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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2448 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Christopher Belt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5105 ILCS 5/10-20.5a from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.5a105 ILCS 5/34-18 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18 Creates the Public University Direct Admission Program Act. Provides that, beginning with the 2027-2028 academic year, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and the State Board of Education, shall establish and administer a direct admission program. Requires each public university in the direct admission program to identify and provide its grade point average standards for general admission for first time admission and for transfer students to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission by March 1 of each year. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2026 and each July 1 thereafter, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall use data collected from school districts to determine which students meet the standards for general admission and provide the data to the Board of Higher Education. Provides that, beginning with the 2027-2028 academic year, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois Student Assistance Commission and the State Board of Education, shall develop, in consultation with the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a preselection outreach campaign to encourage qualifying State high school juniors and seniors to apply to the University of Illinois at Chicago or the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Requires the Board of Higher Education to submit a report on the direct admission program and the preselection outreach campaign to the Governor and General Assembly by August 1, 2029 and each August 1 thereafter. Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to provide access to high school student directory information and each student's email address and grade point average to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and each public institution of higher education for the purpose of informing students of educational and career opportunities. LRB104 12245 LNS 22352 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2448 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Christopher Belt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5105 ILCS 5/10-20.5a from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.5a105 ILCS 5/34-18 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18 New Act 105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5 105 ILCS 5/10-20.5a from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.5a 105 ILCS 5/34-18 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18 Creates the Public University Direct Admission Program Act. Provides that, beginning with the 2027-2028 academic year, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and the State Board of Education, shall establish and administer a direct admission program. Requires each public university in the direct admission program to identify and provide its grade point average standards for general admission for first time admission and for transfer students to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission by March 1 of each year. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2026 and each July 1 thereafter, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall use data collected from school districts to determine which students meet the standards for general admission and provide the data to the Board of Higher Education. Provides that, beginning with the 2027-2028 academic year, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois Student Assistance Commission and the State Board of Education, shall develop, in consultation with the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a preselection outreach campaign to encourage qualifying State high school juniors and seniors to apply to the University of Illinois at Chicago or the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Requires the Board of Higher Education to submit a report on the direct admission program and the preselection outreach campaign to the Governor and General Assembly by August 1, 2029 and each August 1 thereafter. Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to provide access to high school student directory information and each student's email address and grade point average to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and each public institution of higher education for the purpose of informing students of educational and career opportunities. LRB104 12245 LNS 22352 b LRB104 12245 LNS 22352 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2448 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Christopher Belt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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8	8	Creates the Public University Direct Admission Program Act. Provides that, beginning with the 2027-2028 academic year, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and the State Board of Education, shall establish and administer a direct admission program. Requires each public university in the direct admission program to identify and provide its grade point average standards for general admission for first time admission and for transfer students to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission by March 1 of each year. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2026 and each July 1 thereafter, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall use data collected from school districts to determine which students meet the standards for general admission and provide the data to the Board of Higher Education. Provides that, beginning with the 2027-2028 academic year, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois Student Assistance Commission and the State Board of Education, shall develop, in consultation with the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a preselection outreach campaign to encourage qualifying State high school juniors and seniors to apply to the University of Illinois at Chicago or the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Requires the Board of Higher Education to submit a report on the direct admission program and the preselection outreach campaign to the Governor and General Assembly by August 1, 2029 and each August 1 thereafter. Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to provide access to high school student directory information and each student's email address and grade point average to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and each public institution of higher education for the purpose of informing students of educational and career opportunities.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public
18	18	5 University Direct Admission Program Act.
19	19	6 Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds all of the
20	20	7 following:
21	21	8 (1) Illinois has a strong system of public higher
22	22	9 education, including public universities and community
23	23	10 colleges across the State.
24	24	11 (2) The Illinois economy thrives when Illinois
25	25	12 students choose to pursue postsecondary education at
26	26	13 Illinois institutions of higher education.
27	27	14 (3) According to the National Bureau of Economic
28	28	15 Research, two-thirds of graduates stay and work in the
29	29	16 state in which they matriculated.
30	30	17 (4) Students who have been historically underserved,
31	31	18 such as students who are the first in their families to go
32	32	19 to college, students who come from low-income families or
33	33	20 communities, students of color, and students from rural
34	34	21 communities, among others, often face the greatest
35	35	22 barriers to accessing higher education, in part because of
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46	46	Creates the Public University Direct Admission Program Act. Provides that, beginning with the 2027-2028 academic year, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and the State Board of Education, shall establish and administer a direct admission program. Requires each public university in the direct admission program to identify and provide its grade point average standards for general admission for first time admission and for transfer students to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission by March 1 of each year. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2026 and each July 1 thereafter, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall use data collected from school districts to determine which students meet the standards for general admission and provide the data to the Board of Higher Education. Provides that, beginning with the 2027-2028 academic year, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois Student Assistance Commission and the State Board of Education, shall develop, in consultation with the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a preselection outreach campaign to encourage qualifying State high school juniors and seniors to apply to the University of Illinois at Chicago or the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Requires the Board of Higher Education to submit a report on the direct admission program and the preselection outreach campaign to the Governor and General Assembly by August 1, 2029 and each August 1 thereafter. Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to provide access to high school student directory information and each student's email address and grade point average to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and each public institution of higher education for the purpose of informing students of educational and career opportunities.
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77	77	1 (5) Every eligible high school junior and senior in
78	78	2 Illinois should receive an offer to an Illinois
79	79	3 institution of higher education, including public
80	80	4 universities and community colleges.
81	81	5 (6) Every eligible public community college student
82	82	6 seeking a transfer pathway should receive an offer to a
83	83	7 public university in Illinois.
84	84	8 (7) Illinois can and should develop the tools and
85	85	9 technology to dramatically simplify the public university
86	86	10 and community college application and admission process
87	87	11 for Illinois students.
88	88	12 Section 10. Definition. In this Act, "public university"
89	89	13 means the University of Illinois at Springfield, Southern
90	90	14 Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern
91	91	15 Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois
92	92	16 State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern
93	93	17 Illinois University, Western Illinois University, or any other
94	94	18 public university established or authorized by the General
95	95	19 Assembly after the effective date of this Act.
96	96	20 Section 15. Direct admission program.
97	97	21 (a) Beginning with the 2027-2028 academic year, the Board
98	98	22 of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois
99	99	23 Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance
100	100	24 Commission, and the State Board of Education, shall establish
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111	111	1 and administer a direct admission program. Consistent with the
112	112	2 federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and
113	113	3 the School Code, the direct admission program shall
114	114	4 automatically offer general admission into a public university
115	115	5 or community college to qualified high school seniors in this
116	116	6 State and to public community college students in this State
117	117	7 who qualify to transfer to a public university.
