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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 |
| 2-3.11, 2-3.11c, 2-3.25a, 2-3.25b, 2-3.25d, 2-3.31, 2-3.66, | 6 |
| 2-3.73, 2-3.89, 2-3.117a, 2-3.137, 3-14.21, 10-20.26, 18-3, | 7 |
| 18-12, 26-3d, 27-13.3, 27-17, 27-24.2, 27-24.4, 27-24.5, | 8 |
| 27-24.6, 27A-5, and 27A-8 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11)
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| Sec. 2-3.11. Report to Governor and General Assembly. To | 11 |
| Using the most recently available data, to report to the
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| Governor and General Assembly annually on or before January 14 | 13 |
| the
condition of the schools
of the State using the most | 14 |
| recently available data for the preceding year, ending on June | 15 |
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| Such annual report shall contain reports of the State | 17 |
| Teacher
Certification Board; the schools of the State | 18 |
| charitable
institutions; reports on driver education, special | 19 |
| education,
and transportation; and for such year the annual | 20 |
| statistical
reports of the State Board of Education, including | 21 |
| the number
and kinds of school districts; number of school | 22 |
| attendance
centers; number of men and women teachers; | 23 |
| enrollment by
grades; total enrollment; total days attendance; |
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| total days
absence; average daily attendance; number of | 2 |
| elementary and
secondary school graduates;
assessed valuation; | 3 |
| tax levies
and tax rates for various purposes; amount of | 4 |
| teachers' orders,
anticipation warrants, and bonds | 5 |
| outstanding; and number of men
and women teachers and total | 6 |
| enrollment of private schools.
The report shall give for all | 7 |
| school districts receipts from
all sources and expenditures for | 8 |
| all purposes for each fund;
the total operating expense,
the | 9 |
| per capita cost, and instructional expenditures; federal
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| state aids and reimbursements; new school buildings, and
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| recognized schools; together with such other information and
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| suggestions as the State Board of Education may deem important
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| in relation to the schools and school laws and the means of
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| promoting education throughout the state.
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| In this Section, "instructional expenditures" means the | 16 |
| annual expenditures of school districts properly attributable | 17 |
| to expenditure functions defined in rules of the State Board of | 18 |
| Education as:
1100 (Regular Education); 1200-1220 (Special | 19 |
| Education); 1250 (Ed. Deprived/Remedial); 1400 (Vocational | 20 |
| Programs); 1600 (Summer School); 1650 (Gifted); 1800 | 21 |
| (Bilingual Programs); 1900 (Truant Alternative); 2110 | 22 |
| (Attendance and Social Work Services); 2120 (Guidance | 23 |
| Services); 2130 (Health Services); 2140 (Psychological | 24 |
| Services); 2150 (Speech Pathology and Audiology Services); | 25 |
| 2190 (Other Support Services Pupils); 2210 (Improvement of | 26 |
| Instruction); 2220 (Educational Media Services); 2230 |
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| (Assessment and Testing); 2540 (Operation and Maintenance of | 2 |
| Plant Services); 2550 (Pupil Transportation Service); 2560 | 3 |
| (Food Service); 4110 (Payments for Regular Programs); 4120 | 4 |
| (Payments for Special Education Programs); 4130 (Payments for | 5 |
| Adult Education Programs); 4140 (Payments for Vocational | 6 |
| Education Programs); 4170 (Payments for Community College | 7 |
| Programs); 4190 (Other payments to in-state government units); | 8 |
| and 4200 (Other payments to out of state government units).
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| (Source: P.A. 95-793, eff. 1-1-09.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.11c)
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| Sec. 2-3.11c. Teacher supply and demand report. Through | 12 |
| January 1, 2009, to To report annually, on or
before January 1,
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| on the relative supply and demand for
education staff of the | 14 |
| public schools
to the Governor, to the General Assembly, and to | 15 |
| institutions
of higher education that prepare teachers, | 16 |
| administrators, school service
personnel, other certificated | 17 |
| individuals, and other professionals employed by
school | 18 |
| districts or joint agreements. After the report due on January | 19 |
| 1, 2009 is submitted, future reports shall be submitted once | 20 |
| every 3 years, with the first report being submitted on or | 21 |
| before January 1, 2011. The report shall contain the following
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| information:
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| (1) the relative supply and demand for teachers, | 24 |
| administrators, and
other certificated and | 25 |
| non-certificated personnel by field, content area, and
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| levels;
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| (2) State and regional analyses of fields, content | 3 |
| areas, and levels with
an
over-supply or under-supply of | 4 |
| educators; and
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| (3) projections of likely high demand
and low demand | 6 |
| for educators, in a manner sufficient to advise the public,
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| individuals, and institutions regarding career | 8 |
| opportunities in education.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25a) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25a)
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| Sec. 2-3.25a. "School district" defined; additional | 12 |
| standards.
