the activity to ensure that the costs of compliance do not exceed the funding received. Provides that before discontinuing or modifying the mandate, a district must petition its regional superintendent of schools on or before February 15 of each year to request to be exempt from implementing the mandate in a school or schools in the next school year. Sets forth provisions concerning what the petition must contain, review of the petition and a public hearing, granting an exemption, state board of education notification, and appealing the regional superintendent's decision.
Provides that these provisions do not apply to:
(1) Any new statutory or regulatory mandates related to revised learning standards developed through the Common Core State Standards Initiative and assessments developed to align with those standards or actions specified in the state's Phase 2 Race to the Top Grant application if it is approved by the U.S. Department of Education
(2) New statutory or regulatory mandates imposed on school districts designated as being in the lowest performing 5% of schools within the Race to the Top Grant application.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB4711lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4711
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 |
Adds that one of the circumstances under which (1) the state superintendent may require a district to share financial information relevant to a proper investigation of the district's financials and the delivery of appropriate state services to the district and/or (2) the state board may certify that a district is in financial difficulty, is if the district is likely to fail to fully meet any regularly scheduled, payroll-period obligations when due and/or any debt service payments when due. Pages 1-5 of 51: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB3681lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 5/1A-8
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Governance--Mandates |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 |
Deletes language requiring that on or before February 1, 1998, and each year thereafter, the state board of education submit a cumulative report summarizing all types of waivers of mandates and modifications of mandates granted by the state board or the general assembly. Page 17 of 51: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1423.pdf
Title: S.B. 3681 - (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25g(f)
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 |
Clarifies provisions related to student self-administration of asthma medication or student use of an epinephrine auto-injector. Provides that for a school to permit a student with asthma to use an epinephrine auto-injector, written authorization must come from the student's physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse. Provides that for a school to permit a student with asthma to self-administer medication or use an epinephrine auto-injector, the student's parents must provide the school with the prescription label, which must contain the name of the medication, the prescribed dosage, and the time at which or circumstances under which the medication is to be administered. Specifies that a district or nonpublic school must give parents written notification of the fact that (and require parents to sign a statement acknowledging that) a school district and its employees incur no liability as a result of any injury arising from a student's self-administration of medication or use of an epinephrine auto-injector, regardless of whether authorization was given by the student's parents or guardians or by the student's physician, physician's assistant or advanced practice registered nurse. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB5836lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 5836
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Leadership--District Superintendent |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 |
Amends qualifications for an administrative certificate. Provides that a candidate may possess either a master's degree or its equivalent.
Pages 23-36 of 51: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB3681lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 5/21-7.1
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
Postsec. |
Amends procedures for business and vocational schools seeking approval to operate in Illinois, or seeking approval to teach supplementary courses beyond those indicated in the application for the approval year for which the certificate was issued. From July 2010 until June 30, 2012, requires that application forms (or applications to provide supplementary courses) provide that private business and vocational schools with national accreditation from a U.S. Department of Education-approved accrediting agency (or that have obtained national accreditation for new courses or programs from a U.S. Department of Education-approved accrediting agency) may submit evidence of current accreditation in lieu of responses to the application requests specified in statute. Requires that applications submitted on evidence of national accreditation be approved or denied within 30 days after receipt, and that if no action is taken within 30 days, the application must be deemed approved and a certificate of approval must be issued.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB4984lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4984
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 |
Directs the board of the Chicago Public Schools, in consultation with the Chicago Police Department, to establish a violence prevention hotline, to be known as the "CPS Violence Prevention Hotline," with calls placed to the hotline to be answered by the Chicago Police Department. Requires the CPS Violence Prevention Hotline and the anonymous nature of the calls to be posted in all Chicago Public Schools. Exempts from an eavesdropping violation, recording or listening with the aid of any device to incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed or advertised as the "CPS Violence Prevention Hotline," but only where the notice of recording is given at the beginning of each call. Provides that the recordings may be retained only by the Chicago Police Department or other law enforcement authorities, and are not to be otherwise retained or disseminated. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1425.pdf
Title: H.B. 4647
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act to delete provisions requiring the state board to provide to the governor and general assembly a report on participation in the school breakfast program and other school meal programs. Pages 48-49: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB3681lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 125/4
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 |
Moves from August 2009 to October 2012 the date by which the state board of education must file with the general assembly and governor, and make available to the public, a report of the postsecondary institutions providing teacher preparation programs, and for each institution:
(1) The number of individuals taking the test of basic skills
(2) The number of individuals passing the test of basic skills
(3) The total number of subject-matter tests attempted
(4) The total number of subject-matter tests passed
and release this information every three years thereafter. (Maintains existing provision requiring the state board, by August 2007, to report to the general assembly and governor and make publicly available the number of teacher candidates taking and number passing the test of basic skills.) http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB3681lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 3681 - Section 2-3.11d
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires that only districts serving 1,000 or more students provide information on education support personnel for the state board's annual survey of salary and benefits for certified and educational support personnel. Pages 17-22 of 51: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB3681lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 5/2-3.103
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Assessment |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Repeals policies relating to the Annual Consumer Education Proficiency Test, for students in grades 9-12 who elected to take the test. Students who demonstrated proficiency on the test were excused from the receiving instruction in consumer education as a prerequisite for high school graduation. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1061.pdf
Title: S.B. 3608
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Assessment--College Entrance Exams |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12,
Community College |
On July 1, 2010, subject to appropriation, directs the state community college board to extend the College and Career Readiness Pilot Program for an additional 3 years and to include an additional 7 sites (or as
many as are allowed by available funding), as evidenced by the effectiveness of the current program. Provides that if funds are not appropriated for the program in any of these 3 additional years, the community college board must extend the program for an additional year. Two of the existing goals of the program are to (1) diagnose college readiness by developing a system to align ACT scores to specific community college courses in developmental and freshman curricula, and (2) provide resources and academic support to high school students to enrich the senior year through remedial or advanced coursework, and other interventions. Adds new provisions requiring that college placement exams also be aligned to developmental and freshman community college courses/curricula, and calling for enrichment of the junior year of high school (in addition to the senior year). Provides that the 1st year of the extended program begins with the high school classes of 2011 and 2012, the 2nd year with the high school classes of 2012 and 2013, and the 3rd year with the high school classes of 2013 and 2014 (or with later classes if funds are not appropriated for the program in a given fiscal year.)
Removes as a criterion for program participation a community college's willingness to submit developmental and introductory courses to ACT for analysis of college placement. Removes a provision directing the state board to work with ACT to analyze up to 10 courses at each participating community college to determine student placement and college readiness. Specifies that the "college readiness team" at each site must include, among other roleplayers, the chief academic officer, the chief student services officer, an institutional researcher, faculty, and counselors or advisers from the community college and high school. Clarifies that one means of evaluating program effectiveness is a comparison of college entrance exams or college placement scores, or both, within each group of students. Repeals provision directing the state community college board to work with participating community colleges and high schools to establish operational processes and a budget for college and career readiness pilot programs, including employment of a college and career readiness coordinator at each community college site. Directs the state community college board to report its findings and recommendations to the senate and house by December 31, 2013. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1300.pdf
Title: S.B. 3705
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
In provisions concerning the account of expenditures for transitional bilingual education programs, requires that at least 60% of state bilingual funds be used for instructional costs. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1170.pdf
Title: S.B. 3635
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Curriculum--Physical Education |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Directs the state board of education to develop and maintain a nutrition and physical activity best practices database, to contain the results of any wellness-related fitness testing done by school districts, as well as information on successful programs and policies implemented by districts designed to improve nutrition and physical activity in the public and charter schools. Provides this information may include (i) a description of the program or policy, (ii) advice on implementation, (iii) any assessment of the program or policy, (iv) a contact person from the district, and (v) any other information the state board deems appropriate. Requires that the database be readily accessible to all districts statewide. Directs the state board to encourage districts to submit information to the database, but specifies that no district is required to submit information. Provides the state board may adopt rules necessary for administration of the database. Provides that the requirements of the state board of education to establish the database become effective once the state board has secured all of the funding necessary to implement it. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1223.pdf
Title: S.B. 3706
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Establishes the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission, including ex officio membership by the state superintendent of education and the executive director of the board of higher eduation. Establishes powers and duties of the commission, including to (1) provide advice and assistance to public and private K-12 schools and institutions of higher education on implementing Holocaust and genocide courses of study and awareness programs; and to (2) meet with appropriate representatives of public and private organizations to assist in planning, coordinating or modifying Holocaust and genocide courses of study and awareness programs. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2021. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1063.pdf
Title: H.B. 6059
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
Postsec. |
Authorizes the department of commerce and economic opportunity to, subject to appropriation, create financial incentive and grant programs to encourage private companies to share their new energy technologies with public institutions of higher education, public utilities, electric cooperatives, and state and federal agencies. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1279.pdf
Title: H.B. 6153
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Construction Law. Requires the grant index to be calculated for each of the school districts forming a reorganized school district or cooperative high school if certain conditions are satisfied within the current or prior 2 fiscal years. Requires the total enrollment of member districts forming a cooperative high school to meet certain minimum enrollment requirements. Authorizes a reorganized school district or cooperative high school to use a school construction application that was submitted by a district that formed the reorganized district or cooperative high school if that application has not been entitled for a project by the state board of education and any certain conditions are satisfied within the current or prior 2 fiscal years. Provides that a new elementary district formed from a school district conversion may use only the application of the dissolved district whose territory is now included in the new elementary district and must obtain the written approval of the local school board of any other school district that includes territory from that dissolved district. Provides that a new high school district formed from a school district conversion may use only the application of any dissolved district whose territory is now included in the new high school district, but only after obtaining the written approval of the local school board of any other school district that includes territory from that dissolved district. Provides that a cooperative high school must, under certain circumstances, obtain the written approval of the local school board of the member school district whose application it is using. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1381.pdf
Title: H.B. 5633
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Allows a school treasurer to pay recurring bills upon certification by the clerk or secretary of the school board (instead of requiring an order of the school board signed by the president and clerk or secretary or by a majority of the board). Makes changes to when the record of the official acts of the school board must be submitted to the treasurer. Regarding the prohibition on a school board member having an interest in district contracts, work, business or sales, provides that a school board member must not be deemed interested if the board member is an employee of a business that is involved in the transaction of business with the school district, provided that the board member has no financial interests other than as an employee. Provides that a school board member's oath of office must be administered as determined by the board.
Provides that a school board may authorize by policy (rather than by regulation) the superintendent, principal, assistant principal or dean of students to suspend pupils. Provides that a school board must be given a summary of the notice of a parent's right to a review of the suspension, including the reason for the suspension and the suspension length (instead of a copy of the full statement of the reasons for the suspension and the notice of the parent's right to a review). Makes changes concerning when an educational support personnel employee who has been dismissed is paid. Makes changes concerning the filing of a teacher's transcript of college credits. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB3515lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 3515
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Governance--Mandates |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Defines "instructional mandate" as any state law that requires a district to devote any amount of time to the instruction of or engagement by students in any subject or course. Directs the state board to create the Instructional Mandates Task Force. Establishes task force membership. Directs the task force to examine all K-12 instructional mandates on public schools, and to make recommendations on the propriety of all existing mandates, the imposition of future mandates, and waivers of instructional mandates. Directs the task force to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to the governor and general assembly by July 2011. Provides that the task force is abolished on July 2, 2011, and this section is repealed on July 1, 2012. Provides a moratorium on the passage of instructional mandates for public schools from the effective date of this act until one year after the task force submits a final report to the governor and general assembly. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1374.pdf
Title: H.B. 4209
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Establishes the African American Employment Plan Act. Provides that the purposes of the act are to:
(a) improve the delivery of state services to Illinois' African Americans by increasing the number of African American state employees total and the number serving in supervisory, technical, professional and managerial positions;
(b) identify state agencies' staffing needs and qualification requirements;
(c) track hiring practices and promotions of African Americans employed by state agencies;
(d) increase the number of African Americans employed by state agencies;
(e) increase the number of African American state employees who are promoted;
(f) assist state agencies to meet their goals established pursuant to the African American Employment Plan; and
(g) establish the African American Employment Plan
Directs the department of central management services to develop and implement plans (and for each state agency to implement strategies and programs) to increase the number of African Americans employed by state agencies and the number at supervisory, technical, professional and managerial levels. Calls on the department to prepare and annually revise an African American Employment Plan, and to annually report to the general assembly each state agency's activities to implement that plan. Directs each state agency to annually report to the department of central management services and the department of human rights all of the agency's activities in implementing the African American Employment Plan. Sets forth required content of such reports. Directs the department of central management services to assist state agencies that are required to establish preparation and promotion training programs for failure to meet their affirmative action and equal employment opportunity goals.
Establishes the African American Employment Plan Advisory Council to examine: (1) the prevalence and impact of African Americans employed by state government; (2) the barriers faced by African Americans seeking employment or promotions in state government; and (3) possible incentives that could be offered to foster the employment of and promotion of African Americans in state government. Directs the council to issue an annual report of its activities, beginning February 2012.
Requires each institution of higher education under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Board of Higher Education and each community college under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Community College Board to annually report to the general assembly its activities implementing strategies and programs, and its progress, in the hiring and promotion of Hispanics and bilingual persons at supervisory, technical, professional and managerial levels, including assessments of bilingual service needs and information received from the auditor general pursuant to its periodic review responsibilities. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB3531lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 3531
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Leadership |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Provides that one of the paths by which an administrative certificate recipient may also earn the chief school business official endorsement is if, in addition to the standing requirement of a master's degree in business administration, finance or accounting, the recipient completes 6 semester hours of internship in school business management. Provides that one of the paths by which the superintendent endorsement may be attached to the administrative certificate is if the individual has two years' experience as a chief school business official while meeting other qualifications. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB2537lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2537
Source: www.ilga.gov |
P-3 Finance |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
In provisions concerning early childhood construction grants, provides that a public school district or other eligible entity must provide local matching funds in an amount equal to 10% of the grant (rather than the amount of the grant). Provides that the Capital Development Board may adopt rules that include requirements that new or improved facilities be used for early childhood and other related programs for a period of at least 10 years. Provides that when grants are made to non-profit corporations for the acquisition or construction of new facilities, the Capital Development Board or any state agency it so designates must hold title to or place a lien on the facility for a period of 10 years after the date of the grant award, after which title to the facility must be transferred to the non-profit corporation or the lien must be removed, provided that the non-profit corporation has complied with the terms of its grant agreement. Provides that when grants are made to non-profit corporations for the purpose of renovation or rehabilitation, if the non-profit corporation does not comply with the requirement that new or improved facilities be used for early childhood and other related programs for a period of at least 10 years, the Capital Development Board or any state agency it so designates must recover the grant pursuant to the procedures outlined in the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1402.pdf
Title: S.B. 3460
Source: www.ilga.gov |
P-3 Finance |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Provides that when calculating the state reimbursement for transportation costs, the state board of education may not deduct the number of pupils enrolled in early education programs from the number of pupils eligible for reimbursement if the pupils enrolled in the early education programs are transported at the same time as other eligible pupils. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1264.pdf
Title: H.B. 4879
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
Postsec. |
Revises residency criteria for MIA/POW scholarships. Provides that an "eligible veteran or serviceperson" includes a veteran or serviceperson who (i) was an Illinois resident within 6 months after entering the service or, until July 2014, (ii) became an Illinois resident within 6 months after leaving the service and can establish at least 30 years of continuous residency in the state of Illinois. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1415.pdf
Title: S.B. 3630
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Establishes the Community College Transfer Grant Program Act. Creates the Community College Transfer Grant Program to provide financial assistance to eligible students, subject to appropriation, for the costs
of attending a public or private institution of higher education that awards baccalaureate degrees. Provides that eligible students are those who (1) are state residents, (2) have received an associate's degree at a public community college in the state and maintained a minimum 3.0 GPA while enrolled in an associate's degree program in the state, (3) have enrolled in an institution of higher education in the state by the fall following award of the associate's degree, (4) have applied for financial aid, including federal financial aid, (5) have financial need of no more than $9,000 (as calculated on the FAFSA). Specifies that the award is limited to 2 academic years or 60 credit hours, and may be used only for undergraduate work. Requires award recipients to maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA and make satisfactory academic progress toward a degree. Sets award at $1,000 a year, and provides an additional $1,000 grant for students pursuing undergraduate studies in engineering, mathematics, nursing, teaching or science.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1299.pdf
Title: S.B. 3699
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
Postsec. |
Provides that the prohibition on a higher education institution providing a student's name, address, telephone number, social security number, e-mail address or other personal identifying information to a business organization or financial institution that issues credit or debit cards does not apply to service providers of the higher education institution that (i) assist the higher education institution in the electronic disbursement of refunds, including, but not limited to, financial aid refunds, and (ii) do not provide loan or credit services. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1391.pdf
Title: S.B. 1332
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
Postsec. |
Amends provisions related to four-year public postsecondary institutions in the state. Provides that an undergraduate student who is an Illinois resident and who has for 4 continuous academic years been charged no more than the tuition amount that he/she was charged at the time he/she first enrolled in the university must be charged tuition not to exceed the amount the university charged students who first enrolled in the university for the academic year following the academic year the student first enrolled in the university for a maximum of 2 additional continuous academic years. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1293.pdf
Title: S.B. 3222
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
Postsec. |
Amends Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act. Repeals part of definition of "eligible institution" (*was* public and nonpublic institutions whose students are eligible to receive need-based financial assistance through state Monetary Award Program (MAP) grants); re-defines "eligible institution" as an institution of higher learning, as defined in Section 10 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act, whose students are eligible to receive benefits under Section 529(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Re-defines "nonpublic institution of higher education" as any eligible institution other than a public institution of higher education. Requires that institutional eligibility for out-of-state colleges and universities be determined by the commission according to standards substantially equivalent to those for an eligible institution located in the state, as described in the definition of "institution of higher learning" in Section 10 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act (earlier provision barred prepaid tuition contract funds from being used at for-profit institutions located outside the state). http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1282.pdf
Title: H.B. 6206
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
Adopted 07/2010 |
Postsec. |
Primarily from summary in Administrative Register: On July 13, 2009, Public Act 96-37 was signed into law, creating the Private Colleges and Universities Capital Distribution Formula. This Act created a distribution formula for grants to non-profit private colleges and universities from the proceeds of $300 million in Build Illinois bond sales. As proceeds become available, the funds will be released to the Capital Development Board, which will release funds to the IBHE for distribution. This administrative rule is needed to identify eligible institutions, determine eligible capital projects, verify enrollment for the distribution formula, sequence the distribution, and comply with state accountability requirements. IBHE staff has consulted with authorized representatives of private institutions in the development of this Rule. Pages 221-234 of 916: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume34_issue28.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 1039.10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Special Education--Transition |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Provides that a child with a disability who receives residential and educational services from or paid by the department of human services is eligible to receive transition services (rather than transition services provided by the state board of education) from the age of 14.5 through age 21, regardless of the child's residential services arrangement. Directs the department of human services to review its policies and regulations that create obstacles to the provision of these services and, within the constraint of existing federal or state law, change or modify the policies and regulations to support the provision of transition services in accordance with Article 14 of the School Code. Defines "child with a disability" as a child with a disability as defined by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (rather than persons who are 22 years old or younger and are afflicted with a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 that is attributable to a developmental disability, a mental illness, a physical disability or a combination of those). http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1189.pdf
Title: H.B. 5688
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Special Populations--Homeless Education |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Establishes a state grant program that parallels and supplements, but operates independently of, the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to facilitate the enrollment, attendance and success of homeless children and youth. Subject to appropriation, requires the state board of education to award competitive grants under an Education of Homeless Children and Youth State Grant Program to applicant school districts. Specifies that services provided through the use of grant funds may not replace the regular academic program and must expand upon or improve services provided for homeless students as part of the school's regular academic program. Provides that grants must be awarded on the basis of district need and the quality of the applications submitted. Identifies criteria the state board may consider in determining district "need" and the quality of applications.
Provides that grants must be for terms not to exceed 3 years, but are subject to annual appropriation. Requires districts to use funds only for those activities set forth in the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. Authorizes the state board to use up to 5% of funds appropriated for administrative costs, including the hiring of positions for the implementation and administration of the grant program, provided that if no appropriation is made to the state board for a given fiscal year for the grant program, then the state board is not required to make any expenditures in support of the program during that fiscal year.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1229.pdf
Title: H.B. 4755
Source: www.ilga.gov |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
Postsec. |
Amends the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act. Provides that beginning July 2012, the board of higher education is authorized to collect and maintain data from any non-public institution of higher learning that confers graduate and professional degrees. Directs the board of higher education to seek grant funding for a consortium that includes non-public institutions of higher learning, so as to provide assistance in the development of a data collection system. Provides that data submitted to the board of higher education by a consortium of non-public colleges and universities is prohibited from being included in any interstate data-sharing agreements with other states unless consortium participants agree to allow interstate data sharing. Permits any non-public college to prohibit its data from being shared with any other state, and/or from being included in any interstate data-sharing agreement. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1249.pdf
Title: H.B. 6092
Source: www.ilga.gov |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Establishes the Commission to End Hunger Act. Establishes legislative findings, including that the state currently ranks 51st among all states and the District of Columbia in enrollment of eligible children in the free and reduced priced school breakfasts, and that increasing the participation rate in the Summer Food Service Program to just 40% of eligible children would benefit the state and recipients. Authorizes the department of human services to create the Commission to End Hunger. Provides the purpose of the commission is to develop an action plan every 2 years, review the progress of this plan, and ensure cross-collaboration among government entities and community partners toward the goal of ending hunger in the state. Identifies key duties of the commission. Establishes membership of the commission; requires the superintendent of education or his/her designee to serve as an ex officio member. Requires the commission to issue an interim report on its activities and recommendations to the constitutional officers and the general assembly within 12 months of the first commission meeting. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1119.pdf
Title: S.B. 3158
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Creates the Illinois Athlete Agents Act. Requires licensure of agents for student-athletes with the department of financial and professional regulation and establishes qualifications for licensure and requirements for athlete agents. Sets forth provisions concerning the powers and duties of the department, grounds for disciplinary action, requirements for agency contracts subject to the Act, student-athlete's right to cancel the contract, notice to educational institutions, injunctive actions, investigations, and hearings. Establishes record-keeping requirements for athlete agents. Prohibits athlete agents from engaging in specified conduct, subject to criminal and civil penalties. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1030.pdf
Title: S.B. 2542
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Provides that among other purposes (i.e., purchasing textbooks and software), the School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program must provide funding for electronic textbooks and the technological equipment necessary to gain access to and use electronic textbooks. Creates new 105 ILCS 5/28-19.5, which permits a district to use funding to purchase electronic textbooks or instructional materials and the technological equipment necessary to gain access to and use electronic textbooks or instructional materials if it can ensure that each pupil will be provided with a copy of the instructional materials to use at school and at home AND it will assist the pupil in comprehending the material. Specifies that this does not require the district to purchase two sets of materials.
Amends provisions in 105 ILCS 5/18-17 (requiring the loaning of textbooks free of charge to K-12 students and students at nonpublic schools) so that all provisions also apply to the loaning of electronic textbooks and equipment needed to access and use such textbooks. Provides that one of the purposes of funds from (1) state board grants to charter schools and (2) Charter Schools Revolving Loan Fund is start-up costs of acquiring electronic textbooks and the technological equipment necessary to access and use electronic textbooks.
Amends the following to indicate that provisions that apply to traditional textbooks also apply to electronic textbooks and the technological equipment necessary to access and use electronic textbooks:
--105 ILCS 5/28-6, "Adoption of books by school boards"
--105 ILCS 5/28-8, "Purchase [of textbooks] by districts for resale [to students] at cost"
--105 ILCS 5/28-9, "Purchase by districts - Designation of agent for sale"
--105 ILCS 5/28-14, "Free textbooks - Referendum - Ballot" (allowing a district to have a referendum on whether to provide free textbooks to students in the district)
--105 ILCS 5/28-15, "Textbooks provided and loaned to pupils-Sale to pupils" (for districts in which a referendum to provide free textbooks to students has passed)
--105 ILCS 5/28-17, "Rules for care and preservation" [of textbooks provided at public expense]
--105 ILCS 5/28-20, "Definitions" (clearly includes electronic textbooks in definition of "textbook" and "instructional materials")
--105 ILCS 5/28-21, Required availability of an accessible electronic file of any textbook on the state board's approved textbooks list, to make the textbook accessible to a student with a print disability
--105 ILCS 5/34-2.3 [applicable to Chicago district only], "Local school councils - Powers and duties" (includes electronic textbooks and technological equipment necessary to gain access to and use electronic textbooks among the "non-compensation items" that must be included in the lump sum amount in the principal's expenditure plan, which must be developed in consultation with and approved by the local school council)
--105 ILCS 5/34-19 [applicable to Chicago district only], "By-laws, rules and regulations; business transacted at regular meetings; voting; records" (Provides that electronic textbooks, just like traditional textbooks, may be adopted or changed only at the regular meetings of the board and by a vote of a majority of the full membership of the board. Adds language that funds appropriated for textbook purchases must be available for electronic textbook purchases and the technological equipment necessary to gain access to and use electronic textbooks at the local school council's discretion.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1403.pdf
Title: S.B. 3547
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 |
Authorizes any two or more school districts to form an agency, by establishment of an intergovernmental agreement, to acquire and construct facilities designed to convert wind or solar power to energy. Identifies elements that must be addressed in the intergovernmental agreement. Establishes powers and duties of an agency, including (1) purchasing or selling, or investigating the desirability of and necessity for additional means of providing electrical energy from wind sources of any kind and (2) issuing bonds to provide sufficient funds to cover the costs of such projects. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB6419lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 6419
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Health--Suicide Prevention |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 |
Adds school social workers who work with students in grades 7-12 to the list of persons who must be trained to identify the warning signs of suicidal behavior in adolescents and teens and be taught intervention techniques. Adds participating in or presenting at in-service training programs on suicide prevention to the list of possible continuing professional development activities for teacher certification. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0951.pdf
Title: H.B. 4672
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 |
Amends administrator certification provisions. Authorizes a state board-approved not-for-profit entity to individually, or in collaboration with a higher education institution, to award administrative certificates. Requires any administrative certification program offered wholly or in part by a not-for-profit provider to also be approved by the board of higher education. Adds "principal" and "chief school business official" to the endorsements to the administor certificate available. Establishes the candidate requirements for the principal endorsement. Establishes quality criteria for principal preparation programs, including that programs:
--Prepare candidates to meet approved standards for principal skills, knowledge, and responsibilities, including a focus on instruction and student learning and which must be used for principal professional
development, mentoring and evaluation.
--Include specific requirements for (i) the selection and assessment of candidates, (ii) training in the evaluation of staff, (iii) an internship, and (iv) a partnership with one or more school districts or nonpublic schools.
Bars entry into any approved general administrative preparation program after September 1, 2012. Bars postsecondary institution from conferring a general administrative endorsement after June 30, 2014. Provides processes for holders of the general administrative endorsement to have such endorsement converted to the principal endorsement upon request to the state board if certain criteria are met. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0903.pdf
Title: S.B. 226
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Adopted 06/2010 |
P-12 |
Primarily from administrative register: Public Act 96-373, effective August 13, 2009, amended Section 2-3.53a of the School Code to also authorize the provision of mentoring services to principals first hired after
July 1, 2008, who are in their second year of employment, provided that there is sufficient funding to conduct the program. The amendments set up a three-step process for state soard staff to determine each year
whether mentoring will be offered to first-year principals only, both first- and second-year principals, or second-year principals only. This determination is based on the anticipated number of participants and the total amount of the appropriation. In years in which the appropriation is insufficient to serve all first-year principals, a mentoring program will be established for second-year principals electing to participate. By continuing to at least serve second-year principals, funding can be used to provide mentoring benefits for those who choose to participate and obviate the need to "lapse" money at the end of the fiscal year. If a program is not offered during a principal's second year, then the principal no longer will be eligible for services after that point in time.
Pages 192-204 of 278: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume34_issue23.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 35.10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
P-3 |
Issued 06/2010 |
P-12 |
Creates the Office of Early Childhood Development in the governor's office. Provides that the purpose of the office is to coordinate the work of the Council and its committees, and support collaborative efforts to coordinate, improve, and expand existing early childhood programs and services for children from birth to age five and their families.
Provides that the office will:
-- Be responsible for reporting annually on the work of the council as required by the Illinois Early Learning Council Act (Public Act 93-380), and will be responsible for ensuring that the council continues to meet the requirements for state advisory councils as outlined in the Head Start Act.
--Develop initiatives that address and promote access, quality and accountability in early childhood services.
--Work across state agencies to assist in the implementation of recommendations of the council, and analyze and discern policy challenges and opportunities in the state.
http://www.illinois.gov/gov/execorders/docs/execorder2010-08.pdf
Title: Executive Order 8
Source: www.illinois.gov |
P-3 Finance |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 |
Deletes language providing that the state board of education must provide the primary source of funding through appropriations for the grants for preschool educational program and that the funds must be distributed for the benefit of certain children. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0948.pdf
Title: S.B. 2594
Source: www.ilga.gov |
P-3 Finance |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 |
Removes obsolete provision requiring the state board of education to provide the primary source of funding for the voluntary preschool program for children at risk of academic failure.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=096-0944&GA=96
Title: H.B. 5322
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
From General Assembly summary: Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that for a period of 3 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act, in order to create, maintain or increase a working cash fund, the board of trustees of a community college district may incur an indebtedness for such purpose and issue bonds therefor from time to time, in an amount or amounts not exceeding in the aggregate at any one time outstanding 150% (rather than 75%) of the taxes permitted to be levied for educational purposes and for operations and maintenance of facilities purposes for the then current year to be determined by multiplying the aggregate of the authorized maximum educational tax rate and the maximum operations and maintenance tax rate applicable to such district by the last assessed valuation as determined at the time of the issue of those bonds plus 150% (rather than 75%) of the last known entitlement of such district to taxes as by law now or hereafter enacted or amended, imposed by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois to replace revenue lost by units of local government and school districts as a result of the abolition of ad valorem personal property taxes, pursuant to Article IX, Section 5(c) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois.
Allows the board of trustees of a community college district to establish a line of credit with a bank or other financial institution in an amount not to exceed (1) if anticipating state revenues due in the current fiscal year, 85% of the amount or amounts of the revenues due in the current fiscal year, as certified by the President/CEO of the Illinois Community College Board or other official in a position to provide assurances as to the amounts; and (2) if anticipating state revenues expected to be due in the next subsequent fiscal year, 50% of the amount or amounts of the revenues due in the current fiscal year, as certified by the President/CEO of the Illinois Community College Board or other official in a position to provide assurances as to the amounts. Requires that all moneys so borrowed be repaid exclusively from the anticipated revenues within 60 days after the revenues have been received. Requires that the borrowing bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, from the date of issuance until paid. Provides for the authorization of borrowing by resolution. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB2615lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2615
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
Postsec. |
Provides that the governing board of each public university has the power to borrow money as necessary in anticipation of receiving tuition, payments from the state, or other revenues. Caps the borrowing limit at 100% of the total amount of payroll and other expense vouchers submitted and payable to the university for fiscal year 2010 expenses, but unpaid at the state comptroller's office. Within 15 days of borrowing funds under any promissory note or line of credit, requires the university to submit to the governor's office of management and budget, and to house and senate leaders, an Emergency Short Term Cash Management Plan outlining the amount borrowed, the terms for repayment, the amount of outstanding state vouchers as verified by the state comptroller's office, and the university's plan for expenditure of any borrowed funds, including a detailed plan to meet payroll obligations for specified groups of employees. Requires that any line of credit be paid in full one year after creation or within 10 days after the date the university receives reimbursement from the State for all submitted fiscal year 2010 vouchers, whichever is earlier. Requires that any promissory note be repaid within one year after issuance of the note. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0642lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 642
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 |
Makes changes concerning the general assembly's findings concerning bullying prevention education and gang resistance education and training. Provides for a definition of "bullying" instead of "bullying prevention". Repeals requirement that a district make suitable provision for instruction in bullying prevention and gang resistance education and training. Additionally requires each non-public, non-sectarian elementary or secondary school (instead of just school districts) to create and maintain a policy on bullying, and to communicate this policy to parents and students annually. Provides that nothing in the bullying prevention provisions is intended to infringe upon any right to exercise free expression or the free exercise of religion or religiously based views protected under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution or under Section 3 or 4 of Article 1 of the Illinois Constitution. Provides for a School Bullying Prevention Task Force to (1) explore the causes and consequences of bullying in schools, (2) identify promising practices that reduce incidences of bullying, (3) highlight training and technical assistance opportunities for schools to effectively address bullying, (4) evaluate the effectiveness of schools' current anti-bullying policies and other bullying prevention programs, and (4) other related issues. Directs the state superintendent to appoint members to the task force from specified constituencies. By March 2011, directs the task force to submit a report to the governor and the general assembly on any recommendations for preventing and addressing bullying in schools and a proposed timeline for meeting the task force's charges identified in legislation. Repeals section on school bullying prevention task force on March 2, 2011. Moves "gang resistance education and training" language from same section as anti-bullying legislation to its own section, new 105 ILCS 5/27-23.10. Adds that non-public, non-sectarian elementary or secondary schools may make suitable provisions for instruction in gang resistance education and training. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB3266lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 3266
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--Facilities |
Adopted 05/2010 |
P-12 |
These proposed amendments make numerous changes to the way in which the Temporary Relocation Program operates that respond to various circumstances that school districts have encountered over the last several years. Under this program, a school district may receive a loan to assist with both the direct and indirect costs of moving students to a temporary location due to natural or man-made disasters that destroy or make a school building uninhabitable. As a condition of receiving the loan, a district must levy a tax for this purpose and pledge the proceeds from that levy, as well as from any insurance proceeds received, to repay the loan. Pages 230-239 of http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume34_issue19.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 145.10, .20, .30, .50, .60
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Permits educational service centers to provide training in the area of financial planning. Eliminates the Suburban Cook County Regional Office of Education and, according to press release from governor's office, transfers its responsibilities to three intermediate service centers throughout suburban Cook County (http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=3&RecNum=8449).
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0893.pdf
Title: H.B. 16
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Vetoed 05/2010 |
Postsec. |
Makes changes concerning General Assembly scholarships. Permits a member of the general assembly to forfeit the privilege of nominating persons for a scholarship. Prohibits a member from nominating a person for a scholarship if that person or an immediate family member made a contribution to a candidate political committee of the member. Also prohibits a person or an immediate family member from making a contribution to the member's candidate political committee within 5 years of being awarded a scholarship. Requires a General Assembly scholarship to be terminated at the end of a college year if the awardee changes his residence to a location outside of the district from which he was nominated. Amends content of the waiver document a General Assembly scholarship nominee must sign.
Adds 105 ILCS 5/30-12.7, which requires any recipient of a multi-year General Assembly scholarship to annually provide the state board with a scholarship information document. Requires that the document include a statement that (1) the awardee's domicile is within the legislative district of the legislator making the scholarship nomination and that (2) neither the nominee nor an immediate family member has made a contribution in violation of the aforementioned provisions. Requires a legislative scholarship to be revoked upon the state board's determination that a recipient knowingly provided false or misleading information on the document; requires such a recipient to reimburse the university for the full amount of any tuition waived prior to revocation of the scholarship.
Bill: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0365lv.pdf
Governor's veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB3635lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 365
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec. |
Directs the board of higher education to establish a Higher Education Finance Study Commission. Tasks the commission with:
(1) Examining the history and means of higher education funding in the state, comparing funding with other states and peer institutions, and reviewing funding mechanisms for adequacy, equity, and reliability
(2) Comparing the productivity of Illinois higher education to other state systems and the productivity of public colleges and universities to peer institutions
(3) Analyzing best practices implemented in other states, such as Ohio and Indiana, for incentivizing certificate and degree completion, including incentives for students and for institutions
(4) Reviewing tuition and financial aid policies and practices and their roles in improving certificate and degree completion
(5) Considering alternative funding mechanisms.
Directs the commission to report its findings and recommendations to the general assembly and governor by December 2010. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SJR/PDF/09600SJ0088lv.pdf
Title: S.J.R. 88
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
Postsec. |
Cites legislative findings, including that (1) private loans currently constitute 20% of total education loan money, as opposed to 5% of student loans 10 years ago, and (2) tuition at public universities has risen 57% in the past five years. Creates the Task Force on Higher Education Private Student Loans Act. Establishes task force membership. Charges the task force with investigating or assessing:
(1) The rates, fees and terms associated with private student loans made to students in the state
(2) How rates, fees and terms impact the accessibility of private student loans, affordability of student loans, and choice of institution students have
(3) The impact rates, fees and terms have on students after graduation, specifically: (A) The amount of debt they carry; (B) The impact on pursuing post-graduate degrees; and (C) The ability to repay their loans
(4) The relationship between rising tuition and the availability of private loans
(5) The impact of capping private student loan fees charged by lenders
(6) How many private student loans are in default or are not able to be repaid
(7) What rates, fees and terms are common to those private student loans in default
(8) What impact loan defaults have on lending institutions
(9) The impact a loan default has on the borrower
(10) What additional disclosures can be made to students regarding high risk loans, financial information, financial choices and financial aid available
(11) What higher education institutions can do to advise students on their financial aid and loan resources
(12) Whether race/ethnicity are a factor in the rates, fees and terms associated with private student loans.
Directs the task force to report its findings and recommendations to the general assembly by December 31, 2010. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0880.pdf
Title: S.B. 1698
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Relates to the procedure for filing a complaint with the Director of Human Rights relating to discrimination in employment, credit, public accommodations, higher education or certain other circumstances. Requires that a notice of dismissal notify a complainant of the right to seek review or commence a civil action. Increases the period of time within which an aggrieved party may file a request for review.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0876.pdf
Title: H.B. 59
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Background Checks |
Adopted 01/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires each applicant for issuance, renewal or registration of an Illinois certificate or for the addition of another credential (e.g., endorsement, approval, designation) to indicate whether he/she has ever had a certificate denied, suspended or revoked in Illinois or any other state. Pages 214-215 of 293: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume34_issue5.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 25.485
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Health |
Signed into law 01/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Differentiates between an indoor and outdoor "physical fitness facility" owned or operated by a public or private elementary or secondary school, college, university, or technical or trade school. Specifies that an outdoor physical fitness facility must have an automated external defibrillator (AED) as well as a trained AED user. Requires that the trained AED user be available only during activities or events sponsored and conducted or supervised by a person or persons employed by the school, college or university. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1371lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1371
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Leadership |
Signed into law 01/2010 |
P-12 |
Amends 105 ILCS 5/2-3.25g. After effective date, bars districts, joint agreements of districts or regional superintendents from seeking a waiver or modification of a mandate requiring (i) student performance
data to be a significant factor in teacher or principal evaluations or (ii) teachers and principals to be rated using the categories of "excellent", "proficient", "needs improvement" or "unsatisfactory". Requires any previously authorized waiver or modification from such requirements to terminate.
Creates new 105 ILCS 5/24A-2.5. Defines "evaluator" to include an adminstrator or other qualified individuals. Allows Chicago district to require department chairs to evaluate teachers in their department(s), provided the district bargains with its teacher bargaining representative over the impact of such a requirement on department chairs. Defines "implementation date" : (1) for Chicago, as at least 300 schools by September 2012 and the remaining schools by September 2013; (2) for other districts receiving a Race to the Top grant or School Improvement [under ESEA/NCLB] grant, as the date specified in those grants for implementing a teacher and principal evaluation system incorporating student growth; (3) for the lowest performing 20% of districts outside Chicago (to be determined by state superintendent), September 2015; (4) for all other districts outside Chicago, September 2016.
Amends 105 ILCS 5/24A-3. Requires evaluators to participate in inservice training on evaluating certified personnel before performing any evaluation, and at least once during each certificate renewal cycle. Requires any evaluator performing an evaluation after September 1, 2012 to first complete a state board-approved prequalification program. Requires that the program include rigorous training and an independent observer's determination that the evaluator's ratings properly align to state board-established requirements.
Amends 105 ILCS 5/24A-4. Directs every district, by its applicable implementation date, in good faith cooperation with its teachers or teachers' exclusive bargaining representatives, to incorporate student growth data/indicators as a significant factor in teacher performance ratings and its evaluation plan for all teachers. Specifies criteria that each district's evaluation plan must meet, including among others the criteria other than student growth that will be used in evaluating the teacher, and the weight that each will have. Describes a joint committee, composed equally of district- and teacher- (or collective bargaining unit-) selected representation, that each district must use to incorporate the use of student growth data in rating teacher performance into the evaluation plan. Provides that if a joint committee does not reach agreement on the plan within 180 days of the committee's first meeting, the district must implement the model evaluation plan set forth in Section 24A-7; provides that if Chicago's joint committee does not reach agreement on the plan within 90 days of the committee's first meeting, the district will not be required to implement any aspect of the model evaluation plan and may implement its last best proposal.
Amends 24A-5. By September 2012, requires each district to establish a teacher evaluation plan that ensures evaluations at least once every school year for each teacher not in contractual continued service, and at least every two school years for each teacher in contractual continued service [i.e., untenured and tenured teachers]. Requires that any teacher in contractual continued service who receives a "needs improvement" or "unsatisfactory" performance rating be evaluated at least once in the school year following the receipt of such rating. Specifies that nothing bars a principal from evaluating any teachers within a school during
his or her first year as principal of such school. Identifies performance ratings (terms) that must be applied to teachers in contractual continued service before and after September 2012. Within 30 days of completion of an evaluation rating a teacher in contractual continued service as "needs improvement", requires the evaluator, in consultation with the teacher, to develop a professional development plan, directed
to the areas that need improvement and any supports that the district will provide to address the areas needing improvement. Requires that a teacher in contractual continued service who receives an "unsatisfactory" evaluation rating participate in a remediation plan, including 90 days of in-classroom remediation, unless an applicable collective bargaining agreement provides for a shorter duration. Requires the evaluator to conduct a mid-point and final evaluation during and at the end of the remediation period. Specifies that nothing in statute prohibits the dismissal or non-renewal of teachers not in contractual continued service
for any reason not prohibited by applicable employment, labor and civil rights laws.