118	118	8 (b) Each public university in the direct admission program
119	119	9 shall identify and provide its grade point average standards
120	120	10 for general admission for first time admission and for
121	121	11 transfer students to the Illinois Student Assistance
122	122	12 Commission by March 1 of each year. The Illinois Student
123	123	13 Assistance Commission in collaboration with the Board of
124	124	14 Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board
125	125	15 shall determine which students meet the standards for general
126	126	16 admission for each public university in the direct admission
127	127	17 program, and that information shall be made available to the
128	128	18 Board of Higher Education. The Board of Higher Education shall
129	129	19 notify the student and to each public university. Each public
130	130	20 university may also notify qualified students.
131	131	21 (c) Beginning July 1, 2026 and each July 1 thereafter, the
132	132	22 Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall use data
133	133	23 collected from school districts pursuant to Section 10-20.5a
134	134	24 and paragraph 16 of Section 34-18 paragraph 16 of the School
135	135	25 Code for purposes of subsection (b) to determine which
136	136	26 students meet the standards for general admission and provide
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147	147	1 the data to the Board of Higher Education.
148	148	2 (d) As all public community colleges in this State are
149	149	3 open-access institutions, student directory information shall
150	150	4 be used to identify a student's local public community
151	151	5 college, and the community college shall be included on all
152	152	6 correspondence to a student indicating the student's
153	153	7 acceptance to the community college alongside those public
154	154	8 universities that offer the student direct admission, pursuant
155	155	9 to subsection (b). The public community college may also
156	156	10 notify students within their district directly. Under the
157	157	11 direct admission program, a public community college shall
158	158	12 offer admission to all students who are residents of the
159	159	13 community college district. Under the direct admission
160	160	14 program, a public university shall offer general admission to
161	161	15 any high school senior in this State who meets the public
162	162	16 university's standards for admission, as identified under
163	163	17 subsection (b), and to any public community college transfer
164	164	18 student transferring to a public university who meets all of
165	165	19 the following requirements:
166	166	20 (1) Is enrolled at a public community college in this
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168	168	22 (2) Has earned a minimum of 30 graded, transferable
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170	170	24 (3) Meets the minimum grade point average requirement
171	171	25 as set by the public university as reported to Board of
172	172	26 Higher Education.
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183	183	1 By July 1 of each year, community college districts shall
184	184	2 provide on an equal basis and consistent with the federal
185	185	3 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, access to
186	186	4 community college student directory information and each
187	187	5 student's email address and grade point average to the
188	188	6 Illinois Community College Board for the purpose of informing
189	189	7 students of educational and career opportunities. Prior to
190	190	8 transmitting the student's directory information, email
191	191	9 address, and grade point average, each community college
192	192	10 district will receive written consent of the student if they
193	193	11 are 18 years of age or older or the student's parent of
194	194	12 guardian if the student is younger than 18 years of age.
195	195	13 Community college students are encouraged to consult the
196	196	14 Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core
197	197	15 Curriculum course list and other resources at the State and
198	198	16 university level to determine course transferability for
199	199	17 purposes of paragraph (2). Community college students who have
200	200	18 not completed a degree prior to transfer shall be notified by
201	201	19 the public university in which they are enrolled to consult
202	202	20 the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act to determine if
203	203	21 they are eligible for reverse transfer of credits for the
204	204	22 purpose of obtaining an associate degree.
205	205	23 (e) In establishing the direct admission program, the
206	206	24 Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois
207	207	25 Community College Board, shall specifically evaluate the
208	208	26 impact on enrollment of low-income students, students of
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219	219	1 color, first generation college students, students from
220	220	2 populations underserved in higher education, and students from
221	221	3 rural areas of this State.
222	222	4 (f) The direct admission program may gather data and
223	223	5 develop the technology to automatically notify high school
224	224	6 seniors in this State and public community college transfer
225	225	7 students of the direct admission program for the public
226	226	8 universities for which those students qualify, based on the
227	227	9 standards submitted under subsection (b) or, in the case of
228	228	10 public community colleges, based on the community college
229	229	11 district where those students reside.
230	230	12 (g) The direct admission program may use the services of a
231	231	13 statewide student application portal and aggregator to provide
232	232	14 the automatic notification in subsection (f). The notification
233	233	15 shall include the student's local public community college,
234	234	16 consistent with the requirements in subsection (b).
235	235	17 (h) The direct admission program shall provide admitted
236	236	18 high school seniors in this State and public community college
237	237	19 transfer students with the website address for the Illinois
238	238	20 Student Assistance Commission to find information regarding
239	239	21 State grant programs, support for financial aid application
240	240	22 completion, scholarship searches, and other financial
241	241	23 aid-related information and shall encourage students to
242	242	24 determine their eligibility for financial aid based on the
243	243	25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid or, if applicable, an
244	244	26 application for State financial aid.
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255	255	1 (i) A public university or community college may verify
256	256	2 applicant information, including transcripts, Illinois
257	257	3 residency, and high school graduation in determining
258	258	4 eligibility for enrollment. A public university or community
259	259	5 college may revoke admission if an applicant does not meet the
260	260	6 public university's or community college's direct admission
261	261	7 criteria as specified in this Act before enrolling at the
262	262	8 public university or community college.
263	263	9 The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community
264	264	10 College Board shall adopt joint rules to develop procedures
265	265	11 for the implementation of this Section.
266	266	12 Section 20. Preselection outreach campaign. Beginning with
267	267	13 the 2027-2028 academic year, the Board of Higher Education, in
268	268	14 collaboration with the Illinois Student Assistance Commission
269	269	15 and the State Board of Education, shall develop, in
270	270	16 consultation with the University of Illinois at Chicago and
271	271	17 the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a preselection
272	272	18 outreach campaign to encourage qualifying State high school
273	273	19 juniors and seniors to apply to the University of Illinois at
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275	275	21 Preselection qualifying students shall be identified and
276	276	22 encouraged to apply in the following manner:
277	277	23 (1) The University of Illinois at Chicago and the
278	278	24 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shall determine
279	279	25 the criteria by which students shall be identified for the
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290	290	1 preselection campaign, in consultation with the
291	291	2 universities' faculty and faculty senates. The University
292	292	3 of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at
293	293	4 Urbana-Champaign shall provide the preselection criteria
294	294	5 to the Board of Higher Education, as long as the
295	295	6 preselection criteria is based on data available to the
296	296	7 Board of Higher Education, by March 1 each year.
297	297	8 (2) The University of Illinois at Chicago and the
298	298	9 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shall provide
299	299	10 the Board of Higher Education with the content of the
300	300	11 communication to be shared with students describing how to
301	301	12 request information on how to apply. The Board of Higher
302	302	13 Education shall use the same portal or mechanisms for this
303	303	14 communication as used for offers of direct admission under
304	304	15 Section 15.
