103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1383

 

Introduced 1/31/2023, by Rep. Katie Stuart

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/14-7.02  from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.02
105 ILCS 5/34-18.5  from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5

    Amends the School Code. In provisions of the Children with Disabilities Article concerning a child who attends a non-public school or special education facility, a public out-of-state school, or a special education facility owned and operated by a county government unit, provides that the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board shall allow a nonprofit entity to use the same profit margin calculation that the Board allows in the for-profit tuition and room and board calculations and may not make any distinction in reimbursement level for nonpublic special education facilities based upon their federal income tax filing classification. In provisions of the Chicago School District Article concerning criminal history records checks, provides that a nonpublic special education facility with multiple campuses within this State and providing services under the Children with Disabilities Article shall maintain a separate, current record at a central administrative location, for inspection by representatives of the school district and the State Board of Education, for each staff member, whether employed full-time or part-time, who provides direct services or who is directly involved in the development and implementation of instructional services. Requires a nonpublic special education facility to send a monthly employee roster file electronically to the school district and the State Board of Education that details whether the facility's employees have completed and passed the criminal history records check process. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
514-7.02 and 34-18.5 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/14-7.02)  (from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.02)
7    Sec. 14-7.02. Children attending private schools, public
8out-of-state schools, public school residential facilities or
9private special education facilities.
10    (a) The General Assembly recognizes that non-public
11schools or special education facilities provide an important
12service in the educational system in Illinois.
13    (b) If a student's individualized education program (IEP)
14team determines that because of his or her disability the
15special education program of a district is unable to meet the
16needs of the child and the child attends a non-public school or
17special education facility, a public out-of-state school or a
18special education facility owned and operated by a county
19government unit that provides special educational services
20required by the child and is in compliance with the
21appropriate rules and regulations of the State Superintendent
22of Education, the school district in which the child is a
23resident shall pay the actual cost of tuition for special

 

 

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1education and related services provided during the regular
2school term and during the summer school term if the child's
3educational needs so require, excluding room, board and
4transportation costs charged the child by that non-public
5school or special education facility, public out-of-state
6school or county special education facility, or $4,500 per
7year, whichever is less, and shall provide him any necessary
8transportation. "Nonpublic special education facility" shall
9include a residential facility, within or without the State of
10Illinois, which provides special education and related
11services to meet the needs of the child by utilizing private
12schools or public schools, whether located on the site or off
13the site of the residential facility. Resident district
14financial responsibility and reimbursement applies for both
15nonpublic special education facilities that are approved by
16the State Board of Education pursuant to 23 Ill. Adm. Code 401
17or other applicable laws or rules and for emergency placements
18in nonpublic special education facilities that are not
19approved by the State Board of Education pursuant to 23 Ill.
20Adm. Code 401 or other applicable laws or rules, subject to the
21requirements of this Section.
22    (c) Prior to the placement of a child in an out-of-state
23special education residential facility, the school district
24must refer to the child or the child's parent or guardian the
25option to place the child in a special education residential
26facility located within this State, if any, that provides

 

 

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1treatment and services comparable to those provided by the
2out-of-state special education residential facility. The
3school district must review annually the placement of a child
4in an out-of-state special education residential facility. As
5a part of the review, the school district must refer to the
6child or the child's parent or guardian the option to place the
7child in a comparable special education residential facility
8located within this State, if any.
9    (d) Payments shall be made by the resident school district
10to the entity providing the educational services, whether the
11entity is the nonpublic special education facility or the
12school district wherein the facility is located, no less than
13once per quarter, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the
14parties.
15    (e) A school district may place a student in a nonpublic
16special education facility providing educational services, but
17not approved by the State Board of Education pursuant to 23
18Ill. Adm. Code 401 or other applicable laws or rules, provided
19that the State Board of Education provides an emergency and
20student-specific approval for placement. The State Board of
21Education shall promptly, within 10 days after the request,
22approve a request for emergency and student-specific approval
23for placement if the following have been demonstrated to the
24State Board of Education:
25        (1) the facility demonstrates appropriate licensure of
26    teachers for the student population;

 

 

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1        (2) the facility demonstrates age-appropriate
2    curriculum;
3        (3) the facility provides enrollment and attendance
4    data;
5        (4) the facility demonstrates the ability to implement
6    the child's IEP; and
7        (5) the school district demonstrates that it made good
8    faith efforts to place the student in an approved
9    facility, but no approved facility has accepted the
10    student or has availability for immediate placement of the
11    student.
12A resident school district may also submit such proof to the
13State Board of Education as may be required for its student.
14The State Board of Education may not unreasonably withhold
15approval once satisfactory proof is provided to the State
16Board.
17    (f) If an impartial due process hearing officer who is
18contracted by the State Board of Education pursuant to this
19Article orders placement of a student with a disability in a
20residential facility that is not approved by the State Board
21of Education, then, for purposes of this Section, the facility
22shall be deemed approved for placement and school district
23payments and State reimbursements shall be made accordingly.
24    (g) Emergency placement in a facility approved pursuant to
25subsection (e) or (f) may continue to be utilized so long as
26(i) the student's IEP team determines annually that such

 

 

