Full Text of HB1566 97th General Assembly
HB1566 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB1566 Introduced 2/15/2011, by Rep. Rita Mayfield SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/10-22.26 | from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.26 |
105 ILCS 5/34-18 | from Ch. 122, par. 34-18 |
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Amends the School Code. Requires a school district's school lunch program to include flavored milk as an option for students.
Effective immediately.
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| | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | | STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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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 | | 10-22.26 and 34-18 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.26) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.26)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-22.26. School lunch program; equipment; flavored | 8 | | milk Lunch Program - Purchase of Equipment . To maintain and | 9 | | operate a school lunch program in accordance with
applicable | 10 | | regulations of the State Board of Education and
agencies of the | 11 | | United States government. Equipment to be used in the
school | 12 | | lunch program shall be paid for from the operations and
| 13 | | maintenance fund of the district or from any surplus remaining | 14 | | in the
school lunch account at the end of the school term. The | 15 | | school lunch program shall include flavored milk as an option | 16 | | for students.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 86-970.)
| 18 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
| 19 | | Sec. 34-18. Powers of the board. The board shall exercise | 20 | | general
supervision and jurisdiction over the public education | 21 | | and the public
school system of the city, and, except as | 22 | | otherwise provided by this
Article, shall have power:
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| 1 | | 1. To make suitable provision for the establishment and | 2 | | maintenance
throughout the year or for such portion thereof | 3 | | as it may direct, not
less than 9 months, of schools of all | 4 | | grades and kinds, including normal
schools, high schools, | 5 | | night schools, schools for defectives and
delinquents, | 6 | | parental and truant schools, schools for the blind, the
| 7 | | deaf and the crippled, schools or classes in manual | 8 | | training,
constructural and vocational teaching, domestic | 9 | | arts and physical
culture, vocation and extension schools | 10 | | and lecture courses, and all
other educational courses and | 11 | | facilities, including establishing,
equipping, maintaining | 12 | | and operating playgrounds and recreational
programs, when | 13 | | such programs are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected
| 14 | | with any public school under the general supervision and | 15 | | jurisdiction
of the board; provided that the calendar for | 16 | | the school term and any changes must be submitted to and | 17 | | approved by the State Board of Education before the | 18 | | calendar or changes may take effect, and provided that in | 19 | | allocating funds
from year to year for the operation of all | 20 | | attendance centers within the
district, the board shall | 21 | | ensure that supplemental general State aid funds
are | 22 | | allocated and applied in accordance with Section 18-8 or | 23 | | 18-8.05. To
admit to such
schools without charge foreign | 24 | | exchange students who are participants in
an organized | 25 | | exchange student program which is authorized by the board.
| 26 | | The board shall permit all students to enroll in |
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| 1 | | apprenticeship programs
in trade schools operated by the | 2 | | board, whether those programs are
union-sponsored or not. | 3 | | No student shall be refused admission into or
be excluded | 4 | | from any course of instruction offered in the common | 5 | | schools
by reason of that student's sex. No student shall | 6 | | be denied equal
access to physical education and | 7 | | interscholastic athletic programs
supported from school | 8 | | district funds or denied participation in
comparable | 9 | | physical education and athletic programs solely by reason | 10 | | of
the student's sex. Equal access to programs supported | 11 | | from school
district funds and comparable programs will be | 12 | | defined in rules
promulgated by the State Board of | 13 | | Education in
consultation with the Illinois High School | 14 | | Association.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this | 15 | | Article, neither the board
of education nor any local | 16 | | school council or other school official shall
recommend | 17 | | that children with disabilities be placed into regular | 18 | | education
classrooms unless those children with | 19 | | disabilities are provided with
supplementary services to | 20 | | assist them so that they benefit from the regular
classroom | 21 | | instruction and are included on the teacher's regular | 22 | | education
class register;
| 23 | | 2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable | 24 | | charge
therefor, and to use school funds for the payment of | 25 | | such expenses as
the board may determine are necessary in | 26 | | conducting the school lunch
program; the school lunch |
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| 1 | | program shall include flavored milk as an option for | 2 | | students;
