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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,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 3A-16 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/3A-16)
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| 7 | Sec. 3A-16. Regional office of education advisory board.
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| 8 | (a) Beginning October 1, 2009 April 1, 1995, a regional | ||||||
| 9 | office of education advisory board
shall be established within | ||||||
| 10 | each region serving Class I counties or within each group of | ||||||
| 11 | regions participating in an intergovernmental agreement for | ||||||
| 12 | the provision of professional development to advise
the | ||||||
| 13 | regional superintendent of schools of the region or regions | ||||||
| 14 | involved concerning the planning
and
delivery of professional | ||||||
| 15 | development programs and services under Section 2-3.62 and
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| 16 | other programs under the control of
the regional superintendent | ||||||
| 17 | of
schools.
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| 18 | (b) The advisory board shall consist of at least 9 the | ||||||
| 19 | following
13 members. All members of the advisory board shall | ||||||
| 20 | be certified pursuant to Article 21 of this Code and be | ||||||
| 21 | currently employed in positions requiring certification by a | ||||||
| 22 | school district, special education cooperative, joint | ||||||
| 23 | agreement, or regional office of education program. A majority | ||||||
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| 1 | of members shall be nominated by statewide organizations | ||||||
| 2 | representing teachers within the region or regions and selected | ||||||
| 3 | by the regional superintendent of the region or regions | ||||||
| 4 | involved. Administrators shall be nominated by statewide | ||||||
| 5 | organizations representing administrators within the region or | ||||||
| 6 | regions and selected by the regional superintendent of the | ||||||
| 7 | region or regions involved. :
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| 8 | (1) 7 public members, at least one from each county in | ||||||
| 9 | the region,
selected by the presidents of the region's | ||||||
| 10 | school parent groups at a meeting
held each April. Public | ||||||
| 11 | members shall be geographically balanced throughout
the | ||||||
| 12 | region. Public members shall meet the same criteria as | ||||||
| 13 | members of
local boards of education but shall not be | ||||||
| 14 | members of a local board of
education or school district | ||||||
| 15 | employees.
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| 16 | (2) 4 teachers, none of whom shall be from the same | ||||||
| 17 | school district,
nominated and selected by all the teachers | ||||||
| 18 | in the region.
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| 19 | (3) 2 administrators, from different school districts, | ||||||
| 20 | nominated and
selected by all the administrators in the | ||||||
| 21 | region.
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| 22 | Members of the advisory board shall serve 4-year terms,
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| 23 | except that of the
initial members, 5 shall serve until April | ||||||
| 24 | 30, 1996, 4 shall serve until April
30, 1997, and 4 shall serve | ||||||
| 25 | until April 30, 1998, as determined by lot.
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| 26 | (c) The regional office of education advisory
board shall | ||||||
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| 1 | meet at least annually
bi-monthly 6 times a year for the | ||||||
| 2 | performance of its advisory duties under
Section 3-11 and | ||||||
| 3 | subsection (a) of this Section 3A-16.
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| 4 | (Source: P.A. 88-89; 89-335, eff. 1-1-96.)
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| 5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 6 | becoming law. | ||||||