Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 1 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS EVALUATION, RECOGNITION AND SUPERVISION › Subpart A - RECOGNITION REQUIREMENTS › Section 1.97 - Survey of Learning Conditions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In accordance with Section 2-3.153 of the School Code [105
				  ILCS 5], each school district shall
administer a climate survey on the
				  instructional environment within a school. The survey shall be identified and
				  paid for by the State Board of Education and shall provide feedback from, at a
				  minimum, students in grades 4 through 12 and teachers. Each school district
				  shall annually administer the climate survey in every public school attendance
				  center by a date specified by the State Superintendent of Education, and data
				  resulting from the instrument's administration must be provided to the State
				  Board of Education
. The survey component that requires completion by
				  teachers must be administered during teacher meetings or professional
				  development days or at other times that would not interfere with the teachers'
				  regular duties or classroom instructional duties.
The State
				  Superintendent shall publicly report on the survey indicators of learning
				  conditions resulting from administration of the instrument at the individual
				  school, district, and State levels and shall identify whether the indicators
				  result from an anonymous administration of the instrument.
A
				  regional-based program, special education cooperative, district-based
				  alternative site or program, community-based early childhood center or program,
				  State-authorized laboratory school, or any other site or program deemed
				  appropriate and applicable by the State Board of Education may, but is not
				  required to, participate in the survey established under this Section.
a) Each school with students in any of grades
				4 through 12 shall administer the survey to teachers and students in those
				grade levels no sooner than 100 days from the start of the school year and no
				later than March 31. The State Superintendent of Education shall annually
				identify the survey to be used and post the specific dates of the survey's
				administration by July 1 annually at
				https://www.isbe.net/Pages/Educational-Supports.aspx. The Survey administration
				window may not last longer than 75 days or fewer than 14 days. For the purposes
				of this Section:
1) "Teacher" means any
				individual who holds an educator license issued pursuant to Article 21B of the
				School Code and whose primary responsibility is to provide instruction to
				students at any grade level of prekindergarten through grade 12 for more than
				50 percent of the school day or school year. "Teacher" does not include
				paraprofessional educators, substitute teachers, tutors, instructional coaches
				who do not meet the criteria specified in this subsection (a)(1), or student
				teachers.
2) "School" includes any
				alternative school established by the school district, including Alternative
				Learning Opportunity Programs authorized under Article 13B of the School Code
				operated at a location other than one of the district's schools.