Full Text of HB1158 102nd General Assembly
HB1158ham001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Kambium Buckner Filed: 4/20/2021
| | 10200HB1158ham001 | | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1158
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1158 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 34-2.1 and 34-2.2 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.1)
| 7 | | Sec. 34-2.1. Local School Councils - Composition - | 8 | | Voter-Eligibility
- Elections - Terms. | 9 | | (a) A local school council shall be established for each | 10 | | attendance
center within the school district. Each local | 11 | | school council shall
consist of the following 12 voting | 12 | | members: the principal of the
attendance center, 2 teachers | 13 | | employed and assigned to perform the
majority of their | 14 | | employment duties at the attendance center, 6 parents of
| 15 | | students currently enrolled at the attendance center, one | 16 | | employee of the school district employed and assigned to |
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 2 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | perform the majority of his or her employment duties at the | 2 | | attendance center who is not a teacher, and 2 community
| 3 | | residents. Neither the parents nor the community residents who | 4 | | serve as
members of the local school council shall be | 5 | | employees of the Board of
Education. In each secondary | 6 | | attendance center, the local school council
shall consist of | 7 | | 13 voting members through the 2020-2021 school year, -- the 12 | 8 | | voting members described above
and one full-time student | 9 | | member , and 15 voting members beginning with the 2021-2022 | 10 | | school year, the 12 voting members described above and 3 | 11 | | full-time student members , appointed as provided in subsection
| 12 | | (m) below.
In the event that the chief executive officer of the | 13 | | Chicago School Reform
Board of Trustees determines that a | 14 | | local school council is not carrying out
its financial duties | 15 | | effectively, the chief executive officer is authorized to
| 16 | | appoint a representative of the business community with | 17 | | experience in finance
and management
to serve as an advisor to | 18 | | the local school council for
the purpose of providing advice | 19 | | and assistance to the local school council on
fiscal matters.
| 20 | | The advisor shall have access to relevant financial records of | 21 | | the
local school council. The advisor may attend executive | 22 | | sessions.
The chief executive officer shall
issue a written | 23 | | policy defining the circumstances under which a local school
| 24 | | council is not carrying out its financial duties effectively.
| 25 | | (b) Within 7 days of January 11, 1991, the Mayor shall | 26 | | appoint the
members and officers (a Chairperson who shall be a |
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 3 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | parent member and a
Secretary) of each local school council | 2 | | who shall hold their offices until
their successors shall be | 3 | | elected and qualified. Members so appointed shall
have all the | 4 | | powers and duties of local school councils as set forth in
this | 5 | | amendatory Act of 1991. The Mayor's appointments shall not | 6 | | require
approval by the City Council.
| 7 | | The membership of each local school council shall be | 8 | | encouraged to be
reflective of the racial and ethnic | 9 | | composition of the student population
of the attendance center | 10 | | served by the local school council.
| 11 | | (c) Beginning with the 1995-1996 school year and in every | 12 | | even-numbered
year thereafter, the Board shall set second | 13 | | semester Parent Report Card
Pick-up Day for Local School | 14 | | Council elections and may schedule elections at
year-round | 15 | | schools for the same dates as the remainder of the school | 16 | | system.
Elections shall be
conducted as provided herein by the | 17 | | Board of Education in consultation with
the local school | 18 | | council at each attendance center. | 19 | | (c-5) Notwithstanding subsection (c), for the local school | 20 | | council election set for the 2019-2020 school year, the Board | 21 | | may hold the election on the first semester Parent Report Card | 22 | | Pick-up Day of the 2020-2021 school year, making any necessary | 23 | | modifications to the election process or date to comply with | 24 | | guidance from the Department of Public Health and the federal | 25 | | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The terms of | 26 | | office of all local school council members eligible to serve |
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 4 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | and seated on or after March 23, 2020 through January 10, 2021 | 2 | | are extended through January 10, 2021, provided that the | 3 | | members continue to meet eligibility requirements for local | 4 | | school council membership.
| 5 | | (d) Beginning with the 1995-96 school year, the following
| 6 | | procedures shall apply to the election of local school council | 7 | | members at each
attendance center:
| 8 | | (i) The elected members of each local school council | 9 | | shall consist of
the 6 parent members and the 2 community | 10 | | resident members.
