Full Text of SB1795 97th General Assembly
SB1795 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB1795 Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.27 | from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.27 | 105 ILCS 5/2-3.53a | | 105 ILCS 5/2-3.137 | | 105 ILCS 5/2-3.139 | | 105 ILCS 5/14-8.02 | from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.02 | 105 ILCS 5/14C-8 | from Ch. 122, par. 14C-8 | 105 ILCS 5/1C-4 rep. | | 105 ILCS 5/2-3.9 rep. | | 105 ILCS 5/13B-35.10 rep. | | 105 ILCS 5/13B-35.15 rep. | | 105 ILCS 5/13B-35.20 rep. | | 105 ILCS 5/13B-40 rep. | | 105 ILCS 110/6 | from Ch. 122, par. 866 | 105 ILCS 110/5 rep. | |
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Amends the School Code. Makes changes concerning budgets and accounting practices, the new principal mentoring program, a task force concerning the inspection and review of school facilities, an interagency working group and a task force concerning school wellness policies, the identification, evaluation, and placement of children with disabilities, and transitional bilingual education teacher certification. Repeals Sections concerning a block grant report, granting and suspending teachers' certificates, 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.
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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 | | 2-3.27, 2-3.53a, 2-3.137, 2-3.139, 14-8.02, 14C-8, 18-12, | 6 | | 26-2a, and 34-8 as follows:
| 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.27) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.27)
| 8 | | Sec. 2-3.27. Budgets and accounting practices-Forms and | 9 | | procedures.
| 10 | | To formulate and approve forms, procedure and regulations | 11 | | for school
district accounts and budgets required by this Act | 12 | | reflecting the gross
amount of income and expenses, receipts | 13 | | and disbursements and extending a
net surplus or deficit on | 14 | | operating items, to advise and assist the
officers of any | 15 | | district in respect to budgets and accounting practices and
in | 16 | | the formulation and use of such books, records and accounts or | 17 | | other
forms as may be required to comply with the provisions of | 18 | | this Act; to
publish and keep current information pamphlets or | 19 | | manuals in looseleaf form relating to
budgetary and accounting | 20 | | procedure or similar topics; to make all rules and
regulations | 21 | | as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this
| 22 | | Act relating to budgetary procedure and accounting, such rules | 23 | | and
regulations to include but not to be limited to the |
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| 1 | | establishment of a
decimal classification of accounts; to | 2 | | confer with various district, county
and State officials or | 3 | | take such other action as may be reasonably required
to carry | 4 | | out the provisions of this Act relating to budgets and | 5 | | accounting.
| 6 | | (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
| 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.53a)
| 8 | | Sec. 2-3.53a. New principal mentoring program. | 9 | | (a) Beginning on July 1, 2007, and subject to an annual | 10 | | appropriation by the General Assembly, to establish a new | 11 | | principal mentoring program for new principals. Any individual | 12 | | who is first hired as a principal on or after July 1, 2007 | 13 | | shall participate in a new principal mentoring program for the | 14 | | duration of his or her first year as a principal and must | 15 | | complete the program in accordance with the requirements | 16 | | established by the State Board of Education by rule or, for a | 17 | | school district created by Article 34 of this Code, in | 18 | | accordance with the provisions of Section 34-18.33 34-18.27 of | 19 | | this Code. School districts created by Article 34 are not | 20 | | subject to the requirements of subsection (b), (c), (d), (e), | 21 | | (f), or (g) of this Section. Any individual who is first hired | 22 | | as a principal on or after July 1, 2008 may participate in a | 23 | | second year of mentoring if it is determined by the State | 24 | | Superintendent of Education that sufficient funding exists for | 25 | | such participation. The new principal mentoring program shall |
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| 1 | | match an experienced principal who meets the requirements of | 2 | | subsection (b) of this Section with each new principal in order | 3 | | to assist the new principal in the development of his or her | 4 | | professional growth and to provide guidance. | 5 | | (b) Any individual who has been a principal in Illinois for | 6 | | 3 or more years and who has demonstrated success as an | 7 | | instructional leader, as determined by the State Board by rule, | 8 | | is eligible to apply to be a mentor under a new principal | 9 | | mentoring program. Mentors shall complete mentoring training | 10 | | by entities approved by the State Board and meet any other | 11 | | requirements set forth by the State Board and by the school | 12 | | district employing the mentor. | 13 | | (c) The State Board shall certify an entity or entities | 14 | | approved to provide training of mentors. | 15 | | (d) A mentor shall be assigned to a new principal based on | 16 | | (i) similarity of grade level or type of school, (ii) learning | 17 | | needs of the new principal, and (iii) geographical proximity of | 18 | | the mentor to the new principal. The principal, in | 19 | | collaboration with the mentor, shall identify areas for | 20 | | improvement of the new principal's professional growth, | 21 | | including, but not limited to, each of the following: | 22 | | (1) Analyzing data and applying it to practice. | 23 | | (2) Aligning professional development and | 24 | | instructional programs. | 25 | | (3) Building a professional learning community. | 26 | | (4) Observing classroom practices and providing |
