Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5434 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5434 Introduced , by Rep. Jed Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.13a from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.13a105 ILCS 5/26-2a from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a105 ILCS 5/10-17a Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that a student shall remain on the attendance rolls of a school district until a cause for disenrollment is given and confirmed with specified documentation. Amends the School Board Article of the Code. Requires the school district report card to contain data concerning the number of students who remained on the school district's attendance rolls, and the length of time in which each student remained on the school district's attendance rolls but was not attending school. Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the Code to make a corresponding change regarding a chronic or habitual truant. LRB103 37482 RJT 67605 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5434 Introduced , by Rep. Jed Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.13a from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.13a105 ILCS 5/26-2a from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a105 ILCS 5/10-17a 105 ILCS 5/2-3.13a from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.13a 105 ILCS 5/26-2a from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a 105 ILCS 5/10-17a Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that a student shall remain on the attendance rolls of a school district until a cause for disenrollment is given and confirmed with specified documentation. Amends the School Board Article of the Code. Requires the school district report card to contain data concerning the number of students who remained on the school district's attendance rolls, and the length of time in which each student remained on the school district's attendance rolls but was not attending school. Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the Code to make a corresponding change regarding a chronic or habitual truant. LRB103 37482 RJT 67605 b LRB103 37482 RJT 67605 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5434 Introduced , by Rep. Jed Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	105 ILCS 5/2-3.13a from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.13a105 ILCS 5/26-2a from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a105 ILCS 5/10-17a 105 ILCS 5/2-3.13a from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.13a 105 ILCS 5/26-2a from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a 105 ILCS 5/10-17a
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5	5	105 ILCS 5/26-2a from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a
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7	7	Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that a student shall remain on the attendance rolls of a school district until a cause for disenrollment is given and confirmed with specified documentation. Amends the School Board Article of the Code. Requires the school district report card to contain data concerning the number of students who remained on the school district's attendance rolls, and the length of time in which each student remained on the school district's attendance rolls but was not attending school. Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the Code to make a corresponding change regarding a chronic or habitual truant.
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15	15	1 AN ACT concerning education.
16	16	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
17	17	3 represented in the General Assembly:
18	18	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
19	19	5 2-3.13a, 10-17a, and 26-2a as follows:
20	20	6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.13a) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.13a)
21	21	7 Sec. 2-3.13a. School records; transferring students.
22	22	8 (a) The State Board of Education shall establish and
23	23	9 implement rules requiring all of the public schools and all
24	24	10 private or nonpublic elementary and secondary schools located
25	25	11 in this State, whenever any such school has a student who is
26	26	12 transferring to any other public elementary or secondary
27	27	13 school located in this or in any other state, to forward within
28	28	14 10 days of notice of the student's transfer an unofficial
29	29	15 record of that student's grades to the school to which such
30	30	16 student is transferring. Each public school at the same time
31	31	17 also shall forward to the school to which the student is
32	32	18 transferring the remainder of the student's school student
33	33	19 records as required by the Illinois School Student Records
34	34	20 Act. In addition, if a student is transferring from a public
35	35	21 school, whether located in this or any other state, from which
36	36	22 the student has been suspended or expelled for knowingly
37	37	23 possessing in a school building or on school grounds a weapon
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42	42	105 ILCS 5/2-3.13a from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.13a105 ILCS 5/26-2a from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a105 ILCS 5/10-17a 105 ILCS 5/2-3.13a from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.13a 105 ILCS 5/26-2a from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a 105 ILCS 5/10-17a
43	43	105 ILCS 5/2-3.13a from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.13a
44	44	105 ILCS 5/26-2a from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a
45	45	105 ILCS 5/10-17a
46	46	Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that a student shall remain on the attendance rolls of a school district until a cause for disenrollment is given and confirmed with specified documentation. Amends the School Board Article of the Code. Requires the school district report card to contain data concerning the number of students who remained on the school district's attendance rolls, and the length of time in which each student remained on the school district's attendance rolls but was not attending school. Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the Code to make a corresponding change regarding a chronic or habitual truant.
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49	49	STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
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51	51	A BILL FOR
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82	82	1 as defined in the Gun Free Schools Act (20 U.S.C. 8921 et
83	83	2 seq.), for knowingly possessing, selling, or delivering in a
84	84	3 school building or on school grounds a controlled substance or
85	85	4 cannabis, or for battering a staff member of the school, and if
86	86	5 the period of suspension or expulsion has not expired at the
87	87	6 time the student attempts to transfer into another public
88	88	7 school in the same or any other school district: (i) any school
89	89	8 student records required to be transferred shall include the
90	90	9 date and duration of the period of suspension or expulsion;
91	91	10 and (ii) with the exception of transfers into the Department
92	92	11 of Juvenile Justice school district, the student shall not be
93	93	12 permitted to attend class in the public school into which he or
94	94	13 she is transferring until the student has served the entire
95	95	14 period of the suspension or expulsion imposed by the school
96	96	15 from which the student is transferring, provided that the
97	97	16 school board may approve the placement of the student in an
98	98	17 alternative school program established under Article 13A of
99	99	18 this Code. A school district may adopt a policy providing that
100	100	19 if a student is suspended or expelled for any reason from any
101	101	20 public or private school in this or any other state, the
102	102	21 student must complete the entire term of the suspension or
103	103	22 expulsion before being admitted into the school district. This
104	104	23 policy may allow placement of the student in an alternative
105	105	24 school program established under Article 13A of this Code, if
106	106	25 available, for the remainder of the suspension or expulsion.
