Full Text of HB1851 97th General Assembly
HB1851ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Marlow H. Colvin Filed: 3/2/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1851
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1851 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 | | 34-2.1, 34-2.2, and 34-2.3 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.1)
| 7 | | Sec. 34-2.1. Local School Councils - Composition - | 8 | | Voter-Eligibility
- Elections - Terms. | 9 | | (a) A local school council shall be established for each | 10 | | attendance
center within the school district. | 11 | | (1) Prior to the 2012-2013 school year, each Each local | 12 | | school council shall
consist of the following 11 12 voting | 13 | | members: the principal of the
attendance center, 2 teachers | 14 | | employed and assigned to perform the
majority of their | 15 | | employment duties at the attendance center, 6 parents of
| 16 | | students currently enrolled at the attendance center, one |
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| 1 | | employee of the school district employed and assigned to | 2 | | perform the majority of his or her employment duties at the | 3 | | attendance center who is not a teacher, and 2 community
| 4 | | residents. In each secondary attendance center, the local | 5 | | school council shall consist of 12 voting members, the 11 | 6 | | voting members described in this paragraph (1) and one | 7 | | full-time student member, appointed as provided in | 8 | | subsection (m) of this Section. | 9 | | (2) Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, each | 10 | | local school council shall consist of the following 13 | 11 | | voting members: the principal of the attendance center, 2 | 12 | | teachers employed and assigned to perform the majority of | 13 | | their employment duties at the attendance center, 7 parents | 14 | | of students currently enrolled at the attendance center, | 15 | | one employee of the school district employed and assigned | 16 | | to perform the majority of his or her employment duties at | 17 | | the attendance center who is not a teacher, and 2 community | 18 | | residents. In each secondary attendance center, the local | 19 | | school council shall consist of 14 voting members, the 13 | 20 | | voting members described in this paragraph (2) and one | 21 | | full-time student member, appointed as provided in | 22 | | subsection (m) of this Section. | 23 | | (3) Neither the parents nor the community residents who | 24 | | serve as
members of the local school council shall be | 25 | | employees of the Board of
Education. The non-teacher | 26 | | employee must be a member of a collective bargaining unit. |
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| 1 | | In each secondary attendance center, the local school | 2 | | council
shall consist of 13 voting members -- the 12 voting | 3 | | members described above
and one full-time student member, | 4 | | appointed as provided in subsection
(m) below.
In the event | 5 | | that the chief executive officer of the Chicago School | 6 | | Reform
Board of Trustees determines that a local school | 7 | | council is not carrying out
its financial duties | 8 | | effectively, the chief executive officer is authorized to
| 9 | | appoint a representative of the business community with | 10 | | experience in finance
and management
to serve as an advisor | 11 | | to the local school council for
the purpose of providing | 12 | | advice and assistance to the local school council on
fiscal | 13 | | matters.
The advisor shall have access to relevant | 14 | | financial records of the
local school council. The advisor | 15 | | may attend executive sessions.
The chief executive officer | 16 | | shall
issue a written policy defining the circumstances | 17 | | under which a local school
council is not carrying out its | 18 | | financial duties effectively.
| 19 | | (b) Within 7 days of January 11, 1991, the Mayor shall | 20 | | appoint the
members and officers (a Chairperson who shall be a | 21 | | parent member and a
Secretary) of each local school council who | 22 | | shall hold their offices until
their successors shall be | 23 | | elected and qualified. Members so appointed shall
have all the | 24 | | powers and duties of local school councils as set forth in
this | 25 | | amendatory Act of 1991. The Mayor's appointments shall not | 26 | | require
approval by the City Council.
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| 1 | | The membership of each local school council shall be | 2 | | encouraged to be
reflective of the racial and ethnic | 3 | | composition of the student population
of the attendance center | 4 | | served by the local school council.
| 5 | | (c) Beginning with the 1995-1996 school year and in every | 6 | | even-numbered
year thereafter, the Board shall set second | 7 | | semester Parent Report Card
Pick-up Day for Local School | 8 | | Council elections and may schedule elections at
year-round | 9 | | schools for the same dates as the remainder of the school | 10 | | system.
Elections shall be
conducted as provided herein by the | 11 | | Board of Education in consultation with
the local school | 12 | | council at each attendance center.
| 13 | | (d) Beginning with the 2011-2012 1995-96 school year, the | 14 | | following
procedures shall apply to the election of local | 15 | | school council members at each
attendance center:
| 16 | | (i) The elected members of each local school council | 17 | | shall consist of
the 7 6 parent members and the 2 community | 18 | | resident members.
| 19 | | (ii) Each elected member shall be elected by the | 20 | | eligible voters of
that attendance center to serve for a | 21 | | two-year term
commencing on July 1
immediately following | 22 | | the election described in subsection
(c). Eligible
voters | 23 | | for each attendance center shall consist of the parents and | 24 | | community
residents for that attendance center.
| 25 | | (iii) Each eligible voter shall be entitled
to cast one | 26 | | vote for up to
a total of 5 candidates, irrespective of |
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| 1 | | whether such candidates are parent
or community resident | 2 | | candidates.
| 3 | | (iv) Each parent voter shall be entitled to vote in the | 4 | | local
school
council election at each attendance center in | 5 | | which he or she has a child
currently enrolled. Each | 6 | | community resident voter shall be entitled to
vote in the | 7 | | local school council election at each attendance center for
| 8 | | which he or she resides in the applicable attendance area | 9 | | or voting
district, as the case may be.
| 10 | | (v) Each eligible voter shall be entitled to vote once, | 11 | | but
not more
than once, in the local school council | 12 | | election at each attendance center
at which the voter is | 13 | | eligible to vote.
| 14 | | (vi) The 2 teacher members and the non-teacher employee | 15 | | member of each local school council
shall be
appointed as | 16 | | provided in subsection (l) below each to serve for a
| 17 | | two-year
term coinciding with that of the elected parent | 18 | | and community resident
members.
| 19 | | (vii) At secondary attendance centers, the voting | 20 | | student
member shall
be appointed as provided in subsection | 21 | | (m) below to serve
for a one-year term coinciding with the | 22 | | beginning of the terms of the elected
parent and community | 23 | | members of the local school council.
| 24 | | (e) The Council shall publicize the date and place of the | 25 | | election by
posting notices at the attendance center, in public | 26 | | places within the
attendance boundaries of the attendance |
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| 1 | | center and by distributing notices
to the pupils at the | 2 | | attendance center, and shall utilize such other means
as it | 3 | | deems necessary to maximize the involvement of all eligible | 4 | | voters.
| 5 | | (f) Nomination. The Council shall publicize the opening of | 6 | | nominations
by posting notices at the attendance center, in | 7 | | public places within the
attendance boundaries of the | 8 | | attendance center and by distributing notices
to the pupils at | 9 | | the attendance center, and shall utilize such other means
as it | 10 | | deems necessary to maximize the involvement of all eligible | 11 | | voters.
