Full Text of HB1711 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 | | 2-3.62 and 3-0.01 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.62) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.62)
| 7 | | Sec. 2-3.62. Educational Service Centers.
| 8 | | (a) A regional network of educational service centers shall | 9 | | be established
by the State Board of Education to coordinate | 10 | | and combine existing services in
a manner which is practical | 11 | | and efficient and to provide new services to
schools as | 12 | | provided in this Section. Services to be made available by such
| 13 | | centers shall include the planning, implementation and | 14 | | evaluation of:
| 15 | | (1) (blank);
| 16 | | (2) computer technology education;
| 17 | | (3) mathematics, science and reading resources for | 18 | | teachers including
continuing education, inservice | 19 | | training and staff development.
| 20 | | The centers may provide training, technical assistance, | 21 | | coordination and
planning in other program areas such as school | 22 | | improvement, school
accountability, financial planning, | 23 | | consultation, and services, career guidance, early childhood |
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| 1 | | education, alcohol/drug
education and prevention, family life - | 2 | | sex education, electronic transmission
of data from school | 3 | | districts to the State, alternative education and regional
| 4 | | special education, and telecommunications systems that provide | 5 | | distance
learning. Such telecommunications systems may be | 6 | | obtained through the
Department of Central Management Services | 7 | | pursuant to Section 405-270 of the
Department of Central | 8 | | Management Services Law (20 ILCS 405/405-270). The programs and | 9 | | services of educational
service centers may be offered to | 10 | | private school teachers and private school
students within each | 11 | | service center area provided public schools have already
been | 12 | | afforded adequate access to such programs and services.
| 13 | | Upon the abolition of the office, removal from office, | 14 | | disqualification for office, resignation from office, or | 15 | | expiration of the current term of office of the regional | 16 | | superintendent of schools, whichever is earlier, the chief | 17 | | administrative officer of the centers serving that portion of a | 18 | | Class II county school unit outside of a city of 500,000 or | 19 | | more inhabitants shall have and exercise, in and with respect | 20 | | to each educational service region having a population of | 21 | | 2,000,000 or more inhabitants and in and with respect to each | 22 | | school district located in any such educational service region, | 23 | | all of the rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities | 24 | | theretofore vested by law in and exercised and performed by the | 25 | | regional superintendent of schools for that area under the | 26 | | provisions of this Code or any other laws of this State. |
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| 1 | | The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and | 2 | | regulations necessary
to implement this Section. The rules | 3 | | shall include detailed standards which
delineate the scope and | 4 | | specific content of programs to be provided by each
Educational | 5 | | Service Center, as well as the specific planning, | 6 | | implementation
and evaluation services to be provided by each | 7 | | Center relative to its programs.
The Board shall also provide | 8 | | the standards by which it will evaluate the
programs provided | 9 | | by each Center.
| 10 | | (b) Centers serving Class 1 county school units shall be | 11 | | governed by an
11-member board, 3 members of which shall be | 12 | | public school teachers
nominated by the local bargaining | 13 | | representatives to the appropriate regional
superintendent for | 14 | | appointment and no more than 3 members of which shall be
from | 15 | | each of the following categories, including but not limited to
| 16 | | superintendents, regional superintendents, school board | 17 | | members
and a representative of an institution of higher | 18 | | education. The members of
the board shall be appointed by the | 19 | | regional superintendents whose school
districts are served by | 20 | | the educational service center.
The composition of the board | 21 | | will reflect the revisions of this
amendatory Act of 1989 as | 22 | | the terms of office of current members expire.
| 23 | | (c) The centers shall be of sufficient size and number to | 24 | | assure delivery
of services to all local school districts in | 25 | | the State.
| 26 | | (d) From monies appropriated for this program the State |
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| 1 | | Board of
Education shall provide grants paid from the Personal | 2 | | Property Tax Replacement Fund to qualifying Educational | 3 | | Service Centers
applying for such grants in accordance with | 4 | | rules and regulations
promulgated by the State Board of | 5 | | Education to implement this Section.
| 6 | | (e) The governing authority of each of the 18 regional | 7 | | educational service
centers shall appoint a family life - sex | 8 | | education advisory board
consisting of 2 parents, 2 teachers, 2 | 9 | | school administrators, 2 school
board members, 2 health care | 10 | | professionals, one library system
representative, and the | 11 | | director of the regional educational service center
who shall | 12 | | serve as chairperson of the advisory board so appointed. | 13 | | Members
of the family life - sex education advisory boards | 14 | | shall serve without
compensation. Each of the advisory boards | 15 | | appointed pursuant to this
subsection shall develop a plan for | 16 | | regional teacher-parent family life - sex
education training | 17 | | sessions and shall file a written report of such plan
with the | 18 | | governing board of their regional educational service center. | 19 | | The
directors of each of the regional educational service
| 20 | | centers shall thereupon meet, review each of the reports | 21 | | submitted by the
advisory boards and combine those reports into | 22 | | a single written report which
they shall file with the Citizens | 23 | | Council on School Problems prior to the
end of the regular | 24 | | school term of the 1987-1988 school year.
| 25 | | (f) The 14 educational service centers serving Class I | 26 | | county school units
shall be disbanded on the first Monday of |
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| 1 | | August, 1995, and their statutory
responsibilities and | 2 | | programs shall be assumed by the regional offices of
education, | 3 | | subject to rules and regulations developed by
the
State Board | 4 | | of Education. The regional superintendents of schools elected | 5 | | by
the voters residing in all Class I counties shall serve as | 6 | | the chief
administrators for these programs and services. By | 7 | | rule of the State Board of
Education, the 10 educational | 8 | | service regions of
lowest
population shall provide such | 9 | | services under cooperative agreements with larger
regions.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 97-619, eff. 11-14-11; 98-24, eff. 6-19-13.)
| 11 | | (105 ILCS 5/3-0.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-0.01)
| 12 | | Sec. 3-0.01.