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1placement continues to be appropriate to meet the student's
2needs and (ii) at least every 3 years following the student's
3placement, the IEP team reviews appropriate placements
4approved by the State Board of Education pursuant to 23 Ill.
5Adm. Code 401 or other applicable laws or rules to determine
6whether there are any approved placements that can meet the
7student's needs, have accepted the student, and have
8availability for placement of the student.
9    (h) The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
10and regulations for determining when placement in a private
11special education facility is appropriate. Such rules and
12regulations shall take into account the various types of
13services needed by a child and the availability of such
14services to the particular child in the public school. In
15developing these rules and regulations the State Board of
16Education shall consult with the Advisory Council on Education
17of Children with Disabilities and hold public hearings to
18secure recommendations from parents, school personnel, and
19others concerned about this matter.
20    The State Board of Education shall also promulgate rules
21and regulations for transportation to and from a residential
22school. Transportation to and from home to a residential
23school more than once each school term shall be subject to
24prior approval by the State Superintendent in accordance with
25the rules and regulations of the State Board.
26    (i) A school district making tuition payments pursuant to

 

 

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1this Section is eligible for reimbursement from the State for
2the amount of such payments actually made in excess of the
3district per capita tuition charge for students not receiving
4special education services. Such reimbursement shall be
5approved in accordance with Section 14-12.01 and each district
6shall file its claims, computed in accordance with rules
7prescribed by the State Board of Education, on forms
8prescribed by the State Superintendent of Education. Data used
9as a basis of reimbursement claims shall be for the preceding
10regular school term and summer school term. Each school
11district shall transmit its claims to the State Board of
12Education on or before August 15. The State Board of
13Education, before approving any such claims, shall determine
14their accuracy and whether they are based upon services and
15facilities provided under approved programs. Upon approval the
16State Board shall cause vouchers to be prepared showing the
17amount due for payment of reimbursement claims to school
18districts, for transmittal to the State Comptroller on the
1930th day of September, December, and March, respectively, and
20the final voucher, no later than June 20. If the money
21appropriated by the General Assembly for such purpose for any
22year is insufficient, it shall be apportioned on the basis of
23the claims approved.
24    (j) No child shall be placed in a special education
25program pursuant to this Section if the tuition cost for
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1percent over the tuition cost for the previous school year or
2exceeds $4,500 per year unless such costs have been approved
3by the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board. The Illinois
4Purchased Care Review Board shall consist of the following
5persons, or their designees: the Directors of Children and
6Family Services, Public Health, Public Aid, and the Governor's
7Office of Management and Budget; the Secretary of Human
8Services; the State Superintendent of Education; and such
9other persons as the Governor may designate. The Review Board
10shall also consist of one non-voting member who is an
11administrator of a private, nonpublic, special education
12school. The Review Board shall establish rules and regulations
13for its determination of allowable costs and payments made by
14local school districts for special education, room and board,
15and other related services provided by non-public schools or
16special education facilities and shall establish uniform
17standards and criteria which it shall follow. The Review Board
18shall approve the usual and customary rate or rates of a
19special education program that (i) is offered by an
20out-of-state, non-public provider of integrated autism
21specific educational and autism specific residential services,
22(ii) offers 2 or more levels of residential care, including at
23least one locked facility, and (iii) serves 12 or fewer
24Illinois students.
25    (k) In determining rates based on allowable costs, the
26Review Board shall consider any wage increases awarded by the

 

 

