104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2696 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5105 ILCS 85/35 Amends the School Code. Provides that the vendor of an assessment administered by the State Board of Education for the purpose of student application to or admissions consideration by institutions of higher education under a contract entered into, amended, renewed, or extended on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act must not sell or commercially exploit in any way covered information, as defined in the Student Online Personal Protection Act, that the vendor has access to because of its status as the vendor. Amends the Student Online Personal Protection Act. Provides that any person aggrieved by an operator's violation of the Act shall have a right of action in a State circuit court or as a supplemental claim in federal district court against the operator. LRB104 08318 LNS 18369 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2696 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5105 ILCS 85/35 105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5 105 ILCS 85/35 Amends the School Code. Provides that the vendor of an assessment administered by the State Board of Education for the purpose of student application to or admissions consideration by institutions of higher education under a contract entered into, amended, renewed, or extended on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act must not sell or commercially exploit in any way covered information, as defined in the Student Online Personal Protection Act, that the vendor has access to because of its status as the vendor. Amends the Student Online Personal Protection Act. Provides that any person aggrieved by an operator's violation of the Act shall have a right of action in a State circuit court or as a supplemental claim in federal district court against the operator. LRB104 08318 LNS 18369 b LRB104 08318 LNS 18369 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2696 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5105 ILCS 85/35 105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5 105 ILCS 85/35
105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5
105 ILCS 85/35
Amends the School Code. Provides that the vendor of an assessment administered by the State Board of Education for the purpose of student application to or admissions consideration by institutions of higher education under a contract entered into, amended, renewed, or extended on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act must not sell or commercially exploit in any way covered information, as defined in the Student Online Personal Protection Act, that the vendor has access to because of its status as the vendor. Amends the Student Online Personal Protection Act. Provides that any person aggrieved by an operator's violation of the Act shall have a right of action in a State circuit court or as a supplemental claim in federal district court against the operator.
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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 changing Section
5 2-3.64a-5 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5)
7 Sec. 2-3.64a-5. State goals and assessment.
8 (a) For the assessment and accountability purposes of this
9 Section, "students" includes those students enrolled in a
10 public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
11 or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
12 board of control, a charter school operating in compliance
13 with the Charter Schools Law, a school operated by a regional
14 office of education under Section 13A-3 of this Code, or a
15 public school administered by a local public agency or the
16 Department of Human Services.
17 (b) The State Board of Education shall establish the
18 academic standards that are to be applicable to students who
19 are subject to State assessments under this Section. The State
20 Board of Education shall not establish any such standards in
21 final form without first providing opportunities for public
22 participation and local input in the development of the final
23 academic standards. Those opportunities shall include a
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2696 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5105 ILCS 85/35 105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5 105 ILCS 85/35
105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5
105 ILCS 85/35
Amends the School Code. Provides that the vendor of an assessment administered by the State Board of Education for the purpose of student application to or admissions consideration by institutions of higher education under a contract entered into, amended, renewed, or extended on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act must not sell or commercially exploit in any way covered information, as defined in the Student Online Personal Protection Act, that the vendor has access to because of its status as the vendor. Amends the Student Online Personal Protection Act. Provides that any person aggrieved by an operator's violation of the Act shall have a right of action in a State circuit court or as a supplemental claim in federal district court against the operator.
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1 well-publicized period of public comment and opportunities to
2 file written comments.
3 (c) Beginning no later than the 2014-2015 school year, the
4 State Board of Education shall annually assess all students
5 enrolled in grades 3 through 8 in English language arts and
6 mathematics.
7 Beginning no later than the 2017-2018 school year, the
8 State Board of Education shall annually assess all students in
9 science at one grade in grades 3 through 5, at one grade in
10 grades 6 through 8, and at one grade in grades 9 through 12.
11 The State Board of Education shall annually assess schools
12 that operate a secondary education program, as defined in
13 Section 22-22 of this Code, in English language arts and
14 mathematics. The State Board of Education shall administer no
15 more than 3 assessments, per student, of English language arts
16 and mathematics for students in a secondary education program.
17 One of these assessments shall be recognized by this State's
18 public institutions of higher education, as defined in the
19 Board of Higher Education Act, for the purpose of student
20 application or admissions consideration. The assessment
21 administered by the State Board of Education for the purpose
22 of student application to or admissions consideration by
23 institutions of higher education must be administered on a
24 school day during regular student attendance hours, and
25 student profile information collected by the assessment shall
26 be made available to the State's public institutions of higher
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1 education in a timely manner. The vendor of an assessment
2 administered by the State Board of Education for the purpose
3 of student application to or admissions consideration by
4 institutions of higher education under a contract entered
5 into, amended, renewed, or extended on or after the effective
6 date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly must
7 not sell or commercially exploit in any way covered
8 information, as defined in the Student Online Personal
9 Protection Act, that the vendor has access to because of its
10 status as the vendor.