107	107	26 Each public school and each private or nonpublic elementary or
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118	118	1 secondary school in this State shall within 10 days after the
119	119	2 student has paid all of his or her outstanding fines and fees
120	120	3 and at its own expense forward an official transcript of the
121	121	4 scholastic records of each student transferring from that
122	122	5 school in strict accordance with the provisions of this
123	123	6 Section and the rules established by the State Board of
124	124	7 Education as herein provided.
125	125	8 (b) The State Board of Education shall develop a one-page
126	126	9 standard form that Illinois school districts are required to
127	127	10 provide to any student who is moving out of the school district
128	128	11 and that contains the information about whether or not the
129	129	12 student is "in good standing" and whether or not his or her
130	130	13 medical records are up-to-date and complete. As used in this
131	131	14 Section, "in good standing" means that the student is not
132	132	15 being disciplined by a suspension or expulsion, but is
133	133	16 entitled to attend classes. No school district is required to
134	134	17 admit a new student who is transferring from another Illinois
135	135	18 school district unless he or she can produce the standard form
136	136	19 from the student's previous school district enrollment. No
137	137	20 school district is required to admit a new student who is
138	138	21 transferring from an out-of-state public school unless the
139	139	22 parent or guardian of the student certifies in writing that
140	140	23 the student is not currently serving a suspension or expulsion
141	141	24 imposed by the school from which the student is transferring.
142	142	25 (c) The State Board of Education shall, by rule, establish
143	143	26 a system to provide for the accurate tracking of transfer
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154	154	1 students. This system shall, at a minimum, require that a
155	155	2 student be counted as a dropout in the calculation of a
156	156	3 school's or school district's annual student dropout rate
157	157	4 unless the school or school district to which the student
158	158	5 transferred (known hereafter in this subsection (c) as the
159	159	6 transferee school or school district) sends notification to
160	160	7 the school or school district from which the student
161	161	8 transferred (known hereafter in this subsection (c) as the
162	162	9 transferor school or school district) documenting that the
163	163	10 student has enrolled in the transferee school or school
164	164	11 district. This notification must occur on or before July 31
165	165	12 following the school year during which the student withdraws
166	166	13 from the transferor school or school district or the student
167	167	14 shall be counted in the calculation of the transferor school's
168	168	15 or school district's annual student dropout rate. A request by
169	169	16 the transferee school or school district to the transferor
170	170	17 school or school district seeking the student's academic
171	171	18 transcripts or medical records shall be considered without
172	172	19 limitation adequate documentation of enrollment. Each
173	173	20 transferor school or school district shall keep documentation
174	174	21 of such transfer students for the minimum period provided in
175	175	22 the Illinois School Student Records Act. All records
176	176	23 indicating the school or school district to which a student
177	177	24 transferred are subject to the Illinois School Student Records
178	178	25 Act.
179	179	26 (d) A student shall remain on the attendance rolls of a
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190	190	1 school district until a cause for disenrollment is given and
191	191	2 confirmed with any of the following:
192	192	3 (1) A death certificate.
193	193	4 (2) A physician's note regarding extended illness.
194	194	5 (3) Written proof of medical non-compliance.
195	195	6 (4) Written proof of expulsion.
196	196	7 (5) Written documentation of the student no longer
197	197	8 being of school age.
198	198	9 (6) Graduation documentation.
199	199	10 (7) Program completion documentation.
200	200	11 (8) Enrollment documentation from another school
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202	202	13 (9) Signed documentation from a parent or guardian
203	203	14 that the parent or guardian will be educating the student
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205	205	16 If a school district does not know the whereabouts of a
206	206	17 student for any extended period and has not received any
207	207	18 documentation as to the location of the pupil, the school
208	208	19 district shall alert the truant officer or, in a school
209	209	20 district that does not have a truant officer, the regional
210	210	21 superintendent or regional superintendent's designee.
211	211	22 (Source: P.A. 96-1423, eff. 8-3-10.)
212	212	23 (105 ILCS 5/10-17a)
213	213	24 Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report
214	214	25 cards; Expanded High School Snapshot Report.
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225	225	1 (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent
226	226	2 school year, the State Board of Education, through the State
227	227	3 Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report
228	228	4 card, school district report cards, and school report cards,
229	229	5 and shall by the most economical means provide to each school
230	230	6 district in this State, including special charter districts
231	231	7 and districts subject to the provisions of Article 34, the
232	232	8 report cards for the school district and each of its schools.
