SB3119eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB3119 Engrossed LRB099 19663 RLC 44060 b

AN ACT concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 13-45 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/13-45) (from Ch. 122, par. 13-45)

Sec. 13-45. Other provisions of this Code shall not apply to the Department of Juvenile Justice School District being all of the following Articles and Sections: Articles 3, 3A, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, those Sections of Article 10 in conflict with any provisions of Sections 13-40 through 13-45, and Articles 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 19A, 20, 22, 24, 24A, 26, 31, 32, 33, and 34. Also Article 28 shall not apply except that this School District may use any funds available from State, Federal and other funds for the purchase of textbooks, apparatus and equipment.

Other requirements of school districts, school boards, or schools provided by any other statute of this State first enacted on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly shall not apply to the Department of Juvenile Justice School District, its school board, or its schools unless the statutory requirement explicitly states that it is applicable to the Department of Juvenile Justice School District, its school board, or its schools.

(Source: P.A. 98-689, eff. 1-1-15.)

Section 10. The Illinois School Student Records Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

(105 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 122, par. 50-2)

Sec. 2. As used in this Act: ,

(a) "Student" means any person enrolled or previously enrolled in a school.

(b) "School" means any public preschool, day care center, kindergarten, nursery, elementary or secondary educational institution, vocational school, special educational facility or any other elementary or secondary educational agency or institution and any person, agency or institution which maintains school student records from more than one school, but does not include a private or non-public school. "School" also includes a school established by the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code.

(c) "State Board" means the State Board of Education.

(d) "School Student Record" means any writing or other recorded information concerning a student and by which a student may be individually identified, maintained by a school or at its direction or by an employee of a school, regardless of how or where the information is stored. The following shall not be deemed school student records under this Act: writings or other recorded information maintained by an employee of a school or other person at the direction of a school for his or her exclusive use; provided that all such writings and other recorded information are destroyed not later than the student's graduation or permanent withdrawal from the school; and provided further that no such records or recorded information may be released or disclosed to any person except a person designated by the school as a substitute unless they are first incorporated in a school student record and made subject to all of the provisions of this Act. School student records shall not include information maintained by law enforcement professionals working in the school.

(e) "Student Permanent Record" means the minimum personal information necessary to a school in the education of the student and contained in a school student record. Such information may include the student's name, birth date, address, grades and grade level, parents' names and addresses, attendance records, and such other entries as the State Board may require or authorize.

(f) "Student Temporary Record" means all information contained in a school student record but not contained in the student permanent record. Such information may include family background information, intelligence test scores, aptitude test scores, psychological and personality test results, teacher evaluations, and other information of clear relevance to the education of the student, all subject to regulations of the State Board. The information shall include information provided under Section 8.6 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. In addition, the student temporary record shall include information regarding serious disciplinary infractions that resulted in expulsion, suspension, or the imposition of punishment or sanction. For purposes of this provision, serious disciplinary infractions means: infractions involving drugs, weapons, or bodily harm to another.

(g) "Parent" means a person who is the natural parent of the student or other person who has the primary responsibility for the care and upbringing of the student. All rights and privileges accorded to a parent under this Act shall become exclusively those of the student upon his 18th birthday, graduation from secondary school, marriage or entry into military service, whichever occurs first. Such rights and privileges may also be exercised by the student at any time with respect to the student's permanent school record.

(Source: P.A. 92-295, eff. 1-1-02.)

Section 15. The Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act is amended by adding Section 0.05 as follows:

(105 ILCS 25/0.05 new)

Sec. 0.05. Definition of terms. For the purposes of this Act, "school" or "school district" does not include the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code or its schools.

Section 20. The Education for Homeless Children Act is amended by changing Section 1-5 as follows:

(105 ILCS 45/1-5)

Sec. 1-5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"School" does not include any school within the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code.

"School of origin" means the school that the child attended when permanently housed or the school in which the child was last enrolled.

"Parent" means the parent or guardian having legal or physical custody of a child.

"Homeless person, child, or youth" includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:

(1) An individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime place of abode.

(2) An individual who has a primary nighttime place of abode that is:

(A) a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations (including welfare hotels, congregate shelters, and transitional housing);

(B) an institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or

(C) a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.

