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1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections |
5 | | 10-22.25b, and 34-2.3 and by adding Section 2-3.196 as |
6 | | follows: |
7 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new) |
8 | | Sec. 2-3.196. Clothing resource materials. By no later |
9 | | than July 1, 2024, the State Board of Education shall make |
10 | | available to schools resource materials developed in |
11 | | consultation with stakeholders regarding a student wearing or |
12 | | accessorizing the student's graduation attire with general |
13 | | items that may be used by the student to associate with, |
14 | | identify, or declare the student's cultural, ethnic, or |
15 | | religious identity or any other protected characteristic or |
16 | | category identified in subsection (Q) of Section 1-103 of the |
17 | | Illinois Human Rights Act. The State Board of Education shall |
18 | | make the resource materials available on its Internet website.
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19 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.25b) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.25b)
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20 | | Sec. 10-22.25b. School uniforms. The school board may |
21 | | adopt a school
uniform or dress code
policy that governs all or |
22 | | certain individual attendance centers
and that is necessary to |
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1 | | maintain the orderly process of a school
function or prevent |
2 | | endangerment of student health or safety.
A school uniform or |
3 | | dress code policy adopted by
a school board: (i) shall not be |
4 | | applied in such manner as to discipline or
deny attendance to a |
5 | | transfer student or any other student for noncompliance
with |
6 | | that policy during
such period of time as is reasonably |
7 | | necessary to enable the student to acquire
a school uniform or |
8 | | otherwise comply with the dress code policy that is in
effect |
9 | | at the attendance center or in the district into which the |
10 | | student's
enrollment is transferred; (ii) shall include |
11 | | criteria and procedures under
which the school board will |
12 | | accommodate the needs of or otherwise provide
appropriate |
13 | | resources to assist a student from an indigent family in |
14 | | complying
with an applicable school uniform or dress code |
15 | | policy; and (iii) shall not include or apply to hairstyles, |
16 | | including hairstyles historically associated with race, |
17 | | ethnicity, or hair texture, including, but not limited to, |
18 | | protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists ; and |
19 | | (iv) shall not prohibit the right of a student to wear or
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20 | | accessorize the student's graduation attire with items |
21 | | associated with the student's cultural, ethnic, or religious |
22 | | identity or any other protected characteristic or category |
23 | | identified in subsection (Q) of Section 1-103 of the Illinois |
24 | | Human Rights Act . A student whose
parents or legal guardians |
25 | | object on religious grounds to the student's
compliance with |
26 | | an applicable school
uniform or dress code policy shall not be |
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1 | | required to comply with that policy
if the student's parents |
2 | | or legal guardians present to the school board a
signed |
3 | | statement of objection detailing the grounds for the |
4 | | objection.
This Section applies to school boards of all
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5 | | districts, including special charter districts and districts |
6 | | organized under
Article 34. If a school board does not comply |
7 | | with the requirements and prohibitions set forth in this |
8 | | Section, the school district is subject to the penalty imposed |
9 | | pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 2-3.25.
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10 | | By no later than July 1, 2022, the State Board of Education |
11 | | shall make available to schools resource materials developed |
12 | | in consultation with stakeholders regarding hairstyles, |
13 | | including hairstyles historically associated with race, |
14 | | ethnicity, or hair texture, including, but not limited to, |
15 | | protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists. The |
16 | | State Board of Education shall make the resource materials |
17 | | available on its Internet website. |
18 | | (Source: P.A. 102-360, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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19 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-2.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.3)
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20 | | Sec. 34-2.3. Local school councils; powers and duties. |
21 | | Each local school
council shall have and exercise, consistent |
22 | | with the provisions of
this Article and the powers and duties |
23 | | of
the board of education, the following powers and duties:
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24 | | 1. (A) To annually evaluate the performance of the |
25 | | principal of the
attendance
center
using a Board approved |
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1 | | principal evaluation form, which shall include the
evaluation |
2 | | of
(i) student academic improvement, as defined by the
school |
3 | | improvement plan, (ii)
student absenteeism rates
at the |
4 | | school, (iii) instructional leadership, (iv) the effective
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5 | | implementation of
programs, policies, or strategies to improve |
6 | | student academic achievement,
(v) school management, and (vi) |
7 | | any other factors deemed relevant by the local
school council, |
8 | | including, without limitation, the principal's communication
