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4-AN ACT concerning education.
5-Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6-represented in the General Assembly:
7-Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
8-2-3.25f as follows:
3+1 AN ACT concerning education.
4+2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5+3 represented in the General Assembly:
6+4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
7+5 2-3.25f as follows:
8+6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25f) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25f)
9+7 Sec. 2-3.25f. State interventions.
10+8 (a) The State Board of Education shall provide technical
11+9 assistance to schools in school improvement status to assist
12+10 with the development and implementation of Improvement Plans.
13+11 Schools or school districts that fail to make reasonable
14+12 efforts to implement an approved Improvement Plan may suffer
15+13 loss of State funds by school district, attendance center, or
16+14 program as the State Board of Education deems appropriate.
17+15 (a-5) (Blank).
18+16 (b) Schools that receive Targeted Support or Comprehensive
19+17 Support designations shall enter a 4-year cycle of school
20+18 improvement status. If, at the end of the 4-year cycle, the
21+19 school fails to meet the exit criteria specified in the State
22+20 Plan referenced in subsection (b) of Section 2-3.25a of this
23+21 Code, the school shall escalate to a more intensive
24+22 intervention. Targeted Support schools that remain Targeted
25+23 for one or more of the same student groups as in the initial
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34+1 identification after completion of a 4-year cycle of Targeted
35+2 School Improvement shall be redesignated as Comprehensive
36+3 Support schools, as provided in paragraph (2.5) of subsection
37+4 (a) of Section 2-3.25d-5 of this Code. Comprehensive Support
38+5 schools that remain in the lowest-performing 5% after
39+6 completion of a 4-year cycle of Comprehensive School
40+7 Improvement shall be redesignated as Intensive Support schools
41+8 and shall escalate through more rigorous, tiered support,
42+9 developed in consultation with the Balanced Accountability
43+10 Measure Committee and other relevant stakeholder groups, which
44+11 may ultimately result in the (i) change of recognition status
45+12 of the school district or school to nonrecognized or (ii)
46+13 authorization for the State Superintendent of Education to
47+14 direct the reassignment of pupils or direct the reassignment
48+15 or replacement of school or school district personnel. If a
49+16 school district is nonrecognized in its entirety, for any
50+17 reason, including those not related to performance in the
51+18 accountability system, it shall automatically be dissolved on
52+19 July 1 following that nonrecognition and its territory
53+20 realigned with another school district or districts by the
54+21 regional board of school trustees in accordance with the
55+22 procedures set forth in Section 7-11 of the School Code. The
56+23 effective date of the nonrecognition of a school shall be July
57+24 1 following the nonrecognition.
58+25 (b-5) The State Board of Education shall also develop a
59+26 system to provide assistance and resources to lower performing
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70+1 school districts. At a minimum, the State Board shall identify
71+2 school districts to receive Intensive, Comprehensive, and
72+3 Targeted Support. The school district shall provide the
73+4 exclusive bargaining representative with a 5-day notice that
74+5 the district has had one or more schools within the district
75+6 identified as being in Comprehensive or Intensive School
76+7 Improvement Status. In addition, the State Board may, by rule,
77+8 develop other categories of low-performing schools and school
78+9 districts to receive services.
79+10 The State Board of Education shall work with districts
80+11 with one or more schools in Comprehensive or Intensive School
81+12 Improvement Status, through technical assistance and
82+13 professional development, based on the results of the needs
83+14 assessment under Section 2-3.25d-5 of this Code, to develop
84+15 and implement a continuous improvement plan that would
85+16 increase outcomes for students. The plan for continuous
86+17 improvement shall be based on the results of the needs
87+18 assessment and shall be used to determine the types of
88+19 services that are to be provided to each Comprehensive and
89+20 Intensive School. Potential services may include, but are not
90+21 limited to, monitoring adult and student practices, reviewing
91+22 and reallocating district resources, developing a district and
92+23 school leadership team, providing access to curricular content
93+24 area specialists, and providing online resources and
94+25 professional development.
95+26 The support provided by a vendor or learning partner
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