Full Text of HB5827 97th General Assembly
HB5827 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB5827 Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. Makes changes concerning the legal adviser of school officers, budgets and accounting practices, the new principal mentoring program, a task force concerning the inspection and review of school facilities, a task force concerning school wellness policies, joint educational program agreements, supervisory expenses, State aid claims, dropouts, charter school proposals, and reporting on the number of Chicago high school students enrolled in courses at a community college. Repeals Sections concerning a block grant report, granting and suspending teachers' certificates, visiting charitable institutions, information furnished by regional superintendents, service evaluation reports, the Committee of Cooperative Services, and alternative learning opportunities program funding. Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act to repeal a Section concerning an advisory committee. Repeals the Chicago Community Schools Study Commission Act.
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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 | | 2-3.7, 2-3.22, 2-3.27, 2-3.53a, 2-3.137, 2-3.139, 10-22.31a, | 6 | | 18-6, 18-12, 26-2a, 27A-7, and 34-8 as follows:
| 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.7) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.7)
| 8 | | Sec. 2-3.7. Legal adviser ; opinions of school officers - | 9 | | Opinions . To be the legal adviser of regional offices of | 10 | | education school officers , and, when requested by
any school | 11 | | officer , to give an opinion in writing upon any question
| 12 | | arising under the school laws of the State.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
| 14 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.22) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.22)
| 15 | | Sec. 2-3.22.
Withholding school funds or compensation of | 16 | | regional
superintendent of schools. To require the State | 17 | | Comptroller to withhold
from the regional superintendent of | 18 | | schools the amount due the regional
superintendent of
schools | 19 | | for his compensation, until the reports, statements,
books, | 20 | | vouchers and other records provided for in Sections 2-3.17, | 21 | | 2-3.17a
and 3-15.8 have been furnished.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 88-641, eff. 9-9-94.)
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.27) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.27)
| 2 | | Sec. 2-3.27. Budgets and accounting practices-Forms and | 3 | | procedures.
| 4 | | To formulate and approve forms, procedure and regulations | 5 | | for school
district accounts and budgets required by this Act | 6 | | reflecting the gross
amount of income and expenses, receipts | 7 | | and disbursements and extending a
net surplus or deficit on | 8 | | operating items, to advise and assist the
officers of any | 9 | | district in respect to budgets and accounting practices and
in | 10 | | the formulation and use of such books, records and accounts or | 11 | | other
forms as may be required to comply with the provisions of | 12 | | this Act; to
publish and keep current information pamphlets or | 13 | | manuals in looseleaf form relating to
budgetary and accounting | 14 | | procedure or similar topics; to make all rules and
regulations | 15 | | as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this
| 16 | | Act relating to budgetary procedure and accounting, such rules | 17 | | and
regulations to include but not to be limited to the | 18 | | establishment of a
decimal classification of accounts; to | 19 | | confer with various district, county
and State officials or | 20 | | take such other action as may be reasonably required
to carry | 21 | | out the provisions of this Act relating to budgets and | 22 | | accounting.
| 23 | | (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
| 24 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.53a)
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| 1 | | Sec. 2-3.53a. New principal mentoring program. | 2 | | (a) Beginning on July 1, 2007, and subject to an annual | 3 | | appropriation by the General Assembly, to establish a new | 4 | | principal mentoring program for new principals. Any individual | 5 | | who is first hired as a principal on or after July 1, 2007 | 6 | | shall participate in a new principal mentoring program for the | 7 | | duration of his or her first year as a principal and must | 8 | | complete the program in accordance with the requirements | 9 | | established by the State Board of Education by rule or, for a | 10 | | school district created by Article 34 of this Code, in | 11 | | accordance with the provisions of Section 34-18.33 34-18.27 of | 12 | | this Code. School districts created by Article 34 are not | 13 | | subject to the requirements of subsection (b), (c), (d), (e), | 14 | | (f), or (g) of this Section. Any individual who is first hired | 15 | | as a principal on or after July 1, 2008 may participate in a | 16 | | second year of mentoring if it is determined by the State | 17 | | Superintendent of Education that sufficient funding exists for | 18 | | such participation. The new principal mentoring program shall | 19 | | match an experienced principal who meets the requirements of | 20 | | subsection (b) of this Section with each new principal in order | 21 | | to assist the new principal in the development of his or her | 22 | | professional growth and to provide guidance. | 23 | | (b) Any individual who has been a principal in Illinois for | 24 | | 3 or more years and who has demonstrated success as an | 25 | | instructional leader, as determined by the State Board by rule, | 26 | | is eligible to apply to be a mentor under a new principal |
