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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 | 10-20.14 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.14) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.14)
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7 | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 99-456 ) | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 10-20.14. Student discipline policies; parent-teacher | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | advisory
committee.
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10 | (a) To establish and and maintain
a parent-teacher advisory | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | committee to develop with the school board
policy guidelines on | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | pupil discipline, including school searches, to
furnish a copy | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | of the
policy to the parents or guardian of each pupil within | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | 15 days after
the beginning of the school year, or within 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | days after starting classes
for a pupil who transfers into the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | district during the school year, and to
require that each | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | school informs its pupils of the contents of its policy.
School | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | boards, along with the parent-teacher advisory committee, are
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19 | encouraged to annually review their pupil discipline policies, | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | the
implementation of those policies, and any other factors | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | related to the safety
of their
schools, pupils, and staff.
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22 | (b) The parent-teacher advisory
committee in cooperation | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | with local law enforcement agencies shall develop,
with the |
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1 | school board, policy guideline procedures to
establish
and | ||||||
2 | maintain a reciprocal reporting system between the school | ||||||
3 | district and
local law enforcement agencies regarding criminal | ||||||
4 | offenses committed by
students.
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5 | (c) The parent-teacher advisory committee, in cooperation | ||||||
6 | with school bus
personnel, shall develop, with the school | ||||||
7 | board, policy guideline procedures to
establish and maintain | ||||||
8 | school bus safety procedures. These procedures shall be
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9 | incorporated into the district's pupil discipline policy.
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10 | (d) The school board, in consultation with the | ||||||
11 | parent-teacher
advisory committee and other community-based | ||||||
12 | organizations, must include
provisions in the student | ||||||
13 | discipline
policy to address students who have demonstrated | ||||||
14 | behaviors that put them at
risk for aggressive behavior, | ||||||
15 | including without limitation bullying, as
defined in the | ||||||
16 | policy. These provisions must include
procedures for notifying | ||||||
17 | parents or legal guardians and
early intervention procedures
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18 | based upon available community-based and district resources.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 91-272, eff. 1-1-00; 92-260, eff. 1-1-02.) | ||||||
20 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 99-456 ) | ||||||
21 | Sec. 10-20.14. Student discipline policies; parent-teacher | ||||||
22 | advisory
committee. | ||||||
23 | (a) To establish and and maintain
a parent-teacher advisory | ||||||
24 | committee to develop with the school board or governing body of | ||||||
25 | a charter school
policy guidelines on pupil discipline, |
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1 | including school searches and bullying prevention as set forth | ||||||
2 | in Section 27-23.7 of this Code. School authorities shall
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3 | furnish a copy of the
policy to the parents or guardian of each | ||||||
4 | pupil within 15 days after
the beginning of the school year, or | ||||||
5 | within 15 days after starting classes
for a pupil who transfers | ||||||
6 | into the district during the school year, and the school board | ||||||
7 | or governing body of a charter school shall
require that a | ||||||
8 | school inform its pupils of the contents of the policy.
School | ||||||
9 | boards and the governing bodies of charter schools, along with | ||||||
10 | the parent-teacher advisory committee, must annually review | ||||||
11 | their pupil discipline policies, the
implementation of those | ||||||
12 | policies, and any other factors related to the safety
of their
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13 | schools, pupils, and staff.
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14 | (a-5) On or before September 15, 2016, each elementary and | ||||||
15 | secondary school and charter school shall, at a minimum, adopt | ||||||
16 | pupil discipline policies that fulfill the requirements set | ||||||
17 | forth in this Section, subsections (a) and (b) of Section | ||||||
18 | 10-22.6 of this Code, Section 34-19 of this Code if applicable, | ||||||
19 | and federal and State laws that provide special requirements | ||||||
20 | for the discipline of students with disabilities. | ||||||
21 | (b) The parent-teacher advisory
committee in cooperation | ||||||
22 | with local law enforcement agencies shall develop,
with the | ||||||
23 | school board, policy guideline procedures to
establish
and | ||||||
24 | maintain a reciprocal reporting system between the school | ||||||
25 | district and
local law enforcement agencies regarding criminal | ||||||
26 | offenses committed by
students. School districts are |
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1 | encouraged to create memoranda of understanding with local law | ||||||
2 | enforcement agencies that clearly define law enforcement's | ||||||
3 | role in schools, in accordance with Section 10-22.6 of this | ||||||
4 | Code.
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5 | (c) The parent-teacher advisory committee, in cooperation | ||||||
6 | with school bus
personnel, shall develop, with the school | ||||||
7 | board, policy guideline procedures to
establish and maintain | ||||||
8 | school bus safety procedures. These procedures shall be
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9 | incorporated into the district's pupil discipline policy.
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10 | (d) The school board, in consultation with the | ||||||
11 | parent-teacher
advisory committee and other community-based | ||||||
12 | organizations, must include
provisions in the student | ||||||
13 | discipline
policy to address students who have demonstrated | ||||||
14 | behaviors that put them at
risk for aggressive behavior, | ||||||
15 | including without limitation bullying, as
defined in the | ||||||
16 | policy. These provisions must include
procedures for notifying | ||||||
17 | parents or legal guardians and
early intervention procedures
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18 | based upon available community-based and district resources.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 99-456, eff. 9-15-16.)
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20 | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||||||
21 | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||||||
22 | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | ||||||
23 | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | ||||||
24 | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | ||||||
25 | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other |
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