105 ILCS 5/2-3.136a

Current through Public Act 103-1052

Section 105 ILCS 5/2-3.136a - Class size report

(a) In this Section:

"Class" means a setting in which organized instruction of academic course content is regularly provided to a group of students for a given scheduled period of time.

"Class instructor" means a teacher who has been assigned to teach students in a class at a public school.

"Class section" means a single class where a class instructor is assigned to teach more than one class per school day.

"Class size" means the number of students in a class who appear on the class roster and for whom the class instructor is primarily responsible and accountable.

"Pupil-teacher ratio" means the total number of students in a school divided by the total number of teachers working in that school.

"Teacher" means an individual instructing students at a public school.

(b) No later than January 31, 2021, and annually thereafter, the State Board of Education must make available on its website all of the following information:

(1) The total number of teachers actively employed within each school district, listed by individual school.

(2) The pupil-teacher ratios for each school district.

(3) The number of class instructors, by grade level and subject, in each school district.

(4) The class size for each class and class section at each school in a school district and the total number of classes or class sections in each school that exceeds the class size guidelines under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 18-8.15.

105 ILCS 5/2-3.136a

Added by P.A. 101-0451,§ 5, eff. 1/1/2020.