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1General Assembly to front line personnel defined as direct
2support persons, aides, front-line supervisors, qualified
3intellectual disabilities professionals, nurses, and
4non-administrative support staff working in service settings
5in community-based settings within the State and adjust
6customary rates or rates of a special education program to be
7equitable to the wage increase awarded to similar staff
8positions in a community residential setting. Any wage
9increase awarded by the General Assembly to front line
10personnel defined as direct support persons, aides, front-line
11supervisors, qualified intellectual disabilities
12professionals, nurses, and non-administrative support staff
13working in community-based settings within the State,
14including the $0.75 per hour increase contained in Public Act
15100-23 and the $0.50 per hour increase included in Public Act
16100-23, shall also be a basis for any facility covered by this
17Section to appeal its rate before the Review Board under the
18process defined in Title 89, Part 900, Section 340 of the
19Illinois Administrative Code. Illinois Administrative Code
20Title 89, Part 900, Section 342 shall be updated to recognize
21wage increases awarded to community-based settings to be a
22basis for appeal. However, any wage increase that is captured
23upon appeal from a previous year shall not be counted by the
24Review Board as revenue for the purpose of calculating a
25facility's future rate.
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1administrative rule or policy to define "related
2organizations" shall include any and all exceptions contained
3in federal law or regulation as it pertains to the federal
4definition of "related organizations".
5    (m) The Review Board shall establish uniform definitions
6and criteria for accounting separately by special education,
7room and board and other related services costs. The Board
8shall also establish guidelines for the coordination of
9services and financial assistance provided by all State
10agencies to assure that no otherwise qualified child with a
11disability receiving services under Article 14 shall be
12excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or
13be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity
14provided by any State agency.
15    (n) The Review Board shall review the costs for special
16education and related services provided by non-public schools
17or special education facilities and shall approve or
18disapprove such facilities in accordance with the rules and
19regulations established by it with respect to allowable costs.
20    (o) The State Board of Education shall provide
21administrative and staff support for the Review Board as
22deemed reasonable by the State Superintendent of Education.
23This support shall not include travel expenses or other
24compensation for any Review Board member other than the State
25Superintendent of Education.
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1Council on Education of Children with Disabilities on the
2rules and regulations to be promulgated by it relative to
3providing special education services.
4    (q) If a child has been placed in a program in which the
5actual per pupil costs of tuition for special education and
6related services based on program enrollment, excluding room,
7board and transportation costs, exceed $4,500 and such costs
8have been approved by the Review Board, the district shall pay
9such total costs which exceed $4,500. A district making such
10tuition payments in excess of $4,500 pursuant to this Section
11shall be responsible for an amount in excess of $4,500 equal to
12the district per capita tuition charge and shall be eligible
13for reimbursement from the State for the amount of such
14payments actually made in excess of the districts per capita
15tuition charge for students not receiving special education
16services.
17    (r) If a child has been placed in an approved individual
18program and the tuition costs including room and board costs
19have been approved by the Review Board, then such room and
20board costs shall be paid by the appropriate State agency
21subject to the provisions of Section 14-8.01 of this Act. Room
22and board costs not provided by a State agency other than the
23State Board of Education shall be provided by the State Board
24of Education on a current basis. In no event, however, shall
25the State's liability for funding of these tuition costs begin
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1been subtracted from such costs. If the money appropriated by
2the General Assembly for such purpose for any year is
3insufficient, it shall be apportioned on the basis of the
4claims approved. Each district shall submit estimated claims
5to the State Superintendent of Education. Upon approval of
6such claims, the State Superintendent of Education shall
7direct the State Comptroller to make payments on a monthly
8basis. The frequency for submitting estimated claims and the
9method of determining payment shall be prescribed in rules and
10regulations adopted by the State Board of Education. Such
11current state reimbursement shall be reduced by an amount
12equal to the proceeds which the child or child's parents are
13eligible to receive under any public or private insurance or
14assistance program. Nothing in this Section shall be construed
15as relieving an insurer or similar third party from an
16otherwise valid obligation to provide or to pay for services
17provided to a child with a disability.
18    (s) If it otherwise qualifies, a school district is
19eligible for the transportation reimbursement under Section
2014-13.01 and for the reimbursement of tuition payments under
21this Section whether the non-public school or special
22education facility, public out-of-state school or county
23special education facility, attended by a child who resides in
24that district and requires special educational services, is
25within or outside of the State of Illinois. However, a
26district is not eligible to claim transportation reimbursement

 

 

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1under this Section unless the district certifies to the State
2Superintendent of Education that the district is unable to
3provide special educational services required by the child for
4the current school year.
5    (t) Nothing in this Section authorizes the reimbursement
6of a school district for the amount paid for tuition of a child
7attending a non-public school or special education facility,
8public out-of-state school or county special education
9facility unless the school district certifies to the State
10Superintendent of Education that the special education program
11of that district is unable to meet the needs of that child
12because of his disability and the State Superintendent of
13Education finds that the school district is in substantial
14compliance with Section 14-4.01. However, if a child is
15unilaterally placed by a State agency or any court in a
16non-public school or special education facility, public
17out-of-state school, or county special education facility, a
18school district shall not be required to certify to the State
19Superintendent of Education, for the purpose of tuition
20reimbursement, that the special education program of that
21district is unable to meet the needs of a child because of his
22or her disability.
23    (u) Any educational or related services provided, pursuant
24to this Section in a non-public school or special education
25facility or a special education facility owned and operated by
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1guardian of the child. However, current law and practices
2relative to contributions by parents or guardians for costs
3other than educational or related services are not affected by
4this amendatory Act of 1978.
5    (v) Reimbursement for children attending public school
6residential facilities shall be made in accordance with the
7provisions of this Section.
8    (w) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school
9district receiving a payment under this Section or under
10Section 14-7.02b, 14-13.01, or 29-5 of this Code may classify
11all or a portion of the funds that it receives in a particular
12fiscal year or from general State aid pursuant to Section
1318-8.05 of this Code as funds received in connection with any
14funding program for which it is entitled to receive funds from
15the State in that fiscal year (including, without limitation,
16any funding program referenced in this Section), regardless of
17the source or timing of the receipt. The district may not
18classify more funds as funds received in connection with the
19funding program than the district is entitled to receive in
20that fiscal year for that program. Any classification by a
21district must be made by a resolution of its board of
22education. The resolution must identify the amount of any
23payments or general State aid to be classified under this
24paragraph and must specify the funding program to which the
25funds are to be treated as received in connection therewith.
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1funds referenced therein. A certified copy of the resolution
2must be sent to the State Superintendent of Education. The
3resolution shall still take effect even though a copy of the
4resolution has not been sent to the State Superintendent of
5Education in a timely manner. No classification under this
6paragraph by a district shall affect the total amount or
7timing of money the district is entitled to receive under this
8Code. No classification under this paragraph by a district
9shall in any way relieve the district from or affect any
10requirements that otherwise would apply with respect to that
11funding program, including any accounting of funds by source,
12reporting expenditures by original source and purpose,
13reporting requirements, or requirements of providing services.
14    (x) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
15Illinois Purchased Care Review Board shall allow a nonprofit
16entity to use the same profit margin calculation that the
17Board allows in the for-profit tuition and room and board
18calculations and may not make any distinction in reimbursement
19level for nonpublic special education facilities based upon
20their federal income tax filing classification.
21(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 102-254, eff. 8-6-21;
22102-703, eff. 4-22-22.)
 
