Full Text of HB1415 97th General Assembly
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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) In this subsection (a-5), "school" means any of the | 16 | | following named public schools or their successor name: | 17 | | (1) Dirksen Middle School in Dolton School District | 18 | | 149. | 19 | | (2) Diekman Elementary School in Dolton School | 20 | | District 149. | 21 | | (3) Caroline Sibley Elementary School in Dolton School | 22 | | District 149. | 23 | | (4) Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School in Dolton |
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| 1 | | School District 149. | 2 | | (5) Carol Moseley Braun School in Dolton School | 3 | | District 149. | 4 | | (6) New Beginnings Learning Academy in Dolton School | 5 | | District 149. | 6 | | (7) McKinley Junior High School in South Holland School | 7 | | District 150. | 8 | | (8) Greenwood Elementary School in South Holland | 9 | | School District 150. | 10 | | (9) McKinley Elementary School in South Holland School | 11 | | District 150. | 12 | | (10) Eisenhower School in South Holland School | 13 | | District 151. | 14 | | (11) Madison School in South Holland School District | 15 | | 151. | 16 | | (12) Taft School in South Holland School District 151. | 17 | | (13) Wolcott School in Thornton School District 154. | 18 | | (14) Memorial Junior High School in Lansing School | 19 | | District 158. | 20 | | (15) Oak Glen Elementary School in Lansing School | 21 | | District 158. | 22 | | (16) Lester Crawl Primary Center in Lansing School | 23 | | District 158. | 24 | | (17) Brookwood Junior High School in Brookwood School | 25 | | District 167. | 26 | | (18) Brookwood Middle School in Brookwood School |
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| 1 | | District 167. | 2 | | (19) Hickory Bend Elementary School in Brookwood | 3 | | School District 167. | 4 | | (20) Medgar Evers Primary Academic Center in Ford | 5 | | Heights School District 169. | 6 | | (21) Nathan Hale Elementary School in Sunnybrook | 7 | | School District 171. | 8 | | (22) Ira F. Aldridge Elementary School in City of | 9 | | Chicago School District 299. | 10 | | (23) William E.B. DuBois Elementary School in City of | 11 | | Chicago School District 299. | 12 | | If, after 2 years following its placement on academic watch | 13 | | status, a school remains on academic watch status, then, | 14 | | subject to federal appropriation money being available, the | 15 | | State Board of Education shall allow the school board to opt in | 16 | | the process of operating that school on a pilot full-year | 17 | | school plan approved by the State Board of Education upon | 18 | | expiration of its teachers' current collective bargaining | 19 | | agreement until the expiration of the next collective | 20 | | bargaining agreement. A school board must notify the State | 21 | | Board of Education of its intent to opt in the process of | 22 | | operating a school on a pilot full-year school plan. | 23 | | (b) In addition, if after 3 years following its placement | 24 | | on
academic
watch status a school district or school remains on
| 25 | | academic watch status, the
State Board of Education shall take | 26 | | one of the following actions for the
district or
school:
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| 1 | | (1) The State Board of Education may authorize the | 2 | | State
Superintendent
of Education to direct the regional | 3 | | superintendent of schools to remove
school board members | 4 | | pursuant to Section 3-14.28 of this Code. Prior
to such | 5 | | direction the State Board of Education shall permit members | 6 | | of the
local board of education to present written and oral | 7 | | comments to the State
Board of Education. The State Board | 8 | | of Education may direct the State
Superintendent of | 9 | | Education to appoint an Independent Authority that shall
| 10 | | exercise such powers and duties as may be necessary to | 11 | | operate a school or
school district for purposes of | 12 | | improving pupil performance and school
improvement. The | 13 | | State Superintendent of Education shall designate one
| 14 | | member of the Independent Authority to serve as chairman. | 15 | | The Independent
Authority shall serve for a period of time | 16 | | specified by the State Board of
Education upon the | 17 | | recommendation of the State Superintendent of
Education.
| 18 | | (2) The State Board of Education may (A)
change the | 19 | | recognition status of the school district or school to
| 20 | | nonrecognized, or (B) authorize the State Superintendent
| 21 | | of Education to direct the reassignment of pupils
or direct | 22 | | the reassignment or replacement of school district | 23 | | personnel who
are relevant to the
failure
to
meet adequate | 24 | | yearly progress criteria. If
a school district is | 25 | | nonrecognized in its entirety, it shall automatically
be | 26 | | dissolved on July 1 following that nonrecognition and its |
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| 1 | | territory
realigned with another school district or | 2 | | districts by the regional board
of school trustees in | 3 | | accordance with the procedures set forth in Section
7-11 of | 4 | | the School Code. The effective date of the nonrecognition | 5 | | of a school
shall be July 1 following the nonrecognition.
| 6 | | (c) All federal requirements apply to schools and school | 7 | | districts
utilizing
federal funds under Title I, Part A of the | 8 | | federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03; 94-875, eff. 7-1-06.)
| 10 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-19.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1)
| 11 | | Sec. 10-19.1. Full year school plan. | 12 | | (a) Any school district may, by resolution of its board, | 13 | | operate one or
more schools within the district on a full year | 14 | | school plan approved by
the State Board of Education.
Any board | 15 | | which operates under
this subsection (a) Section shall devise a | 16 | | plan so that a student's required attendance
in school shall be | 17 | | for a minimum term of 180 days of actual attendance,
including | 18 | | not more than 4 institute days, during a 12 month period, but
| 19 | | shall not exceed 185 days. Under such plan, no teacher shall be | 20 | | required
to teach more than 185 days. A calendar of 180 days | 21 | | may be established
with the approval of the State Board of | 22 | | Education.
| 23 | | (b) Any school board that operates one or more schools | 24 | | within the school district on a pilot full-year school plan | 25 | | under subsection (a-5) of Section 2-3.25f of this Code shall |
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| 1 | | devise a plan so that a student's required attendance in school | 2 | | shall be for a minimum term of 215 days of actual attendance, | 3 | | including not more than 4 institute days, during a 12-month | 4 | | period. A calendar of 215 days may be established with the | 5 | | approval of the State Board of Education. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
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