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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 Sections | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2-3.66b, 10-19, 10-20.56, 13B-45, 13B-50.5, 29-6.3, and 34-18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | and by adding Section 10-19.05 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.66b) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 2-3.66b. IHOPE Program. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) There is established the Illinois Hope and Opportunity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Pathways through Education (IHOPE) Program. The State Board of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Education shall implement and administer the IHOPE Program. The | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | goal of the IHOPE Program is to develop a comprehensive system | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | in this State to re-enroll significant numbers of high school | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | dropouts in programs that will enable them to earn their high | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | school diploma. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (b) The IHOPE Program shall award grants, subject to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | appropriation for this purpose, to educational service regions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | and a school district organized under Article 34 of this Code | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | from appropriated funds to assist in establishing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | instructional programs and other services designed to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | re-enroll high school dropouts. From any funds appropriated for | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | the IHOPE Program, the State Board of Education may use up to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 5% for administrative costs, including the performance of a |
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1 | program evaluation and the hiring of staff to implement and | ||||||
2 | administer the program. | ||||||
3 | The IHOPE Program shall provide incentive grant funds for | ||||||
4 | regional offices of education and a school district organized | ||||||
5 | under Article 34 of this Code to develop partnerships with | ||||||
6 | school districts, public community colleges, and community | ||||||
7 | groups to build comprehensive plans to re-enroll high school | ||||||
8 | dropouts in their regions or districts. | ||||||
9 | Programs funded through the IHOPE Program shall allow high | ||||||
10 | school dropouts, up to and including age 21 notwithstanding | ||||||
11 | Section 26-2 of this Code, to re-enroll in an educational | ||||||
12 | program in conformance with rules adopted by the State Board of | ||||||
13 | Education. Programs may include without limitation | ||||||
14 | comprehensive year-round programming, evening school, summer | ||||||
15 | school, community college courses, adult education, vocational | ||||||
16 | training, work experience, programs to enhance self-concept, | ||||||
17 | and parenting courses. Any student in the IHOPE Program who | ||||||
18 | wishes to earn a high school diploma must meet the | ||||||
19 | prerequisites to receiving a high school diploma specified in | ||||||
20 | Section 27-22 of this Code and any other graduation | ||||||
21 | requirements of the student's district of residence. Any | ||||||
22 | student who successfully completes the requirements for his or | ||||||
23 | her graduation shall receive a diploma identifying the student | ||||||
24 | as graduating from his or her district of residence. | ||||||
25 | (c) In order to be eligible for funding under the IHOPE | ||||||
26 | Program, an interested regional office of education or a school |
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1 | district organized under Article 34 of this Code shall develop | ||||||
2 | an IHOPE Plan to be approved by the State Board of Education. | ||||||
3 | The State Board of Education shall develop rules for the IHOPE | ||||||
4 | Program that shall set forth the requirements for the | ||||||
5 | development of the IHOPE Plan. Each Plan shall involve school | ||||||
6 | districts, public community colleges, and key community | ||||||
7 | programs that work with high school dropouts located in an | ||||||
8 | educational service region or the City of Chicago before the | ||||||
9 | Plan is sent to the State Board for approval. No funds may be | ||||||
10 | distributed to a regional office of education or a school | ||||||
11 | district organized under Article 34 of this Code until the | ||||||
12 | State Board has approved the Plan. | ||||||
13 | (d) A regional office of education or a school district | ||||||
14 | organized under Article 34 of this Code may operate its own | ||||||
15 | program funded by the IHOPE Program or enter into a contract | ||||||
16 | with other not-for-profit entities, including school | ||||||
17 | districts, public community colleges, and not-for-profit | ||||||
18 | community-based organizations, to operate a program. | ||||||
19 | A regional office of education or a school district | ||||||
20 | organized under Article 34 of this Code that receives an IHOPE | ||||||
21 | grant from the State Board of Education may provide funds under | ||||||
22 | a sub-grant, as specified in the IHOPE Plan, to other | ||||||
23 | not-for-profit entities to provide services according to the | ||||||
24 | IHOPE Plan that was developed. These other entities may include | ||||||
25 | school districts, public community colleges, or not-for-profit | ||||||
26 | community-based organizations or a cooperative partnership |
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1 | among these entities. | ||||||
2 | (e) In order to distribute funding based upon the need to | ||||||
3 | ensure delivery of programs that will have the greatest impact, | ||||||
4 | IHOPE Program funding must be distributed based upon the | ||||||
5 | proportion of dropouts in the educational service region or | ||||||
6 | school district, in the case of a school district organized | ||||||
7 | under Article 34 of this Code, to the total number of dropouts | ||||||
8 | in this State. This formula shall employ the dropout data | ||||||
9 | provided by school districts to the State Board of Education. | ||||||
10 | A regional office of education or a school district | ||||||
11 | organized under Article 34 of this Code may claim State aid | ||||||
12 | under Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15 of this Code for students | ||||||
13 | enrolled in a program funded by the IHOPE Program, provided | ||||||
14 | that the State Board of Education has approved the IHOPE Plan | ||||||
15 | and that these students are receiving services that are meeting | ||||||
16 | the requirements of Section 27-22 of this Code for receipt of a | ||||||
17 | high school diploma and are otherwise eligible to be claimed | ||||||
18 | for general State aid under Section 18-8.05 of this Code or | ||||||
19 | evidence-based funding under Section 18-8.15 of this Code, | ||||||
20 | including provisions related to the minimum number of days of | ||||||
21 | pupil attendance pursuant to Section 10-19 of this Code and the | ||||||
22 | minimum number of daily hours of school work required under | ||||||
23 | Section 10-19.05 and any exceptions thereto as defined by the | ||||||
24 | State Board of Education in rules. | ||||||
25 | (f) IHOPE categories of programming may include the | ||||||
26 | following: |
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1 | (1) Full-time programs that are comprehensive, | ||||||
2 | year-round programs. | ||||||
3 | (2) Part-time programs combining work and study | ||||||
4 | scheduled at various times that are flexible to the needs | ||||||
5 | of students. | ||||||
6 | (3) Online programs and courses in which students take | ||||||
7 | courses and complete on-site, supervised tests that | ||||||
8 | measure the student's mastery of a specific course needed | ||||||
9 | for graduation. Students may take courses online and earn | ||||||
10 | credit or students may prepare to take supervised tests for | ||||||
11 | specific courses for credit leading to receipt of a high | ||||||
12 | school diploma. | ||||||
13 | (4) Dual enrollment in which students attend high | ||||||
14 | school classes in combination with community college | ||||||
15 | classes or students attend community college classes while | ||||||