233	233	9 Because of the impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency
234	234	10 during school year 2020-2021, the State Board of Education
235	235	11 shall have until December 31, 2021 to prepare and provide the
236	236	12 report cards that would otherwise be due by October 31, 2021.
237	237	13 During a school year in which the Governor has declared a
238	238	14 disaster due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section
239	239	15 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the report
240	240	16 cards for the school districts and each of its schools shall be
241	241	17 prepared by December 31.
242	242	18 (2) In addition to any information required by federal
243	243	19 law, the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators
244	244	20 and presentation of the school report card, which must
245	245	21 include, at a minimum, the most current data collected and
246	246	22 maintained by the State Board of Education related to the
247	247	23 following:
248	248	24 (A) school characteristics and student demographics,
249	249	25 including average class size, average teaching experience,
250	250	26 student racial/ethnic breakdown, and the percentage of
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261	261	1 students classified as low-income; the percentage of
262	262	2 students classified as English learners, the number of
263	263	3 students who graduate from a bilingual or English learner
264	264	4 program, and the number of students who graduate from,
265	265	5 transfer from, or otherwise leave bilingual programs; the
266	266	6 percentage of students who have individualized education
267	267	7 plans or 504 plans that provide for special education
268	268	8 services; the number and the percentage of all students in
269	269	9 grades kindergarten through 8, disaggregated by the
270	270	10 student students demographics described in this paragraph
271	271	11 (A), in each of the following categories: (i) those who
272	272	12 have been assessed for placement in a gifted education
273	273	13 program or accelerated placement, (ii) those who have
274	274	14 enrolled in a gifted education program or in accelerated
275	275	15 placement, and (iii) for each of categories (i) and (ii),
276	276	16 those who received direct instruction from a teacher who
277	277	17 holds a gifted education endorsement; the number and the
278	278	18 percentage of all students in grades 9 through 12,
279	279	19 disaggregated by the student demographics described in
280	280	20 this paragraph (A), who have been enrolled in an advanced
281	281	21 academic program; the percentage of students scoring at
282	282	22 the "exceeds expectations" level on the assessments
283	283	23 required under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the
284	284	24 percentage of students who annually transferred in or out
285	285	25 of the school district; average daily attendance; the
286	286	26 per-pupil operating expenditure of the school district;
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297	297	1 and the per-pupil State average operating expenditure for
298	298	2 the district type (elementary, high school, or unit);
299	299	3 (B) curriculum information, including, where
300	300	4 applicable, Advanced Placement, International
301	301	5 Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual credit courses,
302	302	6 foreign language classes, computer science courses, school
303	303	7 personnel resources (including Career Technical Education
304	304	8 teachers), before and after school programs,
305	305	9 extracurricular activities, subjects in which elective
306	306	10 classes are offered, health and wellness initiatives
307	307	11 (including the average number of days of Physical
308	308	12 Education per week per student), approved programs of
309	309	13 study, awards received, community partnerships, and
310	310	14 special programs such as programming for the gifted and
311	311	15 talented, students with disabilities, and work-study
312	312	16 students;
313	313	17 (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the
314	314	18 percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of
315	315	19 State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth
316	316	20 grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students who
317	317	21 participated in workplace learning experiences, the
318	318	22 percentage of students enrolled in post-secondary
319	319	23 institutions (including colleges, universities, community
320	320	24 colleges, trade/vocational schools, and training programs
321	321	25 leading to career certification within 2 semesters of high
322	322	26 school graduation), the percentage of students graduating
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333	333	1 from high school who are college and career ready, the
334	334	2 percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges,
335	335	3 colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses
336	336	4 that the community college, college, or university
337	337	5 identifies as a developmental course, and the percentage
338	338	6 of students with disabilities under the federal
339	339	7 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Article 14
340	340	8 of this Code who have fulfilled the minimum State
341	341	9 graduation requirements set forth in Section 27-22 of this
342	342	10 Code and have been issued a regular high school diploma;
343	343	11 (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the
344	344	12 percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned
345	345	13 5 credits or more without failing more than one core
346	346	14 class, a measure of students entering kindergarten ready
347	347	15 to learn, a measure of growth, and the percentage of
348	348	16 students who enter high school on track for college and
349	349	17 career readiness;
350	350	18 (E) the school environment, including, where
351	351	19 applicable, high school dropout rate by grade level, the
352	352	20 percentage of students with less than 10 absences in a
353	353	21 school year, the percentage of teachers with less than 10
354	354	22 absences in a school year for reasons other than
355	355	23 professional development, leaves taken pursuant to the
356	356	24 federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term
357	357	25 disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the
358	358	26 percentage of teachers returning to the school from the
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369	369	1 previous year, the number of different principals at the
370	370	2 school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold
371	371	3 a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria
372	372	4 used by the district to determine whether a student is
373	373	5 eligible for participation in a gifted education program
