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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1268 Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new Amends the School Code. By July 15 of each year, requires certain school boards to report, on their school district's website, a list of the learning materials and activities used for student instruction during the previous 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 and to utilize collaborative online document or spreadsheet software to update or make additions to the report. Sets forth other requirements. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB104 06115 LNS 16148 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1268 Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new 105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new Amends the School Code. By July 15 of each year, requires certain school boards to report, on their school district's website, a list of the learning materials and activities used for student instruction during the previous 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 and to utilize collaborative online document or spreadsheet software to update or make additions to the report. Sets forth other requirements. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB104 06115 LNS 16148 b LRB104 06115 LNS 16148 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 10-20.88 and 34-18.88 as follows:
2121 8 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new)
2222 9 Sec. 10-20.88. Learning materials and activities report.
2323 10 (a) In this Section:
2424 11 "Activities" includes, but is not limited to, student
2525 12 assemblies, guest lectures, educational events facilitated by
2626 13 a school's administration or staff, or educational events
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,
3434 21 and skills pertaining to a subject included in a public
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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) By July 15 of each year, the school board of each
120120 7 school district with 300 or more students enrolled during the
121121 8 previous school year shall report for each of the district's
122122 9 schools the following information in a prominent location on
123123 10 the district's website:
124124 11 (1) A list of the learning materials and activities
125125 12 that were used for student instruction during the previous
126126 13 school year. The list of learning materials and activities
127127 14 shall be organized, at a minimum, by grade level and
128128 15 subject area.
129129 16 (2) Any procedures that are in effect at each school
130130 17 for the documentation, review, or approval by the school's
131131 18 administrators, principal, or teachers of the learning
132132 19 materials and activities used for student instruction.
133133 20 (c) Under this Section, a school board is required to
134134 21 report only the information that is necessary to identify the
135135 22 specific learning materials and activities used for student
136136 23 instruction at each school. The information reported must
137137 24 include the title and the author, the name of the
138138 25 organization, or the Internet address, as appropriate,
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150150 1 Nothing in this Section may be construed to require either of
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152152 3 (1) The publication of a digital reproduction of
153153 4 learning materials on a school district's website.
154154 5 (2) A separate listing of the individual components of
155155 6 learning materials produced as a single volume; however,
156156 7 if the volume contains works by multiple authors, the
157157 8 listing shall provide either a table of contents or an
158158 9 Internet address that discloses the discrete works and
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160160 11 (d) By May 1 of each year, the State Board of Education
161161 12 shall notify a school district whether the school district is
162162 13 required to comply with this Section.
163163 14 (e) Under this Section, a school district may, but is not
164164 15 required to:
165165 16 (1) update the report and post the updated report on
166166 17 the district's website on an ongoing basis during the
167167 18 school year, provided that the updated report is completed
168168 19 by July 1 following the completion of the school year; and
169169 20 (2) utilize collaborative online document or
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172172 23 basis, provided that a link to the report is publicly
173173 24 accessible on the district's website.
174174 25 (f) Each school year's report under this Section shall
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186186 1 least until the report for the following school year is
187187 2 completed and made publicly available on the district's
188188 3 website.
189189 4 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new)
190190 5 Sec. 34-18.88. Learning materials and activities report.
191191 6 (a) In this Section:
192192 7 "Activities" includes, but is not limited to, student
193193 8 assemblies, guest lectures, educational events facilitated by
194194 9 a school's administration or staff, or educational events
195195 10 conducted by outside individuals or organizations.
196196 11 "Activities" does not include student presentations.
197197 12 "Learning materials" includes, but is not limited to, any
198198 13 of the following:
199199 14 (1) Instructional material that consists of content
200200 15 that conveys to a student through a medium or a
201201 16 combination of media the essential knowledge, information,
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203203 18 school curriculum. In this paragraph (1), "instructional
204204 19 material" includes a book or books; workbooks;
205205 20 supplementary materials; a combination of a book or books,
206206 21 workbooks, and supplementary materials; computer software,
207207 22 magnetic media, DVDs, CD-ROMs, computer courseware, online
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221221 1 means, including through open education resource
222222 2 instructional material as described in paragraph (2) of
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224224 4 (2) Open education resource instructional material
225225 5 that consists of teaching, learning, and research
226226 6 resources that reside in the public domain or have been
227227 7 released under an intellectual property license and allows
228228 8 for the free use, reuse, modification, and sharing of
229229 9 resources with others. In this paragraph (2), "open
230230 10 education resource instructional material" includes full
231231 11 courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming
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234234 14 knowledge and also includes State-developed open education
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236236 16 (3) Teaching aids.
237237 17 (4) Any other material for student instruction in
238238 18 which a student has the option to select the material.
239239 19 "Used for student instruction" means assigned, provided,
240240 20 or otherwise presented to a school's students in (i) any
241241 21 course for which students receive academic credit or (ii) any
242242 22 educational capacity in which participation of the student
243243 23 body is required by the school or in which a majority of the
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257257 1 information in a prominent location on the district's website:
258258 2 (1) A list of the learning materials and activities
259259 3 that were used for student instruction during the previous
260260 4 school year. The list of learning materials and activities
261261 5 shall be organized, at a minimum, by grade level and
262262 6 subject area.
263263 7 (2) Any procedures that are in effect at each school
264264 8 for the documentation, review, or approval by each
265265 9 school's administrators, principal, or teachers of the
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268268 12 (c) Under this Section, the board is required to report
269269 13 only the information that is necessary to identify the
270270 14 specific learning materials and activities used for student
271271 15 instruction at each school. The information reported must
272272 16 include the title and the author, the name of the
273273 17 organization, or the Internet address, as appropriate,
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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 the updated report is completed
300300 8 by July 1 following the completion of the school year; and
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 school year's report under this Section shall
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