305	305	16 (3) The Board of Higher Education, in collaboration
306	306	17 with the Illinois Student Assistance Commission and the
307	307	18 State Board of Education, shall provide the University of
308	308	19 Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at
309	309	20 Urbana-Champaign with the contact information of the
310	310	21 students who meet the eligibility criteria defined by the
311	311	22 University of Illinois at Chicago or the University of
312	312	23 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
313	313	24 (4) The Board of Higher Education may adopt any rules
314	314	25 necessary to administer this Section.
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325	325	1 Section 25. Direct admission program and preselection
326	326	2 outreach campaign report.
327	327	3 (a) The Board of Higher Education shall submit a report on
328	328	4 the direct admission program and the preselection outreach
329	329	5 campaign to the Governor and General Assembly by August 1,
330	330	6 2029 and each August 1 thereafter. The report shall include,
331	331	7 but is not limited to, information related to implementation
332	332	8 of the direct admission program, the demographic and
333	333	9 geographic data of students offered direct admission and the
334	334	10 public university or community college to which direct
335	335	11 admission was offered, the demographic and geographic data of
336	336	12 students who qualified for preselection to the University of
337	337	13 Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at
338	338	14 Urbana-Champaign under Section 18, those who applied, and
339	339	15 those who were offered admission, the demographic and
340	340	16 geographic data of high school seniors and public community
341	341	17 college transfer students who accepted direct admission and
342	342	18 enrolled in the public university or public community college
343	343	19 that offered that direct admission, changes in admissions and
344	344	20 enrollment over time of high school seniors and public
345	345	21 community college transfer students through the direct
346	346	22 admission program, and recommendations to improve the direct
347	347	23 admission program. The Board of Higher Education shall
348	348	24 collaborate with the Illinois Community College Board, the
349	349	25 State Board of Education, the Illinois Student Assistance
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361	361	1 to fulfill the reporting requirements of this Section.
362	362	2 (b) The Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with
363	363	3 the Illinois Community College Board, shall adopt any rules
364	364	4 necessary to administer this Section.
365	365	5 Section 30. The School Code is amended by changing
366	366	6 Sections 2-3.64a-5, 10-20.5a, and 34-18 as follows:
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368	368	8 Sec. 2-3.64a-5. State goals and assessment.
369	369	9 (a) For the assessment and accountability purposes of this
370	370	10 Section, "students" includes those students enrolled in a
371	371	11 public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
372	372	12 or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
373	373	13 board of control, a charter school operating in compliance
374	374	14 with the Charter Schools Law, a school operated by a regional
375	375	15 office of education under Section 13A-3 of this Code, or a
376	376	16 public school administered by a local public agency or the
377	377	17 Department of Human Services.
378	378	18 (b) The State Board of Education shall establish the
379	379	19 academic standards that are to be applicable to students who
380	380	20 are subject to State assessments under this Section. The State
381	381	21 Board of Education shall not establish any such standards in
382	382	22 final form without first providing opportunities for public
383	383	23 participation and local input in the development of the final
384	384	24 academic standards. Those opportunities shall include a
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395	395	1 well-publicized period of public comment and opportunities to
396	396	2 file written comments.
397	397	3 (c) Beginning no later than the 2014-2015 school year, the
398	398	4 State Board of Education shall annually assess all students
399	399	5 enrolled in grades 3 through 8 in English language arts and
400	400	6 mathematics.
401	401	7 Beginning no later than the 2017-2018 school year, the
402	402	8 State Board of Education shall annually assess all students in
403	403	9 science at one grade in grades 3 through 5, at one grade in
404	404	10 grades 6 through 8, and at one grade in grades 9 through 12.
405	405	11 The State Board of Education shall annually assess schools
406	406	12 that operate a secondary education program, as defined in
407	407	13 Section 22-22 of this Code, in English language arts and
408	408	14 mathematics. The State Board of Education shall administer no
409	409	15 more than 3 assessments, per student, of English language arts
410	410	16 and mathematics for students in a secondary education program.
411	411	17 One of these assessments shall be recognized by this State's
412	412	18 public institutions of higher education, as defined in the
413	413	19 Board of Higher Education Act, for the purpose of student
414	414	20 application or admissions consideration. The assessment
415	415	21 administered by the State Board of Education for the purpose
416	416	22 of student application to or admissions consideration by
417	417	23 institutions of higher education must be administered on a
418	418	24 school day during regular student attendance hours, and
419	419	25 student profile information collected by the assessment shall,
420	420	26 if available, be made available to the State's public
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431	431	1 institutions of higher education in a timely manner.
432	432	2 Students who do not take the State's final accountability
433	433	3 assessment or its approved alternate assessment may not
434	434	4 receive a regular high school diploma unless the student is
435	435	5 exempted from taking the State assessments under subsection
436	436	6 (d) of this Section because the student is enrolled in a
437	437	7 program of adult and continuing education, as defined in the
438	438	8 Adult Education Act, or the student is identified by the State
439	439	9 Board of Education, through rules, as being exempt from the
440	440	10 assessment.
441	441	11 The State Board of Education shall not assess students
442	442	12 under this Section in subjects not required by this Section.
443	443	13 Districts shall inform their students of the timelines and
444	444	14 procedures applicable to their participation in every yearly
445	445	15 administration of the State assessments. The State Board of
446	446	16 Education shall establish periods of time in each school year
447	447	17 during which State assessments shall occur to meet the
448	448	18 objectives of this Section.
449	449	19 The requirements of this subsection do not apply if the
450	450	20 State Board of Education has received a waiver from the
451	451	21 administration of assessments from the U.S. Department of
452	452	22 Education.
453	453	23 (d) Every individualized educational program as described
454	454	24 in Article 14 shall identify if the State assessment or
455	455	25 components thereof require accommodation for the student. The
456	456	26 State Board of Education shall develop rules governing the
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467	467	1 administration of an alternate assessment that may be
468	468	2 available to students for whom participation in this State's
469	469	3 regular assessments is not appropriate, even with
470	470	4 accommodations as allowed under this Section.
471	471	5 Students receiving special education services whose
472	472	6 individualized educational programs identify them as eligible
473	473	7 for the alternative State assessments nevertheless shall have
474	474	8 the option of also taking this State's regular final
475	475	9 accountability assessment, which shall be administered in
476	476	10 accordance with the eligible accommodations appropriate for
477	477	11 meeting these students' respective needs.
