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	1	+	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
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2696 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	6	+	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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3	12		1 AN ACT concerning education.
4	13		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	14		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6		-	4 Section 5. The Student Online Personal Protection Act is
7		-	5 amended by changing Section 35 as follows:
8		-	6 (105 ILCS 85/35)
9		-	7 Sec. 35. Enforcement.
10		-	8 (a) Violations of this Act shall constitute unlawful
11		-	9 practices for which the Attorney General may take appropriate
12		-	10 action under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
13		-	11 Practices Act.
14		-	12 (b) Any person aggrieved by an operator's violation of
15		-	13 this Act shall have a right of action in a State circuit court
16		-	14 or as a supplemental claim in federal district court against
17		-	15 the operator.
18		-	16 (Source: P.A. 100-315, eff. 8-24-17.)
	15	+	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
	16	+	5 2-3.64a-5 as follows:
	17	+	6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5)
	18	+	7 Sec. 2-3.64a-5. State goals and assessment.
	19	+	8 (a) For the assessment and accountability purposes of this
	20	+	9 Section, "students" includes those students enrolled in a
	21	+	10 public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
	22	+	11 or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
	23	+	12 board of control, a charter school operating in compliance
	24	+	13 with the Charter Schools Law, a school operated by a regional
	25	+	14 office of education under Section 13A-3 of this Code, or a
	26	+	15 public school administered by a local public agency or the
	27	+	16 Department of Human Services.
	28	+	17 (b) The State Board of Education shall establish the
	29	+	18 academic standards that are to be applicable to students who
	30	+	19 are subject to State assessments under this Section. The State
	31	+	20 Board of Education shall not establish any such standards in
	32	+	21 final form without first providing opportunities for public
	33	+	22 participation and local input in the development of the final
	34	+	23 academic standards. Those opportunities shall include a
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	38	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2696 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	42	+	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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	71	+	1 well-publicized period of public comment and opportunities to
	72	+	2 file written comments.
	73	+	3 (c) Beginning no later than the 2014-2015 school year, the
	74	+	4 State Board of Education shall annually assess all students
	75	+	5 enrolled in grades 3 through 8 in English language arts and
	76	+	6 mathematics.
	77	+	7 Beginning no later than the 2017-2018 school year, the
	78	+	8 State Board of Education shall annually assess all students in
	79	+	9 science at one grade in grades 3 through 5, at one grade in
	80	+	10 grades 6 through 8, and at one grade in grades 9 through 12.
	81	+	11 The State Board of Education shall annually assess schools
	82	+	12 that operate a secondary education program, as defined in
	83	+	13 Section 22-22 of this Code, in English language arts and
	84	+	14 mathematics. The State Board of Education shall administer no
	85	+	15 more than 3 assessments, per student, of English language arts
	86	+	16 and mathematics for students in a secondary education program.
	87	+	17 One of these assessments shall be recognized by this State's
	88	+	18 public institutions of higher education, as defined in the
	89	+	19 Board of Higher Education Act, for the purpose of student
	90	+	20 application or admissions consideration. The assessment
	91	+	21 administered by the State Board of Education for the purpose
	92	+	22 of student application to or admissions consideration by
	93	+	23 institutions of higher education must be administered on a
	94	+	24 school day during regular student attendance hours, and
	95	+	25 student profile information collected by the assessment shall
	96	+	26 be made available to the State's public institutions of higher
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	107	+	1 education in a timely manner. The vendor of an assessment
	108	+	2 administered by the State Board of Education for the purpose
	109	+	3 of student application to or admissions consideration by
	110	+	4 institutions of higher education under a contract entered
	111	+	5 into, amended, renewed, or extended on or after the effective
	112	+	6 date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly must
	113	+	7 not sell or commercially exploit in any way covered
	114	+	8 information, as defined in the Student Online Personal
	115	+	9 Protection Act, that the vendor has access to because of its
	116	+	10 status as the vendor.
	117	+	11 Students who do not take the State's final accountability
	118	+	12 assessment or its approved alternate assessment may not
	119	+	13 receive a regular high school diploma unless the student is
	120	+	14 exempted from taking the State assessments under subsection
	121	+	15 (d) of this Section because the student is enrolled in a
	122	+	16 program of adult and continuing education, as defined in the
	123	+	17 Adult Education Act, or the student is identified by the State
	124	+	18 Board of Education, through rules, as being exempt from the
	125	+	19 assessment.
	126	+	20 The State Board of Education shall not assess students
	127	+	21 under this Section in subjects not required by this Section.
	128	+	22 Districts shall inform their students of the timelines and
	129	+	23 procedures applicable to their participation in every yearly
	130	+	24 administration of the State assessments. The State Board of
	131	+	25 Education shall establish periods of time in each school year
	132	+	26 during which State assessments shall occur to meet the
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	143	+	1 objectives of this Section.
	144	+	2 The requirements of this subsection do not apply if the
	145	+	3 State Board of Education has received a waiver from the
	146	+	4 administration of assessments from the U.S. Department of
	147	+	5 Education.