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9 | | skills and ability to create and maintain a student-centered |
10 | | learning
environment, to develop opportunities for |
11 | | professional development, and to
encourage parental |
12 | | involvement and community partnerships to achieve school
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13 | | improvement;
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14 | | (B) to determine in the manner provided by subsection (c) |
15 | | of Section
34-2.2 and subdivision 1.5 of this Section whether |
16 | | the performance contract
of the principal shall be
renewed; |
17 | | and
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18 | | (C) to directly select, in the manner provided by
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19 | | subsection (c) of
Section 34-2.2, a new principal (including a |
20 | | new principal to fill a
vacancy)
-- without submitting any |
21 | | list of candidates for that position to the
general |
22 | | superintendent as provided in paragraph 2 of this Section -- |
23 | | to
serve under a 4 year performance contract; provided that |
24 | | (i) the determination
of whether the principal's performance |
25 | | contract is to be renewed, based upon
the evaluation required |
26 | | by subdivision 1.5 of this Section, shall be made no
later than |
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1 | | 150 days prior to the expiration of the current |
2 | | performance-based
contract of the principal, (ii) in cases |
3 | | where such performance
contract is not renewed -- a
direct |
4 | | selection
of a
new principal -- to serve under a 4 year |
5 | | performance contract shall be made by
the local school council |
6 | | no later than 45 days prior to the expiration of the
current |
7 | | performance contract of the principal, and (iii) a
selection |
8 | | by
the local school council of a new principal to fill a |
9 | | vacancy under a 4 year
performance contract shall be made |
10 | | within 90 days after the date such vacancy
occurs. A Council |
11 | | shall be required, if requested by the principal, to provide
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12 | | in writing the reasons for the council's not renewing the |
13 | | principal's contract.
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14 | | 1.5. The local school council's determination of whether |
15 | | to renew the
principal's contract shall be based on an |
16 | | evaluation to assess the educational
and administrative |
17 | | progress made at the school during the principal's current
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18 | | performance-based contract. The local school council shall |
19 | | base its evaluation
on (i) student academic improvement, as |
20 | | defined by the school improvement plan,
(ii) student |
21 | | absenteeism rates at the school, (iii) instructional |
22 | | leadership,
(iv) the effective implementation of programs, |
23 | | policies, or strategies to
improve student academic |
24 | | achievement, (v) school management, and (vi) any
other factors |
25 | | deemed relevant by the local school council, including, |
26 | | without
limitation, the principal's communication skills and |
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1 | | ability to create and
maintain a student-centered learning |
2 | | environment, to develop opportunities for
professional |
3 | | development, and to encourage parental involvement and |
4 | | community
partnerships to achieve school improvement. If a |
5 | | local school council
fails to renew the performance contract |
6 | | of a principal rated by the general
superintendent, or his or |
7 | | her designee, in the previous years' evaluations as
meeting or |
8 | | exceeding expectations, the principal, within 15 days after |
9 | | the
local school council's decision not to renew the contract, |
10 | | may request a review
of the
local school council's principal |
11 | | non-retention decision by a hearing officer
appointed by the |
12 | | American Arbitration Association. A local school council
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13 | | member or members or the general superintendent may support |
14 | | the principal's
request for review.
During the period of the |
15 | | hearing officer's review of the local school
council's |
16 | | decision on
whether or not to retain the principal, the local |
17 | | school council shall maintain
all authority
to search for and |
18 | | contract with a person to serve
as interim or acting
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19 | | principal, or as the
principal of the attendance center under |
20 | | a 4-year performance contract,
provided that any performance |
21 | | contract entered into by the local school council
shall be |
22 | | voidable
or
modified in accordance with the decision of the |
23 | | hearing officer.
The principal may request review only once |
24 | | while at that
attendance center. If a local school council |
25 | | renews the contract of a
principal who failed to obtain a |
26 | | rating of "meets" or "exceeds expectations" in
the general |
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1 | | superintendent's evaluation for the previous year, the general |
2 | | superintendent,
within 15
days after the local
school |
3 | | council's decision to renew the contract,
may request a review |
4 | | of
the local school council's principal retention decision by |
5 | | a hearing officer
appointed by the American Arbitration |
6 | | Association. The general superintendent may request a review |
7 | | only
once
for that principal at that attendance center. All |
8 | | requests to review the
retention or non-retention of a |
9 | | principal shall be submitted to the general
superintendent, |
10 | | who shall, in turn, forward such requests, within 14 days of
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11 | | receipt, to the American Arbitration Association.
