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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Sections 
52-3.25f and 10-19.1 as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25f)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25f)



7    Sec. 2-3.25f. State interventions. 

8    (a) The State Board of Education shall provide technical

9assistance to assist with the development and implementation of 
10School and District Improvement Plans.

11    Schools or school districts that fail to make reasonable 
12efforts to
implement an
approved Improvement Plan may suffer 
13loss of State funds by school
district, attendance center, or 
14program as the State Board of Education
deems appropriate.

15    (a-5)  In this subsection (a-5), "school" means any of the 
16following named public schools or their successor name:
17        (1)  Dirksen Middle School in Dolton School District 
18    149.
19        (2)  Diekman Elementary School in Dolton School 
20    District 149.
21        (3)  Caroline Sibley Elementary School in Dolton School 
22    District 149.
23        (4)  Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School in Dolton 
 
 
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1    School District 149.
2        (5)  Carol Moseley Braun School in Dolton School 
3    District 149.
4        (6)  New Beginnings Learning Academy in Dolton School 
5    District 149.
6        (7)  McKinley Junior High School in South Holland School 
7    District 150.
8        (8)  Greenwood Elementary School in South Holland 
9    School District 150.
10        (9)  McKinley Elementary School in South Holland School 
11    District 150.
12        (10)  Eisenhower School in South Holland School 
13    District 151.
14        (11)  Madison School in South Holland School District 
15    151.
16        (12)  Taft School in South Holland School District 151.
17        (13)  Wolcott School in Thornton School District 154.
18        (14)  Memorial Junior High School in Lansing School 
19    District 158.
20        (15)  Oak Glen Elementary School in Lansing School 
21    District 158.
22        (16)  Lester Crawl Primary Center in Lansing School 
23    District 158.
24        (17)  Brookwood Junior High School in Brookwood School 
25    District 167.
26        (18)  Brookwood Middle School in Brookwood School 
 
 
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1    District 167.
2        (19)  Hickory Bend Elementary School in Brookwood 
3    School District 167.
4        (20)  Medgar Evers Primary Academic Center in Ford 
5    Heights School District 169.
6        (21)  Nathan Hale Elementary School in Sunnybrook 
7    School District 171.
8        (22)  Ira F. Aldridge Elementary School in City of 
9    Chicago School District 299.
10        (23) William E.B.  DuBois Elementary School in City of 
11    Chicago School District 299.
12    If, after 2 years following its placement on academic watch 
13status, a school remains on academic watch status, then, 
14subject to federal appropriation money being available, the 
15State Board of Education shall allow the school board to opt in 
16the process of operating that school on a pilot full-year 
17school plan approved by the State Board of Education upon 
18expiration of its teachers' current collective bargaining 
19agreement until the expiration of the next collective 
20bargaining agreement. A school board must notify the State 
21Board of Education of its intent to opt in the process of 
22operating a school on a pilot full-year school plan. 
23    (b) In addition, if after 3 years following its placement 
24on
academic
watch status a school district or school remains on

25academic watch status, the
State Board of Education shall take 
26one of the following actions for the
district or
school:


 
 
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1        (1) The State Board of Education may authorize the 
2    State
Superintendent
of Education to direct the regional 
3    superintendent of schools to remove
school board members 
4    pursuant to Section 3-14.28 of this Code. Prior
to such 
5    direction the State Board of Education shall permit members 
6    of the
local board of education to present written and oral 
7    comments to the State
Board of Education. The State Board 
8    of Education may direct the State
Superintendent of 
9    Education to appoint an Independent Authority that shall

10    exercise such powers and duties as may be necessary to 
11    operate a school or
school district for purposes of 
12    improving pupil performance and school
improvement.  The 
13    State Superintendent of Education shall designate one

14    member of the Independent Authority to serve as chairman. 
15    The Independent
Authority shall serve for a period of time 
16    specified by the State Board of
Education upon the 
17    recommendation of the State Superintendent of
Education.


18        (2) The State Board of Education may (A)
change the 
19    recognition status of the school district or school to

20    nonrecognized, or (B) authorize the State Superintendent

21    of Education to direct the reassignment of pupils
or direct 
22    the reassignment or replacement of school district 
23    personnel who
are relevant to the
failure
to
meet adequate 
24    yearly progress criteria.  If
a school district is 
25    nonrecognized in its entirety, it shall automatically
be 
26    dissolved on July 1 following that nonrecognition and its 
 
 
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1    territory
realigned with another school district or 
2    districts by the regional board
of school trustees in 
3    accordance with the procedures set forth in Section
7-11 of 
4    the School Code.  The effective date of the nonrecognition 
5    of a school
shall be July 1 following the nonrecognition.

6    (c) All federal requirements apply to schools and school 
7districts
utilizing
federal funds under Title I, Part A of the 
8federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.

9(Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03; 94-875, eff. 7-1-06.)

 



10    (105 ILCS 5/10-19.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1)



11    Sec. 10-19.1. Full year school plan. 
12    (a) Any school district may, by resolution of its board, 
13operate one or
more schools within the district on a full year 
14school plan approved by
the State Board of Education.
Any board 
15which operates under
this subsection (a) Section shall devise a 
16plan so that a student's required attendance
in school shall be 
17for a minimum term of 180 days of actual attendance,
including 
18not more than 4 institute days, during a 12 month period, but

19shall not exceed 185 days. Under such plan, no teacher shall be 
20required
to teach more than 185 days. A calendar of 180 days 
21may be established
with the approval of the State Board of 
22Education.

23    (b)  Any school board that operates one or more schools 
24within the school district on a pilot full-year school plan 
25under subsection (a-5) of Section 2-3.25f of this Code shall 
 
 
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1devise a plan so that a student's required attendance in school 
2shall be for a minimum term of 215 days of actual attendance, 
3including not more than 4 institute days, during a 12-month 
4period.  A calendar of 215 days may be established with the 
5approval of the State Board of Education. 
6(Source: P.A. 81-1508.)