16 | simultaneously earning high school credit and eventually a | ||||||
17 | high school diploma. | ||||||
18 | (g) In order to have successful comprehensive programs | ||||||
19 | re-enrolling and graduating low-skilled high school dropouts, | ||||||
20 | programs funded through the IHOPE Program shall include all of | ||||||
21 | the following components: | ||||||
22 | (1) Small programs (70 to 100 students) at a separate | ||||||
23 | school site with a distinct identity. Programs may be | ||||||
24 | larger with specific need and justification, keeping in | ||||||
25 | mind that it is crucial to keep programs small to be | ||||||
26 | effective. |
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1 | (2) Specific performance-based goals and outcomes and | ||||||
2 | measures of enrollment, attendance, skills, credits, | ||||||
3 | graduation, and the transition to college, training, and | ||||||
4 | employment. | ||||||
5 | (3) Strong, experienced leadership and teaching staff | ||||||
6 | who are provided with ongoing professional development. | ||||||
7 | (4) Voluntary enrollment. | ||||||
8 | (5) High standards for student learning, integrating | ||||||
9 | work experience, and education, including during the | ||||||
10 | school year and after school, and summer school programs | ||||||
11 | that link internships, work, and learning. | ||||||
12 | (6) Comprehensive programs providing extensive support | ||||||
13 | services. | ||||||
14 | (7) Small teams of students supported by full-time paid | ||||||
15 | mentors who work to retain and help those students | ||||||
16 | graduate. | ||||||
17 | (8) A comprehensive technology learning center with | ||||||
18 | Internet access and broad-based curriculum focusing on | ||||||
19 | academic and career subject areas. | ||||||
20 | (9) Learning opportunities that incorporate action | ||||||
21 | into study. | ||||||
22 | (h) Programs funded through the IHOPE Program must report | ||||||
23 | data to the State Board of Education as requested. This | ||||||
24 | information shall include, but is not limited to, student | ||||||
25 | enrollment figures, attendance information, course completion | ||||||
26 | data, graduation information, and post-graduation information, |
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1 | as available. | ||||||
2 | (i) Rules must be developed by the State Board of Education | ||||||
3 | to set forth the fund distribution process to regional offices | ||||||
4 | of education and a school district organized under Article 34 | ||||||
5 | of this Code, the planning and the conditions upon which an | ||||||
6 | IHOPE Plan would be approved by State Board, and other rules to | ||||||
7 | develop the IHOPE Program.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
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9 | (105 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19)
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10 | Sec. 10-19. Length of school term - experimental programs. | ||||||
11 | Each school
board shall annually prepare a calendar for the | ||||||
12 | school term, specifying
the opening and closing dates and | ||||||
13 | providing a minimum term of at least 185
days to insure 176 | ||||||
14 | days of actual pupil attendance, computable under Section | ||||||
15 | 10-19.01
18-8.05 or 18-8.15 , except that for the 1980-1981 | ||||||
16 | school year only 175 days
of actual
pupil attendance shall be | ||||||
17 | required because of the closing of schools pursuant
to Section | ||||||
18 | 24-2 on January 29, 1981 upon the appointment by the President
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19 | of that day as a day of thanksgiving for the freedom of the | ||||||
20 | Americans who
had been held hostage in Iran. Any days allowed | ||||||
21 | by law for teachers' institutes
but not used as such or used as | ||||||
22 | parental institutes as provided
in Section 10-22.18d shall | ||||||
23 | increase the minimum term by the school days not
so used. | ||||||
24 | Except as provided in Section 10-19.1, the board may not extend
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25 | the school term beyond such closing date unless that extension |
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1 | of term is
necessary to provide the minimum number of | ||||||
2 | computable days. In case of
such necessary extension school | ||||||
3 | employees
shall be paid for such additional time on the basis | ||||||
4 | of their regular
contracts. A school board may specify a | ||||||
5 | closing date earlier than that
set on the annual calendar when | ||||||
6 | the schools of the district have
provided the minimum number of | ||||||
7 | computable days under this Section.
Nothing in this Section | ||||||
8 | prevents the board from employing
superintendents of schools, | ||||||
9 | principals and other nonteaching personnel
for a period of 12 | ||||||
10 | months, or in the case of superintendents for a
period in | ||||||
11 | accordance with Section 10-23.8, or prevents the board from
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12 | employing other personnel before or after the regular school | ||||||
13 | term with
payment of salary proportionate to that received for | ||||||
14 | comparable work
during the school term.
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15 | A school board may make such changes in its calendar for | ||||||
16 | the school term
as may be required by any changes in the legal | ||||||
17 | school holidays prescribed
in Section 24-2. A school board may | ||||||
18 | make changes in its calendar for the
school term as may be | ||||||
19 | necessary to reflect the utilization of teachers'
institute | ||||||
20 | days as parental institute days as provided in Section | ||||||
21 | 10-22.18d.
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22 | The calendar for the school term and any changes must be | ||||||
23 | submitted to and approved by the regional superintendent of | ||||||
24 | schools before the calendar or changes may take effect.
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25 | With the prior approval of the State Board of Education and | ||||||
26 | subject
to review by the State Board of Education every 3 |
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1 | years, any school
board may, by resolution of its board and in | ||||||
2 | agreement with affected
exclusive collective bargaining | ||||||
3 | agents, establish experimental
educational programs, including | ||||||
4 | but not limited to programs for e-learning days as authorized | ||||||
5 | under Section 10-20.56 of this Code,
self-directed learning, or | ||||||
6 | outside of formal class periods, which programs
when so | ||||||
7 | approved shall be considered to comply with the requirements of
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8 | this Section as respects numbers of days of actual pupil | ||||||
9 | attendance and
with the other requirements of this Act as | ||||||
10 | respects courses of instruction.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 99-194, eff. 7-30-15; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
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12 | (105 ILCS 5/10-19.05 new) | ||||||
13 | Sec. 10-19.05. Daily pupil attendance calculation. | ||||||
14 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for a | ||||||
15 | pupil of legal school age and in kindergarten or any of grades | ||||||
16 | 1 through 12, a day of attendance shall be counted only for | ||||||
17 | sessions of not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day | ||||||
18 | under direct supervision of (i) teachers or (ii) non-teaching | ||||||
19 | personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching | ||||||
20 | duties and supervising in those instances specified in | ||||||
21 | subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section | ||||||
22 | 34-18. Days of attendance by pupils through verified | ||||||
23 | participation in an e-learning program approved by the State | ||||||
24 | Board of Education under Section 10-20.56 of this Code shall be | ||||||
25 | considered as full days of attendance under this Section. |
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1 | (b) A pupil regularly enrolled in a public school for only | ||||||
2 | a part of the school day may be counted on the basis of | ||||||
3 | one-sixth of a school day for every class hour of instruction | ||||||
4 | of 40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment, | ||||||
5 | unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80 | ||||||
