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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 10-19.05 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-19.05) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 10-19.05. Daily pupil attendance calculation. | ||||||
8 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for a | ||||||
9 | pupil of legal school age and in kindergarten or any of grades | ||||||
10 | 1 through 12, a day of attendance shall be counted only for | ||||||
11 | sessions of not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day | ||||||
12 | under direct supervision of (i) teachers or (ii) non-teaching | ||||||
13 | personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching | ||||||
14 | duties and supervising in those instances specified in | ||||||
15 | subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section | ||||||
16 | 34-18. Days of attendance by pupils through verified | ||||||
17 | participation in an e-learning program adopted by a school | ||||||
18 | board and verified by the regional office of education or | ||||||
19 | intermediate service center for the school district under | ||||||
20 | Section 10-20.56 of this Code shall be considered as full days | ||||||
21 | of attendance under this Section. | ||||||
22 | (b) A pupil regularly enrolled in a public school for only | ||||||
23 | a part of the school day may be counted on the basis of |
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1 | one-sixth of a school day for every class hour of instruction | ||||||
2 | of 40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment, | ||||||
3 | unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80 | ||||||
4 | minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may be | ||||||
5 | counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of school | ||||||
6 | work completed each day to the minimum number of minutes that | ||||||
7 | school work is required to be held that day. | ||||||
8 | (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted as a | ||||||
9 | day of attendance upon certification by the regional | ||||||
10 | superintendent of schools and approval by the State | ||||||
11 | Superintendent of Education to the extent that the district | ||||||
12 | has been forced to use daily multiple sessions. | ||||||
13 | (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted as a | ||||||
14 | day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school day or | ||||||
15 | at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is utilized for an | ||||||
16 | in-service training program for teachers, up to a maximum of | ||||||
17 | 10 days per school year, provided that a district conducts an | ||||||
18 | in-service training program for teachers in accordance with | ||||||
19 | Section 10-22.39 of this Code, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 | ||||||
20 | full days may be used, in which event each such day may be | ||||||
21 | counted as a day required for a legal school calendar pursuant | ||||||
22 | to Section 10-19 of this Code; (2) when, of the 5 days allowed | ||||||
23 | under item (1), a maximum of 4 days are used for parent-teacher | ||||||
24 | conferences, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days are used, | ||||||
25 | in which case each such day may be counted as a calendar day | ||||||
26 | required under Section 10-19 of this Code, provided that the |
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1 | full-day, parent-teacher conference consists of (i) a minimum | ||||||
2 | of 5 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences, (ii) both a | ||||||
3 | minimum of 2 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences held in | ||||||
4 | the evening following a full day of student attendance and a | ||||||
5 | minimum of 3 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences held on | ||||||
6 | the day immediately following evening parent-teacher | ||||||
7 | conferences, or (iii) multiple parent-teacher conferences held | ||||||
8 | in the evenings following full days of student attendance in | ||||||
9 | which the time used for the parent-teacher conferences is | ||||||
10 | equivalent to a minimum of 5 clock hours; and (3) when days in | ||||||
11 | addition to those provided in items (1) and (2) are scheduled | ||||||
12 | by a school pursuant to its school improvement plan adopted | ||||||
13 | under Article 34 or its revised or amended school improvement | ||||||
14 | plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions | ||||||
15 | of 3 or more clock hours are scheduled to occur at regular | ||||||
16 | intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which such | ||||||
17 | sessions occur are utilized for in-service training programs | ||||||
18 | or other staff development activities for teachers, and (iii) | ||||||
19 | a sufficient number of minutes of school work under the direct | ||||||
20 | supervision of teachers are added to the school days between | ||||||
21 | such regularly scheduled sessions to accumulate not less than | ||||||
22 | the number of minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more clock | ||||||
23 | hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Instead of school | ||||||
24 | improvement days with students in attendance a minimum of 3 | ||||||
25 | clock hours, a school district may opt to have a school | ||||||
26 | improvement day without students in attendance for up to 4 |
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1 | times in a given school year. Each such day may be counted as a | ||||||
2 | day of attendance, provided that a sufficient number of clock | ||||||
3 | hours have been accumulated beyond the 5 clock hours per day | ||||||
4 | that students would have been in session. Days scheduled for | ||||||
5 | in-service training programs, staff development activities, or | ||||||
6 | parent-teacher conferences may be scheduled separately for | ||||||
7 | different grade levels and different attendance centers of the | ||||||
8 | district. | ||||||
9 | (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of teaching | ||||||
10 | hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by telephone to | ||||||