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| 1 | | feedback. | 2 | | (5) Facilitating effective meetings. | 3 | | (6) Developing distributive leadership practices. | 4 | | (7) Facilitating organizational change. | 5 | | The mentor shall not be required to provide an evaluation of | 6 | | the new principal on the basis of the mentoring relationship. | 7 | | (e) On or before July 1, 2008 and on or after July 1 of each | 8 | | year thereafter, the State Board shall facilitate a review and | 9 | | evaluate the mentoring training program in collaboration with | 10 | | the approved providers. Each new principal and his or her | 11 | | mentor must complete a verification form developed by the State | 12 | | Board in order to certify their completion of a new principal | 13 | | mentoring program. | 14 | | (f) The requirements of this Section do not apply to any | 15 | | individual who has previously served as an assistant principal | 16 | | in Illinois acting under an administrative certificate for 5 or | 17 | | more years and who is hired, on or after July 1, 2007, as a | 18 | | principal by the school district in which the individual last | 19 | | served as an assistant principal, although such an individual | 20 | | may choose to participate in this program or shall be required | 21 | | to participate by the school district. | 22 | | (g) The State Board may adopt any rules necessary for the | 23 | | implementation of this Section. | 24 | | (h) On an annual basis, the State Superintendent of | 25 | | Education shall determine whether appropriations are likely to | 26 | | be sufficient to require operation of the mentoring program for |
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| 1 | | the coming year. In doing so, the State Superintendent of | 2 | | Education shall first determine whether it is likely that funds | 3 | | will be sufficient to require operation of the mentoring | 4 | | program for individuals in their first year as principal and | 5 | | shall then determine whether it is likely that funds will be | 6 | | sufficient to require operation of the mentoring program for | 7 | | individuals in their second year as principal.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 96-373, eff. 8-13-09.)
| 9 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.137)
| 10 | | Sec. 2-3.137. Inspection and review of school facilities ; | 11 | | task force .
| 12 | | (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the
| 13 | | documentation of school plan reviews and inspections of school | 14 | | facilities,
including
the responsible individual's signature. | 15 | | Such documents shall be kept on file
by the
regional
| 16 | | superintendent of schools. The State Board of Education shall | 17 | | also adopt rules for the qualifications of persons performing | 18 | | the reviews and inspections, which must be consistent with the | 19 | | recommendations in the task force's report issued to the | 20 | | Governor and the General Assembly under subsection (b) of this | 21 | | Section. Those qualifications shall include requirements for | 22 | | training, education, and at least 2 years of relevant | 23 | | experience.
| 24 | | (a-5) Rules adopted by the State Board of Education in | 25 | | accordance with subsection (a) of this Section shall require |
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| 1 | | fees to be collected for use in defraying costs associated with | 2 | | the administration of these and other provisions contained in | 3 | | the Health/Life Safety Code for Public Schools required by | 4 | | Section 2-3.12 of this Code. | 5 | | (b) (Blank). The State Board of Education shall convene a | 6 | | task force for the
purpose of reviewing the documents required | 7 | | under rules adopted under
subsection (a) of this
Section and | 8 | | making recommendations regarding training and
accreditation
of | 9 | | individuals performing reviews or inspections required under | 10 | | Section
2-3.12,
3-14.20, 3-14.21, or 3-14.22 of this Code, | 11 | | including regional
superintendents of schools and others | 12 | | performing reviews or inspections
under the authority of a | 13 | | regional superintendent (such as consultants,
municipalities, | 14 | | and fire protection districts).
| 15 | | The task force shall consist of
all of the following | 16 | | members:
| 17 | | (1) The Executive Director of the Capital Development | 18 | | Board
or his or her designee and a staff representative of | 19 | | the Division of Building Codes and Regulations.
| 20 | | (2) The State Superintendent of Education or his or her
| 21 | | designee.
| 22 | | (3) A person appointed
by the State Board of Education.
| 23 | | (4) A person appointed by an organization representing | 24 | | school
administrators.
| 25 | | (5) A person appointed by
an organization representing | 26 | | suburban school administrators and school board
members.
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| 1 | | (6) A person appointed by an organization representing | 2 | | architects.
| 3 | | (7) A person appointed by an organization representing | 4 | | regional
superintendents of schools.
| 5 | | (8) A person appointed by an organization representing | 6 | | fire inspectors.
| 7 | | (9) A person appointed by an organization representing | 8 | | Code
administrators.
| 9 | | (10) A person appointed by an organization | 10 | | representing plumbing
inspectors.
| 11 | | (11) A person appointed by an organization that | 12 | | represents both parents
and teachers.
| 13 | | (12) A person appointed by an organization | 14 | | representing municipal
governments in the State.
| 15 | | (13) A person appointed by the State Fire Marshal from | 16 | | his or her office.
| 17 | | (14) A person appointed by an organization | 18 | | representing fire chiefs.
| 19 | | (15) The Director of Public Health or his or her | 20 | | designee.
| 21 | | (16) A person appointed by an organization | 22 | | representing structural engineers.
| 23 | | (17) A person appointed by an organization | 24 | | representing professional engineers.