Not less than 2 weeks before the election date, persons | 12 | | eligible to run for
the Council shall submit their name,
date | 13 | | of birth, social
security number, if
available,
and some | 14 | | evidence of eligibility
to the Council. The Council shall | 15 | | encourage nomination of candidates
reflecting the | 16 | | racial/ethnic population of the students at the attendance
| 17 | | center. Each person nominated who runs as a candidate shall | 18 | | disclose, in a
manner determined by the Board, any economic | 19 | | interest held by such person,
by such person's spouse or | 20 | | children, or by each business entity in which
such person has | 21 | | an ownership interest, in any contract with the Board, any
| 22 | | local school council or any public school in the school
| 23 | | district.
Each person
nominated who runs as a candidate shall | 24 | | also disclose, in a manner determined
by the Board, if he or | 25 | | she ever has been convicted of any of the offenses
specified in | 26 | | subsection (c) of Section 34-18.5; provided that neither this
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| 1 | | provision nor any other provision of this Section shall be | 2 | | deemed to require
the disclosure of any information that is | 3 | | contained in any law enforcement
record or juvenile court | 4 | | record that is confidential or whose accessibility or
| 5 | | disclosure is restricted or prohibited under Section 5-901 or
| 6 | | 5-905 of the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987.
Failure to make such | 7 | | disclosure shall render a person ineligible
for election or to | 8 | | serve on the local school council. The same
disclosure shall be
| 9 | | required of persons under consideration for appointment to the | 10 | | Council
pursuant to subsections (l) and (m) of this Section.
| 11 | | (f-5) Notwithstanding disclosure, a person who has been | 12 | | convicted of any
of
the
following offenses at any time shall be | 13 | | ineligible for election or appointment
to a local
school | 14 | | council and ineligible for appointment to a local school | 15 | | council
pursuant to
subsections (l) and (m) of this Section: | 16 | | (i) those defined in Section 11-6,
11-9.1, 11-16,
11-17.1, | 17 | | 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20.1, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, | 18 | | 12-15, or
12-16 of the
Criminal Code of 1961 or (ii) any | 19 | | offense committed or attempted in any other
state or
against | 20 | | the laws of the United States, which, if committed or attempted | 21 | | in this
State,
would have been punishable as one or more of the | 22 | | foregoing offenses.
Notwithstanding
disclosure, a person who | 23 | | has been convicted of any of the following offenses
within the
| 24 | | 10 years previous to the date of nomination or appointment | 25 | | shall be ineligible
for election or
appointment to a local | 26 | | school council:
(i) those defined in Section 401.1, 405.1, or |
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| 1 | | 405.2 of the Illinois Controlled
Substances Act or (ii) any
| 2 | | offense committed
or attempted in any other state or against | 3 | | the laws of the United States,
which, if
committed or attempted | 4 | | in this State, would have been punishable as one or more
of the
| 5 | | foregoing offenses.
| 6 | | Immediately upon election or appointment, incoming local | 7 | | school
council members
shall be
required to undergo a criminal | 8 | | background investigation, to be completed prior
to the member | 9 | | taking office,
in order to identify
any criminal convictions | 10 | | under the offenses enumerated in Section 34-18.5.
The | 11 | | investigation shall be conducted by the Department of State | 12 | | Police in the
same manner as provided for in Section 34-18.5. | 13 | | However, notwithstanding
Section 34-18.5, the social security | 14 | | number shall be provided only if
available.
If it is determined | 15 | | at any time that a local school council member or
member-elect | 16 | | has been convicted
of any of the offenses enumerated in this | 17 | | Section or failed to disclose a
conviction of any of the | 18 | | offenses enumerated in Section 34-18.5, the general
| 19 | | superintendent shall notify the local school council member or | 20 | | member-elect of
such
determination and the local school council | 21 | | member or member-elect shall be
removed from the
local school | 22 | | council by the Board, subject to a hearing,
convened pursuant | 23 | | to Board rule, prior to removal.
| 24 | | (g) At least one week before the election date, the Council | 25 | | shall
publicize, in the manner provided in subsection (e), the | 26 | | names of persons
nominated for election.
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| 1 | | (h) Voting shall be in person by secret ballot at the | 2 | | attendance center
between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
| 3 | | (i) Candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall | 4 | | be declared
elected by the Council. In cases of a tie, the | 5 | | Council shall determine the
winner by lot.
| 6 | | (j) The Council shall certify the results of the election | 7 | | and shall
publish the results in the minutes of the Council.
| 8 | | (k) The general superintendent shall resolve any
disputes
| 9 | | concerning election procedure or results and shall ensure that, | 10 | | except as
provided in subsections (e) and (g), no resources of | 11 | | any attendance center
shall be used to endorse or promote any | 12 | | candidate.
| 13 | | (l) Beginning with the 1995-1996 school year
and in every
| 14 | | even numbered
year thereafter, the Board shall appoint 2 | 15 | | teacher
members to each
local school council. Beginning with | 16 | | the 2011-2012 school year and in every even-numbered year | 17 | | thereafter, the Board shall appoint one non-teacher employee | 18 | | member to each local school council. These appointments shall | 19 | | be made in the following
manner:
| 20 | | (i) The Board shall appoint 2 teachers who are
employed | 21 | | and assigned to
perform the majority of
their employment | 22 | | duties at the attendance center
to serve on the local | 23 | | school council of the attendance center for a two-year
term | 24 | | coinciding with the terms of the elected parent and
| 25 | | community members of that local school council. These
| 26 | | appointments shall be made from among those teachers who |
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| 1 | | are nominated in
accordance with subsection (f) of this | 2 | | Section . Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, the | 3 | | Board shall appoint one non-teacher employee who is | 4 | | employed and assigned to perform the majority of his or her | 5 | | employment duties at the attendance center to serve on the | 6 | | local school council of the attendance center for a 2-year | 7 | | term coinciding with the terms of the elected parent and | 8 | | community members of that local school council. This | 9 | | appointment must be made from among those non-teacher | 10 | | employees who are nominated in accordance with subsection | 11 | | (f) of this Section.
