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Public Act 103-0463 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||
10-22.25b, and 34-2.3 and by adding Section 2-3.196 as | ||||
follows: | ||||
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new) | ||||
Sec. 2-3.196. Clothing resource materials. By no later | ||||
than July 1, 2024, the State Board of Education shall make | ||||
available to schools resource materials developed in | ||||
consultation with stakeholders regarding a student wearing or | ||||
accessorizing the student's graduation attire with general | ||||
items that may be used by the student to associate with, | ||||
identify, or declare the student's cultural, ethnic, or | ||||
religious identity or any other protected characteristic or | ||||
category identified in subsection (Q) of Section 1-103 of the | ||||
Illinois Human Rights Act. The State Board of Education shall | ||||
make the resource materials available on its Internet website.
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.25b) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.25b)
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Sec. 10-22.25b. School uniforms. The school board may | ||||
adopt a school
uniform or dress code
policy that governs all or | ||||
certain individual attendance centers
and that is necessary to |
maintain the orderly process of a school
function or prevent | ||
endangerment of student health or safety.
A school uniform or | ||
dress code policy adopted by
a school board: (i) shall not be | ||
applied in such manner as to discipline or
deny attendance to a | ||
transfer student or any other student for noncompliance
with | ||
that policy during
such period of time as is reasonably | ||
necessary to enable the student to acquire
a school uniform or | ||
otherwise comply with the dress code policy that is in
effect | ||
at the attendance center or in the district into which the | ||
student's
enrollment is transferred; (ii) shall include | ||
criteria and procedures under
which the school board will | ||
accommodate the needs of or otherwise provide
appropriate | ||
resources to assist a student from an indigent family in | ||
complying
with an applicable school uniform or dress code | ||
policy; and (iii) shall not include or apply to hairstyles, | ||
including hairstyles historically associated with race, | ||
ethnicity, or hair texture, including, but not limited to, | ||
protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists ; and | ||
(iv) shall not prohibit the right of a student to wear or
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accessorize the student's graduation attire with items | ||
associated with the student's cultural, ethnic, or religious | ||
identity or any other protected characteristic or category | ||
identified in subsection (Q) of Section 1-103 of the Illinois | ||
Human Rights Act . A student whose
parents or legal guardians | ||
object on religious grounds to the student's
compliance with | ||
an applicable school
uniform or dress code policy shall not be |
required to comply with that policy
if the student's parents | ||
or legal guardians present to the school board a
signed | ||
statement of objection detailing the grounds for the | ||
objection.
This Section applies to school boards of all
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districts, including special charter districts and districts | ||
organized under
Article 34. If a school board does not comply | ||
with the requirements and prohibitions set forth in this | ||
Section, the school district is subject to the penalty imposed | ||
pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 2-3.25.