6 | minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may be | ||||||
7 | counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of school | ||||||
8 | work completed each day to the minimum number of minutes that | ||||||
9 | school work is required to be held that day. | ||||||
10 | (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted as a | ||||||
11 | day of attendance upon certification by the regional | ||||||
12 | superintendent of schools and approval by the State | ||||||
13 | Superintendent of Education to the extent that the district has | ||||||
14 | been forced to use daily multiple sessions. | ||||||
15 | (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted as a | ||||||
16 | day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school day or | ||||||
17 | at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is utilized for an | ||||||
18 | in-service training program for teachers, up to a maximum of 5 | ||||||
19 | days per school year, provided that a district conducts an | ||||||
20 | in-service training program for teachers in accordance with | ||||||
21 | Section 10-22.39 of this Code, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 | ||||||
22 | full days may be used, in which event each such day may be | ||||||
23 | counted as a day required for a legal school calendar pursuant | ||||||
24 | to Section 10-19 of this Code; (2) when, of the 5 days allowed | ||||||
25 | under item (1), a maximum of 4 days are used for parent-teacher | ||||||
26 | conferences, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days are used, |
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1 | in which case each such day may be counted as a calendar day | ||||||
2 | required under Section 10-19 of this Code, provided that the | ||||||
3 | full-day, parent-teacher conference consists of (i) a minimum | ||||||
4 | of 5 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences, (ii) both a | ||||||
5 | minimum of 2 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences held in | ||||||
6 | the evening following a full day of student attendance and a | ||||||
7 | minimum of 3 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences held on | ||||||
8 | the day immediately following evening parent-teacher | ||||||
9 | conferences, or (iii) multiple parent-teacher conferences held | ||||||
10 | in the evenings following full days of student attendance in | ||||||
11 | which the time used for the parent-teacher conferences is | ||||||
12 | equivalent to a minimum of 5 clock hours; and (3) when days in | ||||||
13 | addition to those provided in items (1) and (2) are scheduled | ||||||
14 | by a school pursuant to its school improvement plan adopted | ||||||
15 | under Article 34 or its revised or amended school improvement | ||||||
16 | plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions | ||||||
17 | of 3 or more clock hours are scheduled to occur at regular | ||||||
18 | intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which such | ||||||
19 | sessions occur are utilized for in-service training programs or | ||||||
20 | other staff development activities for teachers, and (iii) a | ||||||
21 | sufficient number of minutes of school work under the direct | ||||||
22 | supervision of teachers are added to the school days between | ||||||
23 | such regularly scheduled sessions to accumulate not less than | ||||||
24 | the number of minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more clock | ||||||
25 | hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Days scheduled for | ||||||
26 | in-service training programs, staff development activities, or |
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1 | parent-teacher conferences may be scheduled separately for | ||||||
2 | different grade levels and different attendance centers of the | ||||||
3 | district. | ||||||
4 | (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of teaching | ||||||
5 | hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by telephone to the | ||||||
6 | classroom may be counted as a half day of attendance; however, | ||||||
7 | these pupils must receive 4 or more clock hours of instruction | ||||||
8 | to be counted for a full day of attendance. | ||||||
9 | (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted as a | ||||||
10 | day of attendance for first grade pupils and pupils in full-day | ||||||
11 | kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours may be counted | ||||||
12 | as a half day of attendance by pupils in kindergartens that | ||||||
13 | provide only half days of attendance. | ||||||
14 | (g) For children with disabilities who are below the age of | ||||||
15 | 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours because of | ||||||
16 | their disability or immaturity, a session of not less than one | ||||||
17 | clock hour may be counted as a half day of attendance; however, | ||||||
18 | for such children whose educational needs require a session of | ||||||
19 | 4 or more clock hours, a session of at least 4 clock hours may | ||||||
20 | be counted as a full day of attendance. | ||||||
21 | (h) A recognized kindergarten that provides for only a half | ||||||
22 | day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more than one | ||||||
23 | half day of attendance counted in any one day. However, | ||||||
24 | kindergartens may count 2 and a half days of attendance in any | ||||||
25 | 5 consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a | ||||||
26 | kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the pupil |
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1 | shall have the following day as a day absent from school, | ||||||
2 | unless the school district obtains permission in writing from | ||||||
3 | the State Superintendent of Education. Attendance at | ||||||
4 | kindergartens that provide for a full day of attendance by each | ||||||
5 | pupil shall be counted the same as attendance by first grade | ||||||
6 | pupils. Only the first year of attendance in one kindergarten | ||||||
7 | shall be counted, except in the case of children who entered | ||||||
8 | the kindergarten in their fifth year whose educational | ||||||
9 | development requires a second year of kindergarten as | ||||||
10 | determined under rules of the State Board of Education. | ||||||
11 | (i) On the days when the State's final accountability | ||||||
12 | assessment is administered under subsection (c) of Section | ||||||
13 | 2-3.64a-5 of this Code, the day of attendance for a pupil whose | ||||||
14 | school day must be shortened to accommodate required testing | ||||||
15 | procedures may be less than 5 clock hours and shall be counted | ||||||
16 | toward the 176 days of actual pupil attendance required under | ||||||
17 | Section 10-19 of this Code, provided that a sufficient number | ||||||
18 | of minutes of school work in excess of 5 clock hours are first | ||||||
19 | completed on other school days to compensate for the loss of | ||||||
20 | school work on the examination days. | ||||||
21 | (j) Pupils enrolled in a remote educational program | ||||||
22 | established under Section 10-29 of this Code may be counted on | ||||||
23 | the basis of a one-fifth day of attendance for every clock hour | ||||||
24 | of instruction attended in the remote educational program, | ||||||
25 | provided that, in any month, the school district may not claim | ||||||
26 | for a student enrolled in a remote educational program more |
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1 | days of attendance than the maximum number of days of | ||||||
2 | attendance the district can claim (i) for students enrolled in | ||||||
3 | a building holding year-round classes if the student is | ||||||
4 | classified as participating in the remote educational program | ||||||
5 | on a year-round schedule or (ii) for students enrolled in a | ||||||
6 | building not holding year-round classes if the student is not | ||||||
7 | classified as participating in the remote educational program | ||||||
8 | on a year-round schedule. | ||||||
9 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.56) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 10-20.56. E-learning days. | ||||||
11 | (a) The State Board of Education shall establish and | ||||||
12 | maintain, for implementation in selected school districts a | ||||||
13 | program for use of electronic-learning (e-learning) days, as | ||||||
14 | described in this
Section. The State Superintendent of | ||||||
15 | Education shall select up to 3 school districts for this | ||||||
16 | program, at least one of which may be an elementary or unit | ||||||