| 12 | | (ii) A non-binding, advisory poll to ascertain the
| 13 | | preferences of the
school staff regarding appointments of | 14 | | teachers and a non-teacher employee to the local school | 15 | | council
for that attendance center shall be conducted in | 16 | | accordance with the
procedures used to elect parent and | 17 | | community Council representatives. At
such poll, each | 18 | | member of the school staff shall be entitled to indicate
| 19 | | his or her preference for up to 2 candidates from among | 20 | | those who submitted
statements of candidacy as described | 21 | | above. These preferences shall be
advisory only and the | 22 | | Board shall maintain absolute discretion to appoint
| 23 | | teacher and non-teacher employee members to local school | 24 | | councils, irrespective of the preferences
expressed in any | 25 | | such poll.
| 26 | | (iii) In the event that a teacher or non-teacher |
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| 1 | | employee representative is unable to perform
his or her | 2 | | employment duties at the school due to illness, disability, | 3 | | leave of
absence, disciplinary action, or any other reason, | 4 | | the Board shall declare
a temporary vacancy and appoint a | 5 | | replacement teacher or non-teacher employee representative | 6 | | to serve
on the local school council until such time as the | 7 | | teacher member originally
appointed pursuant to this | 8 | | subsection (l) resumes service at the attendance
center or | 9 | | for the remainder of the term. The replacement teacher
| 10 | | representative shall be appointed in the same manner and by | 11 | | the same procedures
as teacher and non-teacher employee | 12 | | representatives are appointed in subdivisions (i) and (ii) | 13 | | of this
subsection (l).
| 14 | | (m) Beginning with the 1995-1996 school year, and in every
| 15 | | year thereafter, the Board shall appoint one student member to | 16 | | each
secondary attendance center. These appointments shall be | 17 | | made in the
following manner:
| 18 | | (i) Appointments shall be made from among those | 19 | | students who submit
statements of candidacy to the | 20 | | principal of the attendance center, such
statements to be | 21 | | submitted commencing on the first day of the twentieth
week | 22 | | of school and
continuing for 2 weeks thereafter. The form | 23 | | and manner of such candidacy
statements shall be determined | 24 | | by the Board.
| 25 | | (ii) During the twenty-second week of school in every | 26 | | year,
the principal of
each attendance center shall conduct |
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| 1 | | a non-binding, advisory poll to
ascertain the preferences | 2 | | of the school students regarding the appointment
of a | 3 | | student to the local school council for that attendance | 4 | | center. At
such poll, each student shall be entitled to | 5 | | indicate his or her preference
for up to one candidate from | 6 | | among those who submitted statements of
candidacy as | 7 | | described above. The Board shall promulgate rules to ensure
| 8 | | that these non-binding, advisory polls are conducted in a | 9 | | fair and
equitable manner and maximize the involvement of | 10 | | all school students. The
preferences expressed in these | 11 | | non-binding, advisory polls shall be
transmitted by the | 12 | | principal to the Board. However, these preferences
shall be | 13 | | advisory only and the Board shall maintain absolute | 14 | | discretion to
appoint student members to local school | 15 | | councils, irrespective of the
preferences expressed in any | 16 | | such poll.
| 17 | | (iii) For the 1995-96 school year only, appointments | 18 | | shall be made from
among those students who submitted | 19 | | statements of candidacy to the principal
of the attendance | 20 | | center during the first 2 weeks of the school year.
The
| 21 | | principal shall communicate the results of any nonbinding, | 22 | | advisory poll to the
Board. These results shall be advisory | 23 | | only, and the Board shall maintain
absolute discretion to | 24 | | appoint student members to local school councils,
| 25 | | irrespective of the preferences expressed in any such poll.
| 26 | | (n) The Board may promulgate such other rules and |
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| 1 | | regulations for
election procedures as may be deemed necessary | 2 | | to ensure fair elections.
| 3 | | (o) In the event that a vacancy occurs during a member's | 4 | | term, the
Council shall appoint a person eligible to serve on | 5 | | the Council, to fill
the unexpired term created by the vacancy, | 6 | | except that any teacher or non-teacher employee vacancy
shall | 7 | | be filled by the Board after considering the preferences of the | 8 | | school
staff as ascertained through a non-binding advisory poll | 9 | | of school staff.
| 10 | | (p) If less than the specified number of persons is elected | 11 | | within each
candidate category, the newly elected local school | 12 | | council shall appoint
eligible persons to serve as members of | 13 | | the Council for two-year terms.
| 14 | | (q) The Board shall promulgate rules regarding conflicts of | 15 | | interest
and disclosure of economic interests which shall apply | 16 | | to local school
council members and which shall require reports | 17 | | or statements to be filed
by Council members at regular | 18 | | intervals with the Secretary of the
Board. Failure to comply | 19 | | with such rules
or intentionally falsifying such reports shall | 20 | | be grounds for
disqualification from local school council | 21 | | membership. A vacancy on the
Council for disqualification may | 22 | | be so declared by the Secretary of the
Board. Rules regarding | 23 | | conflicts of interest and disclosure of
economic interests | 24 | | promulgated by the Board shall apply to local school council
| 25 | | members. No less than 45 days prior to the deadline, the | 26 | | general
superintendent shall provide notice, by mail, to each |
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| 1 | | local school council
member of all requirements and forms for | 2 | | compliance with economic interest
statements.
| 3 | | (r) (1) If a parent member of a local school council ceases | 4 | | to have any
child
enrolled in the attendance center governed by | 5 | | the Local School Council due to
the graduation or voluntary | 6 | | transfer of a child or children from the attendance
center, the | 7 | | parent's membership on the Local School Council and all voting
| 8 | | rights are terminated immediately as of the date of the child's | 9 | | graduation or
voluntary transfer. If the child of a parent | 10 | | member of a local school council dies during the member's term | 11 | | in office, the member may continue to serve on the local school | 12 | | council for the balance of his or her term. Further,
a local | 13 | | school council member may be removed from the Council by a
| 14 | | majority vote of the Council as provided in subsection (c) of | 15 | | Section
34-2.2 if the Council member has missed 3 consecutive | 16 | | regular meetings, not
including committee meetings, or 5 | 17 | | regular meetings in a 12 month period,
not including committee | 18 | | meetings.
If a parent member of a local school council ceases | 19 | | to be eligible to serve
on the Council for any other reason, he | 20 | | or she shall be removed by the Board
subject
to a hearing, | 21 | | convened pursuant to Board rule, prior to removal.