Amends 24A-7. Directs the state board to adopt rules:
(1) Relating to the methods for measuring student growth (including, but not limited to, limitations on the age of useable data; the amount of data needed to reliably and validly measure growth for the purpose of teacher and principal evaluations; and whether and at what time annual state assessments may be used as one of multiple measures of student growth)
(2) Defining the term "significant factor" for purposes of including consideration of student growth in performance ratings
(3) Controlling for such factors as student characteristics (including students receiving special education and English Language Learner services), student attendance, and student mobility to best measure the impact that a teacher, principal, school and district have on students' academic achievement
(4) Establishing minimum requirements for district teacher and principal evaluation instruments and procedures
(5) Establishing a model evaluation plan for use by districts, in which student growth must comprise 50% of the performance rating.
Specifies that the rules may not preclude the Chicago district from using an annual state assessment as the sole measure of student growth for purposes of teacher or principal evaluations. Requires that the rules be developed through collaboration with a Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, whose members must be selected by the state superintendent and include representatives of teacher unions and school district
management, persons with expertise in performance evaluation processes and systems, as well as other stakeholders. Requires that the council meet at least quarterly until June 30, 2017.
Creates new 105 ILCS 5/24A-7.1. Prohibits disclosure of public school teacher, principal and superintendent performance evaluations.
Amends 105 ILCS 5/24A-15. Provides that, effective September 2012, each district's principal evaluation plan must rate the principal's performance as "excellent", "proficient", "needs improvement" or "unsatisfactory", and must ensure every principal is evaluated at least once every school year. Repeals provision requiring that principal evaluations align with the Illinois Professional Standards for
School Leaders or research-based district standards; replaces with provision that principal evaluations align with research-based standards established by administrative rule. Effective September 2012, requires principal evaluations to provide for the use of data and indicators on student growth as a significant factor in rating performance.
Adds new 105 ILCS 5/24A-20. Directs the state board, with the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, to develop and implement the following data collection and evaluation assessment and support systems:
(1) A system to annually collect and publish data by district and school on teacher and administrator performance evaluation outcomes
(2) Both a teacher and principal model evaluation template that allow customization by districts that does not conflict with statutory requirements
(3) An evaluator pre-qualification program based on the model teacher evaluation template
(4) An evaluator training program based on the model teacher evaluation template
(5) A superintendent training program based on the model principal evaluation template
(6) One or more instruments to provide feedback to principals on the school's instructional environment
(7) A state board-provided or -approved technical assistance system that supports districts in the development and implementation of teacher and principal evaluation systems
(8) Web-based systems and tools supporting implementation of the model templates and the evaluator pre-qualification and training programs
(9) A process for measuring and reporting correlations between local principal and teacher evaluations and (A) student growth in tested grades and subjects and (B) teacher retention rates
(10) A process for assessing whether district evaluation systems developed pursuant to this Act and that consider student growth as a significant factor in teacher and principal performance ratings are valid and reliable, contribute to the development of staff, and improve student achievement outcomes. By September 2014, requires that a research-based study be issued (a) assessing such systems for validity and reliability, contribution to the development of staff, and improvement of student performance and (b) recommending, based on the results of this study, any changes that need to be incorporated into teacher and principal evaluation systems that consider student growth as a significant factor in the rating performance.
Specifies that these data collection and support systems must be developed by September 30, 2011 if Illinois receives a Race to the Top grant, and by September 30, 2012 if the state does not receive a Race to the Top grant. Adds that aforementioned items (3) and (4) (evaluator pre-qualification program and evaluator training program, both based on the model teacher evaluation template) must be developed by September 30, 2011, regardless of whether the state is awarded a Race to the Top grant. Also directs the state board (by September 2011 if the state does receive and by September 2012 if the state does not receive a Race to the Top grant) to execute or contract for the execution of the assessment in aforementioned item (10) above to determine whether local evaluation systems developed pursuant to this Act have been valid and reliable, contributed to the development of staff, and improved student performance.
Requires districts to submit data and information to the state board on teacher and principal performance evaluations and evaluation plans. Requires that such data include: (i) data on the performance rating given to all teachers in contractual continued service, (ii) data on district recommendations to renew or not renew teachers not in contractual continued service, and (iii) data on the performance rating given to all principals. Provides that if the state board does not timely fulfill any of the requirements set forth in Sections 24A-7 and 24A-20, and adequate and sustainable federal, state or other funds are not provided to the state board and districts to meet their responsibilities, the applicable implementation date must be postponed by the number of calendar days equal to those needed by the state board to fulfill such requirements and for the
adequate and sustainable funds to be provided to the state board and districts.
Amends 105 ILCS 5/34-8, regarding duties of the state superintendent. By September 2012, directs the superintendent or his/her designee to develop a written principal evaluation plan that addresses elements identified in 105 ILCS 5/24A-15.
Amends 105 ILCS 5/34-85c. Amends provisions that authorize districts and collective bargaining agents to establish alternative procedures for teacher evaluation, remediation and removal for cause after remediation. Provides that by September 2012, (i) any alternative procedures must include provisions whereby student performance data is a significant factor in teacher evaluation and (ii) teachers are rated as "excellent", "proficient", "needs improvement" or "unsatisfactory". http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0861.pdf
Title: S.B. 315
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 01/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires the department of human services to operate a comprehensive professional development system called the Gateways to Opportunity program. Directs the department of human services to award Gateways to Opportunity credentials to early care and education, school-age, and youth development practitioners, based on a variety of professional achievements in field experience, knowledge and skills, educational attainment and training accomplishments. Specifies the Gateways to Opportunity program must identify professional knowledge guidelines that define what all practitioners working with children and youth need to know and be able to do to support children's and youth's development, school readiness and school success
Provides that a child who has attended a private preschool and attended a kindergarten class at that school taught by an appropriately certified teacher, who will turn 6 on or before December 31, may attend 1st grade in a public school at the beginning of that school year, upon an assessment of the child's readiness. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0806lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 806
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 01/2010 |
P-12 |
Provides a mechanism for a review and intervention when issues with one or more preparation programs or an educational unit become apparent in the interval between regularly scheduled reviews. Allows the state board of education to make a preparation program's approval status "provisional". As stated in the Illinois Register, "The provisions of this new rule will enhance the institutions' accountability and afford a means by which problems can be addressed promptly." See pages 166-169 of 293: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume34_issue5.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 25.130
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
Signed into law 01/2010 |
P-12 |
Provides that alternative certification programs may be provided by various types of qualified providers, including institutions of higher education. Provides that any and all programs must be approved by the state board. Changes provisions concerning the alternative certification of teachers, nonprofit entities, alternative math and science certification and the route to teacher and administrative certification, including National Board Certified Teachers. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0862.pdf
Title: S.B. 616
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Adopted 01/2010 |
P-12 |
Amends provisions related to mentors assigned to new teachers. Provides that mentors holding a full-time teaching assignment may be assigned no more than one new teacher during any given year. Page 269-272 of 293: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume34_issue5.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 25.910
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
Signed into law 12/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Encourages school boards to include American Sign Language courses in schools' foreign language curricula. Provides that the foreign language admission requirements for public universities may be fulfilled by completion of American Sign Language coursework. Allows postsecondary academic credit to be awarded for the successful completion of an American Sign Language course. Provides such credit may be applied toward completion of the university's foreign language requirement. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0843.pdf
Title: H.B. 725
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--Federal |
Adopted 12/2009 |
P-12 |
Adapted from Illinois Register: Amends rules to provide for uniformity in accounting for the federal funds that school districts receive under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Establishes new account numbers so that the specific federal sources of funding can be tracked and so that expenditures related to those funds can be distinguished from expenditures of funds from the same sources received in the normal course of the federal budgeting process. New section 110.130 provides districts with information on what to expect as a result of receipt of this federal funding. Clarifies that local education agencies are prohibited from using ARRA funds for specified expenditures. Pages 90-116 of 164: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue49.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 100.120, .130, .Table C
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Signed into law 12/2009 |
P-12 |
In provisions requiring certain contracts to be awarded by competitive bid, provides that the acceptance of bids sealed by a bidder and the opening of these bids at a public bid opening may be permitted by an electronic process for communicating, accepting and opening competitive bids; requires certain safeguards. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0841.pdf
Title: H.B. 613
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 12/2009 |
Postsec. |
Existing rule provides that the amount of undergraduate tuition revenue a public university may waive is limited to 3% of total available undergraduate tuition revenue, subject to exceptions. Creates an exception to the 3% limit for financial aid waivers for Illinois resident students demonstrating financial need.
From notice of adopted amendment in Illinois Register: "While not a panacea for the major reduction in need-based student state aid, this proposed change in rules would exempt waivers granted to resident undergraduates on the basis of financial need from the 3% limitation. Student-need waivers are used to attract academically talented students who otherwise would be prohibited from attending due to cost. Public universities expanding the use of these waivers would not be subject to the budgetary adjustment permitted for institutions that exceed the 3% limit.
Pages 133-136 of 224: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue52.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 1075.700
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Adopted 11/2009 |
P-12 |
Partially from "Notice of Adopted Amendments" in Illinois Register (changes from this rulemaking but not listed below are technical in nature or echo recent changes in legislation):
Section 1.20: Revised to distinguish among the appropriate levels of sign-off on the corrective plan a district must submit depending on whether a school or the district has been placed on probation. Adds a provision allowing a district's or school's status to be changed to "nonrecognized" if, at any time that a corrective action plan is in effect, the state superintendent determines that the agreed-upon actions are not being implemented in accordance with the plan or the underlying areas of noncompliance are not being remedied.
Section 1.30: Updated to refer to state assessment accommodations now allowed for limited English proficient students, and now specifies when time extensions will be made available to those students (in response to P.A. 94-642, which authorized the state board to allow additional time "by rule"). Revises labels used to describe scores on the Illinois Alternate Assessment, and updates rule on review and verification of assessment information.
Section 1.100: Adds details so that staff of districts and other eligible applicants will have more specific guidance as to what is expected as part of the process for receiving waivers and modifications of requirements in the school code or administrative rules.
Section 1.240: Expanded to include a reference to gender identity among the prohibited bases for discrimination because it may otherwise not be clear that gender identity is encompassed in the definition of "sexual orientation".
Section 1.420: Adds provision specifying that each district's plan for recording student progress and/or awarding credit must include credit for courses completed by correspondence, online or from other external sources. Specifies that a district may count four clock-hours as a day of instruction only due to a condition beyond the district's control; specifies other requirements that must be met for the state superintendent to approve a district's request to use "multiple sessions" to fulfill school day requirements. Specifies that students in attendance for at least 150 but fewer than 240 minutes of school work may be counted for a half-day of attendance; students in attendance for fewer than 150 minutes of school work are not to be counted for purposes of calculating average daily attendance. Emphasizes the meaning of the portion of the rule on library media programs that distinguishes between the services that may be performed only by certified library information specialists and the other tasks that may be inherent in districts' operation of their programs.
Section 1.465 (on awarding of credit for foreign language study in an ethnic school program) and 1.480 (on correctional institution educational programs): Generally updated, including the insertion of current statutory citations.
Section 1.510: Main revision conveys state board's interpretation that districts may not pick and choose among students in the same situation once they elect to transport some students.
Section 1.737: Updated to complement new requirements for endorsements in safety and driver education that will take effect in 2012.
Pages 324-388 of 432: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue45.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 1.20, .30, .100, .240, .420, .465, .480, .510, .737
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Curriculum--Drivers Education |
Adopted 11/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends rules to provide flexibility for school districts with students who require adaptive driver's education for the behind-the-wheel component of the course. Allows such districts to contract for the provision of the behind-the-wheel portion of the course for such students. Pages 407-415 of 432: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue45.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 252.20, .30, .40
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Adopted 11/2009 |
P-12 |
Eliminates requirement that supplemental education service (SES) provider's three years of experience serving youth be in the community where the applicant intends to offer SES. Clarifies parent satisfaction criteria in evaluation rubric for supplemental education service providers. Pages 421-429 of 432: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue45.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 675.50, Appendix B
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
School Safety |
Signed into law 11/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Provides that the exercise of free speech, free expression, free exercise of religion or expression of religiously based views by any individual or group of individuals that is protected under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and that occurs in a non-sectarian nursery, day care center, K-12 school or postsecondary institution, or other place of education is not a civil rights violation. Limits jurisdiction of department in such places of education to the failure to enroll an individual; (2) the denial of access to facilities, goods, or services; or (3) severe or pervasive harassment of an individual when the covered entity fails to take corrective action to stop the severe or pervasive harassment. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0814.pdf
Title: H.B. 2547
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
To governor 11/2009 |
P-12 |
Directs the secretary of state to suspend a school bus driver permit for 3 years upon receiving notice from the employer that the holder failed to perform a post-trip inspection in accordance with applicable inspection policies. Requires that a school bus contain an operating two-way radio while the school bus driver is in possession of a school bus, and the device must be turned on and adjusted in a manner that would alert the school bus driver of an incoming communication request. Requires that the radio be tested prior to operation of the bus. Amends existing provision regarding mandatory post-trip inspections by district-employed and privately-contracted bus drivers. Requires that all school bus drivers, before leaving the bus at the end of each route, work shift or work day, walk to the rear of the bus and check the bus for children or other passengers in the bus. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0818.pdf
Title: S.B. 932
Source: www.ilga.gov |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Signed into law 11/2009 |
P-12 |
Establishes a Streamlining Illinois' Educational Delivery Systems Task Force. Directs the task force to explore and examine the duties of the state board of education and all regional support systems for school districts (including regional offices of education, intermediate service centers, special education cooperatives, education for employments systems and learning technology centers), to determine which duties and responsibilities should be provided regionally to more appropriately and efficiently deliver services. Directs the task force to review how the regional support systems can centrally coordinate communication with private school systems. Establishes membership. Directs the task force to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to the governor and the general assembly by August 1, 2010. Repeals section and abolishes task force on August 2, 2010. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0798.pdf
Title: S.B. 1882
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Signed into law 11/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires the establishment of a Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force in order to ensure that school facility-related decisions are made with the input of the parents, teachers and community residents, and reflect educationally sound and fiscally responsible criteria. Establishes membership of the task force, including four members each from the house and senate. Requires the task force to analyze school openings, closings, consolidations, turnarounds, construction and other matters. Requires the task force to consult widely with stakeholders on these issues and examine best practices from other school systems for dealing with these issues systematically and equitably. Directs the task force to issue final recommendations by October 30, 2009 on how the enumerated issues can be addressed effectively based upon educationally sound and fiscally responsible practices. Directs the task force to prepare final proposed policy and legislative recommendations for the general assembly, the governor and the school district. Identifies numerous areas the recommendations may address, including teacher mobility and lack of inclusion of local councils in decisionmaking on school facilities. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0803.pdf
Title: H.B. 363
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Adopted 11/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends rule to eliminate the current focus of this program as a pilot program and restructure it along the lines of a continuing grant that will be expanded to encompass new applicants as the level of available funding permits. This change calls for the deletion of statements related to the three-year funding cycle and a revision indicating when requests for proposals will be issued. Eliminates provision specifying that each program serve at least 10 teachers. Existing provision required all teachers entering the program to be first-year teachers. This provision is replaced by a provision requiring teachers entering the program to be in the first two years of teaching, and clarifies that such teachers must hold an initial or provisional early childhood, elementary, secondary, special K-12 or special preschool-age 21 certificate. Removes requirement that participating teachers spend 1.5 hours/week in contact with his/her assigned mentor; replaces with requirement that each new teacher spend at least 60 hours in face-to-face contact with his/her assigned mentor. Adds provision requiring that mentors who provide at least 60 hours of mentoring service in a grant year be paid $1,200 from grant funds for this purpose.
Pages 389-395 of 432: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue45.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 65.20, .130, .140, .160
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
Signed into law 11/2009 |
P-12 |
Expands the statute concerning interference with a public institution of higher education to also include interference with public elementary and secondary schools. Provides that if the interference with the public institution of education is accompanied by a threat of personal injury or property damage, the person commits a Class 3 felony, and may be prosecuted for intimidation. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0807.pdf
Title: H.B. 557
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 11/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires the Labor Relations Board to employ a specified number of attorneys and investigators. Provides that evidence submitted to the board concerning an employee's choice of an employee organization is confidential. Specifies the time period within which a hearing to resolve issues of representation must be concluded. Modifies the procedure for selecting an arbitrator. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0813.pdf
Title: H.B. 2445
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Accountability |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires teacher supply and demand reports to be published every three years instead of annually. Deletes provision that adequate yearly progress for students with disabilities must be based on students' individual education plans. Provides that schools and districts that do not submit accurate data within the state board's timeframes may have federal funds withheld. Eliminates provision that schools and districts that do not make adequate yearly progress in same subgroup in two consecutive years or successive years are subject to accountability provisions. Requires schools to make adequate yearly progress for two consecutive years (previously was one year) to be removed from any accountability warning designation. Replaces reference to state board's "research department" with reference to "data division." Pages 1-11 of 63: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1977lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1977 - Reporting, Accountability and Data
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Authorizes a district under the authority of a Financial Oversight Panel to appoint a district superintendent with a specified certification or a chief executive officer upon expiration of the current superintendent's contract. Requires the superintendent or chief executive officer to undergo approval by the Financial Oversight Panel.
Provides that, in lieu of a Financial Oversight Panel Financial Administrator, a district may appoint a chief fiscal officer who shall have the powers and duties of the district's chief school business official and any other duties assigned by the school board or Financial Oversight Panel. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2674lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2674
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Assessment |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Reduces the number of opportunities to take the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) from two to one during the spring semester of grade 11. Eliminates provision allowing students wishing to improve their score to retake the PSAE in grade 12. Provides that a student may receive a high school diploma without taking the PSAE if a district is not required to test the individual under the No Child Left Behind Act or if the student is exempt from the assessment. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB2014lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2014
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Attendance--Compulsory |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows a school board to require a certificate from a licensed chiropractic physician as a basis for pay after an absence of 3 days for personal illness. Allows an exemption from compulsory schooling laws for a child whose incapacitating disability is certified by licensed chiropractic physician. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0645lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 645
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Attendance--Truancy |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Existing language requires reporting of truancy data only in Chicago. Amendment requires all regional superintendents, district superintendents and special education joint agreement directors to collect data on truants, chronic truants and truant minor students. Requires this information to be annually submitted to the state board. Page 35 of 63: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1977lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1977 - Truancy Reporting
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that it is a state attorney's duty to notify the state superintendent of education, the applicable regional superintendent of schools, and the superintendent of the employing school district or the chief school administrator of the employing nonpublic school, upon the conviction of any individual known to possess a certificate issued under the school code of any of certain sex offenses or felony convictions, including the offense of grooming and traveling to meet a minor. Requires teachers institutes to include training on educator ethics and teacher/student conduct. Clarifies 105 ILCS 5/10-21.9(c) to provide that no school board may knowingly employ a person who has been convicted of any offense that would subject him or her to certification suspension or revocation pursuant to Section 21-23a of the School Code. Transfers responsibility for beginning certificate suspension and revocation proceedings from the appropriate regional superintendent of schools to the state superintendent. Requires the superintendent of the employing school board to provide written notification to the regional and state superintendents of any certificate holder whom he or she has reasonable cause to believe has committed an intentional act of abuse or neglect with the result of making a child an abused child or a neglected child, and that act resulted in the certificate holder's dismissal or resignation from the school district.
Requires local boards, at least once every two years, to conduct in-service training on educator ethics, teacher-student conduct, and school employee-student conduct for all personnel. Provides that no one who has been convicted of an offense set forth in Section 21-23a of the School Code may be certified to teach or supervise in the public schools. Adds circumstances under which an applicant with a felony conviction may submit character references or other written
material before such a conviction or other information regarding the applicant's character may be used by the state superintendent of education as a basis for denying the application. Clarifies that the state superintendent of education has the exclusive authority to initiate certificate suspension or revocation, including for child abuse or neglect. Provides that the state superintendent is not under obligation to initiate an investigation of a certificate holder if the Department of Children and Family Services is investigating the same or substantially similar allegations. Provides that if the state superintendent of education does not receive a request for a hearing within 10 days after the individual receives notice, the suspension or revocation must immediately take effect in accordance with the notice. Clarifies that a hearing will act as a stay of proceedings until the state teacher certification board issues a decision. Repeals and replaces certain other existing language regarding hearings and repeals/suspensions of certificates.
Adds "conspiracy to commit first degree murder " and "attempted conspiracy to commit first degree murder" to crimes enumerated in 105 ILCS 5/21-23a for which a conviction is grounds for revocation of certification. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB2071lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2071
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires charter schools to run criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database of applicants for employment. Increases from 14 to 30 days the time period for the state board to approve charter proposals.
Pages 46-53 of 63: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1977lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1977 - Charter Schools
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Defines "green industries." Requires the state board of education, subject to appropriation, to establish a competitive grant program for the development of pilot programs to assist in the creation and promotion of green career and technical education (CTE) programs in public secondary schools. Requires that preference be given to proposals that include the integration of academic and CTE content, arranged in sequences of courses to lead to postsecondary completion. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0740lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 740
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Defines school district to include a jointly owned Type 40 area vocational center, if a joint agreement includes language that specifies how a debt obligation is to be paid, including in the event that an entity withdraws from an agreement. Specifies school construction grant eligibility requirements for a vocational center. Provides that a vocational center must be placed last on the priority listing of eligible entities. Provides for calculation of the amount of the grant. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1926lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1926
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board of education, subject to appropriation, to provide grants to institutions of higher education that offer state-approved agricultural science teacher preparations programs and public community colleges that provide an articulated agricultural science teacher education course of study. Makes changes concerning the activities for which such funds may be used. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB3600lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3600
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Requires the state board of education to promote an annual campaign about disability history and awareness in the state. Requires a school district to provide instruction on disability history, people with disabilities and the disability rights movement. Requires the regional superintendent of schools to monitor a school district's compliance with this curricular requirement during his/her annual compliance visit. Permits public postsecondary institutions to conduct and promote activities that provide education on, awareness of and an understanding of disability history, people with disabilities and the disability rights movement. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB1035lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1035
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Postsec. |
Creates the Credit Card Marketing Act of 2009. Requires institutions of higher education that enter into an agreement to market credit cards to students pursuing an education, or that allow their student groups, alumni associations, or affiliates to enter into such agreements, to make a financial education program available to all students. Specifies required components of a financial education program. Requires any institution of higher education, including its agents, employees, or student or alumni organizations, or affiliates that receive any funds from the distribution of credit card applications, to divulge specified information, including amount of funds or other items of value received from the arrangement, and the way those funds were expended in the previous school year. Prohibits certain gifts or inducements to students to encourage them to complete credit card applications. Prohibits school district and postsecondary institution agents, employees, student or alumni associations, or any affiliates from providing student information to any business or financial institution that issues credit or debit cards. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2352lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2352
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires that the Comprehensive Health Education Program include information about cancer, including types of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of early prevention and detection, and information on where to go for help. Requires an interscholastic athletic organization to include on any pre-participation examination form a question asking if a student has a family history of cancer. Authorizes the organization to require that a testicular examination be conducted in any physical required for a male student's participation in interscholastic athletics. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1665lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1665
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that, to reinforce the study of the role and contributions of Hispanics, the U.S. history curriculum must include the study of the events related to the forceful removal and illegal deportation of Mexican-American U.S. citizens during the Great Depression. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1557lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1557
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Postsec. |
Creates the Alternate Fuels Commission to investigate and recommend strategies for promoting the use of alternate fuels and vehicles that use alternate and biodiesel fuels. Requires the commission to also identify mechanisms that promote research into alternative fuels, and promote effective communication and coordination of efforts between the state and local governments, private industry and institutes of higher education. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB4245lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4245
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/http://www.ilga.gov/ |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Creates the 21st Century Workforce Development Fund Act. Creates the 21st Century Workforce Development Fund. Provides the Fund is intended to support integrated, innovative and emergency workforce development strategies that promote local economic development and a continuum of workforce and education strategies, including workforce development activities to prepare individuals for occupations in "green" industries and occupations. Directs the department of commerce and economic opportunity to make competitive grants to support workforce development strategies based on outlined priorities. Lists allowable types of expenditures of grant funds. Specifies that eligible grant applicants include (1) private, public and nonprofit entities that provide education, training and workforce development services to low-income individuals; (2) educational institutions; (3) labor and business associations. Sets forth priorities for grantmaking. Creates the 21st Century Workforce Development Fund Advisory Committee to review and recommend for approval or denial all grant requests from the Fund. Establishes advisory committee membership. Amends the State Finance Act. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0852lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 852
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows, with respect to a school board of an elementary school, high school or unit school district that forms a part of a Class II county school unit that was under the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and trustees of schools of a township at the time those offices were abolished in that township, the school treasurer to also be a member of the school board. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0325lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 325
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that upon the abolition of the Chicago School Finance Authority, all of its rights and property shall pass to and be vested in the Chicago Board of Education. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0235lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 235
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that no school district may be certified by the state board of education to be in financial difficulty solely by reasons arising as a result of the state's failure to make timely payments of general state aid or any of the mandated categoricals. Relates to financial profiles by the state board. Provides for adjustments in such profiles to reflect the financial effects of events concerning state reimbursement. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0944lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 944
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that $50 of the additional fine charged for (1) speeding in a school zone or (2) failure to yield to a pedestrian in a school zone must be disbursed for school safety purposes to the school district or districts in which the offense occurred. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB2024lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2024
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends provisions concerning average daily attendance under the state aid formula. Makes changes with respect to days that are used for an in-service training program for teachers and parent-teacher conferences. Authorizes a school board to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes, parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third Monday in January (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday); February 12 (Abraham Lincoln's birthday); the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and November 11 (Veterans' Day), provided that (1) the person(s) honored by the holiday are recognized through instructional activities conducted on that day or, if school is not in session, the school day before or after that day, and (2) a public hearing is held for educators and parents. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1956lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1956
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that, if a district closes one or more (but not all) schools during a public health emergency, the district may claim a full day of attendance based on the average of the three days of attendance preceding the closure.
Replaces requirement that teacher and certain administrator certification candidates pass a test of subject area knowledge with requirement that an assessment of professional teaching, and a test of subject matter knowledge; allows another state's basic skills and subject area knowledge test to substitute for a passing score on the state test. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2675lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2675
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that if a school district is precluded from offering the minimum hours of instruction for a full attendance day due to inclement weather, or due to a condition beyond the district's control that poses a threat to students' health and safety, the partial day of attendance may be counted if (i) the school
district has provided at least one hour of instruction prior to the closure of the school district, (ii) a school building has provided at least one hour of instruction prior to the closure of the school building, or (iii) the normal start time of the school district is delayed. Adds provisions for calculating average daily attendance if a district is required to close one or more but not all school buildings after consultation with a local emergency response agency or due to a condition beyond the control of the school district. Repeals existing legislation related to awarding of attendance days when health and safety issues preclude student attendance.
Pages 31-35 of 63: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1977lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1977 - Calculating Average Daily Attendance
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--Student Fees |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows school districts to verify a family's eligibility for waivers of school fees separate from the verification process used for free meals received under the federal National School Lunch program. Allows a district establishing an alternative process for determining eligibility of school fee waivers to provide for fee waiver verification no more often than every 60 calendar days. Clarifies that while information gathered during the process may be used to deny the waiver of the student's fees, such information may not be used determine or verify eligibility for any federally funded, school-based child nutrition program. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0360.pdf
Title: H.B. 475
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that, with respect to equalized assessed valuation data, if a school district has approved or does not approve an increase in its limiting rate, the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the district must be determined by the use of a specified formula. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB2051lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2051
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Community College |
Provides that electronic bid submissions to community colleges must be considered a sealed document for competitive bid requests if they are received at the designated office by the time and date set for receipt for bids. Requires electronic bid submissions to be authorized by specific language in the bid documents in order to be considered and to be opened in accordance with electronic security measures. Prohibits construction bids from being submitted electronically. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0862lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 862
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires school districts to adopt a procedure to comply with the Lawn Care Products Application and Notice Act and the Structural Pest Control Act. Requires licensed day care centers to ensure that products will not be applied to day care center grounds when children are present. Requires applicators to provide a copy of the approved pesticide registration label as well as the material safety data sheet. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1769lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1769
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board of education, in conjunction with the department of public health, to develop and make available to each school board guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. Requires each local board to implement a policy based on these guidelines by January 2011. Requires the establishment of a committee to develop the guidelines. At least every 2 years, requires an in-service training program for school personnel who work with students to be conducted by persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and management. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0281lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 281
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates the Obesity Prevention Initiative Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to organize at least three hearings on the health and social costs of obesity and the need to address the obesity epidemic. Provides the purpose of these hearings is to (1) highlight existing state- and community-level initiatives, (2) identify existing plans and opportunities for action and the expansion of initiatives, (3) inform policymakers and the public about effective solutions to the problem, and (4) identify and engage stakeholders to promote action to reduce obesity, improve nutrition and increase physical activity. Provides that, by February 2010, subject to the availability of public, private and contributed in-kind resources, a report on these hearings must be provided to the members of the general assembly and the state board of health to inform and support action on implementing the 2009 State Health Improvement Plan. By April 1, 2010, subject to appropriation, directs the department of public health to grant funds to one or more non-profit organizations or
local public health departments to conduct a statewide anti-obesity education and engagement campaign. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB3767lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3767
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates the MRSA Prevention, Control, and Reporting Act to to improve the prevention of infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Establishes prevention, control, and reporting requirements for developmental centers, residential schools for the deaf and visually impaired, correctional centers, work camps or boot camps, and Department of Juvenile Justice operated juvenile centers or boot camps. Requires guidelines to include requirements for screening and surveillance, education and training, hygiene, sanitation and infection control. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0185lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 185
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires the Ensuring Success in School Task Force, created to address the educational and related needs of elementary and secondary education students who are parents, expectant parents, or victims of domestic or sexual violence to ensure their ability to stay in school, stay safe while in school, and successfully complete their education, to submit a report to the General Assembly by December 2009 (initial deadline for report was January 2009). http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0605lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 605
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
High School |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Relates to the authorization of students in grade 7 or 8 to enroll in a high school course. Allows a student to participate in the course where the student attends school as long as the course is taught by a certified high school teacher who teaches in a high school of the school district where the student will attend when in high school and no high school students are enrolled in the course. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB4038lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4038
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Creates the Dual Credit Quality Act. Requires the Illinois Community College Board and the Board of Higher Education to develop policies to permit multiple measures using differentiated assessment for granting eligibility for dual credit to students. Authorizes institutions to adopt policies to protect the academic standing of students who are not successful in dual credit courses, including options for late withdrawal from a course and/or taking the course on a pass-fail basis. Requires instructors teaching credit-bearing courses for dual credit to meet same academic requirements as faculty teaching on campus. Requires those teaching CTE courses to possess the credentials and demonstrated teaching competencies appropriate to the field of instruction. Establishes provisions requiring content of dual credit courses to be identical to that of traditional college courses.
Directs the Illinois Community College Board and Board of Higher Education to implement a review process and criteria for evaluating the quality of dual credit courses provided by colleges/institutions under their respective purviews. Requires institutions to annually report specified data on dual enrollment instructors/participation to the Illinois Community College Board or the Board of Higher Education. Directs the state board, the Illinois Community College Board and Board of Higher Education to include information on dual credit participation and performance in a statewide longitudinal data system. Requires the data system to track dual credit students and courses on student records. Requires analysis of data on student success in dual credit courses and performance in postsecondary education to be incorporated into the evaluation of dual credit programs in both high school and college. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB1079lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1079
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Removes a provision that prohibits a student from being admitted to instruction in any of the departments of the university who has not attained the age of 15 years and who has not previously undergone a satisfactory examination in each of the branches ordinarily taught in the common schools of the state. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0263lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 263
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Leadership |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends provisions related to the new principal mentoring program. Provides that principals hired on or after July 1, 2008 may participate in a second year of mentoring through the program if it is determined by the state superintendent of education that sufficient funding exists for such participation. Removes a provision requiring each new principal and mentor to complete a survey of progress. Requires the state superintendent to annually determine whether appropriations are sufficient to operate the program for the coming year, for first-year and then for second-year principals. Directs the state board to select a statewide entity through a competitive application process to receive funds for the master principal designation program. Provides that the "master principal designation program" will also be known as the Illinois Distinguished Principal Leadership Institute. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0737lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 737
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Defines "remote educational program" as program delivered to students in the home or other location outside of a school building that meets specified criteria. Allows a school district, by resolution of its board, to establish a remote educational program. Provides a student may enroll in the program only after a determination that the program will best serve the student's individual learning needs. Requires such determination to be based on, at a minimum, a student's prior
attendance, disciplinary record and academic history. Requires each student participating in a remote educational program to have a written remote educational plan that includes, among other elements, achievement goals and a description of all assessments to be used to measure student progress. Requires remote educational program program curriculum to be aligned to state standards, and requires instructors to be certified and meet NCLB "highly qualified" criteria. Specifies elements of the program teachers are responsible for, including reporting outcomes to administrators and parents, and evaluating the effects of instruction. Provides requirements relating to claiming participation for general state aid purposes and the use of other facilities. Provides that such programs, with regard to the impact on school employees, must be subject to collective bargaining. Requires student participation data to be submitted to the state board. Allows the state board to contract with an outside entity to perform an evaluation of programs in the state. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2448lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2448
Source: www.ilga.gov |
P-3 |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires grantees under the Preschool for All Children program to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the appropriate local Head Start agency within three months of the awarding of the grantee's grant. Requires collaboration between the grantee's program and the local Head Start agency on certain specified issues, including educational activities, public information, service areas, selection priorities for eligible children, maximizing impact of state and federal funding, staff training, parental outreach and transportation. Provides that if the local Head Start agency is unwilling or unable to enter into an MOU, the requirement does not apply and the grantee under the program must notify the state board of education in writing of the Head Start agency's inability or unwillingness. Directs the state board of education to compile all such written notices and make them publicly available. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0079lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 79
Source: www.ilga.gov |
P-3 Finance |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Relates to the Early Childhood Education Block Grant. Replaces provision that 11% of grant to be used to fund programs for children age 0-3 with provision that at least 11% of grant be used for such purposes. Requires this percentage to increase to 20% by the 2015 fiscal year. Provides exceptions to these provisions. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1412lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1412
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that a parent, an independent educational evaluator, or a qualified professional retained by or on behalf of a parent or child must be afforded reasonable access of sufficient duration and scope to an educational facility for the purpose of conducting an evaluation of the child, the child's performance, the child's current or proposed educational program, placement, services or environment. Allows a school district to limit interviews to personnel. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0628lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 628
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Consolidates the "Future Teacher Corps Program" and the Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching's "Golden Apple Scholars Program". Provides that the consolidated program will be known as the Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois Program, and will be managed by the Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching. Requires the transfer of funds from the Future Teacher Corps Program to the Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching. Provides that the eligibility requirements apply only to Illinois Future Teacher Corps scholarships. Provides for the apportionment of special license plate revenues.
Title: H.B. 3999
Source: |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Provides that an applicant for the State Scholar program is eligible to be designated a State Scholar if he or she is a resident attending a Department of Defense school. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB4039lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4039
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Postsec. |
Provides for the award of scholarships to children and spouses of emergency medical services personnel killed in the course of their employment and grants for the training of EMS personnel. Provides for the issuance of special license plates. Provides for the deposit of a portion of the fees charged for such plates into the EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training Fund. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2433lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2433
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Establishes the state board as the administrator of the Robert C. Byrd federal scholarship program. Provides that this does not preclude the state board from
establishing an agreement with the Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any other state agency or other entity to perform tasks pertaining to the Robert C. Byrd federal scholarship program. Repeals existing language in 110 ILCS 947/65.60 regarding the administration of federal scholarship programs. Pages 59-60 of 63: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1977lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1977 - Robert C. Byrd Federal Scholarship Program
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Postsec. |
Creates the Transparency in College Textbook Publishing Practices Act. Requires each publisher of college textbooks to disclose to a faculty member (or other entity in charge of selecting college textbooks) the copyright dates of previous editions of the textbook, a description of substantial content changes made between the current edition of the college textbook or supplemental materials and the previous edition, and the existence and price of alternative formats of the textbook or supplemental materials. Requires publishers of college textbooks to offer all bundled textbooks for sale as individual textbooks. Defines "bundled textbooks" as one or more college textbooks or other supplemental materials that may be packaged together to be sold as course materials for one price. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0461lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 461
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Postsec. |
Requires an addition modification to the base income of an amount equal to the contribution component of any nonqualified withdrawal or refund from a tuition savings program that was previously deducted from base income and that did not result from the death or disability of the beneficiary. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0081lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 81
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Requires the governing board of each school district, public university, and community college to report to the state board of education or board of higher education the base salary and benefits, including vacation days, sick days, bonuses, annuities and retirement enhancements, of all administrators and teachers or faculty. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2235lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2235
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides that a university or community college may not prohibit any faculty or staff member from: (1) displaying political buttons, stickers, or patches while on university or community college property provided such display is for a purpose relevant to the subject of instruction; (2) attending a partisan political rally, provided that the employee is not on duty; or (3) displaying a partisan bumper sticker on a motor vehicle. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0899lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 899
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides that all faculty and staff members of a university or community college are free to communicate their views on any matter of private or public concern to any member of the legislative, executive or judicial branch of government, state or federal, without notice to or prior approval of the university or community college. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0898lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 898
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Repeals and rewrites provisions related to the appointment, duties and training of law enforcement officer and non-law enforcement officer members of the community college district police department or department of public safety. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2253lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2253
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Participation--Access |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Requires the board of higher education to implement the Collaborative Baccalaureate Degree Development Grant Program to help deliver upper-division courses and bachelor's degree programs offered by colleges and universities at a location geographically convenient to student populations currently being served by existing public community colleges. Requires the grant application and award process to be as efficient as possible to encourage collaborative applications and shall include consideration of existing programs and facilities. Requires grant applications to be jointly submitted by a community college and one or more public or private 4-year colleges or universities. Specifies purposes for which grant funds may be used. Requires each grant application to include how the state's grant will be matched by at least 50% by dollars from the partner institutions (both the two- and four-year institutions). http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1883lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1883
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Postsecondary Participation--Access |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Postsec. |
Creates the Higher Education Veterans Campus Service Act. Requires all public colleges and universities to conduct a survey of the services and programs that are provided for veterans, active duty military personnel and their families at each of their respective campuses. Sets forth the elements the survey must evaluate. Requires the survey to be made available as a guidebook to all veterans enrolling in the institution, and to be available on the home page of all campus Internet links as soon as practical. Requires each public college and university to appoint a Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student Services on each campus. Requires the board of higher education and the department of veterans' affairs to conduct a joint review of the surveys. Requires the governor's office to conduct a review of the surveys and to submit an evaluation report to each college and university, offering suggestions on the conduct of student veteran-related policies and programs. Authorizes the board of higher education and the department of veterans' affairs to issue a best practices report to highlight those programs and services that are most beneficial to veterans and active duty military personnel. Requires public colleges and universities to make their best efforts to determine how online curricula can be expanded or altered to serve the needs of student veterans and currently-deployed military, including the extent to which institutions can share share existing technologies to improve the online curricula of peer institutions. Requires institutions, one year after the effective date of this act and each year afterwards, to report to the board of higher education on the fiscal impact of the programs and services related to the requirements of this Act. Requires the board of higher education to compile this information and submit a report to the governor, the governor's office of management and budget, the director of veterans' affairs, and specified legislative leaders. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1624lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1624
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Postsecondary Participation--Access |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Postsec. |
Requires the Board of Higher Education's master plan to include higher education affordability and accessibility measures. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB4094lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4094
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Private Schools |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows nonpublic schools that are recognized by the state board of education to apply for a loan under the School Technology Revolving Loan Fund. However, provides that priority must be given to public school districts, charter schools, area vocational centers, and laboratory schools that apply prior to October 1 of each year. Provides the state board has authority to adopt rules prescribing a mechanism for reclaiming any items or equipment purchased with the loan funds in the case of the closure of a non-public school. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=096-0783&GA=96
Title: S.B. 611 - School Technology Revolving Loan Fund
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Public Involvement |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Defines "community school" as a school that partners with its community to provide enrichment and life skill opportunities for students, parents and community members. Subject to an appropriation or the availability of funding for such purposes, requires the state board of education to make grants available to fund community schools and to enhance programs at community schools. Requires a request- for-proposal process to be used in awarding grants. Provides that proposals may be submitted on behalf of a school, a school district, or a consortium of 2 or more schools or school districts. Establishes components a school must offer to qualify for a community school grant, including before- and after-school programming each school day to meet identified student needs, weekend programming and at least four weeks of summer programming.
Adds "fostering innovative approaches to education" to the P-20 council's charge. Authorizes the creation of a P-20 council working group on community schools, community participation and other innovative approaches to education that foster community partnerships. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0684lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 684
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Clarifies that districts must continue to operate a summer breakfast and lunch program as long as they have one or more schools (i) in which at least 50% of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals and (ii) that have a summer school program.
Pages 53-55 of 63: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1977lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1977 - Summer Food Service
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that a person who makes a false or terrorist threat that a bomb or explosive device has been placed in a school must be required by the court, in addition to any other sentence imposed, to reimburse the unit of government that employs the emergency response officer or officers that were dispatched to the school. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB4049lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4049
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Bars any day and temporary labor service agency in Chicago from operating or transacting business at a location within 1,000 feet of a school building, a building in which a Boys and Girls Club is located, or real property comprising a school or a Boys and Girls Club. Prohibits a home rule unit from regulating the location of a day and temporary labor agency in a manner inconsistent with such regulations. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0866lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 866
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Postsec. |
Amends the Campus Security Enhancement Act of 2008. Requires the inter-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional campus violence prevention plan to include coordination and communication with governmental agencies and school districts contiguous to the higher education institution's boundaries. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0336lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 336
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Postsec. |
Relates to the peace officer powers granted to members of a private college or university campus police department. Provides that such powers are extended to the protection of branches and interests of the college or university in the county where the college or university is located. Authorizes campus police officers to regulate and control traffic on the public way contiguous to college or university property. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2507lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2507
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that a person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless telephone while operating a motor vehicle on a roadway in a school speed zone, except for a person engaged in a highway construction or maintenance project when the person is using a wireless telephone in furtherance of that project, specified emergencies, and when the phone is in voice-activated mode. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0072lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 72
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that a person commits disorderly conduct when he or she knowingly transmits or causes to be transmitted a threat of destruction of a school building or school property, or a threat of violence, death or bodily harm directed against persons at a school, school function or school event, whether or not school is in session. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB1105lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1105
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Clarifies that Internet safety component must be taught at least once a school year to students in grades 3-12. Requires one class period a week in grades 1-8 to be devoted to safety education. Specifies content that must be included in driver education courses. Establishes minimum clock hours of classroom and individual behind-the-wheel instruction for driver education courses. Eliminates availability of driver education courses to district residents between the ages of 15-21 who are not enrolled in any other course offered in any district school. Eliminates provisions related to districts' offering of driver education courses to residents over age 55. Authorizes districts to charge a fee to students participating in driver education courses.