23    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.5)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5)
24    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-702)
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1of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer
2and Violent Offender Against Youth Database.
3    (a) Licensed and nonlicensed applicants for employment
4with the school district are required as a condition of
5employment to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal history
6records check to determine if such applicants have been
7convicted of any disqualifying, enumerated criminal or drug
8offense in subsection (c) of this Section or have been
9convicted, within 7 years of the application for employment
10with the school district, of any other felony under the laws of
11this State or of any offense committed or attempted in any
12other state or against the laws of the United States that, if
13committed or attempted in this State, would have been
14punishable as a felony under the laws of this State.
15Authorization for the check shall be furnished by the
16applicant to the school district, except that if the applicant
17is a substitute teacher seeking employment in more than one
18school district, or a teacher seeking concurrent part-time
19employment positions with more than one school district (as a
20reading specialist, special education teacher or otherwise),
21or an educational support personnel employee seeking
22employment positions with more than one district, any such
23district may require the applicant to furnish authorization
24for the check to the regional superintendent of the
25educational service region in which are located the school
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1substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent
2educational support personnel employee. Upon receipt of this
3authorization, the school district or the appropriate regional
4superintendent, as the case may be, shall submit the
5applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth, social security
6number, fingerprint images, and other identifiers, as
7prescribed by the Illinois State Police, to the Illinois State
8Police. The regional superintendent submitting the requisite
9information to the Illinois State Police shall promptly notify
10the school districts in which the applicant is seeking
11employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or
12concurrent educational support personnel employee that the
13check of the applicant has been requested. The Illinois State
14Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall furnish,
15pursuant to a fingerprint-based criminal history records
16check, records of convictions, forever and hereinafter, until
17expunged, to the president of the school board for the school
18district that requested the check, or to the regional
19superintendent who requested the check. The Illinois State
20Police shall charge the school district or the appropriate
21regional superintendent a fee for conducting such check, which
22fee shall be deposited in the State Police Services Fund and
23shall not exceed the cost of the inquiry; and the applicant
24shall not be charged a fee for such check by the school
25district or by the regional superintendent. Subject to
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1Education shall reimburse the school district and regional
2superintendent for fees paid to obtain criminal history
3records checks under this Section.
4    (a-5) The school district or regional superintendent shall
5further perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender
6Database, as authorized by the Sex Offender Community
7Notification Law, for each applicant. The check of the
8Statewide Sex Offender Database must be conducted by the
9school district or regional superintendent once for every 5
10years that an applicant remains employed by the school
11district.
12    (a-6) The school district or regional superintendent shall
13further perform a check of the Statewide Murderer and Violent
14Offender Against Youth Database, as authorized by the Murderer
15and Violent Offender Against Youth Community Notification Law,
16for each applicant. The check of the Murderer and Violent
17Offender Against Youth Database must be conducted by the
18school district or regional superintendent once for every 5
19years that an applicant remains employed by the school
20district.
21    (b) Any information concerning the record of convictions
22obtained by the president of the board of education or the
23regional superintendent shall be confidential and may only be
24transmitted to the general superintendent of the school
25district or his designee, the appropriate regional
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1education for the school district, the presidents of the
2appropriate board of education or school boards if the check
3was requested from the Illinois State Police by the regional
4superintendent, the State Board of Education and the school
5district as authorized under subsection (b-5), the State
6Superintendent of Education, the State Educator Preparation
7and Licensure Board or any other person necessary to the
8decision of hiring the applicant for employment. A copy of the
9record of convictions obtained from the Illinois State Police
10shall be provided to the applicant for employment. Upon the
11check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database or Statewide
12Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database, the
13school district or regional superintendent shall notify an
14applicant as to whether or not the applicant has been
15identified in the Database. If a check of an applicant for
16employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or
17concurrent educational support personnel employee in more than
18one school district was requested by the regional
19superintendent, and the Illinois State Police upon a check
20ascertains that the applicant has not been convicted of any of
21the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) of
22this Section or has not been convicted, within 7 years of the
23application for employment with the school district, of any
24other felony under the laws of this State or of any offense
25committed or attempted in any other state or against the laws
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1State, would have been punishable as a felony under the laws of
2this State and so notifies the regional superintendent and if
3the regional superintendent upon a check ascertains that the
4applicant has not been identified in the Sex Offender Database
5or Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth
6Database, then the regional superintendent shall issue to the
7applicant a certificate evidencing that as of the date
8specified by the Illinois State Police the applicant has not
9been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug
10offenses in subsection (c) of this Section or has not been
11convicted, within 7 years of the application for employment
12with the school district, of any other felony under the laws of
13this State or of any offense committed or attempted in any
14other state or against the laws of the United States that, if
15committed or attempted in this State, would have been
16punishable as a felony under the laws of this State and
17evidencing that as of the date that the regional
18superintendent conducted a check of the Statewide Sex Offender
19Database or Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against
20Youth Database, the applicant has not been identified in the
21Database. The school board of any school district may rely on
22the certificate issued by any regional superintendent to that
23substitute teacher, concurrent part-time teacher, or
24concurrent educational support personnel employee or may
25initiate its own criminal history records check of the
26applicant through the Illinois State Police and its own check

 

 

