Public Act 099-0616
 
SB2137 EnrolledLRB099 12528 NHT 35975 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


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



    (105 ILCS 5/3-11)  (from Ch. 122, par. 3-11)


    Sec. 3-11. Institutes or inservice training workshops. In 
counties
of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the regional 
superintendent may
arrange for or conduct district, regional, 
or county institutes, or
equivalent professional educational 
experiences, not more than 4 days
annually. Of those 4 days, 2 
days may be used as a teacher's and educational support 
personnel workshop,
when approved by the regional 
superintendent, up to 2 days may be used
for conducting 
parent-teacher conferences, or up to 2 days may be utilized
as 
parental institute days as provided in Section 10-22.18d. 
Educational support personnel may be exempt from a workshop if 
the workshop is not relevant to the work they do. A school

district may use one of its 4 institute days on the last day of 
the school
term.  "Institute" or "Professional educational 
experiences" means any
educational gathering, demonstration of 
methods of instruction,
visitation of schools or other 
institutions or facilities, sexual
abuse and sexual assault 
awareness seminar, or training in First Aid (which may include 
cardiopulmonary resuscitation or defibrillator training) held 
or approved
by the regional superintendent and declared by him 
to be an institute day,
or parent-teacher conferences. With the 
concurrence of the State
Superintendent of Education, he or she 
may employ such assistance as is
necessary
to conduct the 
institute.  Two or more adjoining counties may jointly hold
an 
institute.  Institute instruction shall be free to holders of

licenses good in the county or counties holding the institute 
and to
those who have paid an examination fee and failed to 
receive a license.

    In counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the regional

superintendent may arrange for or conduct district, regional, 
or county
inservice training workshops, or equivalent 
professional educational
experiences, not more than 4 days 
annually. Of those 4 days, 2
days may be used as a teacher's 
and educational support
personnel workshop, when approved by 
the regional
superintendent, up to 2 days may
be used for 
conducting parent-teacher conferences, or up to 2 days may be

utilized as parental institute days as provided in Section 
10-22.18d. Educational support personnel may be exempt from a 
workshop if
the workshop is not relevant to the work they do. A

school district may use one of those 4 days on the last day of 
the school
term.  "Inservice Training Workshops" or 
"Professional educational
experiences" means any educational 
gathering, demonstration of methods of
instruction, visitation 
of schools or other institutions or
facilities, sexual abuse 
and sexual assault awareness seminar, or training in First Aid 
(which may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation or 
defibrillator training) held
or approved by the regional 
superintendent and declared by him to be
an inservice training 
workshop, or parent-teacher conferences.  With the
concurrence 
of the State Superintendent of Education, he may employ such

assistance as is necessary to conduct the inservice training 
workshop.
With the approval of the regional superintendent, 2 
or more adjoining
districts may jointly hold an inservice 
training workshop. In addition,
with the approval of the 
regional superintendent, one district may conduct
its own 
inservice training workshop with subject matter consultants

requested from the county, State or any State institution of 
higher learning.

    Such teachers institutes as referred to in this Section may 
be held
on consecutive or separate days at the option of the 
regional
superintendent having jurisdiction thereof.

    Whenever reference is made in this Act to "teachers 
institute", it
shall be construed to include the inservice 
training workshops or
equivalent professional educational 
experiences provided for in this Section.

    Any institute advisory committee existing on April 1, 1995, 
is dissolved
and the duties and responsibilities of the 
institute advisory committee are
assumed by the regional office 
of education advisory board.

    Districts providing inservice training programs shall 
constitute inservice
committees, 1/2 of which shall be 
teachers, 1/4 school service personnel
and 1/4 administrators 
to establish program content and schedules.

    The teachers institutes shall include teacher training 
committed to (i)
peer counseling programs and other 
anti-violence and conflict
resolution programs, including 
without limitation programs for preventing at
risk students 
from committing violent acts, and (ii) educator ethics and 
teacher-student conduct. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school 
year, the teachers institutes shall include instruction on 
prevalent student chronic health conditions. Beginning with 
the 2016-2017 school year, the teachers institutes shall 
include, at least once every 2 years, instruction on the 
federal Americans with Disabilities Act as it pertains to the 
school environment. 

(Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15.)

 

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