(Source: P.A. 88-634, eff. 1-1-95; 88-686, eff. 1-24-95.)

Section 25. The Right to Privacy in the School Setting Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(105 ILCS 75/5)

Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:

"Elementary or secondary school" means a public elementary or secondary school or school district or a nonpublic school recognized by the State Board of Education. "Elementary or secondary school" does not include any school within the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code.

"Post-secondary school" means an institution of higher learning as defined in the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. "Post-secondary school" does not include any school within the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code.

"Social networking website" means an Internet-based service that allows individuals to do the following:

(1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system created by the service;

(2) create a list of other users with whom they share a connection within the system; and

(3) view and navigate their list of connections and those made by others within the system. "Social networking website" does not include electronic mail.

(Source: P.A. 98-129, eff. 1-1-14.)

Section 30. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

(105 ILCS 110/2) (from Ch. 122, par. 862)

Sec. 2. Definitions.

(a) The following term has the following meaning, except as the context otherwise requires:

"Comprehensive Health Education Program": a systematic and extensive educational program designed to provide a variety of learning experiences based upon scientific knowledge of the human organism as it functions within its environment which will favorably influence the knowledge, attitudes, values and practices of Illinois school youth; and which will aid them in making wise personal decisions in matters of health.

(b) For the purposes of this Act, "school district", "school board", or "school" does not include the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code or its school board or schools.

(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)

Section 35. The Eye Protection in School Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

(105 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 122, par. 698.11)

Sec. 1. Every student, teacher and visitor is required to wear an industrial quality eye protective device when participating in or observing any of the following courses in schools, colleges and universities:

(a) vocational or industrial arts shops or laboratories involving experience with the following: hot molten metals; milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding or stamping of any solid materials; heat treatment, tempering or kiln firing of any metal or other materials; gas or electric arc welding; repair or servicing of any vehicle; caustic or explosive materials;

(b) chemical or combined chemical-physical laboratories involving caustic or explosive chemicals or hot liquids or solids.

Such devices may be furnished for all students and teachers, and shall be furnished for all visitors to such classrooms and laboratories.

The State Board of Education shall establish nationally accepted standards for such devices.

For the purposes of this Section, "schools" does not include schools within the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code.

(Source: P.A. 88-9.)

Section 40. The School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

(105 ILCS 125/1) (from Ch. 122, par. 712.1)

Sec. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act:

"School board" means school principal, directors, board of education and board of school inspectors of public and private schools. "School board" also includes the Board of Education of the Department of Juvenile Justice School District established under Article 13 of the School Code.

"Welfare center" means an institution not otherwise receiving funds from any governmental agency, serving breakfasts or lunches to children of school age or under, in conformance with the authorized free breakfast program, school breakfast program, free lunch program, or school lunch program.

"Free breakfast program" means those programs through which school boards may supply needy children in their respective districts with free school breakfasts.

"Free lunch program" means those programs through which school boards supply all of the needy children in their respective districts with free school lunches.

"School breakfast program" means a school breakfast program that meets the requirements for school breakfast programs under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).

"School lunch program" means a school lunch program that meets the requirements for school lunch programs under the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).

"Comptroller" means Comptroller of the State of Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 91-843, eff. 6-22-00.)

Section 45. The Childhood Hunger Relief Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

(105 ILCS 126/10)

Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:

"Hunger" means a symptom of poverty caused by a lack of resources that prevents the purchasing of a nutritionally adequate diet resulting in a chronic condition of being undernourished.

"Food insecurity" means a limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods.

"Food security" means ensured access to enough food for an active, healthy life.

"School" or "school district" does not include the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code or its schools.

"School Breakfast Program" means the federal child nutrition entitlement program that helps serve nourishing low-cost breakfast meals to school children. In addition to cash assistance, participating schools get foods donated by and technical guidance from the United States Department of Agriculture. Payments to schools are higher for meals served to children who qualify, on the basis of family size and income, for free or reduced-price meals. The program is administered in Illinois by the State Board of Education.

"Summer Food Service Program" means the federal child nutrition entitlement program that helps communities serve meals to needy children when school is not in session. The United States Department of Agriculture reimburses sponsors for operating costs of food services up to a specific maximum rate for each meal served. In addition, sponsors receive some reimbursement for planning and supervising expenses. The program in Illinois is administered by the State Board of Education.