| 3 | | 3. To co-operate with the circuit court;
| 4 | | 4. To make arrangements with the public or quasi-public | 5 | | libraries
and museums for the use of their facilities by | 6 | | teachers and pupils of
the public schools;
| 7 | | 5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for | 8 | | the purpose of
treating the pupils in the schools, but | 9 | | accepting such treatment shall
be optional with parents or | 10 | | guardians;
| 11 | | 6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms | 12 | | when not
otherwise needed, including light, heat, and | 13 | | attendants, for free public
lectures, concerts, and other | 14 | | educational and social interests, free of
charge, under | 15 | | such provisions and control as the principal of the
| 16 | | affected attendance center may prescribe;
| 17 | | 7. To apportion the pupils to the several schools; | 18 | | provided that no pupil
shall be excluded from or segregated | 19 | | in any such school on account of his
color, race, sex, or | 20 | | nationality. The board shall take into consideration
the | 21 | | prevention of segregation and the elimination of | 22 | | separation of children
in public schools because of color, | 23 | | race, sex, or nationality. Except that
children may be | 24 | | committed to or attend parental and social adjustment | 25 | | schools
established and maintained either for boys or girls | 26 | | only. All records
pertaining to the creation, alteration or |
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| 1 | | revision of attendance areas shall
be open to the public. | 2 | | Nothing herein shall limit the board's authority to
| 3 | | establish multi-area attendance centers or other student | 4 | | assignment systems
for desegregation purposes or | 5 | | otherwise, and to apportion the pupils to the
several | 6 | | schools. Furthermore, beginning in school year 1994-95, | 7 | | pursuant
to a board plan adopted by October 1, 1993, the | 8 | | board shall offer, commencing
on a phased-in basis, the | 9 | | opportunity for families within the school
district to | 10 | | apply for enrollment of their children in any attendance | 11 | | center
within the school district which does not have | 12 | | selective admission
requirements approved by the board. | 13 | | The appropriate geographical area in
which such open | 14 | | enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by the
| 15 | | board of education. Such children may be admitted to any | 16 | | such attendance
center on a space available basis after all | 17 | | children residing within such
attendance center's area | 18 | | have been accommodated. If the number of
applicants from | 19 | | outside the attendance area exceed the space available,
| 20 | | then successful applicants shall be selected by lottery. | 21 | | The board of
education's open enrollment plan must include | 22 | | provisions that allow low
income students to have access to | 23 | | transportation needed to exercise school
choice. Open | 24 | | enrollment shall be in compliance with the provisions of | 25 | | the
Consent Decree and Desegregation Plan cited in Section | 26 | | 34-1.01;
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| 1 | | 8. To approve programs and policies for providing | 2 | | transportation
services to students. Nothing herein shall | 3 | | be construed to permit or empower
the State Board of | 4 | | Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other
| 5 | | transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving | 6 | | racial balance in any
school;
| 7 | | 9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to | 8 | | establish and
approve system-wide curriculum objectives | 9 | | and standards, including graduation
standards, which | 10 | | reflect the
multi-cultural diversity in the city and are | 11 | | consistent with State law,
provided that for all purposes | 12 | | of this Article courses or
proficiency in American Sign | 13 | | Language shall be deemed to constitute courses
or | 14 | | proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ principals | 15 | | and teachers,
appointed as provided in this
Article, and | 16 | | fix their compensation. The board shall prepare such | 17 | | reports
related to minimal competency testing as may be | 18 | | requested by the State
Board of Education, and in addition | 19 | | shall monitor and approve special
education and bilingual | 20 | | education programs and policies within the district to
| 21 | | assure that appropriate services are provided in | 22 | | accordance with applicable
State and federal laws to | 23 | | children requiring services and education in those
areas;
| 24 | | 10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize | 25 | | volunteer personnel
for: (i) non-teaching duties not | 26 | | requiring instructional judgment or
evaluation of pupils, |
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| 1 | | including library duties; and (ii) supervising study
| 2 | | halls, long distance teaching reception areas used | 3 | | incident to instructional
programs transmitted by | 4 | | electronic media such as computers, video, and audio,
| 5 | | detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored | 6 | | extracurricular
activities. The board may further utilize | 7 | | volunteer non-certificated
personnel or employ | 8 | | non-certificated personnel to
assist in the instruction of | 9 | | pupils under the immediate supervision of a
teacher holding | 10 | | a valid certificate, directly engaged in teaching
