Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB4265 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4265 Introduced , by Rep. Lance Yednock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/14A-32 Amends the Gifted and Talented Children and Children Eligible for Accelerated Placement Article of the School Code. Provides that, by no later than the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy may (instead of shall) allow for the automatic enrollment, in the following school term, of a student into the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student exceeds (instead of meets or exceeds) State standards in English language arts, mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered under the School Code. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. LRB103 35705 RJT 65781 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4265 Introduced , by Rep. Lance Yednock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/14A-32 105 ILCS 5/14A-32 Amends the Gifted and Talented Children and Children Eligible for Accelerated Placement Article of the School Code. Provides that, by no later than the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy may (instead of shall) allow for the automatic enrollment, in the following school term, of a student into the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student exceeds (instead of meets or exceeds) State standards in English language arts, mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered under the School Code. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. LRB103 35705 RJT 65781 b LRB103 35705 RJT 65781 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the Gifted and Talented Children and Children Eligible for Accelerated Placement Article of the School Code. Provides that, by no later than the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy may (instead of shall) allow for the automatic enrollment, in the following school term, of a student into the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student exceeds (instead of meets or exceeds) State standards in English language arts, mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered under the School Code. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning education.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
15	15	5 14A-32 as follows:
16	16	6 (105 ILCS 5/14A-32)
17	17	7 Sec. 14A-32. Accelerated placement; school district
18	18	8 responsibilities.
19	19	9 (a) Each school district shall have a policy that allows
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21	21	11 reference the following components:
22	22	12 (1) a provision that provides that participation in
23	23	13 accelerated placement is not limited to those children who
24	24	14 have been identified as gifted and talented, but rather is
25	25	15 open to all children who demonstrate high ability and who
26	26	16 may benefit from accelerated placement;
27	27	17 (2) a fair and equitable decision-making process that
28	28	18 involves multiple persons and includes a student's parents
29	29	19 or guardians;
30	30	20 (3) procedures for notifying parents or guardians of a
31	31	21 child of a decision affecting that child's participation
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33	33	23 (4) an assessment process that includes multiple
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40	40	Amends the Gifted and Talented Children and Children Eligible for Accelerated Placement Article of the School Code. Provides that, by no later than the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy may (instead of shall) allow for the automatic enrollment, in the following school term, of a student into the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student exceeds (instead of meets or exceeds) State standards in English language arts, mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered under the School Code. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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68	68	1 valid, reliable indicators.
69	69	2 (a-5) By no later than the beginning of the 2023-2024
70	70	3 school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy
71	71	4 may shall allow for the automatic enrollment, in the following
72	72	5 school term, of a student into the next most rigorous level of
73	73	6 advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student
74	74	7 meets or exceeds State standards in English language arts,
75	75	8 mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered
76	76	9 under Section 2-3.64a-5 as follows:
77	77	10 (1) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in
78	78	11 English language arts may shall be automatically enrolled
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80	80	13 in English, social studies, humanities, or related
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82	82	15 (2) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in
83	83	16 mathematics may shall be automatically enrolled into the
84	84	17 next most rigorous level of advanced coursework in
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86	86	19 (3) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in
87	87	20 science may shall be automatically enrolled into the next
88	88	21 most rigorous level of advanced coursework in science.
89	89	22 For a student entering grade 12, the next most rigorous
90	90	23 level of advanced coursework in English language arts or
91	91	24 mathematics shall be a dual credit course, as defined in the
92	92	25 Dual Credit Quality Act, an Advanced Placement course, as
93	93	26 defined in Section 10 of the College and Career Success for All
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104	104	1 Students Act, or an International Baccalaureate course;
105	105	2 otherwise, the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework
106	106	3 under this subsection (a-5) may include a dual credit course,
107	107	4 as defined in the Dual Credit Quality Act, an Advanced
108	108	5 Placement course, as defined in Section 10 of the College and
109	109	6 Career Success for All Students Act, an International
110	110	7 Baccalaureate course, an honors class, an enrichment
111	111	8 opportunity, a gifted program, or another program offered by
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113	113	10 A school district may use the student's most recent State
114	114	11 assessment results to determine whether a student meets or
115	115	12 exceeds State standards. For a student entering grade 9,
116	116	13 results from the State assessment taken in grades 6 through 8
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118	118	15 locally selected, nationally normed assessment may be used
119	119	16 instead of the State assessment if those results are the most
120	120	17 recent.
