Public Act 099-0084
 
HB0163 EnrolledLRB099 03746 NHT 23758 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
2-3.25a as follows:
 



    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25a)



    Sec. 2-3.25a. "School district" defined; additional 
standards. 

    (a) For the purposes of this Section and Sections 3.25b, 
3.25c,
3.25d, 3.25e, and 3.25f of this Code, "school district" 
includes other
public entities responsible for administering 
public schools, such as
cooperatives, joint agreements, 
charter schools, special charter districts,
regional offices 
of
education, local agencies, and the Department of Human 
Services.

    (b) In addition to the standards
established pursuant to 
Section 2-3.25, the State Board of Education shall
develop 
recognition standards for student performance and school

improvement
in all public schools operated by school districts.  
The indicators to
determine adequate yearly progress shall be 
limited to the State assessment
of student performance in 
reading and mathematics, student attendance rates at
the 
elementary school level, graduation rates
at the high school 
level, and participation rates on student assessments.
 The 
standards
shall be designed to permit the measurement of 
student
performance and school improvement by schools and 
school districts compared to
student
performance and school 
improvement for the preceding academic years. The State Board 
of Education is prohibited from having separate performance 
standards for students based on race or ethnicity. 

(Source: P.A. 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)