478	478	12 All students determined to be English learners shall
479	479	13 participate in the State assessments. The scores of those
480	480	14 students who have been enrolled in schools in the United
481	481	15 States for less than 12 months may not be used for the purposes
482	482	16 of accountability. Any student determined to be an English
483	483	17 learner shall receive appropriate assessment accommodations,
484	484	18 including language supports, which shall be established by
485	485	19 rule. Approved assessment accommodations must be provided
486	486	20 until the student's English language skills develop to the
487	487	21 extent that the student is no longer considered to be an
488	488	22 English learner, as demonstrated through a State-identified
489	489	23 English language proficiency assessment.
490	490	24 (e) The results or scores of each assessment taken under
491	491	25 this Section shall be made available to the parents of each
492	492	26 student.
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503	503	1 In each school year, the scores attained by a student on
504	504	2 the final accountability assessment must be placed in the
505	505	3 student's permanent record pursuant to rules that the State
506	506	4 Board of Education shall adopt for that purpose in accordance
507	507	5 with Section 3 of the Illinois School Student Records Act. In
508	508	6 each school year, the scores attained by a student on the State
509	509	7 assessments administered in grades 3 through 8 must be placed
510	510	8 in the student's temporary record.
511	511	9 (f) All schools shall administer the State's academic
512	512	10 assessment of English language proficiency to all children
513	513	11 determined to be English learners.
514	514	12 (g) All schools in this State that are part of the sample
515	515	13 drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics, in
516	516	14 collaboration with their school districts and the State Board
517	517	15 of Education, shall administer the academic assessments under
518	518	16 the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried out
519	519	17 under Section 411(b)(2) of the federal National Education
520	520	18 Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010) if the U.S. Secretary
521	521	19 of Education pays the costs of administering the assessments.
522	522	20 (h) (Blank).
523	523	21 (i) For the purposes of this subsection (i), "academically
524	524	22 based assessments" means assessments consisting of questions
525	525	23 and answers that are measurable and quantifiable to measure
526	526	24 the knowledge, skills, and ability of students in the subject
527	527	25 matters covered by the assessments. All assessments
528	528	26 administered pursuant to this Section must be academically
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539	539	1 based assessments. The scoring of academically based
540	540	2 assessments shall be reliable, valid, and fair and shall meet
541	541	3 the guidelines for assessment development and use prescribed
542	542	4 by the American Psychological Association, the National
543	543	5 Council on Measurement in Education, and the American
544	544	6 Educational Research Association.
545	545	7 The State Board of Education shall review the use of all
546	546	8 assessment item types in order to ensure that they are valid
547	547	9 and reliable indicators of student performance aligned to the
548	548	10 learning standards being assessed and that the development,
549	549	11 administration, and scoring of these item types are
550	550	12 justifiable in terms of cost.
551	551	13 (j) The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a
552	552	14 committee of no more than 21 members, consisting of parents,
553	553	15 teachers, school administrators, school board members,
554	554	16 assessment experts, regional superintendents of schools, and
555	555	17 citizens, to review the State assessments administered by the
556	556	18 State Board of Education. The Committee shall select one of
557	557	19 its members as its chairperson. The Committee shall meet on an
558	558	20 ongoing basis to review the content and design of the
559	559	21 assessments (including whether the requirements of subsection
560	560	22 (i) of this Section have been met), the time and money expended
561	561	23 at the local and State levels to prepare for and administer the
562	562	24 assessments, the collective results of the assessments as
563	563	25 measured against the stated purpose of assessing student
564	564	26 performance, and other issues involving the assessments
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575	575	1 identified by the Committee. The Committee shall make periodic
576	576	2 recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education and
577	577	3 the General Assembly concerning the assessments.
578	578	4 (k) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
579	579	5 implement this Section.
580	580	6 (Source: P.A. 103-204, eff. 1-1-24.)
581	581	7 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.5a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.5a)
582	582	8 Sec. 10-20.5a. Access to high school campus.
583	583	9 (a) In this Section, "public institution of higher
584	584	10 education" has the meaning given to that term in the Board of
585	585	11 Higher Education Act.
586	586	12 (a-3) For school districts maintaining grades 10 through
587	587	13 12, to provide, on an equal basis, and consistent with the
588	588	14 federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974,
589	589	15 access to a high school campus and student directory
590	590	16 information to the official recruiting representatives of the
591	591	17 armed forces of Illinois and the United States, and State
592	592	18 public institutions of higher education for the purpose of
593	593	19 informing students of educational and career opportunities if
594	594	20 the board has provided such access to persons or groups whose
595	595	21 purpose is to acquaint students with educational or
596	596	22 occupational opportunities available to them. The board is not
597	597	23 required to give greater notice regarding the right of access
598	598	24 to recruiting representatives than is given to other persons
599	599	25 and groups. In this Section, "directory information" means a
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610	610	1 high school student's name, address, and telephone number.
611	611	2 (a-5) For a school district maintaining grades 10 through
612	612	3 12, to provide, on an equal basis and consistent with the
613	613	4 federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974,
614	614	5 access to high school student directory information and each
615	615	6 student's email address and grade point average to the
616	616	7 Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and each public
617	617	8 institution of higher education for the purpose of informing
618	618	9 students of educational and career opportunities.
619	619	10 (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian submits a
620	620	11 signed, written request to the high school before the end of
621	621	12 the student's sophomore year (or if the student is a transfer
622	622	13 student, by another time set by the high school) that
623	623	14 indicates that the student or his or her parent or guardian
624	624	15 does not want the student's directory information to be
625	625	16 provided to official recruiting representatives under
626	626	17 subsection (a-3) (a) of this Section, the high school may not
627	627	18 provide access to the student's directory information to these
628	628	19 recruiting representatives. The high school shall notify its
629	629	20 students and their parents or guardians of the provisions of
630	630	21 this subsection (b).
631	631	22 (b-5) If a student, who is 18 years of age or older or the
632	632	23 parent or guardian of a student who is under 18 years of age
633	633	24 submits a signed, written request to the high school before
634	634	25 the start of the student's junior year, or if the student is a
635	635	26 transfer student, by another time set by the high school, that
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646	646	1 indicates that the student or his or her parent or guardian
647	647	2 does permit the student's directory information and the
648	648	3 student's email address and grade point average to be provided
649	649	4 under subsection (a-5), the high school shall provide the
650	650	5 student's directory information and the student's email
651	651	6 address and grade point average to each public institution of
652	652	7 higher education, and the Illinois Student Assistance
653	653	8 Commission. The high school shall notify its students and
654	654	9 their parents or guardians of the provisions of this
655	655	10 subsection and, at the time of school registration, give its
656	656	11 students and their parents or guardians the option for the
657	657	12 student information to be shared for this purpose.
658	658	13 (c) A high school may require official recruiting
659	659	14 representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the United
660	660	15 States to pay a fee for copying and mailing a student's
661	661	16 directory information in an amount that is not more than the
662	662	17 actual costs incurred by the high school.