| 25 | | The task force shall issue a report of its findings to the | 26 | | Governor and the
General Assembly no later than January 1, |
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| 1 | | 2006.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)
| 3 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.139)
| 4 | | Sec. 2-3.139. School wellness policies ; taskforce .
| 5 | | (a) The State Board of Education shall establish a State | 6 | | goal that all school districts have a wellness policy that is | 7 | | consistent with recommendations of the Centers for Disease | 8 | | Control and Prevention (CDC), which recommendations include | 9 | | the following: | 10 | | (1) nutrition guidelines for all foods sold on school | 11 | | campus during the school day; | 12 | | (2) setting school goals for nutrition education and | 13 | | physical activity; | 14 | | (3) establishing community participation in creating | 15 | | local wellness policies; and | 16 | | (4) creating a plan for measuring implementation of | 17 | | these wellness policies. | 18 | | The Department of Public Health, the Department of Human | 19 | | Services, and the State Board of Education shall form an | 20 | | interagency working group to publish model wellness policies | 21 | | and recommendations. Sample policies shall be based on CDC | 22 | | recommendations for nutrition and physical activity. The State | 23 | | Board of Education shall distribute the model wellness policies | 24 | | to all school districts before June 1, 2006. | 25 | | (b) (Blank). There is created the School Wellness Policy |
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| 1 | | Taskforce, consisting of
the following members: | 2 | | (1) One member representing the State Board of | 3 | | Education, appointed by the State Board of Education. | 4 | | (2) One member representing the Department of Public | 5 | | Health, appointed by the Director of Public Health. | 6 | | (3) One member representing the Department of Human | 7 | | Services, appointed by the Secretary of Human Services. | 8 | | (4) One member of an organization representing the | 9 | | interests of school nurses in this State, appointed by the | 10 | | interagency working group. | 11 | | (5) One member of an organization representing the | 12 | | interests of school administrators in this State, | 13 | | appointed by the interagency working group. | 14 | | (6) One member of an organization representing the | 15 | | interests of school boards in this State, appointed by the | 16 | | interagency working group. | 17 | | (7) One member of an organization representing the | 18 | | interests of regional superintendents of schools in this | 19 | | State, appointed by the interagency working group. | 20 | | (8) One member of an organization representing the | 21 | | interests of parent-teacher associations in this State, | 22 | | appointed by the interagency working group. | 23 | | (9) One member of an organization representing the | 24 | | interests of pediatricians in this State, appointed by the | 25 | | interagency working group. | 26 | | (10) One member of an organization representing the |
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| 1 | | interests of dentists in this State, appointed by the | 2 | | interagency working group. | 3 | | (11) One member of an organization representing the | 4 | | interests of dieticians in this State, appointed by the | 5 | | interagency working group. | 6 | | (12) One member of an organization that has an interest | 7 | | and expertise in heart disease, appointed by the | 8 | | interagency working group. | 9 | | (13) One member of an organization that has an interest | 10 | | and expertise in cancer, appointed by the interagency | 11 | | working group. | 12 | | (14) One member of an organization that has an interest | 13 | | and expertise in childhood obesity, appointed by the | 14 | | interagency working group. | 15 | | (15) One member of an organization that has an interest | 16 | | and expertise in the importance of physical education and | 17 | | recreation in preventing disease, appointed by the | 18 | | interagency working group. | 19 | | (16) One member of an organization that has an interest | 20 | | and expertise in school food service, appointed by the | 21 | | interagency working group. | 22 | | (17) One member of an organization that has an interest | 23 | | and expertise in school health, appointed by the | 24 | | interagency working group. | 25 | | (18) One member of an organization that campaigns for | 26 | | programs and policies for healthier school environments, |
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| 1 | | appointed by the interagency working group. | 2 | | (19) One at-large member with a doctorate in nutrition, | 3 | | appointed by the State Board of Education. | 4 | | Members of the taskforce shall serve without compensation. | 5 | | The taskforce shall meet at the call of the State Board of | 6 | | Education. The taskforce shall report its identification of | 7 | | barriers to implementing school wellness policies and its | 8 | | recommendations to reduce those barriers to the General | 9 | | Assembly and the Governor on or before January 1, 2006. The | 10 | | taskforce shall report its recommendations on statewide school | 11 | | nutrition standards to the General Assembly and the Governor on | 12 | | or before January 1, 2007. The taskforce shall report its | 13 | | evaluation of the effectiveness of school wellness policies to | 14 | | the General Assembly and the Governor on or before January 1, | 15 | | 2008. The evaluation shall review a sample size of 5 to 10 | 16 | | school districts. Reports shall be made to the General Assembly | 17 | | by filing copies of each report as provided in Section 3.1 of | 18 | | the General Assembly Organization Act. Upon the filing of the | 19 | | last report, the taskforce is dissolved.
| 20 | | (c) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules | 21 | | necessary to implement this Section. | 22 | | (d) Nothing in this Section may be construed as a | 23 | | curricular mandate on any school district.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 94-199, eff. 7-12-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 25 | | (105 ILCS 5/14-8.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.02)
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| 1 | | Sec. 14-8.02. Identification, Evaluation and Placement of | 2 | | Children.