A vote to | 22 | | remove a Council member by the local school council shall
only | 23 | | be valid if the Council member has been notified personally or | 24 | | by
certified mail, mailed to the person's last known address, | 25 | | of the Council's
intent to vote on the Council member's removal | 26 | | at least 7 days prior to the
vote. The Council member in |
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| 1 | | question shall have the right to explain
his or her actions and | 2 | | shall be eligible to vote on the
question of his or her removal | 3 | | from the Council. The provisions of this
subsection shall be | 4 | | contained within the petitions used to nominate Council
| 5 | | candidates.
| 6 | | (2) A person may continue to serve as a community resident | 7 | | member of a
local
school council as long as he or she resides | 8 | | in the attendance area served by
the
school and is not employed | 9 | | by the Board nor is a parent of a student enrolled
at the | 10 | | school. If a community resident member ceases to be eligible to | 11 | | serve
on the Council, he or she shall be removed by the Board | 12 | | subject to a hearing,
convened pursuant to Board rule, prior to | 13 | | removal.
| 14 | | (3) A person may continue to serve as a teacher or | 15 | | non-teacher employee member of a local school
council as long | 16 | | as he or she is employed and assigned to perform a majority of
| 17 | | his or her duties at the school, provided that if the teacher | 18 | | or non-teacher employee representative
resigns from employment | 19 | | with the Board or
voluntarily transfers to another school, that | 20 | | person's the teacher's membership on the local
school council | 21 | | and all voting rights are terminated immediately as of the date
| 22 | | of his or her the teacher's resignation or upon the date of | 23 | | that member's the teacher's voluntary
transfer to another | 24 | | school. If a teacher or non-teacher employee member of a local | 25 | | school council
ceases to be eligible to serve on a local school | 26 | | council for any other reason,
that member shall be removed by |
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| 1 | | the Board subject to a hearing, convened
pursuant to Board | 2 | | rule, prior to removal.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 95-1015, eff. 12-15-08; 96-1412, eff. 1-1-11.)
| 4 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-2.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.2)
| 5 | | Sec. 34-2.2. Local school councils - Manner of operation.
| 6 | | (a) The annual organizational meeting of each local school | 7 | | council
shall be held at the attendance center. At the annual | 8 | | organization meeting,
which shall be held no sooner than July 1 | 9 | | and no later than July 14, a parent
member of the local school | 10 | | council shall be selected by the members of such
council as its | 11 | | chairperson, and a secretary shall be selected by the members | 12 | | of
such council from among their number, each to serve a term | 13 | | of one year.
Whenever a vacancy in the office of chairperson or | 14 | | secretary of a local school
council shall occur, a new | 15 | | chairperson (who shall be a parent member) or
secretary, as the | 16 | | case may be, shall be elected by the members of the local
| 17 | | school council from among their number to serve as such
| 18 | | chairperson or secretary for the unexpired term of office in | 19 | | which the
vacancy occurs. At each annual organizational | 20 | | meeting, the time and
place of any regular meetings of the | 21 | | local school council shall be fixed.
Special meetings of the | 22 | | local school council may be called by the
chairperson or by any | 23 | | 5 4 members by giving notice thereof in writing,
specifying the | 24 | | time, place and purpose of the meeting. Public notice of
| 25 | | meetings shall also be given in accordance with the Open |
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| 1 | | Meetings Act.
| 2 | | (b) Members and officers of the local school council shall | 3 | | serve
without compensation and without reimbursement of any | 4 | | expenses incurred in
the performance of their duties, except | 5 | | that the board of education may by
rule establish a procedure | 6 | | and thereunder provide for reimbursement of
members and | 7 | | officers of local school councils for such of their reasonable
| 8 | | and necessary expenses (excluding any lodging or meal expenses) | 9 | | incurred in
the performance of their duties as the board may | 10 | | deem appropriate.
| 11 | | (c) A majority of the full membership of the local school | 12 | | council
shall constitute a quorum, and whenever a vote is taken | 13 | | on any measure
before the local school council, a quorum being | 14 | | present, the affirmative
vote of a majority of the votes of the | 15 | | full membership then serving of the
local school council shall | 16 | | determine the outcome thereof; provided that
whenever the | 17 | | measure before the local school council is (i) the evaluation
| 18 | | of the principal, or (ii) the renewal of his or her performance | 19 | | contract or
the inclusion of any provision or modification of | 20 | | the contract, or (iii)
the direct selection by the local school | 21 | | council of a new principal
(including
a new principal to fill a | 22 | | vacancy) to serve under a 4 year performance
contract, or (iv) | 23 | | the determination of the names of candidates to be submitted
to | 24 | | the general superintendent for the position of
principal, the
| 25 | | principal and
student member of a high school council shall not | 26 | | be counted for purposes of
determining whether a quorum is |
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| 1 | | present to act on the measure and shall have no
vote thereon; | 2 | | and provided further that 8 7 affirmative votes of the local | 3 | | school
council shall be required for the direct selection by | 4 | | the local school
council
of a new principal
to serve under a 4 | 5 | | year performance contract but not for the renewal of a
| 6 | | principal's performance contract.
| 7 | | (d) Student members of high school councils shall not be | 8 | | eligible
to vote on personnel matters, including but not | 9 | | limited to principal
evaluations and contracts and the | 10 | | allocation of teaching and staff resources.
| 11 | | (e) The local school council of an attendance center which | 12 | | provides
bilingual education shall be encouraged to provide | 13 | | translators at each
council meeting to maximize participation | 14 | | of parents and the community.
| 15 | | (f) Each local school council of an attendance center which | 16 | | provides
bilingual education shall create a Bilingual Advisory | 17 | | Committee or
recognize an existing Bilingual Advisory | 18 | | Committee as a standing committee.
The Chair and a majority of | 19 | | the members of the advisory committee shall be
parents of | 20 | | students in the bilingual education program. The parents on the
| 21 | | advisory committee shall be selected by parents of students in | 22 | | the
bilingual education program, and the committee shall select | 23 | | a Chair. The
advisory committee for each secondary attendance | 24 | | center shall include at
least one full-time bilingual education | 25 | | student. The Bilingual Advisory
Committee shall serve only in | 26 | | an advisory capacity to the local school council.