17 | school district. On or before June 1, 2019, the State Board | ||||||
18 | shall report its recommendation for expansion, revision, or | ||||||
19 | discontinuation of the program to the Governor and General | ||||||
20 | Assembly. | ||||||
21 | (b) The school board of a school district selected by the | ||||||
22 | State Superintendent of Education under subsection (a) of this | ||||||
23 | Section may, by resolution, adopt a research-based program or
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24 | research-based programs for e-learning days district-wide that | ||||||
25 | shall permit student instruction to be received electronically |
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1 | while students are not physically present in lieu of the | ||||||
2 | district's scheduled emergency days as required by Section | ||||||
3 | 10-19 of this Code. The research-based program or programs may | ||||||
4 | not exceed the minimum number of emergency days in the approved | ||||||
5 | school calendar and must be submitted to the State | ||||||
6 | Superintendent for approval on or before September 1st annually | ||||||
7 | to ensure access for all students. The State Superintendent | ||||||
8 | shall approve programs that ensure that the specific needs of | ||||||
9 | all students are met, including special education students and | ||||||
10 | English learners, and that all mandates are still met using the | ||||||
11 | proposed research-based program. The e-learning program may | ||||||
12 | utilize the Internet, telephones, texts, chat rooms, or other | ||||||
13 | similar means of electronic communication for instruction and | ||||||
14 | interaction between teachers and students that meet the needs | ||||||
15 | of all
learners. | ||||||
16 | (c) Before its adoption by a school board, a school | ||||||
17 | district's initial proposal for an e-learning program or for | ||||||
18 | renewal of such a program must be approved by the State Board | ||||||
19 | of Education and shall follow a public hearing, at a regular or | ||||||
20 | special meeting of the school board, in which the terms of the | ||||||
21 | proposal must be substantially presented and an opportunity for | ||||||
22 | allowing public comments must be provided. Notice of such | ||||||
23 | public hearing must be provided at least 10 days prior to the | ||||||
24 | hearing by: | ||||||
25 | (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation | ||||||
26 | in the school district; |
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1 | (2) written or electronic notice designed to reach the | ||||||
2 | parents or guardians of all students enrolled in the school | ||||||
3 | district; and | ||||||
4 | (3) written or electronic notice designed to reach any | ||||||
5 | exclusive collective bargaining representatives of school | ||||||
6 | district employees and all those employees not in a | ||||||
7 | collective bargaining unit. | ||||||
8 | (d) A proposal for an e-learning program must be timely | ||||||
9 | approved by the State Board of Education if the requirements | ||||||
10 | specified in this Section have been met and if, in the view of | ||||||
11 | the State Board of Education, the proposal contains provisions | ||||||
12 | designed to reasonably and practicably accomplish the | ||||||
13 | following: | ||||||
14 | (1) to ensure and verify at least 5 clock hours of | ||||||
15 | instruction or school work , as required under Section | ||||||
16 | 10-19.05, for each student participating in an e-learning | ||||||
17 | day; | ||||||
18 | (2) to ensure access from home or other appropriate | ||||||
19 | remote facility for all students participating, including | ||||||
20 | computers, the Internet, and other forms of electronic | ||||||
21 | communication that must be utilized in the proposed | ||||||
22 | program; | ||||||
23 | (3) to ensure appropriate learning opportunities for | ||||||
24 | students with special needs; | ||||||
25 | (4) to monitor and verify each student's electronic | ||||||
26 | participation; |
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| |||||||
1 | (5) to address the extent to which student | ||||||
2 | participation is within the student's control as to the | ||||||
3 | time, pace, and means of learning; | ||||||
4 | (6) to provide effective notice to students and their | ||||||
5 | parents or guardians of the use of particular days for | ||||||
6 | e-learning; | ||||||
7 | (7) to provide staff and students with adequate | ||||||
8 | training for e-learning days' participation; | ||||||
9 | (8) to ensure an opportunity for any collective | ||||||
10 | bargaining negotiations with representatives of the school | ||||||
11 | district's employees that would be legally required; and | ||||||
12 | (9) to review and revise the program as implemented to | ||||||
13 | address difficulties confronted. | ||||||
14 | The State Board of Education's approval of a school | ||||||
15 | district's initial e-learning program and renewal of the | ||||||
16 | e-learning program shall be for a term of 3 years. | ||||||
17 | (e) The State Board of Education may adopt rules governing | ||||||
18 | its supervision and review of e-learning programs consistent | ||||||
19 | with the provision of this Section. However, in the absence of | ||||||
20 | such rules, school districts may submit proposals for State | ||||||
21 | Board of Education consideration under the authority of this | ||||||
22 | Section.
| ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 99-194, eff. 7-30-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; | ||||||
24 | 100-760, eff. 8-10-18.)
| ||||||
25 | (105 ILCS 5/13B-45)
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| |||||||
1 | Sec. 13B-45. Days and hours of attendance. An alternative | ||||||
2 | learning
opportunities program
shall provide students with at | ||||||
3 | least the minimum number of days of pupil
attendance required | ||||||
4 | under Section 10-19 of this Code and the minimum number of
| ||||||
5 | daily hours of school work required under Section 10-19.05 | ||||||
6 | 18-8.05 or 18-8.15 of this Code,
provided that the State Board | ||||||
7 | may approve exceptions to these
requirements if the program | ||||||
8 | meets all of the following conditions:
| ||||||
9 | (1) The district plan submitted under Section | ||||||
10 | 13B-25.15 of this Code
establishes that a program providing | ||||||
11 | the required minimum number of days of
attendance or daily | ||||||
12 | hours of school work would not serve the needs of the
| ||||||
13 | program's students.
| ||||||
14 | (2) Each day of attendance shall provide no fewer than | ||||||
15 | 3 clock hours of
school work, as defined under paragraph | ||||||
16 | (1) of subsection (F) of Section
10-19.05 18-8.05 of this | ||||||
17 | Code.
| ||||||
18 | (3) Each day of attendance that provides fewer than 5 | ||||||
19 | clock hours of
school
work shall also provide supplementary | ||||||
20 | services, including without limitation
work-based | ||||||
21 | learning, student assistance programs, counseling, case | ||||||
22 | management,
health and fitness programs, or life-skills or | ||||||
23 | conflict resolution training,
in order to provide a total | ||||||
24 | daily program to the student of 5 clock hours. A
program | ||||||
25 | may claim general State aid or evidence-based funding for | ||||||
26 | up to 2 hours of the time each day that
a student is |
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| |||||||
1 | receiving
supplementary services.
| ||||||
2 | (4) Each program shall provide no fewer than 174 days | ||||||
3 | of actual pupil
attendance during the school term; however, | ||||||
4 | approved evening programs that meet
the requirements of | ||||||
5 | Section 13B-45 of this Code may offer less than 174 days
of | ||||||
6 | actual pupil attendance during the school term.
| ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
| ||||||
8 | (105 ILCS 5/13B-50.5)
| ||||||
9 | Sec. 13B-50.5. Conditions of funding. If an alternative | ||||||
10 | learning
opportunities program
provides less than the daily 5 | ||||||
11 | clock hours of school work required under Section 10-19.05 | ||||||
12 | daily , the program must meet
guidelines established
by the | ||||||
13 | State Board and must provide supplementary services, including | ||||||
14 | without
limitation work-based
learning, student assistance | ||||||
15 | programs, counseling, case management, health and
fitness | ||||||
16 | programs, life skills,
conflict resolution, or service | ||||||
17 | learning, that are equal to the required
attendance.
| ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 92-42, eff. 1-1-02.)