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1of the Statewide Sex Offender Database or Statewide Murderer
2and Violent Offender Against Youth Database as provided in
3this Section. Any unauthorized release of confidential
4information may be a violation of Section 7 of the Criminal
5Identification Act.
6    (b-5) If a criminal history records check or check of the
7Statewide Sex Offender Database or Statewide Murderer and
8Violent Offender Against Youth Database is performed by a
9regional superintendent for an applicant seeking employment as
10a substitute teacher with the school district, the regional
11superintendent may disclose to the State Board of Education
12whether the applicant has been issued a certificate under
13subsection (b) based on those checks. If the State Board
14receives information on an applicant under this subsection,
15then it must indicate in the Educator Licensure Information
16System for a 90-day period that the applicant has been issued
17or has not been issued a certificate.
18    (c) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
19person who has been convicted of any offense that would
20subject him or her to license suspension or revocation
21pursuant to Section 21B-80 of this Code, except as provided
22under subsection (b) of 21B-80. Further, the board of
23education shall not knowingly employ a person who has been
24found to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any
25minor under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under
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1employment, the board of education must consider the status of
2a person who has been issued an indicated finding of abuse or
3neglect of a child by the Department of Children and Family
4Services under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or
5by a child welfare agency of another jurisdiction.
6    (d) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
7person for whom a criminal history records check and a
8Statewide Sex Offender Database check have not been initiated.
9    (e) Within 10 days after the general superintendent of
10schools, a regional office of education, or an entity that
11provides background checks of license holders to public
12schools receives information of a pending criminal charge
13against a license holder for an offense set forth in Section
1421B-80 of this Code, the superintendent, regional office of
15education, or entity must notify the State Superintendent of
16Education of the pending criminal charge.
17    No later than 15 business days after receipt of a record of
18conviction or of checking the Statewide Murderer and Violent
19Offender Against Youth Database or the Statewide Sex Offender
20Database and finding a registration, the general
21superintendent of schools or the applicable regional
22superintendent shall, in writing, notify the State
23Superintendent of Education of any license holder who has been
24convicted of a crime set forth in Section 21B-80 of this Code.
25Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of or a finding of
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1Article 21B or Section 34-8.1 of this Code, the State
2Superintendent of Education may initiate licensure suspension
3and revocation proceedings as authorized by law. If the
4receipt of the record of conviction or finding of child abuse
5is received within 6 months after the initial grant of or
6renewal of a license, the State Superintendent of Education
7may rescind the license holder's license.
8    (e-5) The general superintendent of schools shall, in
9writing, notify the State Superintendent of Education of any
10license holder whom he or she has reasonable cause to believe
11has committed an intentional act of abuse or neglect with the
12result of making a child an abused child or a neglected child,
13as defined in Section 3 of the Abused and Neglected Child
14Reporting Act, and that act resulted in the license holder's
15dismissal or resignation from the school district and must
16include the Illinois Educator Identification Number (IEIN) of
17the license holder and a brief description of the misconduct
18alleged. This notification must be submitted within 30 days
19after the dismissal or resignation. The license holder must
20also be contemporaneously sent a copy of the notice by the
21superintendent. All correspondence, documentation, and other
22information so received by the State Superintendent of
23Education, the State Board of Education, or the State Educator
24Preparation and Licensure Board under this subsection (e-5) is
25confidential and must not be disclosed to third parties,
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1Education or his or her designee to investigate and prosecute
2pursuant to Article 21B of this Code, (ii) pursuant to a court
3order, (iii) for disclosure to the license holder or his or her
4representative, or (iv) as otherwise provided in this Article
5and provided that any such information admitted into evidence
6in a hearing is exempt from this confidentiality and
7non-disclosure requirement. Except for an act of willful or
8wanton misconduct, any superintendent who provides
9notification as required in this subsection (e-5) shall have
10immunity from any liability, whether civil or criminal or that
11otherwise might result by reason of such action.
12    (f) After March 19, 1990, the provisions of this Section
13shall apply to all employees of persons or firms holding
14contracts with any school district including, but not limited
15to, food service workers, school bus drivers and other
16transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
17the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of
18criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide
19Sex Offender Database on employees of persons or firms holding
20contracts with more than one school district and assigned to
21more than one school district, the regional superintendent of
22the educational service region in which the contracting school
23districts are located may, at the request of any such school
24district, be responsible for receiving the authorization for a
25criminal history records check prepared by each such employee
26and submitting the same to the Illinois State Police and for

 

 

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1conducting a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database for
2each employee. Any information concerning the record of
3conviction and identification as a sex offender of any such
4employee obtained by the regional superintendent shall be
5promptly reported to the president of the appropriate school
6board or school boards.
7    (f-5) Upon request of a school or school district, any
8information obtained by the school district pursuant to
9subsection (f) of this Section within the last year must be
10made available to the requesting school or school district.
11    (g) Prior to the commencement of any student teaching
12experience or required internship (which is referred to as
13student teaching in this Section) in the public schools, a
14student teacher is required to authorize a fingerprint-based
15criminal history records check. Authorization for and payment
16of the costs of the check must be furnished by the student
17teacher to the school district. Upon receipt of this
18authorization and payment, the school district shall submit
19the student teacher's name, sex, race, date of birth, social
20security number, fingerprint images, and other identifiers, as
21prescribed by the Illinois State Police, to the Illinois State
22Police. The Illinois State Police and the Federal Bureau of
23Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to a fingerprint-based
24criminal history records check, records of convictions,
25forever and hereinafter, until expunged, to the president of
26the board. The Illinois State Police shall charge the school