"County superintendent of schools" and
| 13 | | "regional superintendent of schools" defined - Application of | 14 | | Article.
| 15 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (b), after | 16 | | the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1975, the chief | 17 | | administrative
officer of an educational service region shall | 18 | | be designated and referred
to as the "regional superintendent | 19 | | of schools" or the "regional
superintendent" and after the | 20 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of 1993
the office held | 21 | | by the chief administrative officer shall be designated and
| 22 | | referred to as the "regional office of education". For purposes | 23 | | of the School
Code and except as otherwise provided by | 24 | | subsection (b), any reference to
"county superintendent of | 25 | | schools" or "county superintendent" means the
regional |
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| 1 | | superintendent of schools.
| 2 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article, | 3 | | but subject to subsection (b-1), in educational service regions | 4 | | containing
2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the office of | 5 | | regional superintendent of schools
is abolished. Subject to | 6 | | Section 2-3.105 of this Code, beginning on the effective date | 7 | | of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, all | 8 | | rights, powers, duties and responsibilities theretofore vested | 9 | | by
law in, and exercised and performed by the regional | 10 | | superintendent of schools
and by any assistant regional | 11 | | superintendents or other assistants or employees
in the office | 12 | | of the regional superintendent of schools being abolished shall | 13 | | be
vested in, exercised and performed by the chief | 14 | | administrative officer of the educational service centers | 15 | | established pursuant to Section 2-3.62 of this Code for any | 16 | | educational service region containing 2,000,000 or more | 17 | | inhabitants. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory | 18 | | Act of the 96th General Assembly, in an educational service | 19 | | region
containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants: (i) all books, | 20 | | records, maps, papers
and other documents belonging to or | 21 | | subject to the control or disposition of
the former regional | 22 | | superintendent of schools by virtue of his office shall be
| 23 | | transferred and delivered to the State Board of Education; (ii) | 24 | | possession or
control over all moneys, deposits and accounts in | 25 | | the possession or
subject to the control or disposition of the | 26 | | former regional superintendent
of schools by virtue of his |
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| 1 | | office, including but not limited to
undistributed or | 2 | | unexpended moneys drawn from, and all amounts on deposit
in, | 3 | | the county, institute and supervisory expense funds, shall be
| 4 | | transferred to and placed under the control and disposition of | 5 | | the State Board
of Education, excepting only those moneys or | 6 | | accounts, if any, the source of
which is the county treasury, | 7 | | for proper redistribution to the educational service centers; | 8 | | and (iii) all other equipment, furnishings,
supplies and other | 9 | | personal property belonging to or subject to the control or
| 10 | | disposition of the former regional superintendent of schools by | 11 | | virtue of his
office, excepting only those items which were | 12 | | provided by the county board,
shall be transferred and | 13 | | delivered to the State Board of Education. Any Beginning on the | 14 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 15 | | Assembly, any reference in this Code to "regional | 16 | | superintendent of schools" or "regional superintendent", or
| 17 | | "county superintendent of schools" or "county superintendent" | 18 | | shall mean, with
respect to any educational service region | 19 | | containing 2,000,000 or more
inhabitants in which the office of | 20 | | regional superintendent of schools is
abolished, the chief | 21 | | administrative officer of the educational service centers | 22 | | established pursuant to Section 2-3.62 of this Code for the | 23 | | educational service region. Upon and after the first Monday of | 24 | | August 1995,
references in this Code and elsewhere to | 25 | | educational service regions of
2,000,000 or fewer inhabitants | 26 | | shall exclude any educational service region
containing a city |
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| 1 | | of 500,000 or more inhabitants and references in this Code
and | 2 | | elsewhere to educational service regions of 2,000,000 or more | 3 | | inhabitants
shall mean an educational service region | 4 | | containing a city of 500,000 or more
inhabitants regardless of | 5 | | the actual population of the region.
| 6 | | (b-1) References to "regional superintendent" shall also | 7 | | include the chief administrative officer of the educational | 8 | | service centers established under Section 2-3.62 of this Code | 9 | | and
serving that portion of a Class
II county outside a city of | 10 | | 500,000 or more population elected at the general
election in | 11 | | 1994 and every 4 years thereafter .
| 12 | | (c) This Article applies to the regional superintendent of | 13 | | a multicounty
educational service region formed under Article | 14 | | 3A as well as to a single
county or partial county region, | 15 | | except that in case of conflict between
the provisions of this | 16 | | Article and of Article 3A in the case of a multicounty
region, | 17 | | the provisions of Article 3A shall apply. Any reference to | 18 | | "county" or
to "educational service region" in this Article | 19 | | means a regional office of
education.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 96-893, eff. 7-1-10.)
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.
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