Full Text of HB1680 95th General Assembly
HB1680 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1680
Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. Makes changes with respect to requiring a regional superintendent of schools to employ a regional inspector general for school districts; a school board member having a fiduciary relationship with the district; allowing a school board member to be removed for negligent (rather than wilful) failure to perform his or her official duties, any violation of the School Code, or a breach of fiduciary duty; prohibiting a school board member from holding any other public office; requiring a district to establish a database listing all vendors who have contracts with the district; a school board employing a general counsel; prohibiting a school board member, employee of a school district, or general counsel from being interested in any contract, work, or business of any school district, in the sale of any article, or in the purchase of any property that belongs to any school district, is sold for taxes or assessments, or is sold by virtue of legal process at the suit of any district; and exceptions to the requirement that contracts involving an expenditure in excess of $10,000 be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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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 adding Sections | 5 |
| 3-14.11a, 10-9.5, 10-21.4b, 34-4.2, and 34-4.3 and by changing | 6 |
| Sections 3-15.5, 10-9, 10-11, 10-20.21, 10-21.4, 33-5, and | 7 |
| 34-21.3 as follows: | 8 |
| (105 ILCS 5/3-14.11a new) | 9 |
| Sec. 3-14.11a. Regional inspector general. To employ a | 10 |
| regional inspector general within the regional office of | 11 |
| education. The regional inspector general shall have all of the | 12 |
| following duties: | 13 |
| (1) To conduct audits on the use of school district | 14 |
| funds. | 15 |
| (2) To educate school board members on their roles, | 16 |
| duties, and responsibilities. | 17 |
| (3) To confirm the need for referendums that call for | 18 |
| increased funding for or tax increases within a school | 19 |
| district. | 20 |
| (4) To investigate any complaints of misconduct | 21 |
| committed by members of a school board or employees of a | 22 |
| school district.
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| In addition, the approval of the regional inspector general |
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| is required in order for a school board member to expend any | 2 |
| school district funds on himself or herself.
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| (105 ILCS 5/3-15.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-15.5)
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| Sec. 3-15.5. Removal of school board members. To remove any | 5 |
| member of a school board from office for negligent
wilful | 6 |
| failure to
perform his or her official duties , any violation of | 7 |
| this Code, or a breach of fiduciary duty .
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| (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-9)
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| Sec. 10-9. Interest of board member , district employee, and | 11 |
| general counsel in contracts.
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| (a) No school board member , employee of the school | 13 |
| district, or general counsel shall be interested, directly or | 14 |
| indirectly,
in his own name or in the name of any other person, | 15 |
| association, trust or
corporation, in any contract, work or | 16 |
| business of any school
the district or in the
sale of any | 17 |
| article, whenever the expense, price or consideration of the
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| contract, work, business or sale is paid either from the | 19 |
| treasury or by any
assessment levied by any statute or | 20 |
| ordinance. No school board member , employee of the school | 21 |
| district, or general counsel
shall be interested, directly or | 22 |
| indirectly, in the purchase of any
property which (1) belongs | 23 |
| to any school
the district, or (2) is sold for taxes or
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| assessments, or (3) is sold by virtue of legal process at the |
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| suit of
any
the district.
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| (b) (Blank).
However, any board member may provide | 3 |
| materials, merchandise,
property, services or labor, if:
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| A. the contract is with a person, firm, partnership, | 5 |
| association,
corporation or cooperative association in | 6 |
| which the board member has
less than a 7 1/2% share in the | 7 |
| ownership; and
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| B. such interested board member publicly discloses the | 9 |
| nature and
extent of his interest prior to or during | 10 |
| deliberations concerning the
proposed award of the | 11 |
| contract; and
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| C. such interested board member abstains from voting on | 13 |
| the award of
the contract, though he shall be considered | 14 |
| present for the purposes of
establishing a quorum; and
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| D. such contract is approved by a majority vote of | 16 |
| those board
members presently holding office; and
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| E. the contract is awarded after sealed bids to the | 18 |
| lowest
responsible bidder if the amount of the contract | 19 |
| exceeds $1500,
or
awarded without bidding if the amount of | 20 |
| the contract is less than
$1500; and
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| F. the award of the contract would not cause the | 22 |
| aggregate amount of
all such contracts so awarded to the | 23 |
| same person, firm, association,
partnership, corporation | 24 |
| or cooperative association in the same fiscal
year to | 25 |
| exceed $25,000.