11 Students who do not take the State's final accountability
12 assessment or its approved alternate assessment may not
13 receive a regular high school diploma unless the student is
14 exempted from taking the State assessments under subsection
15 (d) of this Section because the student is enrolled in a
16 program of adult and continuing education, as defined in the
17 Adult Education Act, or the student is identified by the State
18 Board of Education, through rules, as being exempt from the
19 assessment.
20 The State Board of Education shall not assess students
21 under this Section in subjects not required by this Section.
22 Districts shall inform their students of the timelines and
23 procedures applicable to their participation in every yearly
24 administration of the State assessments. The State Board of
25 Education shall establish periods of time in each school year
26 during which State assessments shall occur to meet the
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1 objectives of this Section.
2 The requirements of this subsection do not apply if the
3 State Board of Education has received a waiver from the
4 administration of assessments from the U.S. Department of
5 Education.
6 (d) Every individualized educational program as described
7 in Article 14 shall identify if the State assessment or
8 components thereof require accommodation for the student. The
9 State Board of Education shall develop rules governing the
10 administration of an alternate assessment that may be
11 available to students for whom participation in this State's
12 regular assessments is not appropriate, even with
13 accommodations as allowed under this Section.
14 Students receiving special education services whose
15 individualized educational programs identify them as eligible
16 for the alternative State assessments nevertheless shall have
17 the option of also taking this State's regular final
18 accountability assessment, which shall be administered in
19 accordance with the eligible accommodations appropriate for
20 meeting these students' respective needs.
21 All students determined to be English learners shall
22 participate in the State assessments. The scores of those
23 students who have been enrolled in schools in the United
24 States for less than 12 months may not be used for the purposes
25 of accountability. Any student determined to be an English
26 learner shall receive appropriate assessment accommodations,
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1 including language supports, which shall be established by
2 rule. Approved assessment accommodations must be provided
3 until the student's English language skills develop to the
4 extent that the student is no longer considered to be an
5 English learner, as demonstrated through a State-identified
6 English language proficiency assessment.
7 (e) The results or scores of each assessment taken under
8 this Section shall be made available to the parents of each
9 student.
10 In each school year, the scores attained by a student on
11 the final accountability assessment must be placed in the
12 student's permanent record pursuant to rules that the State
13 Board of Education shall adopt for that purpose in accordance
14 with Section 3 of the Illinois School Student Records Act. In
15 each school year, the scores attained by a student on the State
16 assessments administered in grades 3 through 8 must be placed
17 in the student's temporary record.
18 (f) All schools shall administer the State's academic
19 assessment of English language proficiency to all children
20 determined to be English learners.
21 (g) All schools in this State that are part of the sample
22 drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics, in
23 collaboration with their school districts and the State Board
24 of Education, shall administer the academic assessments under
25 the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried out
26 under Section 411(b)(2) of the federal National Education
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1 Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010) if the U.S. Secretary
2 of Education pays the costs of administering the assessments.
3 (h) (Blank).
4 (i) For the purposes of this subsection (i), "academically
5 based assessments" means assessments consisting of questions
6 and answers that are measurable and quantifiable to measure
7 the knowledge, skills, and ability of students in the subject
8 matters covered by the assessments. All assessments
9 administered pursuant to this Section must be academically
10 based assessments. The scoring of academically based
11 assessments shall be reliable, valid, and fair and shall meet
12 the guidelines for assessment development and use prescribed
13 by the American Psychological Association, the National
14 Council on Measurement in Education, and the American
15 Educational Research Association.
16 The State Board of Education shall review the use of all
17 assessment item types in order to ensure that they are valid
18 and reliable indicators of student performance aligned to the
19 learning standards being assessed and that the development,
20 administration, and scoring of these item types are
21 justifiable in terms of cost.
22 (j) The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a
23 committee of no more than 21 members, consisting of parents,
24 teachers, school administrators, school board members,
25 assessment experts, regional superintendents of schools, and
26 citizens, to review the State assessments administered by the
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1 State Board of Education. The Committee shall select one of
2 its members as its chairperson. The Committee shall meet on an
3 ongoing basis to review the content and design of the
4 assessments (including whether the requirements of subsection
5 (i) of this Section have been met), the time and money expended
6 at the local and State levels to prepare for and administer the
7 assessments, the collective results of the assessments as
8 measured against the stated purpose of assessing student
9 performance, and other issues involving the assessments
10 identified by the Committee. The Committee shall make periodic
11 recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education and
12 the General Assembly concerning the assessments.
13 (k) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
14 implement this Section.
15 (Source: P.A. 103-204, eff. 1-1-24.)
16 Section 10. The Student Online Personal Protection Act is
17 amended by changing Section 35 as follows:
18 (105 ILCS 85/35)
19 Sec. 35. Enforcement.
20 (a) Violations of this Act shall constitute unlawful
21 practices for which the Attorney General may take appropriate
22 action under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
23 Practices Act.
24 (b) Any person aggrieved by an operator's violation of
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