(Source: P.A. 93-1086, eff. 2-15-05.)

Section 50. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(105 ILCS 128/5)

Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:

"First responder" means and includes all fire departments and districts, law enforcement agencies and officials, emergency medical responders, and emergency management officials involved in the execution and documentation of the drills administered under this Act.

"School" means a public or private facility that offers elementary or secondary education to students under the age of 21. As used in this definition, "public facility" means a facility operated by the State or by a unit of local government. As used in this definition, "private facility" means any non-profit, non-home-based, non-public elementary or secondary school that is in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at which satisfies the requirements of Section 26-1 of the School Code. While more than one school may be housed in a facility, for purposes of this Act, the facility shall be considered a school. When a school has more than one location, for purposes of this Act, each different location shall be considered its own school. "School" does not include any school within the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code.

"School safety drill" means a pre-planned exercise conducted by a school in accordance with the drills and requirements set forth in this Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05.)

Section 55. The Toxic Art Supplies in Schools Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

(105 ILCS 135/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 1603)

Sec. 3. For the purpose of this Act, unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) "Art or craft material" means any raw or processed material or manufactured product marketed or being represented by the manufacturer or repackager as being suitable for use in the demonstration or the creation of any work of visual or graphic art in any medium. Such media may include, but need not be limited to, paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, enamels, jewelry, stained glass, plastic sculpture, photographs, and leather and textile goods.

(b) "Human carcinogen" means any substance listed as a human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer or by the National Toxicology Program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

(c) "Potential human carcinogen" means one of the following:

(1) any substance which does not meet the definition of human carcinogen, but for which there exists sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in animals, as determined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer or the National Toxicology Program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; or

(2) any chemical shown to be changed by the human body into a human carcinogen.

(d) "Toxic substance" means any of the following:

(1) human carcinogens;

(2) potential human carcinogens;

(3) any substance having a potential for causing a chronic adverse health effect as determined pursuant to ASTM Standard D 4236 of the American Society for Testing and Materials or latest revision.

For the purposes of this Act, an art or craft material shall be presumed to contain an ingredient which is a toxic substance if the ingredient, whether an intentional ingredient or an impurity, constitutes 1% or more by weight of the product.

(e) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public Health.

(f) "School" or "school district" does not include the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code or its schools.

(Source: P.A. 84-725.)

Section 60. The Care of Students with Diabetes Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

(105 ILCS 145/10)

Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Delegated care aide" means a school employee who has agreed to receive training in diabetes care and to assist students in implementing their diabetes care plan and has entered into an agreement with a parent or guardian and the school district or private school.

"Diabetes care plan" means a document that specifies the diabetes-related services needed by a student at school and at school-sponsored activities and identifies the appropriate staff to provide and supervise these services.

"Health care provider" means a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, advanced practice nurse who has a written agreement with a collaborating physician who authorizes the provision of diabetes care, or a physician assistant who has a written supervision agreement with a supervising physician who authorizes the provision of diabetes care.

"Principal" means the principal of the school.

"School" means any primary or secondary public, charter, or private school located in this State. "School" does not include any school within the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code.

"School employee" means a person who is employed by a public school district or private school, a person who is employed by a local health department and assigned to a school, or a person who contracts with a school or school district to perform services in connection with a student's diabetes care plan. This definition must not be interpreted as requiring a school district or private school to hire additional personnel for the sole purpose of serving as a designated care aide.

(Source: P.A. 96-1485, eff. 12-1-10.)

Section 65. The Physical Fitness Facility Medical Emergency Preparedness Act is amended by changing Section 5.25 as follows:

(210 ILCS 74/5.25)

Sec. 5.25. Physical fitness facility.

(a) "Physical fitness facility" means the following:

(1) Any of the following indoor facilities that is (i) owned or operated by a park district, municipality, or other unit of local government, including a home rule unit, or by a public or private elementary or secondary school, college, university, or technical or trade school and (ii) supervised by one or more persons, other than maintenance or security personnel, employed by the unit of local government, school, college, or university for the purpose of directly supervising the physical fitness activities taking place at any of these indoor facilities: a swimming pool; stadium; athletic field; football stadium; soccer field; baseball diamond; track and field facility; tennis court; basketball court; or volleyball court; or similar facility as defined by Department rule.

