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SCHOOLS
(105 ILCS 5/) School Code.

105 ILCS 5/13B-80

    (105 ILCS 5/13B-80)
    Sec. 13B-80. Student credit. A school district must grant academic credit to a student in an alternative learning opportunities program for work completed at an education provider that is accredited by a regional accrediting body or recognized by the State Board if the student's performance meets district standards.
(Source: P.A. 92-42, eff. 1-1-02.)

105 ILCS 5/13B-85

    (105 ILCS 5/13B-85)
    Sec. 13B-85. High school equivalency testing. A student 16 years of age or over who satisfactorily completes an alternative learning opportunities program in accordance with school district guidelines and the Student Success Plan may take a high school equivalency test.
(Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15.)

105 ILCS 5/Art. 14

 
    (105 ILCS 5/Art. 14 heading)
ARTICLE 14. CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

105 ILCS 5/14-1.01

    (105 ILCS 5/14-1.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.01)
    Sec. 14-1.01. Meaning of terms. Unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms used in this Article have the meanings ascribed to them in Sections 14-1.02 to 14-1.10, each inclusive.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 1948.)

105 ILCS 5/14-1.02

    (105 ILCS 5/14-1.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.02)
    Sec. 14-1.02. Children with disabilities. "Children with disabilities" means children between the ages of 3 and 21 for whom it is determined, through definitions and procedures described in the Illinois Rules and Regulations to Govern the Organization and Administration of Special Education, that special education services are needed. An eligible student who requires continued public school educational experience to facilitate his or her successful transition and integration into adult life is eligible for such services through age 21, inclusive, which, for purposes of this Article, means the day before the student's 22nd birthday, unless his or her 22nd birthday occurs during the school year, in which case he or she is eligible for such services through the end of the school year. An individualized education program must be written and agreed upon by appropriate school personnel and parents or their representatives for any child receiving special education.
(Source: P.A. 102-172, eff. 7-28-21.)

105 ILCS 5/14-1.03a

    (105 ILCS 5/14-1.03a) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.03a)
    Sec. 14-1.03a. Children with Specific Learning Disabilities. "Children with Specific Learning Disabilities" means children between the ages of 3 and 21 years who have a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which disorder may manifest itself in imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell or do mathematical calculations. Such disorders include such conditions as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. Such term does not include children who have learning problems which are primarily the result of visual, hearing or motor disabilities, of an intellectual disability, emotional disturbance or environmental disadvantage.
(Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12.)

105 ILCS 5/14-1.08

    (105 ILCS 5/14-1.08) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.08)
    Sec. 14-1.08. Special educational facilities and services. "Special educational facilities and services" includes special schools, special classes, special housing, including residential facilities, special instruction, special reader service, braillists and typists for children with visual disabilities, sign language interpreters, transportation, maintenance, instructional material, therapy, professional consultant services, medical services only for diagnostic and evaluation purposes provided by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches to determine a child's need for special education and related services, psychological services, school social worker services, special administrative services, salaries of all required special personnel, and other special educational services, including special equipment for use in the classroom, required by the child because of his disability if such services or special equipment are approved by the State Superintendent of Education and the child is eligible therefor under this Article and the regulations of the State Board of Education.
(Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)

105 ILCS 5/14-1.09

    (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.09)
    Sec. 14-1.09. School psychologist. "School psychologist" means a psychologist who meets the following qualifications:
        (1) The psychologist:
            (A) has graduated with a master's or higher
        
degree in psychology or educational psychology from an institution of higher learning that maintains equipment, courses of study, and standards of scholarship approved by the State Board of Education, has had at least one school year of full-time supervised experience in the delivery of school psychological services of a character approved by the State Superintendent of Education, and has such additional qualifications as may be required by the State Board of Education; or
            (B) holds a valid Nationally Certified School
        
Psychologist (NCSP) credential.
        (2) The psychologist holds a Professional Educator
    
License with a school psychologist endorsement issued pursuant to Section 21B-25 of this Code. Persons so licensed may use the title "school psychologist" and may offer school psychological services which are limited to those services set forth in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 226, Special Education, pertaining to children between the ages of 3 to 21, promulgated by the State Board of Education.
    School psychologists may make evaluations, recommendations or interventions regarding the placement of children in educational programs or special education classes. However, a school psychologist shall not provide such services outside his or her employment to any student in the district or districts which employ such school psychologist.
(Source: P.A. 100-750, eff. 8-10-18.)

105 ILCS 5/14-1.09a

    (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09a) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.09a)
    Sec. 14-1.09a. School social worker. "School social worker" means a social worker who has graduated with a master's or higher degree in social work from an accredited graduate school of social work and has such additional qualifications as may be required by the State Board of Education and who holds a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement for school social work pursuant to Section 21B-25 of this Code. Only persons so licensed and endorsed may use the title "school social worker". A social worker may offer school social work services as provided in this Code and other applicable laws and as set forth in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 226, Special Education, promulgated by the State Board of Education, governing the provision of special education and related services to children with disabilities and requirements for the treatment of children with disabilities between the ages of 3 and 21. School social workers may make evaluations, recommendations or interventions regarding the placement of children in educational programs or special education classes. However, a school social worker shall not provide such services outside his or her employment to any student in the district or districts which employ such school social worker.
(Source: P.A. 100-356, eff. 8-25-17.)