Pages 35-46 of 63: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1977lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1977 - Safety Education and Driver Education
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Clarifies "weapon" for purposes of student eligibility for expulsion. Provides for the expulsion of a student who is determined to have brought a firearm, a knife, brass knuckles, a billy club, or any other object used to cause bodily harm, to school or any school-sponsored activity or event. Includes look-alikes of any firearm. Authorizes the expulsion requirement to be modified by the superintendent, and the superintendent's determination to be modified by the school board on a case-by-case basis. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1718lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1718
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows the Comprehensive Health Education Program in grades 8-12 to include instruction on teen dating violence. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0973lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 973
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Postsec. |
Requires every institution of higher education to post in a prominent location a poster stating sexual harassment laws and policies. Requires that the poster be posted in areas easily accessible to students, that an electronic copy be provided to students, or incorporated into the online student course registration process. Specifies content that must be included in the sexual harassment poster. Provides that failure to post may subject the institution to an investigation and a civil rights violation charge. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2573lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2573
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Makes changes concerning the the breakfast incentive program. Adds subsection making grants available to school boards and welfare centers to offer the school breakfast program in non-traditional settings or using non-traditional methods. Specifies that priority will be given to applications from schools on the Early Academic Warning List. Amends elements on which the state board must report to the governor and the general assembly concerning free meals in schools. Specifies information required in the report. Eliminates provision allowing local boards to determine which schools will be required to operate a school breakfast program. Eliminates provision allowing districts to opt out of the school breakfast program; replaces with provision allowing districts to opt out individual schools. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1957lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1957
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Adds contracts providing for the transportation of pupils with special needs or disabilities to the list of exceptions to the requirement that certain contracts be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Provides that these contracts must be advertised in the same manner as competitive bids and awarded by first considering the bidder or bidders most able to provide safety and comfort for the pupils with special needs. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2362lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2362
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Makes changes with respect to the establishment and purpose of a regional office of education advisory board by providing that, beginning October 1, 2009, a board shall be established within each region serving Class I counties or within each group of regions participating in an intergovernmental agreement for the provision of professional development to advise the regional superintendent of schools on the planning and delivery of professional development programs. Reduces regional office of education advisory boards from 13 to 9 members. Specifies that all members must be certified and be employed in positions requiring certification by a school district, special education cooperative, joint agreement or regional office of education program. Amends means of selecting teacher and administrator members. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB1108lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1108
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12,
Community College |
Creates the School Wind and Solar Generation Program to fund wind and solar generation projects for school and community college districts. Provides for the award of full or partial low-interest loans for engineering studies, feasibility studies, research studies and construction costs for wind and solar generation projects. Creates the School Wind and Solar Generation Revolving Loan Fund as a special fund in the state treasury. Revises provisions concerning the renewable energy grant program. Expands the allowable use of such grants for school and community college districts. Allows districts to own solar generation turbine farms. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1570lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1570
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends the Local Government Property Transfer Act to include in the definition of "transferee municipality" two or more districts operating a cooperative or joint educational program for purposes of providing special education services. Replaces references to "school psychologist" employed under such joint agreements with references to "professional worker" and eliminates provision that director of such program may be employed under a multi-year contract. Provides that joint agreements among school boards must include the method(s) to be employed for disposing of property upon the withdrawal of a school district or dissolution of the joint agreement. Clarifies that joint agreements must employ a full-time director of special education (prior legislation did not specify "full time" or director "of special education"). Repeals provision prohibiting any director's contract for extending longer than three years, as well as provision specifying that a contract renewal must be for a three-year period.
Repeals provision that a district may withdraw from a joint agreement for provision of special education services by by petition to the regional board of school trustees. Provides procedure for a withdrawing district to remove itself from a joint agreement.
Requires existing agreements to come into compliance with this Act. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=096-0783&GA=96
Title: S.B. 611 - Joint Agreements to Provide Special Education Services
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends the Asbestos Abatement Act. Deletes a provision requiring the department of public health to require local educational agencies to submit to the department certain asbestos related response action contracts for which the agency seeks indemnification and collect from the agency 5% of each response action contract for deposit into the Response Contractors Indemnification Fund. Amends the Response Action Contractor Indemnification Act. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB2145lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2145
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Recommends that school buildings be tested for radon every five years. Recommends that schools be built using radon resistant construction techniques. Allows a district to notify parents and faculty of radon test results. Requires districts to report radon test results to the state board of education; requires the state board to consolidate all school reports and report on radon test results every other year to the governor and general assembly. Allows an exemption from radon professional licensure for Emergency Management Agency exempted individuals conducting school radon tests. Authorizes districts with radon screening results above a specified theshold to hire a professional to perform measurements before mitigation decisions are made. Recommends that affected areas be mitigated by a licensed professional. Establishes requirements for test kits. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB4223lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4223
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates the Farm Fresh Schools Program to increase access to and promoting the consumption of locally grown fruits and vegetables in schools, and to increase physical activities and programs that promote student wellness. Establishes the Farm Fresh Schools Program Fund. Directs the department of agriculture and state board of education to jointly administer a grant review process and award competitive grants. Provides the first 6 grants awarded pmust be awarded in 6 different counties, including 3 urban counties and 3 rural counties with a significant agricultural economy. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0078lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 78
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Removes a provision in the School Code that allows a school district to transport not more than 15 students to and from an interscholastic athletic or other interscholastic activity in a van. Provides instead that students may be transported only in a school bus, a vehicle manufactured to transport not more than 10 persons, or a multi-function activity bus. Changes the definition of multifunction school-activity bus. Provides information that must be painted on the bus. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB3982lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3982
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends provisions concerning the duty of the regional superintendent of schools to conduct courses of instruction for school bus drivers. Allows an increase in fees for providing such courses. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0269lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 269
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends text to appear on the rear of each school bus regarding reporting driver performance. Adds that the area code must precede the phone number of the owner of the school bus. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0353lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 353
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Special Education |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Amends job titles defined under staff working on behalf of children who have not been identified as eligible for special education and for eligible children with physical disabilities, including in hospital or home instruction. Amends provisions related to reimbursement for personnel and transportation costs for such students. Specifies criteria a child must meet to qualify for home or hospital instruction. Repeals certain provisions related to reimbursement for each school psychologist and qualified teacher working in a program for children of preschool age who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB1190lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1190
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Special Education |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
In a section allowing school boards to enter into joint agreements with other school boards with respect to special education matters, provides that an amendment to an agreement may include the removal of a school district from or the addition of a school district to the joint agreement without a petition as otherwise required in the Section if all member districts adopt concurring resolutions to that effect. Makes changes concerning a petition for withdrawal of a district from the joint agreement, including requiring the hearing on the petition to be in accordance with state board of education rules and changing how the vote on approval of the petition is determined. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to all changes to special education joint agreement membership initiated after July 1, 2009. Provides that the contract of a director of a joint agreement program may not be offered or accepted for less than one year or more than 3 years (instead of for less than or more than 3 years). Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0769.pdf
Title: H.B. 809
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Special Education--Transition |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends provisions concerning transition goals, supports and services. Removes certain provisions concerning transition goals and supports. Provides instead that beginning no later than the first individualized education plan (IEP) in effect when the student turns age 14 1/2 and updated annually thereafter, the IEP must include measurable postsecondary goals and other information available regarding the student that are related to training, education and employment, and the the transition services needed to assist the student in reaching those goals, including courses of study. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0979lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 979
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires the Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities and the Advisory Council on the Education of Gifted and Talented Children to research and discuss best practices for addressing the needs of children who are gifted and talented and have a disability. Directs the councils to jointly provide recommendations to the state board of education concerning state board provision of technical assistance to school districts on strategies to provide teacher education and training to assist such students, and on establishing guidelines for unique programming for such students. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0900lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 900
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates the Interscholastic Association Defamation Act. Defines association as the Illinois High School Association. Provides that any association which has as one or more of its purposes the promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within the state is not liable for defamation, except for actual malice. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1556lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1556
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Repeals provision effective July 2011. Requires the Illinois High School Association to prohibit a student from participating in an association-sponsored or -sanctioned athletic competition unless:
(1) The student agrees not to use any performance-enhancing substances on the association's list and, if the student is in high school, submit to random drug testing
(2) The association receives a statement signed by the student's parent acknowledging specified language, including that a violation of state law concerning performance-enhancing substances is a criminal offense
punishable by confinement in jail or imprisonment.
Requires all coaches for high school extracurricular athletic activities sponsored or sanctioned by the association to complete an educational program on preventing the abuse of performance-enhancing substances, and to complete an exam on the topic. Directs the department of public health to provide oversight of the association's annual administration of a performance-enhancing substance testing program. Requires at least 1,000 high school athletes to be randomly tested each year, and for a trained observer of the appropriate sex to witness the student provide the test sample. Requires a period of ineligibility for any student whose test result is positive or who refuses to submit to random testing. Provides for the confidentiality of test results. Creates the Performance-enhancing Substance Testing Fund. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0272lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 272
Source: |
Students--Records/Rights |
Vetoed 08/2009 |
Postsec. |
Amends and adds to the Data Security on State Computers Act. Directs each public university's governing board to implement and administer
the provisions of the Act with respect to state-owned electronic data processing equipment used by the university. Requires postsecondary governing boards to maintain responsibility for clearing state-owned electronic data processing equipment used by the university prior to sale, donation or transfer. Pages 1-4 of 251: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB2218lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2218 -- pp 1-4
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that nothing contained in the Illinois School Student Records Act may be construed to impair or limit the confidentiality of information communicated in confidence to a school social worker, school counselor, school psychologist, or school psychologist intern. Provides that no employee may be subject to adverse actions or any manner of discrimination because the employee is acting or has acted to protect communications as privileged or confidential. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1508lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1508
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that no person or entity whose license, certificate or authority has been revoked by the department of professional regulations may apply for a restoration of the license, certificate or authority until three years after the effective date of the revocation. Provides an exception for cases involving default on an educational loan or scholarship or in cases involving delinquency in complying with a child support order. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2337lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2337
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Requires that a full-time employee of the state, local government or a school district who is a member of a reserve component of the armed forces or state militia must be given a leave of absence for any required training or duty. Requires that during the leave, the employee receive his or her public employment compensation, minus the amount of the military pay, if the employee's military pay is less than his or her compensation from the public employer. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0337lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 337
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows a member to establish optional credit for up to 2 years of service as a teacher or administrator employed by a private school recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education, provided that the teacher was certified under the law governing the certification of teachers at the time the service was rendered and applies in writing on or before a specified date. Provides procedures to acquire such service credit. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB1148lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1148
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that if an employee was in the service of more than one school district, then the sick leave days from all such employers must be credited for purposes of calculating the employee's retirement annuity. Provides that in calculating the creditable service, the sick leave days from the last employer must be considered first, then the remaining sick leave days must be considered until there are no more days or the threshold has been reached. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB3672lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3672
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that for purposes of the Grow Your Own Teacher Act to prepare highly skilled, committed teachers to teach in hard-to-staff schools, "hard-to-staff schools" includes schools in the Department of Juvenile Justice School District. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB4117lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4117
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Act. Eliminates provision that a goal of the program is to achieve an average teacher retention period of 7 years. Defines "cohort". Amends definition of "hard-to-staff school". Adds bilingual education as a hard to staff teaching position. Clarifies that paraeducators for purposes of the program serve in schools that meet the definition of a hard-to-staff school. Clarifies that for purposes of this program, "parent and community leader" includes an individual who has or had a child enrolled in a hard-to-staff school and who has a history of active involvement in the school. Allows a regional office of education to be a member of a consortium receiving a Grow Your Own Teacher grant.
Clarifies that a candidate for participation in the Grow Your Own Teacher program must not have attended college right after high school or must have experienced an interruption in his/her college education, and does not hold a bachelor's degree. Amends criteria state board must establish in reviewing grant proposals. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0392lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 392
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires school districts to post on their Web site an itemized salary compensation report for every administrative employee in the district, including the superintendent. Requires the report to include base salary, bonuses, pension contributions, retirement increases, the cost of health insurance, the cost of life insurance, paid sick and vacation day payouts, annuities and any other form of compensation or income paid on behalf of the employee. Requires the report to be presented at a regular board meeting. Provides that copies must be available to any individual requesting them. Requires every district to post online the contract the board enters into with an exclusive bargaining representative. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB2270lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2270
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation/ |
Technology--Equitable Access |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates the Children's Low-Cost Laptop Act. Requires the state board of education to establish a pilot project schools serving students in any grades 3-8. Provides that funds may be used to provide low-cost laptops and replacement hardware, provide teacher professional development and technical support on integrating laptops into the curriculum, supporting state board staff positions, and conducting an evaluation of the program's effectiveness. Provides a school may apply to establish a low-cost laptop pilot project grant for the entire school or for a particular grade or classroom(s). Requires the state board to select participants based on need, and to consider each school's population of free/reduced-lunch-eligible students, academic performance and access to educational technology resources. Requires the school board of each participating school to report annually to the state board on 7 indicators, including assessment results, attendance rates, teacher performance and retention, and student technology proficiency. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0613lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 613
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board of education to implement a pilot program, subject to appropriation, to test digital technologies in three geographically diverse school districts by July 2011. Sets forth the issues that the pilot program must examine. Directs the state board to report the results of its findings and make recommendations to the governor and general assembly by January 15, 2013. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB2277lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2277
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Prior legislation required districts to set aside free textbooks and provide fee waivers to children eligible for free meals under the Community School Lunch Program. Current amendment replaces reference to children eligible for free meals under the Community School Lunch Program with reference to children living in households eligible for federal free breakfast or lunch. Requires any school board that participates in a federally funded, school-based child nutrition program to follow certain guidelines. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0475lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 475
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 |
Increases statewide charter school cap and charter school cap for Chicago. Above and beyond caps, permits five Chicago charters (and specified numbers of campuses and enrollment seats within those five charters) to be devoted to serving returning high school dropouts. Requires charter schools to submit to the state board of education a copy of their audit and Form 990. Increases time frame for state board to approve a charter school proposal. Adds procedures for a charter school to respond to a proposed revocation of its charter. Beginning with the 2012-13 school year, requires at least 75% of instructional staff in established charter schools to hold teacher certification; for charter schools established after these provisions are enacted, requires 75% of instructional staff to be certified by the beginning of the 4th school year in which students are enrolled in the school. Provides charter schools statewide are exempt from caps on the number of employees who may be enrolled in alternative certification programs. Requires state board to report findings of charter school evaluation every two years rather than annually. Establishes an Independent Charter School Authorizer Task Force to study the need for an independent charter school authorizer in the state. Directs the task force to report its findings and recommendations to the governor and legislature by January 2010.
Defines "contract school" as a Chicago attendance center run by a for- or not-for-profit private entity on contract to provide instructional and other services to a majority of the students enrolled in the attendance center. Defines "contract turnaround school" as an experimental Chicago contract school created to implement alternative governance in an attendance center subject to restructuring or similar intervention under NCLB that has not made adequate yearly progress (AYP) for 5 consecutive years. Provides that a Chicago school placed on probation that fails to make adequate progress in correcting deficiencies after one year may be converted to a contract turnaround school. Specifies the Chicago school board may operate no more than 30 contract schools, plus up to 5 contract turnaround schools. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0612lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 612
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates, in accordance with the goals outlined in the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Innovation, Intervention, and Restructuring Task Force to develop recommendations for the innovation, intervention, and restructuring of schools, including those that need comprehensive or focused intervention as defined by the state's proposal for participation in the No Child Left Behind differentiated accountability pilot project. Directs the task force to compile data, study and report on the following:
(1) Ways in which the state can identify schools requiring more intensive intervention
(2) Strategies for strengthening leadership at struggling schools and otherwise strengthening school district capacity to effectively implement reforms and ensure continuous improvement
(3) Strategies that have been involved in successful turnaround efforts and a template for evaluating turnaround efforts
(4) The autonomies, resources, and support that need to be available to achieve and maintain over time a successful turnaround
(5) Mechanisms for model innovations to be captured and shared across the state
(6) The amount of funding necessary to accomplish any and all strategies included in the task force's recommendation
(7) The identification of any statutory or regulatory changes that would be necessary or helpful to promote successful innovation, intervention and restructuring.
Requires the task force to compile relevant data in developing its recommendations, and to seek input from various specified stakeholders. Directs the task force to submit a comprehensive report to the governor, the general assembly and the state superintendent of education by December 31, 2009. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB2119lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2119
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12,
Community College |
Establishes the Illinois Hope and Opportunity Pathways through Education (IHOPE) Program, to be adminstered by the state board of education, to develop a comprehensive system to re-enroll significant numbers of high school dropouts in programs that will enable them to earn their high school diploma. Requires the program to award grants to educational service regions and the Chicago school district to help establish instructional programs and other services designed to re-enroll high school dropouts. Requires the program to provide incentive grants to regional offices of education and the Chicago school district to develop partnerships with school districts, public community colleges, and community groups to build comprehensive plans to re-enroll high school dropouts in their regions or districts. Provides that programs may include comprehensive year-round programming, evening school, summer school, community college courses, adult education, vocational training, work experience, programs to enhance self-concept and parenting courses. Requires interested offices of education or district to develop an IHOPE plan for state board approval. Requires each plan to involve school districts, public community colleges, and key community programs that work with high school dropouts located in an educational service region or the City of Chicago before the plan is submitted for approval. Authorizes a regional office of education or Chicago public schools to operate its own IHOPE-funded program or contract with other not-for-profit entities, including school districts, public community colleges, and not-for-profit community-based organizations, to operate a program. Authorizes an education service region or City of Chicago to provide a sub-grant to such not-for-profit entities to provide services. Requires IHOPE program funding to be distributed based on the proportion of dropouts in the educational service region or school district to the total number of dropouts in the state. Specifies that a regional office of education or the Chicago school district may claim state aid for students enrolled in an IHOPE-funded Program, provided specified criteria are met.
Specifies that funded programs may be full-time, part-time work/study programs with flexible scheduling, online programs, or dual enrollment programs in which students attend high school classes in combination with community college classes or students attend community college classes while simultaneously earning high school credit and eventually a high school diploma. Requires IHOPE programs to meet specified criteria, including:
(1) Small size (no more than 100 students)
(2) Specific performance-based goals and outcomes and measures of enrollment, attendance, skills, credits, graduation, and the transition to college, training and employment
(3) Experienced leadership and staff who are provided with ongoing professional development
(4) Voluntary enrollment
(5) High standards for student learning, integrating work experience, and education, including during the school year and after school, and summer school programs
that link internships, work, and learning
(6) Extensive support services
(7) Small teams of students supported by full-time mentors
(8) A comprehensive technology learning center with Internet access and broad-based curriculum focusing on academic and career subject areas
(9) Learning opportunities that incorporate action into study.
Requires IHOPE-funded programs to report specified data to the state board, including student enrollment figures, attendance information, course completion
data, graduation information and post-graduation information, as available. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1796lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1796
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires that a charter school comply with all provisions of the Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that "educational employer" under the Educational Labor Relations Act includes the governing body of a charter school, a contract school or contract turnaround school or a subcontractor of instructional services of a school district, combination of school districts, charter school, or contract school or contract turnaround school. Specifies that "educational employer" under the Educational Labor Relations Act does not include an approved nonpublic special education facility that contracts with a school district or combination of school
districts to provide special education services. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1984lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1984
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that each school district must require all students in grade 7 and all high school students enrolled in a course concerning U.S. history or a combination of U.S. history and American government to view the Congressional Medal of Honor film made by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1675lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1675
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends provisions specifying which programs may receive funds realized from fines for violating special speed limit in school zone. Adds the Safe Routes to School Program and safety programs within the School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program to these programs http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0075lv.pdf.
Title: S.B. 75
Source: www.ilga.gov |
High School |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows school boards to award high school diplomas to honorably discharged veterans who served in the armed forces of the United States during the Vietnam Conflict. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB3731lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3731
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Leadership |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows for a chief school business official endorsement to an administrative certificate if, among other conditions, the certificate holder has 2 years of university-approved practical experience. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0187lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 187
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Leadership |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires any individual, with exceptions, who begins serving as a first-time superintendent in the state on or after July 1, 2009 to participate in a mentoring program for his or her first 2 school years as a superintendent. Specifies that superintendent mentor applicants must have demonstrated success as instructional leaders, as determined by the state board by rule, and must complete mentor training. Establishes criteria for a provider to use in assigning a mentor to a new superintendent. Specifies areas of growth that the superintendent and mentor must identify, including:
(1) Analyzing data and applying it to practice
(2) Aligning professional development and instructional programs
(3) Building a professional learning community
(4) Effective school board relations
(5) Facilitating effective meetings
(6) Developing distributive leadership practices
(7) Facilitating organizational change.
Requires each mentor and new superintendent to complete a survey of the new superintendent's progress from January to May each year. Requires the provider to annually report to the state board on how funds were used and provide a qualitative evaluation of the program. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1276lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1276
Source: |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Creates the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act. Requires the state board of education, the community college board, and the board of higher education to jointly establish and maintain a longitudinal data system by entering into one or more agreements that link early learning and K-12 student unit records with institution of higher learning student unit records. Identifies the types of data each entity is responsible for collecting and maintaining.
Requires the entities, by June 30, 2013, to improve and expand the longitudinal data system to enable all three entities to:
(1) Reduce the data collection burden on school districts and postsecondary institutions
(2) Provide authorized officials of early learning programs, schools and districts, and institutions of higher learning with access to their own student-level data and summary reports to inform decisionmaking
(3) Link data to instructional management tools that support instruction and assist collaboration among teachers and postsecondary instructors
(4) Enhance existing high school-to-postsecondary reporting systems to inform school
and district officials, education policymakers, and members of the public about public school students' performance in postsecondary education
(5) Provide data reporting, analysis, and planning tools that assist with financial oversight, human resource management and other support functions
(6) Improve student access to educational opportunities by linking data to college and career planning portals, facilitating the submission of electronic transcripts and scholarship and financial aid applications, and transfer of student records to K-12 and postsecondary officials
(7) Establish a public Internet web interface that provides non-confidential data reports and permits members of the public to more easily access information on school performance
(8) Provide the general assembly with research to help legislators evaluate the effectiveness of specific programs and analyze educational performance within their legislative districts
(9) Allow the three entities to meet federal and state reporting requirements
(10) Establish a system to evaluate teacher and administrator preparation programs using student academic growth as one component of evaluation
(11) In accordance with a data sharing agreement entered into between the three entities and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, establish procedures and systems to evaluate the relationship between need-based financial aid and postsecondary enrollment and success
(12) In accordance with data sharing agreements entered into between the three entities and health and human service agencies, establish procedures and systems to evaluate the relationship between education and other student and family support systems
(13) In accordance with data sharing agreements entered into between the three entities and employment and workforce development agencies, establish procedures and systems to evaluate the relationship between education programs and outcomes and employment fields, employment locations and employment outcomes.
Directs the state board, in collaboration with the other two entities and subject to the availability of funding, to establish by June 30, 2013 a data warehouse that integrates data from multiple student unit record systems and supports all of the uses and functions set forth in the Act. Specifies that the data warehouse must include:
(1) A unique student identifier not derived from a student's social security number
(2) Student-level enrollment, demographic, and program participation information, including information on participation in dual credit programs
(3) The ability to match individual students' K-12 test records from year to year to measure academic growth
(4) Information on untested K-12 students, and the reasons they were not tested
(5) A teacher and administrator identifier system with the ability to match students to early learning and K-12 teachers and administrators. Provides that a district may not use such data for teacher pay or benefits decisions unless the district and the exclusive bargaining representative of the district's teachers, if any, have agreed to this use. Also bars districts from using such data for evaluation decisions unless, in good faith cooperation with the district's teachers or, where applicable, the exclusive bargaining representative of the district's teachers, the district has developed an evaluation plan that specifically describes the district's rationale for using this information for evaluations, how this information will be used as part of the evaluation process, and how this information will relate to evaluation standards. Provides that nothing limits a charter school's use of any local or state data in connection with teacher pay, benefits or evaluations.
(6) Student-level transcript information, including information on middle and high school courses completed and grades earned. Requires the state board to establish a statewide course classification system, and for all districts and charter schools to map its course descriptions to the statewide course classification system for purposes of state reporting.
(7) Student-level college readiness test scores
(8) Student-level graduation and dropout data
(9) The ability to match P-12 student unit records with institution of higher learning student unit record systems
(10) A state data audit system assessing data quality, validity and reliability.
Identifies additional purposes for which the three entities may use data provided to and maintained by the longitudinal data system. Requires the entities, in the development of the data system, to convene stakeholders and create opportunities for input in the areas of data ownership and use, research priorities, data management, confidentiality, data access and reporting. Requires representatives of the entities to report to and advise the Illinois P-20 Council on the implementation, operation, and expansion of the longitudinal data system. Requires the state board to collect data from charter schools with more than one campus in a manner that can be disaggregated by campus site. Requires the state board to establish procedures through which state-recognized, nonpublic schools may elect to disclose data to the state board for inclusion in the longitudinal data system. Provides that beginning on July 1, 2012, the board of higher education is authorized to collect and maintain data from any nonpublic institution of higher learning enrolling students receiving Monetary Award Program grants, and disclose this data to the longitudinal data system. Authorizes the board of higher education to contract with one or more voluntary consortiums of nonpublic institutions of higher learning established for the purpose of data sharing, research and analysis. Requires the entities to establish data submission procedures and requirements. Establishes provisions related to data sharing. Authorizes any state agency, board, authority or commission to enter into a data sharing arrangement with one or more of the three entities to share data to support the research and evaluation activities authorized by this Act. Also authorizes the entities to enter into data sharing arrangements with other governmental entities, institutions of higher learning, and research organizations that support the research and evaluation activities authorized by this Act. Establishes criteria that data sharing agreements must meet.
Subject to the availability of funding, requires the three entities to contract with an independent outside evaluator for oversight of the development and operation of the longitudinal data system. Requires the evaluator to submit an annual report to the three entities, the Illinois P-20 Council, and specified legislative leaders. Specifies areas that must be included in the annual evaluation. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1828lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1828
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 07/2009 |
Postsec. |
Amends rule to respond to market changes and client suggestions, to implement state and federal statutory amendments, to clarify issues that have arisen during the previous year, and to reflect changes in the requirements for participation in the Lender of Last Resort Program. Pages 218-228 of 560: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue28.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 2720.20, .40, .50
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Postsec. |
Establishes the Private Colleges and Universities Capital Distribution Formula Act. Creates a distribution formula for funds appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond Fund to the Capital Development Board for the Illinois Board of Higher Education for grants to various private colleges and universities. Pages 24-26 of 263: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2424lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2424 - Article 25
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Religion--Prayer/Meditation |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Provides that if a public school, university, or community college holds any type of event at the institution on November 11, Veterans' Day, the governing board of the school or institution must require a moment of silence at that event to recognize Veterans' Day. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0972lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 972
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that aggravated battery with a firearm is also committed if the firearm is discharged on school grounds at a person known to be a student and causes injury to that student. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0867lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 867
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires school construction projects supported by grants from the Capital Development Board to receive silver certification from the United States Green
Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System. Creates new section authorizing the state board to make grants to districts for school energy efficiency projects. Requires districts to provide local matching funds. Requires 20% of grant funds to be awarded to projects in Chicago.
Creates new section authorizing the Capital Development Board to make grants to districts and not-for-profit entities for early childhood construction projects. Requires a district or eligible entity to provide local matching funds. Directs the Capital Development Board, in consultation with the state board of education, to establish standards for the determination of priority needs concerning early childhood projects based on projects located in communities in the state with the greatest underserved population of young children. Requires 20% of grant funds to be awarded to projects in Chicago.
Creates new section authorizing the Capital Development Board to make grants to charter schools for construction projects. Requires eligible charter school construction projects to receive silver certification from the United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building
Rating System.
Pages 40-45 of 263: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2424lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2424 - Article 30, Section 30-20
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that when a school bus driver permit holder who is a service member is called to active duty, the employer must notify the secretary of state thereof. Provides the permit must be considered inactive until the holder renews the permit. Provides if the driver does not comply with specified requirements when called to active duty, the secretary of state may not characterize the permit as invalid. Defines "active duty" in the Illinois Vehicle Code. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB3787lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3787
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that a school board may require a certificate from a physician, advanced practice nurse, physician assistant or spiritual adviser as a basis for pay during leave after an absence of 30 days for birth. Provides that for paid sick leave for adoption or placement for adoption, the school board may require that the teacher or other employee provide evidence that the formal adoption process is underway. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0035lv.pdf (2009 H.B. 548 was vetoed because it was duplicative of enacted S.B. 35. Governor's message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0548gms.pdf)
Title: S.B. 35 and H.B. 548
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Curriculum--Drivers Education |
To governor 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends the definition of an approved driver education course to include any driver education course given at an approved Department of Defense Education Activity school that is taught by an adult driver education instructor or traffic safety officer. Sets forth requirements to operate an enhanced skills driving facility and standards for the Secretary of State to deny, cancel, suspend or revoke, renew, or refuse to renew enhanced skills driving school licenses. Defines enhanced skills driving school. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB2217lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2217
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Adopted 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends rules concerning providers of supplemental educational services (SES). Adds a statement to the "Code of Ethics" section to make clear the applicability of these requirements to contractors and other entities acting in conjunction with providers. Adds a prohibition on marketing directly to students. Adds that district employees may be hired by an SES provider to provide non-instructional services. Clarifies that restrictions that apply to district staff in provision of SES services also apply to local board members and Chicago school council members. Specifies that each application for approval to provide SES in the state must include completed federal tax returns (or the equivalent for nonprofit entities) for the two most recent years and either an audit report or audited financial statements completed within two years prior to submission of the application. Requires SES providers, after the conclusion of SES for the reporting period, to report to the state superintendent only on students who received at least 18 hours of services. Specifies the report must include details on the resolution of any teacher or parent complaints received. Provides that each provider's performance will be determined on a statewide basis for each subject tutored (prior rule required provider's status to be determined on district-by-district basis.)
Adds that when a district notifies parents that the district's academic performance obligates the the offering of supplemental educational services, each district must post on its Web site (1) the number of students eligible for SES in each school year beginning with 2007-08; (2) the number of students who participated in SES in each school year beginning with 2007-08; (3) a list of the providers that are approved and have agreed to serve the district in the current school year; and (4) a list of the locations where each provider will offer services during the current school year. Adds provision related to students who do not receive a consultation on learning goals, measurement of progress toward those goals and a timetable for improving the student's academic achievement in the subjects tutored, by the time the student is to begin receiving tutoring. Adds transportation to and from SES in definition of "direct program expenses"; deletes transportation from section on non-reimbursable expenses.
Amends SES evaluation rubric in Appendix B and "Decision Matrix" in Appendix C. Pages 547-578 of 859: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue25.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 675.30, .50, .70, .90, .175, .210, .220, .230, Appendix B, Appendix C
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Issued 06/2009 |
Postsec. |
Creates an Admissions Review Commission. Directs the commission to:
--Examine and evaluate the standards and criteria used to evaluate applicants for admission
--Examine and evaluate any practices and policies, and the impact thereof, of affording applicants favorable consideration based on relationships with, or advocacy by, appointed or elected public officials, or persons affiliated with such officials
--Examine and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of State University admissions practices and policies, taking into account, among other factors, the "best practices" of other selective university systems
--Review and consider the investigative findings of the Office of the Governor, Office of General Counsel regarding State University admissions practices and policies
--Submit, no later than August 8, 2009, a written report outlining its examination and evaluation, and making recommendations to the People of Illinois and to the Governor for improving the fairness and transparency of University admissions processes.
Executive Order: http://www.illinois.gov/gov/execorders/2009_12.htm
Commission Web page: http://www2.illinois.gov/admissionsreview/Pages/default.aspx
Final report: http://www2.illinois.gov/admissionsreview/Documents/FinalReport.pdf
Title: Admissions Review Commission
Source: www.illinois.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows a school district, entity such as a special education cooperative or other joint agreement, or regional superintendent to establish a line of credit with a bank or other financial institution. Provides that the line of credit must not exceed a specified percent of the amount of property taxes most recently levied for specified purposes. Specifies that borrowed moneys may be used for educational, operations and maintenance, transportation, or other tax levy purposes or any combination thereof. Allows a school board to anticipate revenues due in the current or next fiscal year, to issue bonds, and to establish a line of credit in a specified amount under certain conditions. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0999lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 999
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. |
Creates the State University Certificates of Participation Act. Authorizes the board of any state university to enter into financing agreements to finance capital improvements by selling certificates of participation in the installment payments made under such agreements. Establishes provisions regarding approval of proposals prior to issuance of any certificate of participation. Establishes debt limits for each state university. Specifies that the 10-year limit on the duration of state contracts and leases is inclusive of proposed renewals. Prohibits holdover leases of a specified duration. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB1200lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1200
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Middle School |
Adopted 04/2009 |
P-12 |
1.75: Updates language regarding student information systems to reflect that the system is now compatible with all districts' local data packages.
.705 and .720: Provides temporary flexibility for staffing certain courses in grades 5-8 that require a middle grades endorsement.
Pages 405- of 559: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue15.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 1.75, .705, .720
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Adopted 04/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
In acknowledgment of the high cost to institutions and the current fiscal environment, NCATE (National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education) determined in fall 2008 that it would suspend institutional reviews for all of 2009. Rule amendment changes the state board's schedule for evaluating teacher preparation programs to match NCATE's in 2010.
Pages 419-430 of 559: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue15.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 25.115
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
P-3 |
Adopted 03/2009 |
P-12 |
Extends sunset for Preschool for All Children program from June 2008 to June 2010. Pages 336-339 of 372: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue10.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 235.100
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Revises provisions of the Public Community College Act regarding violations by members of related boards. Provides that fees to cover the cost of an application under the Private College Act must be deposited into the Private College Academic Quality Assurance Fund. Provides that fees to cover the cost of reviewing application under the Academic Degree Act must be deposited into the Academic Quality Assurance Fund.
Title: S.B. 2603
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Reading/Literacy |
Adopted 03/2009 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules concerning the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program. Identifies the applicants eligible to apply for professional development grants on a competitive basis, establishes the procedures and requirements for both initial and continuation applications, and provides the criteria for review and awarding of grants. The amendments contemplate two pools of applicants: school districts, charter schools and approved public university laboratory schools, which would apply on behalf of their teachers who would participate in the professional development activities, and these applicants and other entities, which would apply to establish the training programs. Amendment additionally allows sufficient flexibility for the state superintendent to identify in each RFP the training approaches that would best meet the needs of school staff or support statewide priorities for improvement of teaching and learning. This flexibility will enable the agency to target limited resources toward programs with the greatest likelihood of success, without first having to conduct a lengthy process to amend the rules. Pages 340-348 of 372: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue10.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 260.100, .110, .120, .130, .140
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Special Populations--Homeless Education |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates new rules relating to education of homeless children and youth state grant program. Pages 322-329 of 365: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue7.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 245.10, .20, .30, .40, .50
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Online Instruction |
Adopted 01/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Clarifies requirements for program approval, procedures for obtaining approval, and requirements for reviews of existing programs at public two- and four-year institutions. Requires the following information to be included in the institution's catalog of programs:
--A statement regarding the transferability of college credits, including the fact that the decision to accept transfer credits is determined by the receiving institutions
--A statement as to how the institution will advise students on the nature of the transfer process, including the importance of consulting with institutions to which the
student may seek to transfer
--Evidence of arrangements for the transfer of courses or credits or both to institutional counterparts, when these arrangements exist; these arrangements are also known as articulation agreements
--A statement of the institution's most recent graduation rates as provided by the institution to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).
Pages 84-101 of 209: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue1.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 1050.10, 1050.20, 1050.30, 1050.40, 1050.50, 1050.ILLUSTRATIONA
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Postsecondary Online Instruction |
Adopted 01/2009 |
Postsec. |
Provides exemptions from program approval requirements. Requires any institution offering online instruction where the core academic support services, including admission, evaluation, assessment, registration, financial aid, academic scheduling, and faculty hiring and support, are located in Illinois, to be approved by the state board of higher education.
Adds that as part of the criteria for postsecondary program approval, the institution must be prepared to provide students with (1) a statement regarding the transferability of college credits, including the fact that the decision to accept transfer credits is currently made by receiving institutions; (2) a statement as to how the institution will advise students on the nature of the transfer process, including the importance of consulting with institutions to which the student may seek to transfer; (3) evidence of articulation arrangements with institutional counterparts, when these arrangements exist; and (4) a statement of the institution's most recent graduation rates as provided by the institution to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The approval process also is amended such that, if the institution requires the student to sign an enrollment agreement or a similar agreement, the agreement must provide consumer information, including an explanation of all criteria and requirements for retention, progress towards degree, and graduation of the student; the institution's tuition, cancellation and refund policies; and a statement of the purpose and amount of any fees assessed.
Adds that any institution applying for a certificate of approval or authorization to operate in the state must specify its accreditation status. Requires new institutions without accreditation from an accrediting authority recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation to provide a clearly defined plan to move from candidate to affiliate status. Provides the plan should include the name of the accrediting organization, the basic outline of the accreditation process, and the projected time line for obtaining affiliate status within five years after the date of state higher education board approval, unless the higher education board waives the original time line because it is found to be an unrealistic expectation.
Creates new provision that initial authorization to operate in Illinois for institutions new to the state is for five years. In the fifth year of operation, requires the executive director of the board to direct staff to conduct a review. Provides circumstances under which the board may deny a continuation of the initial approval or offer a limited extension.
Adds a requirement that, prior to submission of the request for approval of a new degree program, the institution seeking approval complete a notice of intent that includes the degree and program name, description of the program, demographics of the intended students and estimated enrollment.
Adds provisions allowing an institution to temporarily suspend a program after receiving state higher education board approval.
Pages 57-80 of 209: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue1.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 1030.10, 1030.20, 1030.30, 1030.60, 1030.70, 1030.80,1030.ILLUSTRATION A
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Attendance |
Signed into law 12/2008 |
P-12 |
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that if a code violation involves a municipal ordinance regulating truants, the hearing date must be 7 to 40 days after the violation is reported. Increases minimum child age for which certain truancy provisions apply from 10 to 13.
Provides that local officials or authorities that enforce, prosecute, or adjudicate municipal truancy ordinances or that work with school districts to address
truancy problems are designated as (i) part of the juvenile justice system, established by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and (ii) "juvenile authorities" as defined in the Illinois School Student Record Act. Authorizes a district to disclose student attendance records to juvenile authorities if the district determines that the disclosure will enhance the juvenile justice system's ability to effectively serve, prior to adjudication, the student whose records are released. Also provides that a
district may make such a disclosure only if the juvenile authority certifies in writing to the district that the information will not be disclosed, without the student's parent prior written consent, to any other individual or entity, except as otherwise provided under state law. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2743lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2743
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School Safety |
Signed into law 12/2008 |
P-12 |
Amends Chicago School District Article of School Code. Provides if the child of a parent school council member dies during term in office, the member may continue to serve for the balance of term. Amends School Safety Drill Act. Requires schools to conduct a law enforcement drill every school year to address incidents, according to school district's or private school's emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures, with the participation of the appropriate law enforcement agency. Allows law enforcement drills to be conducted on days and times when students are not present in the school building. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2688lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2688
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Emergency Rule Adoption 12/2008 |
P-12 |
Explains that the state board rules for the review process of institutions' teacher preparation programs were written many years ago to reflect the procedures used by NCATE to the greatest possible extent. Provides that because NCATE is suspending institutional reviews for all of 2009 due to the current fiscal situation and the high cost to institutions, the state board will also postpone reviews until 2010, saving the state board from $80,000 - $100,000 beyond the cost of staff time.
Specifies that this change will not affect the "focused visits" scheduled for 2009, because those visits represent follow-up action from accreditation visits that were already conducted in previous years. Explains that focused visits concentrate on any unmet standards and areas for improvement that were identified during those earlier reviews. Pages 390-392: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume32_issue49.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 25.115
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
Adopted 11/2008 |
P-12 |
Requires every public school, at the beginning of each school year, to publicly announce the availability of free lunches and, as applicable, free breakfasts. Provides this public notice may be published in a newspaper of general circulation for the school district, made available on the school district's Web site, provided in a school newsletter, or included with registration materials. Requires the notice to include at least the criteria used to determine eligibility for free meals, the process for applying for a free meal, and the name and telephone number of a contact person for the program. Requires that copies of the notice also be made available upon request to any interested person.
Deletes references to exemptions permitted from healthy food requirements by certain schools during the 2006-2007 school year.
Pages 313-319 of 330: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume32_issue45.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 305.5, .10, .15, .17, APPENDIX A, B
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 10/2008 |
P-12 |
Revises laws requiring contracts involving an expenditure in excess of a specified amount or lower to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Relates to repair, maintenance, remodeling, renovation, or construction of a single project. Removes an exception to the requirement that the Chicago School District let certain contracts by competitive bidding for the preparation and delivery of food and ancillary services. Includes community colleges and student transportation. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2293lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2293
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 10/2008 |
P-12 |
Revises the Teaching Excellence Program. Provides an annual payment of $3,000 to a teacher or counselor who holds both a Master Certificate and a
corresponding certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Creates a $1,000 incentive for an active teacher or counselor who has a Master Certificate and agrees to provide at least 30 hours of mentoring during that year to teachers or counselors, as applicable. Creates similar incentive for a retired teacher or counselor who holds a Master Certificate and a current corresponding certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Provides an additional $1,000 to an eligible active or retired teacher or counselor who agrees to provide an additional 30 hours of mentoring during that year, for a total of 60 hours of mentoring and $2,000.
