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1 | AN ACT concerning education. | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly: | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 34-2.3 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 5/34-2.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.3) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 34-2.3. Local school councils; powers and duties. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Each local school council shall have and exercise, consistent | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | with the provisions of this Article and the powers and duties | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | of the board of education, the following powers and duties: | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | 1. (A) To annually evaluate the performance of the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | principal of the attendance center using a Board approved | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | principal evaluation form, which shall include the evaluation | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | of (i) student academic improvement, as defined by the school | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | improvement plan, (ii) student absenteeism rates at the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | school, (iii) instructional leadership, (iv) the effective | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | implementation of programs, policies, or strategies to improve | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | student academic achievement, (v) school management, and (vi) | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | any other factors deemed relevant by the local school council, | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | including, without limitation, the principal's communication | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | skills and ability to create and maintain a student-centered | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | learning environment, to develop opportunities for | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | professional development, and to encourage parental |
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1 | involvement and community partnerships to achieve school | ||||||
2 | improvement; | ||||||
3 | (B) to determine in the manner provided by subsection (c) | ||||||
4 | of Section 34-2.2 and subdivision 1.5 of this Section whether | ||||||
5 | the performance contract of the principal shall be renewed; | ||||||
6 | and | ||||||
7 | (C) to directly select, in the manner provided by | ||||||
8 | subsection (c) of Section 34-2.2, a new principal (including a | ||||||
9 | new principal to fill a vacancy) -- without submitting any | ||||||
10 | list of candidates for that position to the general | ||||||
11 | superintendent as provided in paragraph 2 of this Section -- | ||||||
12 | to serve under a 4 year performance contract; provided that | ||||||
13 | (i) the determination of whether the principal's performance | ||||||
14 | contract is to be renewed, based upon the evaluation required | ||||||
15 | by subdivision 1.5 of this Section, shall be made no later than | ||||||
16 | 150 days prior to the expiration of the current | ||||||
17 | performance-based contract of the principal, (ii) in cases | ||||||
18 | where such performance contract is not renewed -- a direct | ||||||
19 | selection of a new principal -- to serve under a 4 year | ||||||
20 | performance contract shall be made by the local school council | ||||||
21 | no later than 45 days prior to the expiration of the current | ||||||
22 | performance contract of the principal, and (iii) a selection | ||||||
23 | by the local school council of a new principal to fill a | ||||||
24 | vacancy under a 4 year performance contract shall be made | ||||||
25 | within 90 days after the date such vacancy occurs. A Council | ||||||
26 | shall be required, if requested by the principal, to provide |
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1 | in writing the reasons for the council's not renewing the | ||||||
2 | principal's contract. | ||||||
3 | 1.5. The local school council's determination of whether | ||||||
4 | to renew the principal's contract shall be based on an | ||||||
5 | evaluation to assess the educational and administrative | ||||||
6 | progress made at the school during the principal's current | ||||||
7 | performance-based contract. The local school council shall | ||||||
8 | base its evaluation on (i) student academic improvement, as | ||||||
9 | defined by the school improvement plan, (ii) student | ||||||
10 | absenteeism rates at the school, (iii) instructional | ||||||
11 | leadership, (iv) the effective implementation of programs, | ||||||
12 | policies, or strategies to improve student academic | ||||||
13 | achievement, (v) school management, and (vi) any other factors | ||||||
14 | deemed relevant by the local school council, including, | ||||||