 

 

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1district a fee for conducting the check, which fee must not
2exceed the cost of the inquiry and must be deposited into the
3State Police Services Fund. The school district shall further
4perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database, as
5authorized by the Sex Offender Community Notification Law, and
6of the Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth
7Database, as authorized by the Murderer and Violent Offender
8Against Youth Registration Act, for each student teacher. The
9board may not knowingly allow a person to student teach for
10whom a criminal history records check, a Statewide Sex
11Offender Database check, and a Statewide Murderer and Violent
12Offender Against Youth Database check have not been completed
13and reviewed by the district.
14    A copy of the record of convictions obtained from the
15Illinois State Police must be provided to the student teacher.
16Any information concerning the record of convictions obtained
17by the president of the board is confidential and may only be
18transmitted to the general superintendent of schools or his or
19her designee, the State Superintendent of Education, the State
20Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, or, for
21clarification purposes, the Illinois State Police or the
22Statewide Sex Offender Database or Statewide Murderer and
23Violent Offender Against Youth Database. Any unauthorized
24release of confidential information may be a violation of
25Section 7 of the Criminal Identification Act.
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1teach who has been convicted of any offense that would subject
2him or her to license suspension or revocation pursuant to
3subsection (c) of Section 21B-80 of this Code, except as
4provided under subsection (b) of Section 21B-80. Further, the
5board may not allow a person to student teach if he or she has
6been found to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of
7a minor under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under
8Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. The board must
9consider the status of a person to student teach who has been
10issued an indicated finding of abuse or neglect of a child by
11the Department of Children and Family Services under the
12Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or by a child welfare
13agency of another jurisdiction.
14    (h) (Blank).
15    (i) A nonpublic special education facility with multiple
16campuses within this State and providing services under
17Section 14-7.02 of this Code shall maintain a separate,
18current record at a central administrative location, for
19inspection by representatives of the school district and the
20State Board of Education, for each staff member, whether
21employed full-time or part-time, who provides direct services
22or who is directly involved in the development and
23implementation of instructional services. A nonpublic special
24education facility shall send a monthly employee roster file
25electronically to the school district and the State Board of
26Education that details whether the facility's employees have

 

 

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1completed and passed the criminal history records check
2process.
3(Source: P.A. 101-72, eff. 7-12-19; 101-531, eff. 8-23-19;
4101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-552, eff.
51-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-894, eff. 5-20-22;
6102-1071, eff. 6-10-22.)
 
7    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-702)
8    Sec. 34-18.5. Criminal history records checks and checks
9of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer
10and Violent Offender Against Youth Database.
11    (a) Licensed and nonlicensed applicants for employment
12with the school district are required as a condition of
13employment to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal history
14records check to determine if such applicants have been
15convicted of any disqualifying, enumerated criminal or drug
16offense in subsection (c) of this Section or have been
17convicted, within 7 years of the application for employment
18with the school district, of any other felony under the laws of
19this State or of any offense committed or attempted in any
20other state or against the laws of the United States that, if
21committed or attempted in this State, would have been
22punishable as a felony under the laws of this State.
23Authorization for the check shall be furnished by the
24applicant to the school district, except that if the applicant
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1school district, or a teacher seeking concurrent part-time
2employment positions with more than one school district (as a
3reading specialist, special education teacher or otherwise),
4or an educational support personnel employee seeking
5employment positions with more than one district, any such
6district may require the applicant to furnish authorization
7for the check to the regional superintendent of the
8educational service region in which are located the school
9districts in which the applicant is seeking employment as a
10substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent
11educational support personnel employee. Upon receipt of this
12authorization, the school district or the appropriate regional
13superintendent, as the case may be, shall submit the
14applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth, social security
15number, fingerprint images, and other identifiers, as
16prescribed by the Illinois State Police, to the Illinois State
17Police. The regional superintendent submitting the requisite
18information to the Illinois State Police shall promptly notify
19the school districts in which the applicant is seeking
20employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or
21concurrent educational support personnel employee that the
22check of the applicant has been requested. The Illinois State
23Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall furnish,
24pursuant to a fingerprint-based criminal history records
25check, records of convictions, forever and hereinafter, until
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1district that requested the check, or to the regional
2superintendent who requested the check. The Illinois State
3Police shall charge the school district or the appropriate
4regional superintendent a fee for conducting such check, which
5fee shall be deposited in the State Police Services Fund and
6shall not exceed the cost of the inquiry; and the applicant
7shall not be charged a fee for such check by the school
8district or by the regional superintendent. Subject to
9appropriations for these purposes, the State Superintendent of
10Education shall reimburse the school district and regional
11superintendent for fees paid to obtain criminal history
12records checks under this Section.
13    (a-5) The school district or regional superintendent shall
14further perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender
15Database, as authorized by the Sex Offender Community
16Notification Law, for each applicant. The check of the
17Statewide Sex Offender Database must be conducted by the
18school district or regional superintendent once for every 5
19years that an applicant remains employed by the school
20district.
21    (a-6) The school district or regional superintendent shall
22further perform a check of the Statewide Murderer and Violent
23Offender Against Youth Database, as authorized by the Murderer
24and Violent Offender Against Youth Community Notification Law,
25for each applicant. The check of the Murderer and Violent
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1school district or regional superintendent once for every 5
2years that an applicant remains employed by the school
3district.
4    (b) Any information concerning the record of convictions
5obtained by the president of the board of education or the
6regional superintendent shall be confidential and may only be
7transmitted to the general superintendent of the school
8district or his designee, the appropriate regional
9superintendent if the check was requested by the board of
10education for the school district, the presidents of the
11appropriate board of education or school boards if the check
12was requested from the Illinois State Police by the regional
13superintendent, the State Board of Education and the school
14district as authorized under subsection (b-5), the State
15Superintendent of Education, the State Educator Preparation
16and Licensure Board or any other person necessary to the
17decision of hiring the applicant for employment. A copy of the
18record of convictions obtained from the Illinois State Police
19shall be provided to the applicant for employment. Upon the
20check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database or Statewide
21Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database, the
22school district or regional superintendent shall notify an
23applicant as to whether or not the applicant has been
24identified in the Database. If a check of an applicant for
25employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or
26concurrent educational support personnel employee in more than