663	663	18 (d) Information received by an official recruiting
664	664	19 representative under this Section may be used only to provide
665	665	20 information to students concerning educational and career
666	666	21 opportunities and to assist in designating State Scholars
667	667	22 under Section 25 of the Higher Education Student Assistance
668	668	23 Act. Information may not be released to a person who is not
669	669	24 involved in recruiting students for the armed forces of
670	670	25 Illinois or the United States or providing educational
671	671	26 opportunity information for the Board of Higher Education, the
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682	682	1 Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student
683	683	2 Assistance Commission, or public State institutions of higher
684	684	3 education.
685	685	4 (e) By July 1, 2026 and each July 1 thereafter, each school
686	686	5 district under this Section shall make high school January 1,
687	687	6 2024, student directory information shall be made
688	688	7 electronically accessible through a secure centralized data
689	689	8 system for official recruiting representatives of the armed
690	690	9 forces of Illinois and the United States, as well as to the
691	691	10 Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and State public
692	692	11 institutions of higher education.
693	693	12 The Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community
694	694	13 College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and
695	695	14 the State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary to
696	696	15 administer this Section.
697	697	16 (Source: P.A. 103-204, eff. 1-1-24.)
698	698	17 (105 ILCS 5/34-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
699	699	18 Sec. 34-18. Powers of the board. The board shall exercise
700	700	19 general supervision and jurisdiction over the public education
701	701	20 and the public school system of the city, and, except as
702	702	21 otherwise provided by this Article, shall have power:
703	703	22 1. To make suitable provision for the establishment
704	704	23 and maintenance throughout the year or for such portion
705	705	24 thereof as it may direct, not less than 9 months and in
706	706	25 compliance with Section 10-19.05, of schools of all grades
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717	717	1 and kinds, including normal schools, high schools, night
718	718	2 schools, schools for defectives and delinquents, parental
719	719	3 and truant schools, schools for the blind, the deaf, and
720	720	4 persons with physical disabilities, schools or classes in
721	721	5 manual training, constructural and vocational teaching,
722	722	6 domestic arts, and physical culture, vocation and
723	723	7 extension schools and lecture courses, and all other
724	724	8 educational courses and facilities, including
725	725	9 establishing, equipping, maintaining and operating
726	726	10 playgrounds and recreational programs, when such programs
727	727	11 are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected with any
728	728	12 public school under the general supervision and
729	729	13 jurisdiction of the board; provided that the calendar for
730	730	14 the school term and any changes must be submitted to and
731	731	15 approved by the State Board of Education before the
732	732	16 calendar or changes may take effect, and provided that in
733	733	17 allocating funds from year to year for the operation of
734	734	18 all attendance centers within the district, the board
735	735	19 shall ensure that supplemental general State aid or
736	736	20 supplemental grant funds are allocated and applied in
737	737	21 accordance with Section 18-8, 18-8.05, or 18-8.15. To
738	738	22 admit to such schools without charge foreign exchange
739	739	23 students who are participants in an organized exchange
740	740	24 student program which is authorized by the board. The
741	741	25 board shall permit all students to enroll in
742	742	26 apprenticeship programs in trade schools operated by the
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753	753	1 board, whether those programs are union-sponsored or not.
754	754	2 No student shall be refused admission into or be excluded
755	755	3 from any course of instruction offered in the common
756	756	4 schools by reason of that student's sex. No student shall
757	757	5 be denied equal access to physical education and
758	758	6 interscholastic athletic programs supported from school
759	759	7 district funds or denied participation in comparable
760	760	8 physical education and athletic programs solely by reason
761	761	9 of the student's sex. Equal access to programs supported
762	762	10 from school district funds and comparable programs will be
763	763	11 defined in rules promulgated by the State Board of
764	764	12 Education in consultation with the Illinois High School
765	765	13 Association. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
766	766	14 Article, neither the board of education nor any local
767	767	15 school council or other school official shall recommend
768	768	16 that children with disabilities be placed into regular
769	769	17 education classrooms unless those children with
770	770	18 disabilities are provided with supplementary services to
771	771	19 assist them so that they benefit from the regular
772	772	20 classroom instruction and are included on the teacher's
773	773	21 regular education class register;
774	774	22 2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable
775	775	23 charge therefor, and to use school funds for the payment
776	776	24 of such expenses as the board may determine are necessary
777	777	25 in conducting the school lunch program;
778	778	26 3. To co-operate with the circuit court;
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789	789	1 4. To make arrangements with the public or
790	790	2 quasi-public libraries and museums for the use of their
791	791	3 facilities by teachers and pupils of the public schools;
792	792	4 5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for
793	793	5 the purpose of treating the pupils in the schools, but
794	794	6 accepting such treatment shall be optional with parents or
795	795	7 guardians;
796	796	8 6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms
797	797	9 when not otherwise needed, including light, heat, and
798	798	10 attendants, for free public lectures, concerts, and other
799	799	11 educational and social interests, free of charge, under
800	800	12 such provisions and control as the principal of the
801	801	13 affected attendance center may prescribe;
802	802	14 7. To apportion the pupils to the several schools;
803	803	15 provided that no pupil shall be excluded from or
804	804	16 segregated in any such school on account of his color,
805	805	17 race, sex, or nationality. The board shall take into
806	806	18 consideration the prevention of segregation and the
807	807	19 elimination of separation of children in public schools
808	808	20 because of color, race, sex, or nationality. Except that
809	809	21 children may be committed to or attend parental and social
810	810	22 adjustment schools established and maintained either for
811	811	23 boys or girls only. All records pertaining to the
812	812	24 creation, alteration or revision of attendance areas shall
813	813	25 be open to the public. Nothing herein shall limit the
814	814	26 board's authority to establish multi-area attendance
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825	825	1 centers or other student assignment systems for
826	826	2 desegregation purposes or otherwise, and to apportion the
827	827	3 pupils to the several schools. Furthermore, beginning in
828	828	4 school year 1994-95, pursuant to a board plan adopted by
829	829	5 October 1, 1993, the board shall offer, commencing on a
830	830	6 phased-in basis, the opportunity for families within the
831	831	7 school district to apply for enrollment of their children
832	832	8 in any attendance center within the school district which
833	833	9 does not have selective admission requirements approved by
834	834	10 the board. The appropriate geographical area in which such
835	835	11 open enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by
836	836	12 the board of education. Such children may be admitted to
837	837	13 any such attendance center on a space available basis
838	838	14 after all children residing within such attendance
839	839	15 center's area have been accommodated. If the number of
840	840	16 applicants from outside the attendance area exceed the
841	841	17 space available, then successful applicants shall be
842	842	18 selected by lottery. The board of education's open
843	843	19 enrollment plan must include provisions that allow
844	844	20 low-income students to have access to transportation