15 | without limitation, the principal's communication skills and | ||||||
16 | ability to create and maintain a student-centered learning | ||||||
17 | environment, to develop opportunities for professional | ||||||
18 | development, and to encourage parental involvement and | ||||||
19 | community partnerships to achieve school improvement. If a | ||||||
20 | local school council fails to renew the performance contract | ||||||
21 | of a principal rated by the general superintendent, or his or | ||||||
22 | her designee, in the previous years' evaluations as meeting or | ||||||
23 | exceeding expectations, the principal, within 15 days after | ||||||
24 | the local school council's decision not to renew the contract, | ||||||
25 | may request a review of the local school council's principal | ||||||
26 | non-retention decision by a hearing officer appointed by the |
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1 | American Arbitration Association. A local school council | ||||||
2 | member or members or the general superintendent may support | ||||||
3 | the principal's request for review. During the period of the | ||||||
4 | hearing officer's review of the local school council's | ||||||
5 | decision on whether or not to retain the principal, the local | ||||||
6 | school council shall maintain all authority to search for and | ||||||
7 | contract with a person to serve as interim or acting | ||||||
8 | principal, or as the principal of the attendance center under | ||||||
9 | a 4-year performance contract, provided that any performance | ||||||
10 | contract entered into by the local school council shall be | ||||||
11 | voidable or modified in accordance with the decision of the | ||||||
12 | hearing officer. The principal may request review only once | ||||||
13 | while at that attendance center. If a local school council | ||||||
14 | renews the contract of a principal who failed to obtain a | ||||||
15 | rating of "meets" or "exceeds expectations" in the general | ||||||
16 | superintendent's evaluation for the previous year, the general | ||||||
17 | superintendent, within 15 days after the local school | ||||||
18 | council's decision to renew the contract, may request a review | ||||||
19 | of the local school council's principal retention decision by | ||||||
20 | a hearing officer appointed by the American Arbitration | ||||||
21 | Association. The general superintendent may request a review | ||||||
22 | only once for that principal at that attendance center. All | ||||||
23 | requests to review the retention or non-retention of a | ||||||
24 | principal shall be submitted to the general superintendent, | ||||||
25 | who shall, in turn, forward such requests, within 14 days of | ||||||
26 | receipt, to the American Arbitration Association. The general |
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1 | superintendent shall send a contemporaneous copy of the | ||||||
2 | request that was forwarded to the American Arbitration | ||||||
3 | Association to the principal and to each local school council | ||||||
4 | member and shall inform the local school council of its rights | ||||||
5 | and responsibilities under the arbitration process, including | ||||||
6 | the local school council's right to representation and the | ||||||
7 | manner and process by which the Board shall pay the costs of | ||||||
8 | the council's representation. If the local school council | ||||||
9 | retains the principal and the general superintendent requests | ||||||
10 | a review of the retention decision, the local school council | ||||||
11 | and the general superintendent shall be considered parties to | ||||||
12 | the arbitration, a hearing officer shall be chosen between | ||||||
13 | those 2 parties pursuant to procedures promulgated by the | ||||||
14 | State Board of Education, and the principal may retain counsel | ||||||
15 | and participate in the arbitration. If the local school | ||||||
16 | council does not retain the principal and the principal | ||||||
17 | requests a review of the retention decision, the local school | ||||||
18 | council and the principal shall be considered parties to the | ||||||
19 | arbitration and a hearing officer shall be chosen between | ||||||
20 | those 2 parties pursuant to procedures promulgated by the | ||||||
21 | State Board of Education. The hearing shall begin (i) within | ||||||
22 | 45 days after the initial request for review is submitted by | ||||||
23 | the principal to the general superintendent or (ii) if the | ||||||
24 | initial request for review is made by the general | ||||||
25 | superintendent, within 45 days after that request is mailed to | ||||||
26 | the American Arbitration Association. The hearing officer |
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1 | shall render a decision within 45 days after the hearing | ||||||
2 | begins and within 90 days after the initial request for | ||||||
3 | review. The Board shall contract with the American Arbitration | ||||||
4 | Association for all of the hearing officer's reasonable and | ||||||
5 | necessary costs. In addition, the Board shall pay any | ||||||
