Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB3553 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3553 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/14A-32105 ILCS 5/27-22 from Ch. 122, par. 27-22 Amends the Gifted and Talented Children and Children Eligible for Accelerated Placement Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district's accelerated placement policy may allow for the waiver of a course or unit of instruction completion requirement if (i) completion of the course or unit of instruction is required by the Code or rules adopted by the State Board of Education as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma and (ii) the school district has determined that the student has demonstrated mastery of or competency in the content of the course or unit of instruction. Provides that the school district shall maintain documentation of this determination of mastery or competency for each student, which must include identification of the learning standards or competencies reviewed, the methods of measurement used, student performance, the date of the determination, and identification of the district personnel involved in the determination process. Provides that a school district must provide notification to a student's parent or guardian that the student will receive a waiver. Makes a corresponding change in the Courses of Study Article of the Code. Effective immediately. LRB103 36147 RJT 66239 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3553 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/14A-32105 ILCS 5/27-22 from Ch. 122, par. 27-22 105 ILCS 5/14A-32 105 ILCS 5/27-22 from Ch. 122, par. 27-22 Amends the Gifted and Talented Children and Children Eligible for Accelerated Placement Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district's accelerated placement policy may allow for the waiver of a course or unit of instruction completion requirement if (i) completion of the course or unit of instruction is required by the Code or rules adopted by the State Board of Education as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma and (ii) the school district has determined that the student has demonstrated mastery of or competency in the content of the course or unit of instruction. Provides that the school district shall maintain documentation of this determination of mastery or competency for each student, which must include identification of the learning standards or competencies reviewed, the methods of measurement used, student performance, the date of the determination, and identification of the district personnel involved in the determination process. Provides that a school district must provide notification to a student's parent or guardian that the student will receive a waiver. Makes a corresponding change in the Courses of Study Article of the Code. Effective immediately. LRB103 36147 RJT 66239 b LRB103 36147 RJT 66239 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
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6	6	Amends the Gifted and Talented Children and Children Eligible for Accelerated Placement Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district's accelerated placement policy may allow for the waiver of a course or unit of instruction completion requirement if (i) completion of the course or unit of instruction is required by the Code or rules adopted by the State Board of Education as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma and (ii) the school district has determined that the student has demonstrated mastery of or competency in the content of the course or unit of instruction. Provides that the school district shall maintain documentation of this determination of mastery or competency for each student, which must include identification of the learning standards or competencies reviewed, the methods of measurement used, student performance, the date of the determination, and identification of the district personnel involved in the determination process. Provides that a school district must provide notification to a student's parent or guardian that the student will receive a waiver. Makes a corresponding change in the Courses of Study Article of the Code. Effective immediately.
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14	14	1 AN ACT concerning education.
15	15	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
16	16	3 represented in the General Assembly:
17	17	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
18	18	5 14A-32 and 27-22 as follows:
19	19	6 (105 ILCS 5/14A-32)
20	20	7 Sec. 14A-32. Accelerated placement; school district
21	21	8 responsibilities.
22	22	9 (a) Each school district shall have a policy that allows
23	23	10 for accelerated placement that includes or incorporates by
24	24	11 reference the following components:
25	25	12 (1) a provision that provides that participation in
26	26	13 accelerated placement is not limited to those children who
27	27	14 have been identified as gifted and talented, but rather is
28	28	15 open to all children who demonstrate high ability and who
29	29	16 may benefit from accelerated placement;
30	30	17 (2) a fair and equitable decision-making process that
31	31	18 involves multiple persons and includes a student's parents
32	32	19 or guardians;
33	33	20 (3) procedures for notifying parents or guardians of a
34	34	21 child of a decision affecting that child's participation
35	35	22 in an accelerated placement program; and
36	36	23 (4) an assessment process that includes multiple
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44	44	Amends the Gifted and Talented Children and Children Eligible for Accelerated Placement Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district's accelerated placement policy may allow for the waiver of a course or unit of instruction completion requirement if (i) completion of the course or unit of instruction is required by the Code or rules adopted by the State Board of Education as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma and (ii) the school district has determined that the student has demonstrated mastery of or competency in the content of the course or unit of instruction. Provides that the school district shall maintain documentation of this determination of mastery or competency for each student, which must include identification of the learning standards or competencies reviewed, the methods of measurement used, student performance, the date of the determination, and identification of the district personnel involved in the determination process. Provides that a school district must provide notification to a student's parent or guardian that the student will receive a waiver. Makes a corresponding change in the Courses of Study Article of the Code. Effective immediately.
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79	79	1 valid, reliable indicators.