374	374	6 or advanced academic program and the manner in which
375	375	7 parents and guardians are made aware of the process and
376	376	8 criteria, the number of teachers who are National Board
377	377	9 Certified Teachers, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, 2
378	378	10 or more indicators from any school climate survey selected
379	379	11 or approved by the State and administered pursuant to
380	380	12 Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar
381	381	13 indicators included on school report cards for all surveys
382	382	14 selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section
383	383	15 2-3.153 of this Code, the combined percentage of teachers
384	384	16 rated as proficient or excellent in their most recent
385	385	17 evaluation, and, beginning with the 2022-2023 school year,
386	386	18 data on the number of incidents of violence that occurred
387	387	19 on school grounds or during school-related activities and
388	388	20 that resulted in an out-of-school suspension, expulsion,
389	389	21 or removal to an alternative setting, as reported pursuant
390	390	22 to Section 2-3.162;
391	391	23 (F) a school district's and its individual schools'
392	392	24 balanced accountability measure, in accordance with
393	393	25 Section 2-3.25a of this Code;
394	394	26 (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the
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405	405	1 State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of
406	406	2 the State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the
407	407	3 school's employees, which shall be reported to the State
408	408	4 Board of Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of
409	409	5 the State of Illinois;
410	410	6 (H) for a school district organized under Article 34
411	411	7 of this Code only, State contributions to the Public
412	412	8 School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago
413	413	9 and State contributions for health care for employees of
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415	415	11 (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as
416	416	12 defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section
417	417	13 18-8.15 of this Code;
418	418	14 (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as
419	419	15 defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section
420	420	16 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;
421	421	17 (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in
422	422	18 paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this
423	423	19 Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as
424	424	20 defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section
425	425	21 18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;
426	426	22 (L) a school district's administrative costs;
427	427	23 (M) whether or not the school has participated in the
428	428	24 Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M), "Illinois
429	429	25 Youth Survey" means a self-report survey, administered in
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441	441	1 information about health and social indicators, including
442	442	2 substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of students in
443	443	3 grades 8, 10, and 12;
444	444	4 (N) whether the school offered its students career and
445	445	5 technical education opportunities; and
446	446	6 (O) beginning Beginning with the October 2024 report
447	447	7 card, the total number of school counselors, school social
448	448	8 workers, school nurses, and school psychologists by
449	449	9 school, district, and State, the average number of
450	450	10 students per school counselor in the school, district, and
451	451	11 State, the average number of students per school social
452	452	12 worker in the school, district, and State, the average
453	453	13 number of students per school nurse in the school,
454	454	14 district, and State, and the average number of students
455	455	15 per school psychologist in the school, district, and
456	456	16 State; and .
457	457	17 (P) the number of students who remained on the school
458	458	18 district's attendance rolls under Section 2-3.13a, and the
459	459	19 length of time in which each student remained on the
460	460	20 school district's attendance rolls but was not attending
461	461	21 school.
462	462	22 The school report card shall also provide information that
463	463	23 allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and
464	464	24 environment data to the State average, to the school data from
465	465	25 the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and
466	466	26 environment of similar schools based on the type of school and
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477	477	1 enrollment of low-income students, special education students,
478	478	2 and English learners.
479	479	3 As used in this subsection (2):
480	480	4 "Accelerated placement" has the meaning ascribed to that
481	481	5 term in Section 14A-17 of this Code.
482	482	6 "Administrative costs" means costs associated with
483	483	7 executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the
484	484	8 school district that involve planning, organizing, managing,
485	485	9 or directing the school district.
486	486	10 "Advanced academic program" means a course of study,
487	487	11 including, but not limited to, accelerated placement, advanced
488	488	12 placement coursework, International Baccalaureate coursework,
489	489	13 dual credit, or any course designated as enriched or honors,
490	490	14 that a student is enrolled in based on advanced cognitive
491	491	15 ability or advanced academic achievement compared to local age
492	492	16 peers and in which the curriculum is substantially
493	493	17 differentiated from the general curriculum to provide
494	494	18 appropriate challenge and pace.
495	495	19 "Computer science" means the study of computers and
496	496	20 algorithms, including their principles, their hardware and
497	497	21 software designs, their implementation, and their impact on
498	498	22 society. "Computer science" does not include the study of
499	499	23 everyday uses of computers and computer applications, such as
500	500	24 keyboarding or accessing the Internet.
501	501	25 "Gifted education" means educational services, including
502	502	26 differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed
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513	513	1 to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A
514	514	2 of this Code.
515	515	3 For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2),
516	516	4 "average daily attendance" means the average of the actual
517	517	5 number of attendance days during the previous school year for
518	518	6 any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance
519	519	7 by Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school.
