Full Text of HB1415 97th General Assembly
HB1415 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB1415 Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.25f | from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25f | 105 ILCS 5/10-19.1 | from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1 |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that if, after 2 years following its placement on academic watch status, a school district or school remains on academic watch status, then the State Board of Education shall direct the school board to operate its schools or the school on a full-year school plan approved by the State Board of Education upon expiration of its teachers' current collective bargaining agreement. Requires the school board, in such a case, to devise a plan so that a student's required attendance in school shall be for a minimum term of 180 days of actual attendance, including not more than 4 institute days, during a 12-month period (now, the minimum term under a full-year school plan must also not exceed 185 days).
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 | | 2-3.25f and 10-19.1 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25f) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25f)
| 7 | | Sec. 2-3.25f. State interventions.
| 8 | | (a) The State Board of Education shall provide technical
| 9 | | assistance to assist with the development and implementation of | 10 | | School and District Improvement Plans.
| 11 | | Schools or school districts that fail to make reasonable | 12 | | efforts to
implement an
approved Improvement Plan may suffer | 13 | | loss of State funds by school
district, attendance center, or | 14 | | program as the State Board of Education
deems appropriate.
| 15 | | (a-5) If, after 2 years following its placement on academic | 16 | | watch status, a school district remains on academic watch | 17 | | status, then the State Board of Education shall direct the | 18 | | school board to operate its schools on a full-year school plan | 19 | | approved by the State Board of Education upon expiration of its | 20 | | teachers' current collective bargaining agreement. If, after 2 | 21 | | years following its placement on academic watch status, a | 22 | | school remains on academic watch status, then the State Board | 23 | | of Education shall direct the school board to operate that |
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| 1 | | school on a full-year school plan approved by the State Board | 2 | | of Education upon expiration of its teachers' current | 3 | | collective bargaining agreement. | 4 | | (b) In addition, if after 3 years following its placement | 5 | | on
academic
watch status a school district or school remains on
| 6 | | academic watch status, the
State Board of Education shall take | 7 | | one of the following actions for the
district or
school:
| 8 | | (1) The State Board of Education may authorize the | 9 | | State
Superintendent
of Education to direct the regional | 10 | | superintendent of schools to remove
school board members | 11 | | pursuant to Section 3-14.28 of this Code. Prior
to such | 12 | | direction the State Board of Education shall permit members | 13 | | of the
local board of education to present written and oral | 14 | | comments to the State
Board of Education. The State Board | 15 | | of Education may direct the State
Superintendent of | 16 | | Education to appoint an Independent Authority that shall
| 17 | | exercise such powers and duties as may be necessary to | 18 | | operate a school or
school district for purposes of | 19 | | improving pupil performance and school
improvement. The | 20 | | State Superintendent of Education shall designate one
| 21 | | member of the Independent Authority to serve as chairman. | 22 | | The Independent
Authority shall serve for a period of time | 23 | | specified by the State Board of
Education upon the | 24 | | recommendation of the State Superintendent of
Education.
| 25 | | (2) The State Board of Education may (A)
change the | 26 | | recognition status of the school district or school to
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| 1 | | nonrecognized, or (B) authorize the State Superintendent
| 2 | | of Education to direct the reassignment of pupils
or direct | 3 | | the reassignment or replacement of school district | 4 | | personnel who
are relevant to the
failure
to
meet adequate | 5 | | yearly progress criteria. If
a school district is | 6 | | nonrecognized in its entirety, it shall automatically
be | 7 | | dissolved on July 1 following that nonrecognition and its | 8 | | territory
realigned with another school district or | 9 | | districts by the regional board
of school trustees in | 10 | | accordance with the procedures set forth in Section
7-11 of | 11 | | the School Code. The effective date of the nonrecognition | 12 | | of a school
shall be July 1 following the nonrecognition.
| 13 | | (c) All federal requirements apply to schools and school | 14 | | districts
utilizing
federal funds under Title I, Part A of the | 15 | | federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03; 94-875, eff. 7-1-06.)
| 17 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-19.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1)
| 18 | | Sec. 10-19.1. Full year school plan. | 19 | | (a) Any school district may, by resolution of its board, | 20 | | operate one or
more schools within the district on a full year | 21 | | school plan approved by
the State Board of Education.
Any board | 22 | | which operates under
this subsection (a) Section shall devise a | 23 | | plan so that a student's required attendance
in school shall be | 24 | | for a minimum term of 180 days of actual attendance,
including | 25 | | not more than 4 institute days, during a 12 month period, but
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| 1 | | shall not exceed 185 days. Under such plan, no teacher shall be | 2 | | required
to teach more than 185 days. A calendar of 180 days | 3 | | may be established
with the approval of the State Board of | 4 | | Education.
| 5 | | (b) Any school board that operates one or more schools | 6 | | within the school district on a full-year school plan under | 7 | | subsection (a-5) of Section 2-3.25f of this Code shall devise a | 8 | | plan so that a student's required attendance in school shall be | 9 | | for a minimum term of 180 days of actual attendance, including | 10 | | not more than 4 institute days, during a 12-month period. A | 11 | | calendar of 180 days may be established with the approval of | 12 | | the State Board of Education. | 13 | | (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
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