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By no later than July 1, 2022, the State Board of Education | ||
shall make available to schools resource materials developed | ||
in consultation with stakeholders regarding hairstyles, | ||
including hairstyles historically associated with race, | ||
ethnicity, or hair texture, including, but not limited to, | ||
protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists. The | ||
State Board of Education shall make the resource materials | ||
available on its Internet website. | ||
(Source: P.A. 102-360, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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(105 ILCS 5/34-2.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.3)
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Sec. 34-2.3. Local school councils; powers and duties. | ||
Each local school
council shall have and exercise, consistent | ||
with the provisions of
this Article and the powers and duties | ||
of
the board of education, the following powers and duties:
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1. (A) To annually evaluate the performance of the | ||
principal of the
attendance
center
using a Board approved |
principal evaluation form, which shall include the
evaluation | ||
of
(i) student academic improvement, as defined by the
school | ||
improvement plan, (ii)
student absenteeism rates
at the | ||
school, (iii) instructional leadership, (iv) the effective
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implementation of
programs, policies, or strategies to improve | ||
student academic achievement,
(v) school management, and (vi) | ||
any other factors deemed relevant by the local
school council, | ||
including, without limitation, the principal's communication
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skills and ability to create and maintain a student-centered | ||
learning
environment, to develop opportunities for | ||
professional development, and to
encourage parental | ||
involvement and community partnerships to achieve school
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improvement;
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(B) to determine in the manner provided by subsection (c) | ||
of Section
34-2.2 and subdivision 1.5 of this Section whether | ||
the performance contract
of the principal shall be
renewed; | ||
and
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(C) to directly select, in the manner provided by
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subsection (c) of
Section 34-2.2, a new principal (including a | ||
new principal to fill a
vacancy)
-- without submitting any | ||
list of candidates for that position to the
general | ||
superintendent as provided in paragraph 2 of this Section -- | ||
to
serve under a 4 year performance contract; provided that | ||
(i) the determination
of whether the principal's performance | ||
contract is to be renewed, based upon
the evaluation required | ||
by subdivision 1.5 of this Section, shall be made no
later than |
150 days prior to the expiration of the current | ||
performance-based
contract of the principal, (ii) in cases | ||
where such performance
contract is not renewed -- a
direct | ||
selection
of a
new principal -- to serve under a 4 year | ||
performance contract shall be made by
the local school council | ||
no later than 45 days prior to the expiration of the
current | ||
performance contract of the principal, and (iii) a
selection | ||
by
the local school council of a new principal to fill a | ||
vacancy under a 4 year
performance contract shall be made | ||
within 90 days after the date such vacancy
occurs. A Council | ||
shall be required, if requested by the principal, to provide
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in writing the reasons for the council's not renewing the | ||
principal's contract.
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1.5. The local school council's determination of whether | ||
to renew the
principal's contract shall be based on an | ||
evaluation to assess the educational
and administrative | ||
progress made at the school during the principal's current
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performance-based contract. The local school council shall | ||
base its evaluation
on (i) student academic improvement, as | ||
defined by the school improvement plan,
(ii) student | ||
absenteeism rates at the school, (iii) instructional | ||
leadership,
(iv) the effective implementation of programs, | ||
policies, or strategies to
improve student academic | ||
achievement, (v) school management, and (vi) any
other factors | ||
deemed relevant by the local school council, including, | ||
without
limitation, the principal's communication skills and |
ability to create and
maintain a student-centered learning | ||
environment, to develop opportunities for
professional | ||
development, and to encourage parental involvement and | ||
community
partnerships to achieve school improvement. If a | ||
local school council
fails to renew the performance contract | ||
of a principal rated by the general
superintendent, or his or | ||
her designee, in the previous years' evaluations as
meeting or | ||
exceeding expectations, the principal, within 15 days after | ||
the
local school council's decision not to renew the contract, | ||
may request a review
of the
local school council's principal | ||
non-retention decision by a hearing officer
appointed by the | ||
American Arbitration Association. A local school council
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member or members or the general superintendent may support | ||
the principal's
request for review.
During the period of the | ||
hearing officer's review of the local school
council's | ||
decision on
whether or not to retain the principal, the local | ||
school council shall maintain
all authority
to search for and | ||
contract with a person to serve
as interim or acting
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principal, or as the
principal of the attendance center under | ||
a 4-year performance contract,
provided that any performance | ||
contract entered into by the local school council
shall be | ||
voidable
or
modified in accordance with the decision of the | ||
hearing officer.
The principal may request review only once | ||
while at that
attendance center. If a local school council | ||
renews the contract of a
principal who failed to obtain a | ||
rating of "meets" or "exceeds expectations" in
the general |
superintendent's evaluation for the previous year, the general | ||
superintendent,
within 15
days after the local
school | ||
council's decision to renew the contract,
may request a review | ||
of
the local school council's principal retention decision by | ||
a hearing officer
appointed by the American Arbitration | ||
Association. The general superintendent may request a review | ||
only
once
for that principal at that attendance center. All | ||
requests to review the
retention or non-retention of a | ||
principal shall be submitted to the general
superintendent, | ||
who shall, in turn, forward such requests, within 14 days of
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receipt, to the American Arbitration Association.