80	80	2 (a-5) By no later than the beginning of the 2023-2024
81	81	3 school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy
82	82	4 shall allow for the automatic enrollment, in the following
83	83	5 school term, of a student into the next most rigorous level of
84	84	6 advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student
85	85	7 meets or exceeds State standards in English language arts,
86	86	8 mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered
87	87	9 under Section 2-3.64a-5 as follows:
88	88	10 (1) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in
89	89	11 English language arts shall be automatically enrolled into
90	90	12 the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework in
91	91	13 English, social studies, humanities, or related subjects.
92	92	14 (2) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in
93	93	15 mathematics shall be automatically enrolled into the next
94	94	16 most rigorous level of advanced coursework in mathematics.
95	95	17 (3) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in
96	96	18 science shall be automatically enrolled into the next most
97	97	19 rigorous level of advanced coursework in science.
98	98	20 For a student entering grade 12, the next most rigorous
99	99	21 level of advanced coursework in English language arts or
100	100	22 mathematics shall be a dual credit course, as defined in the
101	101	23 Dual Credit Quality Act, an Advanced Placement course, as
102	102	24 defined in Section 10 of the College and Career Success for All
103	103	25 Students Act, or an International Baccalaureate course;
104	104	26 otherwise, the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework
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115	115	1 under this subsection (a-5) may include a dual credit course,
116	116	2 as defined in the Dual Credit Quality Act, an Advanced
117	117	3 Placement course, as defined in Section 10 of the College and
118	118	4 Career Success for All Students Act, an International
119	119	5 Baccalaureate course, an honors class, an enrichment
120	120	6 opportunity, a gifted program, or another program offered by
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122	122	8 A school district may use the student's most recent State
123	123	9 assessment results to determine whether a student meets or
124	124	10 exceeds State standards. For a student entering grade 9,
125	125	11 results from the State assessment taken in grades 6 through 8
126	126	12 may be used. For other high school grades, the results from a
127	127	13 locally selected, nationally normed assessment may be used
128	128	14 instead of the State assessment if those results are the most
129	129	15 recent.
130	130	16 A school district's accelerated placement policy may allow
131	131	17 for the waiver of a course or unit of instruction completion
132	132	18 requirement if (i) completion of the course or unit of
133	133	19 instruction is required by this Code or rules adopted by the
134	134	20 State Board of Education as a prerequisite to receiving a high
135	135	21 school diploma and (ii) the school district has determined
136	136	22 that the student has demonstrated mastery of or competency in
137	137	23 the content of the course or unit of instruction. The school
138	138	24 district shall maintain documentation of this determination of
139	139	25 mastery or competency for each student, which must include
140	140	26 identification of the learning standards or competencies
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151	151	1 reviewed, the methods of measurement used, student
152	152	2 performance, the date of the determination, and identification
153	153	3 of the district personnel involved in the determination
154	154	4 process.
155	155	5 A school district must provide the parent or guardian of a
156	156	6 student eligible for automatic enrollment under this
157	157	7 subsection (a-5) with the option to instead have the student
158	158	8 enroll in alternative coursework that better aligns with the
159	159	9 student's postsecondary education or career goals. If
160	160	10 applicable, a school district must provide notification to a
161	161	11 student's parent or guardian that the student will receive a
162	162	12 waiver of a course or unit of instruction completion
163	163	13 requirement under this subsection (a-5).
164	164	14 Nothing in this subsection (a-5) may be interpreted to
165	165	15 preclude other students from enrolling in advanced coursework
166	166	16 per the policy of a school district.