| 3 | | (a) The State Board of Education shall make rules under | 4 | | which local school
boards shall determine the eligibility of | 5 | | children to receive special
education. Such rules shall ensure | 6 | | that a free appropriate public
education be available to all | 7 | | children with disabilities as
defined in
Section 14-1.02. The | 8 | | State Board of Education shall require local school
districts | 9 | | to administer non-discriminatory procedures or tests to
| 10 | | limited English proficiency students coming from homes in which | 11 | | a language
other than English is used to determine their | 12 | | eligibility to receive special
education. The placement of low | 13 | | English proficiency students in special
education programs and | 14 | | facilities shall be made in accordance with the test
results | 15 | | reflecting the student's linguistic, cultural and special | 16 | | education
needs. For purposes of determining the eligibility of | 17 | | children the State
Board of Education shall include in the | 18 | | rules definitions of "case study",
"staff conference", | 19 | | "individualized educational program", and "qualified
| 20 | | specialist" appropriate to each category of children with
| 21 | | disabilities as defined in
this Article. For purposes of | 22 | | determining the eligibility of children from
homes in which a | 23 | | language other than English is used, the State Board of
| 24 | | Education shall include in the rules
definitions for "qualified | 25 | | bilingual specialists" and "linguistically and
culturally | 26 | | appropriate individualized educational programs". For purposes |
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| 1 | | of this
Section, as well as Sections 14-8.02a, 14-8.02b, and | 2 | | 14-8.02c of this Code,
"parent" means a parent as defined in | 3 | | the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 | 4 | | U.S.C. 1401(23)).
| 5 | | (b) No child shall be eligible for special education | 6 | | facilities except
with a carefully completed case study fully | 7 | | reviewed by professional
personnel in a multidisciplinary | 8 | | staff conference and only upon the
recommendation of qualified | 9 | | specialists or a qualified bilingual specialist, if
available. | 10 | | At the conclusion of the multidisciplinary staff conference, | 11 | | the
parent of the child shall be given a copy of the | 12 | | multidisciplinary
conference summary report and | 13 | | recommendations, which includes options
considered, and be | 14 | | informed of their right to obtain an independent educational
| 15 | | evaluation if they disagree with the evaluation findings | 16 | | conducted or obtained
by the school district. If the school | 17 | | district's evaluation is shown to be
inappropriate, the school | 18 | | district shall reimburse the parent for the cost of
the | 19 | | independent evaluation. The State Board of Education shall, | 20 | | with advice
from the State Advisory Council on Education of | 21 | | Children with
Disabilities on the
inclusion of specific | 22 | | independent educational evaluators, prepare a list of
| 23 | | suggested independent educational evaluators. The State Board | 24 | | of Education
shall include on the list clinical psychologists | 25 | | licensed pursuant to the
Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act. | 26 | | Such psychologists shall not be paid fees
in excess of the |
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| 1 | | amount that would be received by a school psychologist for
| 2 | | performing the same services. The State Board of Education | 3 | | shall supply school
districts with such list and make the list | 4 | | available to parents at their
request. School districts shall | 5 | | make the list available to parents at the time
they are | 6 | | informed of their right to obtain an independent educational
| 7 | | evaluation. However, the school district may initiate an | 8 | | impartial
due process hearing under this Section within 5 days | 9 | | of any written parent
request for an independent educational | 10 | | evaluation to show that
its evaluation is appropriate. If the | 11 | | final decision is that the evaluation
is appropriate, the | 12 | | parent still has a right to an independent educational
| 13 | | evaluation, but not at public expense. An independent | 14 | | educational
evaluation at public expense must be completed | 15 | | within 30 days of a parent
written request unless the school | 16 | | district initiates an
impartial due process hearing or the | 17 | | parent or school district
offers reasonable grounds to show | 18 | | that such 30 day time period should be
extended. If the due | 19 | | process hearing decision indicates that the parent is entitled | 20 | | to an independent educational evaluation, it must be
completed | 21 | | within 30 days of the decision unless the parent or
the school | 22 | | district offers reasonable grounds to show that such 30 day
| 23 | | period should be extended. If a parent disagrees with the | 24 | | summary report or
recommendations of the multidisciplinary | 25 | | conference or the findings of any
educational evaluation which | 26 | | results therefrom, the school
district shall not proceed with a |
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| 1 | | placement based upon such evaluation and
the child shall remain | 2 | | in his or her regular classroom setting.
No child shall be | 3 | | eligible for admission to a
special class for the educable | 4 | | mentally disabled or for the
trainable
mentally disabled except | 5 | | with a psychological evaluation
and
recommendation by a school | 6 | | psychologist. Consent shall be obtained from
the parent of a | 7 | | child before any evaluation is conducted.
If consent is not | 8 | | given by the parent or if the parent disagrees with the | 9 | | findings of the evaluation, then the school
district may | 10 | | initiate an impartial due process hearing under this Section.
| 11 | | The school district may evaluate the child if that is the | 12 | | decision
resulting from the impartial due process hearing and | 13 | | the decision is not
appealed or if the decision is affirmed on | 14 | | appeal.