| 11 | | (ii) Each elected member shall be elected by the | 12 | | eligible voters of
that attendance center to serve for a | 13 | | two-year term
commencing on July 1
immediately following | 14 | | the election described in subsection
(c), except that the | 15 | | terms of members elected to a local school council under | 16 | | subsection (c-5) shall commence on January 11, 2021 and | 17 | | end on July 1, 2022. Eligible
voters for each attendance | 18 | | center shall consist of the parents and community
| 19 | | residents for that attendance center.
| 20 | | (iii) Each eligible voter shall be entitled
to cast | 21 | | one vote for up to
a total of 5 candidates, irrespective of | 22 | | whether such candidates are parent
or community resident | 23 | | candidates.
| 24 | | (iv) Each parent voter shall be entitled to vote in | 25 | | the local
school
council election at each attendance | 26 | | center in which he or she has a child
currently enrolled. |
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 5 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | Each community resident voter shall be entitled to
vote in | 2 | | the local school council election at each attendance | 3 | | center for
which he or she resides in the applicable | 4 | | attendance area or voting
district, as the case may be.
| 5 | | (v) Each eligible voter shall be entitled to vote | 6 | | once, but
not more
than once, in the local school council | 7 | | election at each attendance center
at which the voter is | 8 | | eligible to vote.
| 9 | | (vi) The 2 teacher members and the non-teacher | 10 | | employee member of each local school council
shall be
| 11 | | appointed as provided in subsection (l) below each to | 12 | | serve for a
two-year
term coinciding with that of the | 13 | | elected parent and community resident
members. From March | 14 | | 23, 2020 through January 10, 2021, the chief executive | 15 | | officer or his or her designee may make accommodations to | 16 | | fill the vacancy of a teacher or non-teacher employee | 17 | | member of a local school council.
| 18 | | (vii) At secondary attendance centers, the voting | 19 | | student members
member shall
be appointed as provided in | 20 | | subsection (m) below to serve
for a one-year term | 21 | | coinciding with the beginning of the terms of the elected
| 22 | | parent and community members of the local school council. | 23 | | For the 2020-2021 school year, the chief executive officer | 24 | | or his or her designee may make accommodations to fill the | 25 | | vacancy of a student member of a local school council.
| 26 | | (e) The Council shall publicize the date and place of the |
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 6 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | election by
posting notices at the attendance center, in | 2 | | public places within the
attendance boundaries of the | 3 | | attendance center and by distributing notices
to the pupils at | 4 | | the attendance center, and shall utilize such other means
as | 5 | | it deems necessary to maximize the involvement of all eligible | 6 | | voters.
| 7 | | (f) Nomination. The Council shall publicize the opening of | 8 | | nominations
by posting notices at the attendance center, in | 9 | | public places within the
attendance boundaries of the | 10 | | attendance center and by distributing notices
to the pupils at | 11 | | the attendance center, and shall utilize such other means
as | 12 | | it deems necessary to maximize the involvement of all eligible | 13 | | voters.
Not less than 2 weeks before the election date, | 14 | | persons eligible to run for
the Council shall submit their | 15 | | name,
date of birth, social
security number, if
available,
and | 16 | | some evidence of eligibility
to the Council. The Council shall | 17 | | encourage nomination of candidates
reflecting the | 18 | | racial/ethnic population of the students at the attendance
| 19 | | center. Each person nominated who runs as a candidate shall | 20 | | disclose, in a
manner determined by the Board, any economic | 21 | | interest held by such person,
by such person's spouse or | 22 | | children, or by each business entity in which
such person has | 23 | | an ownership interest, in any contract with the Board, any
| 24 | | local school council or any public school in the school
| 25 | | district.
Each person
nominated who runs as a candidate shall | 26 | | also disclose, in a manner determined
by the Board, if he or |
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 7 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | she ever has been convicted of any of the offenses
specified in | 2 | | subsection (c) of Section 34-18.5; provided that neither this
| 3 | | provision nor any other provision of this Section shall be | 4 | | deemed to require
the disclosure of any information that is | 5 | | contained in any law enforcement
record or juvenile court | 6 | | record that is confidential or whose accessibility or
| 7 | | disclosure is restricted or prohibited under Section 5-901 or
| 8 | | 5-905 of the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987.