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| 1 | | mentoring program. Mentors shall complete mentoring training | 2 | | by entities approved by the State Board and meet any other | 3 | | requirements set forth by the State Board and by the school | 4 | | district employing the mentor. | 5 | | (c) The State Board shall certify an entity or entities | 6 | | approved to provide training of mentors. | 7 | | (d) A mentor shall be assigned to a new principal based on | 8 | | (i) similarity of grade level or type of school, (ii) learning | 9 | | needs of the new principal, and (iii) geographical proximity of | 10 | | the mentor to the new principal. The principal, in | 11 | | collaboration with the mentor, shall identify areas for | 12 | | improvement of the new principal's professional growth, | 13 | | including, but not limited to, each of the following: | 14 | | (1) Analyzing data and applying it to practice. | 15 | | (2) Aligning professional development and | 16 | | instructional programs. | 17 | | (3) Building a professional learning community. | 18 | | (4) Observing classroom practices and providing | 19 | | feedback. | 20 | | (5) Facilitating effective meetings. | 21 | | (6) Developing distributive leadership practices. | 22 | | (7) Facilitating organizational change. | 23 | | The mentor shall not be required to provide an evaluation of | 24 | | the new principal on the basis of the mentoring relationship. | 25 | | (e) On or before July 1, 2008 and on or after July 1 of each | 26 | | year thereafter, the State Board shall facilitate a review and |
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| 1 | | evaluate the mentoring training program in collaboration with | 2 | | the approved providers. Each new principal and his or her | 3 | | mentor must complete a verification form developed by the State | 4 | | Board in order to certify their completion of a new principal | 5 | | mentoring program. | 6 | | (f) The requirements of this Section do not apply to any | 7 | | individual who has previously served as an assistant principal | 8 | | in Illinois acting under an administrative certificate for 5 or | 9 | | more years and who is hired, on or after July 1, 2007, as a | 10 | | principal by the school district in which the individual last | 11 | | served as an assistant principal, although such an individual | 12 | | may choose to participate in this program or shall be required | 13 | | to participate by the school district. | 14 | | (g) The State Board may adopt any rules necessary for the | 15 | | implementation of this Section. | 16 | | (h) On an annual basis, the State Superintendent of | 17 | | Education shall determine whether appropriations are likely to | 18 | | be sufficient to require operation of the mentoring program for | 19 | | the coming year. In doing so, the State Superintendent of | 20 | | Education shall first determine whether it is likely that funds | 21 | | will be sufficient to require operation of the mentoring | 22 | | program for individuals in their first year as principal and | 23 | | shall then determine whether it is likely that funds will be | 24 | | sufficient to require operation of the mentoring program for | 25 | | individuals in their second year as principal.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 96-373, eff. 8-13-09.)
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.137)
| 2 | | Sec. 2-3.137. Inspection and review of school facilities ; | 3 | | task force .
| 4 | | (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the
| 5 | | documentation of school plan reviews and inspections of school | 6 | | facilities,
including
the responsible individual's signature. | 7 | | Such documents shall be kept on file
by the
regional
| 8 | | superintendent of schools. The State Board of Education shall | 9 | | also adopt rules for the qualifications of persons performing | 10 | | the reviews and inspections, which must be consistent with the | 11 | | recommendations in the task force's report issued to the | 12 | | Governor and the General Assembly under subsection (b) of this | 13 | | Section. Those qualifications shall include requirements for | 14 | | training, education, and at least 2 years of relevant | 15 | | experience.
| 16 | | (a-5) Rules adopted by the State Board of Education in | 17 | | accordance with subsection (a) of this Section shall require | 18 | | fees to be collected for use in defraying costs associated with | 19 | | the administration of these and other provisions contained in | 20 | | the Health/Life Safety Code for Public Schools required by | 21 | | Section 2-3.12 of this Code. | 22 | | (b) (Blank). The State Board of Education shall convene a | 23 | | task force for the
purpose of reviewing the documents required | 24 | | under rules adopted under
subsection (a) of this
Section and | 25 | | making recommendations regarding training and
accreditation
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| 1 | | individuals performing reviews or inspections required under | 2 | | Section
2-3.12,
3-14.20, 3-14.21, or 3-14.22 of this Code, | 3 | | including regional
superintendents of schools and others | 4 | | performing reviews or inspections
under the authority of a | 5 | | regional superintendent (such as consultants,
municipalities, | 6 | | and fire protection districts).
| 7 | | The task force shall consist of
all of the following | 8 | | members:
| 9 | | (1) The Executive Director of the Capital Development | 10 | | Board
or his or her designee and a staff representative of | 11 | | the Division of Building Codes and Regulations.
| 12 | | (2) The State Superintendent of Education or his or her
| 13 | | designee.
| 14 | | (3) A person appointed
by the State Board of Education.
| 15 | | (4) A person appointed by an organization representing | 16 | | school
administrators.
| 17 | | (5) A person appointed by
an organization representing | 18 | | suburban school administrators and school board
members.
| 19 | | (6) A person appointed by an organization representing | 20 | | architects.
| 21 | | (7) A person appointed by an organization representing | 22 | | regional
superintendents of schools.
| 23 | | (8) A person appointed by an organization representing | 24 | | fire inspectors.
| 25 | | (9) A person appointed by an organization representing | 26 | | Code
administrators.
