Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
Filed: 04/12/05
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3555 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3555 as follows:

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on page 1, line 5, by replacing "10-19.1" with "10-19, 
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10-19.1,"; and


 
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on page 1, immediately below line 5, by inserting the 
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following:
 



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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 insure 176 
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days of actual pupil attendance or at least 880 hours of 
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student contact, computable under Section
18-8.05, except that 
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for the 1980-1981 school year only 175 days
of actual
pupil 
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attendance shall be required because of the closing of schools 
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pursuant
to Section 24-2 on January 29, 1981 upon the 
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appointment by the President
of that day as a day of 
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thanksgiving for the freedom of the Americans who
had been held 
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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 or 
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computable hours.  In case of
such necessary extension school 
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employees
shall be paid for such additional time on the basis 
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of their regular
contracts.  A school board may specify a 
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closing date earlier than that
set on the annual calendar when 
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the schools of the district have
provided the minimum number of 
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computable days or computable hours under this Section.
Nothing 
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in this Section prevents the board from employing

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superintendents of schools, principals and other nonteaching 
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personnel
for a period of 12 months, or in the case of 
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superintendents for a
period in accordance with Section 
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10-23.8, or prevents the board from
employing other personnel 
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before or after the regular school term with
payment of salary 
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proportionate to that received for comparable work
during the 
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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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    The calendar for the school term and any changes must be 
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submitted to and approved by the regional superintendent of 
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schools before the calendar or changes may take effect.

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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 or numbers of hours of student contact and
with the 
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other requirements of this Act as respects courses of 
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instruction.

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(Source: P.A. 93-1036, eff. 9-14-04.)"; and

 
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on page 1, line 14, after "Education", by inserting ", provided 
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that the school district ensures a minimum of 880 hours of 
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student contact in addition to required institute days"; and
 
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on page 1, line 15, after "operates", by inserting "one or more 
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schools on a full-year school plan".