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11 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2772 Introduced 1/17/2024, by Sen. Neil Anderson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.87 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.85 new Amends the School Code. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, requires school boards to report, on their school district's website, a list of the learning materials and activities to be used for student instruction during the school year. Requires that the report also include any procedures that are in effect at each school for the documentation, review, or approval of the learning materials and activities used for student instruction. Specifies the minimum information that must be included in the report. Allows a school district to update the report on an ongoing basis, but requires the report to be updated by January 1 and August 1 of each year. Allows a school district to utilize collaborative online document or spreadsheet software to update or make additions to the report. Sets forth other requirements. Effective immediately. LRB103 37409 RJT 67531 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2772 Introduced 1/17/2024, by Sen. Neil Anderson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.87 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.85 new 105 ILCS 5/10-20.87 new 105 ILCS 5/34-18.85 new Amends the School Code. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, requires school boards to report, on their school district's website, a list of the learning materials and activities to be used for student instruction during the school year. Requires that the report also include any procedures that are in effect at each school for the documentation, review, or approval of the learning materials and activities used for student instruction. Specifies the minimum information that must be included in the report. Allows a school district to update the report on an ongoing basis, but requires the report to be updated by January 1 and August 1 of each year. Allows a school district to utilize collaborative online document or spreadsheet software to update or make additions to the report. Sets forth other requirements. Effective immediately. LRB103 37409 RJT 67531 b LRB103 37409 RJT 67531 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
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1414 1 AN ACT concerning education.
1515 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1616 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1717 4 Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the School
1818 5 Materials and Activities Report for Transparency Law.
1919 6 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
2020 7 10-20.87 and 34-18.85 as follows:
2121 8 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.87 new)
2222 9 Sec. 10-20.87. Learning materials and activities report.
2323 10 (a) In this Section:
2424 11 "Activities" includes, but is not limited to, student
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2727 14 conducted by outside individuals or organizations.
2828 15 "Activities" does not include student presentations.
2929 16 "Learning materials" includes, but is not limited to, any
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3131 18 (1) Instructional material that consists of content
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3333 20 combination of media the essential knowledge, information,
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7878 1 material" includes a book or books; workbooks;
7979 2 supplementary materials; a combination of a book or books,
8080 3 workbooks, and supplementary materials; computer software,
8181 4 magnetic media, DVDs, CD-ROMs, computer courseware, online
8282 5 services, or an electronic medium; or other means of
8383 6 conveying information to a student or otherwise
8484 7 contributing to the learning process through electronic
8585 8 means, including through open education resource
8686 9 instructional material as described in paragraph (2) of
8787 10 this definition.
8888 11 (2) Open education resource instructional material
8989 12 that consists of teaching, learning, and research
9090 13 resources that reside in the public domain or have been
9191 14 released under an intellectual property license and allows
9292 15 for the free use, reuse, modification, and sharing of
9393 16 resources with others. In this paragraph (2), "open
9494 17 education resource instructional material" includes full
9595 18 courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming
9696 19 videos, tests or exams, software, or any other tools,
9797 20 materials, or techniques used to support access to
9898 21 knowledge and also includes State-developed open education
9999 22 resource instructional material.
100100 23 (3) Teaching aids.
101101 24 (4) Any other material for student instruction in
102102 25 which a student has the option to select the material.
103103 26 "Used for student instruction" means assigned, provided,
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114114 1 or otherwise presented to a school's students in (i) any
115115 2 course for which students receive academic credit or (ii) any
116116 3 educational capacity in which participation of the student
117117 4 body is required by the school or in which a majority of the
118118 5 students in a particular grade level participate.
119119 6 (b) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the school
120120 7 board of each school district shall report for each of the
121121 8 district's schools the following information in a prominent
122122 9 location on the district's website:
123123 10 (1) A list of the learning materials and activities
124124 11 that are to be used for student instruction during the
125125 12 school year. The list of learning materials and activities
126126 13 shall be organized, at a minimum, by grade level and
127127 14 subject area.
128128 15 (2) Any procedures that are in effect at each school
129129 16 for the documentation, review, or approval by the school's
130130 17 administrators, principal, or teachers of the learning
131131 18 materials and activities used for student instruction.
132132 19 (c) Under this Section, a school board shall provide
133133 20 updated information on the district's website by January 1 and
134134 21 August 1 of each year and more frequently as the school board
135135 22 deems appropriate. A school board is required to report only
136136 23 the information that is necessary to identify the specific
137137 24 learning materials and activities used for student instruction
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150150 1 Internet address, as appropriate, associated with each of the
151151 2 learning materials or activities. Nothing in this Section may
152152 3 be construed to require either of the following:
153153 4 (1) The publication of a digital reproduction of
154154 5 learning materials on a school district's website.