The general | ||
superintendent shall send a contemporaneous copy of the | ||
request
that was forwarded to the American Arbitration | ||
Association to the principal and
to each local school council | ||
member and shall inform the local school council
of its rights | ||
and responsibilities under the arbitration process, including | ||
the
local school council's right to representation and the | ||
manner and process by
which the Board shall pay the costs of | ||
the council's representation.
If the local school council | ||
retains the
principal and the general superintendent requests | ||
a review of the retention
decision, the local school council | ||
and the general
superintendent shall be considered parties to | ||
the arbitration, a hearing officer shall
be
chosen between | ||
those 2
parties pursuant to procedures promulgated by the | ||
State Board of Education,
and the principal may retain counsel | ||
and participate in the arbitration. If the local school |
council does not retain the principal and
the principal | ||
requests a review of the retention decision, the local school
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council and the principal shall be considered parties to the
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arbitration and a hearing
officer shall be chosen between | ||
those 2 parties pursuant to procedures
promulgated by the | ||
State Board of Education.
The hearing shall begin (i)
within | ||
45 days
after the initial request for review is submitted by | ||
the principal to the
general superintendent or (ii) if the
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initial request for
review is made by the general | ||
superintendent, within 45 days after that request
is mailed
to | ||
the American Arbitration Association.
The hearing officer | ||
shall render a
decision within 45
days after the hearing | ||
begins and within 90 days after the initial request
for | ||
review.
The Board shall contract with the American
Arbitration | ||
Association for all of the hearing officer's reasonable and
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necessary costs. In addition, the Board shall pay any | ||
reasonable costs
incurred by a local school council for | ||
representation before a hearing
officer.
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1.10. The hearing officer shall conduct a hearing, which | ||
shall include (i)
a review of the principal's performance, | ||
evaluations, and other evidence of
the principal's service at | ||
the school, (ii) reasons provided by the local
school council | ||
for its decision, and (iii) documentation evidencing views of
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interested persons, including,
without limitation, students, | ||
parents, local school council members, school
faculty and | ||
staff, the principal, the general superintendent or his or her
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designee, and members of the community. The burden of proof in | ||
establishing
that the local school council's decision was | ||
arbitrary and capricious shall be
on the party requesting the | ||
arbitration, and this party shall sustain the
burden by a | ||
preponderance of the evidence.
The hearing officer shall set | ||
the
local school council decision aside if that decision, in | ||
light of the record
developed at the hearing, is arbitrary and | ||
capricious. The decision of the
hearing officer may not be | ||
appealed to the Board or the State Board of
Education. If the | ||
hearing officer decides that the principal shall be
retained, | ||
the retention period shall not exceed 2 years.