subject | 11 | | matter or conducting activities; provided that the teacher
| 12 | | shall be continuously aware of the non-certificated | 13 | | persons' activities and
shall be able to control or modify | 14 | | them. The general superintendent shall
determine | 15 | | qualifications of such personnel and shall prescribe rules | 16 | | for
determining the duties and activities to be assigned to | 17 | | such personnel;
| 18 | | 10.5. To utilize volunteer personnel from a regional | 19 | | School Crisis
Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part | 20 | | of the Safe to Learn Program
established pursuant to | 21 | | Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act
of 1995, | 22 | | to provide assistance to schools in times of violence or | 23 | | other
traumatic incidents within a school community by | 24 | | providing crisis
intervention services to lessen the | 25 | | effects of emotional trauma on
individuals and the | 26 | | community; the School Crisis Assistance Team
Steering |
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| 1 | | Committee shall determine the qualifications for | 2 | | volunteers;
| 3 | | 11. To provide television studio facilities in not to | 4 | | exceed one
school building and to provide programs for | 5 | | educational purposes,
provided, however, that the board | 6 | | shall not construct, acquire, operate,
or maintain a | 7 | | television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio
| 8 | | facilities to a licensed television station located in the | 9 | | school
district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed | 10 | | one school radio
transmitting station and provide programs | 11 | | for educational purposes;
| 12 | | 12. To offer, if deemed appropriate, outdoor education | 13 | | courses,
including field trips within the State of | 14 | | Illinois, or adjacent states,
and to use school educational | 15 | | funds for the expense of the said outdoor
educational | 16 | | programs, whether within the school district or not;
| 17 | | 13. During that period of the calendar year not | 18 | | embraced within the
regular school term, to provide and | 19 | | conduct courses in subject matters
normally embraced in the | 20 | | program of the schools during the regular
school term and | 21 | | to give regular school credit for satisfactory
completion | 22 | | by the student of such courses as may be approved for | 23 | | credit
by the State Board of Education;
| 24 | | 14. To insure against any loss or liability of the | 25 | | board,
the former School Board Nominating Commission, | 26 | | Local School Councils, the
Chicago Schools Academic |
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| 1 | | Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict
Councils | 2 | | or of any member, officer, agent or employee thereof, | 3 | | resulting
from alleged violations of civil rights arising | 4 | | from incidents occurring on
or after September 5, 1967 or | 5 | | from the wrongful or negligent act or
omission of any such | 6 | | person whether occurring within or without the school
| 7 | | premises, provided the officer, agent or employee was, at | 8 | | the time of the
alleged violation of civil rights or | 9 | | wrongful act or omission, acting
within the scope of his | 10 | | employment or under direction of the board, the
former | 11 | | School
Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago Schools | 12 | | Academic Accountability
Council, Local School Councils, or | 13 | | the former Subdistrict Councils;
and to provide for or | 14 | | participate in insurance plans for its officers and
| 15 | | employees, including but not limited to retirement | 16 | | annuities, medical,
surgical and hospitalization benefits | 17 | | in such types and amounts as may be
determined by the | 18 | | board; provided, however, that the board shall contract
for | 19 | | such insurance only with an insurance company authorized to | 20 | | do business
in this State. Such insurance may include | 21 | | provision for employees who rely
on treatment by prayer or | 22 | | spiritual means alone for healing, in accordance
with the | 23 | | tenets and practice of a recognized religious | 24 | | denomination;
| 25 | | 15. To contract with the corporate authorities of any | 26 | | municipality
or the county board of any county, as the case |
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| 1 | | may be, to provide for
the regulation of traffic in parking | 2 | | areas of property used for school
purposes, in such manner | 3 | | as is provided by Section 11-209 of The
Illinois Vehicle | 4 | | Code, approved September 29, 1969, as amended;
| 5 | | 16. (a) To provide, on an equal basis, access to a high
| 6 | | school campus and student directory information to the
| 7 | | official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of | 8 | | Illinois and
the United States for the purposes of | 9 | | informing students of the educational
and career | 10 | | opportunities available in the military if the board has | 11 | | provided
such access to persons or groups whose purpose is | 12 | | to acquaint students with
educational or occupational | 13 | | opportunities available to them. The board
is not required | 14 | | to give greater notice regarding the right of access to
| 15 | | recruiting representatives than is given to other persons | 16 | | and groups. In
this paragraph 16, "directory information" | 17 | | means a high school
student's name, address, and telephone | 18 | | number.
