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SB2913 • 2026
SCH CD-TEACHER EVALUATION PLAN
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SCH CD-TEACHER EVALUATION PLAN
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Sent to the Governor
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-031-000
Passed Both Houses
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
Second Reading - Short Debate
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools ; 006-003-000
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Laura Faver Dias
Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
Chief House Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Third Reading - Passed; 044-006-000
Arrived in House
Second Reading
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2026
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
Do Pass as Amended Education ; 011-002-000
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2026
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
Postponed - Education
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Education
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
Postponed - Education
Assigned to Education
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
SCH CD-TEACHER EVALUATION PLAN
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Full Text of SB2913 Home Legislation Full Text SB2913 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed Enrolled Senate Amendment 001 Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed Enrolled Senate Amendment 001 Open PDF SB2913 Enrolled LRB104 17855 LNS 31289 b 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 5 24A-4 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/24A-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-4) 7 Sec. 24A-4. Development of evaluation plan. 8 (a) As used in this and the succeeding Sections, "teacher" 9 means any and all school district employees regularly required 10 to be certified under laws relating to the certification of 11 teachers. Each school district shall develop, in cooperation 12 with its teachers or, where applicable, the exclusive 13 bargaining representatives of its teachers, an evaluation plan 14 for all teachers. 15 (b) Until July 1, 2025, each school district shall, in 16 good faith cooperation with its teachers or, where applicable, 17 the exclusive bargaining representatives of its teachers, 18 incorporate the use of data and indicators on student growth 19 as a significant factor in rating teaching performance, into 20 its evaluation plan for all teachers, both those teachers in 21 contractual continued service and those teachers not in 22 contractual continued service. The plan shall at least meet 23 the standards and requirements for student growth and teacher SB2913 Enrolled - 2 - LRB104 17855 LNS 31289 b 1 evaluation established under Section 24A-7, and specifically 2 describe how student growth data and indicators will be used 3 as part of the evaluation process, how this information will 4 relate to evaluation standards, the assessments or other 5 indicators of student performance that will be used in 6 measuring student growth and the weight that each will have, 7 the methodology that will be used to measure student growth, 8 and the criteria other than student growth that will be used in 9 evaluating the teacher and the weight that each will have. 10 (b-5) Beginning July 1, 2025, each school district may, in 11 good faith cooperation with its teachers or, where applicable, 12 with the exclusive bargaining representatives of its teachers, 13 incorporate the use of data and indicators on student growth 14 as a factor in rating teaching performance, into its 15 evaluation plan for all teachers in contractual continued 16 service and teachers not in contractual continued service. The 17 plan shall at least meet the standards and requirements for 18 teacher evaluations established under Section 24A-7. 19 To incorporate the use of data and indicators of student 20 growth as a factor in rating teacher performance into the 21 evaluation plan, the district shall use a joint committee 22 composed of equal representation selected by the district and 23 its teachers or, where applicable, the exclusive bargaining 24 representative of its teachers. 25 Beginning July 1, 2026, if the parties cannot reach 26 agreement over the decision on whether to incorporate a SB2913 Enrolled - 3 - LRB104 17855 LNS 31289 b 1 student growth component into the teacher evaluation plan and 2 there is no collective bargaining agreement that includes or 3 incorporates by reference the use of a student growth 4 component in the teacher evaluation plan, then the student 5 growth component shall be removed from the teacher evaluation 6 plan. 7 Nothing in this subsection (b) shall make decisions on the 8 use of data and indicators on student growth as a significant 9 factor in rating teaching performance mandatory subjects of 10 bargaining under the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act 11 that are not currently mandatory subjects of bargaining under 12 the Act. 13 The provisions of the Open Meetings Act shall not apply to 14 meetings of a joint committee formed under this subsection 15 (b-5) (b) . 16 (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subsection 17 (b-5) (b) of this Section, if the joint committee referred to 18 in that subsection does not reach agreement on the plan within 19 90 calendar days after the committee's first meeting, a school 20 district having 500,000 or more inhabitants shall not be 21 required to implement any aspect of the model evaluation plan 22 and may implement its last best proposal. 23 (d) The joint committee referred to in subsections (b-5) 24 (b) and (c) of this Section shall meet no less than one time 25 annually to assess and review the effectiveness of the 26 district's evaluation plan for the purposes of continuous SB2913 Enrolled - 4 - LRB104 17855 LNS 31289 b 1 improvement of instruction and evaluation practices. 2 (Source: P.A. 104-20, eff. 7-1-25.) 3 Section 99. 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