167	167	17 (b) Further, a school district's accelerated placement
168	168	18 policy may include or incorporate by reference, but need not
169	169	19 be limited to, the following components:
170	170	20 (1) procedures for annually informing the community
171	171	21 at-large, including parents or guardians, community-based
172	172	22 organizations, and providers of out-of-school programs,
173	173	23 about the accelerated placement program and the methods
174	174	24 used for the identification of children eligible for
175	175	25 accelerated placement, including strategies to reach
176	176	26 groups of students and families who have been historically
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187	187	1 underrepresented in accelerated placement programs and
188	188	2 advanced coursework;
189	189	3 (2) a process for referral that allows for multiple
190	190	4 referrers, including a child's parents or guardians; other
191	191	5 referrers may include licensed education professionals,
192	192	6 the child, with the written consent of a parent or
193	193	7 guardian, a peer, through a licensed education
194	194	8 professional who has knowledge of the referred child's
195	195	9 abilities, or, in case of possible early entrance, a
196	196	10 preschool educator, pediatrician, or psychologist who
197	197	11 knows the child;
198	198	12 (3) a provision that provides that children
199	199	13 participating in an accelerated placement program and
200	200	14 their parents or guardians will be provided a written plan
201	201	15 detailing the type of acceleration the child will receive
202	202	16 and strategies to support the child;
203	203	17 (4) procedures to provide support and promote success
204	204	18 for students who are newly enrolled in an accelerated
205	205	19 placement program;
206	206	20 (5) a process for the school district to review and
207	207	21 utilize disaggregated data on participation in an
208	208	22 accelerated placement program to address gaps among
209	209	23 demographic groups in accelerated placement opportunities;
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211	211	25 (6) procedures to promote equity, which may
212	212	26 incorporate one or more of the following evidence-based
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223	223	1 practices:
224	224	2 (A) the use of multiple tools to assess
225	225	3 exceptional potential and provide several pathways
226	226	4 into advanced academic programs when assessing student
227	227	5 need for advanced academic or accelerated programming;
228	228	6 (B) providing enrichment opportunities starting in
229	229	7 the early grades to address achievement gaps that
230	230	8 occur at school entry and provide students with
231	231	9 opportunities to demonstrate their advanced potential;
232	232	10 (C) the use of universal screening combined with
233	233	11 local school-based norms for placement in accelerated
234	234	12 and advanced learning programs;
235	235	13 (D) developing a continuum of services to identify
236	236	14 and develop talent in all learners ranging from
237	237	15 enriched learning experiences, such as problem-based
238	238	16 learning, performance tasks, critical thinking, and
239	239	17 career exploration, to accelerated placement and
240	240	18 advanced academic programming; and
241	241	19 (E) providing professional learning in gifted
242	242	20 education for teachers and other appropriate school
243	243	21 personnel to appropriately identify and challenge
244	244	22 students from diverse cultures and backgrounds who may
245	245	23 benefit from accelerated placement or advanced
246	246	24 academic programming.
247	247	25 (c) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to
248	248	26 determine data to be collected and disaggregated by
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259	259	1 demographic group regarding accelerated placement, including
260	260	2 the rates of students who participate in and successfully
261	261	3 complete advanced coursework, and a method of making the
262	262	4 information available to the public.
263	263	5 (d) On or before November 1, 2022, following a review of
264	264	6 disaggregated data on the participation and successful
265	265	7 completion rates of students enrolled in an accelerated
266	266	8 placement program, each school district shall develop a plan
267	267	9 to expand access to its accelerated placement program and to
268	268	10 ensure the teaching capacity necessary to meet the increased
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270	270	12 (Source: P.A. 102-209, eff. 11-30-21 (See Section 5 of P.A.
271	271	13 102-671 for effective date of P.A. 102-209); 103-263, eff.
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273	273	15 (105 ILCS 5/27-22) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22)
274	274	16 Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
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279	279	21 (e) Through the 2023-2024 school year, as a prerequisite
280	280	22 to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil entering the
281	281	23 9th grade must, in addition to other course requirements,
282	282	24 successfully complete all of the following courses:
283	283	25 (1) Four years of language arts.
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294	294	1 (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of
295	295	2 which must be English and the other of which may be English
296	296	3 or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive
297	297	4 courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other
298	298	5 graduation requirements.
299	299	6 (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be
300	300	7 Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and
301	301	8 one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science
302	302	9 course. A mathematics course that includes geometry
303	303	10 content may be offered as an integrated, applied,
304	304	11 interdisciplinary, or career and technical education
305	305	12 course that prepares a student for a career readiness
306	306	13 path.
307	307	14 (3.5) For pupils entering the 9th grade in the
308	308	15 2022-2023 school year and 2023-2024 school year, one year
309	309	16 of a course that includes intensive instruction in
310	310	17 computer literacy, which may be English, social studies,
311	311	18 or any other subject and which may be counted toward the
312	312	19 fulfillment of other graduation requirements.
313	313	20 (4) Two years of science.
314	314	21 (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one
315	315	22 year must be history of the United States or a combination
316	316	23 of history of the United States and American government
317	317	24 and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the
318	318	25 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at
319	319	26 least one semester must be civics, which shall help young
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330	330	1 people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and
331	331	2 attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and
332	332	3 responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course
333	333	4 content shall focus on government institutions, the
334	334	5 discussion of current and controversial issues, service
335	335	6 learning, and simulations of the democratic process.
336	336	7 School districts may utilize private funding available for
337	337	8 the purposes of offering civics education. Beginning with
338	338	9 pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school
339	339	10 year, one semester, or part of one semester, may include a
340	340	11 financial literacy course.