The general |
12 | | superintendent shall send a contemporaneous copy of the |
13 | | request
that was forwarded to the American Arbitration |
14 | | Association to the principal and
to each local school council |
15 | | member and shall inform the local school council
of its rights |
16 | | and responsibilities under the arbitration process, including |
17 | | the
local school council's right to representation and the |
18 | | manner and process by
which the Board shall pay the costs of |
19 | | the council's representation.
If the local school council |
20 | | retains the
principal and the general superintendent requests |
21 | | a review of the retention
decision, the local school council |
22 | | and the general
superintendent shall be considered parties to |
23 | | the arbitration, a hearing officer shall
be
chosen between |
24 | | those 2
parties pursuant to procedures promulgated by the |
25 | | State Board of Education,
and the principal may retain counsel |
26 | | and participate in the arbitration. If the local school |
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1 | | council does not retain the principal and
the principal |
2 | | requests a review of the retention decision, the local school
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3 | | council and the principal shall be considered parties to the
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4 | | arbitration and a hearing
officer shall be chosen between |
5 | | those 2 parties pursuant to procedures
promulgated by the |
6 | | State Board of Education.
The hearing shall begin (i)
within |
7 | | 45 days
after the initial request for review is submitted by |
8 | | the principal to the
general superintendent or (ii) if the
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9 | | initial request for
review is made by the general |
10 | | superintendent, within 45 days after that request
is mailed
to |
11 | | the American Arbitration Association.
The hearing officer |
12 | | shall render a
decision within 45
days after the hearing |
13 | | begins and within 90 days after the initial request
for |
14 | | review.
The Board shall contract with the American
Arbitration |
15 | | Association for all of the hearing officer's reasonable and
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16 | | necessary costs. In addition, the Board shall pay any |
17 | | reasonable costs
incurred by a local school council for |
18 | | representation before a hearing
officer.
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19 | | 1.10. The hearing officer shall conduct a hearing, which |
20 | | shall include (i)
a review of the principal's performance, |
21 | | evaluations, and other evidence of
the principal's service at |
22 | | the school, (ii) reasons provided by the local
school council |
23 | | for its decision, and (iii) documentation evidencing views of
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24 | | interested persons, including,
without limitation, students, |
25 | | parents, local school council members, school
faculty and |
26 | | staff, the principal, the general superintendent or his or her
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1 | | designee, and members of the community. The burden of proof in |
2 | | establishing
that the local school council's decision was |
3 | | arbitrary and capricious shall be
on the party requesting the |
4 | | arbitration, and this party shall sustain the
burden by a |
5 | | preponderance of the evidence.
The hearing officer shall set |
6 | | the
local school council decision aside if that decision, in |
7 | | light of the record
developed at the hearing, is arbitrary and |
8 | | capricious. The decision of the
hearing officer may not be |
9 | | appealed to the Board or the State Board of
Education. If the |
10 | | hearing officer decides that the principal shall be
retained, |
11 | | the retention period shall not exceed 2 years.