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| 1 | | (10) A person appointed by an organization | 2 | | representing plumbing
inspectors.
| 3 | | (11) A person appointed by an organization that | 4 | | represents both parents
and teachers.
| 5 | | (12) A person appointed by an organization | 6 | | representing municipal
governments in the State.
| 7 | | (13) A person appointed by the State Fire Marshal from | 8 | | his or her office.
| 9 | | (14) A person appointed by an organization | 10 | | representing fire chiefs.
| 11 | | (15) The Director of Public Health or his or her | 12 | | designee.
| 13 | | (16) A person appointed by an organization | 14 | | representing structural engineers.
| 15 | | (17) A person appointed by an organization | 16 | | representing professional engineers.
| 17 | | The task force shall issue a report of its findings to the | 18 | | Governor and the
General Assembly no later than January 1, | 19 | | 2006.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)
| 21 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.139)
| 22 | | Sec. 2-3.139. School wellness policies ; taskforce .
| 23 | | (a) The State Board of Education shall establish a State | 24 | | goal that all school districts have a wellness policy that is | 25 | | consistent with recommendations of the Centers for Disease |
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| 1 | | Control and Prevention (CDC), which recommendations include | 2 | | the following: | 3 | | (1) nutrition guidelines for all foods sold on school | 4 | | campus during the school day; | 5 | | (2) setting school goals for nutrition education and | 6 | | physical activity; | 7 | | (3) establishing community participation in creating | 8 | | local wellness policies; and | 9 | | (4) creating a plan for measuring implementation of | 10 | | these wellness policies. | 11 | | The Department of Public Health, the Department of Human | 12 | | Services, and the State Board of Education shall form an | 13 | | interagency working group to publish model wellness policies | 14 | | and recommendations. Sample policies shall be based on CDC | 15 | | recommendations for nutrition and physical activity. The State | 16 | | Board of Education shall distribute the model wellness policies | 17 | | to all school districts before June 1, 2006. | 18 | | (b) (Blank). There is created the School Wellness Policy | 19 | | Taskforce, consisting of
the following members: | 20 | | (1) One member representing the State Board of | 21 | | Education, appointed by the State Board of Education. | 22 | | (2) One member representing the Department of Public | 23 | | Health, appointed by the Director of Public Health. | 24 | | (3) One member representing the Department of Human | 25 | | Services, appointed by the Secretary of Human Services. | 26 | | (4) One member of an organization representing the |
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| 1 | | interests of school nurses in this State, appointed by the | 2 | | interagency working group. | 3 | | (5) One member of an organization representing the | 4 | | interests of school administrators in this State, | 5 | | appointed by the interagency working group. | 6 | | (6) One member of an organization representing the | 7 | | interests of school boards in this State, appointed by the | 8 | | interagency working group. | 9 | | (7) One member of an organization representing the | 10 | | interests of regional superintendents of schools in this | 11 | | State, appointed by the interagency working group. | 12 | | (8) One member of an organization representing the | 13 | | interests of parent-teacher associations in this State, | 14 | | appointed by the interagency working group. | 15 | | (9) One member of an organization representing the | 16 | | interests of pediatricians in this State, appointed by the | 17 | | interagency working group. | 18 | | (10) One member of an organization representing the | 19 | | interests of dentists in this State, appointed by the | 20 | | interagency working group. | 21 | | (11) One member of an organization representing the | 22 | | interests of dieticians in this State, appointed by the | 23 | | interagency working group. | 24 | | (12) One member of an organization that has an interest | 25 | | and expertise in heart disease, appointed by the | 26 | | interagency working group. |
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| 1 | | (13) One member of an organization that has an interest | 2 | | and expertise in cancer, appointed by the interagency | 3 | | working group. | 4 | | (14) One member of an organization that has an interest | 5 | | and expertise in childhood obesity, appointed by the | 6 | | interagency working group. | 7 | | (15) One member of an organization that has an interest | 8 | | and expertise in the importance of physical education and | 9 | | recreation in preventing disease, appointed by the | 10 | | interagency working group. | 11 | | (16) One member of an organization that has an interest | 12 | | and expertise in school food service, appointed by the | 13 | | interagency working group. | 14 | | (17) One member of an organization that has an interest | 15 | | and expertise in school health, appointed by the | 16 | | interagency working group. | 17 | | (18) One member of an organization that campaigns for | 18 | | programs and policies for healthier school environments, | 19 | | appointed by the interagency working group. | 20 | | (19) One at-large member with a doctorate in nutrition, | 21 | | appointed by the State Board of Education. | 22 | | Members of the taskforce shall serve without compensation. | 23 | | The taskforce shall meet at the call of the State Board of | 24 | | Education. The taskforce shall report its identification of | 25 | | barriers to implementing school wellness policies and its | 26 | | recommendations to reduce those barriers to the General |
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| 1 | | Assembly and the Governor on or before January 1, 2006. The | 2 | | taskforce shall report its recommendations on statewide school | 3 | | nutrition standards to the General Assembly and the Governor on | 4 | | or before January 1, 2007. The taskforce shall report its | 5 | | evaluation of the effectiveness of school wellness policies to | 6 | | the General Assembly and the Governor on or before January 1, | 7 | | 2008. The evaluation shall review a sample size of 5 to 10 | 8 | | school districts. Reports shall be made to the General Assembly | 9 | | by filing copies of each report as provided in Section 3.1 of | 10 | | the General Assembly Organization Act. Upon the filing of the | 11 | | last report, the taskforce is dissolved.
