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Public Act 097-0370
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| HB1415 Enrolled | LRB097 06295 NHT 46371 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections |
2-3.25f and 10-19.1 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25f) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25f)
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Sec. 2-3.25f. State interventions.
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(a) The State Board of Education shall provide technical
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assistance to assist with the development and implementation of |
School and District Improvement Plans.
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Schools or school districts that fail to make reasonable |
efforts to
implement an
approved Improvement Plan may suffer |
loss of State funds by school
district, attendance center, or |
program as the State Board of Education
deems appropriate.
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(a-5) In this subsection (a-5), "school" means any of the |
following named public schools or their successor name: |
(1) Dirksen Middle School in Dolton School District |
149. |
(2) Diekman Elementary School in Dolton School |
District 149. |
(3) Caroline Sibley Elementary School in Dolton School |
District 149. |
(4) Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School in Dolton |
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School District 149. |
(5) Carol Moseley Braun School in Dolton School |
District 149. |
(6) New Beginnings Learning Academy in Dolton School |
District 149. |
(7) McKinley Junior High School in South Holland School |
District 150. |
(8) Greenwood Elementary School in South Holland |
School District 150. |
(9) McKinley Elementary School in South Holland School |
District 150. |
(10) Eisenhower School in South Holland School |
District 151. |
(11) Madison School in South Holland School District |
151. |
(12) Taft School in South Holland School District 151. |
(13) Wolcott School in Thornton School District 154. |
(14) Memorial Junior High School in Lansing School |
District 158. |
(15) Oak Glen Elementary School in Lansing School |
District 158. |
(16) Lester Crawl Primary Center in Lansing School |
District 158. |
(17) Brookwood Junior High School in Brookwood School |
District 167. |
(18) Brookwood Middle School in Brookwood School |
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District 167. |
(19) Hickory Bend Elementary School in Brookwood |
School District 167. |
(20) Medgar Evers Primary Academic Center in Ford |
Heights School District 169. |
(21) Nathan Hale Elementary School in Sunnybrook |
School District 171. |
(22) Ira F. Aldridge Elementary School in City of |
Chicago School District 299. |
(23) William E.B. DuBois Elementary School in City of |
Chicago School District 299. |
If, after 2 years following its placement on academic watch |
status, a school remains on academic watch status, then, |
subject to federal appropriation money being available, the |
State Board of Education shall allow the school board to opt in |
the process of operating that school on a pilot full-year |
school plan approved by the State Board of Education upon |
expiration of its teachers' current collective bargaining |
agreement until the expiration of the next collective |
bargaining agreement. A school board must notify the State |
Board of Education of its intent to opt in the process of |
operating a school on a pilot full-year school plan. |
(b) In addition, if after 3 years following its placement |
on
academic
watch status a school district or school remains on
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academic watch status, the
State Board of Education shall take |
one of the following actions for the
district or
school:
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(1) The State Board of Education may authorize the |
State
Superintendent
of Education to direct the regional |
superintendent of schools to remove
school board members |
pursuant to Section 3-14.28 of this Code. Prior
to such |
direction the State Board of Education shall permit members |
of the
local board of education to present written and oral |
comments to the State
Board of Education. The State Board |
of Education may direct the State
Superintendent of |
Education to appoint an Independent Authority that shall
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exercise such powers and duties as may be necessary to |
operate a school or
school district for purposes of |
improving pupil performance and school
improvement. The |
State Superintendent of Education shall designate one
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member of the Independent Authority to serve as chairman. |
The Independent
Authority shall serve for a period of time |
specified by the State Board of
Education upon the |
recommendation of the State Superintendent of
Education.
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(2) The State Board of Education may (A)
change the |
recognition status of the school district or school to
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nonrecognized, or (B) authorize the State Superintendent
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of Education to direct the reassignment of pupils
or direct |
the reassignment or replacement of school district |
personnel who
are relevant to the
failure
to
meet adequate |
yearly progress criteria. If
a school district is |
nonrecognized in its entirety, it shall automatically
be |
dissolved on July 1 following that nonrecognition and its |
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territory
realigned with another school district or |
districts by the regional board
of school trustees in |
accordance with the procedures set forth in Section
7-11 of |
the School Code. The effective date of the nonrecognition |
of a school
shall be July 1 following the nonrecognition.
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(c) All federal requirements apply to schools and school |
districts
utilizing
federal funds under Title I, Part A of the |
federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.
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(Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03; 94-875, eff. 7-1-06.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-19.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1)
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Sec. 10-19.1. Full year school plan. |
(a) Any school district may, by resolution of its board, |
operate one or
more schools within the district on a full year |
school plan approved by
the State Board of Education.
Any board |
which operates under
this subsection (a) Section shall devise a |
plan so that a student's required attendance
in school shall be |
for a minimum term of 180 days of actual attendance,
including |
not more than 4 institute days, during a 12 month period, but
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shall not exceed 185 days. Under such plan, no teacher shall be |
required
to teach more than 185 days. A calendar of 180 days |
may be established
with the approval of the State Board of |
Education.
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(b) Any school board that operates one or more schools |
within the school district on a pilot full-year school plan |
under subsection (a-5) of Section 2-3.25f of this Code shall |