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| 1 | | (g) Local school councils may utilize the services of an | 2 | | arbitration
board to resolve intra-council disputes.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 91-622, eff. 8-19-99.)
| 4 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-2.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.3)
| 5 | | Sec. 34-2.3. Local school councils - Powers and duties. | 6 | | Each local school
council shall have and exercise, consistent | 7 | | with the provisions of
this Article and the powers and duties | 8 | | of
the board of education, the following powers and duties:
| 9 | | 1. (A) To annually evaluate the performance of the | 10 | | principal of the
attendance
center
using a Board approved | 11 | | principal evaluation form, which shall include the
evaluation | 12 | | of
(i) student academic improvement, as defined by the
school | 13 | | improvement plan, (ii)
student absenteeism rates
at the school, | 14 | | (iii) instructional leadership, (iv) the effective
| 15 | | implementation of
programs, policies, or strategies to improve | 16 | | student academic achievement,
(v) school management, and (vi) | 17 | | any other factors deemed relevant by the local
school council, | 18 | | including, without limitation, the principal's communication
| 19 | | skills and ability to create and maintain a student-centered | 20 | | learning
environment, to develop opportunities for | 21 | | professional development, and to
encourage parental | 22 | | involvement and community partnerships to achieve school
| 23 | | improvement;
| 24 | | (B) to determine in the manner provided by subsection (c) | 25 | | of Section
34-2.2 and subdivision 1.5 of this Section whether |
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| 1 | | the performance contract
of the principal shall be
renewed; and
| 2 | | (C) to directly select, in the manner provided by
| 3 | | subsection (c) of
Section 34-2.2, a new principal (including a | 4 | | new principal to fill a
vacancy)
-- without submitting any list | 5 | | of candidates for that position to the
general superintendent | 6 | | as provided in paragraph 2 of this Section -- to
serve under a | 7 | | 4 year performance contract; provided that (i) the | 8 | | determination
of whether the principal's performance contract | 9 | | is to be renewed, based upon
the evaluation required by | 10 | | subdivision 1.5 of this Section, shall be made no
later than | 11 | | 150 days prior to the expiration of the current | 12 | | performance-based
contract of the principal, (ii) in cases | 13 | | where such performance
contract is not renewed -- a
direct | 14 | | selection
of a
new principal -- to serve under a 4 year | 15 | | performance contract shall be made by
the local school council | 16 | | no later than 45 days prior to the expiration of the
current | 17 | | performance contract of the principal, and (iii) a
selection by
| 18 | | the local school council of a new principal to fill a vacancy | 19 | | under a 4 year
performance contract shall be made within 90 | 20 | | days after the date such vacancy
occurs. A Council shall be | 21 | | required, if requested by the principal, to provide
in writing | 22 | | the reasons for the council's not renewing the principal's | 23 | | contract.
| 24 | | 1.5. The local school council's determination of whether to | 25 | | renew the
principal's contract shall be based on an evaluation | 26 | | to assess the educational
and administrative progress made at |
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| 1 | | the school during the principal's current
performance-based | 2 | | contract. The local school council shall base its evaluation
on | 3 | | (i) student academic improvement, as defined by the school | 4 | | improvement plan,
(ii) student absenteeism rates at the school, | 5 | | (iii) instructional leadership,
(iv) the effective | 6 | | implementation of programs, policies, or strategies to
improve | 7 | | student academic achievement, (v) school management, and (vi) | 8 | | any
other factors deemed relevant by the local school council, | 9 | | including, without
limitation, the principal's communication | 10 | | skills and ability to create and
maintain a student-centered | 11 | | learning environment, to develop opportunities for
| 12 | | professional development, and to encourage parental | 13 | | involvement and community
partnerships to achieve school | 14 | | improvement. If a local school council
fails to renew the | 15 | | performance contract of a principal rated by the general
| 16 | | superintendent, or his or her designee, in the previous years' | 17 | | evaluations as
meeting or exceeding expectations, the | 18 | | principal, within 15 days after the
local school council's | 19 | | decision not to renew the contract, may request a review
of the
| 20 | | local school council's principal non-retention decision by a | 21 | | hearing officer
appointed by the American Arbitration | 22 | | Association. A local school council
member or members or the | 23 | | general superintendent may support the principal's
request for | 24 | | review.
During the period of the hearing officer's review of | 25 | | the local school
council's decision on
whether or not to retain | 26 | | the principal, the local school council shall maintain
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| 1 | | authority
to search for and contract with a person to serve
as | 2 | | interim or acting
principal, or as the
principal of the | 3 | | attendance center under a 4-year performance contract,
| 4 | | provided that any performance contract entered into by the | 5 | | local school council
shall be voidable
or
modified in | 6 | | accordance with the decision of the hearing officer.
The | 7 | | principal may request review only once while at that
attendance | 8 | | center. If a local school council renews the contract of a
| 9 | | principal who failed to obtain a rating of "meets" or "exceeds | 10 | | expectations" in
the general superintendent's evaluation for | 11 | | the previous year, the general superintendent,
within 15
days | 12 | | after the local
school council's decision to renew the | 13 | | contract,
may request a review of
the local school council's | 14 | | principal retention decision by a hearing officer
appointed by | 15 | | the American Arbitration Association. The general | 16 | | superintendent may request a review only
once
for that | 17 | | principal at that attendance center. All requests to review the
| 18 | | retention or non-retention of a principal shall be submitted to | 19 | | the general
superintendent, who shall, in turn, forward such | 20 | | requests, within 14 days of
receipt, to the American | 21 | | Arbitration Association.
The general superintendent shall send | 22 | | a contemporaneous copy of the request
that was forwarded to the | 23 | | American Arbitration Association to the principal and
to each | 24 | | local school council member and shall inform the local school | 25 | | council
of its rights and responsibilities under the | 26 | | arbitration process, including the
local school council's |
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| 1 | | right to representation and the manner and process by
which the | 2 | | Board shall pay the costs of the council's representation.
If | 3 | | the local school council retains the
principal and the general | 4 | | superintendent requests a review of the retention
decision, the | 5 | | local school council and the general
superintendent shall be | 6 | | considered parties to the arbitration, a hearing officer shall
| 7 | | be
chosen between those 2
parties pursuant to procedures | 8 | | promulgated by the State Board of Education,
and the principal | 9 | | may retain counsel and participate in the arbitration. If the | 10 | | local school council does not retain the principal and
the | 11 | | principal requests a review of the retention decision, the | 12 | | local school
council and the principal shall be considered | 13 | | parties to the
arbitration and a hearing
officer shall be | 14 | | chosen between those 2 parties pursuant to procedures
| 15 | | promulgated by the State Board of Education.