| 12 | | (c) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules | 13 | | necessary to implement this Section. | 14 | | (d) Nothing in this Section may be construed as a | 15 | | curricular mandate on any school district.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 94-199, eff. 7-12-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 17 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.31a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.31a)
| 18 | | Sec. 10-22.31a. Joint educational programs. To enter into | 19 | | joint agreements with other school boards or public
| 20 | | institutions of higher education to establish any type of | 21 | | educational
program which any district may establish | 22 | | individually, to provide the
needed educational facilities and | 23 | | to employ a director and other
professional workers for such | 24 | | program. The director and other
professional workers may be | 25 | | employed by one district which shall be
reimbursed on a |
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| 1 | | mutually agreed basis by other districts that are
parties to | 2 | | the joint agreement. Such agreements may provide that one
| 3 | | district may supply professional workers for a joint program | 4 | | conducted
in another district. Such agreement shall be executed | 5 | | on forms provided
by the State Board of Education
and shall | 6 | | include, but not
be limited to, provisions for administration, | 7 | | staff, programs,
financing, housing, transportation and | 8 | | advisory body and provide for the
withdrawal of districts from | 9 | | the joint agreement by petition to the regional
board of school | 10 | | trustees. Such petitions for withdrawal shall be
made to the | 11 | | regional board of school trustees of the region having
| 12 | | supervision and control over the administrative district and | 13 | | shall be
acted upon in the manner provided in Article 7 for the | 14 | | detachment of
territory from a school district.
| 15 | | To designate an administrative district to act as fiscal | 16 | | and legal
agent for the districts that are parties to such a | 17 | | joint agreement.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 86-198; 86-1318.)
| 19 | | (105 ILCS 5/18-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-6)
| 20 | | Sec. 18-6. Supervisory expenses. The State Board of | 21 | | Education
shall annually request an appropriation from the | 22 | | common school fund for
regional office of education expenses, | 23 | | aggregating $1,000 per county per year
for each educational | 24 | | service region.
The State Board of Education shall present | 25 | | vouchers to the Comptroller as
soon as may be after the first |
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| 1 | | day of August
each year for each regional office of education.
| 2 | | Each regional office of education may draw upon these funds | 3 | | this fund for the
expenses necessarily incurred in providing | 4 | | for supervisory services in the
region.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 88-9; 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/18-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-12)
| 7 | | Sec. 18-12. Dates for filing State aid claims. The school | 8 | | board of
each school district shall require teachers, | 9 | | principals, or
superintendents to furnish from records kept by | 10 | | them such data as it
needs in preparing and certifying to the | 11 | | State Superintendent of Education
regional superintendent its | 12 | | school district report of claims provided in
Sections 18-8.05 | 13 | | through 18-9 as required by the State
Superintendent of | 14 | | Education . The district claim
shall be based on the latest | 15 | | available equalized assessed valuation and tax
rates, as | 16 | | provided in Section 18-8.05 and shall use the average
daily
| 17 | | attendance as determined by the method outlined in Section | 18 | | 18-8.05
and shall be
certified and filed with the State | 19 | | Superintendent of Education regional superintendent by June 21
| 20 | | for districts with an
official
school calendar end date before | 21 | | June 15 or within 2 weeks following the
official school | 22 | | calendar end date for districts with a school year end date
of | 23 | | June 15 or later. The regional superintendent shall certify and | 24 | | file
with the State Superintendent of Education district State | 25 | | aid claims by
July 1 for districts with an official school |
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| 1 | | calendar end date before June
15 or no later than July 15 for | 2 | | districts with an official school calendar
end date of June 15 | 3 | | or later.