341	341	12 (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C)
342	342	13 foreign language, which shall be deemed to include
343	343	14 American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E)
344	344	15 forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech
345	345	16 course used to satisfy the course requirement under
346	346	17 subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course
347	347	18 requirement under this subdivision (6).
348	348	19 (e-5) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, as a
349	349	20 prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil
350	350	21 entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course
351	351	22 requirements, successfully complete all of the following
352	352	23 courses:
353	353	24 (1) Four years of language arts.
354	354	25 (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of
355	355	26 which must be English and the other of which may be English
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366	366	1 or any other subject. If applicable, writing-intensive
367	367	2 courses may be counted toward the fulfillment of other
368	368	3 graduation requirements.
369	369	4 (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be
370	370	5 Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and
371	371	6 one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science
372	372	7 course. A mathematics course that includes geometry
373	373	8 content may be offered as an integrated, applied,
374	374	9 interdisciplinary, or career and technical education
375	375	10 course that prepares a student for a career readiness
376	376	11 path.
377	377	12 (3.5) One year of a course that includes intensive
378	378	13 instruction in computer literacy, which may be English,
379	379	14 social studies, or any other subject and which may be
380	380	15 counted toward the fulfillment of other graduation
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382	382	17 (4) Two years of laboratory science.
383	383	18 (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one
384	384	19 year must be history of the United States or a combination
385	385	20 of history of the United States and American government
386	386	21 and at least one semester must be civics, which shall help
387	387	22 young people acquire and learn to use the skills,
388	388	23 knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be
389	389	24 competent and responsible citizens throughout their lives.
390	390	25 Civics course content shall focus on government
391	391	26 institutions, the discussion of current and controversial
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402	402	1 issues, service learning, and simulations of the
403	403	2 democratic process. School districts may utilize private
404	404	3 funding available for the purposes of offering civics
405	405	4 education. One semester, or part of one semester, may
406	406	5 include a financial literacy course.
407	407	6 (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C)
408	408	7 foreign language, which shall be deemed to include
409	409	8 American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E)
410	410	9 forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech
411	411	10 course used to satisfy the course requirement under
412	412	11 subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course
413	413	12 requirement under this subdivision (6).
414	414	13 (e-10) Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, as a
415	415	14 prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil
416	416	15 entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course
417	417	16 requirements, successfully complete 2 years of foreign
418	418	17 language courses, which may include American Sign Language. A
419	419	18 pupil may choose a third year of foreign language to satisfy
420	420	19 the requirement under subdivision (6) of subsection (e-5).
421	421	20 (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform
422	422	21 school districts of standards for writing-intensive
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424	424	23 (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement
425	425	24 computer science course to high school students, then the
426	426	25 school board must designate that course as equivalent to a
427	427	26 high school mathematics course and must denote on the
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438	438	1 student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer
439	439	2 science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative
440	440	3 course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of
441	441	4 subsection (e) of this Section.
442	442	5 (g) Public Act 83-1082 does not apply to pupils entering
443	443	6 the 9th grade in 1983-1984 school year and prior school years
444	444	7 or to students with disabilities whose course of study is
445	445	8 determined by an individualized education program.
446	446	9 Public Act 94-676 does not apply to pupils entering the
447	447	10 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school year or a prior school year
448	448	11 or to students with disabilities whose course of study is
449	449	12 determined by an individualized education program.
450	450	13 Subdivision (3.5) of subsection (e) does not apply to
451	451	14 pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year or a
452	452	15 prior school year or to students with disabilities whose
453	453	16 course of study is determined by an individualized education
454	454	17 program.
455	455	18 Subsection (e-5) does not apply to pupils entering the 9th
456	456	19 grade in the 2023-2024 school year or a prior school year or to
457	457	20 students with disabilities whose course of study is determined
458	458	21 by an individualized education program. Subsection (e-10) does
459	459	22 not apply to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2027-2028
460	460	23 school year or a prior school year or to students with
461	461	24 disabilities whose course of study is determined by an
462	462	25 individualized education program.
463	463	26 (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the
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474	474	1 provisions of Sections 14A-32 and Section 27-22.05 of this
475	475	2 Code and the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
476	476	3 (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify
477	477	4 the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in
478	478	5 grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due
479	479	6 to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
480	480	7 Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.
481	481	8 (Source: P.A. 102-366, eff. 8-13-21; 102-551, eff. 1-1-22;
482	482	9 102-864, eff. 5-13-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
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