Failure to make such | 9 | | disclosure shall render a person ineligible
for election or to | 10 | | serve on the local school council. The same
disclosure shall | 11 | | be
required of persons under consideration for appointment to | 12 | | the Council
pursuant to subsections (l) and (m) of this | 13 | | Section.
| 14 | | (f-5) Notwithstanding disclosure, a person who has been | 15 | | convicted of any
of
the
following offenses at any time shall be | 16 | | ineligible for election or appointment
to a local
school | 17 | | council and ineligible for appointment to a local school | 18 | | council
pursuant to
subsections (l) and (m) of this Section: | 19 | | (i) those defined in Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, | 20 | | 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6,
11-9.1, 11-14.4, 11-16,
11-17.1, | 21 | | 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20.1, 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 12-13, | 22 | | 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, or
12-16, or subdivision (a)(2) of | 23 | | Section 11-14.3, of the
Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal | 24 | | Code of 2012, or (ii) any offense committed or attempted in any | 25 | | other
state or
against the laws of the United States, which, if | 26 | | committed or attempted in this
State,
would have been |
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 8 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | punishable as one or more of the foregoing offenses.
| 2 | | Notwithstanding
disclosure, a person who has been convicted of | 3 | | any of the following offenses
within the
10 years previous to | 4 | | the date of nomination or appointment shall be ineligible
for | 5 | | election or
appointment to a local school council:
(i) those | 6 | | defined in Section 401.1, 405.1, or 405.2 of the Illinois | 7 | | Controlled
Substances Act or (ii) any
offense committed
or | 8 | | attempted in any other state or against the laws of the United | 9 | | States,
which, if
committed or attempted in this State, would | 10 | | have been punishable as one or more
of the
foregoing offenses.
| 11 | | Immediately upon election or appointment, incoming local | 12 | | school
council members
shall be
required to undergo a criminal | 13 | | background investigation, to be completed prior
to the member | 14 | | taking office,
in order to identify
any criminal convictions | 15 | | under the offenses enumerated in Section 34-18.5.
The | 16 | | investigation shall be conducted by the Department of State | 17 | | Police in the
same manner as provided for in Section 34-18.5. | 18 | | However, notwithstanding
Section 34-18.5, the social security | 19 | | number shall be provided only if
available.
If it is | 20 | | determined at any time that a local school council member or
| 21 | | member-elect has been convicted
of any of the offenses | 22 | | enumerated in this Section or failed to disclose a
conviction | 23 | | of any of the offenses enumerated in Section 34-18.5, the | 24 | | general
superintendent shall notify the local school council | 25 | | member or member-elect of
such
determination and the local | 26 | | school council member or member-elect shall be
removed from |
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 9 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | the
local school council by the Board, subject to a hearing,
| 2 | | convened pursuant to Board rule, prior to removal.
| 3 | | (g) At least one week before the election date, the | 4 | | Council shall
publicize, in the manner provided in subsection | 5 | | (e), the names of persons
nominated for election.
| 6 | | (h) Voting shall be in person by secret ballot at the | 7 | | attendance center
between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
| 8 | | (i) Candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall | 9 | | be declared
elected by the Council. In cases of a tie, the | 10 | | Council shall determine the
winner by lot.
| 11 | | (j) The Council shall certify the results of the election | 12 | | and shall
publish the results in the minutes of the Council.
| 13 | | (k) The general superintendent shall resolve any
disputes
| 14 | | concerning election procedure or results and shall ensure | 15 | | that, except as
provided in subsections (e) and (g), no | 16 | | resources of any attendance center
shall be used to endorse or | 17 | | promote any candidate.
| 18 | | (l) Beginning with the 1995-1996 school year
and in every
| 19 | | even numbered
year thereafter, the Board shall appoint 2 | 20 | | teacher
members to each
local school council. These | 21 | | appointments shall be made in the following
manner:
| 22 | | (i) The Board shall appoint 2 teachers who are
| 23 | | employed and assigned to
perform the majority of
their | 24 | | employment duties at the attendance center
to serve on the | 25 | | local school council of the attendance center for a | 26 | | two-year
term coinciding with the terms of the elected |
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 10 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | parent and
community members of that local school council. | 2 | | These
appointments shall be made from among those teachers | 3 | | who are nominated in
accordance with subsection (f).
| 4 | | (ii) A non-binding, advisory poll to ascertain the
| 5 | | preferences of the
school staff regarding appointments of | 6 | | teachers to the local school council
for that attendance | 7 | | center shall be conducted in accordance with the
| 8 | | procedures used to elect parent and community Council | 9 | | representatives. At
such poll, each member of the school | 10 | | staff shall be entitled to indicate
his or her preference | 11 | | for up to 2 candidates from among those who submitted
| 12 | | statements of candidacy as described above. These | 13 | | preferences shall be
advisory only and the Board shall | 14 | | maintain absolute discretion to appoint
teacher members to | 15 | | local school councils, irrespective of the preferences
| 16 | | expressed in any such poll.
