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() 105 ILCS 5/34-8.10
(105 ILCS 5/34-8.10)
Sec. 34-8.10.
Applications for Learning Zone designation.
The board shall
evaluate applications from attendance centers within
Chicago. Applications shall be in the form prescribed by the board. The
board shall, upon majority vote, grant Learning Zone
designations that, in
its judgment, satisfy the goals and requirements of this Law. The board
shall establish policies and procedures necessary to implement this Law.
(Source: P.A. 89-3, eff. 2-27-95; 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
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105 ILCS 5/34-8.11
(105 ILCS 5/34-8.11)
Sec. 34-8.11.
Evaluation criteria.
In determining whether to grant
Learning Zone designation, the board shall consider the
following factors:
(1) The extent to which the application demonstrates that improved student
learning will be the paramount priority and outcome;
(2) Proposed adoption of high, rigorous standards of achievement and outcome
for all students and staff;
(3) Proposed use of shared, collegial decision-making;
(4) Creative, flexible, and innovative proposed restructuring of the
applicant attendance centers to create student-centered learning environments;
(5) Parental and community integration and involvement;
(6) Development of collaborative relationships with health and human
services agencies;
(7) Ability to function on a localized, decentralized basis within the
Chicago public school system;
(8) Appropriateness of budget and resource allocations, including those
functions to be assumed and those to remain centralized;
(9) Impact of the statutes, regulations, rules, and policies for which
waivers are sought; and
(10) Such other factors, not confined to the foregoing, that are fiscally
sound and reasonably determinative of successful student outcome.
(Source: P.A. 89-3, eff. 2-27-95; 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
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105 ILCS 5/34-8.12
(105 ILCS 5/34-8.12)
Sec. 34-8.12.
Attendance center support.
Applications for Learning Zone
designation must include evidence that the application is supported by the
principal of the attendance center and by a majority vote of the Local School
Council and attendance center staff. Applications shall include that
evidence for each participating attendance center.
(Source: P.A. 89-3, eff. 2-27-95.)
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105 ILCS 5/34-8.13
(105 ILCS 5/34-8.13)
Sec. 34-8.13.
Learning Zone designation principles.
In performing its
duties under this Law, the board shall be guided by the
following
additional principles:
(1) Learning Zone designations should be effective for an initial period of
no less than 3 and no more than 6 years;
(2) Learning Zone designations should encompass clusters of
attendance
centers through joint application from secondary and feeder elementary
schools or in other reasonably related clusters;
(3) Learning Zone designations should encompass, in the aggregate,
approximately 10% of the students enrolled in attendance centers within
Chicago;
(4) Learning Zone designations should, in the aggregate, be reflective
of
the racial and ethnic diversity and demography of students enrolled in
attendance centers within Chicago;
(5) Learning Zone designations should be fully operational commencing with
the 1996-97 school year; and
(6) Learning Zone designation renewals, revisions, and applications for
additional waivers of statutes, regulations, rules, and policies should be
evaluated in light of the goals of this Law.
(Source: P.A. 89-3, eff. 2-27-95; 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
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105 ILCS 5/34-8.14
(105 ILCS 5/34-8.14)
Sec. 34-8.14. Non-waivable provisions. Notwithstanding anything in this Code to
the contrary, statutes, regulations, rules, and policy provisions concerning
the following shall not be waivable:
(1) student civil rights;
(2) staff civil rights;
(3) health and safety;
(4) performance and financial audits;
(5) Local School Council provisions, including | | required statements of economic disclosure;
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(6) the Open Meetings Act;
(7) the Freedom of Information Act;
(8) the assessments required under Section 2-3.64a-5
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(9) Chicago learning outcomes;
(10) Sections 2-3.25a through 2-3.25j of this Code;
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(11) collective bargaining agreements.
(Source: P.A. 98-972, eff. 8-15-14.)
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105 ILCS 5/34-8.15
(105 ILCS 5/34-8.15)
Sec. 34-8.15.
Reports.
The board shall
file reports
describing statutory waivers encompassed in the Learning Zone designations it
grants under Section 34-8.10 with
the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Secretary of State before
October 1, 1995 and thereafter before each May 1 and October 1. The provisions
in the report or as amended by the General Assembly shall take effect as
provided by law.
(Source: P.A. 89-3, eff. 2-27-95; 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
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105 ILCS 5/34-8.16
(105 ILCS 5/34-8.16)
Sec. 34-8.16.
Disapproval or amendment of reports.
The General Assembly
may disapprove the report of the board in whole, or amend it
within 30
calendar days after each house of the legislature next convenes after the
report
is filed, by adoption of a resolution by a record vote of the majority of the
members elected in each house directed to the board. The
resolution shall
be binding upon the board. Reports shall become effective
if the General
Assembly fails to disapprove or amend the report within the 30 day period.
For the initial report that the board is required to file
before October
1, 1995, the General Assembly may, by January 1, 1996, disapprove the report
of the board in whole or amend it, after the report is
filed, by the
adoption of a resolution by a record vote of the majority of the members. The
initial report shall become effective if the General Assembly fails to
disapprove or amend the report by January 1, 1996.
(Source: P.A. 89-3, eff. 2-27-95; 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
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105 ILCS 5/34-8.17
(105 ILCS 5/34-8.17)
Sec. 34-8.17. Lump-sum allocation; key centralized functions. Final
designation as a Learning Zone under this Law shall entitle the participating
attendance centers to receive funds in lump-sum allocations, to budget and
spend those funds, and to operate in accordance with the designation and this
Law. Lump-sum allocations shall be based on the number of enrolled regular
and special needs students and shall include all operating funds for
compensation, supplies, equipment, repairs, energy, maintenance,
transportation,
and
professional services, and all special funds that follow special populations,
including desegregation, special education, bilingual, federal, and State
Chapter 1 funds. A sum equal to 3.2% of operating funds shall be deducted by
the board to provide key centralized functions,
unless a
designated Learning Zone obtains one or more of those functions elsewhere, in
which case the sum shall be appropriately adjusted. As used
in this Law, key centralized functions shall mean:
(1) Equity assurance staff to ensure that services | | are maintained for students with disabilities, English learners, low-income students, and any other special need students as required by federal law;
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(2) Payroll services and background and credential
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(3) Budget and treasury services to levy and collect
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(4) Central computer systems providing information
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(5) On-line data collection and analysis centers for
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(6) Emergency pool funding; and
(7) Legal and labor departmental services for
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(Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15.)
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105 ILCS 5/34-8.18
(105 ILCS 5/34-8.18)
Sec. 34-8.18.
The board shall revoke Learning Zone
designation and
the attendance center or centers involved shall return to their prior status
upon a finding of:
(1) A material violation of conditions, standards, or | | procedures established in the designation or this Law;
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(2) Failure to meet or make reasonable progress
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(3) Failure to meet generally accepted standards of
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(4) Conditions jeopardizing the health or safety of
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Technical assistance designed to resolve items (1) through (4) may, in the
discretion of the board, be provided to attendance centers
prior to or in
lieu of revocation of Learning Zone designations.
(Source: P.A. 89-3, eff. 2-27-95; 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
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105 ILCS 5/34-8.19
(105 ILCS 5/34-8.19)
Sec. 34-8.19.
(Repealed).
(Source: Repealed by P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
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