The determination of eligibility shall be made and the | 15 | | IEP meeting shall be completed within 60 school days
from the | 16 | | date of written parental consent. In those instances when | 17 | | written parental consent is obtained with fewer than 60 pupil | 18 | | attendance days left in the school year,
the eligibility | 19 | | determination shall be made and the IEP meeting shall be | 20 | | completed prior to the first day of the
following school year. | 21 | | After a child has been determined to be eligible for a
special | 22 | | education class, such child must be placed in the appropriate
| 23 | | program pursuant to the individualized educational program by | 24 | | or no
later than the beginning of the next school semester. The | 25 | | appropriate
program pursuant to the individualized educational | 26 | | program of students
whose native tongue is a language other |
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| 1 | | than English shall reflect the
special education, cultural and | 2 | | linguistic needs. No later than September
1, 1993, the State | 3 | | Board of Education shall establish standards for the
| 4 | | development, implementation and monitoring of appropriate | 5 | | bilingual special
individualized educational programs. The | 6 | | State Board of Education shall
further incorporate appropriate | 7 | | monitoring procedures to verify implementation
of these | 8 | | standards. The district shall indicate to the parent and
the | 9 | | State Board of Education the nature of the services the child | 10 | | will receive
for the regular school term while waiting | 11 | | placement in the appropriate special
education class.
| 12 | | If the child is deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or visually | 13 | | impaired and
he or she might be eligible to receive services | 14 | | from the Illinois School for
the Deaf or the Illinois School | 15 | | for the Visually Impaired, the school
district shall notify the | 16 | | parents, in writing, of the existence of
these schools
and the | 17 | | services
they provide and shall make a reasonable effort to | 18 | | inform the parents of the existence of other, local schools | 19 | | that provide similar services and the services that these other | 20 | | schools provide. This notification
shall
include without | 21 | | limitation information on school services, school
admissions | 22 | | criteria, and school contact information.
| 23 | | In the development of the individualized education program | 24 | | for a student who has a disability on the autism spectrum | 25 | | (which includes autistic disorder, Asperger's disorder, | 26 | | pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, |
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| 1 | | childhood disintegrative disorder, and Rett Syndrome, as | 2 | | defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental | 3 | | Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV, 2000)), the IEP team shall | 4 | | consider all of the following factors: | 5 | | (1) The verbal and nonverbal communication needs of the | 6 | | child. | 7 | | (2) The need to develop social interaction skills and | 8 | | proficiencies. | 9 | | (3) The needs resulting from the child's unusual | 10 | | responses to sensory experiences. | 11 | | (4) The needs resulting from resistance to | 12 | | environmental change or change in daily routines. | 13 | | (5) The needs resulting from engagement in repetitive | 14 | | activities and stereotyped movements. | 15 | | (6) The need for any positive behavioral | 16 | | interventions, strategies, and supports to address any | 17 | | behavioral difficulties resulting from autism spectrum | 18 | | disorder. | 19 | | (7) Other needs resulting from the child's disability | 20 | | that impact progress in the general curriculum, including | 21 | | social and emotional development. | 22 | | Public Act 95-257
does not create any new entitlement to a | 23 | | service, program, or benefit, but must not affect any | 24 | | entitlement to a service, program, or benefit created by any | 25 | | other law.
| 26 | | If the student may be eligible to participate in the |
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| 1 | | Home-Based Support
Services Program for Mentally Disabled | 2 | | Adults authorized under the
Developmental Disability and | 3 | | Mental Disability Services Act upon becoming an
adult, the | 4 | | student's individualized education program shall include plans | 5 | | for
(i) determining the student's eligibility for those | 6 | | home-based services, (ii)
enrolling the student in the program | 7 | | of home-based services, and (iii)
developing a plan for the | 8 | | student's most effective use of the home-based
services after | 9 | | the student becomes an adult and no longer receives special
| 10 | | educational services under this Article. The plans developed | 11 | | under this
paragraph shall include specific actions to be taken | 12 | | by specified individuals,
agencies, or officials.
| 13 | | (c) In the development of the individualized education | 14 | | program for a
student who is functionally blind, it shall be | 15 | | presumed that proficiency in
Braille reading and writing is | 16 | | essential for the student's satisfactory
educational progress. | 17 | | For purposes of this subsection, the State Board of
Education | 18 | | shall determine the criteria for a student to be classified as
| 19 | | functionally blind. Students who are not currently identified | 20 | | as
functionally blind who are also entitled to Braille | 21 | | instruction include:
(i) those whose vision loss is so severe | 22 | | that they are unable to read and
write at a level comparable to | 23 | | their peers solely through the use of
vision, and (ii) those | 24 | | who show evidence of progressive vision loss that
may result in | 25 | | functional blindness. Each student who is functionally blind
| 26 | | shall be entitled to Braille reading and writing instruction |
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| 1 | | that is
sufficient to enable the student to communicate with | 2 | | the same level of
proficiency as other students of comparable | 3 | | ability. Instruction should be
provided to the extent that the | 4 | | student is physically and cognitively able
to use Braille. | 5 | | Braille instruction may be used in combination with other
| 6 | | special education services appropriate to the student's | 7 | | educational needs.