6 | reasonable costs incurred by a local school council for | ||||||
7 | representation before a hearing officer. | ||||||
8 | 1.10. The hearing officer shall conduct a hearing, which | ||||||
9 | shall include (i) a review of the principal's performance, | ||||||
10 | evaluations, and other evidence of the principal's service at | ||||||
11 | the school, (ii) reasons provided by the local school council | ||||||
12 | for its decision, and (iii) documentation evidencing views of | ||||||
13 | interested persons, including, without limitation, students, | ||||||
14 | parents, local school council members, school faculty and | ||||||
15 | staff, the principal, the general superintendent or his or her | ||||||
16 | designee, and members of the community. The burden of proof in | ||||||
17 | establishing that the local school council's decision was | ||||||
18 | arbitrary and capricious shall be on the party requesting the | ||||||
19 | arbitration, and this party shall sustain the burden by a | ||||||
20 | preponderance of the evidence. The hearing officer shall set | ||||||
21 | the local school council decision aside if that decision, in | ||||||
22 | light of the record developed at the hearing, is arbitrary and | ||||||
23 | capricious. The decision of the hearing officer may not be | ||||||
24 | appealed to the Board or the State Board of Education. If the | ||||||
25 | hearing officer decides that the principal shall be retained, | ||||||
26 | the retention period shall not exceed 2 years. |
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1 | 2. In the event (i) the local school council does not renew | ||||||
2 | the performance contract of the principal, or the principal | ||||||
3 | fails to receive a satisfactory rating as provided in | ||||||
4 | subsection (h) of Section 34-8.3, or the principal is removed | ||||||
5 | for cause during the term of his or her performance contract in | ||||||
6 | the manner provided by Section 34-85, or a vacancy in the | ||||||
7 | position of principal otherwise occurs prior to the expiration | ||||||
8 | of the term of a principal's performance contract, and (ii) | ||||||
9 | the local school council fails to directly select a new | ||||||
10 | principal to serve under a 4 year performance contract, the | ||||||
11 | local school council in such event shall submit to the general | ||||||
12 | superintendent a list of 3 candidates -- listed in the local | ||||||
13 | school council's order of preference -- for the position of | ||||||
14 | principal, one of which shall be selected by the general | ||||||
15 | superintendent to serve as principal of the attendance center. | ||||||
16 | If the general superintendent fails or refuses to select one | ||||||
17 | of the candidates on the list to serve as principal within 30 | ||||||
18 | days after being furnished with the candidate list, the | ||||||
19 | general superintendent shall select and place a principal on | ||||||
20 | an interim basis (i) for a period not to exceed one year or | ||||||
21 | (ii) until the local school council selects a new principal | ||||||
22 | with 7 affirmative votes as provided in subsection (c) of | ||||||
23 | Section 34-2.2, whichever occurs first. If the local school | ||||||
24 | council fails or refuses to select and appoint a new | ||||||
25 | principal, as specified by subsection (c) of Section 34-2.2, | ||||||
26 | the general superintendent may select and appoint a new |
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1 | principal on an interim basis for an additional year or until a | ||||||
2 | new contract principal is selected by the local school | ||||||
3 | council. There shall be no discrimination on the basis of | ||||||
4 | race, sex, creed, color or disability unrelated to ability to | ||||||
5 | perform in connection with the submission of candidates for, | ||||||
6 | and the selection of a candidate to serve as principal of an | ||||||
7 | attendance center. No person shall be directly selected, | ||||||
8 | listed as a candidate for, or selected to serve as principal of | ||||||
9 | an attendance center (i) if such person has been removed for | ||||||
10 | cause from employment by the Board or (ii) if such person does | ||||||
11 | not hold a valid Professional Educator License issued under | ||||||
12 | Article 21B and endorsed as required by that Article for the | ||||||
13 | position of principal. A principal whose performance contract | ||||||
14 | is not renewed as provided under subsection (c) of Section | ||||||
15 | 34-2.2 may nevertheless, if otherwise qualified and licensed | ||||||
16 | as herein provided and if he or she has received a satisfactory | ||||||
17 | rating as provided in subsection (h) of Section 34-8.3, be | ||||||
18 | included by a local school council as one of the 3 candidates | ||||||
19 | listed in order of preference on any candidate list from which | ||||||
20 | one person is to be selected to serve as principal of the | ||||||
21 | attendance center under a new performance contract. The | ||||||