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| (c) (Blank).
In addition to the above exemption, any board |
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| member may provide
materials, merchandise, property, services | 2 |
| or labor if:
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| A. the award of the contract is approved by a majority | 4 |
| vote of the
board provided that any such interested member | 5 |
| shall abstain from
voting; and
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| B. the amount of the contract does not exceed $1,000; | 7 |
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| C. the award of the contract would not cause the | 9 |
| aggregate amount of
all such contracts so awarded to the | 10 |
| same person, firm, association,
partnership, corporation, | 11 |
| or cooperative association in the same fiscal
year to | 12 |
| exceed $2,000, except with respect to a board member of a | 13 |
| school
district in which the materials, merchandise, | 14 |
| property, services, or labor to
be provided under the | 15 |
| contract are not available from any other person, firm,
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| association, partnership, corporation, or cooperative | 17 |
| association in the
district, in which event the award of | 18 |
| the contract shall not cause the
aggregate amount of all | 19 |
| contracts so awarded to that same person, firm,
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| association, partnership, or cooperative association in | 21 |
| the same fiscal year to
exceed $5,000; and
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| D. such interested member publicly discloses the | 23 |
| nature and extent
of his interest prior to or during | 24 |
| deliberations concerning the proposed
award of the | 25 |
| contract; and
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| E. such interested member abstains from voting on the |
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| award of the
contract, though he shall be considered | 2 |
| present for the purposes of
establishing a quorum.
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| (d) (Blank).
In addition to exemptions otherwise | 4 |
| authorized by this Section, any
board member may purchase for | 5 |
| use as the board member's primary place of
residence a house | 6 |
| constructed by the district's vocational education
students on | 7 |
| the same basis that any other person would be entitled to
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| purchase the property. The sale of the house by the district | 9 |
| must comply
with the requirements set forth in Section 5-22 of | 10 |
| The School Code.
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| (e) (Blank).
A contract for the procurement of public | 12 |
| utility services by a
district with a public utility company is | 13 |
| not barred by this Section by
one or more members of the board | 14 |
| being an officer or employee of the
public utility company or | 15 |
| holding an ownership interest of no more than
7 1/2% in the | 16 |
| public utility company, or holding an ownership interest of
any | 17 |
| size if the school district has a population of less than 7,500 | 18 |
| and
the public utility's rates are approved by the Illinois | 19 |
| Commerce
Commission. An elected or appointed member of the | 20 |
| board having such an
interest shall be deemed not to have a | 21 |
| prohibited interest under this Section.
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| (f) (Blank).
Nothing contained in this Section, including | 23 |
| the restrictions set
forth in subsections (b), (c), (d) and | 24 |
| (e), shall preclude a contract of
deposit of monies, loans or | 25 |
| other financial services by a school
district with a local bank | 26 |
| or local savings and loan association,
regardless of whether a |
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| member or members of the governing body of the
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| are interested in such bank or savings and loan
association as | 3 |
| an officer or employee or as a holder of less than 7 1/2%
of the | 4 |
| total ownership interest. A member or members holding such an
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| interest in such a contract shall not be deemed to be holding a
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| prohibited interest for purposes of this Act. Such interested | 7 |
| member or
members of the governing body must publicly state the | 8 |
| nature and extent
of their interest during deliberations | 9 |
| concerning the proposed award of
such a contract, but shall not | 10 |
| participate in any further deliberations
concerning the | 11 |
| proposed award. Such interested member or members shall
not | 12 |
| vote on such a proposed award. Any member or members abstaining
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| from participation in deliberations and voting under this | 14 |
| Section may be
considered present for purposes of establishing | 15 |
| a quorum. Award of such
a contract shall require approval by a | 16 |
| majority vote of those members
presently holding office. | 17 |
| Consideration and award of any such contract
in which a member | 18 |
| or members are interested may only be made at a
regularly | 19 |
| scheduled public meeting of the governing body of the school
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| district.
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| (g) Any school board member , employee of the school | 22 |
| district, or general counsel who violates this Section is | 23 |
| guilty of a
Class 3
4 felony and in addition thereto any office | 24 |
| held by such person so
convicted shall become vacant and shall | 25 |
| be so declared as part of the
judgment of the court.