845	845	21 needed to exercise school choice. Open enrollment shall be
846	846	22 in compliance with the provisions of the Consent Decree
847	847	23 and Desegregation Plan cited in Section 34-1.01;
848	848	24 8. To approve programs and policies for providing
849	849	25 transportation services to students. Nothing herein shall
850	850	26 be construed to permit or empower the State Board of
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861	861	1 Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other
862	862	2 transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving
863	863	3 racial balance in any school;
864	864	4 9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to
865	865	5 establish and approve system-wide curriculum objectives
866	866	6 and standards, including graduation standards, which
867	867	7 reflect the multi-cultural diversity in the city and are
868	868	8 consistent with State law, provided that for all purposes
869	869	9 of this Article courses or proficiency in American Sign
870	870	10 Language shall be deemed to constitute courses or
871	871	11 proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ
872	872	12 principals and teachers, appointed as provided in this
873	873	13 Article, and fix their compensation. The board shall
874	874	14 prepare such reports related to minimal competency testing
875	875	15 as may be requested by the State Board of Education and, in
876	876	16 addition, shall monitor and approve special education and
877	877	17 bilingual education programs and policies within the
878	878	18 district to ensure that appropriate services are provided
879	879	19 in accordance with applicable State and federal laws to
880	880	20 children requiring services and education in those areas;
881	881	21 10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize
882	882	22 volunteer personnel for: (i) non-teaching duties not
883	883	23 requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils,
884	884	24 including library duties; and (ii) supervising study
885	885	25 halls, long distance teaching reception areas used
886	886	26 incident to instructional programs transmitted by
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897	897	1 electronic media such as computers, video, and audio,
898	898	2 detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored
899	899	3 extracurricular activities. The board may further utilize
900	900	4 volunteer nonlicensed personnel or employ nonlicensed
901	901	5 personnel to assist in the instruction of pupils under the
902	902	6 immediate supervision of a teacher holding a valid
903	903	7 educator license, directly engaged in teaching subject
904	904	8 matter or conducting activities; provided that the teacher
905	905	9 shall be continuously aware of the nonlicensed persons'
906	906	10 activities and shall be able to control or modify them.
907	907	11 The general superintendent shall determine qualifications
908	908	12 of such personnel and shall prescribe rules for
909	909	13 determining the duties and activities to be assigned to
910	910	14 such personnel;
911	911	15 10.5. To utilize volunteer personnel from a regional
912	912	16 School Crisis Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part
913	913	17 of the Safe to Learn Program established pursuant to
914	914	18 Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act of
915	915	19 1995, to provide assistance to schools in times of
916	916	20 violence or other traumatic incidents within a school
917	917	21 community by providing crisis intervention services to
918	918	22 lessen the effects of emotional trauma on individuals and
919	919	23 the community; the School Crisis Assistance Team Steering
920	920	24 Committee shall determine the qualifications for
921	921	25 volunteers;
922	922	26 11. To provide television studio facilities in not to
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933	933	1 exceed one school building and to provide programs for
934	934	2 educational purposes, provided, however, that the board
935	935	3 shall not construct, acquire, operate, or maintain a
936	936	4 television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio
937	937	5 facilities to a licensed television station located in the
938	938	6 school district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed
939	939	7 one school radio transmitting station and provide programs
940	940	8 for educational purposes;
941	941	9 12. To offer, if deemed appropriate, outdoor education
942	942	10 courses, including field trips within the State of
943	943	11 Illinois, or adjacent states, and to use school
944	944	12 educational funds for the expense of the said outdoor
945	945	13 educational programs, whether within the school district
946	946	14 or not;
947	947	15 13. During that period of the calendar year not
948	948	16 embraced within the regular school term, to provide and
949	949	17 conduct courses in subject matters normally embraced in
950	950	18 the program of the schools during the regular school term
951	951	19 and to give regular school credit for satisfactory
952	952	20 completion by the student of such courses as may be
953	953	21 approved for credit by the State Board of Education;
954	954	22 14. To insure against any loss or liability of the
955	955	23 board, the former School Board Nominating Commission,
956	956	24 Local School Councils, the Chicago Schools Academic
957	957	25 Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict Councils
958	958	26 or of any member, officer, agent, or employee thereof,
959	959
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969	969	1 resulting from alleged violations of civil rights arising
970	970	2 from incidents occurring on or after September 5, 1967 or
971	971	3 from the wrongful or negligent act or omission of any such
972	972	4 person whether occurring within or without the school
973	973	5 premises, provided the officer, agent, or employee was, at
974	974	6 the time of the alleged violation of civil rights or
975	975	7 wrongful act or omission, acting within the scope of his
976	976	8 or her employment or under direction of the board, the
977	977	9 former School Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago
978	978	10 Schools Academic Accountability Council, Local School
979	979	11 Councils, or the former Subdistrict Councils; and to
980	980	12 provide for or participate in insurance plans for its
981	981	13 officers and employees, including, but not limited to,
982	982	14 retirement annuities, medical, surgical and
983	983	15 hospitalization benefits in such types and amounts as may
984	984	16 be determined by the board; provided, however, that the
985	985	17 board shall contract for such insurance only with an
986	986	18 insurance company authorized to do business in this State.
987	987	19 Such insurance may include provision for employees who
988	988	20 rely on treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone for
989	989	21 healing, in accordance with the tenets and practice of a
990	990	22 recognized religious denomination;
991	991	23 15. To contract with the corporate authorities of any
992	992	24 municipality or the county board of any county, as the
993	993	25 case may be, to provide for the regulation of traffic in
994	994	26 parking areas of property used for school purposes, in
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1005	1005	1 such manner as is provided by Section 11-209 of the
1006	1006	2 Illinois Vehicle Code;
1007	1007	3 16. In this paragraph:
1008	1008	4 "Directory information" means a high school student's
1009	1009	5 name, address, and telephone number.
1010	1010	6 "Public institution of higher education" has the
1011	1011	7 meaning given to that term in the Board of Higher
1012	1012	8 Education Act.
1013	1013	9 (a) To provide, on an equal basis and consistent with
1014	1014	10 the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of
1015	1015	11 1974, access to a high school campus and student directory
1016	1016	12 information to the official recruiting representatives of
1017	1017	13 the armed forces of Illinois and the United States for the
1018	1018	14 purposes of informing students of the educational and
1019	1019	15 career opportunities available in the military if the
1020	1020	16 board has provided such access to persons or groups whose
1021	1021	17 purpose is to acquaint students with educational or
1022	1022	18 occupational opportunities available to them. The board is
1023	1023	19 not required to give greater notice regarding the right of
1024	1024	20 access to recruiting representatives than is given to
1025	1025	21 other persons and groups. In this paragraph 16, "directory
1026	1026	22 information" means a high school student's name, address,
1027	1027	23 and telephone number.