| 17 | | (iii) In the event that a teacher representative is | 18 | | unable to perform
his or her employment duties at the | 19 | | school due to illness, disability, leave of
absence, | 20 | | disciplinary action, or any other reason, the Board shall | 21 | | declare
a temporary vacancy and appoint a replacement | 22 | | teacher representative to serve
on the local school | 23 | | council until such time as the teacher member originally
| 24 | | appointed pursuant to this subsection (l) resumes service | 25 | | at the attendance
center or for the remainder of the term. | 26 | | The replacement teacher
representative shall be appointed |
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 11 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | in the same manner and by the same procedures
as teacher | 2 | | representatives are appointed in subdivisions (i) and (ii) | 3 | | of this
subsection (l).
| 4 | | (m) Beginning with the 1995-1996 school year through the | 5 | | 2020-2021 school year , and in every
year thereafter, the Board | 6 | | shall appoint one student member to each
secondary attendance | 7 | | center. Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year and for every | 8 | | school year thereafter, the Board shall appoint 3 student | 9 | | members to each secondary attendance center. These | 10 | | appointments shall be made in the
following manner:
| 11 | | (i) Appointments shall be made from among those | 12 | | students who submit
statements of candidacy to the | 13 | | principal of the attendance center, such
statements to be | 14 | | submitted commencing on the first day of the twentieth
| 15 | | week of school and
continuing for 2 weeks thereafter. The | 16 | | form and manner of such candidacy
statements shall be | 17 | | determined by the Board.
| 18 | | (ii) During the twenty-second week of school in every | 19 | | year,
the principal of
each attendance center shall | 20 | | conduct a non-binding, advisory poll to
ascertain the | 21 | | preferences of the school students regarding the | 22 | | appointment
of a student students to the local school | 23 | | council for that attendance center. At
such poll, each | 24 | | student shall be entitled to indicate his or her | 25 | | preference
for up to one candidate from among those who | 26 | | submitted statements of
candidacy as described above. The |
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 12 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | Board shall promulgate rules to ensure
that these | 2 | | non-binding, advisory polls are conducted in a fair and
| 3 | | equitable manner and maximize the involvement of all | 4 | | school students. The
preferences expressed in these | 5 | | non-binding, advisory polls shall be
transmitted by the | 6 | | principal to the Board. However, these preferences
shall | 7 | | be advisory only and the Board shall maintain absolute | 8 | | discretion to
appoint student members to local school | 9 | | councils, irrespective of the
preferences expressed in any | 10 | | such poll.
| 11 | | (iii) For the 1995-96 school year only, appointments | 12 | | shall be made from
among those students who submitted | 13 | | statements of candidacy to the principal
of the attendance | 14 | | center during the first 2 weeks of the school year.
The
| 15 | | principal shall communicate the results of any nonbinding, | 16 | | advisory poll to the
Board. These results shall be | 17 | | advisory only, and the Board shall maintain
absolute | 18 | | discretion to appoint student members to local school | 19 | | councils,
irrespective of the preferences expressed in any | 20 | | such poll.
| 21 | | (n) The Board may promulgate such other rules and | 22 | | regulations for
election procedures as may be deemed necessary | 23 | | to ensure fair elections.
| 24 | | (o) In the event that a vacancy occurs during a member's | 25 | | term, the
Council shall appoint a person eligible to serve on | 26 | | the Council, to fill
the unexpired term created by the |
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 13 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | vacancy, except that any teacher vacancy
shall be filled by | 2 | | the Board after considering the preferences of the school
| 3 | | staff as ascertained through a non-binding advisory poll of | 4 | | school staff.
| 5 | | (p) If less than the specified number of persons is | 6 | | elected within each
candidate category, the newly elected | 7 | | local school council shall appoint
eligible persons to serve | 8 | | as members of the Council for two-year terms.
| 9 | | (q) The Board shall promulgate rules regarding conflicts | 10 | | of interest
and disclosure of economic interests which shall | 11 | | apply to local school
council members and which shall require | 12 | | reports or statements to be filed
by Council members at | 13 | | regular intervals with the Secretary of the
Board. Failure to | 14 | | comply with such rules
or intentionally falsifying such | 15 | | reports shall be grounds for
disqualification from local | 16 | | school council membership. A vacancy on the
Council for | 17 | | disqualification may be so declared by the Secretary of the
| 18 | | Board. Rules regarding conflicts of interest and disclosure of
| 19 | | economic interests promulgated by the Board shall apply to | 20 | | local school council
members. No less than 45 days prior to the | 21 | | deadline, the general
superintendent shall provide notice, by | 22 | | mail, to each local school council
member of all requirements | 23 | | and forms for compliance with economic interest
statements.