22 | initial candidate list required to be submitted by a local | ||||||
23 | school council to the general superintendent in cases where | ||||||
24 | the local school council does not renew the performance | ||||||
25 | contract of its principal and does not directly select a new | ||||||
26 | principal to serve under a 4 year performance contract shall |
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1 | be submitted not later than 30 days prior to the expiration of | ||||||
2 | the current performance contract. In cases where the local | ||||||
3 | school council fails or refuses to submit the candidate list | ||||||
4 | to the general superintendent no later than 30 days prior to | ||||||
5 | the expiration of the incumbent principal's contract, the | ||||||
6 | general superintendent may appoint a principal on an interim | ||||||
7 | basis for a period not to exceed one year, during which time | ||||||
8 | the local school council shall be able to select a new | ||||||
9 | principal with 7 affirmative votes as provided in subsection | ||||||
10 | (c) of Section 34-2.2. In cases where a principal is removed | ||||||
11 | for cause or a vacancy otherwise occurs in the position of | ||||||
12 | principal and the vacancy is not filled by direct selection by | ||||||
13 | the local school council, the candidate list shall be | ||||||
14 | submitted by the local school council to the general | ||||||
15 | superintendent within 90 days after the date such removal or | ||||||
16 | vacancy occurs. In cases where the local school council fails | ||||||
17 | or refuses to submit the candidate list to the general | ||||||
18 | superintendent within 90 days after the date of the vacancy, | ||||||
19 | the general superintendent may appoint a principal on an | ||||||
20 | interim basis for a period of one year, during which time the | ||||||
21 | local school council shall be able to select a new principal | ||||||
22 | with 7 affirmative votes as provided in subsection (c) of | ||||||
23 | Section 34-2.2. | ||||||
24 | 2.5. Whenever a vacancy in the office of a principal | ||||||
25 | occurs for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled in the | ||||||
26 | manner provided by this Section by the selection of a new |
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1 | principal to serve under a 4 year performance contract. | ||||||
2 | 3. To establish additional criteria to be included as part | ||||||
3 | of the performance contract of its principal, provided that | ||||||
4 | such additional criteria shall not discriminate on the basis | ||||||
5 | of race, sex, creed, color or disability unrelated to ability | ||||||
6 | to perform, and shall not be inconsistent with the uniform 4 | ||||||
7 | year performance contract for principals developed by the | ||||||
8 | board as provided in Section 34-8.1 of the School Code or with | ||||||
9 | other provisions of this Article governing the authority and | ||||||
10 | responsibility of principals. | ||||||
11 | 4. To approve the expenditure plan prepared by the | ||||||
12 | principal with respect to all funds allocated and distributed | ||||||
13 | to the attendance center by the Board. The expenditure plan | ||||||
14 | shall be administered by the principal. Notwithstanding any | ||||||
15 | other provision of this Act or any other law, any expenditure | ||||||
16 | plan approved and administered under this Section 34-2.3 shall | ||||||
17 | be consistent with and subject to the terms of any contract for | ||||||
18 | services with a third party entered into by the Chicago School | ||||||
19 | Reform Board of Trustees or the board under this Act. | ||||||
20 | Via a supermajority vote of 8 members of a local school | ||||||
21 | council enrolling students through the 8th grade or 9 members | ||||||
22 | of a local school council at a secondary attendance center or | ||||||
23 | an attendance center enrolling students in grades 7 through | ||||||
24 | 12, the Council may transfer allocations pursuant to Section | ||||||
25 | 34-2.3 within funds; provided that such a transfer is | ||||||
26 | consistent with applicable law and collective bargaining |
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1 | agreements. | ||||||
2 | Beginning in fiscal year 1991 and in each fiscal year | ||||||
3 | thereafter, the Board may reserve up to 1% of its total fiscal | ||||||
4 | year budget for distribution on a prioritized basis to schools | ||||||
5 | throughout the school system in order to assure adequate | ||||||
6 | programs to meet the needs of special student populations as | ||||||
7 | determined by the Board. This distribution shall take into | ||||||
8 | account the needs catalogued in the Systemwide Plan and the | ||||||
9 | various local school improvement plans of the local school | ||||||
10 | councils. Information about these centrally funded programs | ||||||
11 | shall be distributed to the local school councils so that | ||||||
12 | their subsequent planning and programming will account for | ||||||
13 | these provisions. | ||||||
14 | Beginning in fiscal year 1991 and in each fiscal year | ||||||