1028	1028	24 (a-5) To provide, on an equal basis and consistent
1029	1029	25 with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
1030	1030	26 of 1974, access to high school student directory
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1041	1041	1 information and each student's email address and grade
1042	1042	2 point average to each public institution of higher
1043	1043	3 education, the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois
1044	1044	4 Community College Board, and the Illinois Student
1045	1045	5 Assistance Commission for the purpose of informing
1046	1046	6 students of educational and career opportunities.
1047	1047	7 (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian
1048	1048	8 submits a signed, written request to the high school
1049	1049	9 before the end of the student's sophomore year (or if the
1050	1050	10 student is a transfer student, by another time set by the
1051	1051	11 high school) that indicates that the student or his or her
1052	1052	12 parent or guardian does not want the student's directory
1053	1053	13 information to be provided to official recruiting
1054	1054	14 representatives under subparagraph subsection (a) of
1055	1055	15 paragraph 1 of this Section, the high school may not
1056	1056	16 provide access to the student's directory information to
1057	1057	17 these recruiting representatives. The high school shall
1058	1058	18 notify its students and their parents or guardians of the
1059	1059	19 provisions of this subparagraph subsection (b).
1060	1060	20 (b-5) If a student, who is 18 years of age or older, or
1061	1061	21 the parent or guardian of a student under 18 years of age
1062	1062	22 submits a signed, written request to the high school
1063	1063	23 before the start of the student's junior year, or if the
1064	1064	24 student is a transfer student by another time set by the
1065	1065	25 high school, that indicates that the student or his or her
1066	1066	26 parent or guardian does permit the student's directory
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1077	1077	1 information and the student's email address and grade
1078	1078	2 point average to be provided, the high school shall
1079	1079	3 provide the student's directory information and the
1080	1080	4 student's email address and grade point average to each
1081	1081	5 public institution of higher education, the Board of
1082	1082	6 Higher Education, the Illinois Community College Board,
1083	1083	7 and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. The high
1084	1084	8 school shall notify its students and their parents or
1085	1085	9 guardians of the provisions of this subparagraph and, at
1086	1086	10 the time of school registration, give its students and
1087	1087	11 their parents or guardians the option for the student
1088	1088	12 information to be shared for this purpose.
1089	1089	13 (c) A high school may require official recruiting
1090	1090	14 representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the
1091	1091	15 United States to pay a fee for copying and mailing a
1092	1092	16 student's directory information in an amount that is not
1093	1093	17 more than the actual costs incurred by the high school.
1094	1094	18 (d) Information received by an official recruiting
1095	1095	19 representative under this Section may be used only to
1096	1096	20 provide information to students concerning educational and
1097	1097	21 career opportunities available in the military and to
1098	1098	22 assist in designating State Scholars under Section 25 of
1099	1099	23 the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Information
1100	1100	24 may not be released to a person who is not involved in
1101	1101	25 recruiting students for the armed forces of Illinois or
1102	1102	26 the United States or providing educational opportunity
1103	1103
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1113	1113	1 information for the Board of Higher Education, the
1114	1114	2 Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student
1115	1115	3 Assistance Commission, or public institutions of higher
1116	1116	4 education.
1117	1117	5 (e) By July 1, 2026 the school district shall make
1118	1118	6 student directory information electronically accessible
1119	1119	7 for official recruiting representatives of the armed
1120	1120	8 forces of Illinois or the United States, as well as to the
1121	1121	9 Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community College
1122	1122	10 Board, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and
1123	1123	11 public institutions of higher education, as set forth in
1124	1124	12 subparagraphs (a) and (a-5) of this paragraph;
1125	1125	13 17. (a) To sell or market any computer program
1126	1126	14 developed by an employee of the school district, provided
1127	1127	15 that such employee developed the computer program as a
1128	1128	16 direct result of his or her duties with the school
1129	1129	17 district or through the utilization of school district
1130	1130	18 resources or facilities. The employee who developed the
1131	1131	19 computer program shall be entitled to share in the
1132	1132	20 proceeds of such sale or marketing of the computer
1133	1133	21 program. The distribution of such proceeds between the
1134	1134	22 employee and the school district shall be as agreed upon
1135	1135	23 by the employee and the school district, except that
1136	1136	24 neither the employee nor the school district may receive
1137	1137	25 more than 90% of such proceeds. The negotiation for an
1138	1138	26 employee who is represented by an exclusive bargaining
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1149	1149	1 representative may be conducted by such bargaining
1150	1150	2 representative at the employee's request.
1151	1151	3 (b) For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
1152	1152	4 (1) "Computer" means an internally programmed, general
1153	1153	5 purpose digital device capable of automatically accepting
1154	1154	6 data, processing data and supplying the results of the
1155	1155	7 operation.
1156	1156	8 (2) "Computer program" means a series of coded
1157	1157	9 instructions or statements in a form acceptable to a
1158	1158	10 computer, which causes the computer to process data in
1159	1159	11 order to achieve a certain result.