| ||||||
19 | (105 ILCS 5/29-6.3)
| ||||||
20 | Sec. 29-6.3. Transportation to and from specified | ||||||
21 | interscholastic or school-sponsored
activities. | ||||||
22 | (a) Any school district transporting students in grade 12 | ||||||
23 | or below for an interscholastic, interscholastic athletic, or | ||||||
24 | school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i) does |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | not require student participation as part of the educational | ||||||
2 | services of the district and (ii) is not associated with the | ||||||
3 | students' regular class-for-credit schedule or required 5 | ||||||
4 | clock hours of instruction under Section 10-19.05 shall | ||||||
5 | transport the students only in a school bus, a vehicle | ||||||
6 | manufactured to transport not more than 10 persons, including | ||||||
7 | the driver, or a multifunction school-activity bus | ||||||
8 | manufactured to transport not more than 15 persons, including | ||||||
9 | the driver. | ||||||
10 | (a-5) A student in any of grades 9 through 12 may be | ||||||
11 | transported in a multi-function school activity bus (MFSAB) as | ||||||
12 | defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 of the Illinois Vehicle Code for | ||||||
13 | any curriculum-related activity except for transportation on | ||||||
14 | regular bus routes from home to school or from school to home, | ||||||
15 | subject to the following conditions: | ||||||
16 | (i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students under | ||||||
17 | this Section unless the driver holds a valid school bus | ||||||
18 | driver permit. | ||||||
19 | (ii) The use of a MFSAB under this Section is subject | ||||||
20 | to the requirements of Sections 6-106.11, 6-106.12, | ||||||
21 | 12-707.01, 13-101, and 13-109 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||||||
22 | (b) Any school district furnishing transportation for | ||||||
23 | students under the authority of this Section shall insure | ||||||
24 | against any loss or liability of the district resulting from | ||||||
25 | the maintenance, operation, or use of the vehicle. | ||||||
26 | (c) Vehicles used to transport students under this Section |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | may claim a depreciation allowance of 20% over 5 years as | ||||||
2 | provided in Section 29-5 of this Code.
| ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 96-410, eff. 7-1-10; 97-896, eff. 8-3-12.)
| ||||||
4 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
| ||||||
5 | Sec. 34-18. Powers of the board. The board shall exercise | ||||||
6 | general
supervision and jurisdiction over the public education | ||||||
7 | and the public
school system of the city, and, except as | ||||||
8 | otherwise provided by this
Article, shall have power:
| ||||||
9 | 1. To make suitable provision for the establishment and | ||||||
10 | maintenance
throughout the year or for such portion thereof | ||||||
11 | as it may direct, not
less than 9 months and in compliance | ||||||
12 | with Section 10-19.05 , of schools of all grades and kinds, | ||||||
13 | including normal
schools, high schools, night schools, | ||||||
14 | schools for defectives and
delinquents, parental and | ||||||
15 | truant schools, schools for the blind, the
deaf and persons | ||||||
16 | with physical disabilities, schools or classes in manual | ||||||
17 | training,
constructural and vocational teaching, domestic | ||||||
18 | arts and physical
culture, vocation and extension schools | ||||||
19 | and lecture courses, and all
other educational courses and | ||||||
20 | facilities, including establishing,
equipping, maintaining | ||||||
21 | and operating playgrounds and recreational
programs, when | ||||||
22 | such programs are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected
| ||||||
23 | with any public school under the general supervision and | ||||||
24 | jurisdiction
of the board; provided that the calendar for | ||||||
25 | the school term and any changes must be submitted to and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | approved by the State Board of Education before the | ||||||
2 | calendar or changes may take effect, and provided that in | ||||||
3 | allocating funds
from year to year for the operation of all | ||||||
4 | attendance centers within the
district, the board shall | ||||||
5 | ensure that supplemental general State aid or supplemental | ||||||
6 | grant funds
are allocated and applied in accordance with | ||||||
7 | Section 18-8, 18-8.05, or 18-8.15. To
admit to such
schools | ||||||
8 | without charge foreign exchange students who are | ||||||
9 | participants in
an organized exchange student program | ||||||
10 | which is authorized by the board.
The board shall permit | ||||||
11 | all students to enroll in apprenticeship programs
in trade | ||||||
12 | schools operated by the board, whether those programs are
| ||||||
13 | union-sponsored or not. No student shall be refused | ||||||
14 | admission into or
be excluded from any course of | ||||||
15 | instruction offered in the common schools
by reason of that | ||||||
16 | student's sex. No student shall be denied equal
access to | ||||||
17 | physical education and interscholastic athletic programs
| ||||||
18 | supported from school district funds or denied | ||||||
19 | participation in
comparable physical education and | ||||||
20 | athletic programs solely by reason of
the student's sex. | ||||||
21 | Equal access to programs supported from school
district | ||||||
22 | funds and comparable programs will be defined in rules
| ||||||
23 | promulgated by the State Board of Education in
consultation | ||||||
24 | with the Illinois High School Association.
Notwithstanding | ||||||
25 | any other provision of this Article, neither the board
of | ||||||
26 | education nor any local school council or other school |
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| |||||||
1 | official shall
recommend that children with disabilities | ||||||
2 | be placed into regular education
classrooms unless those | ||||||
3 | children with disabilities are provided with
supplementary | ||||||
4 | services to assist them so that they benefit from the | ||||||
5 | regular
classroom instruction and are included on the | ||||||
6 | teacher's regular education
class register;
| ||||||
7 | 2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable | ||||||
8 | charge
therefor, and to use school funds for the payment of | ||||||
9 | such expenses as
the board may determine are necessary in | ||||||
10 | conducting the school lunch
program;
| ||||||
11 | 3. To co-operate with the circuit court;
| ||||||
12 | 4. To make arrangements with the public or quasi-public | ||||||
13 | libraries
and museums for the use of their facilities by | ||||||
14 | teachers and pupils of
the public schools;
| ||||||
15 | 5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for | ||||||
16 | the purpose of
treating the pupils in the schools, but | ||||||
17 | accepting such treatment shall
be optional with parents or | ||||||
18 | guardians;
| ||||||
19 | 6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms | ||||||
20 | when not
otherwise needed, including light, heat, and | ||||||
21 | attendants, for free public
lectures, concerts, and other | ||||||
22 | educational and social interests, free of
charge, under | ||||||
23 | such provisions and control as the principal of the
| ||||||
24 | affected attendance center may prescribe;
| ||||||
25 | 7. To apportion the pupils to the several schools; | ||||||
26 | provided that no pupil
shall be excluded from or segregated |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | in any such school on account of his
color, race, sex, or | ||||||
2 | nationality. The board shall take into consideration
the | ||||||
3 | prevention of segregation and the elimination of | ||||||
4 | separation of children
in public schools because of color, | ||||||
5 | race, sex, or nationality. Except that
children may be | ||||||
6 | committed to or attend parental and social adjustment | ||||||
7 | schools
established and maintained either for boys or girls | ||||||
8 | only. All records
pertaining to the creation, alteration or | ||||||
9 | revision of attendance areas shall
be open to the public. | ||||||
10 | Nothing herein shall limit the board's authority to
| ||||||
11 | establish multi-area attendance centers or other student | ||||||
12 | assignment systems
for desegregation purposes or | ||||||
13 | otherwise, and to apportion the pupils to the
several | ||||||
14 | schools. Furthermore, beginning in school year 1994-95, | ||||||
15 | pursuant
to a board plan adopted by October 1, 1993, the | ||||||
16 | board shall offer, commencing
on a phased-in basis, the | ||||||
17 | opportunity for families within the school
district to | ||||||
18 | apply for enrollment of their children in any attendance | ||||||
19 | center
within the school district which does not have | ||||||
20 | selective admission
requirements approved by the board. | ||||||
21 | The appropriate geographical area in
which such open | ||||||
22 | enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by the
| ||||||
