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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | ||||||
| 5 | 2-3.182, 10-20.75, and 34-18.67 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.182 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2-3.182. Annual census of personnel holding school | ||||||
| 8 | support personnel endorsements. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) In this Section: | ||||||
| 10 | "Pupil-to-school support personnel ratio" means the total | ||||||
| 11 | number of students in a school district divided by the total | ||||||
| 12 | number of school support personnel in each endorsement area | ||||||
| 13 | providing services to students in that school district. | ||||||
| 14 | "School support personnel endorsement" means an | ||||||
| 15 | endorsement affixed to a Professional Educator License as | ||||||
| 16 | referenced in subparagraph (G) of paragraph (2) of Section | ||||||
| 17 | 21B-25 of this Code. | ||||||
| 18 | "Special education joint agreement" means an entity formed | ||||||
| 19 | pursuant to Section 10-22.31 of this Code. | ||||||
| 20 | (b) Not later than January 1, 2023 and annually | ||||||
| 21 | thereafter, the State Board of Education must make available | ||||||
| 22 | on its website the following information for each school | ||||||
| 23 | district as of November 1st of each year beginning in 2022: | ||||||
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| 1 | (1) The total number of personnel with a school | ||||||
| 2 | support personnel endorsement and, for each endorsement | ||||||
| 3 | area: | ||||||
| 4 | (A) those actively employed on a full-time basis | ||||||
| 5 | by the school district; | ||||||
| 6 | (B) those actively employed on a part-time basis | ||||||
| 7 | by the school district; | ||||||
| 8 | (C) those actively employed by a special education | ||||||
| 9 | joint agreement providing services to students in the | ||||||
| 10 | school district; and | ||||||
| 11 | (D) individuals who are not full-time or part-time | ||||||
| 12 | employees of the school district or of a special | ||||||
| 13 | education joint agreement who provide school support | ||||||
| 14 | services to students in the school district under a | ||||||
| 15 | contract with the individuals or with an agency or | ||||||
| 16 | organization that employs the individuals. | ||||||
| 17 | (2) The pupil-to-school support personnel ratio | ||||||
| 18 | disaggregated by (i) school support personnel endorsement | ||||||
| 19 | area and (ii) students with an individualized education | ||||||
| 20 | program or a plan pursuant to Section 504 of the federal | ||||||
| 21 | Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and students without an | ||||||
| 22 | individualized education program or a plan pursuant to | ||||||
| 23 | Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. | ||||||
| 24 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.75 new) | ||||||
| 25 | Sec. 10-20.75. School support personnel reporting. No | ||||||
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| 1 | later than November 16, 2022 and each November 16th annually | ||||||
| 2 | thereafter, each school district must report to the State | ||||||
| 3 | Board of Education the information with regard to the school | ||||||
| 4 | district as of November 1st of each year beginning in 2022 as | ||||||
| 5 | described in subsection (b) of Section 2-3.182 of this Code | ||||||
| 6 | and must make that information available on its website. | ||||||
| 7 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 34-18.67. School support personnel reporting. No | ||||||
| 9 | later than November 16, 2022 and each November 16th annually | ||||||
| 10 | thereafter, the school district must report to the State Board | ||||||
| 11 | of Education the information with regard to the school | ||||||
| 12 | district as of November 1st of each year beginning in 2022 as | ||||||
| 13 | described in subsection (b) of Section 2-3.182 of this Code | ||||||
| 14 | and must make that information available on its website.
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