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| (a) For the purposes of this Section and Sections 3.25b, | 14 |
| 3.25c,
3.25d, 3.25e, and 3.25f of this Code, "school district" | 15 |
| includes other
public entities responsible for administering | 16 |
| public schools, such as
cooperatives, joint agreements, | 17 |
| charter schools, special charter districts,
regional offices | 18 |
| of
education, local agencies, and the Department of Human | 19 |
| Services.
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| (b) In addition to the standards
established pursuant to | 21 |
| Section 2-3.25, the State Board of Education shall
develop | 22 |
| recognition standards for student performance and school
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| improvement
in all public schools operated by school districts. | 24 |
| The indicators to
determine adequate yearly progress shall be | 25 |
| limited to the State assessment
of student performance in |
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| reading and mathematics, student attendance rates at
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| elementary school level, graduation rates
at the high school | 3 |
| level, and participation rates on student assessments.
Unless | 4 |
| the federal government formally disapproves of such policy | 5 |
| through the submission and review process for the Illinois | 6 |
| Accountability Workbook, the indicators to determine adequate | 7 |
| yearly progress for children with disabilities shall be based | 8 |
| on their individualized education plans. The standards
shall be | 9 |
| designed to permit the measurement of student
performance and | 10 |
| school improvement by schools and school districts compared to
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| student
performance and school improvement for the preceding | 12 |
| academic years.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03; 94-666, eff. 8-23-05.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25b) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25b)
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| Sec. 2-3.25b. Recognition levels. The State Board of | 16 |
| Education shall,
consistent with adopted recognition | 17 |
| standards, provide for levels of
recognition or | 18 |
| nonrecognition. The State Board of Education shall
promulgate | 19 |
| rules governing the procedures whereby school districts may
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| appeal a recognition level.
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| The State Board of
Education shall have the authority to | 22 |
| collect from
schools and school districts the information, | 23 |
| data, test results, student
performance
and school improvement | 24 |
| indicators as may be necessary to implement and
carry out the | 25 |
| purposes of this Act. Schools and school districts that fail to |
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| submit accurate data within the State Board of Education's | 2 |
| timeframes may have federal funds withheld.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25d) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25d)
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| Sec. 2-3.25d. Academic early warning and watch status.
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| (a) Beginning with the 2005-2006 school year, unless the | 7 |
| federal government formally disapproves of such policy through | 8 |
| the submission and review process for the Illinois | 9 |
| Accountability Workbook, those
schools that do not meet | 10 |
| adequate yearly progress criteria for 2 consecutive annual
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| calculations in the same subgroup and in the same subject or in | 12 |
| their participation rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate
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| shall be placed on academic early warning status for the next | 14 |
| school year.
Schools on academic early warning status that do | 15 |
| not meet adequate yearly
progress criteria for a third annual | 16 |
| calculation in the same subgroup and in the same subject or in | 17 |
| their participation rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate
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| shall remain on academic early
warning status. Schools on | 19 |
| academic early warning status that do not meet
adequate yearly | 20 |
| progress criteria for a fourth annual calculation in the same | 21 |
| subgroup and in the same subject or in their participation | 22 |
| rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate shall be
placed
on | 23 |
| initial academic watch status. Schools on academic watch status | 24 |
| that do not
meet adequate yearly progress criteria for a fifth | 25 |
| or subsequent annual
calculation in the same subgroup and in |
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| the same subject or in their participation rate, attendance | 2 |
| rate, or graduation rate shall remain on academic watch status. | 3 |
| Schools on academic early
warning or academic watch status that | 4 |
| meet adequate yearly progress criteria
for 2 consecutive | 5 |
| calculations
one annual calculation
shall be considered as | 6 |
| having
met
expectations and shall be removed from any status | 7 |
| designation.
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| The school district of a school placed on either academic | 9 |
| early warning
status or academic watch status may appeal the | 10 |
| status to the State Board of
Education in accordance with | 11 |
| Section 2-3.25m of this Code.
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| A school district that has one or more schools on academic | 13 |
| early warning
or academic watch status shall prepare a revised | 14 |
| School Improvement Plan or
amendments thereto setting forth the | 15 |
| district's expectations for removing each
school from academic | 16 |
| early warning or academic watch status and for improving
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| student performance in the affected school or schools. | 18 |
| Districts operating
under
Article 34 of this Code may prepare | 19 |
| the School Improvement Plan required under
Section 34-2.4 of | 20 |
| this Code.
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| The revised School Improvement Plan for a school
that is | 22 |
| initially placed on academic early warning status
or that | 23 |
| remains on
academic early warning status after a third annual | 24 |
| calculation
must be approved by
the
school board (and by the | 25 |
| school's local school council in a district operating
under | 26 |
| Article 34 of this Code, unless the school is on probation |
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| pursuant to
subsection (c) of Section
34-8.3 of this Code).
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| The revised School Improvement Plan for a school that is | 3 |
| initially placed on
academic watch status after a fourth annual | 4 |
| calculation must be approved by the
school board (and by the | 5 |
| school's local school council in a district operating
under | 6 |
| Article 34 of this Code, unless the school is on probation | 7 |
| pursuant to
subsection (c) of Section
34-8.3 of this Code).
