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91_HB0470enr
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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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