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 1        AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section 3-11.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 3-11 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/3-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-11)
 7        Sec.  3-11.   Institutes or inservice training workshops.
 8    In counties of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the  regional
 9    superintendent may arrange for or conduct district, regional,
10    or  county institutes, or equivalent professional educational
11    experiences, not more than 4 days annually. Of those 4  days,
12    2  days may be used as a teacher's workshop, when approved by
13    the regional superintendent, up to 2 days  may  be  used  for
14    conducting  parent-teacher conferences or up to 2 days may be
15    utilized as parental institute days as  provided  in  Section
16    10-22.18d.  A  school district may use one of its 4 institute
17    days on the last day of  the  school  term.   "Institute"  or
18    "Professional  educational experiences" means any educational
19    gathering,   demonstration   of   methods   of   instruction,
20    visitation of schools or other institutions or facilities, or
21    sexual abuse and sexual assault  awareness  seminar  held  or
22    approved  by  the regional superintendent and declared by him
23    to be an institute day, or parent-teacher  conferences.  With
24    the  concurrence of the State Superintendent of Education, he
25    may employ such assistance as is  necessary  to  conduct  the
26    institute.   Two  or more adjoining counties may jointly hold
27    an institute.  Institute instruction shall be free to holders
28    of certificates good in the county or  counties  holding  the
29    institute,  and to those who have paid an examination fee and
30    failed to receive a certificate.
31        In  counties  of  2,000,000  or  more  inhabitants,   the
 
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 1    regional  superintendent may arrange for or conduct district,
 2    regional,  or  county  inservice   training   workshops,   or
 3    equivalent  professional  educational  experiences,  not more
 4    than 4 days annually. Of those 4 days, 2 days may be used for
 5    conducting parent-teacher conferences and up to 2 days may be
 6    utilized as parental institute days as  provided  in  Section
 7    10-22.18d.  A  school district may use one of those 4 days on
 8    the  last  day  of  the  school  term.   "Inservice  Training
 9    Workshops" or "Professional  educational  experiences"  means
10    any   educational  gathering,  demonstration  of  methods  of
11    instruction, visitation of schools or other  institutions  or
12    facilities,  or  sexual  abuse  and  sexual assault awareness
13    seminar held or approved by the regional  superintendent  and
14    declared  by  him  to  be  an inservice training workshop, or
15    parent-teacher conferences.   With  the  concurrence  of  the
16    State   Superintendent  of  Education,  he  may  employ  such
17    assistance as is necessary to conduct the inservice  training
18    workshop.   With the approval of the regional superintendent,
19    2 or more adjoining districts may jointly hold  an  inservice
20    training  workshop.  In  addition,  with  the approval of the
21    regional superintendent, one district  may  conduct  its  own
22    inservice  training  workshop with subject matter consultants
23    requested from the county, State or any State institution  of
24    higher learning.
25        Such  teachers  institutes as referred to in this Section
26    may be held on consecutive or separate days at the option  of
27    the regional superintendent having jurisdiction thereof.
28        A  regional superintendent is not responsible for payroll
29    taxes, unemployment  taxes,  social  security  taxes,  income
30    withholding  taxes,  or  any other taxes or payments normally
31    due by  reason  of  an  employer-employee  relationship  just
32    because  of  the  fact  that  the regional superintendent has
33    contracted with and  paid  a  fee  to  a  person  to  give  a
34    presentation at a teachers institute.
 
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 1        Whenever  reference  is  made  in  this  Act to "teachers
 2    institute", it shall be construed to  include  the  inservice
 3    training  workshops  or  equivalent  professional educational
 4    experiences provided for in this Section.
 5        Any institute advisory committee  existing  on  April  1,
 6    1995, is dissolved and the duties and responsibilities of the
 7    institute  advisory  committee  are  assumed  by the regional
 8    office of education advisory board.
 9        Districts providing  inservice  training  programs  shall
10    constitute  inservice  committees,  1/2  of  which  shall  be
11    teachers, 1/4 school service personnel and 1/4 administrators
12    to establish program content and schedules.
13    (Source: P.A. 88-89; 89-335, eff. 1-1-96.)

14        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
15    becoming law.

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