121	121	18 A school district must provide the parent or guardian of a
122	122	19 student eligible for automatic enrollment under this
123	123	20 subsection (a-5) with the option to instead have the student
124	124	21 enroll in alternative coursework that better aligns with the
125	125	22 student's postsecondary education or career goals.
126	126	23 Nothing in this subsection (a-5) may be interpreted to
127	127	24 preclude other students from enrolling in advanced coursework
128	128	25 per the policy of a school district.
129	129	26 (b) Further, a school district's accelerated placement
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140	140	1 policy may include or incorporate by reference, but need not
141	141	2 be limited to, the following components:
142	142	3 (1) procedures for annually informing the community
143	143	4 at-large, including parents or guardians, community-based
144	144	5 organizations, and providers of out-of-school programs,
145	145	6 about the accelerated placement program and the methods
146	146	7 used for the identification of children eligible for
147	147	8 accelerated placement, including strategies to reach
148	148	9 groups of students and families who have been historically
149	149	10 underrepresented in accelerated placement programs and
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151	151	12 (2) a process for referral that allows for multiple
152	152	13 referrers, including a child's parents or guardians; other
153	153	14 referrers may include licensed education professionals,
154	154	15 the child, with the written consent of a parent or
155	155	16 guardian, a peer, through a licensed education
156	156	17 professional who has knowledge of the referred child's
157	157	18 abilities, or, in case of possible early entrance, a
158	158	19 preschool educator, pediatrician, or psychologist who
159	159	20 knows the child;
160	160	21 (3) a provision that provides that children
161	161	22 participating in an accelerated placement program and
162	162	23 their parents or guardians will be provided a written plan
163	163	24 detailing the type of acceleration the child will receive
164	164	25 and strategies to support the child;
165	165	26 (4) procedures to provide support and promote success
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176	176	1 for students who are newly enrolled in an accelerated
177	177	2 placement program;
178	178	3 (5) a process for the school district to review and
179	179	4 utilize disaggregated data on participation in an
180	180	5 accelerated placement program to address gaps among
181	181	6 demographic groups in accelerated placement opportunities;
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183	183	8 (6) procedures to promote equity, which may
184	184	9 incorporate one or more of the following evidence-based
185	185	10 practices:
186	186	11 (A) the use of multiple tools to assess
187	187	12 exceptional potential and provide several pathways
188	188	13 into advanced academic programs when assessing student
189	189	14 need for advanced academic or accelerated programming;
190	190	15 (B) providing enrichment opportunities starting in
191	191	16 the early grades to address achievement gaps that
192	192	17 occur at school entry and provide students with
193	193	18 opportunities to demonstrate their advanced potential;
194	194	19 (C) the use of universal screening combined with
195	195	20 local school-based norms for placement in accelerated
196	196	21 and advanced learning programs;
197	197	22 (D) developing a continuum of services to identify
198	198	23 and develop talent in all learners ranging from
199	199	24 enriched learning experiences, such as problem-based
200	200	25 learning, performance tasks, critical thinking, and
201	201	26 career exploration, to accelerated placement and
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212	212	1 advanced academic programming; and
213	213	2 (E) providing professional learning in gifted
214	214	3 education for teachers and other appropriate school
215	215	4 personnel to appropriately identify and challenge
216	216	5 students from diverse cultures and backgrounds who may
217	217	6 benefit from accelerated placement or advanced
218	218	7 academic programming.
219	219	8 (c) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to
220	220	9 determine data to be collected and disaggregated by
221	221	10 demographic group regarding accelerated placement, including
222	222	11 the rates of students who participate in and successfully
223	223	12 complete advanced coursework, and a method of making the
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225	225	14 (d) On or before November 1, 2022, following a review of
226	226	15 disaggregated data on the participation and successful
227	227	16 completion rates of students enrolled in an accelerated
228	228	17 placement program, each school district shall develop a plan
229	229	18 to expand access to its accelerated placement program and to
230	230	19 ensure the teaching capacity necessary to meet the increased
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232	232	21 (Source: P.A. 102-209, eff. 11-30-21 (See Section 5 of P.A.
233	233	22 102-671 for effective date of P.A. 102-209); 103-263, eff.
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