The hearing shall | 16 | | begin (i)
within 45 days
after the initial request for review | 17 | | is submitted by the principal to the
general superintendent or | 18 | | (ii) if the
initial request for
review is made by the general | 19 | | superintendent, within 45 days after that request
is mailed
to | 20 | | the American Arbitration Association.
The hearing officer | 21 | | shall render a
decision within 45
days after the hearing begins | 22 | | and within 90 days after the initial request
for review.
The | 23 | | Board shall contract with the American
Arbitration Association | 24 | | for all of the hearing officer's reasonable and
necessary | 25 | | costs. In addition, the Board shall pay any reasonable costs
| 26 | | incurred by a local school council for representation before a |
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| 1 | | hearing
officer.
| 2 | | 1.10. The hearing officer shall conduct a hearing, which | 3 | | shall include (i)
a review of the principal's performance, | 4 | | evaluations, and other evidence of
the principal's service at | 5 | | the school, (ii) reasons provided by the local
school council | 6 | | for its decision, and (iii) documentation evidencing views of
| 7 | | interested persons, including,
without limitation, students, | 8 | | parents, local school council members, school
faculty and | 9 | | staff, the principal, the general superintendent or his or her
| 10 | | designee, and members of the community. The burden of proof in | 11 | | establishing
that the local school council's decision was | 12 | | arbitrary and capricious shall be
on the party requesting the | 13 | | arbitration, and this party shall sustain the
burden by a | 14 | | preponderance of the evidence.
The hearing officer shall set | 15 | | the
local school council decision aside if that decision, in | 16 | | light of the record
developed at the hearing, is arbitrary and | 17 | | capricious. The decision of the
hearing officer may not be | 18 | | appealed to the Board or the State Board of
Education. If the | 19 | | hearing officer decides that the principal shall be
retained, | 20 | | the retention period shall not exceed 2 years.
| 21 | | 2. In the event (i) the local school council does not renew | 22 | | the
performance contract of the principal, or the principal | 23 | | fails to receive a
satisfactory rating as provided in | 24 | | subsection (h) of Section 34-8.3,
or the principal is
removed | 25 | | for cause during the term of his or her performance contract
in | 26 | | the manner provided by Section 34-85, or a vacancy in the |
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| 1 | | position
of principal otherwise occurs prior to the expiration | 2 | | of the term of
a principal's performance contract, and (ii) the | 3 | | local school council
fails to directly select a new principal | 4 | | to serve under a 4 year performance
contract,
the local school | 5 | | council in such event shall submit to the general
| 6 | | superintendent a list of 3 candidates -- listed in the local | 7 | | school
council's order of preference -- for the position of | 8 | | principal, one of
which shall be selected by the general | 9 | | superintendent to serve as
principal of the attendance center. | 10 | | If the general superintendent
fails or refuses to select one of | 11 | | the candidates on the list to serve as
principal within 30 days | 12 | | after being furnished with the candidate list,
the general | 13 | | superintendent shall select and place a principal on an interim
| 14 | | basis (i) for a period not to exceed one year or (ii) until the | 15 | | local school
council selects a new principal with 8 7 | 16 | | affirmative votes as
provided in subsection (c) of Section | 17 | | 34-2.2, whichever occurs first. If the
local school council
| 18 | | fails or refuses to select and appoint a new principal, as | 19 | | specified by
subsection (c) of Section 34-2.2, the general | 20 | | superintendent may select and
appoint a new principal on an | 21 | | interim basis for
an additional year or until a new contract | 22 | | principal is selected by the local
school council. There shall | 23 | | be no discrimination on the basis of
race, sex, creed, color or
| 24 | | disability unrelated to ability to perform in
connection with | 25 | | the submission of candidates for, and the selection of a
| 26 | | candidate to serve as principal of an attendance center. No |
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| 1 | | person shall
be directly selected, listed as a candidate for, | 2 | | or selected to serve as
principal of an attendance center (i) | 3 | | if such person has been removed for cause
from employment by | 4 | | the Board or (ii) if such person does not hold a valid
| 5 | | administrative certificate issued or exchanged under Article | 6 | | 21 and
endorsed as required by that Article for the position of | 7 | | principal. A
principal whose performance contract is not | 8 | | renewed as provided under
subsection (c) of Section 34-2.2 may | 9 | | nevertheless, if otherwise qualified
and certified as herein | 10 | | provided
and if he or she has received a satisfactory rating as | 11 | | provided in subsection
(h) of Section 34-8.3, be included by a | 12 | | local school council as
one of the 3 candidates listed in order | 13 | | of preference on any candidate list
from which one person is to | 14 | | be selected to serve as principal of the
attendance center | 15 | | under a new performance contract. The initial candidate
list | 16 | | required to be submitted by a local school council to the | 17 | | general
superintendent in cases where the local school council | 18 | | does not renew the
performance contract of its principal and | 19 | | does not directly select a new
principal to serve under a 4 | 20 | | year performance contract shall be submitted
not later than
30 | 21 | | days prior to the expiration of the current performance | 22 | | contract. In
cases where the local school council fails or | 23 | | refuses to submit the candidate
list to the general | 24 | | superintendent no later than 30 days prior to the
expiration of | 25 | | the incumbent principal's contract, the general superintendent
| 26 | | may
appoint a principal on an interim basis for a period not to |
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| 1 | | exceed one year,
during which time the local school council | 2 | | shall be able to select a new
principal with 8 7 affirmative | 3 | | votes as provided in subsection (c) of Section
34-2.2. In cases | 4 | | where a principal is removed for cause or a
vacancy otherwise | 5 | | occurs in the position of principal and the vacancy is
not | 6 | | filled by direct selection by the local school council, the | 7 | | candidate
list shall be submitted by the local school council | 8 | | to the general
superintendent within 90 days after the date | 9 | | such
removal or
vacancy occurs.
In cases where the local school | 10 | | council fails or refuses to submit the
candidate list to the | 11 | | general superintendent within 90 days after the date of
the | 12 | | vacancy, the general superintendent may appoint a principal on | 13 | | an interim
basis for a period of one year, during which time | 14 | | the local school council
shall be able to select a new | 15 | | principal with 8 7 affirmative votes as provided in
subsection | 16 | | (c) of Section 34-2.2.
| 17 | | 2.5. Whenever a vacancy in the office of a principal occurs | 18 | | for any reason,
the vacancy shall be filled in the manner | 19 | | provided by this Section by the
selection of a new principal to | 20 | | serve under a 4 year performance contract.
| 21 | | 3. To establish additional criteria
to be included as part | 22 | | of
the
performance contract of its principal, provided that | 23 | | such additional
criteria shall not discriminate on the basis of | 24 | | race, sex, creed, color
or
disability unrelated to ability to | 25 | | perform, and shall not be inconsistent
with the uniform 4 year | 26 | | performance contract for principals developed by
the board as |
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| 1 | | provided in Section 34-8.1 of the School Code
or with other | 2 | | provisions of this Article governing the
authority and | 3 | | responsibility of principals.
| 4 | | 4. To approve the expenditure plan prepared by the | 5 | | principal with
respect to all funds allocated and distributed | 6 | | to the attendance center by
the Board. The expenditure plan | 7 | | shall be administered by the principal.