(1.5) Any of the following outdoor facilities that is (i) owned by a municipality, township, or other unit of local government, including a home rule unit, or by a public or private elementary or secondary school, college, university, or technical or trade school and (ii) supervised by one or more persons, other than maintenance or security personnel, employed by the unit of local government, school, college, or university for the purpose of directly supervising the physical fitness activities taking place at any of these facilities: a swimming pool; athletic field; football stadium; soccer field; baseball diamond; track and field facility; tennis court; basketball court; or volleyball court; or similar facility as defined by Department rule.

The term does not include any facility during any activity or program organized by a private or not-for-profit organization and organized and supervised by a person or persons other than the employees of the unit of local government, school, college, or university.

As used in this subdivision (1.5), "school" does not include any school within the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (b), any other indoor or outdoor establishment, whether public or private, that provides services or facilities focusing on cardiovascular exertion or gaming as defined by Department rule.

(b) "Physical fitness facility" does not include a facility serving less than a total of 100 individuals. For purposes of this Act, "individuals" includes only those persons actively engaged in physical exercise that uses large muscle groups and that substantially increases the heart rate. In addition, the term does not include (i) a facility located in a hospital or in a hotel or motel, (ii) any outdoor facility owned or operated by a park district organized under the Park District Code, the Chicago Park District Act, or the Metro-East Park and Recreation District Act, or (iii) any facility owned or operated by a forest preserve district organized under the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act or the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act or a conservation district organized under the Conservation District Act. The term also does not include any facility that does not employ any persons to provide instruction, training, or assistance for persons using the facility.

(Source: P.A. 95-712, eff. 1-1-09; 96-873, eff. 1-21-10.)

Section 70. The Structural Pest Control Act is amended by changing Section 3.26 as follows:

(225 ILCS 235/3.26)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)

Sec. 3.26. "School" means any structure used as a public school in this State. "School" does not include any school within the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code.

(Source: P.A. 91-525, eff. 8-1-00; reenacted by P.A. 95-786, eff. 8-7-08.)

Section 75. The Missing Children Records Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

(325 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 23, par. 2281)

Sec. 1. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) "Custodian" means the State Registrar of Vital Records, local registrars of vital records appointed by the State Registrar and county clerks.

(b) "Department" means the Illinois Department of State Police.

(c) "Missing person" means a person 17 years old or younger reported to any law enforcement authority as abducted, lost or a runaway.

(d) "Registrar" means the State Registrar of Vital Records.

(e) "School" does not include any school within the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code.

(Source: P.A. 84-1430.)

Section 80. The Lawn Care Products Application and Notice Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

(415 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 5, par. 852)

Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this Act:

"Application" means the spreading of lawn care products on a lawn.

"Applicator for hire" means any person who makes an application of lawn care products to a lawn or lawns for compensation, including applications made by an employee to lawns owned, occupied or managed by his employer and includes those licensed by the Department as licensed commercial applicators, commercial not-for-hire applicators, licensed public applicators, certified applicators and licensed operators and those otherwise subject to the licensure provisions of the Illinois Pesticide Act, as now or hereafter amended.

"Buffer" means an area adjacent to a body of water that is left untreated with any fertilizer.

"Day care center" means any facility that qualifies as a "day care center" under the Child Care Act of 1969.

"Department" means the Illinois Department of Agriculture.

"Department of Public Health" means the Illinois Department of Public Health.

"Facility" means a building or structure and appurtenances thereto used by an applicator for hire for storage and handling of pesticides or the storage or maintenance of pesticide application equipment or vehicles.

"Fertilizer" means any substance containing nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium or other recognized plant nutrient or compound, which is used for its plant nutrient content.

"Golf course" means an area designated for the play or practice of the game of golf, including surrounding grounds, trees, ornamental beds and the like.

"Golf course superintendent" means any person entrusted with and employed for the care and maintenance of a golf course.

"Impervious surface" means any structure, surface, or improvement that reduces or prevents absorption of stormwater into land, and includes pavement, porous paving, paver blocks, gravel, crushed stone, decks, patios, elevated structures, and other similar structures, surfaces, or improvements.