520	520	8 (2.5) For any school report card prepared after July 1,
521	521	9 2025, for all high school graduation completion rates that are
522	522	10 reported on the school report card as required under this
523	523	11 Section or by any other State or federal law, the State
524	524	12 Superintendent of Education shall also report the percentage
525	525	13 of students who did not meet the requirements of high school
526	526	14 graduation completion for any reason and, of those students,
527	527	15 the percentage that are classified as students who fulfill the
528	528	16 requirements of Section 14-16 of this Code.
529	529	17 The State Superintendent shall ensure that for the
530	530	18 2023-2024 school year there is a specific code for districts
531	531	19 to report students who fulfill the requirements of Section
532	532	20 14-16 of this Code to ensure accurate reporting under this
533	533	21 Section.
534	534	22 All reporting requirements under this subsection (2.5)
535	535	23 shall be included on the school report card where high school
536	536	24 graduation completion rates are reported, along with a brief
537	537	25 explanation of how fulfilling the requirements of Section
538	538	26 14-16 of this Code is different from receiving a regular high
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549	549	1 school diploma.
550	550	2 (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the
551	551	3 school district report card shall include a subset of the
552	552	4 information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of
553	553	5 subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information
554	554	6 relating to the operating expense per pupil and other finances
555	555	7 of the school district, and the State report card shall
556	556	8 include a subset of the information identified in paragraphs
557	557	9 (A) through (E) and paragraph (N) of subsection (2) of this
558	558	10 Section. The school district report card shall include the
559	559	11 average daily attendance, as that term is defined in
560	560	12 subsection (2) of this Section, of students who have
561	561	13 individualized education programs and students who have 504
562	562	14 plans that provide for special education services within the
563	563	15 school district.
564	564	16 (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
565	565	17 Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the
566	566	18 State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to
567	567	19 amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or
568	568	20 State report card.
569	569	21 (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt
570	570	22 of the school district and school report cards from the State
571	571	23 Superintendent of Education, each school district, including
572	572	24 special charter districts and districts subject to the
573	573	25 provisions of Article 34, shall present such report cards at a
574	574	26 regular school board meeting subject to applicable notice
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585	585	1 requirements, post the report cards on the school district's
586	586	2 Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
587	587	3 site, make the report cards available to a newspaper of
588	588	4 general circulation serving the district, and, upon request,
589	589	5 send the report cards home to a parent (unless the district
590	590	6 does not maintain an Internet web site, in which case the
591	591	7 report card shall be sent home to parents without request). If
592	592	8 the district posts the report card on its Internet web site,
593	593	9 the district shall send a written notice home to parents
594	594	10 stating (i) that the report card is available on the web site,
595	595	11 (ii) the address of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of
596	596	12 the report card will be sent to parents upon request, and (iv)
597	597	13 the telephone number that parents may call to request a
598	598	14 printed copy of the report card.
599	599	15 (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals,
600	600	16 supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in
601	601	17 lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public
602	602	18 Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of
603	603	19 Public Act 97-8.
604	604	20 (7) As used in this subsection (7):
605	605	21 "Advanced-track coursework or programs" means any high
606	606	22 school courses, sequence of courses, or class or grouping of
607	607	23 students organized to provide more rigorous, enriched,
608	608	24 advanced, accelerated, gifted, or above grade-level
609	609	25 instruction. This may include, but is not limited to, Advanced
610	610	26 Placement courses, International Baccalaureate courses,
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621	621	1 honors, weighted, advanced, or enriched courses, or gifted or
622	622	2 accelerated programs, classrooms, or courses.
623	623	3 "Course" means any high school class or course offered by
624	624	4 a school that is assigned a school course code by the State
625	625	5 Board of Education.
626	626	6 "English learner coursework or English learner program"
627	627	7 means a high school English learner course or program
628	628	8 designated to serve English learners, who may be designated as
629	629	9 English language learners or limited English proficiency
630	630	10 learners.
631	631	11 "Standard coursework or programs" means any high school
632	632	12 courses or classes other than advanced-track coursework or
633	633	13 programs, English learner coursework or programs, or special
634	634	14 education coursework or programs.
635	635	15 By October 31, 2027 and by October 31 of each subsequent
636	636	16 year, the State Board of Education, through the State
637	637	17 Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a stand-alone
638	638	18 report covering high schools, to be referred to as the
639	639	19 Expanded High School Snapshot Report. The State Board shall
640	640	20 post the Report on the State Board's Internet website. Each
641	641	21 school district with a high school shall include on the school
642	642	22 district's Internet website, if the district maintains an
643	643	23 Internet website, a hyperlink to the Report on the State
644	644	24 Board's Internet website titled "Expanded High School Snapshot
645	645	25 Report". Hyperlinks under this subsection (7) shall be
646	646	26 displayed in a manner that is easily accessible to the public.