Notwithstanding any | 8 | | other provision of this Act or any other law, any
expenditure | 9 | | plan approved and
administered under this Section 34-2.3 shall | 10 | | be consistent with and subject to
the terms of any contract for | 11 | | services with a third party entered into by the
Chicago School | 12 | | Reform Board of Trustees or the board under this Act.
| 13 | | Via a supermajority vote of 8 7 members of the local school | 14 | | council or 9 8
members of a high school local school council, | 15 | | the Council may transfer
allocations pursuant to Section 34-2.3 | 16 | | within funds; provided that such a
transfer is consistent with | 17 | | applicable law and
collective bargaining
agreements.
| 18 | | Beginning in fiscal year 1991 and in each fiscal year
| 19 | | thereafter, the
Board may reserve up to 1% of its total fiscal | 20 | | year budget for
distribution
on a prioritized basis to schools | 21 | | throughout the school system in order to
assure adequate | 22 | | programs to meet the needs of
special student populations as | 23 | | determined by the Board. This distribution
shall take into | 24 | | account the needs catalogued in the Systemwide Plan and the
| 25 | | various local school improvement plans of the local school | 26 | | councils.
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| 1 | | shall be distributed to
the local school councils so that their | 2 | | subsequent planning and programming
will account for these | 3 | | provisions.
| 4 | | Beginning in fiscal year 1991 and in each fiscal year | 5 | | thereafter, from
other amounts available in the applicable | 6 | | fiscal year budget, the board
shall allocate a lump sum amount | 7 | | to each local school based upon
such formula as the board shall | 8 | | determine taking into account the special needs
of the student | 9 | | body. The local school
principal shall develop an expenditure | 10 | | plan in consultation with the local
school council, the | 11 | | professional personnel leadership
committee and with all
other | 12 | | school personnel, which reflects the
priorities and activities | 13 | | as described in the school's local school
improvement plan and | 14 | | is consistent with applicable law and collective
bargaining | 15 | | agreements and with board policies and standards; however, the
| 16 | | local school council shall have the right to request waivers of | 17 | | board policy
from the board of education and waivers of | 18 | | employee collective bargaining
agreements pursuant to Section | 19 | | 34-8.1a.
| 20 | | The expenditure plan developed by the principal with | 21 | | respect to
amounts available from the fund for prioritized | 22 | | special needs programs
and the allocated lump sum amount must | 23 | | be approved by the local school council.
| 24 | | The lump sum allocation shall take into account the
| 25 | | following principles:
| 26 | | a. Teachers: Each school shall be allocated funds equal |
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| 1 | | to the
amount appropriated in the previous school year for | 2 | | compensation for
teachers (regular grades kindergarten | 3 | | through 12th grade) plus whatever
increases in | 4 | | compensation have been negotiated contractually or through
| 5 | | longevity as provided in the negotiated agreement. | 6 | | Adjustments shall be
made due to layoff or reduction in | 7 | | force, lack of funds or work, change in
subject | 8 | | requirements, enrollment changes, or contracts with third
| 9 | | parties for the performance of services or to rectify
any | 10 | | inconsistencies with system-wide allocation formulas or | 11 | | for other
legitimate reasons.
| 12 | | b. Other personnel: Funds for other teacher | 13 | | certificated and
uncertificated personnel paid through | 14 | | non-categorical funds shall be
provided according to | 15 | | system-wide formulas based on student enrollment and
the | 16 | | special needs of the school as determined by the Board.
| 17 | | c. Non-compensation items: Appropriations for all | 18 | | non-compensation items
shall be based on system-wide | 19 | | formulas based on student enrollment and
on the special | 20 | | needs of the school or factors related to the physical
| 21 | | plant, including but not limited to textbooks, electronic | 22 | | textbooks and the technological equipment necessary to | 23 | | gain access to and use electronic textbooks, supplies, | 24 | | electricity,
equipment, and routine maintenance.
| 25 | | d. Funds for categorical programs: Schools shall | 26 | | receive personnel
and funds based on, and shall use such |
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| 1 | | personnel and funds in accordance
with State and Federal | 2 | | requirements applicable to each
categorical program
| 3 | | provided to meet the special needs of the student body | 4 | | (including but not
limited to, Federal Chapter I, | 5 | | Bilingual, and Special Education).
| 6 | | d.1. Funds for State Title I: Each school shall receive
| 7 | | funds based on State and Board requirements applicable to | 8 | | each State
Title I pupil provided to meet the special needs | 9 | | of the student body. Each
school shall receive the | 10 | | proportion of funds as provided in Section 18-8 to
which | 11 | | they are entitled. These funds shall be spent only with the
| 12 | | budgetary approval of the Local School Council as provided | 13 | | in Section 34-2.3.
| 14 | | e. The Local School Council shall have the right to | 15 | | request the
principal to close positions and open new ones | 16 | | consistent with the
provisions of the local school | 17 | | improvement plan provided that these
decisions are | 18 | | consistent with applicable law and
collective bargaining
| 19 | | agreements. If a position is closed, pursuant to this | 20 | | paragraph, the local
school shall have for its use the | 21 | | system-wide average compensation for the
closed position.
| 22 | | f. Operating within existing laws and
collective | 23 | | bargaining agreements,
the local school council shall have | 24 | | the right to direct the principal to
shift expenditures | 25 | | within funds.
| 26 | | g. (Blank).