"Lawn" means land area covered with turf kept closely mown or land area covered with turf and trees or shrubs. The term does not include (1) land area used for research for agricultural production or for the commercial production of turf, (2) land area situated within a public or private right-of-way, or (3) land area which is devoted to the production of any agricultural commodity, including, but not limited to plants and plant parts, livestock and poultry and livestock or poultry products, seeds, sod, shrubs and other products of agricultural origin raised for sale or for human or livestock consumption.

"Lawn care products" means fertilizers or pesticides applied or intended for application to lawns.

"Lawn repair products" means seeds, including seeding soils, that contain or are coated with or encased in fertilizer material.

"Person" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation or State governmental agency, school district, unit of local government and any agency thereof. For the purposes of this definition, "school district" does not include the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code.

"Pesticide" means any substance or mixture of substances defined as a pesticide under the Illinois Pesticide Act, as now or hereafter amended.

"Plant protectants" means any substance or material used to protect plants from infestation of insects, fungi, weeds and rodents, or any other substance that would benefit the overall health of plants.

"Soil test" means a chemical and mechanical analysis of soil nutrient values and pH level as it relates to the soil and development of a lawn.

"Spreader" means any commercially available fertilizing device used to evenly distribute fertilizer material.

"Turf" means the upper stratum of soils bound by grass and plant roots into a thick mat.

"0% phosphate fertilizer" means a fertilizer that contains no more than 0.67% available phosphoric acid (P₂O₅).

(Source: P.A. 96-424, eff. 8-13-09; 96-1005, eff. 7-6-10.)

Section 85. The Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(430 ILCS 145/5)

Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Movable soccer goal" means a freestanding structure consisting of at least 2 upright posts, a crossbar, and support bars that is designed:

(1) to be used by adults or children for the purposes of a soccer goal;

(2) to be used without any other form of support or restraint (other than pegs, stakes, augers, counter-weights, or other types of temporary anchoring devices); and

(3) to be able to be moved to different locations.

"Organization" means any park district, school district, sporting club, soccer organization, unit of local government, religious organization, business, or other similar organization that uses, owns, or maintains a movable soccer goal. For the purposes of this definition, "school district" does not include the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code.

(Source: P.A. 97-234, eff. 8-2-11.)

Section 90. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing Section 11-1414.1 and by adding Section 12-800.5 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)

Sec. 11-1414.1. School transportation of students.

(a) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code must be transported in a school bus or a vehicle described in subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of this Code for any curriculum-related school activity, except a student in any of grades 9 through 12 may be transported in a multi-function school activity bus (MFSAB) as defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 of this Code for any curriculum-related activity except for transportation on regular bus routes from home to school or from school to home, subject to the following conditions:

(i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students under this Section unless the driver holds a valid school bus driver permit.

(ii) The use of a MFSAB under this Section is subject to the requirements of Sections 6-106.11, 6-106.12, 12-707.01, 13-101, and 13-109 of this Code.

"Curriculum-related school activity" as used in this subsection (a) includes transportation from home to school or from school to home, tripper or shuttle service between school attendance centers, transportation to a vocational or career center or other trade-skill development site or a regional safe school or other school-sponsored alternative learning program, or a trip that is directly related to the regular curriculum of a student for which he or she earns credit.

(b) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code who is transported in a vehicle that is being operated by or for a public or private primary or secondary school, including any primary or secondary school operated by a religious institution, for an interscholastic, interscholastic-athletic, or school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i) does not require student participation as part of the educational services of the entity and (ii) is not associated with the students' regular class-for-credit schedule shall transport students only in a school bus or vehicle described in subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of this Code. This subsection (b) does not apply to any second division vehicle used by an entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code for a parade, homecoming, or a similar noncurriculum-related school activity.

(c) This Section does not apply with respect to the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code or its schools.

(Source: P.A. 96-410, eff. 7-1-10; 97-896, eff. 8-3-12.)

(625 ILCS 5/12-800.5 new)

Sec. 12-800.5. Application of Article. This Article does not apply with respect to the Department of Juvenile Justice School District under Article 13 of the School Code or its schools.