11 | the classroom may be counted as a half day of attendance; | ||||||
12 | however, these pupils must receive 4 or more clock hours of | ||||||
13 | instruction to be counted for a full day of attendance. | ||||||
14 | (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted as a | ||||||
15 | day of attendance for first grade pupils and pupils in | ||||||
16 | full-day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours may be | ||||||
17 | counted as a half day of attendance by pupils in kindergartens | ||||||
18 | that provide only half days of attendance. | ||||||
19 | (g) For children with disabilities who are below the age | ||||||
20 | of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours because | ||||||
21 | of their disability or immaturity, a session of not less than | ||||||
22 | one clock hour may be counted as a half day of attendance; | ||||||
23 | however, for such children whose educational needs require a | ||||||
24 | session of 4 or more clock hours, a session of at least 4 clock | ||||||
25 | hours may be counted as a full day of attendance. | ||||||
26 | (h) A recognized kindergarten that provides for only a |
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1 | half day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more than | ||||||
2 | one half day of attendance counted in any one day. However, | ||||||
3 | kindergartens may count 2 and a half days of attendance in any | ||||||
4 | 5 consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a | ||||||
5 | kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the pupil | ||||||
6 | shall have the following day as a day absent from school, | ||||||
7 | unless the school district obtains permission in writing from | ||||||
8 | the State Superintendent of Education. Attendance at | ||||||
9 | kindergartens that provide for a full day of attendance by | ||||||
10 | each pupil shall be counted the same as attendance by first | ||||||
11 | grade pupils. Only the first year of attendance in one | ||||||
12 | kindergarten shall be counted, except in the case of children | ||||||
13 | who entered the kindergarten in their fifth year whose | ||||||
14 | educational development requires a second year of kindergarten | ||||||
15 | as determined under rules of the State Board of Education. | ||||||
16 | (i) On the days when the State's final accountability | ||||||
17 | assessment is administered under subsection (c) of Section | ||||||
18 | 2-3.64a-5 of this Code, the day of attendance for a pupil whose | ||||||
19 | school day must be shortened to accommodate required testing | ||||||
20 | procedures may be less than 5 clock hours and shall be counted | ||||||
21 | toward the 176 days of actual pupil attendance required under | ||||||
22 | Section 10-19 of this Code, provided that a sufficient number | ||||||
23 | of minutes of school work in excess of 5 clock hours are first | ||||||
24 | completed on other school days to compensate for the loss of | ||||||
25 | school work on the examination days. | ||||||
26 | (j) Pupils enrolled in a remote educational program |
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1 | established under Section 10-29 of this Code may be counted on | ||||||
2 | the basis of a one-fifth day of attendance for every clock hour | ||||||
3 | of instruction attended in the remote educational program, | ||||||
4 | provided that, in any month, the school district may not claim | ||||||
5 | for a student enrolled in a remote educational program more | ||||||
6 | days of attendance than the maximum number of days of | ||||||
7 | attendance the district can claim (i) for students enrolled in | ||||||
8 | a building holding year-round classes if the student is | ||||||
9 | classified as participating in the remote educational program | ||||||
10 | on a year-round schedule or (ii) for students enrolled in a | ||||||
11 | building not holding year-round classes if the student is not | ||||||
12 | classified as participating in the remote educational program | ||||||
13 | on a year-round schedule. | ||||||
14 | (j-5) The clock hour requirements of subsections (a) | ||||||
15 | through (j) of this Section do not apply if the Governor has | ||||||
16 | declared a disaster due to a public health emergency pursuant | ||||||
17 | to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | ||||||
18 | The State Superintendent of Education may establish minimum | ||||||
19 | clock hour requirements under Sections 10-30 and 34-18.66 if | ||||||
20 | the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | ||||||
21 | emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
22 | Management Agency Act. | ||||||
23 | (k) Pupil participation in any of the following activities | ||||||
24 | shall be counted toward the calculation of clock hours of | ||||||
25 | school work per day: | ||||||
26 | (1) Instruction in a college course in which a student |
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1 | is dually enrolled for both high school credit and college | ||||||
2 | credit. | ||||||
3 | (2) Participation in a Supervised Career Development | ||||||
4 | Experience, as defined in Section 10 of the Postsecondary | ||||||
5 | and Workforce Readiness Act, in which student | ||||||
6 | participation and learning outcomes are supervised by an | ||||||
7 | educator licensed under Article 21B. | ||||||
8 | (3) Participation in a youth apprenticeship, as | ||||||
9 | jointly defined in rules of the State Board of Education | ||||||
10 | and Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in | ||||||
11 | which student participation and outcomes are supervised by | ||||||
12 | an educator licensed under Article 21B. | ||||||
13 | (4) Participation in a blended learning program | ||||||
14 | approved by the school district in which course content, | ||||||
15 | student evaluation, and instructional methods are | ||||||
16 | supervised by an educator licensed under Article 21B.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 101-12, eff. 7-1-19; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
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18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
19 | becoming law.
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