| 24 | | (r) (1) If a parent member of a local school council ceases | 25 | | to have any
child
enrolled in the attendance center governed | 26 | | by the Local School Council due to
the graduation or voluntary |
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 14 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | transfer of a child or children from the attendance
center, | 2 | | the parent's membership on the Local School Council and all | 3 | | voting
rights are terminated immediately as of the date of the | 4 | | child's graduation or
voluntary transfer. If the child of a | 5 | | parent member of a local school council dies during the | 6 | | member's term in office, the member may continue to serve on | 7 | | the local school council for the balance of his or her term. | 8 | | Further,
a local school council member may be removed from the | 9 | | Council by a
majority vote of the Council as provided in | 10 | | subsection (c) of Section
34-2.2 if the Council member has | 11 | | missed 3 consecutive regular meetings, not
including committee | 12 | | meetings, or 5 regular meetings in a 12 month period,
not | 13 | | including committee meetings.
If a parent member of a local | 14 | | school council ceases to be eligible to serve
on the Council | 15 | | for any other reason, he or she shall be removed by the Board
| 16 | | subject
to a hearing, convened pursuant to Board rule, prior | 17 | | to removal.
A vote to remove a Council member by the local | 18 | | school council shall
only be valid if the Council member has | 19 | | been notified personally or by
certified mail, mailed to the | 20 | | person's last known address, of the Council's
intent to vote | 21 | | on the Council member's removal at least 7 days prior to the
| 22 | | vote. The Council member in question shall have the right to | 23 | | explain
his or her actions and shall be eligible to vote on the
| 24 | | question of his or her removal from the Council. The | 25 | | provisions of this
subsection shall be contained within the | 26 | | petitions used to nominate Council
candidates.
|
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 15 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | (2) A person may continue to serve as a community resident | 2 | | member of a
local
school council as long as he or she resides | 3 | | in the attendance area served by
the
school and is not employed | 4 | | by the Board nor is a parent of a student enrolled
at the | 5 | | school. If a community resident member ceases to be eligible | 6 | | to serve
on the Council, he or she shall be removed by the | 7 | | Board subject to a hearing,
convened pursuant to Board rule, | 8 | | prior to removal.
| 9 | | (3) A person may continue to serve as a teacher member of a | 10 | | local school
council as long as he or she is employed and | 11 | | assigned to perform a majority of
his or her duties at the | 12 | | school, provided that if the teacher representative
resigns | 13 | | from employment with the Board or
voluntarily transfers to | 14 | | another school, the teacher's membership on the local
school | 15 | | council and all voting rights are terminated immediately as of | 16 | | the date
of the teacher's resignation or upon the date of the | 17 | | teacher's voluntary
transfer to another school. If a teacher | 18 | | member of a local school council
ceases to be eligible to serve | 19 | | on a local school council for any other reason,
that member | 20 | | shall be removed by the Board subject to a hearing, convened
| 21 | | pursuant to Board rule, prior to removal. | 22 | | (s) As used in this Section only, "community resident" | 23 | | means a person, 17 years of age or older, residing within an | 24 | | attendance area served by a school, excluding any person who | 25 | | is a parent of a student enrolled in that school; provided that | 26 | | with respect to any multi-area school, community resident |
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 16 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | means any person, 17 years of age or older, residing within the | 2 | | voting district established for that school pursuant to | 3 | | Section 34-2.1c, excluding any person who is a parent of a | 4 | | student enrolled in that school. This definition does not | 5 | | apply to any provisions concerning school boards.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
| 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-2.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.2)
| 8 | | Sec. 34-2.2. Local school councils - Manner of operation.
| 9 | | (a) The annual organizational meeting of each local school | 10 | | council
shall be held at the attendance center or via | 11 | | videoconference or teleconference if guidance from the | 12 | | Department of Public Health or Centers for Disease Control and | 13 | | Prevention limits the size of in-person meetings at the time | 14 | | of the meeting. At the annual organization meeting,
which | 15 | | shall be held no sooner than July 1 and no later than July 14, | 16 | | a parent
member of the local school council shall be selected | 17 | | by the members of such
council as its chairperson, and a | 18 | | secretary shall be selected by the members of
such council | 19 | | from among their number, each to serve a term of one year.
