104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2574 Introduced , by Rep. Sue Scherer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new Amends the School Code. Requires, on or before July 1, 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Board of Education to report specified information for each assessment contract it enters into. Requires the State Board to make the compiled information available on its Internet website. Requires the State Board to engage with certain groups to enhance the transparency around assessments. Allows the State Board to adopt rules to carry out its responsibilities under the provisions. Effective immediately. LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2574 Introduced , by Rep. Sue Scherer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new 105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new Amends the School Code. Requires, on or before July 1, 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Board of Education to report specified information for each assessment contract it enters into. Requires the State Board to make the compiled information available on its Internet website. Requires the State Board to engage with certain groups to enhance the transparency around assessments. Allows the State Board to adopt rules to carry out its responsibilities under the provisions. Effective immediately. LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2574 Introduced , by Rep. Sue Scherer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new 105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new 105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new Amends the School Code. Requires, on or before July 1, 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Board of Education to report specified information for each assessment contract it enters into. Requires the State Board to make the compiled information available on its Internet website. Requires the State Board to engage with certain groups to enhance the transparency around assessments. Allows the State Board to adopt rules to carry out its responsibilities under the provisions. Effective immediately. LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b A BILL FOR HB2574LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b HB2574 LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b HB2574 LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 5 2-3.206 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new) 7 Sec. 2-3.206. Assessment reporting transparency. 8 (a) On or before July 1, 2025 and each fiscal year 9 thereafter, the State Board of Education shall report, for 10 each assessment contract the State Board of Education enters 11 into, all of the following: 12 (1) the effective date of the contract and the date 13 the contract concludes; 14 (2) whether the contract includes any renewal options 15 and, if so, the length and number of renewals; 16 (3) the total contract costs on a yearly basis; and 17 (4) the notice of communications with the vendor to 18 exercise renewal options. 19 (b) The State Board of Education shall compile the 20 information required under subsection (a) and make that 21 information available to the public on its Internet website. 22 (c) To further enhance the transparency around 23 assessments, the State Board of Education shall engage with 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2574 Introduced , by Rep. Sue Scherer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new 105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new 105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new Amends the School Code. Requires, on or before July 1, 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Board of Education to report specified information for each assessment contract it enters into. Requires the State Board to make the compiled information available on its Internet website. Requires the State Board to engage with certain groups to enhance the transparency around assessments. Allows the State Board to adopt rules to carry out its responsibilities under the provisions. Effective immediately. LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b A BILL FOR 105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b HB2574 LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b HB2574- 2 -LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b HB2574 - 2 - LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b HB2574 - 2 - LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b 1 stakeholder groups such as the committee appointed under 2 Section 2-3.64a-5 and the Balanced Accountability Measure 3 Committee created in Section 2-3.25a, other State Board of 4 Education established groups, such as the Technical Advisory 5 Committee, and any other relevant entities established after 6 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General 7 Assembly. 8 (d) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules 9 necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this 10 Section. HB2574 - 2 - LRB104 03467 LNS 13490 b