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657	657	1 The Expanded High School Snapshot Report shall include:
658	658	2 (A) a listing of all standard coursework or programs
659	659	3 offered by a high school;
660	660	4 (B) a listing of all advanced-track coursework or
661	661	5 programs offered by a high school;
662	662	6 (C) a listing of all English learner coursework or
663	663	7 programs offered by a high school;
664	664	8 (D) a listing of all special education coursework or
665	665	9 programs offered by a high school;
666	666	10 (E) data tables and graphs comparing advanced-track
667	667	11 coursework or programs with standard coursework or
668	668	12 programs according to the following parameters:
669	669	13 (i) the average years of experience of all
670	670	14 teachers in a high school who are assigned to teach
671	671	15 advanced-track coursework or programs compared with
672	672	16 the average years of experience of all teachers in the
673	673	17 high school who are assigned to teach standard
674	674	18 coursework or programs;
675	675	19 (ii) the average years of experience of all
676	676	20 teachers in a high school who are assigned to teach
677	677	21 special education coursework or programs compared with
678	678	22 the average years of experience of all teachers in the
679	679	23 high school who are assigned to teach standard
680	680	24 coursework or programs;
681	681	25 (iii) the average years of experience of all
682	682	26 teachers in a high school who are assigned to teach
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693	693	1 English learner coursework or programs compared with
694	694	2 the average years of experience of all teachers in the
695	695	3 high school who are assigned to teach standard
696	696	4 coursework or programs;
697	697	5 (iv) the number of high school teachers who
698	698	6 possess bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degrees and
699	699	7 who are assigned to teach advanced-track courses or
700	700	8 programs compared with the number of teachers who
701	701	9 possess bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degrees and
702	702	10 who are assigned to teach standard coursework or
703	703	11 programs;
704	704	12 (v) the number of high school teachers who possess
705	705	13 bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degrees and who are
706	706	14 assigned to teach special education coursework or
707	707	15 programs compared with the number of teachers who
708	708	16 possess bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degrees and
709	709	17 who are assigned to teach standard coursework or
710	710	18 programs;
711	711	19 (vi) the number of high school teachers who
712	712	20 possess bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degrees and
713	713	21 who are assigned to teach English learner coursework
714	714	22 or programs compared with the number of teachers who
715	715	23 possess bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degrees and
716	716	24 who are assigned to teach standard coursework or
717	717	25 programs;
718	718	26 (vii) the average student enrollment and class
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729	729	1 size of advanced-track coursework or programs offered
730	730	2 in a high school compared with the average student
731	731	3 enrollment and class size of standard coursework or
732	732	4 programs;
733	733	5 (viii) the percentages of students delineated by
734	734	6 gender who are enrolled in advanced-track coursework
735	735	7 or programs in a high school compared with the gender
736	736	8 of students enrolled in standard coursework or
737	737	9 programs;
738	738	10 (ix) the percentages of students delineated by
739	739	11 gender who are enrolled in special education
740	740	12 coursework or programs in a high school compared with
741	741	13 the percentages of students enrolled in standard
742	742	14 coursework or programs;
743	743	15 (x) the percentages of students delineated by
744	744	16 gender who are enrolled in English learner coursework
745	745	17 or programs in a high school compared with the gender
746	746	18 of students enrolled in standard coursework or
747	747	19 programs;
748	748	20 (xi) the percentages of high school students in
749	749	21 each individual race and ethnicity category, as
750	750	22 defined in the most recent federal decennial census,
751	751	23 who are enrolled in advanced-track coursework or
752	752	24 programs compared with the percentages of students in
753	753	25 each individual race and ethnicity category enrolled
754	754	26 in standard coursework or programs;
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765	765	1 (xii) the percentages of high school students in
766	766	2 each of the race and ethnicity categories, as defined
767	767	3 in the most recent federal decennial census, who are
768	768	4 enrolled in special education coursework or programs
769	769	5 compared with the percentages of students in each of
770	770	6 the race and ethnicity categories who are enrolled in
771	771	7 standard coursework or programs;
772	772	8 (xiii) the percentages of high school students in
773	773	9 each of the race and ethnicity categories, as defined
774	774	10 in the most recent federal decennial census, who are
775	775	11 enrolled in English learner coursework or programs in
776	776	12 a high school compared with the percentages of high
777	777	13 school students in each of the race and ethnicity
778	778	14 categories who are enrolled in standard coursework or
779	779	15 programs;
780	780	16 (xiv) the percentage of high school students who
781	781	17 reach proficiency (the equivalent of a C grade or
782	782	18 higher on a grade A through F scale) in advanced-track
783	783	19 coursework or programs compared with the percentage of
784	784	20 students who earn proficiency (the equivalent of a C
785	785	21 grade or higher on a grade A through F scale) in
786	786	22 standard coursework or programs;
787	787	23 (xv) the percentage of high school students who
788	788	24 reach proficiency (the equivalent of a C grade or
789	789	25 higher on a grade A through F scale) in special