| 19 | | (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian | 20 | | submits a signed,
written request to the high school before | 21 | | the end of the student's sophomore
year (or if the student | 22 | | is a transfer student, by another time set by
the high | 23 | | school) that indicates that the student or his or her | 24 | | parent or
guardian does
not want the student's directory | 25 | | information to be provided to official
recruiting | 26 | | representatives under subsection (a) of this Section, the |
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| 1 | | high
school may not provide access to the student's | 2 | | directory information to
these recruiting representatives. | 3 | | The high school shall notify its
students and their parents | 4 | | or guardians of the provisions of this
subsection (b).
| 5 | | (c) A high school may require official recruiting | 6 | | representatives of
the armed forces of Illinois and the | 7 | | United States to pay a fee for copying
and mailing a | 8 | | student's directory information in an amount that is not
| 9 | | more than the actual costs incurred by the high school.
| 10 | | (d) Information received by an official recruiting | 11 | | representative
under this Section may be used only to | 12 | | provide information to students
concerning educational and | 13 | | career opportunities available in the military
and may not | 14 | | be released to a person who is not involved in recruiting
| 15 | | students for the armed forces of Illinois or the United | 16 | | States;
| 17 | | 17. (a) To sell or market any computer program | 18 | | developed by an employee
of the school district, provided | 19 | | that such employee developed the computer
program as a | 20 | | direct result of his or her duties with the school district
| 21 | | or through the utilization of the school district resources | 22 | | or facilities.
The employee who developed the computer | 23 | | program shall be entitled to share
in the proceeds of such | 24 | | sale or marketing of the computer program. The
distribution | 25 | | of such proceeds between the employee and the school | 26 | | district
shall be as agreed upon by the employee and the |
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| 1 | | school district, except
that neither the employee nor the | 2 | | school district may receive more than 90%
of such proceeds. | 3 | | The negotiation for an employee who is represented by an
| 4 | | exclusive bargaining representative may be conducted by | 5 | | such bargaining
representative at the employee's request.
| 6 | | (b) For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
| 7 | | (1) "Computer" means an internally programmed, | 8 | | general purpose digital
device capable of | 9 | | automatically accepting data, processing data and | 10 | | supplying
the results of the operation.
| 11 | | (2) "Computer program" means a series of coded | 12 | | instructions or
statements in a form acceptable to a | 13 | | computer, which causes the computer to
process data in | 14 | | order to achieve a certain result.
