Full Text of SB1679 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Course | 5 | | Access Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | 7 | | "Course provider" means an entity authorized by the State | 8 | | Board to offer individual courses in person, online, or a | 9 | | combination of the 2, including, but not limited to, online | 10 | | education providers, public or private elementary and | 11 | | secondary education institutions, education service agencies, | 12 | | not-for-profit providers, postsecondary education | 13 | | institutions, and vocational or technical course providers. | 14 | | "Eligible funded student" means any eligible participating | 15 | | student who is currently enrolled in a public school or charter | 16 | | school. | 17 | | "Eligible participating student" means any student in | 18 | | kindergarten through grade 12 who resides in this State. | 19 | | "Public school" means a public school or charter school. | 20 | | "State Board" means the State Board of Education. | 21 | | "State Course Access Catalog" means the website developed | 22 | | for the State Board of Education that provides a listing of all | 23 | | courses authorized and available to students in this State, |
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| 1 | | detailed information about the courses to inform student | 2 | | enrollment decisions, and the ability for students to submit | 3 | | their course enrollments. The data in this Catalog shall be | 4 | | published online in an open format that may be retrieved, | 5 | | downloaded, indexed, and searched by commonly used web search | 6 | | applications. An open format shall be platform-independent, | 7 | | machine-readable, and made available to the public without | 8 | | restrictions that may impede the reuse of that information. The | 9 | | data in the Catalog shall be owned by the State Board. | 10 | | "State Course Access Program" means the Program created | 11 | | under this Act. | 12 | | Section 10. Enrollment.
An eligible participating student | 13 | | may enroll in State Course Access Program courses. | 14 | | An eligible funded student may enroll in State Course | 15 | | Access Program courses only if the courses the eligible funded | 16 | | student wants to enroll in are not offered at the eligible | 17 | | funded student's school. | 18 | | An eligible funded student may enroll in State Course | 19 | | Access Program courses that are funded by the Program up to the | 20 | | following levels, unless additional courses are approved by the | 21 | | school where they are enrolled: | 22 | | (1) 2016-2017 school year: Students attending a public | 23 | | school who choose to participate in the State Course Access | 24 | | Program and entering the school year with credits equal to | 25 | | the junior or senior level of high school may take up to 2 |
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| 1 | | courses per semester. | 2 | | (2) 2017-2018 school year: Students attending a public | 3 | | school who choose to participate in the State Course Access | 4 | | Program and entering the school year with credits equal to | 5 | | the sophomore, junior, or senior level of high school may | 6 | | take up to 2 courses per semester. | 7 | | (3) 2018-2019 school year and all school years | 8 | | thereafter: Students attending a public school who choose | 9 | | to participate in the State Course Access Program and | 10 | | entering grades 9 through 12 may take up to 2 courses per | 11 | | semester. | 12 | | The families of eligible funded students and other eligible | 13 | | participating students may pay to enroll in State Course Access | 14 | | Program courses above the levels specified under Section 50 of | 15 | | this Act.
| 16 | | Public and charter schools where eligible funded students | 17 | | are enrolled full time may review enrollment requests to ensure | 18 | | courses are academically appropriate, logistically feasible, | 19 | | keep the student on track for an on-time graduation, and do not | 20 | | extend a student beyond a full-time course load. The public and | 21 | | charter schools may only reject enrollment requests for not | 22 | | doing so. | 23 | | The public and charter schools must complete the review and | 24 | | denial process within 5 days of the student enrolling in the | 25 | | course. | 26 | | Public and charter schools shall inform students and |
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| 1 | | families at the time of denial of their right to appeal any | 2 | | enrollment denials in State Course Access Program courses to | 3 | | the school board, which shall provide a final enrollment | 4 | | decision within 7 calendar days. | 5 | | Section 15. Provider authorization process.
The State | 6 | | Board shall: | 7 | | (1)
Establish an authorization process for course | 8 | | providers that may include multiple opportunities for | 9 | | submission each year. | 10 | | (2) Not later than 90 calendar days from the initial | 11 | | submission date, authorize course providers that: | 12 | | (A) meet the criteria established under Section 20 | 13 | | of this Act; and
| 14 | | (B) provide courses that offer the instructional | 15 | | rigor and scope required under Section 25 of this Act. | 16 | | (3) Not later than 90 calendar days from the initial | 17 | | submission date, provide a written explanation to any | 18 | | course providers that are denied. If a course provider is | 19 | | denied authorization, the provider may apply again in the | 20 | | future. If a course provider is denied authorization 3 | 21 | | times, the provider will no longer be able to apply. | 22 | | (4) Publish the process established under Section 20 of | 23 | | this Act, including any deadlines and any guidelines | 24 | | applicable to the submission and authorization process for | 25 | | providers. |
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| 1 | | If the State Board determines that there are insufficient | 2 | | funds available for evaluating and authorizing course | 3 | | providers, it may charge applicant providers a fee up to, but | 4 | | no greater than, the amount of the costs in order to ensure | 5 | | that evaluation occurs. The State Board shall establish and | 6 | | publish a fee schedule for purposes of this Section. | 7 | | Section 20. Course provider criteria.