 

 

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1one school district was requested by the regional
2superintendent, and the Illinois State Police upon a check
3ascertains that the applicant has not been convicted of any of
4the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) of
5this Section or has not been convicted, within 7 years of the
6application for employment with the school district, of any
7other felony under the laws of this State or of any offense
8committed or attempted in any other state or against the laws
9of the United States that, if committed or attempted in this
10State, would have been punishable as a felony under the laws of
11this State and so notifies the regional superintendent and if
12the regional superintendent upon a check ascertains that the
13applicant has not been identified in the Sex Offender Database
14or Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth
15Database, then the regional superintendent shall issue to the
16applicant a certificate evidencing that as of the date
17specified by the Illinois State Police the applicant has not
18been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug
19offenses in subsection (c) of this Section or has not been
20convicted, within 7 years of the application for employment
21with the school district, of any other felony under the laws of
22this State or of any offense committed or attempted in any
23other state or against the laws of the United States that, if
24committed or attempted in this State, would have been
25punishable as a felony under the laws of this State and
26evidencing that as of the date that the regional

 

 

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1superintendent conducted a check of the Statewide Sex Offender
2Database or Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against
3Youth Database, the applicant has not been identified in the
4Database. The school board of any school district may rely on
5the certificate issued by any regional superintendent to that
6substitute teacher, concurrent part-time teacher, or
7concurrent educational support personnel employee or may
8initiate its own criminal history records check of the
9applicant through the Illinois State Police and its own check
10of the Statewide Sex Offender Database or Statewide Murderer
11and Violent Offender Against Youth Database as provided in
12this Section. Any unauthorized release of confidential
13information may be a violation of Section 7 of the Criminal
14Identification Act.
15    (b-5) If a criminal history records check or check of the
16Statewide Sex Offender Database or Statewide Murderer and
17Violent Offender Against Youth Database is performed by a
18regional superintendent for an applicant seeking employment as
19a substitute teacher with the school district, the regional
20superintendent may disclose to the State Board of Education
21whether the applicant has been issued a certificate under
22subsection (b) based on those checks. If the State Board
23receives information on an applicant under this subsection,
24then it must indicate in the Educator Licensure Information
25System for a 90-day period that the applicant has been issued
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1    (c) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
2person who has been convicted of any offense that would
3subject him or her to license suspension or revocation
4pursuant to Section 21B-80 of this Code, except as provided
5under subsection (b) of 21B-80. Further, the board of
6education shall not knowingly employ a person who has been
7found to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any
8minor under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under
9Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. As a condition of
10employment, the board of education must consider the status of
11a person who has been issued an indicated finding of abuse or
12neglect of a child by the Department of Children and Family
13Services under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or
14by a child welfare agency of another jurisdiction.
15    (d) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
16person for whom a criminal history records check and a
17Statewide Sex Offender Database check have not been initiated.
18    (e) Within 10 days after the general superintendent of
19schools, a regional office of education, or an entity that
20provides background checks of license holders to public
21schools receives information of a pending criminal charge
22against a license holder for an offense set forth in Section
2321B-80 of this Code, the superintendent, regional office of
24education, or entity must notify the State Superintendent of
25Education of the pending criminal charge.
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1conviction or of checking the Statewide Murderer and Violent
2Offender Against Youth Database or the Statewide Sex Offender
3Database and finding a registration, the general
4superintendent of schools or the applicable regional
5superintendent shall, in writing, notify the State
6Superintendent of Education of any license holder who has been
7convicted of a crime set forth in Section 21B-80 of this Code.
8Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of or a finding of
9child abuse by a holder of any license issued pursuant to
10Article 21B or Section 34-8.1 of this Code, the State
11Superintendent of Education may initiate licensure suspension
12and revocation proceedings as authorized by law. If the
13receipt of the record of conviction or finding of child abuse
14is received within 6 months after the initial grant of or
15renewal of a license, the State Superintendent of Education
16may rescind the license holder's license.
17    (e-5) The general superintendent of schools shall, in
18writing, notify the State Superintendent of Education of any
19license holder whom he or she has reasonable cause to believe
20has committed (i) an intentional act of abuse or neglect with
21the result of making a child an abused child or a neglected
22child, as defined in Section 3 of the Abused and Neglected
23Child Reporting Act or (ii) an act of sexual misconduct, as
24defined in Section 22-85.5 of this Code, and that act resulted
25in the license holder's dismissal or resignation from the
26school district and must include the Illinois Educator