23 | board of education. Such children may be admitted to any | ||||||
24 | such attendance
center on a space available basis after all | ||||||
25 | children residing within such
attendance center's area | ||||||
26 | have been accommodated. If the number of
applicants from |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | outside the attendance area exceed the space available,
| ||||||
2 | then successful applicants shall be selected by lottery. | ||||||
3 | The board of
education's open enrollment plan must include | ||||||
4 | provisions that allow low
income students to have access to | ||||||
5 | transportation needed to exercise school
choice. Open | ||||||
6 | enrollment shall be in compliance with the provisions of | ||||||
7 | the
Consent Decree and Desegregation Plan cited in Section | ||||||
8 | 34-1.01;
| ||||||
9 | 8. To approve programs and policies for providing | ||||||
10 | transportation
services to students. Nothing herein shall | ||||||
11 | be construed to permit or empower
the State Board of | ||||||
12 | Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other
| ||||||
13 | transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving | ||||||
14 | racial balance in any
school;
| ||||||
15 | 9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to | ||||||
16 | establish and
approve system-wide curriculum objectives | ||||||
17 | and standards, including graduation
standards, which | ||||||
18 | reflect the
multi-cultural diversity in the city and are | ||||||
19 | consistent with State law,
provided that for all purposes | ||||||
20 | of this Article courses or
proficiency in American Sign | ||||||
21 | Language shall be deemed to constitute courses
or | ||||||
22 | proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ principals | ||||||
23 | and teachers,
appointed as provided in this
Article, and | ||||||
24 | fix their compensation. The board shall prepare such | ||||||
25 | reports
related to minimal competency testing as may be | ||||||
26 | requested by the State
Board of Education, and in addition |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | shall monitor and approve special
education and bilingual | ||||||
2 | education programs and policies within the district to
| ||||||
3 | assure that appropriate services are provided in | ||||||
4 | accordance with applicable
State and federal laws to | ||||||
5 | children requiring services and education in those
areas;
| ||||||
6 | 10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize | ||||||
7 | volunteer personnel
for: (i) non-teaching duties not | ||||||
8 | requiring instructional judgment or
evaluation of pupils, | ||||||
9 | including library duties; and (ii) supervising study
| ||||||
10 | halls, long distance teaching reception areas used | ||||||
11 | incident to instructional
programs transmitted by | ||||||
12 | electronic media such as computers, video, and audio,
| ||||||
13 | detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored | ||||||
14 | extracurricular
activities. The board may further utilize | ||||||
15 | volunteer non-certificated
personnel or employ | ||||||
16 | non-certificated personnel to
assist in the instruction of | ||||||
17 | pupils under the immediate supervision of a
teacher holding | ||||||
18 | a valid certificate, directly engaged in teaching
subject | ||||||
19 | matter or conducting activities; provided that the teacher
| ||||||
20 | shall be continuously aware of the non-certificated | ||||||
21 | persons' activities and
shall be able to control or modify | ||||||
22 | them. The general superintendent shall
determine | ||||||
23 | qualifications of such personnel and shall prescribe rules | ||||||
24 | for
determining the duties and activities to be assigned to | ||||||
25 | such personnel;
| ||||||
26 | 10.5. To utilize volunteer personnel from a regional |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | School Crisis
Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part | ||||||
2 | of the Safe to Learn Program
established pursuant to | ||||||
3 | Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act
of 1995, | ||||||
4 | to provide assistance to schools in times of violence or | ||||||
5 | other
traumatic incidents within a school community by | ||||||
6 | providing crisis
intervention services to lessen the | ||||||
7 | effects of emotional trauma on
individuals and the | ||||||
8 | community; the School Crisis Assistance Team
Steering | ||||||
9 | Committee shall determine the qualifications for | ||||||
10 | volunteers;
| ||||||
11 | 11. To provide television studio facilities in not to | ||||||
12 | exceed one
school building and to provide programs for | ||||||
13 | educational purposes,
provided, however, that the board | ||||||
14 | shall not construct, acquire, operate,
or maintain a | ||||||
15 | television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio
| ||||||
16 | facilities to a licensed television station located in the | ||||||
17 | school
district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed | ||||||
18 | one school radio
transmitting station and provide programs | ||||||
19 | for educational purposes;
| ||||||
20 | 12. To offer, if deemed appropriate, outdoor education | ||||||
21 | courses,
including field trips within the State of | ||||||
22 | Illinois, or adjacent states,
and to use school educational | ||||||
23 | funds for the expense of the said outdoor
educational | ||||||
24 | programs, whether within the school district or not;
| ||||||
25 | 13. During that period of the calendar year not | ||||||
26 | embraced within the
regular school term, to provide and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | conduct courses in subject matters
normally embraced in the | ||||||
2 | program of the schools during the regular
school term and | ||||||
3 | to give regular school credit for satisfactory
completion | ||||||
4 | by the student of such courses as may be approved for | ||||||
5 | credit
by the State Board of Education;
| ||||||
6 | 14. To insure against any loss or liability of the | ||||||
7 | board,
the former School Board Nominating Commission, | ||||||
8 | Local School Councils, the
Chicago Schools Academic | ||||||
9 | Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict
Councils | ||||||
10 | or of any member, officer, agent or employee thereof, | ||||||
11 | resulting
from alleged violations of civil rights arising | ||||||
12 | from incidents occurring on
or after September 5, 1967 or | ||||||
13 | from the wrongful or negligent act or
omission of any such | ||||||
14 | person whether occurring within or without the school
| ||||||
15 | premises, provided the officer, agent or employee was, at | ||||||
16 | the time of the
alleged violation of civil rights or | ||||||
17 | wrongful act or omission, acting
within the scope of his | ||||||
18 | employment or under direction of the board, the
former | ||||||
19 | School
Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago Schools | ||||||
20 | Academic Accountability
Council, Local School Councils, or | ||||||
21 | the former Subdistrict Councils;
and to provide for or | ||||||
22 | participate in insurance plans for its officers and
| ||||||
23 | employees, including but not limited to retirement | ||||||
24 | annuities, medical,
surgical and hospitalization benefits | ||||||
25 | in such types and amounts as may be
determined by the | ||||||
26 | board; provided, however, that the board shall contract
for |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | such insurance only with an insurance company authorized to | ||||||
2 | do business
in this State. Such insurance may include | ||||||
3 | provision for employees who rely
on treatment by prayer or | ||||||
4 | spiritual means alone for healing, in accordance
with the | ||||||
5 | tenets and practice of a recognized religious | ||||||
6 | denomination;
| ||||||
7 | 15. To contract with the corporate authorities of any | ||||||
8 | municipality
or the county board of any county, as the case | ||||||
9 | may be, to provide for
the regulation of traffic in parking | ||||||
10 | areas of property used for school
purposes, in such manner | ||||||
11 | as is provided by Section 11-209 of The
Illinois Vehicle | ||||||
12 | Code, approved September 29, 1969, as amended;
| ||||||
13 | 16. (a) To provide, on an equal basis, access to a high
| ||||||
14 | school campus and student directory information to the
| ||||||
15 | official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of | ||||||
16 | Illinois and
the United States for the purposes of | ||||||
17 | informing students of the educational
and career | ||||||
18 | opportunities available in the military if the board has | ||||||
19 | provided
such access to persons or groups whose purpose is | ||||||
20 | to acquaint students with
educational or occupational | ||||||
21 | opportunities available to them. The board
is not required | ||||||
22 | to give greater notice regarding the right of access to
| ||||||
23 | recruiting representatives than is given to other persons | ||||||
24 | and groups. In
this paragraph 16, "directory information" | ||||||
25 | means a high school
student's name, address, and telephone | ||||||
26 | number.