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2. In the event (i) the local school council does not renew | ||
the
performance contract of the principal, or the principal | ||
fails to receive a
satisfactory rating as provided in | ||
subsection (h) of Section 34-8.3,
or the principal is
removed | ||
for cause during the term of his or her performance contract
in | ||
the manner provided by Section 34-85, or a vacancy in the | ||
position
of principal otherwise occurs prior to the expiration | ||
of the term of
a principal's performance contract, and (ii) | ||
the local school council
fails to directly select a new | ||
principal to serve under a 4 year performance
contract,
the | ||
local school council in such event shall submit to the general
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superintendent a list of 3 candidates -- listed in the local | ||
school
council's order of preference -- for the position of | ||
principal, one of
which shall be selected by the general | ||
superintendent to serve as
principal of the attendance center. |
If the general superintendent
fails or refuses to select one | ||
of the candidates on the list to serve as
principal within 30 | ||
days after being furnished with the candidate list,
the | ||
general superintendent shall select and place a principal on | ||
an interim
basis (i) for a period not to exceed one year or | ||
(ii) until the local school
council selects a new principal | ||
with 7 affirmative votes as
provided in subsection (c) of | ||
Section 34-2.2, whichever occurs first. If the
local school | ||
council
fails or refuses to select and appoint a new | ||
principal, as specified by
subsection (c) of Section 34-2.2, | ||
the general superintendent may select and
appoint a new | ||
principal on an interim basis for
an additional year or until a | ||
new contract principal is selected by the local
school | ||
council. There shall be no discrimination on the basis of
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race, sex, creed, color or
disability unrelated to ability to | ||
perform in
connection with the submission of candidates for, | ||
and the selection of a
candidate to serve as principal of an | ||
attendance center. No person shall
be directly selected, | ||
listed as a candidate for, or selected to serve as
principal of | ||
an attendance center (i) if such person has been removed for | ||
cause
from employment by the Board or (ii) if such person does | ||
not hold a valid
Professional Educator License issued under | ||
Article 21B and
endorsed as required by that Article for the | ||
position of principal. A
principal whose performance contract | ||
is not renewed as provided under
subsection (c) of Section | ||
34-2.2 may nevertheless, if otherwise qualified
and licensed |
as herein provided
and if he or she has received a satisfactory | ||
rating as provided in subsection
(h) of Section 34-8.3, be | ||
included by a local school council as
one of the 3 candidates | ||
listed in order of preference on any candidate list
from which | ||
one person is to be selected to serve as principal of the
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attendance center under a new performance contract. The | ||
initial candidate
list required to be submitted by a local | ||
school council to the general
superintendent in cases where | ||
the local school council does not renew the
performance | ||
contract of its principal and does not directly select a new
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principal to serve under a 4 year performance contract shall | ||
be submitted
not later than
30 days prior to the expiration of | ||
the current performance contract. In
cases where the local | ||
school council fails or refuses to submit the candidate
list | ||
to the general superintendent no later than 30 days prior to | ||
the
expiration of the incumbent principal's contract, the | ||
general superintendent
may
appoint a principal on an interim | ||
basis for a period not to exceed one year,
during which time | ||
the local school council shall be able to select a new
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principal with 7 affirmative votes as provided in subsection | ||
(c) of Section
34-2.2. In cases where a principal is removed | ||
for cause or a
vacancy otherwise occurs in the position of | ||
principal and the vacancy is
not filled by direct selection by | ||
the local school council, the candidate
list shall be | ||
submitted by the local school council to the general
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superintendent within 90 days after the date such
removal or
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vacancy occurs.
In cases where the local school council fails | ||
or refuses to submit the
candidate list to the general | ||
superintendent within 90 days after the date of
the vacancy, | ||
the general superintendent may appoint a principal on an | ||
interim
basis for a period of one year, during which time the | ||
local school council
shall be able to select a new principal | ||
with 7 affirmative votes as provided in
subsection (c) of | ||
Section 34-2.2.
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2.5. Whenever a vacancy in the office of a principal | ||
occurs for any reason,
the vacancy shall be filled in the | ||
manner provided by this Section by the
selection of a new | ||
principal to serve under a 4 year performance contract.
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3. To establish additional criteria
to be included as part | ||
of
the
performance contract of its principal, provided that | ||
such additional
criteria shall not discriminate on the basis | ||
of race, sex, creed, color
or
disability unrelated to ability | ||
to perform, and shall not be inconsistent
with the uniform 4 | ||
year performance contract for principals developed by
the | ||
board as provided in Section 34-8.1 of the School Code
or with | ||
other provisions of this Article governing the
authority and | ||
responsibility of principals.
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4. To approve the expenditure plan prepared by the | ||
principal with
respect to all funds allocated and distributed | ||
to the attendance center by
the Board. The expenditure plan | ||
shall be administered by the principal.