Failure to
so file by these deadlines constitutes a | 4 | | forfeiture of the right
to
receive payment by
the State until | 5 | | such claim is filed and vouchered for payment. The
regional | 6 | | superintendent of schools shall certify the county report of | 7 | | claims
by July 15; and the State Superintendent of Education | 8 | | shall voucher
for payment those claims to the State Comptroller | 9 | | as provided in Section 18-11.
| 10 | | Except as otherwise provided in this Section, if any school | 11 | | district
fails to provide the minimum school term specified
in | 12 | | Section 10-19, the State aid claim for that year shall be | 13 | | reduced by the
State Superintendent of Education in an amount | 14 | | equivalent to 1/176 or .56818% for
each day less than the | 15 | | number of days required by this Code.
| 16 | | If
the State Superintendent of Education determines that | 17 | | the failure
to
provide the minimum school term was occasioned | 18 | | by an act or acts of God, or
was occasioned by conditions | 19 | | beyond the control of the school district
which posed a | 20 | | hazardous threat to the health and safety of pupils, the
State | 21 | | aid claim need not be reduced.
| 22 | | If a school district is precluded from providing the | 23 | | minimum hours of instruction required for a full day of | 24 | | attendance due to an adverse weather condition or a condition | 25 | | beyond the control of the school district that poses a | 26 | | hazardous threat to the health and safety of students, then the |
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| 1 | | partial day of attendance may be counted if (i) the school | 2 | | district has provided at least one hour of instruction prior to | 3 | | the closure of the school district, (ii) a school building has | 4 | | provided at least one hour of instruction prior to the closure | 5 | | of the school building, or (iii) the normal start time of the | 6 | | school district is delayed. | 7 | | If, prior to providing any instruction, a school district | 8 | | must close one or more but not all school buildings after | 9 | | consultation with a local emergency response agency or due to a | 10 | | condition beyond the control of the school district, then the | 11 | | school district may claim attendance for up to 2 school days | 12 | | based on the average attendance of the 3 school days | 13 | | immediately preceding the closure of the affected school | 14 | | building. The partial or no day of attendance described in this | 15 | | Section and the reasons therefore shall be certified within a | 16 | | month of the closing or delayed start by the school district | 17 | | superintendent to the regional superintendent of schools for | 18 | | forwarding to the State Superintendent of Education for | 19 | | approval.
| 20 | | No exception to the requirement of providing a minimum | 21 | | school term may
be approved by the State Superintendent of | 22 | | Education pursuant to this Section
unless a school district has | 23 | | first used all emergency days provided for
in its regular | 24 | | calendar.
| 25 | | If the State Superintendent of Education declares that an | 26 | | energy
shortage exists during any part of the school year for |
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| 1 | | the State or a
designated portion of the State, a district may | 2 | | operate the school
attendance centers within the district 4 | 3 | | days of the week during the
time of the shortage by extending | 4 | | each existing school day by one clock
hour of school work, and | 5 | | the State aid claim shall not be reduced, nor
shall the | 6 | | employees of that district suffer any reduction in salary or
| 7 | | benefits as a result thereof. A district may operate all | 8 | | attendance
centers on this revised schedule, or may apply the | 9 | | schedule to selected
attendance centers, taking into | 10 | | consideration such factors as pupil
transportation schedules | 11 | | and patterns and sources of energy for
individual attendance | 12 | | centers.
| 13 | | Electronically submitted State aid claims shall be | 14 | | submitted by
duly authorized district or regional individuals | 15 | | over a secure network
that is password protected. The | 16 | | electronic submission of a State aid
claim must be accompanied | 17 | | with an affirmation that all of the provisions
of Sections | 18 | | 18-8.05 through 18-9, 10-22.5, and 24-4 of this Code are
met in | 19 | | all respects.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 95-152, eff. 8-14-07; 95-811, eff. 8-13-08; | 21 | | 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)
| 22 | | (105 ILCS 5/26-2a) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a) | 23 | | Sec. 26-2a. A "truant" is defined as a child subject to | 24 | | compulsory school
attendance and who is absent without valid | 25 | | cause from such attendance for
a school day or portion thereof. |
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| 1 | | "Valid cause" for absence shall be illness, observance of a | 2 | | religious
holiday, death in the immediate family,
family | 3 | | emergency, and shall include such other situations beyond the | 4 | | control
of the student as determined by the board of education | 5 | | in each district,
or such other circumstances which cause | 6 | | reasonable concern to the parent
for the safety or health of | 7 | | the student. | 8 | | "Chronic or habitual truant" shall be defined as a child | 9 | | who is subject to compulsory
school attendance and who is | 10 | | absent without valid cause from such attendance
for 5% or more | 11 | | of the previous 180 regular attendance days. | 12 | | "Truant minor" is defined as a chronic truant to whom | 13 | | supportive
services, including prevention, diagnostic, | 14 | | intervention and remedial
services, alternative programs and | 15 | | other school and community resources
have been provided and | 16 | | have failed to result in the cessation of chronic
truancy, or | 17 | | have been offered and refused. | 18 | | A "dropout" is defined as any child enrolled in grades one | 19 | | 9 through 12 whose
name has been removed from the district | 20 | | enrollment roster for any reason
other than the student's | 21 | | death, extended illness, removal for medical non-compliance, | 22 | | expulsion, aging out, graduation, or completion of a
program of | 23 | | studies and who has not transferred to another public or | 24 | | private school or moved out of the United States and is not | 25 | | known to be home-schooled by his or her parents or guardians or | 26 | | continuing school in another country . |
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| 1 | | "Religion" for the purposes of this Article, includes all | 2 | | aspects of
religious observance and practice, as well as | 3 | | belief. | 4 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1423, eff. 8-3-10; 97-218, eff. 7-28-11.)