To be authorized to | 8 | | offer a course through the State Course Access Program, a | 9 | | provider must: | 10 | | (1) Comply with all applicable anti-discrimination | 11 | | provisions and applicable State and federal student data | 12 | | privacy provisions, including, but not limited to, the | 13 | | federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. | 14 | | (2) Provide an assurance that all online information | 15 | | and resources for online or blended courses are fully | 16 | | accessible for students of all abilities, including that: | 17 | | (A) all of the courses submitted for approval are | 18 | | reviewed to ensure they meet legal accessibility | 19 | | standards; | 20 | | (B) the provider has created and promulgated an | 21 | | Accessibility Online Public and Charter Schools | 22 | | Policy; | 23 | | (C) the provider has designated a Section 504 | 24 | | Coordinator and a Grievance Policy, and issued annual | 25 | | notifications; |
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| 1 | | (D) the provider has policies and activities to | 2 | | ensure their organizational and course websites meet | 3 | | accessibility requirements; and
| 4 | | (E) the provider has no gateway exam or test where | 5 | | a specific score is required to participate in the | 6 | | Program courses beyond completion of prerequisite | 7 | | coursework or demonstrated mastery of prerequisite | 8 | | material. | 9 | | (3) Demonstrate either: | 10 | | (A) prior evidence of delivering quality outcomes | 11 | | for students, as demonstrated by completion rates, | 12 | | student level growth, proficiency, or other | 13 | | quantifiable outcomes; or
| 14 | | (B) for course providers applying to offer a | 15 | | subject or grade level for the first time, provide a | 16 | | detailed justification, in a manner determined by the | 17 | | State Board, of how their organization's subject | 18 | | matter, instructional, and technical expertise will | 19 | | allow public and charter schools to produce successful | 20 | | outcomes for students. | 21 | | (4) Ensure instructional and curricular quality | 22 | | through a detailed curriculum and student performance | 23 | | accountability plan that aligns with and measures student | 24 | | attainment of relevant State academic standards or other | 25 | | relevant standards in courses without State academic | 26 | | standards. |
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| 1 | | (5) Provide assurances that the course provider shall | 2 | | provide electronically, in a manner and format determined | 3 | | by the State Board, a detailed student record of | 4 | | enrollment, performance, completion, and grading | 5 | | information with the school systems where eligible | 6 | | participating students are enrolled full time. | 7 | | Additional criteria developed by the State Board shall be | 8 | | used to evaluate providers, and may include International | 9 | | Association for K-12 Online Learning, National Standards for | 10 | | Quality Online Teaching, National Standards for Quality Online | 11 | | Courses, Southern Regional Education Board, AdvancED, or other | 12 | | nationally recognized third party quality standards.
| 13 | | Section 25. Course quality reviews.
The State Board shall | 14 | | establish a course review and approval process. The process may | 15 | | be implemented by the State Board or by an entity designated by | 16 | | the State Board. | 17 | | In order to be approved and added to the State Course | 18 | | Access Catalog, a course must: | 19 | | (1) Be one of the following types: | 20 | | (A) a course that satisfies high school graduation | 21 | | requirements; | 22 | | (B) a course identified by the State Board as | 23 | | necessary for college-readiness; | 24 | | (C) an Advanced Placement or International | 25 | | Baccalaureate course; |
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| 1 | | (D) a music or arts course; | 2 | | (E) a STEM course; | 3 | | (F) a foreign language course; | 4 | | (G) a dual credit course that allows students to | 5 | | earn college credit or other advanced credit; or | 6 | | (H) a vocational or technical course, including | 7 | | apprenticeships and High School Career Exploration and | 8 | | Readiness courses. | 9 | | (2) Be, at a minimum, the equivalent in instructional | 10 | | rigor and scope to a course that is provided in a | 11 | | traditional classroom setting. | 12 | | (3) Be aligned to relevant State academic standards or | 13 | | industry standards. | 14 | | (4) Possess an assessment component for determining | 15 | | student proficiency and student growth where applicable. | 16 | | (5) Be designed and implemented consistently with | 17 | | criteria established by the International Association for | 18 | | K-12 Online Learning (INACOL) National Standards for | 19 | | Quality Online Teaching and INACOL National Standards for | 20 | | Quality Online Courses, the Southern Regional Education | 21 | | Board, or AdvancED or with other nationally or | 22 | | industry-recognized third party quality standards. | 23 | | (6) Be taught by a teacher who holds a professional | 24 | | educator license under Article 21B of the School Code. | 25 | | A course provider other than the Illinois Virtual School | 26 | | may offer an online course only if the Illinois Virtual School |
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| 1 | | decides to not offer the course via the State Course Access | 2 | | Catalog. | 3 | | Section 30. Provider and course monitoring and | 4 | | reauthorization.