Notwithstanding any | ||
other provision of this Act or any other law, any
expenditure |
plan approved and
administered under this Section 34-2.3 shall | ||
be consistent with and subject to
the terms of any contract for | ||
services with a third party entered into by the
Chicago School | ||
Reform Board of Trustees or the board under this Act.
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Via a supermajority vote of 8 members of a local school | ||
council enrolling students through the 8th grade or 9
members | ||
of a local school council at a secondary attendance center or | ||
an attendance center enrolling students in grades 7 through | ||
12, the Council may transfer
allocations pursuant to Section | ||
34-2.3 within funds; provided that such a
transfer is | ||
consistent with applicable law and
collective bargaining
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agreements.
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Beginning in fiscal year 1991 and in each fiscal year
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thereafter, the
Board may reserve up to 1% of its total fiscal | ||
year budget for
distribution
on a prioritized basis to schools | ||
throughout the school system in order to
assure adequate | ||
programs to meet the needs of
special student populations as | ||
determined by the Board. This distribution
shall take into | ||
account the needs catalogued in the Systemwide Plan and the
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various local school improvement plans of the local school | ||
councils.
Information about these centrally funded programs | ||
shall be distributed to
the local school councils so that | ||
their subsequent planning and programming
will account for | ||
these provisions.
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Beginning in fiscal year 1991 and in each fiscal year | ||
thereafter, from
other amounts available in the applicable |
fiscal year budget, the board
shall allocate a lump sum amount | ||
to each local school based upon
such formula as the board shall | ||
determine taking into account the special needs
of the student | ||
body. The local school
principal shall develop an expenditure | ||
plan in consultation with the local
school council, the | ||
professional personnel leadership
committee and with all
other | ||
school personnel, which reflects the
priorities and activities | ||
as described in the school's local school
improvement plan and | ||
is consistent with applicable law and collective
bargaining | ||
agreements and with board policies and standards; however, the
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local school council shall have the right to request waivers | ||
of board policy
from the board of education and waivers of | ||
employee collective bargaining
agreements pursuant to Section | ||
34-8.1a.
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The expenditure plan developed by the principal with | ||
respect to
amounts available from the fund for prioritized | ||
special needs programs
and the allocated lump sum amount must | ||
be approved by the local school council.
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The lump sum allocation shall take into account the
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following principles:
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a. Teachers: Each school shall be allocated funds | ||
equal to the
amount appropriated in the previous school | ||
year for compensation for
teachers (regular grades | ||
kindergarten through 12th grade) plus whatever
increases | ||
in compensation have been negotiated contractually or | ||
through
longevity as provided in the negotiated agreement. |
Adjustments shall be
made due to layoff or reduction in | ||
force, lack of funds or work, change in
subject | ||
requirements, enrollment changes, or contracts with third
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parties for the performance of services or to rectify
any | ||
inconsistencies with system-wide allocation formulas or | ||
for other
legitimate reasons.
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b. Other personnel: Funds for other teacher licensed | ||
and nonlicensed personnel paid through non-categorical | ||
funds shall be
provided according to system-wide formulas | ||
based on student enrollment and
the special needs of the | ||
school as determined by the Board.
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c. Non-compensation items: Appropriations for all | ||
non-compensation items
shall be based on system-wide | ||
formulas based on student enrollment and
on the special | ||
needs of the school or factors related to the physical
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plant, including but not limited to textbooks, electronic | ||
textbooks and the technological equipment necessary to | ||
gain access to and use electronic textbooks, supplies, | ||
electricity,
equipment, and routine maintenance.
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d. Funds for categorical programs: Schools shall | ||
receive personnel
and funds based on, and shall use such | ||
personnel and funds in accordance
with State and Federal | ||
requirements applicable to each
categorical program
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provided to meet the special needs of the student body | ||
(including but not
limited to, Federal Chapter I, | ||
Bilingual, and Special Education).