Increases incentive to $2,000 for active and retired teachers and counselors who meet the aforementioned criteria and who agree to provide at least 30 hours of mentoring in schoolsin on academic early warning status or in schools in which 50% or more of the students receive free or reduced lunch. Provides an additional $2,000 to an eligible active or retired teacher or counselor who agrees to provide an additional 30 hours of mentoring in schools on academic early warning status or
in schools in which 50% or more of the students receive free or reduced lunch for a total of 60 hours of mentoring and $4,000. Provides that mentoring under these provisions may include providing high quality professional development for new and experienced teachers or school counselors and/or assisting National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) candidates through the NBPTS certification process.
Specifies and prioritizes Master Certificate incentives if funds are available. Provides that if funds remain after all incentives and bonuses have been expended, up to $250,000 must be used for the continuation of an appropriate electronic system to process Master Certificates and various payments.
Revises the membership of the state P- 20 Council. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2687lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2687
Source: www.ilga.gov |
P-16 or P-20 |
Adopted 10/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Adds that student records will include an unique student identifier to facilitate transfer of records among K-12 institutions, and between K-12 and postsecondary.
Pages 191-199 of 303: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume32_issue41.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 375.10, .75
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Adopted 10/2008 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Amends policies relating to review and evaluation of community college programs. Eliminates reference to opportunity for a college to request a review cycle longer than five years. Specifies that colleges must review student services and academic support programs (in addition to instructional programs), and that instructional, student services, and academic support programs must be evaluated at least once every five years.
Adds provision requiring each college to develop a schedule that shows when each program will be reviewed during each five-year cycle. Provides that occupational programs must be scheduled in the year following their inclusion in the ICCB follow-up study unless the college obtains an exception in writing from the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). Requires the review of general education objectives of the academic programs to be scheduled annually, but allows this review to focus each year on areas specified by the Illinois Board of Higher Education and ICCB. Adds provision that the ICCB may request the college to include special reviews of programs identified as a result of state-level analyses, legislative resolutions, or Illinois Board of Higher Education policy studies. Adds provision requiring each college to annually submit to the ICCB a summary report of its previous year's program review results and a copy of its current five-year schedule of program
reviews.
Eliminates requirement that community college students undergo an examination on American patriotism, principles of representative government, proper use and
display of the American flag, and the Australian ballot voting system.
Pages 112-121 of 373: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume32_issue41.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 1501.303
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 10/2008 |
Community College |
Authorizes the board of trustees of a community college district to make the buildings of a community college available for emergency purposes, and to cooperate with the state emergency management agency, local emergency management agencies, state-certified, local public health departments, the American Red Cross and federal agencies concerned with emergency preparedness and response. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2690lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2690
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Populations--Homeless Education |
Emergency Rule Adoption 10/2008 |
P-12 |
Creates new rules relating to education of homeless children and youth state grant program. See pages 209-211, 233-241 of 261: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume32_issue40.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 245.10, .20, .30, .40, .50, .60
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Populations--Homeless Education |
Emergency Rule Adoption 10/2008 |
P-12 |
Creates new rules relating to education of homeless children and youth state grant program. Pages 209-211 and 233-241 of 261: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume32_issue40.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 245.10, .20, .30, .40, .50, .60
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Career/Technical Education |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 09/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Subject to appropriation, requires the department of commerce and economic opportunity to conduct a study to identify current and projected shortages in critical occupations and specific skill sets within businesses and industries, and to devise strategies to alleviate any identified shortages. Requires all state agencies to cooperate with the department in conducting the study. Requires the department to report the results of its study and its recommendations to the governor and general assembly by February 1, 2009. Provides that the study may build upon previous studies by the department. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2632lv.pdf
Governor's amendatory veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2632gms&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37083&DocNum=2632&GAID=9&Session=
Title: S.B. 2632
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Governor's line-item veto overridden by both houses 09/2008 |
P-12 |
Amends the Library System Act. Increases the amount of grants from the state to public and school libraries. Provides that if moneys appropriated are not sufficient then the grants must be reduced, but they may not be reduced below certain levels. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4527lv.pdf
Governor's message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4527gms&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35144&DocNum=4527&GAID=9&Session=
Title: H.B. 4527
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 09/2008 |
P-12 |
Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, requires teachers' institutes to include instruction on prevalent student chronic health conditions. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2685lv.pdf
Governor's amendatory veto message (adding section on food allergy guidelines to be developed by the state board of education and the department of public health): http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2685gms&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37144&DocNum=2685&GAID=9&Session=
Title: S.B. 2685
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Provides that if a school district employee has made a report of suspected child abuse to the department of children and family services involving the conduct of a current or former district employee, and another school district requests information on the job performance or qualifications of the current or former employee because he or she is an applicant for employment with the requesting school district, the general superintendent must disclose to the requesting school district the fact that an employee has made a report involving the conduct of the applicant.
Provides that in any instance in which a report is made by a school district employee involving the conduct of a person employed by the school district, at the time the report was made, the Child Protective Service Unit must send a copy of its final finding report to the general superintendent of that school district.
Provides immunity to school personnel reporting or disclosing information on suspected child abuse.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4252lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4252
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Repeals the Professional Development Block Grant. Amends requirements related to annual census for special education, such that census must include students age 3 to 21 (rather than birth to 21) receiving special education services. Eliminates requirement that state board of education annually report on "children of non English background" receiving special education services. Eliminates provision authorizing the state board to provide matching grants to districts to support technology-related investments. Eliminates provision directing the state board to adopt rules for the administration of the School Technology Program.
Authorizes student biometric information to be destroyed without notification to or the approval of a local records commission within 30 days after use of the information is discontinued due to student graduation, withdrawal, or a written request from the individual having legal custody of a student.
Establishes circumstances under which a district may levy a tax or issue bonds for facilities alteration or reconstruction. Adds provision requiring that summer session costs be reimbursed based on the actual expenditures for providing these services.
Deletes certain provisions related to clock hour requirements for teachers' continuing education units.
Authorizes school student records to be released, transferred or disclosed to the state board or another state government agency or among state government agencies to evaluate or audit federal and state programs or perform research and planning, but only to the extent that the release, transfer, disclosure, or dissemination is consistent with the federal FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act).
Authorizes the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy to develop additional campuses throughout the state, but specifies that any additional campus does not need to serve as a residential institution. Adds to the board of trustees of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy to include the superintendent of the district where each campus is located.
Abolishes the board of trustees of the Illinois Summer School for the Arts on the effective date of this legislation. Transfers to the state board of education all of the board of trustees' powers, duties, assets, liabilities, employees, contracts, property, records, pending business, and unexpended appropriations.
Repeals 105 ILCS 420, the Council on Vocational Education Act and 105 ILCS 423, the Occupational Skill Standards Act. Eliminates provision requiring the state board of education's annual report on vocational education to include recommendations on programs and policies to overcome sex bias and sex stereotyping in vocational education programming and an assessment of the state's progress in achieving such goals prepared by the state vocational education sex equity coordinator pursuant to the Federal Vocational Education Law.
Requires a school enrolling a student to make a copy of the student's certified birth certificate and return the original to the person enrolling the child. Provides that once a school has received a certified copy of the child's birth certificate, the school need not request another such certified copy with respect to that child for any
other year in which the child is enrolled in that school.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2482lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2482
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates the Commission on Children and Youth Act. Provides for membership, appointments, goals, recommendations, and reports. Provides that the Early Learning Council must have primary responsibility for development of a five-year strategic plan for children age birth to five, and that the commission on children and youth must develop a comprehensive 5-year strategic plan for providing services to children, youth and young adults ages birth to 24. Requires that the commission's plan include specific recommendations to achieve specified outcomes related to preventive health, education completion, workforce development, social and emotional development, and civic engagement. Requires the commission to provide an interim report to the governor and general assembly by December 31, 2009. Requires that draft strategic plan be submitted to the governor and general assembly by December 31, 2010, and that a final strategic plan be submitted to the same by June 1, 2011. Requires the Department of Human Services to provide administrative support.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4456lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4456
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Adds homeownership, including the basic process of obtaining a mortgage and the concepts of fixed and adjustable rate mortgages, subprime loans, and predatory lending, as part of the financial literacy component of consumer education for public school pupils. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2387lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2387
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Authorizes the state treasurer to create the State Treasurer Financial Education and Savings Not-For-Profit Corporation to promote financial literacy and savings among the residents of the state and to issue grants and scholarships for educational purposes. Sets forth requirements for the creation and operation of the corporation. Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2098lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2098
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides for the issuance of Police Association License Plates. Provides that certain amounts of the license plate issuance and renewal fees must be deposited into the police association fund. Creates the police association fund; provides that all funds in the police association fund must be used to provide death benefits for police officers killed in the line of duty and for undergraduate and graduate scholarships for their families. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB5607lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 5607
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
P-3 |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Creates the Commission on the Elimination of Poverty to develop a poverty elimination strategic plan to reduce extreme poverty in Illinois by 50% or more by 2015. In developing the overall strategic plan, and in working toward the goal of reducing extreme poverty in Illinois by at least 50% by 2015, requires the commission to address all of the following:
(1) Access to safe, decent and affordable housing
(2) Access to adequate food and nutrition
(3) Access to affordable and quality health care
(4) Equal access to quality education and training
(5) Dependable and affordable transportation
(6) Access to quality and affordable child care
(7) Opportunities to engage in meaningful and sustainable work that pays a living wage
(8) The availability of adequate income supports.
Requires that the strategic plan include specific policy and fiscal recommendations and a timeline for each stage of implementation
for each recommendation. For each recommendation, requires the commission to identify in measurable terms the actual or potential impact. Authorizes the commission to review and make comments and recommendations on existing or proposed programs, policies, administrative rules and statutes that have an
impact on poverty in Illinois and, in particular, people living in extreme poverty.
Provides for appointments, co-chairs and terms of members. Requires the state superintendent of education to serve on the commission as an ex officio member. Provides for a steering committee. Requires the commission to meet at least annually and the steering committee to meet at least quarterly. Requires the commission to submit an initial report on its activities and recommendations to the constitutional officers and the general assembly by March 1, 2009, and to adopt a strategic plan by January 1, 2010. Provides for administrative support of the commission by the department of human services. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4369lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4369
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
Postsec. |
Allows alcohol to be served or sold in state university buildings during public events and not related student activities. Requires the board of trustees to approve a policy concerning events eligible for an exemption. Requires approval from the office of the chancellor for the campus where the event is to be located. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2231lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2231
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to the Monetary Award grant assistance program. Provides that the maximum grant amount must not exceed specified amounts for the 2009, 2010 and 2011 fiscal years and for each fiscal year thereafter. Provides that the maximum grant amount for students not subject to this provision must be increased by the same percentage as any increase made by law to the provision and is subject to appropriation. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1908lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1908
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 08/2008 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Classifies community college districts as units of local government that must adopt resolutions regulating political activities, solicitation and acceptance of gifts by their officials and employees. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4189lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4189
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Provides that if, during any school day, a school district closes one or more school buildings due to a condition beyond the control of the district prior to
providing any instruction, then that day may be counted as a full day of attendance for a maximum of two days based upon the average of the 3 prior school days of attendance immediately preceding the closure of the school building. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4309lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4309
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Relates to Internet safety education curriculum. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, requires districts to incorporate an age-appropriate component on Internet safety into the school curriculum, to be taught at least once each school year to students in grades 3 or above. Requires the local school board to determine the scope and duration of such instruction. Allows the age-appropriate unit of instruction to be incorporated into the current courses of study regularly taught in the district's schools, as determined by the school board.
Requires the state board of education to make available on its Web site resource materials for teaching children about online safety. Provides that such materials may include information on safe online communications, privacy protection, cyber-bullying, viewing inappropriate material, file sharing, and the importance of open communication with responsible adults.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2512lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2512
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Campus Security Enhancement Act. Requires each institution of higher education in the state to develop an emergency response plan and a campus violence prevention plan, and to conduct training and exercises for the plans at least annually. Requires county and major municipal emergency managers and Emergency Management Agency regional coordinators to assist in the planning and training process and provide standards and guidelines. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2691lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2691
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides that a county, municipality, school district, community college district or other unit of local government may either individually or jointly own and operate a wind generation turbine farm that reduces energy or other operating costs. Provides that such entity may ask for the assistance of any state agency, the department of commerce and economic opportunity, the state power agency or the environmental protection agency in obtaining financing for a wind generation turbine farm. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4646lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4646
Source: |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Makes modifications to district consolidations and the establishment of collaborative high schools. Makes adjustments to how revenues are established. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2487lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2487
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code and the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Distinguishes funding provisions for students in residential programs who are not eligible for special education services and funding provisions for students with disabilities who are in residential programs. Provides that legislation relating to students in residential programs who are not eligible for special education services shall not be construed to relieve the student's resident district of financial responsibility based on the manner in which the student was placed at the facility.
Provides that when a dispute arises over the determination of the student's district of residence, any person or entity, including a school district or residential facility, may make a written request for a residency decision to the state superintendent, who must issue his or her decision in writing. Provides that the decision of the state superintendent is final.
Repeals certain provisions relating to the payment and reimbursement of costs associated with a disabled student placed in residential facilities by a public agency or court. Creates new section 105 ILCS 5/14-7.05 related to the payment of, and dispute resolution over, costs associated with a student with a disability in a residential facility placement. Provides the school district of residency is responsible for and must be reimbursed for the costs of educating the child. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2042lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2042
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Provides that the State's Attorney must notify the board of trustees for the retirement system or pension fund if an employee is convicted of a job-related felony relating to or arising in connection with the employment for which the employee is covered under the retirement system or pension fund. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4700lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4700
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Relates to provisions allowing retired teachers to return to teaching in subject shortage areas without impairing retirement status or retirement annuity. Includes language exempting the changes from provisions concerning new benefit increases. Extends date by which such employment must end from June 2008 to June 2013. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4536lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4536
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows a teacher receiving a disability, occupational disability, or disability retirement benefit to engage in limited or part-time employment as a teacher for an employer under either the Downstate Teacher Article or the State Universities Article of the Code without loss of benefits if, when added to the benefit, the total compensation does not exceed 100% of the salary rate upon which the benefit is based. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB5699lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 5699
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Requires the commission of higher education to allocate a minimum of 200 Illinois Future Teacher Corps Program scholarship awards each year to participants in the Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois program. Provides that this allocation is to support mentoring, guidance, and in-service support for teaching candidates in order to increase the likelihood that recipients will complete their full teaching commitments and elect to continue teaching in targeted disciplines and hard-to-staff schools. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1334lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1334
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Health |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 |
Provides that any child who received a health examination within one year prior to entering the fifth grade for a certain school year is not required to receive an additional health examination in order to comply with the provisions of a certain act that requires a child entering the sixth grade to have a health examination when he or she attends school for a certain school year. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB5717lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 5717
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Requires the student assistance commission to conduct a study detailing in 2008 and 2009 the number of students designated State Scholars, the number of State Scholars who applied to state universities, and the number of State Scholars who were denied admittance into the state universities to which they applied. Directs the commission, by January 1, 2010, to submit to the general assembly a report containing the findings of this study and the commission's recommendations on how to make state universities more accessible to State Scholars. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4567lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4567
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Provides that a comprehensive health education program must include sexual assault awareness in secondary schools. Requires universities and community colleges to provide some form of sexual assault awareness education to all incoming students, whether through through a seminar, online training, or some other way of informing students. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB3677lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3677
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 |
Requires each school district to periodically review its procurement procedures on the purchase of products and supplies. Requires the school district to seek out products and supplies containing recycled materials and to ensure that purchased products and supplies are reusable, durable, or made from recycled materials, if economically and practically feasible. Makes changes concerning the requirements for recycled high grade printing and writing paper.
Requires each school district to periodically review its procedures on solid waste management. Provides that those waste reduction procedures must be designed to, when economically and practically feasible, recycle the school district's waste stream, including landscape waste, computer paper, and white office paper. Provides that the waste reduction procedures must be designed to achieve, before July 1, 2020, at least a 50% reduction in the amount of solid waste that is generated by the school district. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4159lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4159
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries |
Adopted 07/2008 |
P-12 |
Pages 485-487 of 902: Specifies requirements that school libraries must meet, in terms of general function, financial resources, facilities and staff.
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume32_issue28.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 1.100 thru .515
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 |
Requires a driver of a school bus to open the service door and driver's window before crossing a railroad track or tracks. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2182lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2182
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Makes nonpublic schools eligible for matching grants from the department of public health's Heartsaver AED Fund to help purchase Automated External Defibrillators. Provides that any school, college or university applying for the grant cannot receive more than one grant from the Heartsaver AED Fund each fiscal year. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1058lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1058
Source: www.ilga.gov |
P-3 Finance |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 |
Allows for the continuation of the distribution of funds by the state board of education to achieve a goal of Preschool for All Children by extending sunset date from June 2008 to June 2010. Moves current language with respect to a report concerning the distribution of new funding. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4705lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4705
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that each State Scholar who enrolls in an institution of higher learning shall also receive a one-time grant of $1,000 to be applied to tuition and mandatory fees. Provides that a student who has been awarded a Merit Recognition Scholarship may not be awarded a State Scholars grant and a student who has received a State Scholars grant is ineligible to receive a Merit Recognition Scholarship. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0437lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 437
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School Safety |
Adopted 03/2008 |
P-12 |
Emergency rule (expires 8-18-08) includes a new provision expressly prohibiting the "use of a behavioral intervention strategy relying upon pain as an intentional
method of control" by any program operated at a facility serving students with disabilities. Requires every contract provider of special education services to maintain a written policy indicating that the use of behavioral intervention strategies that rely upon pain as an intentional method of control will not be applied to any student
Pages 443 and 445 of 454: http://www.ilsos.net/departments/index/register/register_volume32_issue14.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 401.10, .30, .210
Source: |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 02/2008 |
P-12 |
Establishes the requirements for the new "master principal" designation, the last new initiative that was created by the "SAELP legislation' in 2006. Page 289-310 of 329: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume32_issue10.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 25.10 thru .770 (non seq.)
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Adopted 02/2008 |
P-12 |
Adds clarifying language regarding providers of supplemental education services. Amends various provisions related to providers' code of ethics, tutor qualifications and program location, application requirements, the application process, reporting requirements, criminal background checks of tutors, notification and election forms to parents of eligible students, good-faith estimates of providers' per-pupil district program costs, and reports of actual costs. Adds a new section to allow for mid-year changes in the offering of supplemental education services.
599-625 of 681: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume32_issue11.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 675
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 01/2008 |
P-12 |
Guarantees that school districts will receive at least as much special education funding in the 2007-08 school year and each year thereafter as they did in the 2006-07 school year. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4148lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4148
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality |
Adopted 01/2008 |
P-12 |
Strengthen recipient districts' accountability with respect to implementation of the program, chiefly by providing for some quality assurance measures regarding the teachers paid from the state funds provided. Salient among these requirements are following the established curriculum and sequence and planning to teach every day while the program is in session. The latter provision has been found to be critical because the Summer Bridges Program is compressed into a short period of time and each day of instruction is important to students' success.
Pages 881-888 of 917: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume32_issue6.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 232.50, .60
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 11/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Election Code. Allows high school juniors to serve as election judges. Allows an individual not entitled to vote in a precinct or county to serve as an election judge if the individual is a student at a community college or public or private Illinois university or college and meets other specified criteria. Provides that high school or college students appointed as election judges shall not be counted as absent from school on the day they serve as judges.
Deletes provision that no school board may designate or observe as a special holiday on which teachers or other school employees are not required to work the days on which general elections for members of the Illinois House of Representatives are held. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0662lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 662
Source: www.ilga.gov |
High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 11/2007 |
P-12,
Community College,
Postsec. |
Requires the state community college board to create a 3-year college and career readiness pilot program, beginning with the high school class of 2008, to meet the following goals:
(1) To diagnose college readiness by developing a system to align ACT scores to specific community college courses in developmental and freshman curriculums.
(2) To reduce remediation by decreasing the need for remedial coursework in mathematics, reading, and writing at the college level by (i) increasing the number of students enrolled in a college-prep core curriculum, (ii) assisting students in improving college readiness skills, and (iii) increasing successful student transitions into postsecondary education.
(3) To align high school and college curriculums.
(4) To provide resources and academic support to students to enrich the senior year of high school through remedial or advanced coursework and other interventions.
(5) To develop an appropriate evaluation process to measure the effectiveness of readiness intervention strategies.
Directs the state board to select four community colleges to participate in the program, based on the number of students in developmental courses, student demographics, geographic diversity, the college's willingness to submit developmental and introductory courses to ACT for analysis of college placement, and the college's ability to partner with local high schools to develop college and career readiness strategies and college readiness teams. Directs the state board to work with ACT to analyze up to 10 courses at each college to determine student placement and college readiness. Directs each participating community college to establish an agreement with one or more high schools to:
(A) Create a data-sharing agreement.
(B) Create a Readiness Prescription for each student, showing all of the following:
(i) The readiness status for college-level work.
(ii) Course recommendations for remediation or for advanced coursework in Advanced Placement classes or dual credit and dual enrollment programs.
(iii) Additional academic support services, including tutoring, mentoring, and college application assistance.
(C) Create college and career readiness teams of faculty and counselors or advisers from the community college and high school, the college and career readiness coordinator from the community college, and other members as determined by the high school and community college. Provides the the teams may include
local business or civic leaders. Directs the teams to develop intervention strategies by:
(i) Using the Readiness Prescription to develop a contract with each student for remedial or advanced coursework to be taken during the senior
year.
(ii) Monitor student progress.
(iii) Provide readiness support services.
(D) Retest students in the spring of 2008 to assess progress and college readiness.
Directs the state board to work with participating community colleges and high schools to develop an evaluation process that includes specified criteria, including student enrollment in college in fall 2008, placement of college and career readiness students in developmental and regular courses in the fall of 2008, and retention of college and career readiness students in spring semester 2009. Directs the state board to work with participating community colleges and high schools to establish operational processes and a budget for college and career readiness pilot programs, including employment of a college and career readiness
coordinator at each community college site.
Provides that in year two of the program, beginning with the Class of 2009, the state board must additionally:
(1) Analyze courses at 3 new community college sites.
(2) Undertake intervention strategies through college and career readiness teams with students in the class of 2009.
(3) Monitor and assist college and career readiness graduates from the class of 2008 in college.
Provides that in year three of the program, beginning with the Class of 2010, the state board must:
(1) Analyze courses at 5 additional community college sites.
(2) Add college and career readiness teams at 3 new sites (from year 2 of the program).
(3) Undertake intervention strategies through college and career readiness teams with students of the class of 2010 at 7 sites.
(4) Monitor and assist students from the classes of 2008 and 2009 in college.
Adds an immediate effective date. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/95/PDF/095-0694.pdf
Title: S.B. 858
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 10/2007 |
Community College |
Authorizes the community college board to establish and administer a We Want to Learn English Initiative to provide resources for immigrants and refugees to learn English. Provides that the board may include in its budget proposal $ 15,000,000 in funding for the initiative, to be disbursed by the board. Provides that funds for the We Want to Learn English Initiative may be used only to provide programs that teach English to U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and other persons who are in lawful immigration status. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1446lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1446
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Finance--Facilities |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 10/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates the "school facility occupation tax". This tax for up to 1% of the cost of business transactionsmust be voted on in a county wide referendum, and all revenue must be used to support the construction or maintenance of school facilities. Bill: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0835lv.pdf Governor's veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0835gms.pdf
Title: S.B. 835
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Health |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 10/2007 |
P-12 |
In the section concerning health examinations and immunizations, provides that all children enrolling in kindergarten or enrolling for the first time in a public, private, or parochial school must have an eye examination. Provides that if the child fails to present proof by October 15th, the school may hold the child's report card until the child presents proof of a completed eye examination or proof that an eye examination will take place within 60 days after October 15th.
Provides for a waiver for children with an undue burden or lack of access to a physician who provides eye examinations or to a licensed optometrist. Directs each public, private and parochial school to notify parents of the eye examination requirement. Prohibits a school to exclude a child because of parental refusal to obtain an eye examination for the student. Directs each school to annually report to the state board the number of children who have received the required eye examination, indicating the number of children who are exempt from the eye examination because of parental objections on religious grounds, or due to undue burden or lack of access, and the total number of children in noncompliance with the eye examination requirement.
Bill: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0641lv.pdf Amendatory veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0641gms.pdf
Title: S.B. 641
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
Adopted 10/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates new sections establishing rules for program created in statute to pair first-year principals with experienced principals in a year-long mentorship.
Pages 589-599 of 671: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume31_issue40.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 35.10 thru .70
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Religion--Prayer/Meditation |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 10/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends the Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act. Provides that a teacher must observe a brief period of silence at the opening of every school day with the participation of all pupils assembled. Provides that this period may not be conducted as a religious exercise but must be an opportunity for silent prayer or silent reflection on the anticipated activities of the day. Bill: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1463lv.pdf Veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1463gms.pdf
Title: S.B. 1463
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
High School--GED (General Education Development) |
Signed into law 09/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides with respect to the high school equivalency testing program, that an individual is eligible to apply if he or she is 17 years of age or older and is not a high school graduate, or has enrolled in a youth education program sponsored by the Illinois National Guard. Allows applicants to provide additional acceptable identification as may be allowed by law or as regulated by the Illinois Community College Board. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0853lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 853
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 09/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Abolishes the state joint education committee. Creates the P-20 Council to study and make recommendations concerning education at all levels to avoid fragmentation of policies, promote improved teaching and learning, and continue to cultivate and demonstrate strong accountability and efficiency and to leverage funding. Provides for research collection. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1648lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1648
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 09/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person commits reckless homicide if he or she unintentionally kills an individual while driving in a posted school zone while children are present and was also either driving at a speed of more than 20 miles per hour in excess of the posted speed limit or driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0363lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 363
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Signed into law 09/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends the Privacy of Child Victims of Criminal Sexual Offenses Act. Provides that when a criminal sexual offense is committed or alleged to have been committed by a school district employee or any individual contractually employed by a school district, that criminal history record information must be provided to the superintendent of the school district immediately upon request. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB3512lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3512
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 09/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides that school service personnel certificates are renewable every 5 years. Sets forth the requirements and procedures for renewal, including requiring the completion of at least 80 hours of continuing professional development. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1647lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1647
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Education |
Adopted 09/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends policies regarding the assessment of special education students at nonpublic, public out-of-state, public residential or private special education facilities. Transfers authority for the oversight of such assessment from the state board of education to the state superintendent. Specifies that an application for initial approval of educational and/or residential programs at such facilities must include the data that will be collected on the outcomes achieved by those students, which must reflect the students' learning goals as described in their respective IEPs. Also requires applications for programs serving students for whom behavioral interventions may be appropriate, to include a description of the provider's formalized approach to the use of these interventions.
Requires each provider to ensure that each student receives special education and related services in accordance with his or her IEP, provided that the use of behavioral intervention strategies that would jeopardize the safety or security of students or would rely upon pain as an intentional method of control cannot be permitted.
Requires each class offered in such a program to have a maximum enrollment of five students, except that enrollment may be increased by a maximum of two students in response to unique circumstances that occur during the school year so long as the educational needs of all students in the class can be adequately and appropriately met. Allows the enrollment in a class to be increased by a maximum of five students when a full-time paraprofessional is provided.
Establishes requirements for the administration of state assessments at such special education facilities, including required testing conditions, required personnel assignments and qualifications and required procedures. Requires that any breach of test security or other testing irregularity be reported to the state superintendent of education or designee in accordance with instructions applicable to particular types of problems, using one of the methods identified by
the state superintendent. Requires responsible staff at the affected facility to then follow the instructions provided by the state superintendent or the relevant test
contractor regarding the next steps to be taken in investigating the source of the problem, its implications and its potential resolution.
Directs each provider to prepare and keep on file an annual plan for inservice training in areas where improvement is desirable. Directs the provider to identify these areas based on an analysis of each program's implementation in relation to the approved application and based on data illustrating the achievement of the
students served in relation to the goals and objectives stated in their IEPs and on the state assessments in which they participate. Requires each provider to provide specific training to all staff on the use of isolated time out and behavioral intervention strategies, as appropriate to the student population.
Specifies that staff criminal background checks include the results of fingerprint-based criminal history records checks performed pursuant to the Uniform Conviction Information Act [20 ILCS 2635] or, for a facility located in another state, pursuant to that state's uniform conviction information act, and pursuant to the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-240), as well as the results of checks of the statewide sex offender database maintained in accordance with Section 115 of the Sex Offender Community Notification Law [730 ILCS 152/115] or, for a facility located in another state, checks of that state's sex offender
database.
Pages 600-618 of 671 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume31_issue40.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 401.10 thru .260 (non seq.)
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Subject to appropriation, requires the state board of education to develop a secondary-level agricultural science teacher training continuum and to provide incentive funding grants to the agriculture science teacher education programs at Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University, the University of Illinois, and Western Illinois University. Provides that public community colleges that provide an articulated agriculture science teacher education course of study are also eligible for funding.
Provides that program funds may be used for the following purposes:
(1) Teacher education candidate recruitment and retention incentives.
(2) Having master teachers and practitioners assist with the preparation, coordination, and supervision of student teachers.
(3) Establishing and delivering professional development experiences for new teachers during their first 5 years of teaching.
(4) Professional development for university agriculture education teacher education staff.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1922lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1922
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides that funding for civic education professional development for high school teachers must be provided by line item appropriation made to the state board of education. Provides for funding based on high school enrollment as reported on the state board of education's most recent fall enrollment and housing report, although 20% of the total appropriation must be reserved for the Chicago Public Schools. Requires an application and civic audit, which must be designed to provide teachers and principals with a blueprint to better understand how current curriculum, service learning, and extracurricular activities are providing civic learning experiences for their students.
Provides that a district may not be awarded more than $3,000 in any year, unless additional funds remain available after all eligible applicants have received funding, and that a district may not use program funds in any school more than once every 2 years.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB2787lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2787
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Curriculum--Drivers Education |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires a driver education course to include classroom instruction on distracted driving as a major traffic safety issue. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1557lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1557
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Curriculum--Drivers Education |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Eliminates provision allowing driver education courses to allow, in lieu of 5 clock hours of practice driving in a dual control car, the equivalent of practice driving in a dual control car as determined by the state board.
Eliminates provision allowing districts to adopt a policy to permit proficiency examinations for the practice driving part of the driver education course at any time after the completion of 3 hours of practice driving under direct individual instruction. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0172lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 172
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides schools districts with funding for each affordable multifamily housing unit located in their district. The additional funding equates to $1,123 for a two bedroom unit and $562 for each additional bedroom that the unit has. This payment is designed to reimburse districts for the additional cost associated with students from affordable housing. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0220lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 220
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides that for state aid purposes, if during a school day, a district has provided at least one clock hour of instruction but must dismiss students from one or more school buildings due to a condition beyond the district's control, then the partial day of attendance may be counted as a full day of attendance. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1910lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1910
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates the Agriculture in the Classroom Fund in the State treasury. Provides for the issuance of Agriculture in the Classroom license plates. Provides that in addition to the appropriate registration fees, an applicant for the special plate must be charged a $40 fee at original issuance (of which $25 must be deposited in the Agriculture in the Classroom Fund), and $27 renewal in subsequent years. Provides for grants to support programming for public and private schools in the state.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1024lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1024
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Specifies that scholarship awards from moneys deposited into the state college and university trust fund are to support Illinois residents. Directs the state treasurer to create separate accounts within the university grant fund for each university or college for which collegiate license plates have been issued. Provides that moneys in the university grant fund must be allocated to each account in proportion to the number of plates sold in regard to each university or college. Provides that moneys deposited into these accounts during the preceding calendar year must, subject to appropriation, be distributed through the Illinois
Student Assistance Commission to participating private colleges and universities. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0169lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 169
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides that a state-board approved waiver from or modification to a physical education mandate may remain in effect for a period not to exceed 2 school years and may be renewed no more than 2 times upon application by the eligible applicant. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1839lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1839
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates the Green Cleaning Schools Act. Requires the Green Government Coordinating Council, in consultation with other agencies and interested stakeholders, to establish and amend on an annual basis guidelines and specifications for environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products for use in school facilities. Requires the IGGCC guidelines and specifications to be disseminated to public schools and to non-public schools with 50 or more students
Requires elementary and secondary public and most nonpublic schools to develop a green cleaning policy, purchase, and use such cleaning products, but only when this would not result in an increase in the cleaning costs of the school. Requires a school determining it not economically feasible to use environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products to provide annual written notification to the Illinois Green Government Coordinating Council (IGGCC) until such time that it is economically feasible.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0895lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 895
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Requires the state board of education, subject to appropriation, to establish and administer a matching grant program to pay for half of the cost a school district incurs in training teachers and other school personnel who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation or in learning how to use an automated external defibrillator. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0258lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 258
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Relates to Integrated Pest Management Programs. Provides that required notification that such program is not economically feasible must be given within one year of the adoption of this act and every 5 years thereafter. Provides that each school or day care center that provides written notification that the adoption of an
integrated pest management program is not economically feasible must have its designated person attend an approved training course on integrated pest management within one year after the effective date and every 5 years thereafter, until an integrated pest management program is developed and implemented in the school or day care center.
Requires every school and day care center to ensure that all parents and employees are notified at least once each school year that the notification requirements
of the Structural Pest Control Act have been met. Also requires all schools and day care centers to keep copies of all required notifications and any written integrated pest management program plan and make these copies available for public inspection.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0425lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 425
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides that a Health Data Task Force be convened to create a system for public access to integrated health data. Requires the state superintendent of education or his/her designee to serve on the task force. Directs the task force to produce a plan focusing on assuring access to improving the quality of data necessary to understand health disparities. Directs the task force to submit an initial report to the general assembly by July 1, 2008, and to make annual reports to by July 1 of each year through 2011 of the progress toward implementing the plan. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0547lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 547
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Adds members of a school board, the Chicago Board of Education, or the governing body of a private school as mandated reporters. Provides penalties for knowingly transmitting a false report. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1428lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1428
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates the School Health Center Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to initiate 20 new school health centers over a five-year period beginning July 1, 2007, and to build capacity with existing school health centers. Provides that all students in the school under the age of 18 are eligible for services if they have obtained written parental consent or if they are otherwise permitted under Illinois law to consent on their own behalf to such care. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0715lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 715
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
High School |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides that the school board of a school district that maintains any of grades 9 through 12 is authorized to adopt a policy under which a student enrolled in grade 7 or 8 who is enrolled in the unit school district or would be enrolled in the high school district upon completion of elementary school, whichever is applicable, may enroll in a high school course required to receive a high school diploma under certain conditions. Provides that a school board that adopts a policy allowing a student in grade 7 or 8 to enroll in a high school course must grant academic credit to a student who successfully completes the high school course, and that credit must satisfy the high school graduation requirements for that course. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0424lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 424
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
High School--Advanced Placement |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board of education to create, under the College and Career Success for All Students program, a program in public schools in which at least 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches whereby fees charged by the College Board for Advanced Placement exams are waived by the school, but paid for by the state, for those students who do not qualify for a fee waiver provided by federal funds or the College Board. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0841lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 841
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Directs the state board of education to annually assemble all data reported by district superintendents on the number of high school students who are enrolled in accredited courses at any community college, including the name and number of the course(s) each such student is taking, both by individual school district and by educational service region totals.
Amends provisions regarding fiscal statements before receipt of school funding, township fund lands, State aid claims, scholarship applicants and State payment funds being withheld until the number of students in compliance with health examination and immunization requirements is at least a certain percentage. Provides for a census on special education.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1165lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1165
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
High School--GED (General Education Development) |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides that when the subject of a parole or mandatory supervised release is in compliance with all conditions of his or her parole or mandatory supervised release, the subject shall receive a reduction of the period of his or her parole or mandatory supervised release of 90 days upon passage of the high school level Test of General Educational Development (GED) during the period of his or her parole or mandatory supervised release. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1391lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1391
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Finds and declares that African American men: (1) are disproportionately less likely to complete high school and to obtain a postsecondary education; (2) are more likely to be incarcerated or on parole; (3) are more likely to have lower lifetime economic earnings; (4) are more likely to have been a part of the child welfare
population; (5) are more likely to have a shorter life expectancy; and (6) are more likely to have health problems, such as HIV/AIDS, drug dependency, heart disease, obesity, and diabetes. Further finds and declares that the state has a compelling interest in determining the causes of these problems and in developing appropriate remedies.
Creates the Task Force on the Condition of African American Men within the department of human services. Provides that the director or secretary of the Illinois State Board of Education, the Illinois Board of Higher Education, and the Illinois Community College Board are members of the task force. Provides that the task force must:
(1) Determine the causal factors for the condition of African American men
(2) Identify gaps in services to African American men
(3) Develop strategies to reduce duplication of services and to maximize coordination between state agencies, providers, and educational institutions, including developing benchmarks to measure progress.
Directs the task force to report its findings and recommendations to the governor and general assembly by December 31, 2008. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0776lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 776
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates the Internet Safety Education Act. Provides that each school may adopt an age-appropriate curriculum for Internet safety instruction of students in grades K-12. Recommends a minimum of two hours of instruction each school year on:
(1) Safe and responsible use of social networking Web sites, chat rooms, e-mail, bulletin boards, instant messaging, and other means of communication on the Internet.
(2) Recognizing, avoiding, and reporting online solicitations of students and their peers by sexual predators.
(3) Risks of transmitting personal information on the Internet.
(4) Recognizing and avoiding unsolicited or deceptive communications received online.
(5) Recognizing and reporting online harassment and cyber-bullying.
(6) Reporting illegal activities and communications on the Internet.
(7) Copyright laws on written materials, photographs, music and video.
Provides that a school may submit the curriculum for review to the office of the attorney general.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1472lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1472
Source: www.ilga.gov |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires a person having custody or control of a child who is below the compulsory school age but enrolled in kindergarten in a public school to cause the child to attend the public school. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0543lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 543
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
Postsec. |
Concerns scholarships for children of veterans. Adds Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom to the list of periods of hostilities for which each county shall be entitled, annually, to one honorary scholarship in the University of Illinois for qualified students. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0486lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 486
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Amends the Prepaid Tuition Act. Changes status of Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act savings from federally "tax deferred" to "tax exempt." http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1656lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1656
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that for all meetings of a board of trustees, a quorum of members must be physically present at the location of the meeting. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0402lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 402
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Vetoed 08/2007 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Classifies community college districts as units of local government that must adopt resolutions regulating the political activities and the solicitation and acceptance of gifts by officials and employees. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB3504lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3504
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that public notice of the schedule of regular meetings of a board of trustees for the next calendar year, as set at the organizational meeting of the board of trustees, must be given at the beginning of that calendar year. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0401lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 401
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
Postsec. |
Creates the Information Technology Access Act. Requires the department of human Services to convene an advisory working group to develop accessibility standards for electronic and information technology for state entities so that persons with disabilities may access the technology. Redefines state entity to remove other instrumentalities and specifically exclude units of local government, school districts, and community colleges (although public universities are included in definition of "state entity"). http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0511lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 511
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
Postsec. |
Provides that if a state university determines that a student needs remedial coursework, then the university must require the student to complete the remedial coursework before pursuing his or her major course of study. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0313lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 313
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Private Schools |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides that a nonpublic elementary or secondary school may not obtain Nonpublic School Recognition status unless the school requires all applicants for employment with the school, after July 1, 2007, to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal history records check as a condition of employment to determine if such applicants have been convicted of specified criminal or drug offenses and the school performs a check. Also requires schools to perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database for every employment applicant as a condition of receiving Nonpublic School Recognition status.
Provides that no nonpublic school may obtain recognition status that knowingly employs a person, hired after July 1, 2007, for whom a department of state police and FBI fingerprint-based criminal history records check and a statewide sex offender database check has not been initiated or who has been convicted for committing or attempting to commit specified crimes, or who has been found to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of a minor. Provides that background checks must be conducted for all employees of persons or firms holding contracts with the school, including food service workers, school bus drivers, and other
transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with students.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0143lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 143
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Public Involvement |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Encourages school boards to allow community organizations to use school facilities during non-school hours. Provides that if a school board allows a community organization to use school facilities during non-school hours, the board must adopt a formal policy governing the use of school facilities by community organizations during non-school hours. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0538lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 538
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Directs a district to develop a plan to have a summer breakfast or lunch (or both) program for each school (i) in which at least 50% of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals and (ii) that has a summer school program. Requires such plans to be implemented in the summer of 2008 and to operate for the duration of the summer school program. Provides that if the district has one or more elementary schools, the program must be operated such that all eligible students receive services. Provides that if a school in which at least 50% of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals is not open during the summer, the school must, on request by a not-for-profit entity, provide information on the number of children in the school who are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals.
Allows a school to opt out if reimbursement would not cover costs.
Eliminates provision that encouraged the boards of all districts serving at least 50% free- and reduced-price meals to operate a summer meal program or identify a not-for-profit entity to do so.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1964lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1964
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides safety education in public schools includes instruction on the consequences of alcohol consumption and the operation of a motor vehicle. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB3327lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3327
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates the offense of failure to stop for or yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk in a school zone. Provides that a first violation is a petty offense with a minimum fine . Provides that a second or subsequent violation is a petty offense with a minimum fine. Provides for the assessment of additional fees. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0441lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 441
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires the curriculum for preservice teachers to include instruction in safety education. Provides that this instruction must be appropriate to the grade level of the teaching certificate. Provides this instruction may be by specific courses in safety education or may be incorporated in existing subjects taught in the university. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0395lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 395
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides that when a sex offender's precinct polling place is a school and the offender will be unable to enter the school to vote because the offender is a child sex offender, the offender may vote early or by absentee ballot. Requires that an election authority that designates permanent or temporary early voting polling places must designate at least one that a child sex offender may lawfully enter. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0263lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 263
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Amends the Vehicle Code. Provides that, if a defendant commits reckless driving on a public thoroughfare where children pass going to and from school when a school crossing guard is performing official duties, the person who commits the offense is guilty of a if the violation causes bodily harm, a disability or disfigurement to a child or a school crossing guard while the school crossing guard is performing his or her official duties. Relates to reckless homicide. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0508lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 508
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Defines "gang resistance education and training" as instruction in conflict resolution, cultural sensitivity, personal goal setting and resisting peer pressure, when accompanied by a stated objective of reducing gang activity and educating K-12 students about the consequences of gang involvement.