1160	1160	12 (3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from the
1161	1161	13 marketing or sale of a product after deducting the
1162	1162	14 expenses of developing and marketing such product;
1163	1163	15 18. To delegate to the general superintendent of
1164	1164	16 schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts
1165	1165	17 and expenditures in amounts of $35,000 or less;
1166	1166	18 19. Upon the written request of an employee, to
1167	1167	19 withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues,
1168	1168	20 payments, or contributions payable by such employee to any
1169	1169	21 labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational
1170	1170	22 Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an amount
1171	1171	23 shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which
1172	1172	24 is equal to the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any
1173	1173	25 payments or contributions, and the board shall transmit
1174	1174	26 such withholdings to the specified labor organization
1175	1175
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1185	1185	1 within 10 working days from the time of the withholding;
1186	1186	2 19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a
1187	1187	3 municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, a
1188	1188	4 county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook
1189	1189	5 County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park
1190	1190	6 District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the
1191	1191	7 Chicago Transit Authority, or a housing authority of a
1192	1192	8 municipality with a population of 500,000 or more that a
1193	1193	9 debt is due and owing the municipality, the county, the
1194	1194	10 Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park
1195	1195	11 District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the
1196	1196	12 Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing authority by an
1197	1197	13 employee of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold,
1198	1198	14 from the compensation of that employee, the amount of the
1199	1199	15 debt that is due and owing and pay the amount withheld to
1200	1200	16 the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest
1201	1201	17 Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
1202	1202	18 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago
1203	1203	19 Transit Authority, or the housing authority; provided,
1204	1204	20 however, that the amount deducted from any one salary or
1205	1205	21 wage payment shall not exceed 25% of the net amount of the
1206	1206	22 payment. Before the Board deducts any amount from any
1207	1207	23 salary or wage of an employee under this paragraph, the
1208	1208	24 municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
1209	1209	25 District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan
1210	1210	26 Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority,
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1221	1221	1 or the housing authority shall certify that (i) the
1222	1222	2 employee has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to
1223	1223	3 dispute the debt that is due and owing the municipality,
1224	1224	4 the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
1225	1225	5 Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
1226	1226	6 District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing
1227	1227	7 authority and (ii) the employee has received notice of a
1228	1228	8 wage deduction order and has been afforded an opportunity
1229	1229	9 for a hearing to object to the order. For purposes of this
1230	1230	10 paragraph, "net amount" means that part of the salary or
1231	1231	11 wage payment remaining after the deduction of any amounts
1232	1232	12 required by law to be deducted and "debt due and owing"
1233	1233	13 means (i) a specified sum of money owed to the
1234	1234	14 municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
1235	1235	15 District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan
1236	1236	16 Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority,
1237	1237	17 or the housing authority for services, work, or goods,
1238	1238	18 after the period granted for payment has expired, or (ii)
1239	1239	19 a specified sum of money owed to the municipality, the
1240	1240	20 county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
1241	1241	21 Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
1242	1242	22 District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing
1243	1243	23 authority pursuant to a court order or order of an
1244	1244	24 administrative hearing officer after the exhaustion of, or
1245	1245	25 the failure to exhaust, judicial review;
1246	1246	26 20. The board is encouraged to employ a sufficient
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1257	1257	1 number of licensed school counselors to maintain a
1258	1258	2 student/counselor ratio of 250 to 1. Each counselor shall
1259	1259	3 spend at least 75% of his work time in direct contact with
1260	1260	4 students and shall maintain a record of such time;
1261	1261	5 21. To make available to students vocational and
1262	1262	6 career counseling and to establish 5 special career
1263	1263	7 counseling days for students and parents. On these days
1264	1264	8 representatives of local businesses and industries shall
1265	1265	9 be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
1266	1266	10 of career opportunities available to them in the various
1267	1267	11 businesses and industries. Special consideration shall be
1268	1268	12 given to counseling minority students as to career
1269	1269	13 opportunities available to them in various fields. For the
1270	1270	14 purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a
1271	1271	15 person who is any of the following:
1272	1272	16 (a) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
1273	1273	17 origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
1274	1274	18 America, including Central America, and who maintains
1275	1275	19 tribal affiliation or community attachment).
1276	1276	20 (b) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
1277	1277	21 original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
1278	1278	22 Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
1279	1279	23 Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
1280	1280	24 the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
1281	1281	25 (c) Black or African American (a person having origins
1282	1282	26 in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
1283	1283
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1293	1293	1 (d) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
1294	1294	2 Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
1295	1295	3 culture or origin, regardless of race).
1296	1296	4 (e) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
1297	1297	5 person having origins in any of the original peoples of
1298	1298	6 Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
1299	1299	7 Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school
1300	1300	8 days;
1301	1301	9 22. To report to the State Board of Education the
1302	1302	10 annual student dropout rate and number of students who
1303	1303	11 graduate from, transfer from, or otherwise leave bilingual
1304	1304	12 programs;
1305	1305	13 23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and
1306	1306	14 Neglected Child Reporting Act or other applicable State or
1307	1307	15 federal law, to permit school officials to withhold, from
1308	1308	16 any person, information on the whereabouts of any child
1309	1309	17 removed from school premises when the child has been taken
1310	1310	18 into protective custody as a victim of suspected child
1311	1311	19 abuse. School officials shall direct such person to the
1312	1312	20 Department of Children and Family Services or to the local
1313	1313	21 law enforcement agency, if appropriate;
1314	1314	22 24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of
1315	1315	23 existing school facilities, projected enrollment, and
1316	1316	24 efficient utilization of available resources, for capital
1317	1317	25 improvement of schools and school buildings within the
1318	1318	26 district, addressing in that policy both the relative
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1329	1329	1 priority for major repairs, renovations, and additions to
1330	1330	2 school facilities and the advisability or necessity of
1331	1331	3 building new school facilities or closing existing schools
1332	1332	4 to meet current or projected demographic patterns within
1333	1333	5 the district;
1334	1334	6 25. To make available to the students in every high
1335	1335	7 school attendance center the ability to take all courses
1336	1336	8 necessary to comply with the Board of Higher Education's
1337	1337	9 college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
1338	1338	10 26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching
1339	1339	11 profession, whereby qualified professionals become
1340	1340	12 licensed teachers, by allowing credit for professional
1341	1341	13 employment in related fields when determining point of
1342	1342	14 entry on the teacher pay scale;
1343	1343	15 27. To provide or contract out training programs for
1344	1344	16 administrative personnel and principals with revised or
1345	1345	17 expanded duties pursuant to this Code in order to ensure
1346	1346	18 they have the knowledge and skills to perform their
1347	1347	19 duties;
1348	1348	20 28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special
1349	1349	21 needs programs, and to allocate such funds and other lump
1350	1350	22 sum amounts to each attendance center in a manner
1351	1351	23 consistent with the provisions of part 4 of Section
1352	1352	24 34-2.3. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
1353	1353	25 require any additional appropriations of State funds for
1354	1354	26 this purpose;
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1365	1365	1 29. (Blank);
1366	1366	2 30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or
1367	1367	3 any other law to the contrary, to contract with third
1368	1368	4 parties for services otherwise performed by employees,
1369	1369	5 including those in a bargaining unit, and to lay off
1370	1370	6 layoff those employees upon 14 days' days written notice
1371	1371	7 to the affected employees. Those contracts may be for a
1372	1372	8 period not to exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a
1373	1373	9 system-wide basis. The board may not operate more than 30
1374	1374	10 contract schools, provided that the board may operate an
1375	1375	11 additional 5 contract turnaround schools pursuant to item
1376	1376	12 (5.5) of subsection (d) of Section 34-8.3 of this Code,
1377	1377	13 and the governing bodies of contract schools are subject
1378	1378	14 to the Freedom of Information Act and Open Meetings Act;
1379	1379	15 31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures
1380	1380	16 governing the layoff or reduction in force of employees
1381	1381	17 and the recall of such employees, including, but not
1382	1382	18 limited to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force
1383	1383	19 or recall rights of such employees and the weight to be
1384	1384	20 given to any particular criterion. Such criteria shall
1385	1385	21 take into account factors, including, but not limited to,
1386	1386	22 qualifications, certifications, experience, performance
1387	1387	23 ratings or evaluations, and any other factors relating to
1388	1388	24 an employee's job performance;
1389	1389	25 32. To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in the
1390	1390	26 hiring of personnel or the selection of contractors;
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