| 5 | | (105 ILCS 5/27A-7)
| 6 | | Sec. 27A-7. Charter submission.
| 7 | | (a) A proposal to establish a charter school shall be | 8 | | submitted to the
State Board and the local school board in the | 9 | | form of a proposed contract
entered
into between the local | 10 | | school board and the governing body of a proposed
charter | 11 | | school. The
charter school proposal as submitted to the State | 12 | | Board shall include:
| 13 | | (1) The name of the proposed charter school, which must | 14 | | include the words
"Charter School".
| 15 | | (2) The age or grade range, areas of focus, minimum and | 16 | | maximum numbers of
pupils to be enrolled in the charter | 17 | | school, and any other admission criteria
that would be | 18 | | legal if used by a school district.
| 19 | | (3) A description of and address for the physical plant | 20 | | in which the
charter school will be located; provided that | 21 | | nothing in the Article shall be
deemed to justify delaying | 22 | | or withholding favorable action on or approval of a
charter | 23 | | school proposal because the building or buildings in which | 24 | | the charter
school is to be located have not been acquired | 25 | | or rented at the time a charter
school proposal is |
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| 1 | | submitted or approved or a charter school contract is
| 2 | | entered
into or submitted for certification or certified, | 3 | | so long as the proposal or
submission identifies and names | 4 | | at least 2 sites that are potentially available
as a | 5 | | charter school facility by the time the charter school is | 6 | | to open.
| 7 | | (4) The mission statement of the charter school, which | 8 | | must be consistent
with the General Assembly's declared | 9 | | purposes; provided that nothing in this
Article shall be | 10 | | construed to require that, in order to receive favorable
| 11 | | consideration and approval, a charter school proposal | 12 | | demonstrate unequivocally
that the charter school will be | 13 | | able to meet each of those declared purposes,
it
being the | 14 | | intention of the Charter Schools Law that those purposes be
| 15 | | recognized as goals that
charter schools must aspire to | 16 | | attain.
| 17 | | (5) The goals, objectives, and pupil performance | 18 | | standards to be achieved
by the charter school.
| 19 | | (6) In the case of a proposal to establish a charter | 20 | | school by
converting an existing public school or | 21 | | attendance center to charter school
status, evidence that | 22 | | the proposed formation of the charter school has received
| 23 | | the approval of certified teachers, parents
and
guardians, | 24 | | and, if applicable, a local school council as provided in
| 25 | | subsection
(b) of Section 27A-8.
| 26 | | (7) A description of the charter school's educational |
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| 1 | | program, pupil
performance standards, curriculum, school | 2 | | year, school days, and hours of
operation.
| 3 | | (8) A description of the charter school's plan for | 4 | | evaluating pupil
performance, the types of assessments | 5 | | that will be used to measure pupil
progress towards | 6 | | achievement of the school's pupil performance standards, | 7 | | the
timeline for achievement of those standards, and the | 8 | | procedures for taking
corrective action in the event that | 9 | | pupil performance at the charter school
falls below those | 10 | | standards.
| 11 | | (9) Evidence that the terms of the charter as proposed | 12 | | are economically
sound
for both the charter school and the | 13 | | school district, a proposed budget for the
term of the | 14 | | charter, a description of the manner in which an annual
| 15 | | audit of the financial and administrative operations of the | 16 | | charter school,
including any services provided by the | 17 | | school district, are to be conducted,
and
a plan for the | 18 | | displacement of pupils, teachers, and other employees who | 19 | | will
not attend or be employed in the charter school.
| 20 | | (10) A description of the governance and operation of | 21 | | the charter school,
including the nature and extent of | 22 | | parental, professional educator, and
community involvement | 23 | | in the governance and operation of the charter school.
| 24 | | (11) An explanation of the relationship that will exist | 25 | | between the
charter school and its employees, including | 26 | | evidence that the terms and
conditions of employment have |
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| 1 | | been addressed with affected employees and their
| 2 | | recognized representative, if any. However, a bargaining | 3 | | unit of charter
school employees shall be separate and
| 4 | | distinct from any bargaining units formed from employees of | 5 | | a school district
in
which the charter school is located.