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12 | | 2. In the event (i) the local school council does not renew |
13 | | the
performance contract of the principal, or the principal |
14 | | fails to receive a
satisfactory rating as provided in |
15 | | subsection (h) of Section 34-8.3,
or the principal is
removed |
16 | | for cause during the term of his or her performance contract
in |
17 | | the manner provided by Section 34-85, or a vacancy in the |
18 | | position
of principal otherwise occurs prior to the expiration |
19 | | of the term of
a principal's performance contract, and (ii) |
20 | | the local school council
fails to directly select a new |
21 | | principal to serve under a 4 year performance
contract,
the |
22 | | local school council in such event shall submit to the general
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23 | | superintendent a list of 3 candidates -- listed in the local |
24 | | school
council's order of preference -- for the position of |
25 | | principal, one of
which shall be selected by the general |
26 | | superintendent to serve as
principal of the attendance center. |
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1 | | If the general superintendent
fails or refuses to select one |
2 | | of the candidates on the list to serve as
principal within 30 |
3 | | days after being furnished with the candidate list,
the |
4 | | general superintendent shall select and place a principal on |
5 | | an interim
basis (i) for a period not to exceed one year or |
6 | | (ii) until the local school
council selects a new principal |
7 | | with 7 affirmative votes as
provided in subsection (c) of |
8 | | Section 34-2.2, whichever occurs first. If the
local school |
9 | | council
fails or refuses to select and appoint a new |
10 | | principal, as specified by
subsection (c) of Section 34-2.2, |
11 | | the general superintendent may select and
appoint a new |
12 | | principal on an interim basis for
an additional year or until a |
13 | | new contract principal is selected by the local
school |
14 | | council. There shall be no discrimination on the basis of
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15 | | race, sex, creed, color or
disability unrelated to ability to |
16 | | perform in
connection with the submission of candidates for, |
17 | | and the selection of a
candidate to serve as principal of an |
18 | | attendance center. No person shall
be directly selected, |
19 | | listed as a candidate for, or selected to serve as
principal of |
20 | | an attendance center (i) if such person has been removed for |
21 | | cause
from employment by the Board or (ii) if such person does |
22 | | not hold a valid
Professional Educator License issued under |
23 | | Article 21B and
endorsed as required by that Article for the |
24 | | position of principal. A
principal whose performance contract |
25 | | is not renewed as provided under
subsection (c) of Section |
26 | | 34-2.2 may nevertheless, if otherwise qualified
and licensed |
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1 | | as herein provided
and if he or she has received a satisfactory |
2 | | rating as provided in subsection
(h) of Section 34-8.3, be |
3 | | included by a local school council as
one of the 3 candidates |
4 | | listed in order of preference on any candidate list
from which |
5 | | one person is to be selected to serve as principal of the
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6 | | attendance center under a new performance contract. The |
7 | | initial candidate
list required to be submitted by a local |
8 | | school council to the general
superintendent in cases where |
9 | | the local school council does not renew the
performance |
10 | | contract of its principal and does not directly select a new
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11 | | principal to serve under a 4 year performance contract shall |
12 | | be submitted
not later than
30 days prior to the expiration of |
13 | | the current performance contract. In
cases where the local |
14 | | school council fails or refuses to submit the candidate
list |
15 | | to the general superintendent no later than 30 days prior to |
16 | | the
expiration of the incumbent principal's contract, the |
17 | | general superintendent
may
appoint a principal on an interim |
18 | | basis for a period not to exceed one year,
during which time |
19 | | the local school council shall be able to select a new
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20 | | principal with 7 affirmative votes as provided in subsection |
21 | | (c) of Section
34-2.2. In cases where a principal is removed |
22 | | for cause or a
vacancy otherwise occurs in the position of |
23 | | principal and the vacancy is
not filled by direct selection by |
24 | | the local school council, the candidate
list shall be |
25 | | submitted by the local school council to the general
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26 | | superintendent within 90 days after the date such
removal or
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1 | | vacancy occurs.
In cases where the local school council fails |
2 | | or refuses to submit the
candidate list to the general |
3 | | superintendent within 90 days after the date of
the vacancy, |
4 | | the general superintendent may appoint a principal on an |
5 | | interim
basis for a period of one year, during which time the |
6 | | local school council
shall be able to select a new principal |
7 | | with 7 affirmative votes as provided in
subsection (c) of |
8 | | Section 34-2.2.
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9 | | 2.5. Whenever a vacancy in the office of a principal |
10 | | occurs for any reason,
the vacancy shall be filled in the |
11 | | manner provided by this Section by the
selection of a new |
12 | | principal to serve under a 4 year performance contract.
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13 | | 3. To establish additional criteria
to be included as part |
14 | | of
the
performance contract of its principal, provided that |
15 | | such additional
criteria shall not discriminate on the basis |
16 | | of race, sex, creed, color
or
disability unrelated to ability |
17 | | to perform, and shall not be inconsistent
with the uniform 4 |
18 | | year performance contract for principals developed by
the |
19 | | board as provided in Section 34-8.1 of the School Code
or with |
20 | | other provisions of this Article governing the
authority and |
21 | | responsibility of principals.
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22 | | 4. To approve the expenditure plan prepared by the |
23 | | principal with
respect to all funds allocated and distributed |
24 | | to the attendance center by
the Board. The expenditure plan |
25 | | shall be administered by the principal.
Notwithstanding any |
26 | | other provision of this Act or any other law, any
expenditure |
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1 | | plan approved and
administered under this Section 34-2.3 shall |
2 | | be consistent with and subject to
the terms of any contract for |
3 | | services with a third party entered into by the
Chicago School |
4 | | Reform Board of Trustees or the board under this Act.