The assessment of each student who is | 8 | | functionally blind for the purpose of
developing the student's | 9 | | individualized education program shall include
documentation | 10 | | of the student's strengths and weaknesses in Braille skills.
| 11 | | Each person assisting in the development of the individualized | 12 | | education
program for a student who is functionally blind shall | 13 | | receive information
describing the benefits of Braille | 14 | | instruction. The individualized
education program for each | 15 | | student who is functionally blind shall
specify the appropriate | 16 | | learning medium or media based on the assessment
report.
| 17 | | (d) To the maximum extent appropriate, the placement shall | 18 | | provide the
child with the opportunity to be educated with | 19 | | children who are not
disabled; provided that children with
| 20 | | disabilities who are recommended to be
placed into regular | 21 | | education classrooms are provided with supplementary
services | 22 | | to assist the children with disabilities to benefit
from the | 23 | | regular
classroom instruction and are included on the teacher's | 24 | | regular education class
register. Subject to the limitation of | 25 | | the preceding sentence, placement in
special classes, separate | 26 | | schools or other removal of the disabled child
from the regular |
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| 1 | | educational environment shall occur only when the nature of
the | 2 | | severity of the disability is such that education in the
| 3 | | regular classes with
the use of supplementary aids and services | 4 | | cannot be achieved satisfactorily.
The placement of limited | 5 | | English proficiency students with disabilities shall
be in | 6 | | non-restrictive environments which provide for integration | 7 | | with
non-disabled peers in bilingual classrooms. Annually, | 8 | | each January, school districts shall report data on students | 9 | | from non-English
speaking backgrounds receiving special | 10 | | education and related services in
public and private facilities | 11 | | as prescribed in Section 2-3.30. If there
is a disagreement | 12 | | between parties involved regarding the special education
| 13 | | placement of any child, either in-state or out-of-state, the | 14 | | placement is
subject to impartial due process procedures | 15 | | described in Article 10 of the
Rules and Regulations to Govern | 16 | | the Administration and Operation of Special
Education.
| 17 | | (e) No child who comes from a home in which a language | 18 | | other than English
is the principal language used may be | 19 | | assigned to any class or program
under this Article until he | 20 | | has been given, in the principal language
used by the child and | 21 | | used in his home, tests reasonably related to his
cultural | 22 | | environment. All testing and evaluation materials and | 23 | | procedures
utilized for evaluation and placement shall not be | 24 | | linguistically, racially or
culturally discriminatory.
| 25 | | (f) Nothing in this Article shall be construed to require | 26 | | any child to
undergo any physical examination or medical |
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| 1 | | treatment whose parents object thereto on the grounds that such | 2 | | examination or
treatment conflicts with his religious beliefs.
| 3 | | (g) School boards or their designee shall provide to the | 4 | | parents of a child prior written notice of any decision (a) | 5 | | proposing
to initiate or change, or (b) refusing to initiate or | 6 | | change, the
identification, evaluation, or educational | 7 | | placement of the child or the
provision of a free appropriate | 8 | | public education to their child, and the
reasons therefor. Such | 9 | | written notification shall also inform the
parent of the | 10 | | opportunity to present complaints with respect
to any matter | 11 | | relating to the educational placement of the student, or
the | 12 | | provision of a free appropriate public education and to have an
| 13 | | impartial due process hearing on the complaint. The notice | 14 | | shall inform
the parents in the parents' native language,
| 15 | | unless it is clearly not feasible to do so, of their rights and | 16 | | all
procedures available pursuant to this Act and the federal | 17 | | Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of | 18 | | 2004 (Public Law 108-446); it
shall be the responsibility of | 19 | | the State Superintendent to develop
uniform notices setting | 20 | | forth the procedures available under this Act
and the federal | 21 | | Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of | 22 | | 2004 (Public Law 108-446) to be used by all school boards. The | 23 | | notice
shall also inform the parents of the availability upon
| 24 | | request of a list of free or low-cost legal and other relevant | 25 | | services
available locally to assist parents in initiating an
| 26 | | impartial due process hearing. Any parent who is deaf, or
does |
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| 1 | | not normally communicate using spoken English, who | 2 | | participates in
a meeting with a representative of a local | 3 | | educational agency for the
purposes of developing an | 4 | | individualized educational program shall be
entitled to the | 5 | | services of an interpreter.