Provides that each district may make suitable provisions for instruction in gang resistance education and training in all grades and include such instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein. Directs a district providing gang resistance education and training to collaborate with state and local law enforcement agencies. Authorizes the state board to assist in the development of instructional materials and teacher training on gang resistance education and training. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0438lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 438
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Directs each school district to create and maintain a policy on bullying, and to file this policy with the state board of education. Requires the policy on bullying to be annually communicated to students and parents. Provides that the policy must be updated every 2 years and filed with the state board after being updated. Directs the state board to monitor the implementation of these policies. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0018lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 18
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Amendatory Veto by Governor 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends provisions of the Human Rights Act prohibiting sexual harassment in higher education so that they also apply to sexual harassment in elementary and secondary schools; includes private K-12 schools. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1268lv.pdf
Governor's message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1268gms.pdf
Title: H.B. 1268
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Regulates how the positions at school facilities being deactivated that are held by educational support personnel employees at the time of the deactivation are to be transferred to the control of the board or boards that will be receiving the district's students, with respect to the deactivation of school facilities.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1847lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1847
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Subject to appropriation, authorizes the department of commerce and economic opportunity to establish and operate a renewable energy grant program to assist school districts in the installation, acquisition, construction, and improvement of renewable energy sources in the public schools, including solar, geothermal and wind energy.
Requires the grant to cover 50% of the cost for which the grant is sought, up to a maximum grant of $1,000,000.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0285lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 285
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the department of commerce and economic opportunity to establish and administer a Green Cities grant program and a Smart Cities grant program to make grants to municipalities for urban preservation and redevelopment and green technology. Provides that grant funds may be used for schools. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB3394lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3394
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12,
Community College |
Allows school districts and community college districts to own and operate wind generation turbine farms that directly or indirectly reduce energy or other operating costs. Provides that the school district or the community college district may ask for the assistance of any state agency in obtaining financing options for a wind generation turbine farm. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0843lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 843
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends 105 ILCS 230/5-40. Provides that school construction projects for which a district first applies for a grant on or after July 1, 2007 must receive certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System, or the Green Building Initiative's Green Globes Green Building Rating System, or must meet green building standards of the capital development board and its green building advisory committee. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0505lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 505
Source: www.lexis.com |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Adds to provisions allowing a local board of education to contract with a third party for non-instructional services currently performed by any employee or bargaining unit member or to lay off such educational support personnel. Extends date of written notice that must be given such employees from 30 to 90 days. Provides that a contract must not become effective during the term of a collective bargaining agreement covering such employees. Provides that any third party submitting a bid to perform the non-instructional services must provide evidence of:
--liability insurance equivalent to that provided by the school board
--a benefits package comparable to that provided by the school board
--the number, job classifications and wages of employees who will provide the non-instructional services
--a minimum 3-year cost projection, using generally accepted accounting principles and which the third party is prohibited from increasing if the bid is accepted by the school board, for all expenditure categories and account for performing the non-instructional services
--composite information about the criminal and disciplinary records of any employees who may perform the non-instructional services
--a notarized affadavit that each of the bidder's employees has completed a criminal background check within 3 months prior to submission of the bid.
Provides that the local board may not enter into a contract unless the school board provides a cost comparison, using generally accepted accounting principles, of all expenditure categories and accounts that the board projects it would incur over the term of the contract if it continued to perform the non-instructional services using its own employees with all expenditure categories and accounts that a third party would incur if a third party performed the non-instructional services.
Provides the review and consideration of all bids by third parties to perform the non-instructional services must take place in open session of a regularly scheduled school board meeting, unless specified circumstances are met.
Provides the school board must conduct at least one public hearing prior to a regularly scheduled school board meeting, to discuss the school board's proposal to contract with a third party to perform the non-instructional services before the school board may enter into such a contract.
Provides a contract must require the contractor to offer available employee positions within the contract to qualified school district employees
whose employment is terminated because of the contract. Also provides a contract must require the contractor to comply with a policy of nondiscrimination and
equal employment opportunity for all persons and to take affirmative steps to provide equal opportunity for all persons.
Authorizes a local board, the above provisions notwithstanding, to enter into a maximum 3-month contract with a third party for non-instructional
services currently performed by an employee or bargaining unit member in order to augment the current workforce in an emergency situation that threatens the safety or health of district students or staff, provided that the school board meets all of its obligations under the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1347lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1347
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires each school bus to display a readable sign indicating the telephone number of the owner of the school bus, and indicating that the number is to be called to report erratic driving by the school bus driver. Directs the owner of each school bus to establish procedures for accepting these calls and for taking complaints. Provides the procedures must include an internal investigation of the events that led to each complaint, and a report to the complaining party on the results of
the investigation and the action taken, if any.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB3624lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3624
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires each school district, by January 1, 2008, to have in place a policy to ensure that the school bus driver is the last person leaving every school bus and that no passenger is left behind or remains on the vehicle at the end of a route, a work shift, or the work day. Establishes requirements for the policy.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0166lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 166
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Education |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that in the development of the individualized education program for a student who has a disability on the autism spectrum, the IEP team must consider several specified factors, including the child's verbal and nonverbal communication needs, and the need to develop social interaction skills and proficiencies. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0079lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 79
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Special Education--Finance |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides that the state board of education's annual report to the general assembly and governor must include the total expenditures made by districts on special education services, including net special education expenditures over receipts received. Directs calculation in a manner specified by the state board using data obtained from the annual financial report, the funding and child tracking system and district enrollment information. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1030lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1030
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Special Education--Transition |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides that when a student eligible for special education reaches the age of 18, rights accorded to the student's parents transfer to the student. Provides that rights shall not transfer from the parents to the student if the student has been adjudged to be incompetent under state law or the student has not been adjudged.
Provides that this may not be construed to deny a student with a disability who has reached majority age the right to have an adult of his or her choice,
including the student's parent, assist the student in making decisions regarding the student's individualized education program. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0396lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 396
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Special Populations--Foster Care |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code regarding special education classes for children from orphanages, foster family homes, children's homes, or in-state housing units. Provides that subject to appropriation, school districts must be reimbursed for the eligible costs of educating disabled students residentially placed by a state agency or the courts or placed and paid for by a state agency. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0398lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 398
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Social Security Number Protection Task Force Act. Places the task force within the office of the attorney general, and makes the attorney general responsible for administering the activities of the task force.
Requires the task force to explore the technical and procedural changes needed to implement a unique identification number system to replace the use of social security numbers. Directs the task force to identify other states and local governments that have implemented a unique identification number system, and to make recommendations and devise procedures for creating a statewide unique identification number program. Directs the task force to report its findings and recommendations to the governor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, and the general assembly by December 31, 2007.
Increases membership of the task force to include, among others, a member appointed by the executive director of the board of higher education, and a member representing school administrators, appointed by the state superintendent of education.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0574lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 574
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Deletes references to the Illinois Suicide Prevention Strategic Planning Committee and the Committee and replaces them with references to the Illinois Suicide Prevention Alliance. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1643lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1643
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board of education to convene an Ensuring Success in School Task Force to develop policies and procedures for addressing the educational and related needs of youth who are parents, expectant parents, or victims of domestic or sexual violence to ensure their ability to stay in school, and successfully complete their education. Directs the task force to conduct a thorough examination of the barriers to school attendance, safety, and completion for children and youth who are parents, expectant parents, or victims of domestic or sexual violence, and to conduct a discovery process that includes relevant research and identifies effective policies and programs within and outside the state.
Also directs the task force, by January 1, 2009, to submit ot the general assembly a report including the task force's findings, recommendations and implementation plan. Directs the task force to recommend new legislation or proposed rules developed by the task force.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1330lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1330
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides that, subject to appropriations, the state board of education must provide grants to the School Psychology Internship Consortium for aid in providing training programs and facilitating interns to improve the educational and mental health services of children in the state. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1363lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1363
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Adds school counselor and school counselor intern to the list of professions included in the definition of a professional worker. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0122lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 122
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Amends the Educational Partnership Act. Provides that public institutions of higher education that have approved teacher education programs may engage pre-service teacher candidates in the tutorial services for elementary and secondary students in need of such services, as provided in the act. Allows qualified students to receive compensation for such tutorial services while also receiving academic or clinical experience credit or both. Adds an immediate effective date. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0223lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 223
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Exempts from an eavesdropping violation an electronic recording, motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or audio recording, made of the interior of a school bus while the school bus is being used in the transportation of students to and from school and school-sponsored activities. Provides that such recordings may only be used by school officials and law enforcement personnel for investigations, school disciplinary actions and hearings, proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and criminal prosecutions, related to incidents occurring in or around the school bus. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0665lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 665
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends the Missing Children Records Act. Requires a preschool educational program, child care facility, or day care home or group day care home in which a missing person was enrolled to flag the person's record such that whenever a copy of or information regarding the record is requested, the entity is alerted to the fact that the record is that of a missing person. Directs the entity to immediately report to the department any request concerning flagged records or knowledge as to the whereabouts of any missing person. Upon notification by the department that the missing person has been recovered, directs the school or other entity to remove the flag from the person's record.
Provides that upon a child's enrollment for the first time in public or private preschool educational program, public or private child care facility, the entity must provide written notification within 30 days to the person enrolling the child that either a copy of the child's birth certificate or other reliable proof of the child's identity must be provided. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0250lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 250
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Defines ""biometric information" as any information collected through an identification process based on individuals' unique behavioral or physiological characteristics, including fingerprint, hand geometry, voice, or facial recognition or iris or retinal scans. Provides that if a district collects biometric information from students, it may do so only with written permission from the student's parent or guardian, and only for purposes of identification or fraud prevention. Provides that failure to provide written consent must not be the basis for refusal of any services otherwise available to the student. Requires districts to discontinue use of and destroy biometric information within 30 days following student graduation, withdrawal from school, or receipt of a written request for discontinuation from the student's parent or guardian. Prohibits disclosure of information. Provides that failure to provide written consent shall not be the basis for refusal of services otherwise available to the student.
Prohibits districts from the sale, lease, or other disclosure of biometric information to another person or entity, unless the student's parent or guardian consents to the disclosure, or the disclosure is required by court order. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1702lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1702
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates the College Campus Press Act. Provides that all campus media produced primarily by students at a state-sponsored institution of higher learning is a public forum for expression by the student journalists and editors at the particular institution, and that campus media, whether campus-sponsored or noncampus-sponsored, is not subject to prior review by public officials of a state-sponsored institution of higher learning.
Provides that collegiate student editors of campus media are responsible for determining the news, opinions, feature content, and advertising content of
campus media. Bars a collegiate media adviser's termination, transfer, removal, or other forms of discipline or retaliation for the advisor's refusal to
suppress protected free expression rights of collegiate student journalists and of collegiate student editors.
Provides that expression made by a collegiate student journalist, collegiate student editor, or other contributor in campus media is not speech attributable to a state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Provides for lawsuit immunity. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0729lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 729
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Relates to the Alternative Teacher Certification program. Provides that a provisional alternative teaching certificate may be issued to an applicant who has attained at least a cumulative "B" grade point average if the individual is assigned to a school district that has not met an objective for highly qualified teachers or to
a school district whose data filed with the state board of education indicates that the district's poor and minority students are taught by teachers who are not highly
qualified at a higher rate than other students
Provides that assignment may be made only if the district superintendent and the exclusive bargaining representative of the district's teachers jointly agree to permit the assignment. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0306lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 306
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Relates to school districts other than the Chicago school district. Allows sick leave for birth, adoption, or placement for adoption. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1877lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1877
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Relates to a section concerning educational support personnel employees. Provides that if the hours the employee works are reduced for certain reasons, then written notice must be given to the employee. Provides that if a reduction in hours is due to an unforeseen reduction in the student population, then the written notice must be mailed and given to the employee at least 5 days before the hours are reduced. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1560lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1560
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates the Teacher Homebuyer Assistance Act. Subject to appropriation, requires the Illinois Housing Development Authority to establish and administer a program to provide down-payment assistance to public school teachers who teach in hard-to-staff schools or hard-to-staff positions for purchasing residences within the school district. Changes the definition of hard-to-staff school to mean a school that ranks in the upper third of schools in the state in the number of teachers who leave their positions. Defines "hard to staff position" as a teaching category (such as special education, mathematics, or science) in which statewide data indicates a multi-year pattern of substantial teacher shortage or that has been identified as a critical need by the school board. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1224lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1224
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Act regarding the definition of hard-to-staff school. Changes the term "target schools" to "eligible schools". Provides that in any fiscal year in which an appropriation for the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative is made, the consortium shall guarantee that support will be available to an admitted cohort for the cohort's training for that fiscal year. Provides that among indirect expenses included are transportation, tutoring, technology and technology support. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0446lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 446
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Whistleblower Act. Provides that an "employer" as defined in the act includes:
(1) A political subdivision of the state
(2) A unit of local government
(3) A school district, combination of school districts, or governing body of a joint agreement of any type formed by two or more school districts
(4) A community college district, state college or university, or any state agency whose major function is providing educational services
(5) Any authority including a department, division, bureau, board, commission, or other agency of these entities
(6) Any person acting within the scope of his or her authority on behalf of those entities in dealing with its employees.
Deletes an exemption for government entities. Prohibits retaliation. Adds to list of false claims for which a person is liable for penalties.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0742lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 742
Source: /www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
pp 29-30: Authorizes the Chicago school board and the exclusive representative of the district's teachers to establish alternative procedures for teacher evaluation, remediation and removal for cause after remediation, including an alternative system for peer evaluation and recommendations. Provides that teachers assigned to schools identified in that agreement must undergo an alternative performance evaluation plan and remediation procedures and alternative removal for cause standards and procedures. Provides the the hearing officer must be governed by the alternative performance evaluation plan, remediation procedures, and removal standards and procedures set forth in the agreement in making findings of fact and a recommendation.
Directs the board and the exclusive representative of the district's teachers to submit a certified copy of this agreement to the state board of education.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1474lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1474
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/ |
Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Extends the technology immersion pilot project established by the state board of education for another 3 years. Extends the repeal of provisions concerning the technology immersion pilot project to August 31, 2010. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0746lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 746
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Specifies that the state board of education must require textbook publishers to furnish an electronic file set of contracted print material to the National Instructional Materials Access Center for conversion to an accessible format for use by print disabled children and for distribution to local education agencies. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0397lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 397
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Whole Child |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides that it is the duty of a county board to allow, when the county board deems it proper, reasonable expenses of the regional superintendent of schools to administer life-skills programs related to the healthy social and emotional development of children. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0850lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 850
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
In the definition of children with disabilities, provides that an eligible student who requires continued public school educational experience to facilitate his or her successful transition and integration into adult life is eligible for special education services through age 21, inclusive, which, for purposes of the article, means the day before the student's 22nd birthday. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0817lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 817
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates the Smoke Free Illinois Act. Prohibits smoking in schools and student dormitories of both public and private postsecondary institutions. Requires "No Smoking" signs to be posted and ashtrays to be removed in each public place and place of employment where smoking is prohibited. Establishes fines for violation of the smoking ban.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0500lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 500
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Health--Mental Health |
Adopted 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates new Part of rules, "Children's Mental Health Initiative Grants." Subpart A, "School Mental Health Support Grants," (pages 136-141 of 201 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume31_issue30.pdf) includes the following sections:
555.10 Purpose and Applicability
555.20 Eligible Applicants
555.30 Program Specifications
555.40 Application Procedure
555.50 Criteria for the Review of Initial Proposals
555.60 Allocation of Funds
Provides that programs will support students' mental health by:
(a) enhancing the recipients' capacity to identify and meet students' needs for early, coordinated mental health intervention services in "natural" settings;
(b) contributing to the development of a mental health support system for students that is integrated with community mental health agencies and other agencies and
systems that serve children; and
(c) reducing the stigma associated with mental health and mental illness within the school community.
Provides that eligible applicants for both "School Mental Health Support Grants" and "Grants for Implementation of Social and Emotional Learning Standards" (below) include school districts, public university laboratory schools, charter schools and area vocational centers. Provides that it is expected that 20% of the available funds will be allocated to the Chicago Public Schools and that approximately 25% of grant recipients will be districts that either operate only one school or enroll no more than 1,000 students.
Subpart B, "Grants for Implementation of Social and Emotional Learning Standards," (pages 141-147 of 201 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume31_issue30.pdf) includes the following sections:
555.110 Purpose and Applicability
555.120 Eligible Applicants
555.130 Program Specifications – Planning and Training Grants
555.135 Program Specifications – Implementation Grants
555.140 Application Procedure
555.150 Criteria for the Review of Planning and Training Grant Proposals
555.155 Criteria for the Review of Implementation Grant Proposals
555.160 Allocation of Funds
555.APPENDIX A Social and Emotional Learning Standards
Provides that the goal of each planning and training grant project is the development of a three-year plan for implementation of the state social and emotional learning (SEL) standards. Provides each participating school must establish an implementation team responsible for:
(1) Participation in training and technical assistance activities made available by the state-designated regionally based training entity
(2) Conducting at least two family education sessions on the social and emotional learning standards
(3) Identifying gaps in available resources and services related to social and emotional learning
(4) Preparing a plan setting forth a specific, three-year sequence of steps for moving toward the comprehensive integration of the social and emotional learning standards into the participating schools' educational programs, school environment, and other mental health supports.
Title: 23 IAC 555.10 thru .160, and Appendix A
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
Adopted 07/2007 |
P-12 |
From description in Illinois Register:
This rulemaking presents proposed requirements for two new certification-related initiatives that were established in 2006 by P.A. 94-1039: a teacher leader endorsement and an alternative route to administrative certification. Proposed new Section 25.30 (pages 115-118 of 201 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume31_issue30.pdf) sets forth requirements for the teacher leader endorsement. The statute establishes three somewhat different sets of qualifications leading to this endorsement, two of which rely on completion of a "specially designed strand of teacher leadership courses" in combination with other requirements. This rule defines the strand of coursework and identifies who will be considered a "proven teacher leader".
Proposed new Section 25.314 (pages 119-120 of 201 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume31_issue30.pdf) implements Section 21-5e of the School Code, which identifies individuals eligible to complete an alternate route to administrative certification. This route calls only for completion of 15 semester hours aimed at certain administrative competencies. The statute contemplates taking into consideration the coursework individuals will already have completed, so the rule calls for the 15 semester hours to focus on the management-related aspects of the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards and on selected others applicable to the general administrative endorsement. Several of the other provisions of the new rule are similar to those used in Section 25.313, an older "alternative route" rule. The revision to Section 25.335 (pages 120-121 of 201) is related to both of these, in that it acknowledges the exceptions to the general rule that are incorporated in the two different alternative routes.
The revision to Section 25.85 (pages 118-119 of 201) will make endorsements in certain foreign languages (generally candidates' native languages) available on a streamlined basis to individuals who were prepared as teachers outside Illinois and could have received those endorsements when they originally received Illinois certificates. It has become clear that some foreign applicants are not aware of this provision when they originally apply, and it makes more sense for them to have continued access to the language endorsement on the basis of Section 25.86 even after they have attained Illinois certification in some other field rather than to fall under Section 25.85.
Changes in Section 25.750 (Conditions of Testing, pages 123-127 of 201)) establish a new requirement for thumb-printing of individuals taking certification tests. Important goals of this rule are to provide a deterrent to the method of cheating that involves test-taking by someone other than the candidate for certification and to decrease the reliance on handwriting analysis in cases where there is doubt as to the identity of the individual taking a test.
Title: 23 IAC 25.30, .85, .314, .335, .620, .750, .755
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Special Education--Finance |
Adopted 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates a task force to study special education funding needs and to make recommendations as to how the state can increase special education funding and ease the financial burden on school districts. Provides for the membership of the task force; provides that the public members appointed by legislative leaders represent not just school districts, but also nonpublic special education facilities. Provides that the task force must be facilitated by the state board of education. Directs the task force to report its findings and recommendations to the governor and the general assembly by August 1, 2008. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HJR/PDF/09500HJ0024lv.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 24
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Adopted 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Directs the state board of education, the board of higher education, and the office of the governor to jointly appoint a task force to recommend a sequence of strategic steps to implement improvements in school leadership preparation in the state. Directs the task force to file a report of its findings with the general assembly, the office of the governor, the state board of education, and the board of higher education on or before February 1, 2008. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HJR/PDF/09500HJ0066lv.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 66
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
Adopted 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides that, for purposes of compliance with 105 ILCS 5/2-3.25d (which requires all school and district improvement plans to be developed in collaboration with "outside experts,") the requirement for collaboration with "outside experts" in the development of revised school and district improvement plans shall be met through the involvement of a school support team as defined in NCLB, Section 1117(a)(5), or by involving one or more other individuals who would qualify as members of a school support team pursuant to that definition. Deletes references to district restructuring plans in order to conform to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.
Pages 163-177 of 220: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume31_issue13.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 1 (Subpart A-F)
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
Adopted 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Goal of the grant program is to address the shortages experienced by all state-funded preschool education programs of teachers holding Type 04 certificates by assisting individuals to enroll as candidates in and complete a teacher preparation program leading to an Initial Early Childhood teaching certificate. The program will include a loan program that will forgive the loans of candidates who teach in a State-funded preschool education program for at least five years. Establishes provisions governing the Early Childhood Teacher Preparation Assistance Grant.
70.10 Purpose and Applicability
70.20 Eligible Applicants
70.30 Planning Grants – Procedures and Content of Proposals
70.40 Criteria for Review and Approval of Planning Proposals
70.50 Implementation Grants – Procedures and Content of Proposals
70.60 Criteria for Review and Approval of Implementation Proposals
70.70 Application Content and Approval Criteria for Continuation Programs
70.80 Loans; Waiver or Deferral of Repayment
Pages 377-394 of 399: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume31_issue9.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 70.10, .20, .30, .40, .50, .60, .70, .80.
Source: /www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Special Education |
Signed into law 02/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Makes changes concerning identification, evaluation, and placement of children, the impartial due process hearing procedure, the expedited hearing procedure, the selection, training, evaluation, and retention of hearing officers, and evaluation of the impartial due process hearing system. Provides that amendments to hearing requests are permissible. Provides for informed parental consent. Relates to individualized educational programs. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2796lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2796
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Education |
Signed into law 02/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides that an individualized education program team may determine that a pupil must utilize time set aside for physical education to receive special education support and services. Requires the agreement by the parent or guardian or the determination by the individualized education program team that a pupil be excused from physical education to receive special education support and services to be made a part of the individualized education program. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2762lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2762
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
Adopted 02/2007 |
P-12 |
Clarifies rules regarding the "Grow Your Own" program. Amends definitions of "hard-to-staff school" and "hard-to-staff teaching position" to make it clear that only schools serving a substantial percentage of low-income students, and positions in such schools, would be considered for inclusion in this program. Adds rules authorizing the state superintendent to defer or waive an individual's obligation to repay an amount due if an individual meets any of specified criteria:
(1) Individual is counseled out of a preparation program or found ineligible to continue (waiver).
(2) Individual drops out of a preparation program or demonstrates that he or she is unable to complete a portion of the required teaching service due
to:
(A) the onset or exacerbation of a disability;
(B) the need to care for an immediate family member during serious illness or disability;
(C) destruction of the individual's residence; or
(D) other circumstances that require the individual to assume responsibilities that cannot be avoided without serious financial hardship or other family disruption (e.g., death of a spouse that results in the need to take a second job or assume operation of a business). (waiver)
(3) Candidate does not complete a preparation program due to the unavailability of a state appropriation for this initiative for at least two consecutive years. (waiver)
(4) Individual:
(A) is unemployed or is working for fewer than 30 hours per week;
(B) is experiencing a financial hardship (e.g., receiving public assistance, earning an amount per month that is no greater than 200 percent of the amount of the loan payment, or experiencing other circumstances; or
(C) has re-enrolled as a full-time student in an institution of higher education or in a program. (deferral)
Pages 367-376 of 399 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume31_issue9.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 60.20, .80, .90, .100
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12 |
Establishes "Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives" (AMAOs) related to proficiency, progress, and adequate yearly progress (AYP) for educational agencies using funds provided under Title III of the No Child Left Behind Act to serve limited English proficient students. Pages 278-286 of 554: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue44.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 1.88
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12 |
Provides for the distribution of wireless laptop computers, associated hardware and software, and professional development to seven pilot districts in the state. Emergency adoption: Pages 339-346 of 591: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue27.pdf
Final adoption: Pages 350-357 of 554: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue44.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 365.10, .20, .30, .40, .50, .60
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Class Size |
Adopted 09/2006 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding the K-3 class size reduction grant program, and a class size reduction pilot project. Specifies that eligible districts are only those in which one or more schools serving students in grades K-3 are in Academic Early Warning or Academic Watch
status. Pages 265-272 of 405: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue41.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 565.10, .20, .30, .40, .50, .60, .110, .120, .130, .140, .150,.160
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Parent/Family |
Issued 09/2006 |
P-12 |
Creates the Parent Leadership Council to serve as an advisory body to the state board of education and office of the governor. Provides that the duties of the council are:
(a) To identify best practices in parent involvement at schools within Illinois, as well as other states, and to develop recommendations addressing how
those practices can be adopted and implemented in Illinois schools.
(b) To provide assistance and advice to the Illinois State Board of Education on parent involvement in Illinois schools and its impact on student achievement, communication and partnerships with community and other groups, and school family involvement policies.
(c) To make recommendations to the Illinois State Board of Education on State resources and materials that could promote and improve parental participation in Illinois schools.
(d) To submit an annual report to the Illinois State Board of Education and office of the governor detailing their findings and recommending action
items for implementation.
http://www.illinois.gov/Gov/pdfdocs/execorder2006-10.pdf
Title: E.O. 2006-10
Source: www.illinois.gov |
Parent/Family |
Adopted 09/2006 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding the Parental Participation Pilot Project. Pages 259-264 of 405: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue41.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 560.10, .20, .30, .40, .50
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 09/2006 |
P-12 |
New section (p 243 of 405 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue41.pdf) institutes a requirement that districts electronically report information used in determining whether teachers can be considered "highly qualified"
for their assignments in the core academic subject areas.
New section 1.242 (p 244 of 405 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue41.pdf) conveys the due process requirements that are applicable when districts elect to deny enrollment to high school students for failure to maintain academic or attendance standards, as permitted by Public Act 93-803.
Sections 1.420 and 1.430 (pp 244-254 of 405 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue41.pdf) have been updated to acknowledge that, under Public Act 94-198, physical education is not required daily in cases of block scheduling.
Language has been inserted into Section 1.720 (pp 254-258 of 405 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue41.pdf) to clarify the long-standing policy that the "major field of teaching assignment" is the one in which a (middle-grades) teacher spends
the most time and is thus the field in which the teacher is generally required to have 18 semester hours of credit.
Title: 23 IAC 1.77, .242, .420, .430, .720
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Adopted 08/2006 |
P-12 |
Establishes increased regulation of the supplemental educational services industry and additional assistance for districts with implementation. Clarifies the application, monitoring and removal processes to hold providers accountable. Ensures that providers' rates reflect the actual cost of services. Provides additional resources to districts for the administration of Supplemental Educational Services. Pages 146-175 of 215: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue35.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 675.30, .60, .70, .90, .100, 150, .175, .210, .240, .245, Appendix A, B, C
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Adopted 08/2006 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding the School Safety Drill Act. Mandates the conduct of school evacuation drills, bus evacuation drills, and severe weather and shelter-in place drills in public and nonpublic schools and also strongly encourages the conduct of law enforcement drills. Establishes requirements for the minimum number of drills of each type. Calls for the involvement of fire departments in school evacuation drills. Pages 176-183 of 215: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue35.pdf
Title: 29 IAC 1510.10, .20, .30
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Provides that counties and municipalities may adopt ordinances to regulate truants within their jurisdiction and may impose a graduated fine schedule for repeat violations, or community service, or both. Provides that if the violator is under 10 years of age, the parent or custodian of the violator is subject to the fine or community service, or both.
Provides that a chronic truant may be petitioned for adjudication and adjudged a truant minor in need of supervision, provided an entity has previously certified that the local school has provided appropriate truancy intervention services to the truant minor and the minor's family. Defines "truancy intervention services" as assessments, counseling, mental health services, shelter, optional and alternative education programs, tutoring, and educational advocacy to assist the minor's return to an educational program.
Provides that if it is determined the local school did not provide the appropriate interventions, then the minor must be referred to a comprehensive community based youth service agency for truancy intervention services. Establishes reporting requirements for comprehensive community based youth service agencies subsequent to a truant's referral for services. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2197lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2197
Source: www.ilga.gov |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Relates to grants for a preschool educational program administered by the state board July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2008. Provides that appropriated funds shall be distributed to achieve a goal of preschool for all children whose families choose to participate. Defines "at-risk" children as those who because of their home and community environment are subject to such language, cultural, economic and like disadvantages to cause them to have been determined as a result of screening procedures to be at risk of academic failure. Provides that first priority for newly-funded preschool programs must be given to qualified programs serving primarily at-risk children and second priority to qualified programs serving primarily children with a family income of less than 4 times the federal poverty level.
Directs the state board to annually report to the general assembly on what percentage of new funding was provided to programs serving primarily at-risk children, what percentage of new funding was provided to programs serving primarily children with a family income of less than 4 times the federal poverty level, and what percentage of new funding was provided to other programs. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/94/PDF/094-1054.pdf
Title: S.B. 1497
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish and maintain a pilot program to provide for and test the use of lifelong learning accounts for workers in the state's healthcare sector for education expenses. Provides that participation in the pilot program by healthcare employers is voluntary. Provides that the pilot may serve up to 500 healthcare workers, and that, if the department elects to adopt the program, must:
(1) encourage the participation, in the program, of lower-income and lower-skilled healthcare workers;
(2) implement the program in diverse geographic and economic areas and include healthcare workers in urban, suburban, and rural areas of the state;
(3) include, in the program, healthcare employers of different sizes that choose to participate;
(4) provide matching grants in an amount, not to exceed $500 annually for each grant, equal to 50% of the annual aggregate contribution made by an employer and
employee to the employee's lifelong learning account;
(5) make technical assistance available to companies and educational and career advising available to individual participants. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2931lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2931
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board to establish a new principal mentoring program to allow experienced principals to serve as mentors to new principals during their first year as a principal. Requires the principal, in collaboration with the mentor, to identify areas for improvement of the new principal's professional growth, including, but not limited to, each of the following:
(1) Analyzing data and applying it to practice.
(2) Aligning professional development and instructional programs.
(3) Building a professional learning community.
(4) Observing classroom practices and providing feedback.
(5) Facilitating effective meetings.
(6) Developing distributive leadership practices.
(7) Facilitating organizational change.
Requires the state board to establish an alternative route to administrative certification for National Board certified teachers.
Requires the state board, in consultation with the state teacher certification board, to establish a teacher leader endorsement. Provides that the endorsement is a career path endorsement available to: (i) teachers who are certified through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and complete a specially designed strand of teacher leadership courses; (ii) teachers who have completed a master's degree program in teacher leadership; and (iii) proven teacher leaders with a master's degree who complete a specially designed strand of teacher leadership courses.
Directs the state board to certify statewide organizations representing principals, institutions of higher education, and regional offices of education and one school
district or organization representing principals in Chicago to establish a master principal designation program if these entities meet state board-established criteria. Directs these entities to work with a statewide design team of institutions of higher education, regional offices of education, statewide organizations, and other appropriate entities, to conceptualize the master principal designation program. Requires A master
principal designation program aligned with the Illinois
Professional Leadership Standards shall include at least the
following components:
(1) Expansion of the principal's knowledge base and leadership.
(2) Application of strategies and collection of evidence of student learning and school processes.
(3) Demonstration of the ability and skills necessary to lead sustained academic improvement in a school or district.
Provides that an individual serving as a principal for at least 3 years is eligible for participation in a master principal designation program.
Directs the state board to create a task force to review the Illinois Administrators' Academy and recommend revisions to the program. Establishes that the goal of the task force is to revise the Illinois Administrators' Academy so that it offers professional development opportunities tailored to the individual and collective needs of principals and other administrators. Directs the task force also to examine the content and duration of teacher evaluation courses and to make recommendations for improvement. Requires the task force to file a report of its findings with the general assembly, the governor and the state board by July 1, 2007.
Beginning with the 2006-2007, requires districts, except for Chicago, to establish a principal evaluation plan. The plan must ensure that each principal is evaluated according to requirements set forth in statute.
Beginning on July 1, 2007, requires the Chicago school district to develop a principal mentoring program. Directs the district to submit a copy of its principal mentoring program to the state board for its review and public comment. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB0860lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 860
Source: www.ilga.gov |
P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends the Teacher Certification Article of the School Code. Relates to an early childhood certificate. Provides that the student teaching portion of the practical experience may be satisfied through placement in any of grades pre-kindergarten through 3, provided that the student is under the supervision of a cooperating teacher certified in early childhood education. Provides that paraprofessionals with at least one year of experience in a school or community-based early childhood
setting who are enrolled in early-childhood teacher preparation programs may be paid and receive credit while student teaching with their current employer. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2202lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2202
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Establishes the Nurse Educator Assistance Act to attract capable and promising students to the nursing educator profession, increase employment and retention of individuals who are working towards or who have received a master's or doctoral degree in nursing, and provide opportunities for persons making mid-career decisions to enter the nurse educator profession. Establishes the Nurse Educator Loan Repayment Program to provide up to $5,000 a year for up to 4 years to assist individuals in paying back student loans.
Establishes the Nurse Educator Scholarship Program to provide scholarship assistance until July 1, 2010 to eligible students for nursing-related graduate study. Award must cover tuition and fees and include a stipend of up to $10,000 to cover such costs of attendance as living expenses. Allows students to receive scholarships for up to 8 semesters. Requires scholarship recipients to sign a pledge that, within 1 year of completing schooling, they will begin working as an educator in an approved program of professional nursing education or an approved program of practical nursing education in Illinois for a period of not less than 5 years. Provides that if a scholarship recipient fails to fulfill the work agreement, the individual must repay the scholarship amount received, prorated according to the fraction of the work agreement not completed, plus 5% interest.
Establishes a competitive grant program for postsecondary institutions that award degrees in nursing. Allows the grants to be awarded on the basis of performance criteria including degree production, student retention, and passage rates on professional licensure examinations. Establishes a nurse educator fellowship program to supplement nursing faculty salaries at postsecondary institutions that award degrees in nursing. Allows fellowships to be awarded on a competitive basis.
Extends Illinois National Guard grant program to provide same benefits to members of the Illinois Naval Militia.
Establishes forensic science grant program to encourage graduate students to enter the field of forensic science and continue their careers as forensic scientists with the department of state police in one of the specialty areas of forensic sciences considered a shortage specialty area. Provides grants of up to $30,000 to cover expenses related to the forensic science program in which a graduate student is enrolled. Requires recipients to sign a pledge to seek employment as a forensic scientist with the department of state police and, if such employment is obtained, to continue as an employee of the department of state police for a minimum of 4 years. Requires recipients who do not fulfill the work agreement to repay the grant award, prorated for the fraction of the obligation not completed, plus 5% interest.
Clarifies in existing nursing scholarship program that a student's merit, as shown through his or her grade point average, class rank, and other academic and
extracurricular activities, must be a factor in prioritizing scholarships in a year in which applicants exceed the number of scholarships to be awarded.
(Repealed on January 1, 2008): Establishes the Illinois Center for Nursing and the Center for Nursing Advisory Board. Directs the center to address issues of supply and demand in the nursing profession, including issues of recruitment, retention, and utilization of nurse manpower resources. Establishes the following specific goals for the center:
(1) To develop a strategic plan for nursing manpower in Illinois by selecting priorities that must be addressed.
(2) To convene various groups of representatives of nurses, other health care providers, businesses and industries, consumers, legislators, and educators to:
(A) review and comment on data analysis prepared for the center;
(B) recommend systemic changes, including strategies for implementation of recommended changes; and
(C) evaluate and report the results of the board's efforts to the general assembly and others.
(3) To enhance and promote recognition, reward, and renewal activities for nurses in Illinois by:
(A) proposing and creating reward, recognition, and renewal activities for nursing; and
(B) promoting media and positive image-building efforts for nursing.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB0931lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 931
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Student Assistance Commission to receive and consider applications for monetary grant assistance to benefit students who will not receive Monetary Award Program grants. Provides that an applicant is eligible for such grant if enrolled at least half-time as a sophomore, junior, or senior and is from a family that had a specified adjusted gross income. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2225lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2225
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 07/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Clarifies rules to reflect the statutory changes contained in public law, which created this new program to encourage students to become teachers in schools with staff shortages. Sets forth the applicant eligibility requirements, program procedures and institutional procedures. pp 237-245 of 591: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue27.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 2768.10, 15, 20, 30, 40
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Postsecondary Participation--Access |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Establishes the Steps for Attaining Higher Education through Academic Development (Illinois Steps AHEAD) program as the state's GEAR UP program, housed in the Department of Human Services to provide educational services and post-secondary educational scholarships for low-income middle and high school students. Requires program components to include increased parent involvement, creative and engaging academic support for students, career exploration programs, college preparation, and increased collaboration with local schools.
Provides that the Department shall implement the program only if federal funding is made available. Creates the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs Fund in the state treasury.
Establishes Assets for Independence Program. Provides that purpose of program is to allow eligible low-income Illinois citizens, subject to the availability of state and federal funds and authorization from the department, to open and maintain an Individual Development Account (IDA) at a federally insured financial institution. Provides that deposits into an IDA that are used for subsequent qualified purchases shall be matched dollar-for-dollar by moneys from the Assets for Independence Fund. Includes payment of post-secondary education expenses, if the expenses are paid directly to an eligible educational institution, as one of three possible qualified asset purchases using moneys from an IDA.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/94/PDF/094-1043.pdf
Illinois GEAR UP: http://www.ed.gov/programs/gearup/abs-state-05.doc
Title: S.B. 2328
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends the Teacher Certification Article of the School Code. Includes as unprofessional conduct for which a certificate may be suspended the failure to disclose on an employment application a previous conviction for a sex offense or any other offense committed in any other state or against the laws of the United States that, if committed in Illinois, would be punishable as a sex offense. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB0859lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 859
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Creates a new Article concerning the conversion and formation of school districts. Contains provisions concerning school district conversions, combined school district formation, unit school district formation, partial elementary unit school district formation, petitions, and an election. Increases tax rates for operations and maintenance purposes. Repeals certain sections. Provides for a referendum. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2795lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2795
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Deletes existing provisions related to the approval of a district improvement plan for a district on academic early warning status or watch status. Replaces with language clarifying that such plans must be approved by the school board. Requires all districts required to revise a School Improvement Plan to establish a peer review process for the evaluation of School Improvement Plans.
Requires parents and outside experts to be included in the development of all revised school and district improvement plans. Pages 6-12 of 49: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2829lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2829 - School/District Improvement Plans
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends the Vehicle Code and the School Code. Provides for cancellation or refusal to renew a driver's license or learner's permit of a person under 18 who is a chronic or habitual truant. Requires districts to include in quarterly reporting to the state the names of: pupils whose withdrawal is due to extraordinary circumstances, including but not limited to economic or medical necessity or family hardship, as determined by district criteria; pupils who have re-enrolled in school since their names were removed from the attendance rolls; any pupil certified to be a chronic or habitual truant; and pupils previously certified as chronic or habitual truants who have resumed regular school attendance.
Requires districts to establish criteria for the local superintendent to use in determining whether a pupil's failure to attend school is the result of extraordinary circumstances, including economic or medical necessity or family hardship.
Provides for listing of pupils who have re-enrolled. Includes non-public schools. Provides for provision of a comparison of drop out rates. Includes economic or family hardship and medical necessity. Requires a report to the Secretary of State.
Directs the state board to, if possible, make available to any person, upon request, a comparison of dropout rates before and after enactment of these provisions. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB1463lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1463
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Class Size |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Creates a pilot class size reduction grant program, in addition to the existing class size reduction grant program, to be implemented and administered by the state board. Provides that grants will be awarded to schools to defray the costs and expenses of operating and maintaining classes of no more than 15 pupils per teacher per class. Provides that the pilot class size reduction grant program applies only to grades K-3. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2882lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2882
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Provides that a school district offering a secondary agricultural education program approved for state and federal funding must ensure components available to its secondary agricultural education students; provides that nothing may prevent those programs that are in operation before the effective date of the Act and that do not have an active state and nationally affiliated Future Farmers of America chapter from continuing to receive funding from the state board. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB4986lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4986
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Curriculum--Arts Education |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Creates an arts and foreign language education grant program to fund arts education and foreign language education programs in the public schools. Provides that emphasis of grant program must be on ensuring that art and foreign language courses are available as part of a school's core curriculum. Directs the state board to
enter into an agreement with the Illinois Arts Council to cooperate in administering and awarding grants under the program.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/94/PDF/094-0835.pdf
Title: S.B. 176
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board to develop curricula, materials, and guidelines for school boards to use in implementing a program of instruction on financial literacy within current courses offered in public high schools. Creates the Financial Literacy Fund as a special fund in the state treasury. Provides that all money in the fund shall be used to award grants to school districts for the following purposes:
(1) Defraying the costs of financial literacy training for teachers.
(2) Rewarding a school or teacher who wins or achieves results at a certain level of success in a financial literacy competition.
(3) Rewarding a student who wins or achieves results at a certain level of success in a financial literacy competition.
(4) Funding activities, including books, games, field trips, computers, and other activities, related to financial literacy education.