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| (h) This Section applies in all school districts, including |
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| Article 34 of this Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-244, eff. 8-4-95.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-9.5 new)
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| Sec. 10-9.5. Fiduciary relationship. A school board member | 6 |
| shall have a fiduciary relationship with the school district.
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-11)
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| Sec. 10-11. Vacancies. Elective offices become vacant | 9 |
| within the meaning of this Code
the Act , unless the
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| indicates otherwise, on the happening of any of the following
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| events, before the expiration of the term of such office:
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| 1. The death of the incumbent.
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| 2. His or her resignation in writing filed with the | 14 |
| Secretary or Clerk of
the
Board.
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| 3. His or her becoming a person under legal disability.
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| 4. His or her ceasing to be an inhabitant of the | 17 |
| district for which
he or she was
elected.
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| 5. His or her conviction of an infamous crime, of any | 19 |
| offense
involving a
violation of official oath, or of a | 20 |
| violent crime against a child.
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| 6. His or her removal from office.
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| 7. The decision of a competent tribunal declaring his | 23 |
| or her election void.
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| 8. His ceasing to be an inhabitant of a particular area |
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| from which he
was elected, if the residential requirements | 2 |
| contained in Section 10-10.5, 11E-35, or 12-2
of this Code | 3 |
| are violated.
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| (9) His or her holding any other public office, whether | 5 |
| federal, State, or local, other than that of notary public | 6 |
| or member of the National Guard.
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| No elective office except as herein otherwise provided | 8 |
| becomes vacant
until the successor of the incumbent of such | 9 |
| office has been appointed or
elected, as the case may be, and | 10 |
| qualified. The successor shall have the
same type of | 11 |
| residential qualifications as his or her predecessor and, if | 12 |
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residential requirements contained in Section 10-10.5, | 13 |
| 11E-35, or 12-2 of this Code
apply, the successor, whether | 14 |
| elected or appointed by the remaining members or
a regional | 15 |
| superintendent, shall be an inhabitant of the particular area | 16 |
| from
which his or her predecessor was elected.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-20.21) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.21)
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| Sec. 10-20.21. Contracts.
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| (a)
To award all contracts for
purchase of supplies, | 21 |
| materials or work or contracts with private carriers
for | 22 |
| transportation of pupils involving an expenditure in excess of | 23 |
| $10,000
to the lowest responsible bidder, considering | 24 |
| conformity with
specifications, terms of delivery, quality and | 25 |
| serviceability, after due
advertisement, except the following: |
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| (i) (blank);
contracts for the services of
individuals | 2 |
| possessing a high degree of professional skill where the
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| ability or fitness of the individual plays an important part; | 4 |
| (ii)
contracts for the printing of finance committee reports | 5 |
| and departmental
reports; (iii) contracts for the printing or | 6 |
| engraving of bonds, tax
warrants and other evidences of | 7 |
| indebtedness; (iv) contracts for the
purchase of perishable | 8 |
| foods and perishable beverages; (v) contracts for
materials and | 9 |
| work which have been awarded to the lowest responsible bidder
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| after due advertisement, but due to unforeseen revisions, not | 11 |
| the fault of
the contractor for materials and work, must be | 12 |
| revised causing expenditures
not in excess of 10% of the | 13 |
| contract price; (vi)
contracts for the maintenance or servicing | 14 |
| of, or provision of
repair parts for, equipment which are made | 15 |
| with the manufacturer or
authorized service agent of that | 16 |
| equipment where the provision of parts,
maintenance, or | 17 |
| servicing can best be performed by the manufacturer or
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| authorized service agent; (vii) purchases and contracts for the | 19 |
| use,
purchase, delivery, movement, or installation of data | 20 |
| processing equipment,
software, or services and | 21 |
| telecommunications and interconnect
equipment, software, and | 22 |
| services; (viii) contracts for duplicating
machines and | 23 |
| supplies; (ix) contracts for the purchase of natural gas when
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| the cost is less than that offered by a public utility; (x) | 25 |
| purchases of
equipment previously owned by some entity other | 26 |
| than the district
itself; (xi) contracts for repair, |
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| maintenance, remodeling, renovation, or
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| single project involving an expenditure not to exceed
$10,000