15 | thereafter, from other amounts available in the applicable | ||||||
16 | fiscal year budget, the board shall allocate a lump sum amount | ||||||
17 | to each local school based upon such formula as the board shall | ||||||
18 | determine taking into account the special needs of the student | ||||||
19 | body. The local school principal shall develop an expenditure | ||||||
20 | plan in consultation with the local school council, the | ||||||
21 | professional personnel leadership committee and with all other | ||||||
22 | school personnel, which reflects the priorities and activities | ||||||
23 | as described in the school's local school improvement plan and | ||||||
24 | is consistent with applicable law and collective bargaining | ||||||
25 | agreements and with board policies and standards; however, the | ||||||
26 | local school council shall have the right to request waivers |
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1 | of board policy from the board of education and waivers of | ||||||
2 | employee collective bargaining agreements pursuant to Section | ||||||
3 | 34-8.1a. | ||||||
4 | The expenditure plan developed by the principal with | ||||||
5 | respect to amounts available from the fund for prioritized | ||||||
6 | special needs programs and the allocated lump sum amount must | ||||||
7 | be approved by the local school council. | ||||||
8 | The lump sum allocation shall take into account the | ||||||
9 | following principles: | ||||||
10 | a. Teachers: Each school shall be allocated funds | ||||||
11 | equal to the amount appropriated in the previous school | ||||||
12 | year for compensation for teachers (regular grades | ||||||
13 | kindergarten through 12th grade) plus whatever increases | ||||||
14 | in compensation have been negotiated contractually or | ||||||
15 | through longevity as provided in the negotiated agreement. | ||||||
16 | Adjustments shall be made due to layoff or reduction in | ||||||
17 | force, lack of funds or work, change in subject | ||||||
18 | requirements, enrollment changes, or contracts with third | ||||||
19 | parties for the performance of services or to rectify any | ||||||
20 | inconsistencies with system-wide allocation formulas or | ||||||
21 | for other legitimate reasons. | ||||||
22 | b. Other personnel: Funds for other teacher licensed | ||||||
23 | and nonlicensed personnel paid through non-categorical | ||||||
24 | funds shall be provided according to system-wide formulas | ||||||
25 | based on student enrollment and the special needs of the | ||||||
26 | school as determined by the Board. |
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1 | c. Non-compensation items: Appropriations for all | ||||||
2 | non-compensation items shall be based on system-wide | ||||||
3 | formulas based on student enrollment and on the special | ||||||
4 | needs of the school or factors related to the physical | ||||||
5 | plant, including but not limited to textbooks, electronic | ||||||
6 | textbooks and the technological equipment necessary to | ||||||
7 | gain access to and use electronic textbooks, supplies, | ||||||
8 | electricity, equipment, and routine maintenance. | ||||||
9 | d. Funds for categorical programs: Schools shall | ||||||
10 | receive personnel and funds based on, and shall use such | ||||||
11 | personnel and funds in accordance with State and Federal | ||||||
12 | requirements applicable to each categorical program | ||||||
13 | provided to meet the special needs of the student body | ||||||
14 | (including but not limited to, Federal Chapter I, | ||||||
15 | Bilingual, and Special Education). | ||||||
16 | d.1. Funds for State Title I: Each school shall | ||||||
17 | receive funds based on State and Board requirements | ||||||
18 | applicable to each State Title I pupil provided to meet | ||||||
19 | the special needs of the student body. Each school shall | ||||||
20 | receive the proportion of funds as provided in Section | ||||||
21 | 18-8 or 18-8.15 to which they are entitled. These funds | ||||||
22 | shall be spent only with the budgetary approval of the | ||||||
23 | Local School Council as provided in Section 34-2.3. | ||||||
24 | e. The Local School Council shall have the right to | ||||||
25 | request the principal to close positions and open new ones | ||||||
26 | consistent with the provisions of the local school |
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1 | improvement plan provided that these decisions are | ||||||
2 | consistent with applicable law and collective bargaining | ||||||
3 | agreements. If a position is closed, pursuant to this | ||||||
4 | paragraph, the local school shall have for its use the | ||||||
5 | system-wide average compensation for the closed position. | ||||||
6 | f. Operating within existing laws and collective | ||||||
7 | bargaining agreements, the local school council shall have | ||||||
8 | the right to direct the principal to shift expenditures | ||||||
9 | within funds. | ||||||
10 | g. (Blank). | ||||||
11 | Any funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall be | ||||||