Authorizes local boards to establish a special fund in which to receive public funds and private contributions for the promotion of financial literacy.
Urges the state board, upon the next comprehensive review of the Illinois Learning Standards, to include the basic principles of personal insurance policies and understanding simple contracts. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2191lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2191
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Curriculum--Sex Education |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Deletes provision that requires all sex education courses to advise pupils of the provisions of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act (325 ILCS 2/) and provide information about responsible parenting and the availability of confidential adoption services. Requires course material and instruction on the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act to be included in the comprehensive health education program. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2455lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2455
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
Community College |
Requires the community college board to implement and administer a 3-year, mobile response workforce training pilot program at three community colleges to address the fact that businesses are struggling to recruit a qualified workforce because of the frequent emergence of new technologies in the workplace and subsequent skill set requirements. Requires the program to:
(1) Be a collaborative model that integrates mobile workforce training with job creation and economic development.
(2) Provide participating businesses with on-site training activities and resources across all functions, including without limitation recruiting, assessing and training potential employees, developing and producing training materials, providing training facilities, and delivering customized services, with the long-term objective of maintaining business and industry in the state and attracting new businesses and industries to the state.
Encourages the program to use the highly successful Alabama Industrial Development Training program as a model for guidance and direction. Authorizes the state board to administer the pilot program in conjunction with current programs and grants and in cooperation with other state agencies. Directs the board to establish the criteria for selecting the community colleges to participate in the mobile response workforce training pilot program, standards for implementing the program, and goals to be accomplished during the 3 years of the program.
Directs the board, on or before January 1, 2009, to file with the governor and the general assembly a report on the progress of the pilot program.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB5429lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 5429
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--Bonds |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Relates to the debt limitations of school districts. Provides that bonds issued by a community consolidated school district maintaining grades K through 8 shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of statutory limitations and may be issued in an amount or amounts, including existing indebtedness, in excess of any heretofore or hereafter imposed statutory limitation as to indebtedness under certain conditions. Provides for acquisition and improvement of school sites. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB0857lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 857
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Revises provisions related to districts' public reporting of finances. Specifies content that must be included in annual statement of affairs summary. Tranfers from regional superintendents to state board control over processing of payments of districts not in compliance with financial reporting requirements.
Pages 27-32 of 49: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2829lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2829 - District Financial Reporting
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Allows cooperative high schools to receive some of the same supplementary state aid that new districts receive; relates to multiple agreements. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB4365lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4365
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Requires school board members other than of the Chicago Board of Education to take an oath of office. Sets forth the contents of that oath. Specifies that the local board must direct the superintendent in his or her administration of the school district, including considering the superintendent's recommendations on the budget; building plans; the locations of sites; the selection, retention, and dismissal of employees; and the selection of textbooks, instructional material, and courses of study. Directs local boards to evaluate the superintendent in his or her administration of school board policies and his or her stewardship of the assets of the district.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB4310lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4310
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Clarifies that administrators and certified and non-certified school employees are mandated to report child abuse or neglect. Provides that any school board member who has actual knowledge that a child enrolled in the school district of which he or she is a board member is an abused child as defined in the Act must direct the superintendent to immediately report that knowledge to the Department of Children and Family Services. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB5375lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 5375
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends the Criminal Code. Prohibits a child sex offender to knowingly operate, manage, be employed by, volunteer at, be associated with, or knowingly be present at a child day care facility, or a school providing before and after school programs for children under 18 years of age, with certain exceptions. Provides that the offender may reside within 500 feet of such facilities if the property is owned by the offender and was purchased before the effective date of this Act. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB5249lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 5249
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends the definition of administrator in the Illinois Pension Code to exclude a member on the Chicago teachers' or Chicago charter school teachers' salary schedule, and to include a member who is paid on an administrative payroll. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB4541lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4541
Source: |
P-3 Finance |
Emergency Rule Adoption 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Establishes emergency rules regarding the Preschool for All Children program; provides educational services to all 3 to 5 year old children whose families choose to participate. 325-338 of 591: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue27.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 235.10, .60, .70, .100, .200, .300, .400, .500
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides that grant assistance is available to an individual who:
(1) has been in the legal custody of his or her grandparent and received public aid assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code for at least 12 months before first applying for assistance;
(2) has graduated from high school with a cumulative grade point average of at least a 2.7 on a 4.0 scale or its equivalent;
(3) has been recommended for assistance by the principal or other appropriate administrative officer of his or her high school; and
(4) is enrolled in or plans to enroll full-time in an Illinois postsecondary institution.
Provides that eligible applicants may receive grants of $1,000, which may be annually renewed for up to 4 years, if continuing eligibility conditions are met.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB4406lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4406
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
Postsec. |
Provides that the department of commerce and economic opportunity may conduct a study regarding the recruitment and training of masters-prepared nurses to serve as nursing school faculty. Provides for career track programs to officer advancement and rewards comparable to those in clinical managment. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB4461lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4461
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Adds an additional student member to the Board of Higher Education, who must be a non-traditional undergraduate student who is at least 24 years old and represents the views of non-traditional students, such as a person who is employed or is a parent. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2312lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2312
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Defines "bullying prevention" as instruction in all of the following:
(1) Intimidation.
(2) Student victimization.
(3) Sexual harassment.
(4) Sexual violence.
(5) Strategies for student-centered problem solving regarding bullying.
Provides that each school district may provide instruction in bullying prevention in all grades and shall include such instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein. Provides that a school board may collaborate with a community-based agency providing specialized curricula in bullying prevention whose ultimate outcome is to prevent sexual violence. Authorizes the state board to assist in the development of instructional materials and teacher training in bullying prevention. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2630lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2630
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Provides that the qualifications of persons performing reviews and inspections of school facilities must include requirements for training, education, and at least two years of relevant experience. Requires registration for new construction inspections by a fire district or a municipality under the jurisdiction of a regional superintendent. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB5416lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 5416
Source: www.ilga.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act and the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Makes changes concerning the breakfast incentive program, surveys to identify parental interest in school breakfast programs and barriers to establishing school breakfast programs. Provides for a list of school districts and schools granted an exemption from a regional superintendent of schools. Requires a percentage of students in the National School Lunch Program to be low income. Requires hearings. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=50&GA=94&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=2336&GAID=8&LegID=23031&SpecSess=&Session=
Title: S.B. 2336
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Service-Learning |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Creates the Community Service Education Act. Establishes the Community Service Education Program. with voluntary district participation. Identifies items that may serve as best practices to be considered by districts opting to implement the program. Provides that a school district may establish and operate a community service education program that qualifies for a grant from the State Board of Education by complying with the provisions of the Act and rules. Requires each district maintaining a community service education program to employ or appoint a Director of Community Service Education, who will be responsible for all aspects of the district's community service education program. Allows any district that opts to conduct a community service education program to enter into an agreement with other districts to form a consortium to offer a consolidated community service education program.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB4832lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4832
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Student Supports--Remediation |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Deletes language related to local learning objectives and assessment. Makes districts' setting of student learning objectives optional rather than mandatory.
Eliminates requirement that a district's school improvement plan address specific activities the district intends to implement to assist pupils not meeting state standards or local objectives. Pages 17-26 of 49: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2829lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2829 - Local Learning Objectives
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Requires the state board to collect and maintain all of the following data for each institution of higher education engaged in teacher preparation in the state:
(1) The number of individuals taking the test of basic skills.
(2) The number of individuals passing the test of basic skills.
(3) The total number of subject-matter tests attempted.
(4) The total number of subject-matter tests passed.
Directs the data on subject-matter tests to be reported in sum, rather than by separately listing each subject, in order to better protect the identity of the test-takers. On or before August 1, 2007, requires the state board to file with the general assembly and the governor and to make available to the public a report listing the institutions of higher education engaged in teacher preparation in the state, along with the number of individuals taking and passing the test of basic skills for each institution.
On or before August 1, 2009 and every 3 years thereafter, directs the state board to file with the general assembly and the Governor and to make available to the public a report listing the institutions of higher education engaged in teacher preparation in the state, along with the number of individuals taking and passing the basic skills test and the number of subject-matter tests attempted and passed. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2546lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2546
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Defines behavior analyst to mean a person who is certified by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board to provide special education to students with disabilities. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB4987lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4987
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board of education's annual budget to set out by separate line item the appropriation for the Teaching Excellence Program. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB4308lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4308
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Adopted 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding the "Beginning Teacher Induction Pilot Program," which provides for statewide induction and mentoring programs but also permits competitive grant programs in any year when the appropriation is not sufficient for that purpose.
Emergency Adoption: Pages 315-324 of 591: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue27.pdf
Final Adoption: Pages 287-295 of 554: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue44.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 65.10, .20, .110, .120, .130, .140, .150, .160
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Deletes language requiring state board to approve staff development programs. Deletes language requiring state board, subsequent to approval of a staff development program, to provide state funds to aid in conducting and contracting with not-for-profit organizations to conduct such programs. Pages 16-17 of 49: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2829lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2829 - Teacher Professional Development
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends the Grow Your Own Teacher Act. Defines developmental classes and makes changes to the definition of parent and community leaders and schools serving a substantial percentage of low-income students. Makes an exception for existing cohorts with respect to requirement that the first programs under the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative be awarded grants so as to allow candidates to begin their work at the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=50&GA=94&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=2235&GAID=8&LegID=22716&SpecSess=&Session=
Title: S.B. 2235
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Pension Code. Extends to 2011 the period during which an annuitant receiving a retirement annuity other than a disability retirement annuity may accept employment as a teacher without impairing retirement status. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB5331lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 5331
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Relates to the loan of textbooks by the State Board of Education. Provides that certain requirements do not apply to the loan of textbooks. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB5550lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 5550
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Adopted 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Creates the Task Force on Re-enrolling Students Who Dropped Out Of School in order to examine and develop ways to address the growing issue of students who left school before earning a high school diploma. Directs the task force to examine policies, programs, and other issues related to developing a variety of successful approaches using best program practices. Establishes membership and directs the task force to hold public hearings throughout the state to address specified issues. Provides that the state board is responsible for facilitating the task force. Directs the task force to provide the governor and general assembly with an interim report on its findings by January 10, 2007 and a final report by January 2008. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HJR/PDF/09400HJ0087lv.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 87
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--Resource Efficiency |
Adopted 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the Education Purchasing Program. Designates the state board as the state education purchasing entity. States criteria on which certification of education purchasing contracts and/or statewide education master contracts will be based. Pages 566-576 of 705: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue18.pdf
Title: 44 IAC 1110.10 thru .60
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
Postsec. |
Provides that smoking is prohibited in any portion of a building used in whole or in part as a student dormitory that is owned, operated or otherwise utilized by a public or private institution of higher education. Provides the the prohibition does not apply to any commercial area within the building. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/94/PDF/094-0770.pdf
Title: S.B. 2465
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Adds the requirement that a school permit a pupil to use an epinephrine auto-injector in provisions that require a public or nonpublic school to permit the self-administration of medication by a pupil with asthma. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Defines an epinephrine auto-injector as a medical device for immediate self-administration by a person at risk of anaphylaxis. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=50&GA=94&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=2898&GAID=8&LegID=24007&SpecSess=&Session=
Title: S.B. 2898
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Requires the Department of Public Health to develop educational materials on meningitis for distribution in elementary and secondary schools. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2728lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2728
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Eliminates the provision that the additional good conduct credit awarded to a prisoner who passes the high school level Test of General Educational Development (GED) while the prisoner is incarcerated applies only if the prisoner receives a GED certificate. Provides that the good conduct credit shall be available only to those prisoners who have not previously earned a high school diploma or a GED. Relates to early release. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2320lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2320
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Adopted 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Modifies deadline for a district's status appeal to within 30 days of receipt of notification from the state board of the school's or district's status level, recognition level, or corrective action, OR by September 1 of the calendar year in which the notification occurs, whichever occurs later. This addition of the September 1 option allows districts receiving notification during summer vacation to confer with necessary staff before deciding whether to proceed with an appeal. (pages 483-492 of 705 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue18.pdf)
Title: 23 IAC 1.95
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Identifies 10 criteria the department must use when reviewing grant proposals and making awards for the High Technology School-to-Work Program. Criteria include the appropriateness of the targeted industries and occupations; the appropriateness of the targeted student population; the efforts to recruit female and minority students into the project; and the strength of the local partnership and private sector involvement. http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue16.pdf (beginning page 1303 of 1408).
Title: 14 IAC 110.170
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Changes reference to "career education" to "career and technical education." Clarifies differences between courses high schools must offer, courses students must take, and courses students must pass to graduate. Clarifies that all high school students must take a course in American patriotism and the principles of representative government, as enunciated in the American Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and the proper use and display of the American flag for not less than one hour per week, or the equivalent.
Adds policy that a student may be permitted to retake a course that he or she has already successfully completed (for example, to earn a better grade) but that credit may not be awarded more than once for completion of the same course, and the same course may not be counted more than once toward
fulfillment of the state high school graduation requirements.
Establishes criteria for approval of a "writing intensive" course as required for high school graduation effective with the Class of 2010. Pages 483-496 of 705 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue18.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 1.440
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Private Schools |
Adopted 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Clarifies rules to acknowledge that facilities may be established not only by nonpublic entities but also public out-of-state schools and public authorities such as regional superintendents of schools. Clarifies rules to express the approach to be used in approving out-of-state programs. Institutes a two-year approval cycle for purposes of efficiency. Pages 123-149 of 524: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue19.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 401.5, 10, 20, 30, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 210, 220, 230,240, 250, 260, 270, 280
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding the system for accrediting educational units in institutions that prepare educators and approving their respective preparation programs, so as to identify places in these processes where duplication of effort or reporting could be eliminated.
Section 25.127 revises content of program reports.
Section 25.142 is added to state explicitly the minimum assessment requirements for individual programs.
Expands potential program accreditors to include specialized accrediting organizations (SAOs) such as CACREP (the Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs) and ASHA (the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association), which provide national accreditation to programs in both NCATE and non-NCATE institutions.
Section 25.100 and Appendix E permit out-of-state applicants to receive endorsements in specific fields within the sciences and social sciences.
(pages 497-565 of 705: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue18.pdf)
Title: 23 IAC 25.100, 115, 125, 127, 142, 145, 147, 155, 160, 165, 225, 444,490, 710, 720, Appendix E
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Accountability |
Adopted 02/2006 |
P-12 |
Provides standards for the conduct of financial audits of regional offices of education and certain educational service centers. http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue7.pdf (starts page 329 of 520, see esp. 338 of 520)
Title: 74 IAC 420.130, 140, 310, 320, 410, 420, 430, 630, 640, 710, 720
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-3 Finance |
Adopted 02/2006 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding the Early Childhood Block Grant program. Allows entities other than school districts to apply for preschool and parental training programs; eliminates grants to fund preschool education programs to conduct research into effective programs; rolls parental training program services and activities either into the preschool program or preventive initiative program; requires that prevention initiative programs be based on research and provide comprehensive services. Begins on page 426 of 1275: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue11.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 235.10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, Appendix A, B
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Adopted 02/2006 |
Postsec. |
Establishes the Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Program (DFI), which combines two former programs, the Illinois Consortium for Educational Opportunity Program (ICEOP) and the Illinois Minority Graduate Incentive Program (IMGIP). The purpose of the program is to encourage minority students to enroll and complete academic programs at the post-baccalaureate level and to enhance the diversity of faculty and professional staff at Illinois higher education institutions
and agencies.
Requires eligible candidates to meet the following criteria:
--Ilinois resident
--U.S. citizens or lawful resident alien
--Racial minority
--Completed baccalaureate degree from accredited postsecondary institution
--Has been admitted as a student pursuing a doctoral, master's, or post-baccalaureate professional degree and will pursue this degree objective as a full-time student, as defined by the institution, for at least 9 months of the year
--Has signed an agreement to meet the Act's employment conditions if a DFI award is accepted
--Candidate's financial resources are such that in the absence of a DFI grant the individual will be prevented from pursuing a graduate or professional degree at the institution
--Possesses above-average academic ability to pursue a graduate or
professional degree as evidenced by (A) minimum grade point average of C+ (2.75 on a grade scale of 4.00 = A) in the last 60 hours of undergraduate work; and (B) admission to a post-baccalaureate degree program at a qualified institution of higher education.
As a condition for acceptance of the award, requires the recipient to agree to:
(1) Accept a teaching or nonteaching full-time appointment at an Illinois institution of higher education; or
(2) Accept a position as an employee of this State in an administrative, education-related position, such as administrative positions in Illinois elementary/secondary and higher education agencies; or
(3) Make a good faith effort to secure such position for a time period of no less than 5 years. A good faith effort includes actively seeking employment and maintaining contact with the institutional representative and Program Board.
Requires the recipient to accept such positions for a period equal to the number of years that he or she was a participant in the DFI grant program.
Requires the Program Board, in determining the recipients of the awards, to consider only members of traditionally underrepresented minority groups
who are underrepresented in particular fields of study.
http://www.ibhe.state.il.us/Board/agendas/2006/February/Item%20CA-4%20text.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 1080.100, 110, 200, 210, 220, 230, 300, 310, 320, 330
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet, www.ibhe.state.il.us |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Adopted 02/2006 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Expands the rules for cooperative agreements to allow one community college to award a degree or certificate offered by another community college through the state's online cooperative agreement. pp 79-89 of 1528 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue10.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 1501.307
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet, www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 02/2006 |
P-12 |
Clarifies rules regarding criteria by which teachers may be identified as "highly qualified" in the core academic subject areas. Bars individuals serving on
special education teaching approval or short-term emergency certification in special education or teachers holding transitional bilingual certificates (unless they have passed the content-area test for the core academic subject taught) from being considered "highly qualified". Gives latitude to rural teachers and special education teachers who are new to the profession and who are "highly qualified" in one core academic subject.
Page 90-125 of 1528: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue10.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 25 Appendix D
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet, www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 01/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Establishes rules to implement the Grow Our Own Teacher Education Act. Allows consortia of at least one postsecondary institution, at least one school district or group of schools and at least one community organization to apply for a grant provided the application proves at least a subset of teachers typically prepared by the institution seeks employment in communities where hard-to-staff schools are located, and that the institution is not applying for funding for an existing consortium currently serving a group of candidates under a model substantially similar to that described in the Act. Establishes other requirements for potential applicants. Establishes procedures for grant RFPs. Establishes criteria for the review of proposals, including that:
--programs seek to attract diverse teacher candidates reflecting the diversity of students in hard-to-staff schools;
--the plan of work for the program include specific strategies for overcoming known barriers faced by the targeted schools in retaining qualified teachers as well as barriers faced by the individuals who make up the cohort to be enrolled in the program;
--faculty and relevant staff of the institution are knowledgeable regarding the needs of hard-to-staff schools and the specific issues that candidates from non-traditional backgrounds encounter when attempting to complete preparation for teaching careers;
--the community organization that is a member of the consortium has conducted projects or initiatives with a specific focus on involving parents and others in school improvement, either in the targeted schools or schools with similar characteristics, and has the capacity to recruit candidates for and support them as they progress through the program.
Requires the State Superintendent of Education to approve proposals for funding and make final determinations regarding the amounts to be provided based on specified criteria.
Establishes requirements and procedures for continuation of implementation funding.
During Fiscal Year 2006, requires the State Superintendent of Education to invite proposals from existing entities already engaged in teacher preparation initiatives whose principal features are congruent with those established the Act. Allows one or more entities whose proposals demonstrate that an eligible consortium exists and that a cohort of eligible candidates is being prepared for service in hard-to-staff positions or schools to receive implementation funding in accordance with an approved proposal and budget, depending upon the preparation status of the candidates, the amounts requested, and the availability of funding.
Establishes procedures for awarding planning grants.
Provides loans of up to $25,000 to candidates in Grow Your Own programs to complete their teacher training. States that any candidate who completes 5 years of service in a hard-to-staff school or hard-to-staff teaching position will be fully forgiven. However, if an individual has not assumed employment in a hard-to-staff school or position within two years after receiving a teaching certificate, the individual shall be required to begin the repayment (without interest) of amounts loaned through the program.
http://www.isbe.net/rules/archive/pdfs/60ARK.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 60.10 thru 100
Source: Lexis/Nexis, /www.isbe.net/rules |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 11/2005 |
P-12 |
Makes changes in the accountability system for public schools. Changes the requirement for adequate yearly progress and the indicators that will be considered; the targets for each aspect of performance; the subgroups of students, their participation in state level assessments, and the treatment of their scores; and the academic early warning and watch status and the requirements for school and district improvement plans and restructuring plans.
Section 1.10 Public School Accountability Framework
Section 1.20 Operational Requirements
Section 1.30 State Assessment
Section 1.40 Adequate Yearly Progress
Section 1.50 Calculation of Participation Rate
Section 1.60 Subgroups of Students; Inclusion of Relevant Scores
Section 1.70 Additional Indicators for Adequate Yearly Progress (high school dropout rates/graduation rates)
Section 1.75: Student Information System
Section 1.80: Academic Early Warning and Watch Status
Section 1.85: School and District Improvement Plans; Restructuring Plans
Section 1.90: Systems of Rewards and Recognition - The Illinois Honor Role
Section 1.95 Appeals Procedure
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/rules/archive/pdfs/oneark.pdf
AGENCY CONTACT: Sally Vogl, Agency Rules Coordinator, State Board of Education, 100 N First St (W-475), Springfield, IL 62777, 217-782-5270
Title: 23 IAC 1.10, thru .70, .75, .80,
.85, .90, .95,
Source: www.isbe.state.il.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Emergency Rule Adoption 11/2005 |
Postsec. |
Removes the minimum initial contribution amount associated with the application process into the College Savings Pool, in order to open up participation to more applicants. http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume29_issue48.pdf (starting page 179 of 352)
Title: 23 IAC 2500.30, 80
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 11/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends various Acts to create the Department of Juvenile Justice from the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections. Transfers personnel, books, records, property and appropriations. Transfers the Department of Corrections school district to the Department of Juvenile Justice. Creates a Juvenile Advisory Board. Makes other changes. Provides for an annual salary. Amends provisions regarding security employees, law enforcement officers and retirement provisions. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0696
Title: S.B. 92
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
STEM |
Adopted 11/2005 |
P-12 |
The goal of the High Technology School-to-Work Program is to improve education and to prepare Illinois' students to transition from school to high skilled, high paying jobs in the areas of science, mathematics, and advanced technology. Increasing the number of trained students entering technology occupations will help meet the workforce demand of Illinois' high technology businesses.
The School-to-Work Program also provides funding for Project Lead the Way which promotes pre-engineering courses for high school students. This initiative forms
partnerships with public schools, higher education institutions and the private sector to increase the quantity and quality of engineers and engineering technologist graduating from schools. The program exposes students to the rigor and content of a preengineering curriculum to interest more students in engineering careers and promote greater success in collegiate programs.
The change to the current rule is needed to administer the duties outlined in Section 40 of the High Technology School-to-Work Act.
Pages 34 and 35 of 352 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume29_issue48.pdf
Title: 14 IAC 110.170
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Emergency Rule Adoption 09/2005 |
P-12 |
Offers individuals from the geographic area drastically affected by Hurricane Katrina a temporary permit for substitute teaching in Illinois schools, provided that they have a bachelor's degree, which is generally the qualification required. http://www.isbe.state.il.us/rules/archive/pdfs/25emergkatrinaCode.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 25.105
Source: StateNet |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Provides that by the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year, the State Board of Education shall by rule establish a parental participation pilot project to provide grants to the lowest performing school districts to help these districts improve parental participation through certain activities, including parent-teacher conferences, open houses, family nights, volunteer opportunities, and family outreach materials. Requires the pilot project to be for a period of at least 4 school years. Allows a school district to apply to the State Board for the establishment of a parental participation pilot project for the entire district or for a particular school or group of schools in the district. Requires the state board to select 4 school districts in specified geographic areas to participate in the pilot project. Requires the board, when selecting participants, to consider the following criteria:
(1) whether the district or school has any of the following problems and whether those problems can be mitigated or addressed through enhanced parental participation:
(A) low rates of satisfactory performance on state assessments;
(B) high rates of low-income students, limited English proficient students, dropouts, chronically truant students, and student mobility; or
(C) low student attendance rates; and
(2) the methods the district or school will use to measure the progress of the pilot project in the district or school.
Requires each participating district or school to establish a parental participation committee to assist in developing and implementing the parental participation pilot project. Requires the committee to develop an academic improvement plan that details how the pilot project should be implemented in the participating district or school, and to make recommendations to the local board on specified matters. Requires local boards to submit annual progress reports to the state board detailing the effect of the pilot project on the district or school. Provides for a review and final evaluation of the project. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Parental Participation Pilot Project Fund as a special fund in the state treasury. Repeals these provisions on December 31, 2010. Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0507
Title: S.B. 10
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Provides that for elementary school students who are in a state-approved transitional bilingual education program or transitional program of instruction, the time allotted to take state tests may be extended as determined by the State Board of Education by rule. Deletes reference to existing English exam for English language learners, IMAGE. Replaces with reference to Limited English Proficient student academic content assessment, as determined by the State Board of Education. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0642
Title: H.B. 678
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Class Size |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Under the K-3 class size reduction grant program, provides that if a school board determines that a school is using funds awarded under the program for purposes not authorized by the program, then the school board, rather than the school, shall determine how the funds are used. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0566
Title: H.B. 2589
Source: http://www.ilga.gov |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Provides that in addition to the unit of instruction studying the events of the Holocaust, the curriculum of every public elementary school and high school shall include a unit of instruction studying other acts of genocide across the globe, including, but not limited to, the Armenian Genocide, the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine, and more recent atrocities in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=312&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14536&SessionID=50&GA=94
Title: H.B. 312
Source: http://www.ilga.gov |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Adds that the total amount from driver education fees and reimbursement from the state for driver education must not exceed the total cost of the driver education program in any year and must be deposited into the school district's driver education fund as a separate line item budget entry. Requires all moneys deposited into the school district's driver education fund to be used solely for the funding of a high school driver education program approved by the state board of education that uses state board-certified instructors.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0426
Title: S.B. 69
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Creates the College and Career Success for All Students Act. Requires a teacher of an Advanced Placement course to obtain appropriate training, subject to appropriation. Requires the State Board of Education to establish training guidelines that require teachers of Advanced Placement courses to obtain recognized Advanced Placement training endorsed by the College Board, subject to appropriation. Provides that Advanced Placement and pre-Advanced Placement training to teachers in Illinois high schools must meet certain requirements. Requires the state board to encourage school districts to offer rigorous courses in grades 6 through 11 that prepare students for the demands of Advanced Placement course work. Requires the state board to encourage school districts to make it a goal that all 10th graders take the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholars Qualifying Test so that test results will provide each high school with a database of student assessment data to identify students who are prepared or who need additional work to be prepared to enroll and be successful in Advanced Placement courses. Also requires the state board to:
(1) Seek federal funding through the Advanced Placement Incentive Program and the Math-Science Partnership Program to support Advanced Placement and Pre-Advanced Placement professional development;
(2) Focus state and federal funding with the intent to carry out activities that target school districts serving high concentrations of low-income students;
(3) Subject to appropriation, develop a communications plan that includes disseminating to parents materials that emphasize the importance of Advanced Placement or other advanced courses to a student's ability to gain access to and to succeed in postsecondary education and materials that emphasize the
importance of the PSAT/NMSQT.
(4) Subject to appropriation, annually evaluate the impact of this Act on rates of student enrollment and success in Advanced Placement courses, on high school graduation rates, and on college enrollment rates.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0534
Title: S.B. 574
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Finance--District |
Amendatory veto 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Provides that the annual budget of a school district under 500,000 inhabitants shall separately identify cash on hand from taxes and cash on hand from all other sources, including without limitation vending machines, at the beginning of the fiscal year. Requires the budget to include an estimate of the cash to be received from all other itemized sources, including without limitation vending machines, during such fiscal year. Also requires the budget to include expenditures from tax revenues, an estimate of the expenditures from revenues from all other itemized sources, including without limitation vending machines, contemplated for such fiscal year, and a statement of the estimated cash from all other itemized sources, including without limitation vending machines, expected to be on hand at the end of such year; and (v) a statement disclosing all school board-sanctioned contractual agreements and estimated revenue expected to be received as a result of these contracts.
Requires the local board to approve all contracts and agreements that pertain to goods and services and that are intended to generate $1,000 or more of additional revenue and other remunerations for a school district, including without limitation vending machine contracts, sports and other attire, class rings, and photographic services. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3480enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=19741&DocNum=3480&GAID=8&Session=
Veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3480gms&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=19741&DocNum=3480&GAID=8&Session=
Title: H.B. 3480
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/ |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Clarifies that nothing in statute may preclude an elected school board member from participating in a group health insurance program provided to an employee of the school district that the board member serves if the board member is a dependent of that employee.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0410
Title: H.B. 881 -- Board Member Health Insurance
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Health |
Vetoed 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires the State Board of Education to establish a state goal that all school districts have a wellness policy consistent with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations, which include the following:
(1) nutrition guidelines for all foods sold on school campus during the school day;
(2) setting school goals for nutrition education and physical activity;
(3) establishing community participation in creating local wellness policies; and
(4) creating a plan for measuring implementation of these wellness policies.
Requires the Department of Public Health, the Department of Human Services and the State Board to form an interagency working group to publish model wellness policies and recommendations, to be distributed to all school districts by June 2006. Creates the School Wellness Policy Taskforce to identify barriers to implementing wellness policies, recommend how to reduce those barriers, recommend statewide school nutrition standards, and evaluate the effectiveness of wellness policies. Effective immediately.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=50&GA=94&DocTypeId=HB&DocNum=0733&GAID=8&LegID=15218&SpecSess=&Session=
Veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0733gms&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15218&DocNum=0733&GAID=8&Session=
Title: H.B. 733
Source: www.ilga.gov |
High School |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Increases high school graduation requirements in math from 2 to 3 units, effective with the Class of 2009. Effective with the Class of 2010, adds 2 units of writing intensive courses (in addition to 3 units of language arts) to high school graduation requirements. Specifies that in 2 units of writing intensive courses, 1 of which must be in English, and the other of which may be in English or any other subject. Adds that when applicable, writing-intensive courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other graduation requirements. Also effective with the Class of 2010, requires 1 of the 3 units of math to be Algebra I and 1 to include geometry content. Effective with the Class of 2011, increases science requirements from 1 to 2 units. Effective with the Class of 2012, increases language arts requirement from 3 to 4 units.
Requires the state board to develop and inform school districts of standards for writing-intensive coursework. Specifies that this legislation does not apply to students with disabilities whose course of study is determined by an individualized education program.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0676
Title: S.B. 575
Source: www.ilga.gov |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Makes changes to the state's accountability provisions under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, effective with the 2005-2006 school year. States that the indicators to determine adequate yearly progress (AYP) for children with disabilities shall be based on students' individualized education plans (IEPs). States that only schools that do not meet AYP for 2 consecutive annual calculations in the same subgroup and in the same subject or in their participation rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate will be placed on academic early warning status for the next school year. Not meeting AYP in the same subgroup and in the same subject or in their participation rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate for a third school year shall remain on academic early warning status. Schools not meeting AYP in the same subgroup and in the same subject or in their participation rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate for a fourth school year shall be placed on initial academic watch status. Schools not meeting AYP in the same subgroup and in the same subject or in their participation rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate for a fifth school year shall remain on initial academic watch status. Eliminates provision that schools on academic early warning or academic watch status that meet AYP for one annual calculation shall maintain their current statuses for the next school year. Replaces with provision that schools on academic early warning or academic watch status that meet AYP for one annual calculation shall be considered as having met expectations and shall be removed from any status designation.
Specifies that such changes will take place only with the federal government's formal approval of such policy through the submission and review process for the Illinois Accountability Workbook. Effective immediately.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0666
Title: H.B. 3678
Source: www.ilga.gov |
P-3 Finance |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Specifies that grants for preschool educational programs may go both to local districts and to "eligible entities" as defined by the State Board of Education. Gives state board power to determine eligible entities with which local districts may contract to conduct a preschool educational program. Requires preschool grants from the state board to be used to supplement, not supplant, funds received from any other source. Eliminates provision that preschool teachers may hold elementary certificates with kindergarten or preschool experience; baccalaureate degrees in child development, or meet the requirements for supervising a day care center under the Child Care Act of 1969, as amended. (All preschool teachers must henceforth hold an early childhood teaching certificate.) Gives "eligible entities" as defined by the state board the same powers as local districts in terms of evaluating students for school readiness, obtaining consent from students' parents before evaluations are conducted, evaluating the population of preschool children in their communities, and operating early childhood parental training programs.
Eliminates language allowing the state board to apply up to 5% of state appropriations for preschool programs to establish and implement coordinated model programs. Removes model pilot status of early childhood parental training programs. Specifies that grants for operating early childhood parental training programs must be used to supplement, not supplant, funds received from any other source. Makes these grants available through a state board-esatblished grant approval process rather than competitive process. Gives other eligible entities same powers as districts in applying for and administering such programs.
Provides that after July 1, 2006, any parental training services funded through this program shall continue to be funded, subject to appropriation and the meeting of program standards. Requires any additional parental training services to be funded, subject to appropriation, through preschool education grants for families with children ages 3 to 5 and through prevention initiative grants for expecting families and those with children from birth to 3 years of age.
Eliminates pilot status of programs concerning services to at-risk children and their families. Gives state board authority to determine eligible entities for the awarding of such grants. Adds that school districts and other eligible entities receiving such grants must conduct voluntary, intensive, research-based, and comprehensive prevention services, as defined by the State Board of Education, for expecting parents and families with children from birth to age 3 who are at-risk of academic failure. Allows a public school district receiving a grant to subcontract with other eligible entities.
Requires the state board to report to the General Assembly by July 1, 2006 and every 2 years thereafter on the status of the aforementioned programs, including without limitation characteristics of participants, services delivered, program models used, unmet needs, and results of the programs funded.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0506
Title: H.B. 3822
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois and amends the Public Community College Act. Requires public institutions of higher education to allow a currently enrolled student who is called to active military service to complete any unfinished courses at a later date at no additional charge, unless course credit has already been given or the student received a full refund upon withdrawing from the course (in which case the student's record shall reflect that the withdrawal is due to active military service). Provides that the student must be given priority over other students in reenrolling in the course or courses. Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0587
Title: H.B. 3724
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes changes concerning veteran grants with regard to who qualifies for assistance, the type of assistance, notification to the postsecondary institution, and administration of the program. Makes changes concerning the Illinois National Guard grant program with regard to who is eligible for a grant and what the grant covers. Effective July 1, 2005. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0583
Title: H.B. 815
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Vetoed 08/2005 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Beginning on July 1, 2005, requires one of the members of the Illinois Community College Board appointed by the Governor to be a faculty member at an Illinois public community college. Requires one of the members of the Illinois Community College Board appointed by the Governor to be a member of the board of trustees of a public community college district. Provides that the Board membership requirements apply only to the Illinois Community College Board and shall have no effect on the membership of the board of trustees of a community college district.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=50&GA=94&DocTypeId=HB&DocNum=1487&GAID=8&LegID=16304&SpecSess=&Session=
Veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1487gms&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16304&DocNum=1487&GAID=8&Session=
Title: H.B. 1487
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board to implement and administer a statewide program, using the World Wide Web, to assist students, advisors, faculty, and administrators from public and private institutions of higher education in obtaining consistent and accurate information about transfer courses and their applicability towards degree completion by publishing course equivalency guides, academic programs, courses offered, transfer course evaluations, and degree requirements. Effective immediately.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0420
Title: H.B. 2515
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Creates the School Safety Drill Act to establish minimum requirements and standards for public and private schools to follow when conducting school safety drills and reviewing school emergency and crisis response plans. Sets forth the types and number of school safety drills that schools are required to conduct each academic year and provides for emergency responder participation. Allows schools to conduct additional safety drills. Sets forth the incidents addressed by each type of safety drill. Contains provisions concerning an annual review, reporting, duties of the State Fire Marshal, regional superintendents, and the State Board of Education, a reporting and recording mechanism for fires, immunity, and the establishment of common rules. Repeals certain Sections concerning school safety drills, plans, audits, and courses. Repeals the Fire Drill Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective June 1, 2005.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2693&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=18706&SessionID=50&GA=94
Title: H.B. 2693
Source: http://www.ilga.gov |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
In a provision allowing a school board to provide free transportation when conditions are such that walking constitutes a serious safety hazard, provides that the school board shall annually review the conditions and determine (rather than certify to the State Superintendent of Education) whether or not the hazardous conditions remain unchanged. Effective July 1, 2005.
Title: H.B. 3680
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Provides that, upon enactment of a federal transportation bill with a dedicated fund available to states for safe routes for schools, the Department of Transportation shall, in cooperation with the State Board of Education and the Department of State Police, establish and administer a Safe Routes to School Construction Program for the construction of bicycle and pedestrian safety and traffic-calming projects, with competitive construction grants being made available to local governmental agencies. Proposals must be rated on the potential for reducing child injuries and fatalities, encouraging increased walking and bicycling among students, and other factors. Requires the department of transportation to study the effectiveness of the program and report to the general assembly by December 31, 2006 on the results of the study. Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/94/PDF/094-0493.pdf
Title: H.B. 744
Source: |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Vetoed 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the rules and regulations for the early release of a prisoner on account of good conduct shall also provide that an additional 60 days of good conduct credit shall be awarded to any prisoner who passes the high school level Test of General Educational Development (GED) and receives a GED certificate while the prisoner is incarcerated.
Requires the Department of Corrections to develop and establish a program designed to increase the number of committed persons enrolled in programs to pass the high school level Test of General Educational Development (GED) and receive GED certificates by at least 100% over the 4-year period following the effective date of this amendatory Act. Requires each institution and facility to report annually to the Director of Corrections on the number of committed persons enrolled in GED programs and those who pass the GED and receive GED certificates, and the number of committed persons who are on waiting lists for those educational programs. Effective immediately.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=0326&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=15772&SessionID=50&SpecSess=&Session=&GA=94
Governor's veto message: http://dev.ecs.org/clearinghouse/63/07/6307.doc
Title: S.B. 326
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Sets forth requirements concerning gifted and talented programs. Provides definition of "gifted and talented children." Establishes non-discrimination provisions. Establishes requirements for local programs regarding identification methods and procedures, appeals processes, parental and community awareness, parental notification and program components. Requires programs to include (1) a description of how gifted and talented children will be grouped and instructed in order to maximize the program's educational benefits, including curriculum modifications and options that accelerate and add depth and complexity to the curriculum content; (2) An explanation of how the program emphasizes higher-level skills attainment, including problem-solving, critical thinking, creative thinking, and research skills, as embedded within relevant content areas; (3) A methodology for measuring participating students' academic growth and a procedure for communicating a child's progress to his or her parents or guardian, including a report card; (4) The collection of data on growth in learning for children in a program for gifted and talented children and the reporting of the data to the state board. (5) The designation of a supervisor responsible for overseeing the program. (6) Demonstration that the certified teachers assigned to teach gifted and talented children understand the characteristics and educational needs of children and are able to differentiate the curriculum and apply instructional methods to meet the needs of the children. (7) Plans for the continuation of professional development for staff assigned to gifted and talented program.
Sets forth state board responsibilities for administering the program. Requires the state board to make grants available to fund gifted and talented programs. Establishes procedures for awarding grants. Authorizes the state board to enter into and monitor contracts with school districts, regional offices of education, colleges, universities, and professional organizations for conducting experimental projects and institutes, including summer institutes, in the field of gifted and talented education.
Establishes an Advisory Council on the Education of Gifted and Talented Children. Establishes membership and responsibilities.
Requires local programs to comply with these provisions by September 1, 2006 for purposes of state funding. Effective July 1, 2005.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0410
Title: H.B. 881 -- Gifted and Talented Programs
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Attendance |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Provides that if a pupil's change of residence is due to the military service obligation of a person who has legal custody of the pupil, then, upon the written request of the person having legal custody of the pupil, the residence of the pupil is deemed for purposes of enrollment, for the duration of the custodian's military service obligation, to be the same as the residence of the pupil immediately before the change of residence caused by the military service obligation. Provides that a school district is not responsible for providing transportation to or from school for a pupil whose residence is determined under these provisions. Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0309
Title: H.B. 156
Source: StateNet |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
The Illinois State Police will be required to conduct, in addition to a fingerprint-based background check, a check of the Sex Offender Registry (SOR) under the Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community Notification Law, and a check of all valid and recorded orders of protection issued under the Domestic Violence Act of 1986. The School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant (also known as the ADA Block Grant) may be used by school districts to fund the cost of the background checks, the SOR checks and the check for orders of protection. There will not be an additional fee to check the SOR and it will not be performed by the ISP. Access to the ISP SOR website is free (other than Internet subscriber fees and personnel time). School districts, and regional superintendents in the case of substitutes, concurrent part-time teachers or concurrent educational support personnel, will be required to initiate a fingerprint-based background check, an SOR check and a check for orders or protection on an applicant for hire. The SOR and order of protection checks will be performed at the school district or the ROE.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3451&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=19530&SessionID=50&GA=94
Title: H.B. 3451
Source: http://www.ilga.gov |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12,
Community College |
Creates the Vocational Academies Act to integrate workplace competencies and career and technical education with core academic subjects.
A school district, in partnership with community colleges, local employers, and community-based organizations, may establish a vocational academy that is eligible for a grant under this Act if the vocational academy meets certain requirements.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3646&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=20082&SessionID=50&GA=94
Title: H.B. 3646
Source: http://www.ilga.gov |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Requires teachers to teach students character education, which includes the teaching of respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, trustworthiness, and citizenship in order to raise pupils' honesty and kindness, justice, discipline, respect for others, and moral courage for the purpose of lessening crime and raising the standard of good character (now, requires teachers to teach pupils honesty, kindness, justice, discipline, respect for others, and moral courage for the purpose of lessening crime and raising the standard of good citizenship).