The initial authorization of the course | 5 | | provider and approved courses shall be for a period of 3 years.
| 6 | | Providers must annually report, in such a manner as directed by | 7 | | the State Board: | 8 | | (1) student enrollment data; | 9 | | (2) student outcomes, growth measures when available, | 10 | | proficiency rates, and completion rates for each subject | 11 | | area and grade level; and | 12 | | (3) student and parental feedback on overall | 13 | | satisfaction and quality. | 14 | | After the second year of the initial authorization period, | 15 | | the State Board shall conduct a thorough review of the course | 16 | | provider's activities and the academic performance of the | 17 | | students enrolled in courses offered by the course provider. | 18 | | If the performance of the students enrolled in courses | 19 | | offered by the course provider does not meet agreed-upon | 20 | | performance standards at any time, the course provider shall be | 21 | | placed on probation and shall be required to submit a plan for | 22 | | improvement. The State Board shall determine the terms of | 23 | | probation, including, but not limited to, the results the | 24 | | course provider must achieve to return to good standing. Course | 25 | | providers shall have a minimum of 60 days to achieve the |
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| 1 | | results indicated in their terms of probation. The State Board | 2 | | shall, at its sole discretion, determine if the course provider | 3 | | has met the specified results required for the course provider | 4 | | to return to good standing. If a course provider fails to | 5 | | return to good standing within the timeframe cited in its terms | 6 | | of probation, the State Board may terminate its status as a | 7 | | course provider. Course providers terminated as a result of | 8 | | being put on probation may not reapply to become a course | 9 | | provider for 2 years from the time the State Board revoked its | 10 | | status. | 11 | | After the initial 3-year authorization period, the State | 12 | | Board may reauthorize the course provider for additional | 13 | | periods of up to 5 years after thorough review of the course | 14 | | provider's activities and the achievement of students enrolled | 15 | | in courses offered by the course provider. | 16 | |
The State Board may exclude a course provided by an | 17 | | authorized provider at any time if the State Board determines | 18 | | that: | 19 | | (A) the course is no longer adequately aligned with the | 20 | | State academic standards; | 21 | | (B) the course no longer provides a detailed and | 22 | | quality curriculum and accountability plan; or | 23 | | (C) the course fails to deliver outcomes as measured by | 24 | | course completion, proficiency, or student academic growth | 25 | | on State or nationally accepted assessments. |
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| 1 | | Section 35. Interstate course reciprocity. The State Board | 2 | | may enter into a reciprocity agreement with other states for | 3 | | the purpose of authorizing and approving high quality providers | 4 | | and courses for the State Course Access Program and the | 5 | | operation of the State Course Access Catalog. | 6 | | Section 40. Responsibilities of the State Board. | 7 | | (a)
The State Board shall: | 8 | | (1) Publish the criteria required under Section 20 of | 9 | | this Act for courses that may be offered through the State | 10 | | Course Access Program. | 11 | | (2) Be responsible for creating the State Course Access | 12 | | Catalog. | 13 | | (3) Publish a link to the Catalog in a prominent | 14 | | location on the State Board's website, which includes a | 15 | | listing of courses offered by authorized providers | 16 | | available through the Program, a detailed description of | 17 | | the courses, and any available student completion and | 18 | | outcome data. | 19 | | (4) Establish and publish a timeframe or specific dates | 20 | | by which students are able to withdraw from a course | 21 | | provided through the Program without the student, public | 22 | | and charter schools, or course provider incurring a | 23 | | penalty. | 24 | | (5) Maintain on its official website in a prominent | 25 | | location an informed choice report. Each report under this |