790	790	26 education coursework or programs compared with the
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801	801	1 percentage of high school students who earn
802	802	2 proficiency (the equivalent of a C grade or higher on a
803	803	3 grade A through F scale) in standard coursework or
804	804	4 programs; and
805	805	5 (xvi) the percentage of high school students who
806	806	6 reach proficiency (the equivalent of a C grade or
807	807	7 higher on a grade A through F scale) in English learner
808	808	8 coursework or programs compared with the percentage of
809	809	9 high school students who earn proficiency (the
810	810	10 equivalent of a C grade or higher on a grade A through
811	811	11 F scale) in standard coursework or programs; and
812	812	12 (F) data tables and graphs for each race and ethnicity
813	813	13 category, as defined in the most recent federal decennial
814	814	14 census, and gender category, as defined in the most recent
815	815	15 federal decennial census, describing:
816	816	16 (i) the total number of Advanced Placement courses
817	817	17 taken by race and ethnicity category and gender
818	818	18 category, as defined in the most recent federal
819	819	19 decennial census;
820	820	20 (ii) the total number of International
821	821	21 Baccalaureate courses taken by race and ethnicity
822	822	22 category and gender category, as defined in the most
823	823	23 recent federal decennial census;
824	824	24 (iii) for each race and ethnicity category and
825	825	25 gender category, as defined in the most recent federal
826	826	26 decennial census, the percentage of high school
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837	837	1 students enrolled in Advanced Placement courses;
838	838	2 (iv) for each race and ethnicity category and
839	839	3 gender category, as defined in the most recent federal
840	840	4 decennial census, the percentage of high school
841	841	5 students enrolled in International Baccalaureate
842	842	6 courses; and
843	843	7 (v) for each race and ethnicity category, as
844	844	8 defined in the most recent federal decennial census,
845	845	9 the total number and percentage of high school
846	846	10 students who earn a score of 3 or higher on the
847	847	11 Advanced Placement exam associated with an Advanced
848	848	12 Placement course.
849	849	13 For data on teacher experience and education under this
850	850	14 subsection (7), a teacher who teaches a combination of courses
851	851	15 designated as advanced-track coursework or programs, English
852	852	16 learner coursework or programs, or standard coursework or
853	853	17 programs shall be included in all relevant categories and the
854	854	18 teacher's level of experience shall be added to the
855	855	19 categories.
856	856	20 (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-294, eff. 1-1-22;
857	857	21 102-539, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-594, eff.
858	858	22 7-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-116, eff. 6-30-23; 103-263,
859	859	23 eff. 6-30-23; 103-413, eff, 1-1-24; 103-503, eff. 1-1-24;
860	860	24 revised 9-12-23.)
861	861	25 (105 ILCS 5/26-2a) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a)
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872	872	1 (Text of Section before amendment by 102-466)
873	873	2 Sec. 26-2a. A "truant" is defined as a child who is subject
874	874	3 to compulsory school attendance and who is absent without
875	875	4 valid cause, as defined under this Section, from such
876	876	5 attendance for more than 1% but less than 5% of the past 180
877	877	6 school days.
878	878	7 "Valid cause" for absence shall be illness, including the
879	879	8 mental or behavioral health of the student, observance of a
880	880	9 religious holiday, death in the immediate family, attendance
881	881	10 at a civic event, or family emergency and shall include such
882	882	11 other situations beyond the control of the student, as
883	883	12 determined by the board of education in each district, or such
884	884	13 other circumstances which cause reasonable concern to the
885	885	14 parent for the mental, emotional, or physical health or safety
886	886	15 of the student.
887	887	16 "Chronic or habitual truant" shall be defined as a child
888	888	17 who is subject to compulsory school attendance and who is
889	889	18 absent without valid cause from such attendance for 5% or more
890	890	19 of the previous 180 regular attendance days. "Chronic or
891	891	20 habitual truant" does not include students kept on a school's
892	892	21 attendance rolls while a school district is waiting on
893	893	22 documentation regarding the whereabouts or enrollment status
894	894	23 of a student under Section 2-3.13a.
895	895	24 "Civic event" means an event sponsored by a non-profit
896	896	25 organization or governmental entity that is open to the
897	897	26 public. "Civic event" includes, but is not limited to, an
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908	908	1 artistic or cultural performance or educational gathering that
909	909	2 supports the mission of the sponsoring non-profit
910	910	3 organization. The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
911	911	4 further define "civic event".
912	912	5 "Truant minor" is defined as a chronic truant to whom
913	913	6 supportive services, including prevention, diagnostic,
914	914	7 intervention and remedial services, alternative programs and
915	915	8 other school and community resources have been provided and
916	916	9 have failed to result in the cessation of chronic truancy, or
917	917	10 have been offered and refused.
918	918	11 A "dropout" is defined as any child enrolled in grades 9
919	919	12 through 12 whose name has been removed from the district
920	920	13 enrollment roster for any reason other than the student's
921	921	14 death, extended illness, removal for medical non-compliance,
922	922	15 expulsion, aging out, graduation, or completion of a program
923	923	16 of studies and who has not transferred to another public or
924	924	17 private school and is not known to be home-schooled by his or
925	925	18 her parents or guardians or continuing school in another
926	926	19 country.
