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Changes/ Waivers RequestedAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: HR 396 urges the United States Congress to address certain concerns when considering the reauthorization of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Status of Action: Passed by the State House Elementary & Secondary Education Committee, 5/30/2007 |
Legal ActionAction Type: Show of support Description of Action: Six states, the District of Columbia, the governor of Pennsylvania, school administrators, and state and local elected officials went on record in support of the National Education Association’s legal challenge to unfunded federal mandates in No Child Left Behind. Status of Action: |
Changes / Waivers RequestedAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: State Senate introduced SJR87 a resolution urging the United States Department of Education to use more flexible criteria in determining adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, and creates a No Child Left Behind Growth-Model Task Force to examine the models proposed by other states and to explore the potential for a growth model to give a clearer, fairer picture of individual student progress. Status of Action: resolution adopted as amended, 5/3/06 |
Changes/Waivers RequestedAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: Senate Joint Resolution 64: Urges the state department of education to apply to the US Department of Education for the student growth pilot project announced by Secretary Spellings on November 18, 2005. Also urges the US Department of Education to use more flexibility in determining AYP. Status of Action: Referred to Senate rules 1/19/06 |
Changes/Waivers RequestedAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: State Legislature introduced HR836 a resolution urging the State Board of Education to apply for participation in the growth-based accountability pilot program established by the U.S. Department of Education and urges the U.S. Department of Education to use more flexible criteria in determining adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Status of Action: Approved, 3/1/06 |
Changes/Waivers RequestedAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: Representative Pihos introduced HB4864, a bill which would amend the school code such that only if a school has the same subgroup fail the same subject two years in a row, is it determined to be failing AYP. Status of Action: Passed House, referred to Senate rules committee 2/14/06 |
Changes/Waivers Requested, Full Funding ResolutionAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: Senator Lightford introduced SJR 66, a resolution calling on the Illinois congressional delegation "to review and amend NCLB and to encourage the U.S. Department of Education to implement regulations that (i) will permit appropriate consideration of students with special educational needs with respect to determinations of adequate yearly progress...(ii) will be sensitive to the needs for teachers in schools in hard-to-staff, rural, or isolated school districts and in special education...and will allow flexibility to the states in meeting the goals of the NCLB." Status of Action: assigned to Elementary and Secondary School Committee, 4/19/06 |
Cost or Participation StudyAction Type: Official Action Description of Action: STUDY PREDICTS 95 PERCENT OF GREAT LAKES SCHOOLS WILL BE LABELED "FAILING" BY 2014 Status of Action: |
Changes/Waivers RequestedAction Type: Official Action Description of Action: The Education Department plans to allow Chicago Public Schools to provide tutoring to struggling students even though the district itself has not met academic standards -- a waiver of federal rules that could have national implications, officials said Tuesday... Status of Action: |
Changes/Waivers RequestedAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed into law Tuesday a measure that changes the way special-education students are tested under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Status of Action: Signed into law |
Legal ActionAction Type: Lawsuit Description of Action: Princeton Elementary School District, Ottawa High School District, and a group of special education students and their parents filed suit against the federal government over the conflict between NCLB and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Status of Action: The lawsuit was dismissed on July 20, 2005. |
Changes/Waivers RequestedAction Type: Official Action Description of Action: The Illinois State Board of Education announced seven changes to the enforcement of the No Child Left Behind Act in Illinois. The changes below are billed as a more fair approach to holding schools accountable. Status of Action: |
Legal ActionAction Type: Lawsuit Description of Action: A Chicago Heights law firm is taking an unprecedented step toward challenging the federal No Child Left Behind law. Scariano, Himes and Petrarca, on behalf of four school districts from LaSalle and DuPage counties, has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the federal act on grounds it conflicts with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Act, the law governing how schools should educate special education students. Status of Action: |
Changes/Waivers Requested, Full Funding ResolutionAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: State Senate introduced SJR47. a resolution calling on the Illinois congressional delegation to take action to review and amend the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and urges the U.S. President and Congress to fully fund the requirement of the Act. Status of Action: Last Action 5/24/05 |
Changes/Waivers RequestedAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: Representative Pihos and others introduced HJR 41, a resolution calling on the U.S. Department of Education to adopt the modifications that the State Board of Education proposed to the Illinois Accountability Workbook. Status of Action: Adopted by House 5/29/05 |
Changes/Waivers Requested, Full Funding ResolutionAction Type: Legislation Description of Action: State Senate introduced SJR47 a resolution calling on the Illinois congressional delegation to take action to review and amend the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and urges the U.S. President and Congress to fully fund the requirements of the Act. Status of Action: Adopted sent to House, 5/27/05 |
Opt OutAction Type: Official Action Description of Action: Two Chicago-area districts--Consolidated High School District 230 in Orlando Park and Township High School District 211 in Palatine--have turned down a combined $374,000 in funding from NCLB to avoid the bureaucratic requirements and sanctions they would otherwise be subjected to under the law. A third district, District 202 of Evanston Township also considered rejecting $111,000 of federal Title I money for the same reason. Status of Action: |
Changes/waivers requestedAction Type: Show of support Description of Action: Education officials in three dozen states, including Illinois, are proposing substantial changes to their No Child Left Behind requirements--alterations that would relax standards and make it easier for schools to show improvement under the tough federal law. Status of Action: |