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| |||||||
1 | (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian | ||||||
2 | submits a signed,
written request to the high school before | ||||||
3 | the end of the student's sophomore
year (or if the student | ||||||
4 | is a transfer student, by another time set by
the high | ||||||
5 | school) that indicates that the student or his or her | ||||||
6 | parent or
guardian does
not want the student's directory | ||||||
7 | information to be provided to official
recruiting | ||||||
8 | representatives under subsection (a) of this Section, the | ||||||
9 | high
school may not provide access to the student's | ||||||
10 | directory information to
these recruiting representatives. | ||||||
11 | The high school shall notify its
students and their parents | ||||||
12 | or guardians of the provisions of this
subsection (b).
| ||||||
13 | (c) A high school may require official recruiting | ||||||
14 | representatives of
the armed forces of Illinois and the | ||||||
15 | United States to pay a fee for copying
and mailing a | ||||||
16 | student's directory information in an amount that is not
| ||||||
17 | more than the actual costs incurred by the high school.
| ||||||
18 | (d) Information received by an official recruiting | ||||||
19 | representative
under this Section may be used only to | ||||||
20 | provide information to students
concerning educational and | ||||||
21 | career opportunities available in the military
and may not | ||||||
22 | be released to a person who is not involved in recruiting
| ||||||
23 | students for the armed forces of Illinois or the United | ||||||
24 | States;
| ||||||
25 | 17. (a) To sell or market any computer program | ||||||
26 | developed by an employee
of the school district, provided |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | that such employee developed the computer
program as a | ||||||
2 | direct result of his or her duties with the school district
| ||||||
3 | or through the utilization of the school district resources | ||||||
4 | or facilities.
The employee who developed the computer | ||||||
5 | program shall be entitled to share
in the proceeds of such | ||||||
6 | sale or marketing of the computer program. The
distribution | ||||||
7 | of such proceeds between the employee and the school | ||||||
8 | district
shall be as agreed upon by the employee and the | ||||||
9 | school district, except
that neither the employee nor the | ||||||
10 | school district may receive more than 90%
of such proceeds. | ||||||
11 | The negotiation for an employee who is represented by an
| ||||||
12 | exclusive bargaining representative may be conducted by | ||||||
13 | such bargaining
representative at the employee's request.
| ||||||
14 | (b) For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
| ||||||
15 | (1) "Computer" means an internally programmed, | ||||||
16 | general purpose digital
device capable of | ||||||
17 | automatically accepting data, processing data and | ||||||
18 | supplying
the results of the operation.
| ||||||
19 | (2) "Computer program" means a series of coded | ||||||
20 | instructions or
statements in a form acceptable to a | ||||||
21 | computer, which causes the computer to
process data in | ||||||
22 | order to achieve a certain result.
| ||||||
23 | (3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from | ||||||
24 | marketing or sale of a product
after deducting the | ||||||
25 | expenses of developing and marketing such product;
| ||||||
26 | 18. To delegate to the general superintendent of
|
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1 | schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts | ||||||
2 | and expenditures
in amounts of $10,000 or less;
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3 | 19. Upon the written request of an employee, to | ||||||
4 | withhold from
the compensation of that employee any dues, | ||||||
5 | payments or contributions
payable by such employee to any | ||||||
6 | labor organization as defined in the
Illinois Educational | ||||||
7 | Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an
amount | ||||||
8 | shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which is | ||||||
9 | equal to
the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any | ||||||
10 | payments or contributions,
and the board shall transmit | ||||||
11 | such withholdings to the specified labor
organization | ||||||
12 | within 10 working days from the time of the withholding;
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13 | 19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a | ||||||
14 | municipality with
a population of 500,000 or more, a county | ||||||
15 | with a population of 3,000,000 or
more, the Cook County | ||||||
16 | Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
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17 | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | ||||||
18 | Transit Authority, or
a housing authority of a municipality | ||||||
19 | with a population of 500,000 or more
that a debt is due and | ||||||
20 | owing the municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest | ||||||
21 | Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | ||||||
22 | Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago | ||||||
23 | Transit Authority, or the housing authority
by an employee | ||||||
24 | of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold, from the
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25 | compensation of that employee, the amount of the debt that | ||||||
26 | is due and owing
and pay the amount withheld to the |
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1 | municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest Preserve | ||||||
2 | District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan | ||||||
3 | Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, | ||||||
4 | or the housing authority;
provided, however, that the | ||||||
5 | amount
deducted from any one salary or wage payment shall | ||||||
6 | not exceed 25% of the net
amount of the payment. Before the | ||||||
7 | Board deducts any amount from any salary or
wage of an | ||||||
8 | employee under this paragraph, the municipality, the | ||||||
9 | county, the
Cook County Forest Preserve District, the | ||||||
10 | Chicago Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation | ||||||
11 | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the
housing | ||||||
12 | authority shall certify that (i) the employee has been | ||||||
13 | afforded an
opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt | ||||||
14 | that is due and owing the
municipality, the county, the | ||||||
15 | Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago
Park | ||||||
16 | District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the | ||||||
17 | Chicago Transit
Authority, or the housing authority and | ||||||
18 | (ii) the employee has received notice
of a wage deduction | ||||||
19 | order and has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to
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20 | object to the order. For purposes of this paragraph, "net | ||||||
21 | amount" means that
part of the salary or wage payment | ||||||
22 | remaining after the deduction of any amounts
required by | ||||||
23 | law to be deducted and "debt due and owing" means (i) a | ||||||
24 | specified
sum of money owed to the municipality, the | ||||||
25 | county, the Cook County Forest
Preserve District, the | ||||||
26 | Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
Reclamation |
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1 | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing | ||||||
2 | authority
for services, work, or goods, after the period | ||||||
3 | granted for payment has expired,
or (ii) a specified sum of | ||||||
4 | money owed to the municipality, the county, the Cook
County | ||||||
5 | Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | ||||||
6 | Metropolitan
Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | ||||||
7 | Transit Authority, or the housing
authority pursuant to a | ||||||
8 | court order or order of an administrative hearing
officer | ||||||
9 | after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, | ||||||
10 | judicial review;
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11 | 20. The board is encouraged to employ a sufficient | ||||||
12 | number of
certified school counselors to maintain a | ||||||
13 | student/counselor ratio of 250 to
1 by July 1, 1990. Each | ||||||
14 | counselor shall spend at least 75% of his work
time in | ||||||
15 | direct contact with students and shall maintain a record of | ||||||
16 | such time;
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17 | 21. To make available to students vocational and career
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18 | counseling and to establish 5 special career counseling | ||||||
19 | days for students
and parents. On these days | ||||||
20 | representatives of local businesses and
industries shall | ||||||
21 | be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
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22 | of career opportunities available to them in the various | ||||||
23 | businesses and
industries. Special consideration shall be | ||||||
24 | given to counseling minority
students as to career | ||||||
25 | opportunities available to them in various fields.