12 | available to the board of education for use as part of its | ||||||
13 | budget for the following fiscal year. | ||||||
14 | 5. To make recommendations to the principal concerning | ||||||
15 | textbook selection and concerning curriculum developed | ||||||
16 | pursuant to the school improvement plan which is consistent | ||||||
17 | with systemwide curriculum objectives in accordance with | ||||||
18 | Sections 34-8 and 34-18 of the School Code and in conformity | ||||||
19 | with the collective bargaining agreement. | ||||||
20 | 6. To advise the principal concerning the attendance and | ||||||
21 | disciplinary policies for the attendance center, subject to | ||||||
22 | the provisions of this Article and Article 26, and consistent | ||||||
23 | with the uniform system of discipline established by the board | ||||||
24 | pursuant to Section 34-19. | ||||||
25 | 7. To approve a school improvement plan developed as | ||||||
26 | provided in Section 34-2.4. The process and schedule for plan |
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1 | development shall be publicized to the entire school | ||||||
2 | community, and the community shall be afforded the opportunity | ||||||
3 | to make recommendations concerning the plan. At least twice a | ||||||
4 | year the principal and local school council shall report | ||||||
5 | publicly on progress and problems with respect to plan | ||||||
6 | implementation. | ||||||
7 | 8. To evaluate the allocation of teaching resources and | ||||||
8 | other licensed and nonlicensed staff to the attendance center | ||||||
9 | to determine whether such allocation is consistent with and in | ||||||
10 | furtherance of instructional objectives and school programs | ||||||
11 | reflective of the school improvement plan adopted for the | ||||||
12 | attendance center; and to make recommendations to the board, | ||||||
13 | the general superintendent and the principal concerning any | ||||||
14 | reallocation of teaching resources or other staff whenever the | ||||||
15 | council determines that any such reallocation is appropriate | ||||||
16 | because the qualifications of any existing staff at the | ||||||
17 | attendance center do not adequately match or support | ||||||
18 | instructional objectives or school programs which reflect the | ||||||
19 | school improvement plan. | ||||||
20 | 9. To make recommendations to the principal and the | ||||||
21 | general superintendent concerning their respective | ||||||
22 | appointments, after August 31, 1989, and in the manner | ||||||
23 | provided by Section 34-8 and Section 34-8.1, of persons to | ||||||
24 | fill any vacant, additional or newly created positions for | ||||||
25 | teachers at the attendance center or at attendance centers | ||||||
26 | which include the attendance center served by the local school |
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1 | council. | ||||||
2 | 10. To request of the Board the manner in which training | ||||||
3 | and assistance shall be provided to the local school council. | ||||||
4 | Pursuant to Board guidelines a local school council is | ||||||
5 | authorized to direct the Board of Education to contract with | ||||||
6 | personnel or not-for-profit organizations not associated with | ||||||
7 | the school district to train or assist council members. If | ||||||
8 | training or assistance is provided by contract with personnel | ||||||
9 | or organizations not associated with the school district, the | ||||||
10 | period of training or assistance shall not exceed 30 hours | ||||||
11 | during a given school year; person shall not be employed on a | ||||||
12 | continuous basis longer than said period and shall not have | ||||||
13 | been employed by the Chicago Board of Education within the | ||||||
14 | preceding six months. Council members shall receive training | ||||||
15 | in at least the following areas: | ||||||
16 | 1. school budgets; | ||||||
17 | 2. educational theory pertinent to the attendance | ||||||
18 | center's particular needs, including the development of | ||||||
19 | the school improvement plan and the principal's | ||||||
20 | performance contract; and | ||||||
21 | 3. personnel selection. | ||||||
22 | Council members shall, to the greatest extent possible, | ||||||
23 | complete such training within 90 days of election. | ||||||
24 | 11. In accordance with systemwide guidelines contained in | ||||||
25 | the System-Wide Educational Reform Goals and Objectives Plan, | ||||||
26 | criteria for evaluation of performance shall be established |
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1 | for local school councils and local school council members. If | ||||||
2 | a local school council persists in noncompliance with | ||||||
3 | systemwide requirements, the Board may impose sanctions and | ||||||
4 | take necessary corrective action, consistent with Section | ||||||
5 | 34-8.3. | ||||||
6 | 12. Each local school council shall comply with the Open | ||||||
7 | Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Each local | ||||||