| 6 | | (12) An agreement between the parties regarding their | 7 | | respective
legal liability and applicable insurance | 8 | | coverage.
| 9 | | (13) A description of how the charter school plans to | 10 | | meet the
transportation needs of its pupils, and a plan for | 11 | | addressing the
transportation needs
of low-income and | 12 | | at-risk pupils.
| 13 | | (14) The proposed effective date and term of the | 14 | | charter; provided that
the
first day of the first academic | 15 | | year and the first day of the fiscal year
shall be no | 16 | | earlier than August 15 and the first day of the fiscal year | 17 | | shall be July 1 no later than September 15 of a
calendar | 18 | | year.
| 19 | | (15) Any other information reasonably required by the | 20 | | State Board of
Education.
| 21 | | (b) A proposal to establish a charter school may be | 22 | | initiated by individuals
or organizations that will have
| 23 | | majority representation on the board of directors or other | 24 | | governing body of
the corporation or other discrete legal | 25 | | entity that is to be established to
operate the proposed | 26 | | charter school, by a board of education or an
intergovernmental |
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| 1 | | agreement between or among boards of education, or by the
board | 2 | | of directors or other
governing body of a discrete legal entity | 3 | | already existing or established to
operate the proposed
charter | 4 | | school. The individuals or organizations referred to in this
| 5 | | subsection may be school teachers, school administrators, | 6 | | local school
councils, colleges or
universities or their | 7 | | faculty
members, public community colleges or their | 8 | | instructors or other
representatives, corporations, or other | 9 | | entities or their
representatives. The proposal shall be
| 10 | | submitted to the local school board for consideration and, if
| 11 | | appropriate, for
development of a proposed contract to be | 12 | | submitted to the State Board for
certification under
Section | 13 | | 27A-6.
| 14 | | (c) The local school board may not without the consent of | 15 | | the governing body
of the charter school condition its approval | 16 | | of a charter school proposal on
acceptance of an agreement to | 17 | | operate under State laws and regulations and
local school board | 18 | | policies from which the charter school is otherwise exempted
| 19 | | under this Article.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-405, eff. 8-3-99.)
| 21 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-8) | 22 | | Sec. 34-8. Powers and duties of general superintendent. The | 23 | | general superintendent of schools shall prescribe and control,
| 24 | | subject to the approval of the board and to other provisions of | 25 | | this
Article, the courses of study mandated by State law, |
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| 1 | | textbooks,
educational apparatus and equipment, discipline in | 2 | | and conduct of the
schools, and shall perform such other duties | 3 | | as the board may by rule
prescribe. 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 | 7 | | 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. | 12 | | The general superintendent may be granted the authority by | 13 | | the board
to hire a specific number of employees to assist in | 14 | | meeting immediate
responsibilities. Conditions of employment | 15 | | for such personnel shall not be
subject to the provisions of | 16 | | Section 34-85. | 17 | | The general superintendent may, pursuant to a delegation of | 18 | | authority by
the board and Section 34-18, approve contracts and | 19 | | expenditures. | 20 | | Pursuant to other provisions of this Article, sites shall | 21 | | be selected,
schoolhouses located thereon and plans therefor | 22 | | approved, and textbooks
and educational apparatus and | 23 | | equipment shall be adopted and purchased
by the board only upon | 24 | | the recommendation of the general superintendent
of schools or | 25 | | by a majority vote of the full membership of the board
and, in | 26 | | the case of textbooks, subject to Article 28 of this Act. The
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| 1 | | board may furnish free textbooks to pupils and may publish its | 2 | | own
textbooks and manufacture its own apparatus, equipment and | 3 | | supplies. | 4 | | In addition, each year at a time designated by the State | 5 | | Superintendent of Education in January of each year ,
the | 6 | | general
superintendent of schools shall report to the State | 7 | | Board of Education the number of high school students
in the | 8 | | district who are enrolled in accredited courses (for which high
| 9 | | school credit will be awarded upon successful completion of the | 10 | | courses) at
any community college, together with the name and | 11 | | number of the course or
courses which each such student is | 12 | | taking. | 13 | | The general superintendent shall also have the authority to | 14 | | monitor the
performance of attendance centers, to identify and | 15 | | place an attendance
center on remediation and probation, and to | 16 | | recommend to the board that the
