Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 50 - EVALUATION OF EDUCATOR LICENSED EMPLOYEES UNDER ARTICLES 24A AND 34 OF THE SCHOOL CODE › Subpart A - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 50.20 - Applicability

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Sections 24A-2.5 and 24A-15 of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/24A-2.5
				  and 24A-15] establish the dates for specific groups of school districts (or for
				  schools within certain districts) to implement performance evaluation systems,
				  including both professional practice and data and indicators of student growth,
				  for teachers, principals, and assistant principals that meet the requirements
				  of this Part and Article 24A of the School Code and, for City of Chicago School
				  District 299 (CPS), Sections 34-8 and 34-85c of the School Code [105 ILCS
				  5/34-8 and 34 -85c].
a) Each school
				district shall implement a performance evaluation system for principals by
				September 1, 2012. (See Section 24A-15 of the School Code.)
b) Each school district located outside of
				the city of Chicago shall implement a performance evaluation system for
				assistant principals by September 1, 2012. (See Section 24A-15 of the School
				Code.)
c) CPS shall implement a
				performance evaluation system for teachers
in at least 300 schools by
				September 1, 2012 and in the remaining schools by September 1, 2013
.
				(Section 24A-2.5 of the School Code)
d) School districts that have received a
				grant under Section 1003(g) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary
				Education Act (ESEA;
				20 USC 6301
				et seq.), as reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (
				PL
				107-110 ), or under Race to the Top (American
				Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Section 14005-6, Title XIV (
				Public Law
				111-5 )) shall implement a performance evaluation
				system for teachers in those schools that are covered by Section 1003(g) or
				Race to the Top funds by the date set forth in the approved grants. (See
				Section 24A-2.5 of the School Code.)
e) School districts located outside of the
				City of Chicago whose student performance ranks in the lowest 20 percent among
				all Illinois school districts shall implement a performance evaluation system
				for teachers by September 1, 2015. (See Section 24A-2.5 of the School Code.)
				For purposes of this subsection (e), "student performance" shall be determined
				based upon a school district's overall performance on the Illinois Standards
				Achievement Test and/or Prairie State Achievement Examination, as determined by
				averaging the district's composite results from the 2011, 2012 and 2013 test
				administrations.
f) Any school
				district not subject to subsection (c) or (e) and schools located in school
				districts subject to subsection (d) that are not covered by a grant under
				Section 1003(g) of Title I of ESEA or Race to the Top shall implement a
				performance evaluation system for teachers by September 1, 2016. (See Section
				24A-2.5 of the School Code.)
g) In
				accordance with the provisions of Section 24A-2.5 of the School Code, a school
				district and either its exclusive bargaining representative of teachers or its
				teachers, if the teachers are not represented by an exclusive bargaining
				representative, may jointly agree to an implementation date that is earlier
				than the date specified in this Section for their district type. When an
				earlier implementation date is agreed upon, the school district shall provide
				to the State Board of Education, within 30 days after an agreement is executed,
				a dated copy of the written agreement specifying the agreed upon implementation
				date and signed by the district superintendent and the exclusive bargaining
				representative or teachers, as applicable.