8 | school council shall issue and transmit to its school | ||||||
9 | community a detailed annual report accounting for its | ||||||
10 | activities programmatically and financially. Each local school | ||||||
11 | council shall convene at least 2 well-publicized meetings | ||||||
12 | annually with its entire school community. These meetings | ||||||
13 | shall include presentation of the proposed local school | ||||||
14 | improvement plan, of the proposed school expenditure plan, and | ||||||
15 | the annual report, and shall provide an opportunity for public | ||||||
16 | comment. | ||||||
17 | 13. Each local school council is encouraged to involve | ||||||
18 | additional non-voting members of the school community in | ||||||
19 | facilitating the council's exercise of its responsibilities. | ||||||
20 | 14. The local school council may adopt a school uniform or | ||||||
21 | dress code policy that governs the attendance center and that | ||||||
22 | is necessary to maintain the orderly process of a school | ||||||
23 | function or prevent endangerment of student health or safety, | ||||||
24 | consistent with the policies and rules of the Board of | ||||||
25 | Education. A school uniform or dress code policy adopted by a | ||||||
26 | local school council: (i) shall not be applied in such manner |
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1 | as to discipline or deny attendance to a transfer student or | ||||||
2 | any other student for noncompliance with that policy during | ||||||
3 | such period of time as is reasonably necessary to enable the | ||||||
4 | student to acquire a school uniform or otherwise comply with | ||||||
5 | the dress code policy that is in effect at the attendance | ||||||
6 | center into which the student's enrollment is transferred; | ||||||
7 | (ii) shall include criteria and procedures under which the | ||||||
8 | local school council will accommodate the needs of or | ||||||
9 | otherwise provide appropriate resources to assist a student | ||||||
10 | from an indigent family in complying with an applicable school | ||||||
11 | uniform or dress code policy; (iii) shall not include or apply | ||||||
12 | to hairstyles, including hairstyles historically associated | ||||||
13 | with race, ethnicity, or hair texture, including, but not | ||||||
14 | limited to, protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and | ||||||
15 | twists; and (iv) shall not prohibit the right of a student to | ||||||
16 | wear or accessorize the student's graduation attire with items | ||||||
17 | associated with the student's cultural, ethnic, or religious | ||||||
18 | identity or any other protected characteristic or category | ||||||
19 | identified in subsection (Q) of Section 1-103 of the Illinois | ||||||
20 | Human Rights Act. A student whose parents or legal guardians | ||||||
21 | object on religious grounds to the student's compliance with | ||||||
22 | an applicable school uniform or dress code policy shall not be | ||||||
23 | required to comply with that policy if the student's parents | ||||||
24 | or legal guardians present to the local school council a | ||||||
25 | signed statement of objection detailing the grounds for the | ||||||
26 | objection. If a local school council does not comply with the |
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1 | requirements and prohibitions set forth in this paragraph 14, | ||||||
2 | the attendance center is subject to the penalty imposed | ||||||
3 | pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 2-3.25. | ||||||
4 | 15. All decisions made and actions taken by the local | ||||||
5 | school council in the exercise of its powers and duties shall | ||||||
6 | comply with State and federal laws, all applicable collective | ||||||
7 | bargaining agreements, court orders and rules properly | ||||||
8 | promulgated by the Board. | ||||||
9 | 15a. To grant, in accordance with board rules and | ||||||
10 | policies, the use of assembly halls and classrooms when not | ||||||
11 | otherwise needed, including lighting, heat, and attendants, | ||||||
12 | for public lectures, concerts, and other educational and | ||||||
13 | social activities. | ||||||
14 | 15b. To approve, in accordance with board rules and | ||||||
15 | policies, receipts and expenditures for all internal accounts | ||||||
16 | of the attendance center, and to approve all fund-raising | ||||||
17 | activities by nonschool organizations that use the school | ||||||
18 | building. | ||||||
19 | 16. (Blank). | ||||||
20 | 17. Names and addresses of local school council members | ||||||
21 | shall be a matter of public record. | ||||||
22 | 18. To contract with the Chicago Police Department to have | ||||||
23 | police officers or school resource officers on school grounds. | ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 102-360, eff. 1-1-22; 102-677, eff. 12-3-21; | ||||||
25 | 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; 103-463, eff. 8-4-23.) | ||||||
26 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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1 | becoming law. |