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| $20,000 and not involving a change or increase in the size, | 4 |
| type, or extent
of an existing facility; (xii) contracts for | 5 |
| goods or services procured
from another governmental agency; | 6 |
| (xiii) contracts for goods or services
which are economically | 7 |
| procurable from only one source, such as for the
purchase of | 8 |
| magazines, books, periodicals, pamphlets and reports, and for
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| utility services such as water, light, heat, telephone or | 10 |
| telegraph;
(xiv) where funds are expended in an emergency and | 11 |
| such emergency
expenditure is approved by 3/4 of the members of | 12 |
| the board; and (xv) State master contracts authorized under | 13 |
| Article 28A of this Code. | 14 |
| All competitive
bids for contracts involving an | 15 |
| expenditure in excess of $10,000 must be
sealed by the bidder | 16 |
| and must be opened by a member or employee of the
school board | 17 |
| at a public bid opening at which the contents of the bids
must | 18 |
| be announced. Each bidder must receive at least 3 days' notice | 19 |
| of the
time and place of the bid opening. For purposes of this | 20 |
| Section due
advertisement includes, but is not limited to, at | 21 |
| least one public notice
at least 10 days before the bid date in | 22 |
| a newspaper published in the
district, or if no newspaper is | 23 |
| published in the district, in a newspaper
of general | 24 |
| circulation in the area of the district. State master contracts | 25 |
| and certified education purchasing contracts, as defined in | 26 |
| Article 28A of this Code, are not subject to the requirements |
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| of this paragraph.
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| (b) To require, as a condition of any contract for goods | 3 |
| and services,
that persons
bidding for and awarded a contract | 4 |
| and all affiliates of the person collect and
remit
Illinois Use | 5 |
| Tax on all sales of tangible personal property into the State | 6 |
| of
Illinois in
accordance with the provisions of the Illinois | 7 |
| Use Tax Act regardless of whether
the
person or affiliate is a | 8 |
| "retailer maintaining a place of business within this
State" as
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| defined in Section 2 of the Use Tax Act. For purposes of this | 10 |
| Section, the term
"affiliate"
means any entity that (1) | 11 |
| directly, indirectly, or constructively controls
another | 12 |
| entity, (2)
is directly, indirectly, or constructively | 13 |
| controlled by another entity, or (3)
is subject to
the control | 14 |
| of a common entity. For purposes of this subsection (b), an | 15 |
| entity
controls
another entity if it owns, directly or | 16 |
| individually, more than 10% of the
voting
securities
of that | 17 |
| entity. As used in this subsection (b), the term "voting | 18 |
| security"
means a security
that (1) confers upon the holder the | 19 |
| right to vote for the election of members
of the board
of | 20 |
| directors or similar governing body of the business or (2) is | 21 |
| convertible
into, or entitles
the holder to receive upon its | 22 |
| exercise, a security that confers such a right
to
vote. A
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| general partnership interest is a voting security.
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| To require that bids and contracts include a certification | 25 |
| by the bidder
or
contractor that the bidder or contractor is | 26 |
| not barred from bidding for or
entering into a
contract under |
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| this Section and that the bidder or contractor acknowledges | 2 |
| that
the school
board may declare the contract void if the | 3 |
| certification completed pursuant to
this
subsection (b) is | 4 |
| false.
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| (b-5) To require all contracts and agreements that pertain | 6 |
| to goods and services and that are intended to generate | 7 |
| additional revenue and other remunerations for the school | 8 |
| district in excess of $1,000, including without limitation | 9 |
| vending machine contracts, sports and other attire, class | 10 |
| rings, and photographic services, to be approved by the school | 11 |
| board. The school board shall file as an attachment to its | 12 |
| annual budget a report, in a form as determined by the State | 13 |
| Board of Education, indicating for the prior year the name of | 14 |
| the vendor, the product or service provided, and the actual net | 15 |
| revenue and non-monetary remuneration from each of the | 16 |
| contracts or agreements. In addition, the report shall indicate | 17 |
| for what purpose the revenue was used and how and to whom the | 18 |
| non-monetary remuneration was distributed.
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| (c) If the State education purchasing entity creates a | 20 |
| master contract as defined in Article 28A of this Code, then | 21 |
| the State education purchasing entity shall notify school | 22 |
| districts of the existence of the master contract. | 23 |
| (d) In purchasing supplies, materials, equipment, or | 24 |
| services that are not subject to subsection (c) of this | 25 |
| Section, before a school district solicits bids or awards a | 26 |
| contract, the district may review and consider as a bid under |
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| subsection (a) of this Section certified education purchasing | 2 |
| contracts that are already available through the State | 3 |
| education purchasing entity. | 4 |
| (e) To discourage vendor influence over school board | 5 |
| elections and referendums, each school district shall | 6 |
| establish a database, which must be publicly available, listing | 7 |
| all vendors who have contracts with the school district.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03; 93-1036, eff. 9-14-04; | 9 |
| 94-714, eff. 7-1-06 .)