| 6 | | (g-5) For purposes of this subsection (g-5), "qualified | 7 | | professional" means an individual who holds credentials to | 8 | | evaluate the child in the domain or domains for which an | 9 | | evaluation is sought or an intern working under the direct | 10 | | supervision of a qualified professional, including a master's | 11 | | or doctoral degree candidate. | 12 | | To ensure that a parent can participate fully and | 13 | | effectively with school personnel in the development of | 14 | | appropriate educational and related services for his or her | 15 | | child, the parent, an independent educational evaluator, or a | 16 | | qualified professional retained by or on behalf of a parent or | 17 | | child must be afforded reasonable access to educational | 18 | | facilities, personnel, classrooms, and buildings and to the | 19 | | child as provided in this subsection (g-5). The requirements of | 20 | | this subsection (g-5) apply to any public school facility, | 21 | | building, or program and to any facility, building, or program | 22 | | supported in whole or in part by public funds. Prior to | 23 | | visiting a school, school building, or school facility, the | 24 | | parent, independent educational evaluator, or qualified | 25 | | professional may be required by the school district to inform | 26 | | the building principal or supervisor in writing of the proposed |
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| 1 | | visit, the purpose of the visit, and the approximate duration | 2 | | of the visit. The visitor and the school district shall arrange | 3 | | the visit or visits at times that are mutually agreeable. | 4 | | Visitors shall comply with school safety, security, and | 5 | | visitation policies at all times. School district visitation | 6 | | policies must not conflict with this subsection (g-5). Visitors | 7 | | shall be required to comply with the requirements of applicable | 8 | | privacy laws, including those laws protecting the | 9 | | confidentiality of education records such as the federal Family | 10 | | Educational Rights and Privacy Act and the Illinois School | 11 | | Student Records Act. The visitor shall not disrupt the | 12 | | educational process. | 13 | | (1) A parent must be afforded reasonable access of | 14 | | sufficient duration and scope for the purpose of observing | 15 | | his or her child in the child's current educational | 16 | | placement, services, or program or for the purpose of | 17 | | visiting an educational placement or program proposed for | 18 | | the child. | 19 | | (2) An independent educational evaluator or a | 20 | | qualified professional retained by or on behalf of a parent | 21 | | or child must be afforded reasonable access of sufficient | 22 | | duration and scope for the purpose of conducting an | 23 | | evaluation of the child, the child's performance, the | 24 | | child's current educational program, placement, services, | 25 | | or environment, or any educational program, placement, | 26 | | services, or environment proposed for the child, including |
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| 1 | | interviews of educational personnel, child observations, | 2 | | assessments, tests or assessments of the child's | 3 | | educational program, services, or placement or of any | 4 | | proposed educational program, services, or placement. If | 5 | | one or more interviews of school personnel are part of the | 6 | | evaluation, the interviews must be conducted at a mutually | 7 | | agreed upon time, date, and place that do not interfere | 8 | | with the school employee's school duties. The school | 9 | | district may limit interviews to personnel having | 10 | | information relevant to the child's current educational | 11 | | services, program, or placement or to a proposed | 12 | | educational service, program, or placement. | 13 | | (h) (Blank).
| 14 | | (i) (Blank).
| 15 | | (j) (Blank).
| 16 | | (k) (Blank).
| 17 | | (l) (Blank).
| 18 | | (m) (Blank).
| 19 | | (n) (Blank).
| 20 | | (o) (Blank).
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 95-257, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; | 22 | | 96-657, eff. 8-25-09.)
| 23 | | (105 ILCS 5/14C-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-8)
| 24 | | Sec. 14C-8. Teacher certification - Qualifications - | 25 | | Issuance of
certificates. No person shall be eligible
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| 1 | | employment by a school district as a teacher of transitional
| 2 | | bilingual education without either (a) holding a valid teaching | 3 | | certificate
issued pursuant to Article 21 of this Code and | 4 | | meeting such additional language
and course requirements as | 5 | | prescribed by the State Board of Education or
(b) meeting the | 6 | | requirements
set forth in this Section.
The Certification Board | 7 | | shall issue certificates
valid for teaching in all grades of | 8 | | the common school in
transitional bilingual education programs | 9 | | to any person
who presents it with satisfactory evidence that | 10 | | he
possesses an adequate speaking and reading ability in a
| 11 | | language other than English in which transitional bilingual
| 12 | | education is offered and communicative skills in
English, and | 13 | | possessed within 5 years previous to his or her
applying
for a | 14 | | certificate under this Section a valid teaching
certificate | 15 | | issued by a foreign country, or by a State or
possession or | 16 | | territory of the United States, or other evidence
of teaching | 17 | | preparation as may be determined to be
sufficient by the | 18 | | Certification Board, or holds
a degree from an institution of | 19 | | higher learning in a foreign country
which the Certification | 20 | | Board determines to be the equivalent of a
bachelor's degree | 21 | | from a recognized
institution of higher learning in the
United | 22 | | States; provided that any
person seeking a certificate under | 23 | | this
Section must meet the following additional requirements:
| 24 | | (1) Such persons must be in good health;
| 25 | | (2) Such persons must be of sound moral character;
| 26 | | (3) Such persons must be legally present in the
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| 1 | | States and possess legal authorization for employment;
| 2 | | (4) Such persons must not be employed to replace
any | 3 | | presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be
| 4 | | replaced for any reason.