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| 1 | | Section must: | 2 | | (A) be updated within 30 calendar days of | 3 | | additional provider authorizations; | 4 | | (B) describe each course offered through the | 5 | | Program and include information such as course | 6 | | requirements and the school year calendar for the | 7 | | course, including any options for continued | 8 | | participation outside of the standard school year | 9 | | calendar; | 10 | | (C) include student and parental comments and | 11 | | feedback as detailed under Section 35 of this Act; and | 12 | | (D) be published online in an open format that can | 13 | | be retrieved, downloaded, indexed, and searched by | 14 | | commonly used web search applications. An open format | 15 | | is one that is platform-independent, machine-readable, | 16 | | and made available to the public without restrictions | 17 | | that would impede the reuse of that information. | 18 | | (b) The State Board shall submit an annual report on the | 19 | | Program and the participation of entities to the Governor, the | 20 | | Chairperson and Minority Spokesperson of the Education | 21 | | Committee of the Senate, and the Chairperson and Minority | 22 | | Spokesperson of the Elementary and Secondary Education | 23 | | Committee of the House of Representatives. The report shall at | 24 | | a minimum include the following information: | 25 | | (1) The annual number of students participating in | 26 | | courses authorized under this Act and the total number of |
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| 1 | | courses students are enrolled in. | 2 | | (2) The number of authorized providers. | 3 | | (3) The number of authorized courses and the number of | 4 | | students enrolled in each course.
| 5 | | (4) The number of courses available by subject. | 6 | | (5) The number of students enrolled in courses by | 7 | | subject. | 8 | | (6) Student outcome data, including completion rates, | 9 | | student learning gains, student performance on State or | 10 | | nationally accepted assessments, by subject and grade | 11 | | level by provider. This outcome data should be published in | 12 | | a manner that protects student privacy. | 13 | | The State Board shall note any data that are not yet | 14 | | available at the time of publication and when these data will | 15 | | become available and include these data in future reports. | 16 | | The report and underlying data shall be published online in | 17 | | an open format that can be retrieved, downloaded, indexed, and | 18 | | searched by commonly used web search applications. An open | 19 | | format is one that is platform-independent, machine-readable, | 20 | | and made available to the public without restrictions that | 21 | | would impede the reuse of that information.
| 22 | | Section 45. Responsibilities of the local school district. | 23 | | (a)
A public school shall:
| 24 | | (1) State, in writing to the State Board, whether it | 25 | | wants to participate in the State Course Access Program |
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| 1 | | during the 2016-2017 school year. | 2 | | (2) Provide information by letter or email to students | 3 | | and parents at home and by at least 2 other means, such as | 4 | | community flyers, newspaper postings, student report | 5 | | cards, or other methods.
| 6 | | (3) Publish information and eligibility guidelines on | 7 | | the school and school district's web sites. | 8 | | (b) Each local school system shall establish policies and | 9 | | procedures whereby, for each eligible participating student, | 10 | | credits earned through the course provider shall appear on each | 11 | | student's official transcript and count fully toward the | 12 | | requirements of any approved Illinois diploma. | 13 | | (c) The State Board shall adopt rules necessary to | 14 | | implement this Section, including, but not limited to, the | 15 | | requirements of school governing authorities or local school | 16 | | systems whose students enroll in courses offered by authorized | 17 | | course providers. | 18 | | (d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent a | 19 | | school entity from establishing its own online course or | 20 | | program in accordance with this Act.