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5 | | Via a supermajority vote of 8 members of a local school |
6 | | council enrolling students through the 8th grade or 9
members |
7 | | of a local school council at a secondary attendance center or |
8 | | an attendance center enrolling students in grades 7 through |
9 | | 12, the Council may transfer
allocations pursuant to Section |
10 | | 34-2.3 within funds; provided that such a
transfer is |
11 | | consistent with applicable law and
collective bargaining
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12 | | agreements.
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13 | | Beginning in fiscal year 1991 and in each fiscal year
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14 | | thereafter, the
Board may reserve up to 1% of its total fiscal |
15 | | year budget for
distribution
on a prioritized basis to schools |
16 | | throughout the school system in order to
assure adequate |
17 | | programs to meet the needs of
special student populations as |
18 | | determined by the Board. This distribution
shall take into |
19 | | account the needs catalogued in the Systemwide Plan and the
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20 | | various local school improvement plans of the local school |
21 | | councils.
Information about these centrally funded programs |
22 | | shall be distributed to
the local school councils so that |
23 | | their subsequent planning and programming
will account for |
24 | | these provisions.
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25 | | Beginning in fiscal year 1991 and in each fiscal year |
26 | | thereafter, from
other amounts available in the applicable |
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1 | | fiscal year budget, the board
shall allocate a lump sum amount |
2 | | to each local school based upon
such formula as the board shall |
3 | | determine taking into account the special needs
of the student |
4 | | body. The local school
principal shall develop an expenditure |
5 | | plan in consultation with the local
school council, the |
6 | | professional personnel leadership
committee and with all
other |
7 | | school personnel, which reflects the
priorities and activities |
8 | | as described in the school's local school
improvement plan and |
9 | | is consistent with applicable law and collective
bargaining |
10 | | agreements and with board policies and standards; however, the
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11 | | local school council shall have the right to request waivers |
12 | | of board policy
from the board of education and waivers of |
13 | | employee collective bargaining
agreements pursuant to Section |
14 | | 34-8.1a.
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15 | | The expenditure plan developed by the principal with |
16 | | respect to
amounts available from the fund for prioritized |
17 | | special needs programs
and the allocated lump sum amount must |
18 | | be approved by the local school council.
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19 | | The lump sum allocation shall take into account the
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20 | | following principles:
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21 | | a. Teachers: Each school shall be allocated funds |
22 | | equal to the
amount appropriated in the previous school |
23 | | year for compensation for
teachers (regular grades |
24 | | kindergarten through 12th grade) plus whatever
increases |
25 | | in compensation have been negotiated contractually or |
26 | | through
longevity as provided in the negotiated agreement. |
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1 | | Adjustments shall be
made due to layoff or reduction in |
2 | | force, lack of funds or work, change in
subject |
3 | | requirements, enrollment changes, or contracts with third
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4 | | parties for the performance of services or to rectify
any |
5 | | inconsistencies with system-wide allocation formulas or |
6 | | for other
legitimate reasons.
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7 | | b. Other personnel: Funds for other teacher licensed |
8 | | and nonlicensed personnel paid through non-categorical |
9 | | funds shall be
provided according to system-wide formulas |
10 | | based on student enrollment and
the special needs of the |
11 | | school as determined by the Board.
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12 | | c. Non-compensation items: Appropriations for all |
13 | | non-compensation items
shall be based on system-wide |
14 | | formulas based on student enrollment and
on the special |
15 | | needs of the school or factors related to the physical
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16 | | plant, including but not limited to textbooks, electronic |
17 | | textbooks and the technological equipment necessary to |
18 | | gain access to and use electronic textbooks, supplies, |
19 | | electricity,
equipment, and routine maintenance.
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20 | | d. Funds for categorical programs: Schools shall |
21 | | receive personnel
and funds based on, and shall use such |
22 | | personnel and funds in accordance
with State and Federal |
23 | | requirements applicable to each
categorical program
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24 | | provided to meet the special needs of the student body |
25 | | (including but not
limited to, Federal Chapter I, |
26 | | Bilingual, and Special Education).
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1 | | d.1. Funds for State Title I: Each school shall |
2 | | receive
funds based on State and Board requirements |
3 | | applicable to each State
Title I pupil provided to meet |
4 | | the special needs of the student body. Each
school shall |
5 | | receive the proportion of funds as provided in Section |
6 | | 18-8 or 18-8.15 to
which they are entitled. These funds |
7 | | shall be spent only with the
budgetary approval of the |
8 | | Local School Council as provided in Section 34-2.3.