| 5 | | Certificates issuable pursuant to
this Section shall be | 6 | | issuable only during the 5 years
immediately following the | 7 | | effective date of this Act and
thereafter for additional | 8 | | periods of one year only upon
a determination by the State | 9 | | Board of Education that a
school district lacks the number of | 10 | | teachers necessary to
comply with the mandatory requirements of | 11 | | Section 14C-3 of this Article for the establishment and | 12 | | maintenance
of programs of transitional bilingual education
| 13 | | and said certificates issued by the Certification Board
shall | 14 | | be valid for a period of 6 years following their
date of | 15 | | issuance and shall not be renewed, except that one renewal for
| 16 | | a period of two years may be granted if necessary to permit the | 17 | | holder of
a certificate issued under this Section to acquire a | 18 | | teaching certificate
pursuant to Article 21 of this Code. Such | 19 | | certificates
and the persons to whom they are issued shall be | 20 | | exempt
from the provisions of Article 21 of this Code except
| 21 | | that Sections 21-12, 21-13, 21-16, 21-17, 21-21,
21-22, 21-23 | 22 | | and 21-24 shall continue to be applicable to
all such | 23 | | certificates.
| 24 | | After the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1984, an | 25 | | additional
renewal for a period to expire August 31, 1985, may | 26 | | be granted. The State
Board of Education shall report to the |
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| 1 | | General Assembly on or before
January 31, 1985 its | 2 | | recommendations for the qualification of teachers of
bilingual | 3 | | education and for the qualification of teachers of English as a
| 4 | | second language. Said qualification program shall take effect | 5 | | no later than
August 31, 1985.
| 6 | | Beginning July 1, 2001, the State Board of Education shall | 7 | | implement a test
or
tests to assess the speaking, reading, | 8 | | writing, and grammar skills of
applicants for a
certificate | 9 | | issued under this Section in the English language and in the
| 10 | | language of the
transitional bilingual education program | 11 | | requested by the applicant and shall
establish
appropriate fees | 12 | | for these tests. The State Board of Education, in
consultation | 13 | | with the
Certification Board, shall promulgate rules to | 14 | | implement the required tests,
including
specific provisions to | 15 | | govern test selection, test validation,
determination of a | 16 | | passing
score, administration of the test or tests, frequency | 17 | | of administration,
applicant fees,
identification requirements | 18 | | for test takers, frequency of applicants taking the
tests, the
| 19 | | years for which a score is valid, waiving tests for individuals | 20 | | who have
satisfactorily
passed other tests, and the | 21 | | consequences of dishonest conduct in the
application for or
| 22 | | taking of the tests.
| 23 | | If the qualifications of an applicant for a certificate | 24 | | valid for
teaching in transitional bilingual education | 25 | | programs in all grades of the
common schools do not meet the | 26 | | requirements established for the issuance of
that certificate, |
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| 1 | | the Certification Board nevertheless shall issue the
applicant | 2 | | a substitute teacher's certificate under Section 21-9
whenever | 3 | | it appears from the face of the
application submitted for | 4 | | certification as a teacher of transitional
bilingual education | 5 | | and the evidence presented in support thereof that the
| 6 | | applicant's qualifications meet the requirements established | 7 | | for the
issuance of a certificate under Section 21-9; provided, | 8 | | that if it
does not appear from the face of such application | 9 | | and supporting evidence
that the applicant is qualified for | 10 | | issuance of a certificate under Section
21-9 the Certification | 11 | | Board shall evaluate the application with
reference to the | 12 | | requirements for issuance of certificates under Section
21-9 | 13 | | and shall inform the applicant, at the time it denies the
| 14 | | application submitted for
certification as a teacher of | 15 | | transitional bilingual education, of the
additional | 16 | | qualifications which the applicant must possess in order to | 17 | | meet
the requirements established for issuance of (i) a | 18 | | certificate valid for
teaching in transitional bilingual | 19 | | education programs in all grades of the
common schools and (ii) | 20 | | a substitute teacher's certificate under Section 21-9.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07; 95-496, eff. 8-28-07; | 22 | | 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
| 23 | | (105 ILCS 5/1C-4 rep.)
| 24 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.9 rep.)
| 25 | | (105 ILCS 5/13B-35.10 rep.)
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 5/13B-35.15 rep.)
| 2 | | (105 ILCS 5/13B-35.20 rep.)
| 3 | | (105 ILCS 5/13B-40 rep.)
| 4 | | Section 10. The School Code is amended by repealing | 5 | | Sections 1C-4, 2-3.9, 13B-35.10, 13B-35.15, 13B-35.20, and | 6 | | 13B-40. | 7 | | Section 15. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | 8 | | Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 6 as | 9 | | follows:
| 10 | | (105 ILCS 110/6) (from Ch. 122, par. 866)
| 11 | | Sec. 6. Rules and Regulations. In carrying out the powers | 12 | | and duties of the State Board of Education
and the advisory | 13 | | committee established
by this Act , the
State Board is and such | 14 | | committee are authorized to
promulgate rules and
regulations in | 15 | | order to implement the provisions of this Act.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
| 17 | | (105 ILCS 110/5 rep.)
| 18 | | Section 20. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | 19 | | Health
Education Act is amended by repealing Section 5.
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