| 21 | | Section 50. Funding. | 22 | | (a) Per-course tuition shall be determined as follows: | 23 | | (1) The course provider shall receive per-course | 24 | | tuition for each eligible funded student at a fair and | 25 | | reasonable rate negotiated by the State Board and the |
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| 1 | | course provider that is inclusive of all required course | 2 | | materials and transportation expenses. Course providers | 3 | | are only responsible for providing transportation for | 4 | | students who are enrolled in a free or reduced-price lunch | 5 | | program. Transfers of course payments shall be made by the | 6 | | State Board on behalf of the responsible school district in | 7 | | which the student resides to the authorized course | 8 | | provider. | 9 | | (2) The course provider shall receive payment from the | 10 | | State Board only for the courses in which an eligible | 11 | | funded student is enrolled. The remaining funds for each | 12 | | student shall remain with the local school system in which | 13 | | the student is enrolled full time. | 14 | | (3) The course provider shall accept the amount | 15 | | specified in this Section as total tuition and fees for the | 16 | | eligible funded student. | 17 | | (4) The course provider may charge tuition to any other | 18 | | eligible participating student up to an amount determined | 19 | | by the course provider and State Board. | 20 | | (b) Payment of tuition to course providers shall be based | 21 | | upon student success and made as follows: | 22 | | (1) Fifty percent of the amount of tuition to be paid | 23 | | or transferred to the course provider shall be transferred | 24 | | upon student enrollment in a course, and 50% shall be | 25 | | dependent upon student success in the course. | 26 | | (2) Student success may, in the 2016-2017 school year, |
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| 1 | | be measured based on course completion, but the State Board | 2 | | may create new measures of student success by the 2017-2018 | 3 | | school year for use in courses where externally validated | 4 | | measures are available. These measures of student | 5 | | outcomes, based on either proficiency or growth, shall | 6 | | include results from independent end-of-course exams, | 7 | | Advanced Placement exams, International Baccalaureate | 8 | | exams, receipt of industry-recognized credentials, receipt | 9 | | of credit from institutions of higher education, or other | 10 | | externally validated measures. | 11 | | (3) Partial payments for delayed completions shall be | 12 | | determined as follows: If a student does not successfully | 13 | | complete a course according to the published course length | 14 | | in which the course provider has received the first payment | 15 | | pursuant to this Section, the provider shall receive 75% of | 16 | | the tuition that is dependent upon student success, as | 17 | | defined in Section 30 of this Act, only if the student | 18 | | completes and receives credit for the course within one | 19 | | additional semester. | 20 | | Section 900. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 21 | | 27A-5 as follows:
| 22 | | (105 ILCS 5/27A-5)
| 23 | | Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements.
| 24 | | (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian, |
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| 1 | | nonreligious, non-home
based, and non-profit school. A charter | 2 | | school shall be organized and operated
as a nonprofit | 3 | | corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity
| 4 | | authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
| 5 | | (b) A charter school may be established under this Article | 6 | | by creating a new
school or by converting an existing public | 7 | | school or attendance center to
charter
school status.
Beginning | 8 | | on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 9 | | General
Assembly, in all new
applications to establish
a | 10 | | charter
school in a city having a population exceeding 500,000, | 11 | | operation of the
charter
school shall be limited to one campus. | 12 | | The changes made to this Section by this
amendatory Act
of the | 13 | | 93rd General
Assembly do not apply to charter schools existing | 14 | | or approved on or before the
effective date of this
amendatory | 15 | | Act. | 16 | | (b-5) In this subsection (b-5), "virtual-schooling" means | 17 | | a cyber school where students engage in online curriculum and | 18 | | instruction via the Internet and electronic communication with | 19 | | their teachers at remote locations and with students | 20 | | participating at different times. | 21 | | From April 1, 2013 through December 31, 2016, there is a | 22 | | moratorium on the establishment of charter schools with | 23 | | virtual-schooling components in school districts other than a | 24 | | school district organized under Article 34 of this Code. This | 25 | | moratorium does not apply to a charter school with | 26 | | virtual-schooling components existing or approved prior to |
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| 1 | | April 1, 2013 or to the renewal of the charter of a charter | 2 | | school with virtual-schooling components already approved | 3 | | prior to April 1, 2013. | 4 | | On or before March 1, 2014, the Commission shall submit to | 5 | | the General Assembly a report on the effect of | 6 | | virtual-schooling, including without limitation the effect on | 7 | | student performance, the costs associated with | 8 | | virtual-schooling, and issues with oversight. The report shall | 9 | | include policy recommendations for virtual-schooling.
| 10 | | (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by | 11 | | its board of
directors or other governing body
in the manner | 12 | | provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter school
| 13 | | shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and the Open | 14 | | Meetings Act.
| 15 | | (d) A charter school shall comply with all applicable | 16 | | health and safety
requirements applicable to public schools | 17 | | under the laws of the State of
Illinois.
| 18 | | (e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a | 19 | | charter school shall
not charge tuition; provided that a | 20 | | charter school may charge reasonable fees
for textbooks, | 21 | | instructional materials, and student activities.