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9 | | e. The Local School Council shall have the right to |
10 | | request the
principal to close positions and open new ones |
11 | | consistent with the
provisions of the local school |
12 | | improvement plan provided that these
decisions are |
13 | | consistent with applicable law and
collective bargaining
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14 | | agreements. If a position is closed, pursuant to this |
15 | | paragraph, the local
school shall have for its use the |
16 | | system-wide average compensation for the
closed position.
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17 | | f. Operating within existing laws and
collective |
18 | | bargaining agreements,
the local school council shall have |
19 | | the right to direct the principal to
shift expenditures |
20 | | within funds.
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21 | | g. (Blank).
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22 | | Any funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall be |
23 | | available to
the board of education for use as part of its |
24 | | budget for the following
fiscal year.
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25 | | 5. To make recommendations to the principal concerning |
26 | | textbook
selection and concerning curriculum developed |
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1 | | pursuant to the school
improvement plan which is consistent |
2 | | with systemwide curriculum objectives
in accordance with |
3 | | Sections 34-8 and 34-18 of the School Code and in
conformity |
4 | | with the collective bargaining agreement.
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5 | | 6. To advise the principal concerning the attendance and
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6 | | disciplinary policies for the attendance center, subject to |
7 | | the provisions
of this Article and Article 26, and consistent |
8 | | with the uniform system of
discipline established by the board |
9 | | pursuant to Section 34-19.
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10 | | 7. To approve a school improvement plan developed as |
11 | | provided in Section
34-2.4. The process and schedule for plan |
12 | | development shall be publicized
to the entire school |
13 | | community, and the community shall be afforded the
opportunity |
14 | | to make recommendations concerning the plan. At least twice a
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15 | | year the principal and
local
school council shall report |
16 | | publicly on
progress and problems with respect to plan |
17 | | implementation.
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18 | | 8. To evaluate the allocation of teaching resources and |
19 | | other licensed and nonlicensed
staff to the attendance center |
20 | | to determine
whether such allocation is consistent with and in |
21 | | furtherance of
instructional objectives and school programs |
22 | | reflective of the school
improvement plan adopted for the |
23 | | attendance center; and to make
recommendations to the board, |
24 | | the general superintendent
and the
principal concerning any |
25 | | reallocation of teaching resources
or other staff whenever the |
26 | | council determines that any such
reallocation is appropriate |
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1 | | because the qualifications of any existing
staff at the |
2 | | attendance center do not adequately match or support
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3 | | instructional objectives or school programs which reflect the |
4 | | school
improvement plan.
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5 | | 9. To make recommendations to the principal and the |
6 | | general superintendent
concerning their respective |
7 | | appointments, after August 31, 1989, and in the
manner |
8 | | provided by Section 34-8 and Section 34-8.1,
of persons to |
9 | | fill any vacant, additional or newly created
positions for |
10 | | teachers at the attendance center or at attendance centers
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11 | | which include the attendance center served by the local school |
12 | | council.
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13 | | 10. To request of the Board the manner in which training |
14 | | and
assistance shall be provided to the local school council. |
15 | | Pursuant to Board
guidelines a local school council is |
16 | | authorized to direct
the Board of Education to contract with |
17 | | personnel or not-for-profit
organizations not associated with |
18 | | the school district to train or assist
council members. If |
19 | | training or assistance is provided by contract with
personnel |
20 | | or organizations not associated with the school district, the
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21 | | period of training or assistance shall not exceed 30 hours |
22 | | during a given
school year; person shall not be employed on a |
23 | | continuous basis longer than
said period and shall not have |
24 | | been employed by the Chicago Board of
Education within the |
25 | | preceding six months. Council members shall receive
training |
26 | | in at least the following areas:
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1 | | 1. school budgets;
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2 | | 2. educational theory pertinent to the attendance |
3 | | center's particular
needs, including the development of |
4 | | the school improvement plan and the
principal's |
5 | | performance contract; and
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6 | | 3. personnel selection.
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7 | | Council members shall, to the greatest extent possible, |
8 | | complete such
training within 90 days of election.