| 15 | | (3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from | 16 | | marketing or sale of a product
after deducting the | 17 | | expenses of developing and marketing such product;
| 18 | | 18. To delegate to the general superintendent of
| 19 | | schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts | 20 | | and expenditures
in amounts of $10,000 or less;
| 21 | | 19. Upon the written request of an employee, to | 22 | | withhold from
the compensation of that employee any dues, | 23 | | payments or contributions
payable by such employee to any | 24 | | labor organization as defined in the
Illinois Educational | 25 | | Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an
amount | 26 | | shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which is |
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| 1 | | equal to
the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any | 2 | | payments or contributions,
and the board shall transmit | 3 | | such withholdings to the specified labor
organization | 4 | | within 10 working days from the time of the withholding;
| 5 | | 19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a | 6 | | municipality with
a population of 500,000 or more, a county | 7 | | with a population of 3,000,000 or
more, the Cook County | 8 | | Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
| 9 | | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | 10 | | Transit Authority, or
a housing authority of a municipality | 11 | | with a population of 500,000 or more
that a debt is due and | 12 | | owing the municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest | 13 | | Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | 14 | | Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago | 15 | | Transit Authority, or the housing authority
by an employee | 16 | | of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold, from the
| 17 | | compensation of that employee, the amount of the debt that | 18 | | is due and owing
and pay the amount withheld to the | 19 | | municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest Preserve | 20 | | District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan | 21 | | Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, | 22 | | or the housing authority;
provided, however, that the | 23 | | amount
deducted from any one salary or wage payment shall | 24 | | not exceed 25% of the net
amount of the payment. Before the | 25 | | Board deducts any amount from any salary or
wage of an | 26 | | employee under this paragraph, the municipality, the |
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| 1 | | county, the
Cook County Forest Preserve District, the | 2 | | Chicago Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation | 3 | | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the
housing | 4 | | authority shall certify that (i) the employee has been | 5 | | afforded an
opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt | 6 | | that is due and owing the
municipality, the county, the | 7 | | Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago
Park | 8 | | District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the | 9 | | Chicago Transit
Authority, or the housing authority and | 10 | | (ii) the employee has received notice
of a wage deduction | 11 | | order and has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to
| 12 | | object to the order. For purposes of this paragraph, "net | 13 | | amount" means that
part of the salary or wage payment | 14 | | remaining after the deduction of any amounts
required by | 15 | | law to be deducted and "debt due and owing" means (i) a | 16 | | specified
sum of money owed to the municipality, the | 17 | | county, the Cook County Forest
Preserve District, the | 18 | | Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
Reclamation | 19 | | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing | 20 | | authority
for services, work, or goods, after the period | 21 | | granted for payment has expired,
or (ii) a specified sum of | 22 | | money owed to the municipality, the county, the Cook
County | 23 | | Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | 24 | | Metropolitan
Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | 25 | | Transit Authority, or the housing
authority pursuant to a | 26 | | court order or order of an administrative hearing
officer |
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| 1 | | after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, | 2 | | judicial review;
| 3 | | 20. The board is encouraged to employ a sufficient | 4 | | number of
certified school counselors to maintain a | 5 | | student/counselor ratio of 250 to
1 by July 1, 1990. Each | 6 | | counselor shall spend at least 75% of his work
time in | 7 | | direct contact with students and shall maintain a record of | 8 | | such time;
| 9 | | 21. To make available to students vocational and career
| 10 | | counseling and to establish 5 special career counseling | 11 | | days for students
and parents. On these days | 12 | | representatives of local businesses and
industries shall | 13 | | be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
| 14 | | of career opportunities available to them in the various | 15 | | businesses and
industries. Special consideration shall be | 16 | | given to counseling minority
students as to career | 17 | | opportunities available to them in various fields.
For the | 18 | | purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a person | 19 | | who is:
| 20 | | (a) Black (a person having origins in any of the | 21 | | black racial groups
in Africa);
| 22 | | (b) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or Portuguese | 23 | | culture with
origins in Mexico, South or Central | 24 | | America, or the Caribbean islands,
regardless of | 25 | | race);
| 26 | | (c) Asian American (a person having origins in any |
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| 1 | | of the original
peoples of the Far East, Southeast | 2 | | Asia, the Indian Subcontinent or the
Pacific Islands); | 3 | | or
| 4 | | (d) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a person | 5 | | having origins in any of
the original peoples of North | 6 | | America).