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d.1. Funds for State Title I: Each school shall | ||
receive
funds based on State and Board requirements | ||
applicable to each State
Title I pupil provided to meet | ||
the special needs of the student body. Each
school shall | ||
receive the proportion of funds as provided in Section | ||
18-8 or 18-8.15 to
which they are entitled. These funds | ||
shall be spent only with the
budgetary approval of the | ||
Local School Council as provided in Section 34-2.3.
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e. The Local School Council shall have the right to | ||
request the
principal to close positions and open new ones | ||
consistent with the
provisions of the local school | ||
improvement plan provided that these
decisions are | ||
consistent with applicable law and
collective bargaining
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agreements. If a position is closed, pursuant to this | ||
paragraph, the local
school shall have for its use the | ||
system-wide average compensation for the
closed position.
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f. Operating within existing laws and
collective | ||
bargaining agreements,
the local school council shall have | ||
the right to direct the principal to
shift expenditures | ||
within funds.
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g. (Blank).
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Any funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall be | ||
available to
the board of education for use as part of its | ||
budget for the following
fiscal year.
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5. To make recommendations to the principal concerning | ||
textbook
selection and concerning curriculum developed |
pursuant to the school
improvement plan which is consistent | ||
with systemwide curriculum objectives
in accordance with | ||
Sections 34-8 and 34-18 of the School Code and in
conformity | ||
with the collective bargaining agreement.
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6. To advise the principal concerning the attendance and
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disciplinary policies for the attendance center, subject to | ||
the provisions
of this Article and Article 26, and consistent | ||
with the uniform system of
discipline established by the board | ||
pursuant to Section 34-19.
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7. To approve a school improvement plan developed as | ||
provided in Section
34-2.4. The process and schedule for plan | ||
development shall be publicized
to the entire school | ||
community, and the community shall be afforded the
opportunity | ||
to make recommendations concerning the plan. At least twice a
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year the principal and
local
school council shall report | ||
publicly on
progress and problems with respect to plan | ||
implementation.
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8. To evaluate the allocation of teaching resources and | ||
other licensed and nonlicensed
staff to the attendance center | ||
to determine
whether such allocation is consistent with and in | ||
furtherance of
instructional objectives and school programs | ||
reflective of the school
improvement plan adopted for the | ||
attendance center; and to make
recommendations to the board, | ||
the general superintendent
and the
principal concerning any | ||
reallocation of teaching resources
or other staff whenever the | ||
council determines that any such
reallocation is appropriate |
because the qualifications of any existing
staff at the | ||
attendance center do not adequately match or support
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instructional objectives or school programs which reflect the | ||
school
improvement plan.
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9. To make recommendations to the principal and the | ||
general superintendent
concerning their respective | ||
appointments, after August 31, 1989, and in the
manner | ||
provided by Section 34-8 and Section 34-8.1,
of persons to | ||
fill any vacant, additional or newly created
positions for | ||
teachers at the attendance center or at attendance centers
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which include the attendance center served by the local school | ||
council.
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10. To request of the Board the manner in which training | ||
and
assistance shall be provided to the local school council. | ||
Pursuant to Board
guidelines a local school council is | ||
authorized to direct
the Board of Education to contract with | ||
personnel or not-for-profit
organizations not associated with | ||
the school district to train or assist
council members. If | ||
training or assistance is provided by contract with
personnel | ||
or organizations not associated with the school district, the
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period of training or assistance shall not exceed 30 hours | ||
during a given
school year; person shall not be employed on a | ||
continuous basis longer than
said period and shall not have | ||
been employed by the Chicago Board of
Education within the | ||
preceding six months. Council members shall receive
training | ||
in at least the following areas:
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1. school budgets;
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2. educational theory pertinent to the attendance | ||
center's particular
needs, including the development of | ||
the school improvement plan and the
principal's | ||
performance contract; and
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3. personnel selection.
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Council members shall, to the greatest extent possible, | ||
complete such
training within 90 days of election.