 

 

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1Identification Number (IEIN) of the license holder and a brief
2description of the misconduct alleged. This notification must
3be submitted within 30 days after the dismissal or
4resignation. The license holder must also be contemporaneously
5sent a copy of the notice by the superintendent. All
6correspondence, documentation, and other information so
7received by the State Superintendent of Education, the State
8Board of Education, or the State Educator Preparation and
9Licensure Board under this subsection (e-5) is confidential
10and must not be disclosed to third parties, except (i) as
11necessary for the State Superintendent of Education or his or
12her designee to investigate and prosecute pursuant to Article
1321B of this Code, (ii) pursuant to a court order, (iii) for
14disclosure to the license holder or his or her representative,
15or (iv) as otherwise provided in this Article and provided
16that any such information admitted into evidence in a hearing
17is exempt from this confidentiality and non-disclosure
18requirement. Except for an act of willful or wanton
19misconduct, any superintendent who provides notification as
20required in this subsection (e-5) shall have immunity from any
21liability, whether civil or criminal or that otherwise might
22result by reason of such action.
23    (f) After March 19, 1990, the provisions of this Section
24shall apply to all employees of persons or firms holding
25contracts with any school district including, but not limited
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1transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
2the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of
3criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide
4Sex Offender Database on employees of persons or firms holding
5contracts with more than one school district and assigned to
6more than one school district, the regional superintendent of
7the educational service region in which the contracting school
8districts are located may, at the request of any such school
9district, be responsible for receiving the authorization for a
10criminal history records check prepared by each such employee
11and submitting the same to the Illinois State Police and for
12conducting a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database for
13each employee. Any information concerning the record of
14conviction and identification as a sex offender of any such
15employee obtained by the regional superintendent shall be
16promptly reported to the president of the appropriate school
17board or school boards.
18    (f-5) Upon request of a school or school district, any
19information obtained by the school district pursuant to
20subsection (f) of this Section within the last year must be
21made available to the requesting school or school district.
22    (g) Prior to the commencement of any student teaching
23experience or required internship (which is referred to as
24student teaching in this Section) in the public schools, a
25student teacher is required to authorize a fingerprint-based
26criminal history records check. Authorization for and payment

 

 

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1of the costs of the check must be furnished by the student
2teacher to the school district. Upon receipt of this
3authorization and payment, the school district shall submit
4the student teacher's name, sex, race, date of birth, social
5security number, fingerprint images, and other identifiers, as
6prescribed by the Illinois State Police, to the Illinois State
7Police. The Illinois State Police and the Federal Bureau of
8Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to a fingerprint-based
9criminal history records check, records of convictions,
10forever and hereinafter, until expunged, to the president of
11the board. The Illinois State Police shall charge the school
12district a fee for conducting the check, which fee must not
13exceed the cost of the inquiry and must be deposited into the
14State Police Services Fund. The school district shall further
15perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database, as
16authorized by the Sex Offender Community Notification Law, and
17of the Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth
18Database, as authorized by the Murderer and Violent Offender
19Against Youth Registration Act, for each student teacher. The
20board may not knowingly allow a person to student teach for
21whom a criminal history records check, a Statewide Sex
22Offender Database check, and a Statewide Murderer and Violent
23Offender Against Youth Database check have not been completed
24and reviewed by the district.
25    A copy of the record of convictions obtained from the
26Illinois State Police must be provided to the student teacher.

 

 

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1Any information concerning the record of convictions obtained
2by the president of the board is confidential and may only be
3transmitted to the general superintendent of schools or his or
4her designee, the State Superintendent of Education, the State
5Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, or, for
6clarification purposes, the Illinois State Police or the
7Statewide Sex Offender Database or Statewide Murderer and
8Violent Offender Against Youth Database. Any unauthorized
9release of confidential information may be a violation of
10Section 7 of the Criminal Identification Act.
11    The board may not knowingly allow a person to student
12teach who has been convicted of any offense that would subject
13him or her to license suspension or revocation pursuant to
14subsection (c) of Section 21B-80 of this Code, except as
15provided under subsection (b) of Section 21B-80. Further, the
16board may not allow a person to student teach if he or she has
17been found to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of
18a minor under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under
19Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. The board must
20consider the status of a person to student teach who has been
21issued an indicated finding of abuse or neglect of a child by
22the Department of Children and Family Services under the
23Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or by a child welfare
24agency of another jurisdiction.
25    (h) (Blank).
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1campuses within this State and providing services under
2Section 14-7.02 of this Code shall maintain a separate,
3current record at a central administrative location, for
4inspection by representatives of the school district and the
5State Board of Education, for each staff member, whether
6employed full-time or part-time, who provides direct services
7or who is directly involved in the development and
8implementation of instructional services. A nonpublic special
9education facility shall send a monthly employee roster file
10electronically to the school district and the State Board of
11Education that details whether the facility's employees have
12completed and passed the criminal history records check
13process.
14(Source: P.A. 101-72, eff. 7-12-19; 101-531, eff. 8-23-19;
15101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-552, eff.
161-1-22; 102-702, eff. 7-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-894,
17eff. 5-20-22; 102-1071, eff. 6-10-22; revised 8-17-22.)
 
18    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
19changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
20that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
21represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
22not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
23made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
24Public Act.
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.