| 7 | | Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school | 8 | | days;
| 9 | | 22. To report to the State Board of Education the | 10 | | annual
student dropout rate and number of students who | 11 | | graduate from, transfer
from or otherwise leave bilingual | 12 | | programs;
| 13 | | 23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and | 14 | | Neglected Child
Reporting Act or other applicable State or | 15 | | federal law, to permit school
officials to withhold, from | 16 | | any person, information on the whereabouts of
any child | 17 | | removed from school premises when the child has been taken | 18 | | into
protective custody as a victim of suspected child | 19 | | abuse. School officials
shall direct such person to the | 20 | | Department of Children and Family Services,
or to the local | 21 | | law enforcement agency if appropriate;
| 22 | | 24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of | 23 | | existing school
facilities, projected enrollment and | 24 | | efficient utilization of available
resources, for capital | 25 | | improvement of schools and school buildings within
the | 26 | | district, addressing in that policy both the relative |
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| 1 | | priority for
major repairs, renovations and additions to | 2 | | school facilities, and the
advisability or necessity of | 3 | | building new school facilities or closing
existing schools | 4 | | to meet current or projected demographic patterns within
| 5 | | the district;
| 6 | | 25. To make available to the students in every high | 7 | | school attendance
center the ability to take all courses | 8 | | necessary to comply with the Board
of Higher Education's | 9 | | college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
| 10 | | 26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching | 11 | | profession,
whereby qualified professionals become | 12 | | certified teachers, by allowing
credit for professional | 13 | | employment in related fields when determining point
of | 14 | | entry on teacher pay scale;
| 15 | | 27. To provide or contract out training programs for | 16 | | administrative
personnel and principals with revised or | 17 | | expanded duties pursuant to this
Act in order to assure | 18 | | they have the knowledge and skills to perform
their duties;
| 19 | | 28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special | 20 | | needs programs, and
to allocate such funds and other lump | 21 | | sum amounts to each attendance center
in a manner | 22 | | consistent with the provisions of part 4 of Section 34-2.3.
| 23 | | Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require any | 24 | | additional
appropriations of State funds for this purpose;
| 25 | | 29. (Blank);
| 26 | | 30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or |
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| 1 | | any other law to
the contrary, to contract with third | 2 | | parties for services otherwise performed
by employees, | 3 | | including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
| 4 | | employees upon 14 days written notice to the affected | 5 | | employees. Those
contracts may be for a period not to | 6 | | exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a
system-wide basis. | 7 | | The board may not operate more than 30 contract schools, | 8 | | provided that the board may operate an additional 5 | 9 | | contract turnaround schools pursuant to item (5.5) of | 10 | | subsection (d) of Section 34-8.3 of this Code;
| 11 | | 31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures | 12 | | governing the layoff or
reduction in force of employees and | 13 | | the recall of such employees, including,
but not limited | 14 | | to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force or | 15 | | recall
rights of such employees and the weight to be given | 16 | | to any particular
criterion. Such criteria shall take into | 17 | | account factors including, but not be
limited to, | 18 | | qualifications, certifications, experience, performance | 19 | | ratings or
evaluations, and any other factors relating to | 20 | | an employee's job performance;
| 21 | | 32. To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in the | 22 | | hiring of personnel
or the selection of contractors;
| 23 | | 33. To enter into a partnership agreement, as required | 24 | | by
Section 34-3.5 of this Code, and, notwithstanding any | 25 | | other
provision of law to the contrary, to promulgate | 26 | | policies, enter into
contracts, and take any other action |
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| 1 | | necessary to accomplish the
objectives and implement the | 2 | | requirements of that agreement; and
| 3 | | 34. To establish a Labor Management Council to the | 4 | | board
comprised of representatives of the board, the chief | 5 | | executive
officer, and those labor organizations that are | 6 | | the exclusive
representatives of employees of the board and | 7 | | to promulgate
policies and procedures for the operation of | 8 | | the Council.
| 9 | | The specifications of the powers herein granted are not to | 10 | | be
construed as exclusive but the board shall also exercise all | 11 | | other
powers that they may be requisite or proper for the | 12 | | maintenance and the
development of a public school system, not | 13 | | inconsistent with the other
provisions of this Article or | 14 | | provisions of this Code which apply to all
school districts.
| 15 | | In addition to the powers herein granted and authorized to | 16 | | be exercised
by the board, it shall be the duty of the board to | 17 | | review or to direct
independent reviews of special education | 18 | | expenditures and services.
The board shall file a report of | 19 | | such review with the General Assembly on
or before May 1, 1990.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 96-105, eff. 7-30-09.)
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.
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