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11. In accordance with systemwide guidelines contained in | ||
the
System-Wide Educational Reform Goals and Objectives Plan, | ||
criteria for
evaluation of performance shall be established | ||
for local school councils
and local school council members. If | ||
a local school council persists in
noncompliance with | ||
systemwide requirements, the Board may impose sanctions
and | ||
take necessary corrective action, consistent with Section | ||
34-8.3.
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12. Each local school council shall comply with the Open | ||
Meetings Act and
the Freedom of Information Act. Each local | ||
school council shall issue and
transmit to its school | ||
community a detailed annual report accounting for
its | ||
activities programmatically and financially. Each local school | ||
council
shall convene at least 2 well-publicized meetings | ||
annually with its entire
school community. These meetings | ||
shall include presentation of the
proposed local school | ||
improvement plan, of the proposed school expenditure
plan, and | ||
the annual report, and shall provide an opportunity for public
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comment.
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13. Each local school council is encouraged to involve | ||
additional
non-voting members of the school community in | ||
facilitating the council's
exercise of its responsibilities.
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14. The local school council may adopt a school
uniform or | ||
dress
code policy that governs the attendance center and that | ||
is
necessary to maintain the orderly process of a school | ||
function or prevent
endangerment of student health or safety, | ||
consistent with the policies and
rules of the Board of | ||
Education.
A school uniform or dress code policy adopted
by a | ||
local school council: (i) shall not be applied in such manner | ||
as to
discipline or deny attendance to a transfer student or | ||
any other student for
noncompliance with that
policy during | ||
such period of time as is reasonably necessary to enable the
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student to acquire a school uniform or otherwise comply with | ||
the dress code
policy that is in effect at the attendance | ||
center into which the student's
enrollment is transferred; | ||
(ii) shall include criteria and procedures under
which the | ||
local school council will accommodate the needs of or | ||
otherwise
provide
appropriate resources to assist a student | ||
from an indigent family in complying
with an applicable school | ||
uniform or dress code policy; and (iii) shall not include or | ||
apply to hairstyles, including hairstyles historically | ||
associated with race, ethnicity, or hair texture, including, | ||
but not limited to, protective hairstyles such as braids, | ||
locks, and twists ; and (iv) shall not prohibit the right of a |
student to wear or
accessorize the student's graduation attire | ||
with items associated with the student's cultural, ethnic, or | ||
religious identity or any other protected characteristic or | ||
category identified in subsection (Q) of Section 1-103 of the | ||
Illinois Human Rights Act .
A student whose parents or legal | ||
guardians object on religious grounds to the
student's | ||
compliance with an applicable school uniform or dress code | ||
policy
shall not be required to comply with that policy if the | ||
student's parents or
legal guardians present to the local | ||
school council a signed statement of
objection detailing the | ||
grounds for the objection. If a local school council does not | ||
comply with the requirements and prohibitions set forth in | ||
this paragraph 14, the attendance center is subject to the | ||
penalty imposed pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 2-3.25.
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15. All decisions made and actions taken by the local | ||
school council in
the exercise of its powers and duties shall | ||
comply with State and federal
laws, all applicable collective | ||
bargaining agreements, court orders and
rules properly | ||
promulgated by the Board.
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15a. To grant, in accordance with board rules and | ||
policies,
the use of assembly halls and classrooms when not | ||
otherwise needed,
including lighting, heat, and attendants, | ||
for public lectures, concerts, and
other educational and | ||
social activities.
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15b. To approve, in accordance with board rules and | ||
policies, receipts and
expenditures for all internal accounts |
of the
attendance center, and to approve all fund-raising | ||
activities by nonschool
organizations that use the school | ||
building.
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16. (Blank).
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17. Names and addresses of local school council members | ||
shall
be a matter of public record.
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(Source: P.A. 102-360, eff. 1-1-22; 102-677, eff. 12-3-21; | ||
102-894, eff. 5-20-22.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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