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9 | | 11. In accordance with systemwide guidelines contained in |
10 | | the
System-Wide Educational Reform Goals and Objectives Plan, |
11 | | criteria for
evaluation of performance shall be established |
12 | | for local school councils
and local school council members. If |
13 | | a local school council persists in
noncompliance with |
14 | | systemwide requirements, the Board may impose sanctions
and |
15 | | take necessary corrective action, consistent with Section |
16 | | 34-8.3.
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17 | | 12. Each local school council shall comply with the Open |
18 | | Meetings Act and
the Freedom of Information Act. Each local |
19 | | school council shall issue and
transmit to its school |
20 | | community a detailed annual report accounting for
its |
21 | | activities programmatically and financially. Each local school |
22 | | council
shall convene at least 2 well-publicized meetings |
23 | | annually with its entire
school community. These meetings |
24 | | shall include presentation of the
proposed local school |
25 | | improvement plan, of the proposed school expenditure
plan, and |
26 | | the annual report, and shall provide an opportunity for public
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1 | | comment.
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2 | | 13. Each local school council is encouraged to involve |
3 | | additional
non-voting members of the school community in |
4 | | facilitating the council's
exercise of its responsibilities.
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5 | | 14. The local school council may adopt a school
uniform or |
6 | | dress
code policy that governs the attendance center and that |
7 | | is
necessary to maintain the orderly process of a school |
8 | | function or prevent
endangerment of student health or safety, |
9 | | consistent with the policies and
rules of the Board of |
10 | | Education.
A school uniform or dress code policy adopted
by a |
11 | | local school council: (i) shall not be applied in such manner |
12 | | as to
discipline or deny attendance to a transfer student or |
13 | | any other student for
noncompliance with that
policy during |
14 | | such period of time as is reasonably necessary to enable the
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15 | | student to acquire a school uniform or otherwise comply with |
16 | | the dress code
policy that is in effect at the attendance |
17 | | center into which the student's
enrollment is transferred; |
18 | | (ii) shall include criteria and procedures under
which the |
19 | | local school council will accommodate the needs of or |
20 | | otherwise
provide
appropriate resources to assist a student |
21 | | from an indigent family in complying
with an applicable school |
22 | | uniform or dress code policy; and (iii) shall not include or |
23 | | apply to hairstyles, including hairstyles historically |
24 | | associated with race, ethnicity, or hair texture, including, |
25 | | but not limited to, protective hairstyles such as braids, |
26 | | locks, and twists ; and (iv) shall not prohibit the right of a |
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1 | | student to wear or
accessorize the student's graduation attire |
2 | | with items associated with the student's cultural, ethnic, or |
3 | | religious identity or any other protected characteristic or |
4 | | category identified in subsection (Q) of Section 1-103 of the |
5 | | Illinois Human Rights Act .
A student whose parents or legal |
6 | | guardians object on religious grounds to the
student's |
7 | | compliance with an applicable school uniform or dress code |
8 | | policy
shall not be required to comply with that policy if the |
9 | | student's parents or
legal guardians present to the local |
10 | | school council a signed statement of
objection detailing the |
11 | | grounds for the objection. If a local school council does not |
12 | | comply with the requirements and prohibitions set forth in |
13 | | this paragraph 14, the attendance center is subject to the |
14 | | penalty imposed pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 2-3.25.
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15 | | 15. All decisions made and actions taken by the local |
16 | | school council in
the exercise of its powers and duties shall |
17 | | comply with State and federal
laws, all applicable collective |
18 | | bargaining agreements, court orders and
rules properly |
19 | | promulgated by the Board.
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20 | | 15a. To grant, in accordance with board rules and |
21 | | policies,
the use of assembly halls and classrooms when not |
22 | | otherwise needed,
including lighting, heat, and attendants, |
23 | | for public lectures, concerts, and
other educational and |
24 | | social activities.
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25 | | 15b. To approve, in accordance with board rules and |
26 | | policies, receipts and
expenditures for all internal accounts |
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1 | | of the
attendance center, and to approve all fund-raising |
2 | | activities by nonschool
organizations that use the school |
3 | | building.
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4 | | 16. (Blank).
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5 | | 17. Names and addresses of local school council members |
6 | | shall
be a matter of public record.
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7 | | (Source: P.A. 102-360, eff. 1-1-22; 102-677, eff. 12-3-21; |
8 | | 102-894, eff. 5-20-22.)
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9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
10 | | becoming law.
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