For the | ||||||
26 | purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a person |
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1 | who is any of the following:
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2 | (a) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having | ||||||
3 | origins in any of the original peoples of North and South | ||||||
4 | America, including Central America, and who maintains | ||||||
5 | tribal affiliation or community attachment). | ||||||
6 | (b) Asian (a person having origins in any of the | ||||||
7 | original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the | ||||||
8 | Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
9 | Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, | ||||||
10 | the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam). | ||||||
11 | (c) Black or African American (a person having origins | ||||||
12 | in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as | ||||||
13 | "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or | ||||||
14 | African American". | ||||||
15 | (d) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican, | ||||||
16 | Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish | ||||||
17 | culture or origin, regardless of race). | ||||||
18 | (e) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a person | ||||||
19 | having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, | ||||||
20 | Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
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21 | Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school | ||||||
22 | days;
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23 | 22. To report to the State Board of Education the | ||||||
24 | annual
student dropout rate and number of students who | ||||||
25 | graduate from, transfer
from or otherwise leave bilingual | ||||||
26 | programs;
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1 | 23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and | ||||||
2 | Neglected Child
Reporting Act or other applicable State or | ||||||
3 | federal law, to permit school
officials to withhold, from | ||||||
4 | any person, information on the whereabouts of
any child | ||||||
5 | removed from school premises when the child has been taken | ||||||
6 | into
protective custody as a victim of suspected child | ||||||
7 | abuse. School officials
shall direct such person to the | ||||||
8 | Department of Children and Family Services,
or to the local | ||||||
9 | law enforcement agency if appropriate;
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10 | 24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of | ||||||
11 | existing school
facilities, projected enrollment and | ||||||
12 | efficient utilization of available
resources, for capital | ||||||
13 | improvement of schools and school buildings within
the | ||||||
14 | district, addressing in that policy both the relative | ||||||
15 | priority for
major repairs, renovations and additions to | ||||||
16 | school facilities, and the
advisability or necessity of | ||||||
17 | building new school facilities or closing
existing schools | ||||||
18 | to meet current or projected demographic patterns within
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19 | the district;
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20 | 25. To make available to the students in every high | ||||||
21 | school attendance
center the ability to take all courses | ||||||
22 | necessary to comply with the Board
of Higher Education's | ||||||
23 | college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
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24 | 26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching | ||||||
25 | profession,
whereby qualified professionals become | ||||||
26 | certified teachers, by allowing
credit for professional |
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1 | employment in related fields when determining point
of | ||||||
2 | entry on teacher pay scale;
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3 | 27. To provide or contract out training programs for | ||||||
4 | administrative
personnel and principals with revised or | ||||||
5 | expanded duties pursuant to this
Act in order to assure | ||||||
6 | they have the knowledge and skills to perform
their duties;
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7 | 28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special | ||||||
8 | needs programs, and
to allocate such funds and other lump | ||||||
9 | sum amounts to each attendance center
in a manner | ||||||
10 | consistent with the provisions of part 4 of Section 34-2.3.
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11 | Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require any | ||||||
12 | additional
appropriations of State funds for this purpose;
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13 | 29. (Blank);
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14 | 30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or | ||||||
15 | any other law to
the contrary, to contract with third | ||||||
16 | parties for services otherwise performed
by employees, | ||||||
17 | including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
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18 | employees upon 14 days written notice to the affected | ||||||
19 | employees. Those
contracts may be for a period not to | ||||||
20 | exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a
system-wide basis. | ||||||
21 | The board may not operate more than 30 contract schools, | ||||||
22 | provided that the board may operate an additional 5 | ||||||
23 | contract turnaround schools pursuant to item (5.5) of | ||||||
24 | subsection (d) of Section 34-8.3 of this Code;
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25 | 31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures | ||||||
26 | governing the layoff or
reduction in force of employees and |
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1 | the recall of such employees, including,
but not limited | ||||||
2 | to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force or | ||||||
3 | recall
rights of such employees and the weight to be given | ||||||
4 | to any particular
criterion. Such criteria shall take into | ||||||
5 | account factors including, but not be
limited to, | ||||||
6 | qualifications, certifications, experience, performance | ||||||
7 | ratings or
evaluations, and any other factors relating to | ||||||
8 | an employee's job performance;
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9 | 32. To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in the | ||||||
10 | hiring of personnel
or the selection of contractors;
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11 | 33. (Blank); and
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12 | 34. To establish a Labor Management Council to the | ||||||
13 | board
comprised of representatives of the board, the chief | ||||||
14 | executive
officer, and those labor organizations that are | ||||||
15 | the exclusive
representatives of employees of the board and | ||||||
16 | to promulgate
policies and procedures for the operation of | ||||||
17 | the Council.
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18 | The specifications of the powers herein granted are not to | ||||||
19 | be
construed as exclusive but the board shall also exercise all | ||||||
20 | other
powers that they may be requisite or proper for the | ||||||
21 | maintenance and the
development of a public school system, not | ||||||
22 | inconsistent with the other
provisions of this Article or | ||||||
23 | provisions of this Code which apply to all
school districts.
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24 | In addition to the powers herein granted and authorized to | ||||||
25 | be exercised
by the board, it shall be the duty of the board to | ||||||
26 | review or to direct
independent reviews of special education |
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1 | expenditures and services.
The board shall file a report of | ||||||
2 | such review with the General Assembly on
or before May 1, 1990.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; | ||||||
4 | 100-1046, eff. 8-23-18.)
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5 | Section 10. The Vocational Academies Act is amended by | ||||||
6 | changing Section 10 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (105 ILCS 433/10)
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8 | Sec. 10. Establishment. A school district, in partnership | ||||||
9 | with community colleges, local employers, and community-based | ||||||
10 | organizations, may establish a vocational academy that is | ||||||
11 | eligible for a grant under this Act if the vocational academy | ||||||
12 | meets all of the following requirements: | ||||||
13 | (1) The vocational academy must have a minimum | ||||||
14 | 5-clock-hour day , as required under Section 10-19.05 of the | ||||||
15 | School Code, and be under the direct supervision of | ||||||
16 | teachers. | ||||||
17 | (2) The vocational academy must be a 2-year school | ||||||
18 | within a school program for grades 10 through 12 that is | ||||||
19 | organized around a career theme and operated as a | ||||||
20 | business-education partnership. | ||||||
21 | (3) The vocational academy must be a career-oriented | ||||||
22 | program that uses the direct involvement of local employers | ||||||
23 | to provide students with an education and the skills needed | ||||||
24 | for employment. |
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1 | (4) The vocational academy must be a standards-based | ||||||
2 | educational program that prepares students both | ||||||
3 | academically and technically for entrance into | ||||||
4 | postsecondary education or careers in a selected field. | ||||||
5 | (5) The curriculum of the vocational academy must be | ||||||
6 | based on the Illinois Learning Standards, and work-site | ||||||
7 | training must provide students with learning experiences | ||||||
8 | for entry-level employment in the local job market and | ||||||
9 | lifelong learning skills for higher education.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 94-220, eff. 7-14-05.)
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