927	927	20 "Religion" for the purposes of this Article, includes all
928	928	21 aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as
929	929	22 belief.
930	930	23 (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-266, eff. 1-1-22;
931	931	24 102-321, eff. 1-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-981, eff.
932	932	25 1-1-23.)
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943	943	1 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-466)
944	944	2 Sec. 26-2a. A "truant" is defined as a child who is subject
945	945	3 to compulsory school attendance and who is absent without
946	946	4 valid cause, as defined under this Section, from such
947	947	5 attendance for more than 1% but less than 5% of the past 180
948	948	6 school days.
949	949	7 "Valid cause" for absence shall be illness, including the
950	950	8 mental or behavioral health of the student, attendance at a
951	951	9 verified medical or therapeutic appointment, appointment with
952	952	10 a victim services provider, observance of a religious holiday,
953	953	11 death in the immediate family, attendance at a civic event, or
954	954	12 family emergency and shall include such other situations
955	955	13 beyond the control of the student, as determined by the board
956	956	14 of education in each district, or such other circumstances
957	957	15 which cause reasonable concern to the parent for the mental,
958	958	16 emotional, or physical health or safety of the student. For
959	959	17 purposes of a student who is an expectant parent, or parent, or
960	960	18 victim of domestic or sexual violence, "valid cause" for
961	961	19 absence includes (i) the fulfillment of a parenting
962	962	20 responsibility, including, but not limited to, arranging and
963	963	21 providing child care, caring for a sick child, attending
964	964	22 prenatal or other medical appointments for the expectant
965	965	23 student, and attending medical appointments for a child, and
966	966	24 (ii) addressing circumstances resulting from domestic or
967	967	25 sexual violence, including, but not limited to, experiencing
968	968	26 domestic or sexual violence, recovering from physical or
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979	979	1 psychological injuries, seeking medical attention, seeking
980	980	2 services from a domestic or sexual violence organization, as
981	981	3 defined in Article 26A, seeking psychological or other
982	982	4 counseling, participating in safety planning, temporarily or
983	983	5 permanently relocating, seeking legal assistance or remedies,
984	984	6 or taking any other action to increase the safety or health of
985	985	7 the student or to protect the student from future domestic or
986	986	8 sexual violence. A school district may require a student to
987	987	9 verify his or her claim of domestic or sexual violence under
988	988	10 Section 26A-45 prior to the district approving a valid cause
989	989	11 for an absence of 3 or more consecutive days that is related to
990	990	12 domestic or sexual violence.
991	991	13 "Chronic or habitual truant" shall be defined as a child
992	992	14 who is subject to compulsory school attendance and who is
993	993	15 absent without valid cause from such attendance for 5% or more
994	994	16 of the previous 180 regular attendance days. "Chronic or
995	995	17 habitual truant" does not include students kept on a school's
996	996	18 attendance rolls while a school district is waiting on
997	997	19 documentation regarding the whereabouts or enrollment status
998	998	20 of a student under Section 2-3.13a.
999	999	21 "Civic event" means an event sponsored by a non-profit
1000	1000	22 organization or governmental entity that is open to the
1001	1001	23 public. "Civic event" includes, but is not limited to, an
1002	1002	24 artistic or cultural performance or educational gathering that
1003	1003	25 supports the mission of the sponsoring non-profit
1004	1004	26 organization. The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
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1015	1015	1 further define "civic event".
1016	1016	2 "Truant minor" is defined as a chronic truant to whom
1017	1017	3 supportive services, including prevention, diagnostic,
1018	1018	4 intervention and remedial services, alternative programs and
1019	1019	5 other school and community resources have been provided and
1020	1020	6 have failed to result in the cessation of chronic truancy, or
1021	1021	7 have been offered and refused.
1022	1022	8 A "dropout" is defined as any child enrolled in grades 9
1023	1023	9 through 12 whose name has been removed from the district
1024	1024	10 enrollment roster for any reason other than the student's
1025	1025	11 death, extended illness, removal for medical non-compliance,
1026	1026	12 expulsion, aging out, graduation, or completion of a program
1027	1027	13 of studies and who has not transferred to another public or
1028	1028	14 private school and is not known to be home-schooled by his or
1029	1029	15 her parents or guardians or continuing school in another
1030	1030	16 country.
1031	1031	17 "Religion" for the purposes of this Article, includes all
1032	1032	18 aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as
1033	1033	19 belief.
1034	1034	20 (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-266, eff. 1-1-22;
1035	1035	21 102-321, eff. 1-1-22; 102-466, eff. 7-1-25; 102-813, eff.
1036	1036	22 5-13-22; 102-981, eff. 1-1-23.)
1037	1037	23 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
1038	1038	24 changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
1039	1039	25 that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
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