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-21.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.4)
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| Sec. 10-21.4. Superintendent - Duties. Except in districts
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| in which there is only one school with less than four
teachers, | 13 |
| to employ a superintendent who shall have charge
of the | 14 |
| administration of the schools under the direction of
the board | 15 |
| of education. In addition to the administrative
duties, the | 16 |
| superintendent shall make recommendations to
the board | 17 |
| concerning the budget, building plans, the
locations of sites, | 18 |
| the selection, retention and dismissal of teachers
and all | 19 |
| other employees (except a general counsel) , the selection of | 20 |
| textbooks, instructional material
and courses of study.
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| However, in districts under a Financial Oversight Panel | 22 |
| pursuant to
Section 1A-8 for violating a financial plan, the | 23 |
| duties and responsibilities of
the superintendent in relation | 24 |
| to the financial and business operations of the
district shall | 25 |
| be approved by the Panel. In the event the Board refuses or
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| fails to follow a directive or comply with an information | 2 |
| request of the Panel,
the performance of those duties shall be | 3 |
| subject to the direction of the
Panel.
The superintendent shall | 4 |
| also notify the State Board
of Education, the board and the | 5 |
| chief administrative official, other than
the alleged | 6 |
| perpetrator himself, in the school where the alleged
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| perpetrator serves, that any person who is employed in a school | 8 |
| or
otherwise comes into frequent contact with children
in the | 9 |
| school has been named as a perpetrator in an indicated report | 10 |
| filed
pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, | 11 |
| approved June 26,
1975, as amended. The superintendent shall | 12 |
| keep or cause to be kept the
records and accounts as directed | 13 |
| and required by the board, aid in making
reports required by | 14 |
| the board, and perform such other duties as the board
may | 15 |
| delegate to him.
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| In addition, in January of each year, beginning in 1990, | 17 |
| each
superintendent shall report to the regional | 18 |
| superintendent of schools of
the educational service region in | 19 |
| which the school district served by the
superintendent is | 20 |
| located, the number of high school students in the
district who | 21 |
| are enrolled in accredited courses (for which high school
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| credit will be awarded upon successful completion of the | 23 |
| courses) at any
community college, together with the name and | 24 |
| number of the course or
courses which each such student is | 25 |
| taking.
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| The provisions of this section shall also apply to
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| director districts.
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| Notice of intent not to renew
a contract must be given in | 3 |
| writing stating the
specific reason therefor by April 1 of the | 4 |
| contract
year unless the contract specifically provides | 5 |
| otherwise.
Failure to do so will automatically extend the | 6 |
| contract
for an additional year. Within 10 days after receipt | 7 |
| of
notice of intent not to renew a contract, the superintendent
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| may request a closed session hearing on the dismissal. At the | 9 |
| hearing the
superintendent has the privilege of presenting | 10 |
| evidence, witnesses and
defenses on the grounds for dismissal.
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| The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to a district | 12 |
| under a
Financial Oversight Panel pursuant to Section 1A-8 for | 13 |
| violating a financial
plan.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-572, eff. 7-30-96.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-21.4b new)
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| Sec. 10-21.4b. General counsel. To employ a general counsel | 18 |
| if the school board deems it warranted.
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| (105 ILCS 5/33-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 33-5)
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| Sec. 33-5. Interest in contracts or transactions. Section | 21 |
| 10-9 of this Code shall apply to board members, employees of | 22 |
| the school district, and the general counsel.
No member or | 23 |
| employee of the board shall be directly or indirectly
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| interested in any contract, work, or business of the district, |
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| or in the
sale of any article, the expense, price or | 2 |
| consideration of which is paid
by the district; nor in the | 3 |
| purchase of any real estate or property
belonging to the | 4 |
| district, or which shall be sold by virtue of legal
process at | 5 |
| the suit of the district. Whoever violates any provision of | 6 |
| this
Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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| (Source: P.A. 77-2267.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/34-4.2 new)
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| Sec. 34-4.2. Fiduciary relationship. A board member shall | 10 |
| have a fiduciary relationship with the school district. | 11 |
| (105 ILCS 5/34-4.3 new)
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| Sec. 34-4.3. Removal from office. A board member may be | 13 |
| removed from office for negligent failure to perform his or her | 14 |
| official duties, any violation of this Code, or a breach of | 15 |
| fiduciary duty.