| 20 | | However, an organizational meeting held by members elected to | 21 | | a local school council under subsection (c-5) of Section | 22 | | 34-2.1 may be held no sooner than January 11, 2021 and no later | 23 | | than January 31, 2021. Whenever a vacancy in the office of | 24 | | chairperson or secretary of a local school
council shall | 25 | | occur, a new chairperson (who shall be a parent member) or
|
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 17 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | secretary, as the case may be, shall be elected by the members | 2 | | of the local
school council from among their number to serve as | 3 | | such
chairperson or secretary for the unexpired term of office | 4 | | in which the
vacancy occurs. At each annual organizational | 5 | | meeting, the time and
place of any regular meetings of the | 6 | | local school council shall be fixed.
Special meetings of the | 7 | | local school council may be called by the
chairperson or by any | 8 | | 4 members by giving notice thereof in writing,
specifying the | 9 | | time, place and purpose of the meeting. Public notice of
| 10 | | meetings shall also be given in accordance with the Open | 11 | | Meetings Act.
| 12 | | (b) Members and officers of the local school council shall | 13 | | serve
without compensation and without reimbursement of any | 14 | | expenses incurred in
the performance of their duties, except | 15 | | that the board of education may by
rule establish a procedure | 16 | | and thereunder provide for reimbursement of
members and | 17 | | officers of local school councils for such of their reasonable
| 18 | | and necessary expenses (excluding any lodging or meal | 19 | | expenses) incurred in
the performance of their duties as the | 20 | | board may deem appropriate.
| 21 | | (c) A majority of the full membership of the local school | 22 | | council
shall constitute a quorum, and whenever a vote is | 23 | | taken on any measure
before the local school council, a quorum | 24 | | being present, the affirmative
vote of a majority of the votes | 25 | | of the full membership then serving of the
local school | 26 | | council shall determine the outcome thereof; provided that
|
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 18 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | whenever the measure before the local school council is (i) | 2 | | the evaluation
of the principal, or (ii) the renewal of his or | 3 | | her performance contract or
the inclusion of any provision or | 4 | | modification of the contract, or (iii)
the direct selection by | 5 | | the local school council of a new principal
(including
a new | 6 | | principal to fill a vacancy) to serve under a 4 year | 7 | | performance
contract, or (iv) the determination of the names | 8 | | of candidates to be submitted
to the general superintendent | 9 | | for the position of
principal, the
principal and
any student | 10 | | members member of a high school council shall not be counted | 11 | | for purposes of
determining whether a quorum is present to act | 12 | | on the measure and shall have no
vote thereon; and provided | 13 | | further that 7 affirmative votes of the local school
council | 14 | | shall be required for the direct selection by the local school
| 15 | | council
of a new principal
to serve under a 4 year performance | 16 | | contract but not for the renewal of a
principal's performance | 17 | | contract.
| 18 | | (d) Student members of high school councils shall not be | 19 | | eligible
to vote on personnel matters, including but not | 20 | | limited to principal
evaluations and contracts and the | 21 | | allocation of teaching and staff resources.
| 22 | | (e) The local school council of an attendance center which | 23 | | provides
bilingual education shall be encouraged to provide | 24 | | translators at each
council meeting to maximize participation | 25 | | of parents and the community.
| 26 | | (f) Each local school council of an attendance center |
| | | 10200HB1158ham001 | - 19 - | LRB102 03174 CMG 23728 a |
|
| 1 | | which provides
bilingual education shall create a Bilingual | 2 | | Advisory Committee or
recognize an existing Bilingual Advisory | 3 | | Committee as a standing committee.
The Chair and a majority of | 4 | | the members of the advisory committee shall be
parents of | 5 | | students in the bilingual education program. The parents on | 6 | | the
advisory committee shall be selected by parents of | 7 | | students in the
bilingual education program, and the committee | 8 | | shall select a Chair. The
advisory committee for each | 9 | | secondary attendance center shall include at
least one | 10 | | full-time bilingual education student. The Bilingual Advisory
| 11 | | Committee shall serve only in an advisory capacity to the | 12 | | local school council.
| 13 | | (g) Local school councils may utilize the services of an | 14 | | arbitration
board to resolve intra-council disputes.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 | | becoming law.".
|
|