attendance center be placed on | 17 | | intervention and be reconstituted, subject to
the provisions of | 18 | | Sections 34-8.3 and 8.4. | 19 | | The general superintendent, or his or her designee, shall
| 20 | | conduct an annual evaluation of each principal in the district
| 21 | | pursuant to guidelines promulgated by the Board and the Board | 22 | | approved
principal evaluation form. The evaluation
shall be | 23 | | based on factors, including the following:
(i) student academic | 24 | | improvement, as defined by the
school improvement plan; (ii) | 25 | | student absenteeism rates at the school;
(iii) instructional | 26 | | leadership;
(iv) effective implementation of programs, |
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| 1 | | policies, or strategies to
improve student academic | 2 | | achievement; (v) school management;
and (vi) other factors, | 3 | | including, without limitation, the principal's
communication | 4 | | skills and ability to create and maintain a
student-centered | 5 | | learning environment, to develop
opportunities for | 6 | | professional development, and to encourage parental
| 7 | | involvement and community partnerships to achieve school | 8 | | improvement. | 9 | | Effective no later than September 1, 2012, the general | 10 | | superintendent or his or her designee shall develop a written | 11 | | principal evaluation plan. The evaluation plan must be in | 12 | | writing and shall supersede the evaluation requirements set | 13 | | forth in this Section. The evaluation plan must do at least all | 14 | | of the following: | 15 | | (1) Provide for annual evaluation of all principals | 16 | | employed under a performance contract by the general | 17 | | superintendent or his or her designee, no later than July | 18 | | 1st of each year. | 19 | | (2) Consider the principal's specific duties, | 20 | | responsibilities, management, and competence as a | 21 | | principal. | 22 | | (3) Specify the principal's strengths and weaknesses, | 23 | | with supporting reasons. | 24 | | (4) Align with research-based standards. | 25 | | (5) Use data and indicators on student growth as a | 26 | | significant factor in rating principal performance. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 95-496, eff. 8-28-07; 96-861, eff. 1-15-10.) | 2 | | (105 ILCS 5/1C-4 rep.)
| 3 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.9 rep.)
| 4 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.10 rep.) | 5 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.17 rep.) | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.112 rep.) | 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/13B-35.10 rep.)
| 8 | | (105 ILCS 5/13B-35.15 rep.)
| 9 | | (105 ILCS 5/13B-35.20 rep.)
| 10 | | (105 ILCS 5/13B-40 rep.)
| 11 | | Section 10. The School Code is amended by repealing | 12 | | Sections 1C-4, 2-3.9, 2-3.10, 2-3.17, 2-3.112, 13B-35.10, | 13 | | 13B-35.15, 13B-35.20, and 13B-40. | 14 | | Section 15. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | 15 | | Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 6 as | 16 | | follows:
| 17 | | (105 ILCS 110/6) (from Ch. 122, par. 866)
| 18 | | Sec. 6. Rules and Regulations. In carrying out the powers | 19 | | and duties of the State Board of Education
and the advisory | 20 | | committee established
by this Act , the
State Board is and such | 21 | | committee are authorized to
promulgate rules and
regulations in | 22 | | order to implement the provisions of this Act.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 110/5 rep.)
| 2 | | Section 20. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | 3 | | Health
Education Act is amended by repealing Section 5.
| 4 | | (105 ILCS 215/Act rep.)
| 5 | | Section 25. The Chicago Community Schools Study Commission | 6 | | Act is repealed. | | | | HB5827 | - 29 - | LRB097 19947 AMC 65239 b |
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Statutes amended in order of appearance
| | 3 | | 105 ILCS 5/2-3.7 | from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.7 | | 4 | | 105 ILCS 5/2-3.22 | from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.22 | | 5 | | 105 ILCS 5/2-3.27 | from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.27 | | 6 | | 105 ILCS 5/2-3.53a | | | 7 | | 105 ILCS 5/2-3.137 | | | 8 | | 105 ILCS 5/2-3.139 | | | 9 | | 105 ILCS 5/10-22.31a | from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.31a | | 10 | | 105 ILCS 5/18-6 | from Ch. 122, par. 18-6 | | 11 | | 105 ILCS 5/18-12 | from Ch. 122, par. 18-12 | | 12 | | 105 ILCS 5/26-2a | from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a | | 13 | | 105 ILCS 5/27A-7 | | | 14 | | 105 ILCS 5/34-8 | from Ch. 122, par. 34-8 | | 15 | | 105 ILCS 5/1C-4 rep. | | | 16 | | 105 ILCS 5/2-3.9 rep. | | | 17 | | 105 ILCS 5/2-3.10 rep. | | | 18 | | 105 ILCS 5/2-3.17 rep. | | | 19 | | 105 ILCS 5/2-3.112 rep. | | | 20 | | 105 ILCS 5/13B-35.10 rep. | | | 21 | | 105 ILCS 5/13B-35.15 rep. | | | 22 | | 105 ILCS 5/13B-35.20 rep. | | | 23 | | 105 ILCS 5/13B-40 rep. | | | 24 | | 105 ILCS 110/6 | from Ch. 122, par. 866 | | 25 | | 105 ILCS 110/5 rep. | | |
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