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| 1 | | Any funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall be | 2 | | available to
the board of education for use as part of its | 3 | | budget for the following
fiscal year.
| 4 | | 5. To make recommendations to the principal concerning | 5 | | textbook
selection and concerning curriculum developed | 6 | | pursuant to the school
improvement plan which is consistent | 7 | | with systemwide curriculum objectives
in accordance with | 8 | | Sections 34-8 and 34-18 of the School Code and in
conformity | 9 | | with the collective bargaining agreement.
| 10 | | 6. To advise the principal concerning the attendance and
| 11 | | disciplinary policies for the attendance center, subject to the | 12 | | provisions
of this Article and Article 26, and consistent with | 13 | | the uniform system of
discipline established by the board | 14 | | pursuant to Section 34-19.
| 15 | | 7. To approve a school improvement plan developed as | 16 | | provided in Section
34-2.4. The process and schedule for plan | 17 | | development shall be publicized
to the entire school community, | 18 | | and the community shall be afforded the
opportunity to make | 19 | | recommendations concerning the plan. At least twice a
year the | 20 | | principal and
local
school council shall report publicly on
| 21 | | progress and problems with respect to plan implementation.
| 22 | | 8. To evaluate the allocation of teaching resources and | 23 | | other
certificated and uncertificated staff to the attendance | 24 | | center to determine
whether such allocation is consistent with | 25 | | and in furtherance of
instructional objectives and school | 26 | | programs reflective of the school
improvement plan adopted for |
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| 1 | | the attendance center; and to make
recommendations to the | 2 | | board, the general superintendent
and the
principal concerning | 3 | | any reallocation of teaching resources
or other staff whenever | 4 | | the council determines that any such
reallocation is | 5 | | appropriate because the qualifications of any existing
staff at | 6 | | the attendance center do not adequately match or support
| 7 | | instructional objectives or school programs which reflect the | 8 | | school
improvement plan.
| 9 | | 9. To make recommendations to the principal and the general | 10 | | superintendent
concerning their respective appointments, after | 11 | | August 31, 1989, and in the
manner provided by Section 34-8 and | 12 | | Section 34-8.1,
of persons to fill any vacant, additional or | 13 | | newly created
positions for teachers at the attendance center | 14 | | or at attendance centers
which include the attendance center | 15 | | served by the local school council.
| 16 | | 10. To request of the Board the manner in which training | 17 | | and
assistance shall be provided to the local school council. | 18 | | Pursuant to Board
guidelines a local school council is | 19 | | authorized to direct
the Board of Education to contract with | 20 | | personnel or not-for-profit
organizations not associated with | 21 | | the school district to train or assist
council members. If | 22 | | training or assistance is provided by contract with
personnel | 23 | | or organizations not associated with the school district, the
| 24 | | period of training or assistance shall not exceed 30 hours | 25 | | during a given
school year; person shall not be employed on a | 26 | | continuous basis longer than
said period and shall not have |
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| 1 | | been employed by the Chicago Board of
Education within the | 2 | | preceding six months. Council members shall receive
training in | 3 | | at least the following areas:
| 4 | | 1. school budgets;
| 5 | | 2. educational theory pertinent to the attendance | 6 | | center's particular
needs, including the development of | 7 | | the school improvement plan and the
principal's | 8 | | performance contract; and
| 9 | | 3. personnel selection.
| 10 | | Council members shall, to the greatest extent possible, | 11 | | complete such
training within 90 days of election.
| 12 | | 11. In accordance with systemwide guidelines contained in | 13 | | the
System-Wide Educational Reform Goals and Objectives Plan, | 14 | | criteria for
evaluation of performance shall be established for | 15 | | local school councils
and local school council members. If a | 16 | | local school council persists in
noncompliance with systemwide | 17 | | requirements, the Board may impose sanctions
and take necessary | 18 | | corrective action, consistent with Section 34-8.3.
| 19 | | 12. Each local school council shall comply with the Open | 20 | | Meetings Act and
the Freedom of Information Act. Each local | 21 | | school council shall issue and
transmit to its school community | 22 | | a detailed annual report accounting for
its activities | 23 | | programmatically and financially. Each local school council
| 24 | | shall convene at least 2 well-publicized meetings annually with | 25 | | its entire
school community. These meetings shall include | 26 | | presentation of the
proposed local school improvement plan, of |
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| 1 | | the proposed school expenditure
plan, and the annual report, | 2 | | and shall provide an opportunity for public
comment.
| 3 | | 13. Each local school council is encouraged to involve | 4 | | additional
non-voting members of the school community in | 5 | | facilitating the council's
exercise of its responsibilities.
| 6 | | 14. The local school council may adopt a school
uniform or | 7 | | dress
code policy that governs the attendance center and that | 8 | | is
necessary to maintain the orderly process of a school | 9 | | function or prevent
endangerment of student health or safety, | 10 | | consistent with the policies and
rules of the Board of | 11 | | Education.
A school uniform or dress code policy adopted
by a | 12 | | local school council: (i) shall not be applied in such manner | 13 | | as to
discipline or deny attendance to a transfer student or | 14 | | any other student for
noncompliance with that
policy during | 15 | | such period of time as is reasonably necessary to enable the
| 16 | | student to acquire a school uniform or otherwise comply with | 17 | | the dress code
policy that is in effect at the attendance | 18 | | center into which the student's
enrollment is transferred; and | 19 | | (ii) shall include criteria and procedures under
which the | 20 | | local school council will accommodate the needs of or otherwise
| 21 | | provide
appropriate resources to assist a student from an | 22 | | indigent family in complying
with an applicable school uniform | 23 | | or dress code policy.
A student whose parents or legal | 24 | | guardians object on religious grounds to the
student's | 25 | | compliance with an applicable school uniform or dress code | 26 | | policy
shall not be required to comply with that policy if the |
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| 1 | | student's parents or
legal guardians present to the local | 2 | | school council a signed statement of
objection detailing the | 3 | | grounds for the objection.
| 4 | | 15. All decisions made and actions taken by the local | 5 | | school council in
the exercise of its powers and duties shall | 6 | | comply with State and federal
laws, all applicable collective | 7 | | bargaining agreements, court orders and
rules properly | 8 | | promulgated by the Board.
| 9 | | 15a. To grant, in accordance with board rules and policies,
| 10 | | the use of assembly halls and classrooms when not otherwise | 11 | | needed,
including lighting, heat, and attendants, for public | 12 | | lectures, concerts, and
other educational and social | 13 | | activities.
| 14 | | 15b. To approve, in accordance with board rules and | 15 | | policies, receipts and
expenditures for all internal accounts | 16 | | of the
attendance center, and to approve all fund-raising | 17 | | activities by nonschool
organizations that use the school | 18 | | building.
| 19 | | 16. (Blank).
| 20 | | 17. Names and addresses of local school council members | 21 | | shall
be a matter of public record.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1403, eff. 7-29-10.)
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law, except that the provisions changing Sections | 25 | | 34-2.2 and 34-2.3 of the School Code take effect July 1, |
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