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| (105 ILCS 5/34-21.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-21.3)
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| Sec. 34-21.3. Contracts. | 18 |
| (a) The board shall by record vote let all
contracts (other | 19 |
| than those excepted
by Section 10-20.21 of The School Code) for | 20 |
| supplies, materials,
work, and contracts with private carriers | 21 |
| for transportation
of pupils, involving an expenditure in | 22 |
| excess of $10,000 by competitive
bidding as provided in Section | 23 |
| 10-20.21 of The School Code.
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| The board may delegate to the general superintendent of | 2 |
| schools, by
resolution, the authority to approve contracts in | 3 |
| amounts of $10,000 or
less.
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| To discourage vendor influence over referendums, the | 5 |
| school district shall establish a database, which must be | 6 |
| publicly available, listing all vendors who have contracts with | 7 |
| the school district. | 8 |
| (b) Section 10-9 of this Code shall apply to board members, | 9 |
| employees of the school district, and the general counsel.
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| (c) For a period of one year from and after the expiration | 11 |
| or other termination
of his or her term of office as a member | 12 |
| of the board: (i) the former board
member shall not be eligible | 13 |
| for employment nor be employed by the board, a
local school | 14 |
| council, an attendance center, or any other
subdivision or | 15 |
| agent of the board or the school district governed by the | 16 |
| board,
and (ii) neither the board nor the chief purchasing | 17 |
| officer shall let or
delegate
authority to let any contract for
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| services, employment, or other work to the former board member | 19 |
| or to any
corporation,
partnership, association, sole | 20 |
| proprietorship, or other entity other than
publicly traded | 21 |
| companies from which the
former board member receives an annual | 22 |
| income, dividends, or other compensation
in excess of $1,500. | 23 |
| Any contract that is entered into by or under a
delegation of | 24 |
| authority from the board or the chief purchasing officer shall
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| contain a
provision stating that
the contract is not legally | 26 |
| binding on the board if entered into in violation
of the |
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paragraph .
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| (d) The
In addition, the State Board of Education, in | 3 |
| consultation with the board,
shall (i) review existing conflict | 4 |
| of interest and disclosure laws or
regulations that are | 5 |
| applicable to the executive officers and governing boards
of | 6 |
| school districts organized under this Article and school | 7 |
| districts
generally, (ii) determine what additional disclosure | 8 |
| and conflict of interest
provisions would enhance the | 9 |
| reputation and fiscal integrity of the board and
the procedure | 10 |
| under which contracts for goods and services are let, and (iii)
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| develop appropriate reporting forms and procedures applicable | 12 |
| to the executive
officers, governing board, and other officials | 13 |
| of the school district.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 16 |
| Section 8.31 as follows: | 17 |
| (30 ILCS 805/8.31 new) | 18 |
| Sec. 8.31. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 19 |
| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 20 |
| implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 21 |
| the 95th General Assembly.
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INDEX
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Statutes amended in order of appearance
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| 105 ILCS 5/3-14.11a new |
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| 4 |
| 105 ILCS 5/3-15.5 |
from Ch. 122, par. 3-15.5 |
| 5 |
| 105 ILCS 5/10-9 |
from Ch. 122, par. 10-9 |
| 6 |
| 105 ILCS 5/10-9.5 new |
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| 7 |
| 105 ILCS 5/10-11 |
from Ch. 122, par. 10-11 |
| 8 |
| 105 ILCS 5/10-20.21 |
from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.21 |
| 9 |
| 105 ILCS 5/10-21.4 |
from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.4 |
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| 105 ILCS 5/10-21.4b new |
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| 105 ILCS 5/33-5 |
from Ch. 122, par. 33-5 |
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| 105 ILCS 5/34-4.2 new |
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| 105 ILCS 5/34-4.3 new |
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| 105 ILCS 5/34-21.3 |
from Ch. 122, par. 34-21.3 |
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| 30 ILCS 805/8.31 new |
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