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| | SB3164 Enrolled | | LRB103 37201 RJT 67320 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 2-3.64a-15 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-15) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2-3.64a-15. Restrictions on prekindergarten through |
| 8 | | grade 2 assessments. |
| 9 | | (a) In this Section: |
| 10 | | "Diagnostic and screening purposes" means for the purpose |
| 11 | | of determining if individual students need remedial |
| 12 | | instruction or to determine eligibility for special education, |
| 13 | | early intervention, bilingual education, dyslexia services, |
| 14 | | advanced academic programs as defined in Section 14A-17 of |
| 15 | | this Code, or other related educational services. Any |
| 16 | | assessment used to determine eligibility for special education |
| 17 | | or related services must be consistent with Section 614 of the |
| 18 | | federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. |
| 19 | | "Diagnostic and screening purposes" includes the |
| 20 | | identification and evaluation of students with disabilities. |
| 21 | | "Diagnostic and screening purposes" does not include any |
| 22 | | assessment in which student scores are used to rate or rank a |
| 23 | | classroom, program, teacher, school, school district, or |
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| 1 | | jurisdiction. |
| 2 | | "Standardized assessment" means an assessment that |
| 3 | | requires all student test takers to answer the same questions, |
| 4 | | or a selection of questions from a common bank of questions, in |
| 5 | | the same manner or substantially the same questions in the |
| 6 | | same manner. "Standardized assessment" does not include an |
| 7 | | observational assessment tool used to satisfy the requirements |
| 8 | | of Section 2-3.64a-10. |
| 9 | | (b) The State Board of Education may not develop, |
| 10 | | purchase, or require a school district to administer, develop, |
| 11 | | or purchase a standardized assessment for students enrolled or |
| 12 | | preparing to enroll in prekindergarten through grade 2, other |
| 13 | | than for diagnostic and screening purposes. |
| 14 | | (c) The State Board of Education may not provide funding |
| 15 | | for any standardized assessment of students enrolled or |
| 16 | | preparing to enroll in prekindergarten through grade 2, other |
| 17 | | than for diagnostic and screening purposes. |
| 18 | | (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit |
| 19 | | the ability of a classroom teacher or school district to |
| 20 | | develop, purchase, administer, or score an assessment for an |
| 21 | | individual classroom, grade level, or group of grade levels in |
| 22 | | any subject area in prekindergarten through the grade 2. |
| 23 | | (e) Nothing in this Section limits procedures used by a |
| 24 | | school or school district for child find under 34 CFR |
| 25 | | 300.111(c) or evaluation under 34 CFR 300.304. |
| 26 | | (f) Nothing in this Section restricts the use of an annual |