155155 6 (2) A separate listing of the individual components of
156156 7 learning materials produced as a single volume; however,
157157 8 if the volume contains works by multiple authors, the
158158 9 listing shall provide either a table of contents or an
159159 10 Internet address that discloses the discrete works and
160160 11 authors contained within the volume.
161161 12 (d) Under this Section, a school district may, but is not
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163163 14 (1) update the report and post the updated report on
164164 15 the district's website on an ongoing basis during the
165165 16 school year, provided that an updated report is completed
166166 17 by January 1 and August 1; and
167167 18 (2) utilize collaborative online document or
168168 19 spreadsheet software that allows multiple authorized users
169169 20 to update or make additions to the report on an ongoing
170170 21 basis, provided that a link to the report is publicly
171171 22 accessible on the district's website.
172172 23 (e) Each school district's report under this Section shall
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174174 25 least until the next report for the year is completed and made
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186186 1 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.85 new)
187187 2 Sec. 34-18.85. Learning materials and activities report.
188188 3 (a) In this Section:
189189 4 "Activities" includes, but is not limited to, student
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191191 6 a school's administration or staff, or educational events
192192 7 conducted by outside individuals or organizations.
193193 8 "Activities" does not include student presentations.
194194 9 "Learning materials" includes, but is not limited to, any
195195 10 of the following:
196196 11 (1) Instructional material that consists of content
197197 12 that conveys to a student through a medium or a
198198 13 combination of media the essential knowledge, information,
199199 14 and skills pertaining to a subject included in a public
200200 15 school curriculum. In this paragraph (1), "instructional
201201 16 material" includes a book or books; workbooks;
202202 17 supplementary materials; a combination of a book or books,
203203 18 workbooks, and supplementary materials; computer software,
204204 19 magnetic media, DVDs, CD-ROMs, computer courseware, online
205205 20 services, or an electronic medium; or other means of
206206 21 conveying information to a student or otherwise
207207 22 contributing to the learning process through electronic
208208 23 means, including through open education resource
209209 24 instructional material as described in paragraph (2) of
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221221 1 (2) Open education resource instructional material
222222 2 that consists of teaching, learning, and research
223223 3 resources that reside in the public domain or have been
224224 4 released under an intellectual property license and allows
225225 5 for the free use, reuse, modification, and sharing of
226226 6 resources with others. In this paragraph (2), "open
227227 7 education resource instructional material" includes full
228228 8 courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming
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230230 10 materials, or techniques used to support access to
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232232 12 resource instructional material.
233233 13 (3) Teaching aids.
234234 14 (4) Any other material for student instruction in
235235 15 which a student has the option to select the material.
236236 16 "Used for student instruction" means assigned, provided,
237237 17 or otherwise presented to a school's students in (i) any
238238 18 course for which students receive academic credit or (ii) any
239239 19 educational capacity in which participation of the student
240240 20 body is required by the school or in which a majority of the
241241 21 students in a particular grade level participate.
242242 22 (b) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the board
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257257 1 that are to be used for student instruction during the
258258 2 school year. The list of learning materials and activities
259259 3 shall be organized, at a minimum, by grade level and
260260 4 subject area.
261261 5 (2) Any procedures that are in effect at each school
262262 6 for the documentation, review, or approval by each
263263 7 school's administrators, principal, or teachers of the
264264 8 learning materials and activities used for student
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266266 10 (c) Under this Section, the board shall provide updated
267267 11 information on the district's website by January 1 and August
268268 12 1 of each year and more frequently as the board deems
269269 13 appropriate. The board is required to report only the
270270 14 information that is necessary to identify the specific
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273273 17 title and the author, the name of the organization, or the
274274 18 Internet address, as appropriate, associated with each of the
275275 19 learning materials or activities. Nothing in this Section may
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277277 21 (1) The publication of a digital reproduction of
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279279 23 (2) A separate listing of the individual components of
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293293 1 Internet address that discloses the discrete works and
294294 2 authors contained within the volume.
295295 3 (d) Under this Section, the school district may, but is
296296 4 not required to:
297297 5 (1) update the report and post the updated report on
298298 6 the district's website on an ongoing basis during the
299299 7 school year, provided that an updated report is completed
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301301 9 (2) utilize collaborative online document or
302302 10 spreadsheet software that allows multiple authorized users
303303 11 to update or make additions to the report on an ongoing
304304 12 basis, provided that a link to the report is publicly
305305 13 accessible on the district's website.
306306 14 (e) Each report under this Section shall remain publicly
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