	148	+	6 (d) Every individualized educational program as described
	149	+	7 in Article 14 shall identify if the State assessment or
	150	+	8 components thereof require accommodation for the student. The
	151	+	9 State Board of Education shall develop rules governing the
	152	+	10 administration of an alternate assessment that may be
	153	+	11 available to students for whom participation in this State's
	154	+	12 regular assessments is not appropriate, even with
	155	+	13 accommodations as allowed under this Section.
	156	+	14 Students receiving special education services whose
	157	+	15 individualized educational programs identify them as eligible
	158	+	16 for the alternative State assessments nevertheless shall have
	159	+	17 the option of also taking this State's regular final
	160	+	18 accountability assessment, which shall be administered in
	161	+	19 accordance with the eligible accommodations appropriate for
	162	+	20 meeting these students' respective needs.
	163	+	21 All students determined to be English learners shall
	164	+	22 participate in the State assessments. The scores of those
	165	+	23 students who have been enrolled in schools in the United
	166	+	24 States for less than 12 months may not be used for the purposes
	167	+	25 of accountability. Any student determined to be an English
	168	+	26 learner shall receive appropriate assessment accommodations,
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	179	+	1 including language supports, which shall be established by
	180	+	2 rule. Approved assessment accommodations must be provided
	181	+	3 until the student's English language skills develop to the
	182	+	4 extent that the student is no longer considered to be an
	183	+	5 English learner, as demonstrated through a State-identified
	184	+	6 English language proficiency assessment.
	185	+	7 (e) The results or scores of each assessment taken under
	186	+	8 this Section shall be made available to the parents of each
	187	+	9 student.
	188	+	10 In each school year, the scores attained by a student on
	189	+	11 the final accountability assessment must be placed in the
	190	+	12 student's permanent record pursuant to rules that the State
	191	+	13 Board of Education shall adopt for that purpose in accordance
	192	+	14 with Section 3 of the Illinois School Student Records Act. In
	193	+	15 each school year, the scores attained by a student on the State
	194	+	16 assessments administered in grades 3 through 8 must be placed
	195	+	17 in the student's temporary record.
	196	+	18 (f) All schools shall administer the State's academic
	197	+	19 assessment of English language proficiency to all children
	198	+	20 determined to be English learners.
	199	+	21 (g) All schools in this State that are part of the sample
	200	+	22 drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics, in
	201	+	23 collaboration with their school districts and the State Board
	202	+	24 of Education, shall administer the academic assessments under
	203	+	25 the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried out
	204	+	26 under Section 411(b)(2) of the federal National Education
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	215	+	1 Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010) if the U.S. Secretary
	216	+	2 of Education pays the costs of administering the assessments.
	217	+	3 (h) (Blank).
	218	+	4 (i) For the purposes of this subsection (i), "academically
	219	+	5 based assessments" means assessments consisting of questions
	220	+	6 and answers that are measurable and quantifiable to measure
	221	+	7 the knowledge, skills, and ability of students in the subject
	222	+	8 matters covered by the assessments. All assessments
	223	+	9 administered pursuant to this Section must be academically
	224	+	10 based assessments. The scoring of academically based
	225	+	11 assessments shall be reliable, valid, and fair and shall meet
	226	+	12 the guidelines for assessment development and use prescribed
	227	+	13 by the American Psychological Association, the National
	228	+	14 Council on Measurement in Education, and the American
	229	+	15 Educational Research Association.
	230	+	16 The State Board of Education shall review the use of all
	231	+	17 assessment item types in order to ensure that they are valid
	232	+	18 and reliable indicators of student performance aligned to the
	233	+	19 learning standards being assessed and that the development,
	234	+	20 administration, and scoring of these item types are
	235	+	21 justifiable in terms of cost.
	236	+	22 (j) The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a
	237	+	23 committee of no more than 21 members, consisting of parents,
	238	+	24 teachers, school administrators, school board members,
	239	+	25 assessment experts, regional superintendents of schools, and
	240	+	26 citizens, to review the State assessments administered by the
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	251	+	1 State Board of Education. The Committee shall select one of
	252	+	2 its members as its chairperson. The Committee shall meet on an
	253	+	3 ongoing basis to review the content and design of the
	254	+	4 assessments (including whether the requirements of subsection
	255	+	5 (i) of this Section have been met), the time and money expended
	256	+	6 at the local and State levels to prepare for and administer the
	257	+	7 assessments, the collective results of the assessments as
	258	+	8 measured against the stated purpose of assessing student
	259	+	9 performance, and other issues involving the assessments
	260	+	10 identified by the Committee. The Committee shall make periodic
	261	+	11 recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education and
	262	+	12 the General Assembly concerning the assessments.
	263	+	13 (k) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
	264	+	14 implement this Section.
	265	+	15 (Source: P.A. 103-204, eff. 1-1-24.)
	266	+	16 Section 10. The Student Online Personal Protection Act is
	267	+	17 amended by changing Section 35 as follows:
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	269	+	19 Sec. 35. Enforcement.
	270	+	20 (a) Violations of this Act shall constitute unlawful
	271	+	21 practices for which the Attorney General may take appropriate
	272	+	22 action under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
	273	+	23 Practices Act.
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