93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6137


 
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













105 ILCS 5/10-19
  from Ch. 122, par. 10-19







    Amends the School Code.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the
length of a school term.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT regarding schools. 

 
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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
Section 
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10-19 as follows:


 
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    (105 ILCS 5/10-19)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19)

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    Sec. 10-19. Length of school term  -  experimental programs. 
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Each school
board shall annually prepare a calendar for the 
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school term, specifying
the opening and closing dates and 
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providing a minimum term of at least 185
days to ensure
insure

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176 days of actual pupil attendance, computable
under Section

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18-8.05, except that for the 1980-1981 school year only 175 
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days
of actual
pupil attendance shall be required because of 
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the closing of schools pursuant
to Section 24-2 on January 29, 
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1981 upon the appointment by the President
of that day as a day 
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of thanksgiving for the freedom of the Americans who
had been 
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held hostage in Iran. Any days allowed by law for teachers'

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institute but not used as such or used as parental institutes 
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as provided
in Section 10-22.18d shall increase the minimum 
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term by the school days not
so used.  Except as provided in 
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Section 10-19.1, the board may not extend
the school term 
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beyond such closing date unless that extension of term is

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necessary to provide the minimum number of computable days.  In 
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case of
such necessary extension school employees
shall be paid 
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for such additional time on the basis of their regular

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contracts.  A school board may specify a closing date earlier 
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than that
set on the annual calendar when the schools of the 
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district have
provided the minimum number of computable days 
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under this Section.
Nothing in this Section prevents the board 
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from employing
superintendents of schools, principals and 
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other nonteaching personnel
for a period of 12 months, or in 
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the case of superintendents for a
period in accordance with 
 


 






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Section 10-23.8, or prevents the board from
employing other 
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personnel before or after the regular school term with
payment 
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of salary proportionate to that received for comparable work

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during the school term.


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    A school board may make such changes in its calendar for 
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the school term
as may be required by any changes in the legal 
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school holidays prescribed
in Section 24-2.  A school board may 
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make changes in its calendar for the
school term as may be 
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necessary to reflect the utilization of teachers'
institute 
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days as parental institute days as provided in Section 
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10-22.18d.


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    With the prior approval of the State Board of Education and 
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subject
to review by the State Board of Education every 3 
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years, any school
board may, by resolution of its board and in 
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agreement with affected
exclusive collective bargaining 
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agents, establish experimental
educational programs, including 
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but not limited to programs for
self-directed learning or 
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outside of formal class periods, which programs
when so 
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approved shall be considered to comply with the requirements of

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this Section as respects numbers of days of actual pupil 
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attendance and
with the other requirements of this Act as 
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respects courses of instruction.


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(Source: P.A. 91-96, eff. 7-9-99.)