SB1319 Summary

• Renames and reorganizes State Board of Education divisions, including creating divisions for "Educator Effectiveness," "Improvement and Innovation," "Legal," "Specialized Instruction, Nutrition, and Wellness," and "Language and Early Childhood Development."

• Replaces references to "children/students of limited English-speaking ability" with "English learners" throughout the School Code for consistency in terminology.

• Changes terminology from "teacher certificates" to "teacher licenses" and updates related references to align with licensure standards in Articles 21B and other sections.

• Renumbers Section 2-3.160 to Section 2-3.162 regarding student discipline reporting and requires school districts in the top 20% for exclusionary discipline or racial disproportionality to submit improvement plans.

• Repeals eight obsolete sections of the School Code and makes technical amendments to the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act regarding advisory committee composition.