Illinois SB 2909: SCH CD-TEACHER EVALUATION-AI

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 Illinois General Assembly

 ILGA.GOV 

 SB2909 - 104th General Assembly 

Sen. Christopher Belt

Filed: 2/18/2026

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1AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2909 

2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2909 by replacing 

3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

4 "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 

524A-5 as follows:

6 (105 ILCS 5/24A-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-5)

7 Sec. 24A-5. Content of evaluation plans. This Section does 

8not apply to teachers assigned to schools identified in an 

9agreement entered into between the board of a school district 

10operating under Article 34 of this Code and the exclusive 

11representative of the district's teachers in accordance with 

12Section 34-85c of this Code. 

13 Each school district to which this Article applies shall 

14establish a teacher evaluation plan which ensures that each 

15teacher in contractual continued service is evaluated at least 

16once in the course of every 2 or 3 school years as provided in 

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1this Section.

2 Each school district shall establish a teacher evaluation 

3plan that ensures that:

4 (1) each teacher not in contractual continued service 

5 is evaluated at least once every school year; and

6 (2) except as otherwise provided in this Section, each 

7 teacher in contractual continued service is evaluated at 

8 least once in the course of every 2 school years. However, 

9 any teacher in contractual continued service whose 

10 performance is rated as either "needs improvement" or 

11 "unsatisfactory" must be evaluated at least once in the 

12 school year following the receipt of such rating.

13 No later than September 1, 2022, each school district must 

14establish a teacher evaluation plan that ensures that each 

15teacher in contractual continued service whose performance is 

16rated as either "excellent" or "proficient" is evaluated at 

17least once in the course of the 3 school years after receipt of 

18the rating and implement an informal teacher observation plan 

19established by agency rule and by agreement of the joint 

20committee established under subsection (b) of Section 24A-4 of 

21this Code that ensures that each teacher in contractual 

22continued service whose performance is rated as either 

23"excellent" or "proficient" is informally observed at least 

24once in the course of the 2 school years after receipt of the 

25rating. 

26 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 

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1or any other Section of this Code, a principal shall not be 

2prohibited from evaluating any teachers within a school during 

3his or her first year as principal of such school. If a 

4first-year principal exercises this option in a school 

5district where the evaluation plan provides for a teacher in 

6contractual continued service to be evaluated once in the 

7course of every 2 or 3 school years, as applicable, then a new 

82-year or 3-year evaluation plan must be established. 

9 The evaluation plan shall comply with the requirements of 

10this Section and of any rules adopted by the State Board of 

11Education pursuant to this Section.

12 The plan shall include a description of each teacher's 

13duties and responsibilities and of the standards to which that 

14teacher is expected to conform, and shall include at least the 

15following components:

16 (a) personal observation of the teacher in the 

17 classroom by the evaluator, unless the teacher has no 

18 classroom duties.

19 (b) consideration of the teacher's attendance, 

20 planning, instructional methods, classroom management, 

21 where relevant, and competency in the subject matter 

22 taught.

23 (c) (blank).

24 (d) (blank). 

25 (e) rating of the performance of all teachers as 

26 "excellent", "proficient", "needs improvement" or 

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1 "unsatisfactory".

2 (f) specification as to the teacher's strengths and 

3 weaknesses, with supporting reasons for the comments made.

4 (g) inclusion of a copy of the evaluation in the 

5 teacher's personnel file and provision of a copy to the 

6 teacher.

7 (h) within 30 school days after the completion of an 

8 evaluation rating a teacher in contractual continued 

9 service as "needs improvement", development by the 

10 evaluator, in consultation with the teacher, and taking 

11 into account the teacher's ongoing professional 

12 responsibilities including his or her regular teaching 

13 assignments, of a professional development plan directed 

14 to the areas that need improvement and any supports that 

15 the district will provide to address the areas identified 

16 as needing improvement.

17 (i) within 30 school days after completion of an 

18 evaluation rating a teacher in contractual continued