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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
52-3.25a as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25a)



7    Sec. 2-3.25a. "School district" defined; additional 
8standards. 

9    (a) For the purposes of this Section and Sections 3.25b, 
103.25c,
3.25d, 3.25e, and 3.25f of this Code, "school district" 
11includes other
public entities responsible for administering 
12public schools, such as
cooperatives, joint agreements, 
13charter schools, special charter districts,
regional offices 
14of
education, local agencies, and the Department of Human 
15Services.

16    (b) In addition to the standards
established pursuant to 
17Section 2-3.25, the State Board of Education shall
develop 
18recognition standards for student performance and school

19improvement
in all public schools operated by school districts.  
20The indicators to
determine adequate yearly progress shall be 
21limited to the State assessment
of student performance in 
22reading and mathematics, student attendance rates at
the 
23elementary school level, graduation rates
at the high school 
 
 
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1level, and participation rates on student assessments.
 The 
2standards
shall be designed to permit the measurement of 
3student
performance and school improvement by schools and 
4school districts compared to
student
performance and school 
5improvement for the preceding academic years. The State Board 
6of Education is prohibited from having separate performance 
7standards for students based on race or ethnicity. 

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