| 22 | | (f) A charter school shall be responsible for the | 23 | | management and operation
of its fiscal affairs including,
but | 24 | | not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each | 25 | | charter
school's finances shall be conducted annually by an | 26 | | outside, independent
contractor retained by the charter |
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| 1 | | school. To ensure financial accountability for the use of | 2 | | public funds, on or before December 1 of every year of | 3 | | operation, each charter school shall submit to its authorizer | 4 | | and the State Board a copy of its audit and a copy of the Form | 5 | | 990 the charter school filed that year with the federal | 6 | | Internal Revenue Service. In addition, if deemed necessary for | 7 | | proper financial oversight of the charter school, an authorizer | 8 | | may require quarterly financial statements from each charter | 9 | | school.
| 10 | | (g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of | 11 | | this Article; the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act; all | 12 | | federal and State laws and rules applicable to public schools | 13 | | that pertain to special education and the instruction of | 14 | | English language learners, referred to in this Code as | 15 | | "children of limited English-speaking ability"; and
its | 16 | | charter. A charter
school is exempt from all other State laws | 17 | | and regulations in this Code
governing public
schools and local | 18 | | school board policies ; however a charter school is not exempt | 19 | | from , except the following:
| 20 | | (1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this Code regarding | 21 | | criminal
history records checks and checks of the Statewide | 22 | | Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent | 23 | | Offender Against Youth Database of applicants for | 24 | | employment;
| 25 | | (2) Sections 24-24 and 34-84A of this Code regarding | 26 | | discipline of
students;
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| 1 | | (3) the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees | 2 | | Tort Immunity Act;
| 3 | | (4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit | 4 | | Corporation Act of 1986
regarding indemnification of | 5 | | officers, directors, employees, and agents;
| 6 | | (5) the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
| 7 | | (6) the Illinois School Student Records Act;
| 8 | | (7) Section 10-17a of this Code regarding school report | 9 | | cards;
| 10 | | (8) the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act; | 11 | | and | 12 | | (9) Section 27-23.7 of this Code regarding bullying | 13 | | prevention ; . | 14 | | (10) (9) Section 2-3.162 2-3.160 of this the School | 15 | | Code regarding student discipline reporting ; and . | 16 | | (11) The Course Access Act. | 17 | | The change made by Public Act 96-104 to this subsection (g) | 18 | | is declaratory of existing law. | 19 | | (h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a | 20 | | school district, the
governing body of a State college or | 21 | | university or public community college, or
any other public or | 22 | | for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use
of a | 23 | | school building and grounds or any other real property or | 24 | | facilities that
the charter school desires to use or convert | 25 | | for use as a charter school site,
(ii) the operation and | 26 | | maintenance thereof, and
(iii) the provision of any service, |
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| 1 | | activity, or undertaking that the charter
school is required to | 2 | | perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
| 3 | | However, a charter school
that is established on
or
after the | 4 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
| 5 | | Assembly and that operates
in a city having a population | 6 | | exceeding
500,000 may not contract with a for-profit entity to
| 7 | | manage or operate the school during the period that commences | 8 | | on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 9 | | General Assembly and
concludes at the end of the 2004-2005 | 10 | | school year.
Except as provided in subsection (i) of this | 11 | | Section, a school district may
charge a charter school | 12 | | reasonable rent for the use of the district's
buildings, | 13 | | grounds, and facilities. Any services for which a charter | 14 | | school
contracts
with a school district shall be provided by | 15 | | the district at cost. Any services
for which a charter school | 16 | | contracts with a local school board or with the
governing body | 17 | | of a State college or university or public community college
| 18 | | shall be provided by the public entity at cost.
| 19 | | (i) In no event shall a charter school that is established | 20 | | by converting an
existing school or attendance center to | 21 | | charter school status be required to
pay rent for space
that is | 22 | | deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter | 23 | | agreement,
in school district
facilities. However, all other | 24 | | costs for the operation and maintenance of
school district | 25 | | facilities that are used by the charter school shall be subject
| 26 | | to negotiation between
the charter school and the local school |
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| 1 | | board and shall be set forth in the
charter.
| 2 | | (j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age or | 3 | | grade level.
| 4 | | (k) If the charter school is approved by the Commission, | 5 | | then the Commission charter school is its own local education | 6 | | agency. | 7 | | (Source: P.A. 97-152, eff. 7-20-11; 97-154, eff. 1-1-12; | 8 | | 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 98-16, eff. 5-24-13; 98-639, eff. 6-9-14; | 9 | | 98-669, eff. 6-26-14; 98-739, eff. 7-16-14; 98-783, eff. | 10 | | 1-1-15; 98-1059, eff. 8-26-14; 98-1102, eff. 8-26-14; revised | 11 | | 10-14-14.)
| 12 | | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 13 | | 1, 2016.
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