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0187
Title: H.B. 1336
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
A physical education course of study must include a developmentally planned and sequential curriculum that fosters the development of movement skills, enhances health-related fitness, increases students' knowledge, offers direct opportunities to learn how to work cooperatively in a group setting, and encourages healthy habits and attitudes for a healthy lifestyle. A physical education course of study is to provide students with an opportunity for an appropriate amount of daily physical activity. A physical education course of study must be part of the regular school curriculum and not extra-curricular in nature or organization. Provides for excusing students in grades 9-12 who must use that time for special education services.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0189
Title: H.B. 1540
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Creates the Amistad Commission. Contains provisions concerning the membership and duties of the Commission. These duties include:
(i) providing assistance and advice to schools within the state with respect to the implementation of education, awareness programs, textbooks, and educational materials concerned with the African slave trade, slavery in America, the vestiges of slavery in this country, and the contributions of African-Americans to our society;
(ii) surveying and cataloging the extent and breadth of education concerning these topics;
(iii) acting as a liaison to textbook publishers and others in forming a curriculum on these subjects;
(iv) coordinating events and programs on slavery and related issues; and
(iv) developing with the cooperation of the State Board of Education, curriculum guidelines for the teaching of information on slavery topics and issues.
Authorizes the commission to call upon any department, office, division, or agency of the state, or of any county, municipality, or school district of the State, to supply such data, program reports, and other information, personnel, and assistance as it deems necessary to discharge its responsibilities under this Act. Requires the state board to assist the commission in a variety of ways, including by: (i) marketing and distributing information and materials on slavery topics to schools, and (ii) conducting at least one teacher workshop annually on slavery issues. Requires the Commission to make biannual reports on its activities to the Governor and the General Assembly. Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0285
Title: H.B. 383
Source: StateNet |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends the Downstate School Finance Authority Law of the School Code. Provides that the purpose of an Authority's power to appoint a chief executive officer, chief fiscal officer, and chief educational officer is to administer and manage, under the director of the Authority, the operations and educational programs of the school district, in accordance with the School Code. Provides that an Authority shall have the power to take action on behalf of the school district as the Authority deems necessary and in accordance with the School Code, based on the recommendation of the chief executive officer, chief educational officer, or chief fiscal officer, and that the district shall be bound by such action in all respects as if the action had been approved by the district itself. Provides that a chief educational officer shall have authority to determine the agenda and order of business at school board meetings, as needed in order to carry forward and implement the objectives and priorities of the Authority in the administration and management of the district.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0234
Title: S.B. 1853
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Allows a board of school directors (except for the Chicago board of education) to appoint a student to the board to serve in an advisory capacity. The student member is to serve for a term as determined by the board. The board may not grant the student member any voting privileges, but is to consider the student member as an advisor. The student member may not participate in or attend any executive session of the board.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0231
Title: S.B. 1638
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/ |
Health |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board of education to establish a school health recognition program that: (1) publicly identifies those schools that have implemented programs to increase the level of physical activity of their students; (2) publicly identifies those schools that have adopted policies or implemented programs to promote healthy nutritional choices for their students; and (3) allows recognized schools to share best practices and model services with other schools throughout the state.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0190
Title: H.B. 1541
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board to establish a state goal that all school districts have a wellness policy that is consistent with recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which recommendations include the following: (1) nutrition guidelines for all foods sold on school campus during the school day; (2) setting school goals for nutrition education and physical activity; (3) establishing community participation in creating local wellness policies; and (4) creating a plan for measuring implementation of these wellness policies. The Department of Public Health, the Department of Human Services, and the State Board of Education are to form an interagency working group to publish model wellness policies and recommendations.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0199
Title: S.B. 162
Source: http://www.ilga.gov |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires that the Illinois Early Learning Council guide collaborative efforts to improve and expand upon existing early childhood programs and services, including those related to nutrition, nutrition education, and physical activity, in coordination with the Interagency Nutrition Council.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0124
Title: H.B. 210
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation |
High School |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12,
Community College |
Transfers all powers and duties of the State Board of Education and State Superintendent of Education with regard to high school equivalency testing under the School Code to the Illinois Community College Board. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0108
Title: S.B. 463
Source: StateNet |
Leadership |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
In a Section regarding reclassification of principals in school districts other than the Chicago school district, provides that upon non-renewal of a principal's administrative contract, the principal shall be reclassified pursuant to the Section (requires written notice, due process).
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0201
Title: S.B. 427
Source: http://www.ilga.gov |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Creates rules for providers of Supplemental Education Services, addressing a code of ethics, programmatic requirements, approval criteria, procedures, reporting requirements, sanctions, public information, provider's relationship with the district and various financial requirements. http://www.isbe.state.il.us/rules/proposed/pdfs/675wf.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 675.10, thru .100, .150, .200, .210, thru .240
Source: www.isbe.state.il.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a pilot program to provide TANF recipients with assistance in obtaining a post-secondary education degree. (1) provides that assistance in obtaining a post-secondary education degree shall be to the extent permitted by the federal law governing the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program; (2) provides that assistance is not limited to moneys for the payment of tuition; (3) provides that the Department of Human Services shall define the pilot program by rule, including a determination of its duration and scope, the nature of the assistance to be provided, and the criteria, standards, and procedures for participation; and (4) provides that the Department's report on the pilot program shall be after 2 years of the program's operation and shall include proposed rules to modify or extend the pilot program beyond the scope and schedule upon which it was originally established. Effective January 1, 2006.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0371
Title: H.B. 2421
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that beginning on July 1, 2005, one of the 11 members appointed to the Illinois Community College Board by the Governor must be a faculty member at an Illinois public community college.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0200
Title: S.B. 2112
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/ |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Allows for the deactivation of an elementary school facility in the same manner as the deactivation of a high school facility, when it is determined such students would be best served by being sent to schools in other districts. Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0213
Title: H.B. 1324
Source: StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board of education to adopt rules for the documentation of school plan reviews and inspections of school facilities and to convene a task force for the purpose of reviewing these documents and making recommendations regarding training and accreditation of individuals performing reviews or inspections. In a Section requiring school building plans and specifications to be approved by the regional superintendent of schools, removes the provision allowing the local fire department or fire protection district to request a review of the plans and specifications. Provides for review of the plans and specifications by a municipality, fire protection district, or county. Requires the office of the state fire marshal or a qualified fire official conduct an annual fire safety inspection of each school building in the state. Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0225
Title: S.B. 383
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires that the state board implement and administer a Giant Steps Autism Center for Excellence pilot program for the study and evaluation of autism and to provide related training for teachers, paraprofessionals, and respite workers, therapist training, and consultative services. Authorizes the state board to make grants to school districts and other programs that apply to participate in the Giant Steps Autism Center for Excellence program.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0196
Title: S.B. 3
Source: http://www.ilga.gov |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that the reimbursement of a school district for the amount of paid tuition of a child attending a non-public school or special education facility, public out-of-State school, or county special education facility is not authorized unless the State Superintendent finds that the school district is in substantial compliance with a Section of the Code concerning special educational facilities for children with disabilities (now, the school district must also certify to the State Superintendent of Education that the special education program of the district is unable to meet the needs of a child because of the child's disability in order for reimbursement to be authorized). http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/94/PDF/094-0177.pdf
Title: H.B. 728
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/ |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends the Interagency Coordinating Council Act. With respect to the annual report that the Council is required to make to the Governor and the General Assembly, provides that in the 2007 report, the Council shall include recommendations for expanding the recruitment of students and school personnel into programs that provide the coursework for Learning Behavioral Specialist II-Transition Specialist certification.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0230
Title: S.B. 768
Source: http://www.ilga.gov |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
In a provision concerning the notification of a child's possible eligibility to receive services from the Illinois School for the Deaf or the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired, requires the school district to further notify parents and guardians of eligible children of the existence of other, local facilities that provide services similar to these schools and the services that the facilities provide. Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0376
Title: S.B. 87
Source: StateNet |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Provides that the rules and regulations for the early release of a prisoner on account of good conduct shall also provide that an additional 60 days of good conduct credit shall be awarded to any prisoner who earns a high school diploma or passes the high school level Test of General Educational Development (GED) and receives a GED certificate while the prisoner is incarcerated. Requries the Department of Corrections to develop and establish a program designed to increase the number of committed persons enrolled in programs to obtain a high school diploma or to pass the high school level Test of General Educational Development (GED) and receive GED certificates by at least 100% over the 4-year period following the effective date of this amendatory Act. Requires each institution and facility to report annually to the Director of Corrections on the number of committed persons enrolled in high school education programs and those who pass the high school level Test of General Educational Development (GED) and receive GED certificates, and the number of committed persons who are on waiting lists for those educational programs. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/94/PDF/094-0128.pdf
Title: H.B. 611
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Changes certain references from recognition by the state board to approval by the state board. Provides that a local program for the education of gifted and talented children must use a minimum of 3 assessment measures used to identify gifted and talented children in each area in which a program for gifted and talented children is established (rather than in each area of aptitude) and provide a fair and impartial appeal process within the school, school district, or cooperative of school districts operating a program (rather than within the local educational agency) for parents or guardians of aggrieved children. Provides that a local program for the education of gifted and talented children must provide a description of how gifted and talented children will be grouped and instructed in order to maximize the educational benefits the children derive from participation in the program (rather than a description of how the children will be grouped and instructed in language arts and in mathematics in order to maximize the educational benefits they derive from participation in a program addressing those areas of aptitude) and a showing that the certified teachers who are assigned to teach gifted and talented children understand the characteristics and educational needs of the children and are able to differentiate the curriculum (rather than are qualified to address the educational needs of the children and to differentiate the curriculum). Provides that initially, 4 members of the Advisory Council shall serve terms through January 1, 2007 and 3 members will serve terms through January 1, 2009. Makes other changes.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0151
Title: S.B. 223
Source: http://www.ilga.gov |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Prohibits a university or community college from printing an individual's social security number on any card or other document required for the
individual to access products or services provided by the university.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0226
Title: S.B. 445
Source: http://www.ilga.gov |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Employee Benefit Act. Includes in the definition of "school district" a vocational education district, a special education district, a program operated by an educational service region, and a joint agreement. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0227
Title: S.B. 479
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Prior to completing an approved teacher preparation program, a preservice education candidate must satisfactorily pass the test of subject matter knowledge in the discipline in which he or she will be certified to teach. The teacher preparation program may require passage of the test of subject matter knowledge at any time during the program, including prior to student teaching.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=384&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14632&SessionID=50&GA=94
Title: H.B. 384
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Makes changes concerning Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarships with respect to exceptions to the teaching obligation requirement. Makes changes concerning the Illinois Future Teacher Corps Program with respect to the teaching obligation requirement. Makes changes concerning special education teacher scholarships with respect to eligibility, certification of applicants, and the teaching obligation requirement. Repeals the Child Development Teacher Scholarship Act. Effective July 1, 2005, except that the special education teacher scholarship changes take effect on July 1, 2006.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0133
Title: H.B. 1051
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/ |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to implement and administer a teacher scholarship program, to be known as the Teach Illinois Scholarship Program. Defines "area of identified staff shortage" as a school district in which the number of teachers is insufficient to meet student or school district demand or a subject area for which the number of teachers who are qualified to teach that subject area is insufficient to meet student or school district demand, as determined by the State Board of Education. Requires the Commission to annually award scholarships to persons preparing to teach in areas of identified staff shortages. Requires the recipient to accept employment to teach in an elementary or secondary school in Illinois in an area of identified staff shortage for a period of at least 5 years.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/94/PDF/094-0205.pdf
Title: H.B. 60
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/ |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires a school district to provide steroid abuse prevention education to students who participate in interscholastic athletic programs. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0014
Title: S.B. 64
Source: StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Establishes procedures for 2 elementary districts in a Class II county school unit to join with a high school district provided specified requirements are met.
Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0432
Title: S.B. 1493
Source: www.ilga.gov |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Adopted 02/2005 |
P-12 |
Clarifies rules regarding access to information of the state board of education under the Freedom of Information Act. http://www.isbe.state.il.us/rules/archive/pdfs/5001ARK.pdf
Title: 2 IAC 5001.100 thru .600 (non seq)
Source: StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 02/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law. Authorizes the Department of Public Health to make matching grants to any public school, public park district, public college or university required to have an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) pursuant to the Physical Fitness Facility Medical Emergency Preparedness Act. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Heartsaver AED Fund. Effective immediately.
Title: S.B. 2216
Source: StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 02/2005 |
P-12 |
Relates to the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Provides that every public school must have a free breakfast program. Strongly encourages all districts with at least 50% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch to sponsor a summer food service program by summer 2006. Requires school boards and welfare centers to keep accurate accounts of all moneys expended for free school breakfast programs, free lunch programs and summer food service programs. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/93/hb/09300hb0756lv.htm
Title: H.B. 756
Source: StateNet |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 01/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code to allow a child with a disability who has completed four years of high school to participate in the graduation ceremony and receive a certificate of completion under specified circumstances. Further amends the School Code to make changes to the ballot forms for school board elections. Amends provisions concerning enrollment of pupils below or above the compulsory school age; specifies circumstances under which a school or school district may deny enrollment to a student 17 years of age or older for one semester for failure to meet minimum attendance or academic standards. Defines "reenrolled student". Changes eligibility age for graduation incentives program to "below the age of 20". http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0757enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=1162&DocNum=757&GAID=3&Session=
Title: H.B. 757
Source: StateNet |
Special Education |
Signed into law 12/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Amends requirements for a speech-language pathologist who provides speech- language pathology services pursuant to a contract. Relates to a valid temporary license under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Provides for supervision. Includes applicants who have completed a program in another state, territory or possession of the United States that is comparable to school service personnel requirements. Bill text: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=2395&GAID=3&LegID=8537&SpecSess=&Session=
Title: S.B. 2395
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Total Veto Stands. 11/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for maximum speed limits for vehicles of specified weights and school buses inside and outside urban areas except where otherwise authorized.
Title: S.B. 2374
Source: StateNet |
Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
Signed into law 10/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the Common School Fund Article of the School Code. Provides for a grant to be paid to a school district if there has been an increase in a school districts' student population over the most recent 2 school years of over 1.5% in a district with over 10,000 pupils in average daily attendance or over 7.5% in any other district. If the appropriated money in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay all grants, then the amount appropriated shall be prorated among eligible districts. Provides penalties for intentionally reporting incorrect data.
http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-1042
Title: H.B. 766
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 10/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Provides that a community unit school district may issue bonds up to a specified amount if the district has a specified equalization valuation and a specified daily attendance if the bonds are issued to build, equip and repair specified school buildings. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/93/PDF/093-1045.pdf
Title: H.B. 759
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 10/2004 |
Postsec. |
Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a change in a section concerning definitions to include graduate students who are research assistants or teaching assistants performing pre-professional duties. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-1044
Title: S.B. 1070
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Governance |
Signed into law 09/2004 |
P-12 |
Under the School Employee Benefit Act, provides the prescription drug benefit program shall be maintained on an ongoing, affordable basis, and the cost to school districts shall not exceed the State's actual program costs.
Makes changes to the provisions concerning the State Board of Education and State Superintendent of Education. Terminates the terms of certain members of the State Board of Education on the effective date of the amendatory Act and provides for new members to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate (including a chairperson). Provides that the Governor who takes office on the second Monday of January after his or her election shall be the person who nominates members to fill vacancies whose terms begin after that date and before the term of the next Governor begins. Allows the Governor to remove a member for incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance.
Provides that upon expiration or buyout of the contract of the State Superintendent in office on the effective date of the amendatory Act, a State Superintendent shall be appointed by a State Board that includes the new members who were appointed to fill seats of members whose terms were terminated on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Thereafter, a State Superintendent must, at a minimum, be appointed at the beginning of each term of a Governor after that Governor has made appointments to the State Board. Provides that a contract issued for the employment of a State Superintendent entered into on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act must expire no later than February 1, 2007, and subsequent contracts must expire no later than February 1 each 4 years thereafter. Prohibits a contract from being extended or renewed beyond February 1, 2007 and February 1 each 4 years thereafter, but provides that the State Superintendent shall serve until his or her successor is appointed. Provides that each contract entered into on or before January 8, 2007, with a State Superintendent must provide that the State Board may terminate the contract for cause, and the State Board shall not thereafter be liable for further payments under the contract. Restores current law requiring the State Board to set the State Superintendent's compensation.
Restores current law requiring a majority vote of the members appointed, confirmed, and serving to approve any action, except that the new Board members may vote to approve actions when appointed and serving. Provides that upon appointment of the new Board members, the Board shall review all of its current rules in an effort to streamline procedures, improve efficiency, and eliminate unnecessary forms and paperwork.
Requires the State Board to create certain divisions within the State Board. Provides that rules of the State Board must be in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that the State Board may not adopt any rule or policy that alters the intent of the authorizing law or that supersedes federal or State law. Provides that the State Board may not make policies affecting school districts that have the effect of rules without following the procedures of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
Requires the State Board to develop and maintain a continuing 5-year strategic plan for elementary and secondary education, to be issued to the Governor and General Assembly. Lists topic areas that the plan must include.
Removes the provision allowing the State Board to create shared service centers. Provides instead that the State Board is granted the power to provide certain regional services, either through a regional administrative technology center or otherwise.
Requires a school district's calendar for the school term and any changes to be submitted to and approved by the regional superintendent of schools (the State Board of Education in Chicago) before the calendar or any changes may take effect.
Gives the regional superintendent of schools the duty to assist and support school districts with the preparation and submission of grant applications and the duty to accept and review all transcripts for new initial certificate applications and ensure that each applicant has met all of the criteria established by the State Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
Makes other changes. Effective immediately. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-1036
Title: S.B. 3000
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 09/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes changes concerning the Monetary Award Program. Provides for a maximum amount. Provides that an applicant is ineligible for assistance after the equivalent of 135 semester hours. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-1032
Title: S.B. 1971
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Requires the State Board of Education to implement and administer a student achievement improvement grant program to provide 2- year grants to school districts on the academic watch list and other school districts that have the lowest achieving students. Requires a school district to establish an accountability program in order to receive a grant. Requires a grant to be automatically renewed when achievement goals are met. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0890
Title: S.B. 2360
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Provides that no student shall receive a regular diploma without taking the Prairie State Achievement Exam. Provides exceptions. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0857
Title: S.B. 2769
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a system for accurate tracking of transfer students. Requires that certain students be counted as dropouts unless the school district sends a notice that the student is enrolled elsewhere. Provides that all records indicating the school or school district to which a student transferred are subject to the School Student Records Act. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0859
Title: S.B. 3109
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates the African-American Family Commission Act. Establishes a 15-member African-American Family Commission to serve as a coordinating and advocating body that acts on behalf of the interests of African-Americans to improve and expand existing human services and educational and community development programs. Provides for funding through appropriations. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0867
Title: S.B. 3208
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Increases the compulsory school age from 16 to 17 years of age, with exceptions. Provides that certain provisions that apply to truant officers apply to the regional superintendent of schools or his designee in a school district that does not have a truant officer. Makes changes concerning the compliance procedure for persons who fail to send a child to school. Allows certain students to enroll in graduation incentives programs. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0858
Title: S.B. 2918
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code, the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code and the Juvenile Court Act with respect to criminal background investigations for applicants for employment with a school district. Provides for reimbursement to school districts and regional superintendents for fees paid to obtain checks. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0909
Title: H.B. 3977
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections and the Sex Offender Registration Act, including amending the definition of school to include public or private, trade or professional institution. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0979
Title: S.B. 2607
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Allows the Chicago Board of Education to designate attendance boundaries for a specified amount of charter schools. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0861
Title: H.B. 5562
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. In the State aid formula provisions, provides that calculation of Available Local Resources shall exclude tax amnesty funds received as a result of Public Act 93-26. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0875
Title: S.B. 2362
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates the Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Act. The installation of fire sprinklers is required in all dormitories by 2013, unless excepted. Provides for the Finance Authority and the State Fire Marshall to administer a revolving loan program. Creates the Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Revolving Loan Fund. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0887
Title: H.B. 4361
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the School District Conversion Article of the School Code. Relates to election of board members, election format, at-large formats and elementary school districts. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0934
Title: H.B. 758
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code and the Illinois Health Statistics Act. Provides that health examinations shall include the collection of data relating to obesity, including at a minimum, date of birth, gender, height, weight, blood pressure, and date of exam. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall collect and maintain health data on the extent, nature, and impact of obesity. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0966
Title: S.B. 2940
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Requires all children in specified grades in public, private and parochial school to have a dental examination. Provides that a school may hold a child's report card if a child in a certain grade fails to produce proof of a dental examination. Provides for a waiver. Provides a reporting date. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0946
Title: H.B. 752
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Leadership |
Emergency Rule Adoption 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Clarifies rules regarding changes made to the requirements for renewal of teaching and administrative certificates, teachers' movement from the initial to the standard certificate, and certification testing for out-ot-state applicants. ILLINOIS REG 11953 (SN) http://www.isbe.state.il.us/rules/archive/pdfs/23ark.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 25.11 thru .945(non seq), Appendix D
Source: Illinois State Web site |
Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code and the State Finance Act. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a 3-year technology immersion pilot project to provide a wireless laptop computer to each student, teacher, and relevant administrator in a participating school and implement the use of software, on- line courses, and other appropriate learning technologies that have been shown to improve academic achievement and specified progress measures.
http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0901
http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0904
Title: H.B. 4944; S.B.2732
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
Postsec. |
Amends the Nursing Education Scholarship Law. Authorizes scholarships for registered nurses pursuing graduate degrees in nursing. Provides that 20% of scholarships shall be for recipients pursuing graduate degrees and reduces percentages for other recipients. Makes provisions concerning scholarships for pursuing a hospital-based diploma in nursing. Defines nursing employment obligation to include employment in this state as a nurse educator. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0879
Title: S.B. 2756
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides that if the recipient of an Illinois National Guard Grant ceases to be a member of the Illinois National Guard while enrolled in a course of study under that grant but has served in the Illinois National Guard for at least 5 years and has served a cumulative total of at least 6 months of active duty, then that recipient shall continue to be eligible for a grant for one year after membership. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0856
Title: S.B. 2755
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Illinois Consortium for Educational Opportunity Act. Changes the short title to the Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Program. Provides that institutions that grant doctoral degrees must have representatives on the Board. Makes changes concerning the definition of "institution of higher education", the Program Board, assistance to graduates, subcommittees, reporting, grants, and other matters.http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0862
Title: S.B. 3107
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Participation--Access |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Adds to the list of programs to be funded with the West Central Transit District. Provides for routes, vehicle purchase and Community College Coordination projects. Provides for discounted bus passes. Increases mobility for low income students in certain coordination projects through access to educational, service and job training facilities. Provides for two demonstration projects for the Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-1004
Title: H.B. 2587
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Creates the offense of criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds when a person on school grounds threatens the use of physical force to coerce, solicit, recruit, or induce another person to join or remain a member of a criminal street gang. Provides that criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds, school playing field, school playground or adjacent public property is a Class 1 felony. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0938
Title: H.B. 4788
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Special Education |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the Children With Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that reimbursement for individual students with disabilities whose program costs exceed the per capita tuition rate shall be claimed beginning with costs encumbered for the 2004-2005 school year. Provides that base level funding computation shall be made only for certain fiscal years. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-1022
Title: H.B. 4225
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Provides that if a school district has a shortage of highly qualified teachers, as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, or a shortage of highly qualified teachers in the subject area of mathematics, science, reading, or special education, then the school board must spend at least 40% of the money it receives from Title 2 grants on recruitment of teachers until the number of qualified teachers increases. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0997
Title: H.B. 6906
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Assessment |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Creates the FY2005 Budget Implementation (Education) Act. Creates several education related funds for receipt of federal moneys for education and other areas; addresses subjects students must be tested on; provides transitional assistance payments; increases the foundation level of support of supplemental state aid in relation to districts with a Low Income Concentration Level over a specified amount; provides for the National Guard Grant Program for tuition assistance. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0838
Title: S.B. 2205
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Allows a school or school district to deny enrollment to a student 16 years of age or older for one semester for failure to meet minimum academic or attendance standards if certain conditions are met. Requires a district to identify, track, and report on the educational progress and outcomes of reenrolled students (defined as dropouts who have reenrolled full-time) as a subset of the district's required reporting on all enrollments. Provides that a reenrolled student who again drops out must not be counted again against a district's dropout rate performance measure. Requires the State Board of Education to set performance standards for programs serving reenrolled students. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0803
Title: S.B. 2115
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Class Size |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Creates a K-3 class size reduction grant program. Provides that only schools that are on the early academic warning list or academic watch list and that maintain grades K-3 are grant eligible. Limits use of the grant funds to operating and maintaining classes in grades K-3 with a class size within a specific grade of no more than 20 pupils. Proves that a school may use grant funds for teacher aides if the facilities are inadequate. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0814
Title: S.B. 2135
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Provides that if, at the time of enrollment, dependents of United States military personnel are housed in temporary housing located outside of a school district, but will be living within that school district within 60 days after the time of initial enrollment, the dependents shall be enrolled, upon a sufficient showing of proof, and shall not be charged non-resident tuition but may be counted in determining state aid. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0740
Title: S.B. 2444
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--Facilities |
Veto overridden by both houses of legislature 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the Property Tax Code and the School Code. Allows a school district located in a county subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, with a total enrollment of a certain number of students, and that had a school building condemned to levy an annual property tax not to exceed .05% and 7 years to provide funds to repay state moneys distributed for temporary relocation expenses of the district. Permits issuance of bonds to finance school repairs. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0690
Title: H.B. 753
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. In the State aid formula provisions, increases the foundation level of support from $4,810 to $5,060. Effective July 1, 2004. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0808
Title: H.B. 4266
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Relates to recomputing a general State aid claim. Provides for a qualifying reduction in equalized assessed valuation deduction. Amends provisions regarding the necessity to prorate claims that are approved but not paid in the current fiscal year. Provides that adjustments must not exceed a specified amount. Provides that approved prorated claims not paid in the current fiscal year may be resubmitted. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0845
Title: S.B. 2349
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Allows a joint agreement made up of school districts or a regional superintendent of schools on behalf of schools and programs operated by the regional office of education to apply for a waiver or modification of mandates within the School Code and State Board of Education rules. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0707
Title: S.B. 3091
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
P-3 |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the Department of Human Services Act; deletes a provision that includes beginning and ending dates for the operation of a Great START(Strategy to Attract and Retain Teachers) program; deletes provisions requiring a working committee of the Child and Development Advisory Council of the Department of Human Services to make certain recommendations concerning the Great START program by October 1, 2000. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0711
Title: S.B. 2171
Source: Illinois Legislative web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning MIA/POW scholarships, defines "eligible veteran or serviceperson" to include an Illinois National Guard member who is on active duty or is active on a training assignment and who has been declared to be a prisoner of war or missing in action, has died as the result of a service-connected disability, or is permanently disabled from service-connected causes.
http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0825
Title: H.B. 4491
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
Postsec. |
Increases the amount of moneys in the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund to be appropriated to the Department of Public Health for nursing scholarships awarded pursuant to the Nursing Education Scholarship Law to $1,200,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004 and each fiscal year thereafter. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0806
Title: S.B. 2381
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Authorizes a deduction of up to $10,000 per taxable year for amounts contributed in the taxable year to a College Savings Pool Account or the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund, excluding amounts rolled over into the account. Provides that the deduction of certain amounts contributed to a account or trust fund shall be for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2005. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0812
Title: H.B. 4914
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
Postsec. |
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that if a person is on active military duty and stationed in Illinois, then a university's governing board shall deem that person and any of his or her dependents Illinois residents for tuition purposes. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0738
Title: H.B. 3877
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides that persons in military service with the State or in federal active duty service pursuant to the orders of the President of the United States or the Governor are entitled to a monetary credit or refund for moneys paid to an institution of higher learning. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0822
Title: H.B. 4372
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is a Class 3 felony for a first offense to commit a hate crime in an administrative facility or public or private dormitory facility of or associated with a school or other educational facility. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0765
Title: H.B. 4506
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Creates the Grow Our Own Teacher Education Act. Establishes the Grow Our Own Teacher Education Initiative to prepare highly skilled, committed teachers who will teach in hard-to-staff schools and hard-to-staff positions and who will remain in these schools for substantial periods of time. Provides for an independent program evaluation. Makes funding the program subject to appropriations. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0802
Title: S.B. 1550
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Relates to the basis for apportionment of general State financial aid and supplemental State aid to the common schools; provides for school district claims. Provides that some school districts are not required to exert a minimum Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance. Relates to corporate personal property replacement taxes. Provides for children with disabilities below the age of six years. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0679
Title: S.B. 1553
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec. |
Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act. Provides that certain educational institutions that enroll students in one or more bachelor-level programs and are accredited by a national accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education are not considered to be private business and vocational schools. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=HB&DocNum=3088&GAID=3&LegID=5667&SpecSess=&Session=
Title: H.B. 3088
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Private Schools |
Signed into law 02/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Provides for the voluntary registration and recognition of non-public elementary and secondary schools. Requires assurances of compliance with State and Federal laws. Provides for the State Board of Education to prescribe guidelines and procedures. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1014&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3886&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 1014
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 02/2004 |
P-12 |
Allows reimbursement for allowable direct costs of transporting pupils for regular, vocational and special education. Relates to reimbursement for expenditures made to Regional Transportation, a mass transit district or an urban transportation district under an intergovernmental agreement. Includes expenditures the district has made to the public transit carrier. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=HB&DocNum=763&GAID=3&LegID=1184
Title: H.B. 763
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
Signed into law 12/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning charter schools. Requires the State Board of Education to maintain data and publish a list of persistently dangerous schools on an annual basis. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1957&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=5100&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 1957
Source: Illinois State Web site |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 12/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the Vehicle Code. Provides that a person may also operate a certain type of charter bus if he or she holds a valid school bus driver permit issued before a specified date. Relates to charter bus student transportation to or from interscholastic athletic or interscholastic or school sponsored activities. Requires a fingerprint check and a drug test. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=150&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=1634&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 150
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Accountability |
Total veto stands 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Extends the repeal date of a Section requiring the establishment of the Chicago Schools Academic Accountability Council (from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2009). Extends the repeal date of provisions creating the State Board of Education Fund, the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund, and the Private Business and Vocational Schools Fund (from July 16, 2003 to July 16, 2007). http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=564&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3195&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 564
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Amendatory veto by Governor - Bill Dead 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to implement and administer a student achievement improvement grant program to provide 2- year grants to school districts on the academic watch list and other school districts that have the lowest achieving students. Requires a school district to establish an accountability program in order to receive a grant. Requires a grant to be automatically renewed when achievement goals are met. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=207
Title: S.B. 207
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Class Size |
Amendatory veto by Governor - Bill dead 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Creates a K-3 class size reduction grant program to be implemented and administered by the state board of education. Limits use of grant funds to operating and maintaining classes in grades K-3 with a class size of no more than 20 pupils. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=902&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3791&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 902
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Curriculum |
Total veto stands 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Removes a provision that allows a school district to adopt a policy to permit proficiency examinations for the practice driving part of the driver education course at any time after the completion of 3 hours of practice driving under direct individual instruction. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=70&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=502&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 70
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--District |
Bill dead - amendatory veto 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Relates to provisions concerning the special educational services block grant for a school district having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants. Removes the extraordinary and private tuition components of the special education program that the educational services block grant includes. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1180&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=1762&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 1180
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--District |
Amendatory Veto - Overridden by Legislature 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code with respect to reimbursement to school districts for certain costs relating to children from orphanages, foster family homes, children's homes, and State housing units. Repeals provisions that provide that total reimbursement is limited to the amount appropriated for that purpose for the fiscal year. Provides for children with disabilities, in need of medical or mental health treatment, or protection. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1333&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=4358&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 1333
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Bill Dead - Amendatory Veto 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the school code. States that in recomputing a general state aid claim that was originally calculated using an extension limitation equalized assessed valuation, a qualifying reduction in equalized assessed valuation shall be deducted from the extension limitation equalized assessed valuation that was used in calculating the original claim. Provides that the state shall incorporate adjustments made by court order in a tax objection case. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1321&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=4346&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 1321
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Veto overridden: Restored items became law 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Makes appropriations to the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2004. Effective July 1, 2003. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2663&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=5202&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 2663
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Finance |
Veto Overridden: Restored Items Became Law. 11/2003 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends appropriations to the Board of Higher Education, the Department of Public Health, for medical education scholarships, the Mathematics and Science Academy, the Student Assistance Commission, the Community College Board, the public universities and the State Universities Civil Service System.
Title: H.B. 2671
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Special Education |
Total VEto stands 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides administrative expenses incurred by a responsible school district for children whose residence is other than a foster family home and who are educationally placed in a nonpublic school, nonpublic special education facility, public out-of-state school, or county special education facility are reimbursable. Provides these administrative expenses must be associated with supervisory and case coordination responsibilities specific to these eligible students. Provides for children from orphanages, children's homes, foster family homes, or state residential units. Effective immediately. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=192&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=1690&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 192
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Special Education |
Total Veto stands 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides that if a child who was eligible to receive special education services while in an orphanage, foster family home, children's child or in a state housing unit is adopted and that child continues to receive support services from the Department of Children and Family Services, the child continues to be eligible to receive special education services under this Section; effective July 1, 2003. Makes provisions regarding disabled students, students in need of medical or mental health care, or protection.
http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=0191&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=1689&SessionID=3&GA=93
Title: S.B. 191
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Vetoed 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows certain retired teachers to remain in retirement status and continue to receive their retirement annuities while engaging in employment in a designated subject shortage area. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 to provide that health insurance benefits under the State and TRIP plans are suspended while the annuitant is covered as an active teacher. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1185&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=1740&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 1185
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Total Veto Stands 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Creates the Illinois Housing Initiative Act of 2003. Provides a program of financial assistance for new teachers purchasing a first home. Requires an annual comprehensive housing plan that recommends construction of affordable housing for under-served populations. Provides that a county under 25,000 may develop a housing development plan and become eligible for tax and other preferences. Deletes provisions for State-municipal partnerships. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2345&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=3654&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 2345
Source: Illinois Legislative web site |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Total veto stands 11/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Concerns the loan of textbooks to students free of charge, provides that "textbook" includes science curriculum materials in a kit format that includes pre-packaged consumable materials if certain requirements are met. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=618&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3266&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 618
Source: Illinois Legislative web site |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Emergency Rule Adoption 09/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Establishes the Illinois Future Teacher Corps (IFTC) Program to encourage academically talented Illinois students, especially minority students, to pursue teaching careers, especially in teacher shortage disciplines or at hard-to-staff schools. Establishes rules for applicant eligibility requirements, program procedures, and institutional procedures. http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/index/register/register_volume27_issue38.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 2764.10, .20, .30, .40
Source: Illinois State Web site |
Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Makes changes concerning school recognition standards for student performance and school improvement, recognition levels, rewards and acknowledgements for schools and school districts, academic warning and watch statuses for schools and districts, school and district improvement panels, state interventions, mandate waivers, technical assistance from the state board of education, and an appeals process. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=878&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3731&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 878
Source: Legislative Web site |
Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Makes provisions regarding state goals and assessments. Provides for student testing and limits maximum time allowed for all state testing in grades 3 through 8 not to exceed 38 (instead of 40) hours across those grades.Makes changes regarding testing time and transitional bilingual educational programs. Provides that additional tests and assessment resources may be used by school districts for local diagnostic purposes. Includes students enrolled in a public university laboratory school, Department of Corrections, residential school, or academy. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2352&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=3626&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 2352
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires the Chicago Board of Education to establish a pilot program to prevent crime by developing guidelines to identify students at risk of committing crimes (limited to students who have engaged in serious acts of misconduct in violation of the board's policy on discipline), and require them to tour a prison to discourage criminal behavior; touring of a prison is subject to approval, in writing, of a student's parent or guardian. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=1107
http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0538
Title: S.B. 1107
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends various Acts relating to criminal history records checks. Provides that applicants for various occupations, including prospective school employees, submit fingerprints to the Department of State Police. Provides for a fee for the records check. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=564&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=1020&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 564
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides that community service may include participation in a high school or community blood drive or other blood recruitment campaign. Provides for development of units of instruction. Allows a school district to also teach students about blood donor and transplantation programs. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0547
Title: S.B. 372
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Provides that the teaching of United States History shall include a study of the role and contributions of Asian Americans. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=890&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3761&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 890
Source: Illinois LEgislative Web site |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Public schools and educational facilities may not contract with an entity engaged in giving instruction in the driving of motor vehicles or in the preparation of an applicant for the Secretary of State's driver's license examination unless that entity is licensed by the Secretary of State. Includes other provisions. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0408
Title: H.B. 1491
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Finance Authority Act of the School Code. Provides that the powers and responsibilities granted to or imposed upon the Chicago School Finance Authority and the Chicago Board of Education are suspended until December 31, 2010. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1368&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=4413&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 1368
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides that a diabetes screening be included in the health examination of each school child, but that diabetes testing is not required. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0530
Title: S.B. 1081
Source: Illinois Legislation Web site |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides that parents are encouraged to have their children undergo vision examinations at the same points in time required for health examinations. Requires individuals conducting vision screening tests give a child's parent or guardian written notification, before the vision screening is conducted, that states that vision screening is not a substitute for a complete eye and vision evaluation by an eye doctor and that the child is not required to undergo the vision screening if an optometrist or ophthalmologist has completed and signed a report form indicating that an examination has been administered within the previous 12 months. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=805&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3675&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 805
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Allows a school board to establish, maintain, and operate a summer kindergarten program for grade one readiness. Provides the summer kindergarten program may be held within the school district or under a contract that must be approved by the state board of education. Removes a provision that provides that summer kindergarten expenses may be paid from district maintenance funds. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=903&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3792&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 903
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Relates to homework assistance information for parents. Provides that the State Board of Education shall provide information on its Internet web site regarding strategies that parents can use to assist their children in successfully completing homework assignments. Provides that the Board shall notify all school districts about availability of information. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=891&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3763&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 891
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
Postsec. |
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Changes the name of the Illinois Incentive for Access Grant Program to the Silas Purnell Illinois Incentive for Access Grant Program. Requires the Commission to give priority to applicants with an expected family contribution of $0. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1119&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=1601&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 1119
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
Postsec. |
Amends the Labor Relations Act to restore a provision that provides the sole appropriate bargaining unit for academic faculty at the University of Illinois will be a unit comprised of non-supervisory academic faculty employed more than half-time and that includes all tenured, tenure- track, and nontenured-track faculty employed by the University's board of trustees. Makes provisions regarding college of dentistry, law and veterinary bargaining units. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1360&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=4379&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 1360
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
Postsec. |
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that one of the 10 members of the Board of Higher Education that is appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, must be a faculty member at an Illinois public university.
