093_HB0477
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1 AN ACT concerning schools.
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 adding Sections
5 10-22.24e and 34-18.26 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24e new)
7 Sec. 10-22.24e. Receptionists. The school board shall
8 employ receptionists who are on duty at all times during the
9 regular school day to answer telephones that serve the
10 district's administrative offices and attendance centers. No
11 school board shall permit answering machines, voice mail, or
12 equivalent telecommunication recording devices to be used to
13 answer, receive, or otherwise respond to incoming telephone
14 calls at an administrative office or attendance center of the
15 district at any time during the regular school day.
16 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.26 new)
17 Sec. 34-18.26. Receptionists. The board of education
18 shall employ receptionists who are on duty at all times
19 during the regular school day to answer telephones that serve
20 the district's administrative offices and attendance centers.
21 The board of education shall not permit answering machines,
22 voice mail, or equivalent telecommunication recording devices
23 to be used to answer, receive, or otherwise respond to
24 incoming telephone calls at an administrative office or
25 attendance center of the district at any time during the
26 regular school day.
27 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
28 Section 8.27 as follows:
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1 (30 ILCS 805/8.27 new)
2 Sec. 8.27. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
3 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
4 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
5 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.