Title: H.B. 2805
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Public Community College Act to provide for the election of board of trustee members by trustee district rather than at-large. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1980&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=4997&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 1980
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Public Involvement |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends provisions of the School Code relating to waivers and modifications of School Code mandates. Requires the local public hearing on a district's waiver or modification application to be held on a day other than a regular school board meeting day, requires the district to give written notice of the public hearing to the State legislators who represent the district, and requires a district to attest to compliance with applicable notification requirement.
http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0557
Title: S.B. 206
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the School Code. Provides for chartered bus drivers under specified conditions. Provides that school boards have the power to enter into contracts for school bus services. Provides for fingerprint, drug tests and criminal background checks. Permits contracts with out-of-state companies. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2840&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=5403&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 2840
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the School Code, various Acts relating to the governance of the public universities and the Public Community College Act. Prohibits a school district, university or community college from providing a student's name, address, telephone number, social security number, e-mail address or other personal identifying information to a business organization or financial institution that issues credit or debit cards.
http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0549
Title: H.B. 761
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the Children's Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act to define a child as a person under age 16. Changes requirements for information brokers to broker sale of personal information concerning children without parental consent. Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall prepare and disseminate information concerning the Act and post a notice of rights on its website. Deletes provisions involving prisoners. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=404&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=2991&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 404
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires the State Board of Education, regional superintendents, school boards and their schools, and nonpublic schools that receive funds for free or reduced-price lunches to agree in writing with the department of public aid to share with the department information on applicants for free or reduced-price lunches for purposes of health insurance programs and medical assistance. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0404
Title: S.B. 490
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides that an applicant for a teaching certificate who is not a citizen of the United States must sign and file with the state board a letter of intent indicating that either within 10 years after the date that the letter is filed or at the earliest opportunity after the person becomes eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship, the person will apply for U.S. citizenship.
http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0572
Title: H.B. 3587
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act and the Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that the respective Boards shall designate a collective bargaining representative, ascertain the employees' choice of employee organization in the case of a dispute, conduct an election if the dues deduction authorizations are fraudulent, and investigate a party's allegations that the authorizations were changed. Provides for recognition of labor organization. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0444
Title: H.B. 3396
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the Sale of Tobacco to Minors Act. Provides that the sale or distribution at no charge of cigarettes from a lunch wagon engaging in any sales activity within 1,000 feet of any public or private elementary or secondary school grounds is prohibited. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=1030
Title: S.B. 1030
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Makes provisions regarding the State Board of Education's rules to determine the eligibility of children to receive special education. Requires non-discriminatory tests to limited English proficiency students. Defines rules for determining eligibility. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0282
Title: S.B. 566
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires the State Board of Elections and State Board of Education to jointly develop a program for K-12 students in participating school districts in participating counties to vote in a simulated election conducted at actual polling places with volunteers and private funding in conjunction with the general election; requires both Boards to develop and offer an educational component of the program and rules. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=HB&DocNum=30
Title: H.B. 30
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires sex education materials and instruction to advise pupils of the provisions of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act, responsible parenting and the availability of confidential adoption services. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2298&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=3567&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 2298
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides if a school district adopts, in a fiscal year, an additional or supplemental budget as a result of the voters in the school district having voted in favor of an increase in the annual tax rate for educational or operations and maintenance purposes or both at an election held after the adoption of the annual school budget adopted in that fiscal year, the county clerk shall include, in the extension of taxes made during that fiscal year, the extension of taxes for the supplemental or additional budget adopted by the school district. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=HB&DocNum=3101
Title: H.B. 3101
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code concerning interfund transfers. Provides that certain limitations on transfers, one of which requires the transfer to be for the purpose of meeting one-time, non-recurring expenses and the other of which requires the transfer to be made to the fund most in need, do not apply from July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=765&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=1204&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 765
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Health |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administration Act to require the Department of Human Services to contract for autism diagnosis education programs for medical practitioners, school personnel, day care providers, parents and community service providers. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1809&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=2622&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 1809
Source: Illinois |
Health |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. Provides that physicians, health care providers, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants may screen children for lead poisoning in conjunction with the school health exam when, in the physician's judgment, the child is potentially at high risk of lead poisoning. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=207&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=442&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 207
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
P-3 |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Creates the Illinois Early Learning Council Act. Establishes the Illinois Early Learning Council to coordinate existing state programs and services for children from birth to 5 years of age in order to better meet the early learning needs of children and their families. Provides for the appointment of members to the council who represent both public and private organizations and who reflect regional, racial and cultural diversity. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=565&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3196&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 565
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
P-3 Finance |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides that 11% (instead of 8%) of the Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be used to fund programs for children ages 0-3. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2235&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=3446&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 2235
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
Postsec. |
Provides that each member of the General Assembly may annually nominate two students for scholarships at any state supported university (now one of the 2 must be to the University of Illinois). http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=HB&DocNum=3274
Title: H.B. 3274
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
Postsec. |
Makes provisions regarding students and tuition, including tuition increase limitations; amends various acts relating to governance of public universities. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1118&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=1600&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 1118
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
Postsec. |
Amends the State Finance Act. Requires appropriations for higher education to be by separate line items and not by lump sum. Provides that each state-supported institution of higher learning shall provide a financial report to the Governor and the General Assembly. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1543&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=2325&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 1543
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Educational Relations Act to provide that an academic employee of a community college who provides less than 3 credit hours of instruction per academic semester is not an educational employee within the meaning of the Act. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1457&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=2247&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 1457
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Public Community College Act. Creates the ICCB Federal Trust Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that money recovered from federal programs for general administration that are received by the Illinois Community College Board shall be deposited into the Fund. Provides that all money in the Fund shall be used by the Board for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Board. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1375&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=4393&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 1375
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
Postsec. |
Provides it is unlawful for a person to knowingly manufacture or produce a false academic degree or for a person to knowingly use a false academic degree for the purpose of obtaining employment or admission to an Illinois institution of higher learning or admission to an advanced degree program at an Illinois institution of higher learning. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1448&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=2238&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 1448
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides the state board of education should be the designated agency responsible for the administration of programs under Part I of Subchapter X of Chapter 70 of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Requires the state board of education to establish and implement a 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant Program to provide grants to support academically focused after-school programs for students who attend high-poverty, low-performing schools. Allows the state board of education to establish any other grant programs that are necessary to establish high-quality, academically based, after-school programs that include family-centered education activities. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=66&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=498&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 66
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides that in order to be eligible for election to a school board (or in Chicago to be eligible for appointment), a person must not be a child sex offender. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=338&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=669&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 338
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires a school board to cooperate with disaster relief organizations, including the Red Cross, with regard to civil defense shelters. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=877&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3729&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 877
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that aggravated arson includes the arson of a school building when other elements of the offense are present. School building is defined as a public or private preschool, elementary or secondary school, community college, college or university. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2446&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=4183&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 2446
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides that a driver must stop his vehicle before meeting or overtaking, from either direction, a school bus stopped at any location for the purpose of receiving or discharging pupils and shall not proceed until the bus has resumed motion or the driver has signaled to proceed. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=311
Title: S.B. 311
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides the state board of education shall accept, as qualifications for non-certified personnel, relevant life experiences as determined by the State Board by rule. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2350&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=3585&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 2350
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Directs the System to conduct a divided Medicare coverage referendum, open to teachers continuously employed by the same employer since March 31, 1986. Allows eligible teachers to irrevocably elect to participate in the federal Medicare program. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Defines referendum. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=HB&DocNum=79
Title: H.B. 79
Source: Illinois Legislation Web site |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Changes definition of speech-language pathologist. Allows a school district or cooperative to contract for speech pathology services while making reasonable efforts to employ a speech-language pathologist or after unsuccessful reasonable efforts have been made. Makes changes in the definition of reasonable efforts. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2354&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=3588&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 2797
Source: Illinois |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Provides that a School Service Personnel Certificate with a speech-language pathologist endorsement shall be issued to a speech- language pathologist who meets specified criteria. Amends the Speech- Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Provides that a person who has made application to the Department for a license to practice speech-language pathology or audiology may practice without a license pending disposition. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2864&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=5414&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 2864
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code concerning school counselors. Provides that in lieu of holding or qualifying for a teaching certificate in addition to a school service personnel certificate, a school counselor may fulfill such other requirements as the State Board of Education and the State Teacher Certification Board may by rule establish. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=HB&DocNum=514
Title: H.B. 514
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the Teacher Certification Article of the School Code. Provides that if a standard teaching certificate has been maintained as valid and active for the 5 years of the certificates' validity and if the certificate holder completed his or her certificate renewal plan before July 1, 2002, the certificate shall be renewed as valid and active regardless of the fact that the holder has not completed any other additional credits. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=210&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=448&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 210
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules assuring Illinois school districts that individuals they hire will be considered highly qualified under the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Clarifies current policies and practices for issuing elementary, secondary, special, and early childhood certificates. Makes explicit how the requirements are applied to various groups of candidates, including those who are completing approved programs, those who come to Illinois with comparable credentials from other states or countries, and those who are seeking 'subsequent' certificates, i.e., those that are not their first certificates. http://www.isbe.net/nclb/pdfs/highly_qualified_teacher_criteria.pdf and http://www.isbe.net/rules/proposed/pdfs/252003emergcompanion.pdf and http://www.isbe.net/rules/archive/default.htm
Title: 23 IAC 25.11, .20, .30, .40, .80, 92
Source: Illinois State Board of Education Web site |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows retired teachers to remain in retirement status and continue to receive their retirement annuities while teaching in a designated subject shortage area. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 to provide that health insurance benefits under the State and TRIP plans are suspended while the annuitant is covered as an active teacher. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=195
Title: S.B. 195
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides a public school that has an existing teacher induction and mentoring program that does not meet program requirements may have two additional school years to develop a program that does meet those requirements and may receive funding if made by the state board of education from an appropriation for that purpose. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=533&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3163&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 533
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides if a teacher is elected to serve as an officer of a state or national teacher organization that represents teachers in collective bargaining negotiations, then the school board shall grant the teacher a leave of absence of up to 6 years or the period of time the teacher serves as an officer, whichever is longer. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=230
Title: S.B. 230
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Technology--Funding Issues |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends a Section of the School Code concerning the School Technology Revolving Loan Program. Provides that funds may be used for the purpose of making the integration of technology in the classroom possible. Provides that loans shall be made available to public school districts, charter schools, area vocational centers, and laboratory schools on a 2- year rotating basis (now, loans are made to school districts on a 3-year rotating basis). Provides that at least 90% of loan proceeds shall be used for technology hardware investments and up to 10% for computer furniture. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2354&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=3588&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 2354
Source: Illinois Legislative web site |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
In a Section concerning the loan of textbooks to students free of charge, provides that "textbook" includes science curriculum materials in a kit format that includes pre-packaged consumable materials if certain requirements are met. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2332&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=3552&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 2332
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Creates the Mathematics and Science Block Grant Program in order to provide greater flexibility and efficiency in the distribution and use of state funds and ensure that students meet or exceed Illinois Learning Standards for Science. Provides that Mathematics and Science Block Grant Program funds shall be distributed to school districts subject to appropriation. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=201
Title: S.B. 201
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates the FY2004 Budget Implementation (Education) Act with the purpose of the Act to make changes relating to education that are necessary to implement the State's FY2004 budget. Makes changes to the State aid formula provisions by increasing the foundation level of support and changing the amount of and how a supplemental general State aid grant is calculated. Exempts gifted education from block grant funding. Makes changes concerning reimbursement to community college districts for classes for adults and youths whose schooling has been interrupted. Makes changes concerning which courses are eligible for reimbursement under the Public Community College Act. Adds requirements that a community college district must meet for equalization funding. Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act to repeal a Section concerning Illinois Future Teacher Corps Scholarships. Renames the ITEACH Teacher Shortage Scholarship Program the Illinois Future Teacher Corps Program, and makes other changes (including who may receive a scholarship, the scholarship amount, and where a recipient must agree to teach). http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=744&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3589&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 744
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Increases the admission tax and the wagering tax. Provides that the additional wagering tax revenues shall be paid into the Common School Fund. Imposes a privilege tax on the business of riverboat gambling based on adjusted gross receipts. Provides for transfer of funds into the Education Assistance Fund. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=1606
Title: S.B. 1606
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Provides intent to assist economic development and increase revenue to support education. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=1607
Title: S.B. 1607
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Creates the Tax Delinquency Amnesty Act for the payment of certain taxes due to the state. Provides that interest and penalties for taxes paid during the amnesty period shall be abated and not collected. Excludes taxpayers who are parties to criminal investigations and certain others. Provides that a portion shall be deposited into the Common School Fund and a portion into the General Revenue Fund. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=969&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3828&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 969
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. |
Prohibits the State Comptroller from deducting for payments to institutions from the Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund. Provides that the Comptroller shall not deduct from fund held by the State Treasurer for payments to institutions from the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund, unless the Trust Fund moneys are used for child support. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1047&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3950&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 1047
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides that the state board has the power and duty to improve the reading and study skills of children from grades 7 through 12 in school districts. Authorizes the state board to administer a Continued Reading Improvement Block Grant Program. Provides how funds for the program shall be distributed to school districts and how funds shall be used by school districts. Requires the state superintendent to annually report to the General Assembly on the results of the program and the progress being made on improving the reading skills of student in grades 7 through 12. Effective July 1, 2003.
http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=381
Title: S.B. 381
Source: Illinois Legislative web site |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Changes the name of an attendance center's professional personnel advisory committee to a professional personnel leadership committee. Provides that the meetings shall be after school. Provides that teacher members of the local school council may bring motions concerning school improvements and budget recommendations. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1235&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=1896&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 1235
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Adds a new authorization to the Counties Code and Municipal Code for purposes of implementing ordinances regarding developer donations or impact fees and only for the expenditures thereof. "Public grounds for schools" is defined as including land or site improvements which include school buildings or other infrastructure necessitated and specifically and uniquely attributable to the development or subdivision. Applies to all impact fees or developer donations paid into a district or held in a separate account or escrow fund by any district or county/municipality for a school.
Title: H.B. 528 -- Public Act 93-330
Source: Illinois legislative staff |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
Postsec. |
Requires an individual who is not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States to be classified as an Illinois resident if they graduated from a high school in this state, among other conditions. Provides that certain aliens must be given the same privilege of qualifying for resident status for tuition and fee purposes as a citizen of the United States. Provides for reimbursement to the university for lost revenue. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=60&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=195&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 60
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides that amendatory Act may be referred to as the Chicago Education Reform Act of 2003. Amends requirements for Chicago area charter schools. Amends the School Code and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Requires the Chicago Board of Education and the chief executive officer to enter into a partnership agreement with the Chicago Teachers Union with regard to advancing student achievement. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=19
Title: S.B. 19
Source: State legislative web site |
Governance |
Signed into law 01/2003 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Removes a provision relating to the election of a regional superintendent of schools for a consolidated region, filing a bond, and vacancies in an educational region, including a qualified home rule unit. Makes a provision providing that if a vacancy exists in a specified educational service region, then that vacancy shall be filled by the first assistant superintendent/deputy superintendent. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/legisnet92/status/920SB0616.html
Title: S.B. 616
Source: State legislative web site |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Adopted 01/2003 |
Postsec. |
Establishes rules intending to explain what the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University is, how the Board is organized, and how the public can obtain information from the Board.
Title: 2 IAC 6000.110 thru .250
Source: West Law |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Adopted 09/2002 |
P-12 |
Illinois State Board of Education adopted criteria for approving supplemental education service providers on 9/19/2002. (no policy number given). The criteria covers the following areas: evidence of effectiveness, evidence of program quality, instructional program, monitoring student progress, communication of student progress, qualifications of instructional staff, financial soundness and organization capacity, and compliance with federal, state and local health, safety and civil rights law. (http://www.isbe.state.il.us/nclb/htmls/sesp.htm)
Service provider application: http://www.isbe.state.il.us/nclb/pdfs/sespapp.pdf
Source: Illinois State Board of Education Web site |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 09/2002 |
P-12 |
State Board of Education adopted their definition of "highly qualified teacher on September 19, 2002: http://www.isbe.state.il.us/news/2002/sept19-02c.htm
Source: Illinois State Board of Education web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
Postsec. |
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. In provisions
concerning the Illinois National Guard grant program, provides that if
the recipient of a grant fails to complete his or her military service
obligations or requirements for satisfactory participation, the
Department of Military Affairs shall require the recipient to repay
the amount of the grant received, prorated according to the fraction
of the service obligation not completed, and, if applicable,
reasonable collection fees. Amends the State Finance Act to create the
National Guard Grant Fund in the State treasury. Effective July 1,
2002.
Title: SB 2204
Source: State Website |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
Postsec. |
Relates to the Minority Teachers Scholarship Program; allows a qualified person enrolled at the freshman level or graduate level to qualify for a scholarship. Allows qualifying students to be enrolled on a half-time basis. Requires a scholarship recipient to begin teaching within the one-year period following termination of the undergraduate program. Makes changes to the provisions concerning the David A. DeBolt Teacher Shortage Scholarship program.
Title: H.B. 4912
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
Postsec. |
Act creates scholarships for students to study optometry and work in state. Recipients must practice in state for each year awarded scholarship or repay.
Title: HB 4037
Source: Lexis |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
P-12 |
Provides that only a school board that adopts a policy to incorporate activities to address intergroup conflict must make information available to the public that describes the manner in which the board has implemented the authority granted to it; declares that anti-bias education and intergroup conflict resolution are most effective when they are respectful of individuals and their divergent viewpoints and religious beliefs; provides for teacher training.
Title: H.B. 1692
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
P-12 |
Rescinds former ban on student use or possession of of cellular radio telecommunication devices by a student while in a school or on school property, during regular school hours, or at any other time. Provides that a school board may establish appropriate rules and disciplinary procedures governing the use or possession of cellular radio telecommunication devices by a student while in a school or on school property, during regular school hours, or at any other time.
Title: H.B. 3938
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
P-12 |
Amends the Teacher Certification Article of the School Code. Makes provision regarding issuance of the Standard Teaching Certificate before expiration of the Initial Teaching Certificate. Changes provisions regarding requirements for renewing a Valid and Active Standard Teaching Certificate, continuing professional development activities, and materials required by the downstate committee. Provides for a certificate renewal plan.
Title: H.B. 1436
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
P-12 |
Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act; provides that the employee must not have a reasonable expectation (instead a reasonable assurance) that he or she will be rehired, in the provision defining "short-term employee".
Title: H.B. 1720
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Provides that the school report card assessing the performance of a school district's schools and students must specify the amount of money that the district receives from all sources. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
Title: H.B. 5663
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 |
Requires the Pledge of Allegiance to be recited each school day by pupils in elementary and secondary educational institutions supported or maintained in whole or in part by public funds. (Statute previously required only elementary school pupils to recite the pledge.) http://www.state.il.us/government/getfulltext.cfm?txtBillNum=SB1634
Title: S.B. 1634
Source: www.state.il.us |
Health |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 |
Relates to psychotropic and psychostimulant drugs. Requires a school board to adopt and implement a policy that prohibits any disciplinary action that is based totally or in part on the refusal of a student's parent or guardian to administer or consent to the administration of psychotropic or psychostimulant medication to the student; adds other requirements concerning the policy.
Title: H.B. 3744
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-3 Ensuring Quality |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 |
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969; excludes certain programs operated by private entities on the grounds of public or private elementary or secondary schools from the definition of "day care center". Provides that the exception concerning programs operated by private entities on the grounds of public or private elementary schools applies only to the facility and not to the private entities' personnel operating the program.
Title: H.B. 3662
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
Postsec. |
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act; removes the requirement that a student be enrolled for at least six semester or six quarter hours for a term to maintain eligibility for grant benefits from the Monetary Award Program; provides that upon the request of a higher education institution that received scholarship and grant payments for the past five years, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission may certify to the Comptroller an advance payment for the current term for such financial assistance. http://www.isbe.net/gov-relations/materials/2002/02-8-28-ACTIVE%20BILLS-Legis-Sch.pdf
Title: H.B. 4351
Source: Illinois State Board of Education Web site |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 |
Amends the State aid formula provisions of the School Code. Provides that in districts in which all buildings hold year-round classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be added to the month of September and any days of attendance in June shall be added to the month of May. Makes other calculations of the Average Daily Attendance for year-round school buildings.
Title: S.B. 1524
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code. Allows a school board to utilize volunteer personnel from a regional School Crisis Assistance Team to provide assistance to schools in times of violence or other traumatic incidents within a school community by providing crisis intervention services to lessen the effects of emotional trauma on individuals and the community. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB6038LV.html
Title: H.B. 6038
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 |
Requires the State Teacher Certification Board to categorically certify a special education teacher in one or more specialized categories or disability if the special education teacher applies and qualifies for such certification. Includes severe emotional disturbances, autism, mental retardation, and orthopedic impairment.
Title: S.B. 1777, H.B. 4466
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 |
Amends the Teacher Certification Article of the School Code. Provides that a student may not enroll in a teacher preparation program at a recognized teacher training institution until he or she has passed the basic skills test required for teacher certification.
Title: S.B. 1953
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the Illinois Century Network Act. Provides that the Illinois Century Network shall be a service creating and maintaining high speed telecommunications networks. Removes the provision that network staffing be supplied by the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community College Board, the State Board of Education, or other agencies. Creates the Century Network Special Purposes Fund to fund the Century Network.
Title: H.B. 5911
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Requires schools that are part of the sample drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics to administer the biennial State academic assessments of 4th and 8th grade reading and mathematics under the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Provides that the school report card must be posted on the schools website rather than automatically mailed to parents, and a written notice sent home to parents with the Web site address. Printed copies are available on request. Requires districts to adopt policies for the transfer of students within the district. Requires requests for transfer in relation to ESEA to be made within 30 days of notification of right to transfer. Establishes criteria under which local board may refuse request to transfer. Requires the notifice of parents of child's placement in bilingual education program to include more specific information, including reasons why child was placed in program, child's level of English proficiency, how this level was assessed, and the child's current level of academic achievement. Permits parents to immediately withdraw child from bilingual program rather than at time of notice or end of semester. Increases supplemental aid to low income school districts. http://www.legis.state.il.us/publicacts/pubact92/acts/92-0604.html
Title: S.B. 1983
Source: www.legis.state.il.us |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Active 06/2002 |
P-12 |
In 1992 the Academic Watch List was enacted into law in Illinois; the Academic Early Warning List
(AEWL) became law in 1996. Schools with low or declining assessment results were identified as not
having met state standards and were placed on the state's Academic Early Warning List. Continued
declining assessment results could result in a school being placed on the Academic Watch List. Schools placed on the Academic Watch List are subject to having personnel replaced or the reassignment of students to another school. In 1995, a system was designed to inform the public of schools' financial status, thus extending accountability requirements to financial management. Using language similar to academic accountability, this financial management monitoring system is called the Financial Warning and Watch List.
Source: NCLB Consolidated State Application June 2002 |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Allows the Chicago Board of Education to levy a capital improvement tax; allows a Financial Oversight Panel, whose purposes are to exercise financial control over the district and to furnish financial assistance so that the district can provide public education within the district's jurisdiction while permitting the district to meet its obligations to its creditors and the holders of its debt. Includes the power to negotiate collective bargaining agreements, issue bonds, and levy taxes. States that a sound financial structure is essential to the continued operation of any school system and that public school systems must have effective access to the private market to borrow short and long term funds. To promote the financial integrity of districts, it is necessary to provide for the creation of school finance authorities with the powers necessary to promote sound financial management and to ensure the continued operation of the public schools. http://www.legis.state.il.us/publicacts/pubact92/acts/92-0547.html
Title: H.B. 5734
Source: http://www.legis.state.il.us |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Amends the Cigarette Tax and the Cigarette Use Tax; increases the tax from 58 cents per pack of cigarettes to 98 cents per pack; provides for payment of $5 million per month into the School Infrastructure Funding beginning April 1, 2003. http://www.isbe.net/gov-relations/materials/2002/02-8-28-ACTIVE%20BILLS-Legis-Sch.pdf
Title: H.B. 539
Source: Illinois State Board of Education Web site |
Governance |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Provides that the Auditor General, instead of the State Board of Education, shall annually cause an audit to be made of the financial statements of all accounts, funds and other moneys in the care, custody, or control of the regional superintendent of schools of each educational service region and of each educational service center (other than an educational service center serving the Chicago school district). http://www.legis.state.il.us/publicacts/pubact92/acts/92-0544.html
Title: S.B. 1534
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code; provides that school districts are encouraged to create and use an emergency medical information form for bus drivers and emergency medical technicians for those students with special needs or medical conditions, to be filled out by the student's parent or guardian, with one copy on file at the school and another copy on the student's school bus. http://www.legis.state.il.us/publicacts/pubact92/acts/92-0580.html
Title: H.B. 5939
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
No Child Left Behind |
Active 06/2002 |
P-12 |
2002 Consolidated Plan (dated 6/12/02): http://www.isbe.state.il.us/nclb/csa/toc.htm
Source: Illinois State Board of Education Web site |
No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
Active 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Illinois' content standards and assessment system were reviewed by the USDE. They were approved as of
September 2001, with a waiver on the assessment system which runs until December 2002, allowing
certain components to be completed as agreed. Standards adopted by ISBE were approved by USDE in
September 1999. Illinois has already developed and implemented a state assessment in reading and
mathematics in grades 3, 5, 8 and 11, and in science in grades 4, 7 and 11. Illinois will need to complete the process for state assessment for grades 4, 6, and 7, the grades not currently included in the ISAT in reading and mathematics, in order to be in compliance with NCLB in 2006, and plans to do so. Illinois has developed and implemented state assessment in reading and mathematics in grades 3, 5, 8 and
11, and in science in grades 4, 7 and 11 (plus other areas as defined in state law such as social sciences).
The assessments will have final approval by USDE in December 2002, upon the completion of the waiver
process. As part of ISBE's process of continuous improvement, plans are to involve key stakeholders in
the new development and improvements to the assessment system. The schedule for major milestones in
the development of reading and mathematics for grades 4, 6, and 7, the grades currently not included in
the state assessment, is as follows:
2002 -- Key stakeholder input into assessment system
2002 -- Determination of type of tests
2002 -- Completion of test blueprint
2002 -- RFP published for assessment development
2003 -- Development and pilot test
2004 -- Development, tryouts, and pilot tests
2005 -- Development, tryouts, and pilot tests
2006 -- Completion of administration manual
2006 -- Administer assessments
2007 -- Completion of technical manual
Source: No Child Left Behind Consolidated State Application June 12, 2002 |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides, in section concerning the Illinois National Guard grant program, that if the recipient of a grant fails to complete his or her military service obligations or requirements for satisfactory participation, the Department of Military Affairs shall require the recipient to repay the amount of the grant received, prorated according to the fraction of the service obligation not completed. http://www.legis.state.il.us/publicacts/pubact92/acts/92-0589.html
Title: S.B. 2204
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Religion |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Amends the Silent Reflection Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act. Allows students in the public schools to voluntarily engage in individually initiated, non-disruptive prayer that is not sponsored, promoted, or endorsed in any manner by the school or any school employee.
Title: H.B. 4117
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Allows for only one one-year extension to be granted a school to make improvements to bring buildings up to school building safety code standards. Fire officials are to provide written notice to schedule times for fire safety checks. No more than 2 routine inspections may be
made in a calendar year. Nothing in this section should be construed to prohibit a local fire department, fire protection district, or the Office of the
State Fire Marshal from conducting a fire safety check in a public school. Upon being notified by a fire official that corrective action must be taken to resolve a violation, the school board must take corrective action within one year. However, violations that present imminent danger must be
addressed immediately. Permits local fire department to request copy of local building plans. http://www.legis.state.il.us/publicacts/pubact92/acts/92-0593.html
Title: S.B. 1545
Source: www.legis.state.il.us |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 |
Increases from 2 years to 4 years the term during which a resident teacher certificate is valid for employment as a resident teacher in a public school; allows a resident teacher to teach only under the direction of a certified teacher serving as a mentor; provides that the holder of a resident teacher permit is deemed qualified for a Standard Teaching Credential after 4 years of successful teaching, passage of all tests, and earning a master's degree in education. http://www.legis.state.il.us/publicacts/pubact92/acts/92-0560.html
Title: S.B. 1707
Source: www.legis.state.il.us |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 12/2001 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code; provides that the access allowed official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the United States to a school campus applies only to a high school campus; allows these recruiting representatives to have access to a high school student's name, address, and telephone number and career opportunities available in the military if the school board has provided such access to other persons or groups.
Title: S.B. 384
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 08/2001 |
P-12 |
Public Act No. 92-438., Requires a school district to post its current annual budget, itemized by receipts and expenditures, on the district's Internet website, if the district has a web site; requires the school district to notify the parents or guardians of its students that the budget has been posted on the district's website and what the website address is.
Title: S.B. 898
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 08/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Public Act No. 92-445., Amends the State Finance Act, the Higher Education Student Assistance Act, and the Illinois Vehicle Code; creates a program to provide new teacher training scholarships, to be known as Illinois Future Teacher Corps Scholarships; provides that the scholarships are for full-time undergraduate and graduate students pursuing studies at qualified institutions of higher learning leading to teacher certification and covers tuition and other fees for a certain period of time.
Title: S.B. 1521
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2001 |
P-12 |
Public Act No. 92-409. Amends the Illinois Violence Protection Act of 1995; concerns the Safe to Learn Program; provides for a pilot program.
From the legislation:
The Authority shall establish and administer a grant program to be known as the Safe to Learn Program. Funds appropriated to the Authority for this program shall be used to support and fund school-based safety and violence prevention programs that address any or all of the following components:
(1) Building security, including but not limited to portable metal detectors.
(2) Violence prevention and intervention.
(3) Crisis management.
(4) Training of teachers and other school personnel.
Title: H.B. 678
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Education--Transition |
Signed into law 08/2001 |
P-12 |
Public Act No. 92-303., Amends the Developmental Disability and the Mental Disability Services Act; creates a workforce taskforce for persons with disabilities and directs the task force to develop recommendations and an implementation plan to address certain issues affecting persons with disabilities in relation to employment; requires the task force to conduct a longitudinal study of the outcomes that secondary education programs have for students with disabilities after exiting the school.
Title: H.B. 3392
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
P-12 |
Public Act No. 92-184., Provides that a teacher holding an early childhood, elementary, high school, or special certificate may substitute teach for a period not to exceed 120 paid school days or 600 paid school hours in any one school district in any one school term.
Title: S.B. 1293
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Makes changes to the definition of student at risk of academic failure; defines alternative educational opportunities for at-risk students to receive a General Education Diploma (GED).
Title: H.B. 1096
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Establishes a High Technology School-to-Work Program in the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs to increase the number of students who opt to enter occupations requiring advanced skills in the areas of science, mathematics, and advanced technology; requires the Department to coordinate the program with its other technology-related planning and economic development initiatives.
Title: S.B. 845
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Public Act No. 92-06., Amends the Election Code and the School Code; provides that notice of a referendum concerning the issuance of certain school bonds may be given by publication in at least one newspaper published in and having general circulation in the district; provides that notice provisions concerning bond issues apply only to consolidated primary elections at which not less than 60% of the voters voting on the bond proposition voted in favor of the bond proposition; makes other provisions.
Title: S.B. 975
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code; increases the foundation level of support, the average daily attendance figures utilized in the computation of general state aid, the amount of a supplemental general state aid grant, and which school districts may receive grants; extends repeal date.
Title: H.B. 3050
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Provides that for the purpose of calculating the grant index, school districts are grouped into categories to compute equalized assessed valuation per pupil in average daily attendance.
Title: H.B. 2255
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act; provides that a school board shall encourage that all teachers and other school personnel acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer life-saving techniques; allows the school board to use the services of non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other personnel.
Title: H.B. 3137
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Public Act No. 92-402., Requires a school board to permit self administration by a pupil of prescribed asthma medication; requires the parents of the pupil provide to the school written authorization of the self administration and provide the school board written certification by the pupil's supervising physician or advanced practice registered nurse that the pupil is capable of self administration of medication; adds an exception for willful and wanton conduct to the liability provisions.
Title: S.B. 979
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. |
Public Act No. 92-45., Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act; increases the maximum Monetary Award Program grant for full time and part time undergraduate students.
Title: S.B. 406
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. |
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act; allows a deduction for individuals for moneys contributed in the taxable year to a college savings pool account; allows a deduction of an amount equal to the amount spent by an individual taxpayer during the taxable year to purchase an Illinois prepaid tuition contract; exempts the deductions from the sunset provisions of the Act; provides that contributions to a college savings pool account during the taxable year may be deducted.
Title: S.B. 902
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. |
Amends the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act; removes a provision that provides that if a qualified beneficiary is awarded a grant or scholarship, then the amount of money returned to the purchaser shall equal the original purchase price plus %2 interest compounded annually if that amount is less than the current cost of tuition and mandatory fees at the MAP-eligible institution where the qualified beneficiary is enrolled.
Title: H.B. 841
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code; provides that under the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program, programs provided with grant funds shall not replace quality classroom reading instruction; changes the requirements for how program funds are to be used by school districts; provides that applications shall include a proposed assessment method for measuring the reading growth of students who receive direct instruction as a result of funding.
Title: H.B. 3566
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Amend the School Code; changes the amendatory language to provide instead that a school board, in consultation with its parent-teacher advisory committee and other community-based organizations, must include provisions in the student discipline policy to address students who have demonstrated behaviors that put them at risk for aggressive behavior; requires the provisions to include procedures for notifying parents or legal guardians.
Title: H.B. 646
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Amends the Illinois School Records and Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act; provides that after completing an investigation of alleged child abuse the Child Protective Service Unit shall send a copy to the school that the child attends; provides that this information contains the child's school record; provides that this information may be provided to State Board of Education and others.
Title: H.B. 3055
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Amendatory Veto by GOVERNOR 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Provides that any person who has alcoholic liquor in his or her possession on school district property (instead of on school property during school hours or during a school-sponsored event or activity) is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor; provides for an exemption if the alcoholic liquor is in the original container with the seal unbroken or is in the possession of a person in or for performing a religious service or ceremony authorized by the school board.
Title: H.B. 445
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code; provides that school social work services may include assisting in completing a functional behavioral assessment, as well as assisting in the development of positive behavioral intervention strategies; provides that other certified professionals may provide those school social work services for which they are appropriately trained in accordance with the State Board of Education's Content Area Standards for School Service Personnel.
Title: S.B. 116
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
Vetoed 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code; provides that, for the 2001-2002, 2002-2003, and 2003-2004 school years, a teacher holding an early childhood, elementary, high school, or special certificate may substitute teach for a period not to exceed 120 paid school days or 600 paid school hours in any one school district in any one school term.
Title: H.B. 2425
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code; removes the limitation that teaching interns be employed on a part-time basis; provides that the Regional Office of Education may approve an internship program for the purpose of hiring teaching interns; provides that the State Department of Education has 90 days from receiving a written proposal to establish the internship program to seek the State Teacher Certification Board's consultation on the internship program.
Title: S.B. 329
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code; requires the most current version of an unfilled teaching positions list to be linked to the regional office of education's Internet web site or for Chicago, its school district's web site; provides that if the regional office of education does not have an Internet web site, the regional superintendent of schools must make the list available to the State Board of Education.
Title: H.B. 1048
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code; adds Hispanics to the list of the specific ethnic groups whose role and contributions to the history of this country and State are required to be studied in the teaching of the history of the United States; changes a reference from American Negroes to African Americans; also changes a reference from Czechoslovakian to Czech and Slovak.
Title: S.B. 109
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. |
Relates to the governance of the public universities in Illinois; provides that at the beginning of each semester, the university shall inform incoming freshmen and transfer students and the students' parents or guardian about meningitis and its transmission; requires the university to require meningitis vaccination, except for students who have received the information concerning meningitis and have rejected the vaccination.
Title: S.B. 168
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. |
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and various Acts relating to the governance of the public universities in Illinois; requires the governing board of each public university to report to the Board of Higher Education of each year the tuition and fee waivers the university participates; requires the Board of Higher Education to annually compile this information and report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly.
Title: H.B. 260
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. |
Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act; provides that an educational institution that on January 2, 2001 enrolls a majority of its students in degree programs, has maintained an accredited status, and is regulated by the Board of Higher Education under the Private College Act or the Academic Degree Act is not a private business and vocational school under the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act.
Title: S.B. 317
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code; provides that whoever by threat, menace, or intimidation prevents a child entitled to attend a nonpublic school in this State from attending that school or interferes with the child's attendance at that school is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
Title: S.B. 1026
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Public Act No. 92-64., Amends the School Code; allows a school district to adopt a policy providing that if a student is suspended or expelled for any reason from any public or private school in this or any other state, the student must complete the entire term of the suspension or expulsion before being admitted into the school district.
Title: S.B. 376
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act; provides that a petitioner for an order of protection who is seeking to have a child protected by the order, if that child is enrolled in any day-care facility, pre-school, pre-kindergarten, private school, public school, college, or university, the petitioner has the option of providing with certain school information; provides that the clerk of the circuit court doesn't have to send written notice of the order to the child's school.
Title: S.B. 187
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
State Policymaking |
Issued 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Creates the Governor's Commission on Revising the School Code (GCRSC) to conduct a comprehensive analysis of existing school code and prepare a proposed revision of the school code; GCRSC is to present report to the governor and legislature by January 1, 2003.
GCRSC web page: http://www.isbe.state.il.us/schoolcode/default.htm
Title: Executive Order 7 (2001)
Source: Illinois State Web site |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Public Act No. 92-01., Amends the Public Community College Act; provides that division of community college district No. 522 into trustee districts in the year following each biennial census shall be completed and approved in that year; provides that the four-year and six-year successive terms of trustees, as determined at the time the division is approved, begins in 2003 and every 10 years thereafter.
Title: H.B. 258
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2000 |
P-12 |
Public Act No., Amends the Criminal Code of 1961; prohibits child sex offenders from residing within 500 feet of a school attended by persons under 18 years of age, a playground, or a facility providing programs or services exclusively directed toward persons under 18 years of age; exempts child sex offenders who owned the property where they reside before the effective date of this amendatory Act; provides that the new offenses only apply to child sex offenders who have committed certain sex offenses.
Title: H.B. 4045
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Vetoed 07/2000 |
P-12 |
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and the Unified Code of Corrections; provides that a minor who is placed on probation or supervision, with the consent of the chief administrative officer of the facility, may be required to attend an educational program at a facility other than the school where the offense was committed if the minor was convicted of or placed on supervision for a crime of violence committed in a school.
Title: S.B. 1426
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Public Act No. 91-830; On July 1, 2001, transfers all State Board of Education powers and duties
concerning adult education to the Illinois Community College Board.
Title: H.B. 4266
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Public Act No. 91-728; Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code; makes changes concerning the ineligibility of persons to be elected to a local school council, the criminal background investigation of local school council members, a local school council's decision to retain or not retain a principal, and the term of a principal's performance contract.
Title: H.B. 3840
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Equity |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
Postsec. |
Public Act No. 91-792., Amends the Board of Higher Education Act; removes the provision repealing the Section concerning gender equity in intercollegiate athletics on December 31, 2000; changes when the Board of Higher Education has to report to the General Assembly and the Governor with a description of the plans submitted by public institutions of higher education relative to gender equity in intercollegiate sports to every 3 years, on or before the 2nd Wednesday of April.
Title: S.B. 1589
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Amends the School Code; prohibits the State Board of Education from making audit adjustments to general state aid claims paid in fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 based upon the claimant's failure to provide a minimum of 5 clock hours of daily instruction to students in an alternative education program; prohibits the audit adjustments based upon the claimant's provision of service to non-resident students in an alternative education program without charging tuition.
Title: H.B. 2917
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Public Act No. 91-723; When state institution is located in a district in which the state owns 45% or more of the total land area, the district is compensated with tax-equivalent grants. After 1995, and each fiscal year thereafter (previously was only through 2001), affected districts to receive grants equal to 0.5% of the equalized assessed valuation of the land owned by the state.
Title: H.B. 3406
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Amends the Prepaid Tuition Act and the Probate Act of 1975; provides that the Section exempting the assets and income of the Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund from taxation under the Income Tax Act are exempt from the sunset provisions of that Act; provides that a prepaid tuition contract shall be considered an investment for the purpose of investing a ward's money under the Probate Act of 1975; effective immediately.
Title: S.B. 1537
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Amends the School Code; changes when a school board may amend a certificate of tax levy to when a change in the assessed valuation resulting from application of the equalization multiplier causes the school district's tax extensions to be less than the maximum permissive tax allowed by law or the maximum tax rate allowed by voter approved referendum, instead of when the change in the assessed valuation causes the district's operation tax rate to be less than required to qualify for the maximum amount of state aid.
Title: H.B. 3435
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Public Act No. 91-730; Amends the Open Meetings Act; provides that a school board may hold a closed meeting to consider security procedures and the use of personnel and equipment to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of students, school employees, school staff, or school property.
Title: H.B. 3881
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Public Act No., Creates the Childhood Hunger Prevention Act and amends the School Free Lunch Program Act; changes the name of the Act to the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act; requires the State Board of Education to fund a breakfast incentive program, subject to appropriation, whereby the State Board of Education is allowed to reimburse sponsors of school breakfast programs, to make grants to school boards and certain schools or other sites.
Title: H.B. 2379
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Public Act No. 91-842., Amends the School Code; allows a school district to access federally funded health care resources if the school district provides early periodic screening and diagnostic testing services to correct or improve health impairments of Medicaid eligible children.
Title: H.B. 2067
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Public Act No. 91-719., Amends the School Code; allows a school board to permit a school employee that is a non-certificated registered professional nurse to administer medication to students; effective immediately.
Title: H.B. 2977
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Public Act No., Amends the School Code; allows a school district to access federally funded health care resources if the school district provides early periodic screening and diagnostic testing services to correct or improve health impairments of Medicaid eligible children.
Title: H.B. 2067
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-3 |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Public Act No. 91-765; Amends the School Code; exempts all persons holding a special certificate with a special education endorsement from provisions of the School Code concerning preschool educational programs, provided these persons meet all the other requirements for teaching.
Title: H.B. 2940
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-3 |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Public Act No. 91-831; Provides that beginning October 1, 2000, the Department of Human Services shall operate a Great Start (Strategy to Attract and Retain Teachers) program to improve children's educational outcomes in child care by encouraging increased professional preparation by staff and staff retention.
Title: H.B. 4021
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Public Act No. 91-784., Provides that the provision (Article of the School Code) requiring the assignment of a surrogate parent for educational matters does not apply to a child who resides with a foster parent; allows the surrogate parent to be assigned for educational matters if the child is a ward of the State residing in a residential facility; requires special education teachers to be categorically certified, so in order to teach a student with a specific disability the teacher must be certified.
Title: S.B. 1447
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
Postsec. |
Public Act No. 91-832., Amends the Vehicle Code; provides that moneys in the Fire Fighters Memorial Fund shall, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, be used for maintaining the Fire Fighters Memorial, for holding an annual memorial commemoration, and for providing scholarships to children of fire fighters killed in the line of duty.
Title: H.B. 2870
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Public Act No. 91-747., Relates to the Higher Education Student Assistance Act; increases the maximum Monetary Award Program grant for full-time undergraduate students to $ 4,740 and for part-time undergraduate students to $ 2,370; effective July 1, 2000.
Title: S.B. 1538
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
Postsec. |
Public Act No. 91-829, Amends the State Treasurer Act; makes a technical change in the College Savings Pool Section; provides that the College Savings Pool's assets and operation are exempt from taxation by the State and its subdivisions, as are its accrued earnings upon disbursement if used for qualified expenses.
Title: S.B. 1862
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
Postsec. |
Public Act No. 91-715; Relates to the governance of the public universities in Illinois; provides that at each regular and special meeting of the university's governing board that is open to the public, members of the public and employees of the University shall be afforded time to make comments to or ask questions of the board.
Title: H.B. 2580
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Education |
Passed 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Directs the state board to refrain from implementing any new system for the certification of special education teachers until January 1, 2001.
Title: SJR 61
Source: NCREL Policy LINCLetter Spring II 2000 |
Students |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Public Act No. 91-771., Relates to the Dissection Alternatives Act; creates the Dissection Alternatives Act; provides that schools may excuse a student from performing or observing dissection and may allow the student to instead perform an alternative project; provides that students may not be penalized for refusing to participate in or observe dissection; applies to the 2000-2001 academic year; amends the definition of Dissection.
Title: H.B. 3254
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Public Act No. 91-4587; Amends the School Code to provide that the School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program shall provide funding for school report cards and criminal background investigations; adds the Summer Bridges program to the programs included in the general education block grant.
Title: H.B. 4587
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Education |
Adopted 03/2000 |
P-12 |
Beginning January 1, 2003 the state of Illinois will have a new system for certifying Special Education teachers. Teachers will have to be certified as a Learning and Behavior Specialist I (entry level) or Learning and Behavior Specialist II (advanced study and specialization). This system will not affect those individuals who had already been certified prior to that date.
The new system is going to be designed to train teachers across categories instead of having them focus in on any single disability category. The state feels that the new system will enable teachers to better serve the needs of students who have multiple handicaps. Although the new system will provide teachers with training across all handicap categories there will still be three categorical certificates that can also be achieved, they are: Blind/Visually Impaired, Deaf/Hearing Impaired, and Speech and Language Impaired. In addition, there will be a new designation for teachers who have been trained to work with pre-kindergarten students. The state has not yet finalized the rules for this certification process.
Source: Illinois State Board of Education |
P-3 |
Adopted 01/2000 |
P-12 |
State Board of Education position statement, adopted January 20, 2000, committing to develop, deliver and support early childhood programs, practices and services that will enable all children to be successful students and responsible citizens. (http://www.isbe.state.il.us/earlychi/posstate.htm)
Title: Position Statement
Source: Illinois Board of Education Web site |