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| The revised School Improvement Plan for a school that | 9 |
| remains on
academic watch status after a fifth annual | 10 |
| calculation must be approved by the
school board (and by the | 11 |
| school's local school council in a district operating
under | 12 |
| Article 34 of this Code, unless the school is on probation | 13 |
| pursuant to
subsection (c) of Section
34-8.3 of this Code).
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| addition, the district must develop a school restructuring plan | 15 |
| for the
school that
must
be approved by the school board (and | 16 |
| by the school's local school council in a
district operating | 17 |
| under Article 34 of this Code).
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| A school on academic watch status that does not meet | 19 |
| adequate yearly
progress criteria for a sixth annual | 20 |
| calculation shall implement its approved
school restructuring | 21 |
| plan beginning with the next school year, subject to the
State
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| interventions specified in Section 2-3.25f of this Code.
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| (b) Beginning with the 2005-2006 school year, unless the | 24 |
| federal government formally disapproves of such policy through | 25 |
| the submission and review process for the Illinois | 26 |
| Accountability Workbook, those
school districts that do not |
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| meet adequate yearly progress
criteria for 2 consecutive
annual
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| calculations in the same subgroup and in the same subject or in | 3 |
| their participation rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate | 4 |
| shall be placed on academic early warning status for the next
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| school year. Districts on academic early warning status that do | 6 |
| not meet
adequate yearly progress criteria for a third annual | 7 |
| calculation in the same subgroup and in the same subject or in | 8 |
| their participation rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate
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| shall remain
on
academic early warning status. Districts on | 10 |
| academic early warning status that
do not meet adequate yearly | 11 |
| progress criteria for a fourth annual calculation
in the same | 12 |
| subgroup and in the same subject or in their participation | 13 |
| rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate shall
be placed on | 14 |
| initial academic watch status. Districts on academic watch | 15 |
| status
that do not meet adequate yearly progress criteria for a | 16 |
| fifth or subsequent
annual calculation in the same subgroup and | 17 |
| in the same subject or in their participation rate, attendance | 18 |
| rate, or graduation rate shall remain on academic watch status. | 19 |
| Districts on academic
early warning or academic watch status | 20 |
| that meet adequate yearly progress
criteria for one annual | 21 |
| calculation shall be
considered
as having met expectations and | 22 |
| shall be removed from any status designation.
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| A district placed on either academic early warning status | 24 |
| or academic
watch status may appeal the status to the State | 25 |
| Board of Education in
accordance with Section 2-3.25m of this | 26 |
| Code.
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| Districts on academic early warning or academic watch | 2 |
| status shall
prepare a District Improvement Plan or amendments | 3 |
| thereto setting forth the
district's expectations for removing | 4 |
| the district from academic early warning
or
academic watch | 5 |
| status and for improving student performance in the district.
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| All
District Improvement Plans must be approved by the | 7 |
| school board.
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| (c) All revised School and District Improvement Plans shall | 9 |
| be developed
in collaboration with parents, staff in the | 10 |
| affected school or school district, and outside experts. All
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| revised
School and District Improvement Plans shall be | 12 |
| developed, submitted, and
monitored pursuant to rules adopted | 13 |
| by the State Board of Education. The
revised Improvement Plan | 14 |
| shall address measurable outcomes for improving
student | 15 |
| performance so that such performance meets adequate yearly | 16 |
| progress
criteria as specified by the State Board of Education. | 17 |
| All school districts required to revise a School Improvement | 18 |
| Plan in accordance with this Section shall establish a peer | 19 |
| review process for the evaluation of School Improvement Plans.
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| (d) All federal requirements apply to schools and school | 21 |
| districts utilizing
federal funds under Title I, Part A of the | 22 |
| federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965. | 23 |
| (e) The State Board of Education, from any moneys it may | 24 |
| have available for this purpose, must implement
and administer | 25 |
| a grant
program that provides 2-year grants to school districts | 26 |
| on the academic watch
list and other school districts that have |
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| the lowest achieving students, as
determined by the State Board | 2 |
| of Education, to be
used to improve student achievement.
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| order
to receive a
grant under this program, a school district | 4 |
| must establish an accountability
program. The
accountability | 5 |
| program must involve the use of statewide testing standards and
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| local
evaluation measures. A grant shall be automatically | 7 |
| renewed when achievement
goals are met. The Board may adopt any | 8 |
| rules necessary to implement and
administer this grant program.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03; 93-890, eff. 8-9-04; 94-666, | 10 |
| eff. 8-23-05; 94-875, eff. 7-1-06.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.31) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.31)
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| Sec. 2-3.31. Data Division Research department . To | 13 |
| maintain a Data Division research department staffed with | 14 |
| competent, full-time
persons whose duty it shall be to secure, | 15 |
| compile, catalog, publish and
preserve information and data | 16 |
| relative to the public school system of
Illinois, making such | 17 |
| comparison as will assist the General Assembly in
determining | 18 |
| the priorities of educational programs to be of value to the
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| public school system of Illinois and of other states.
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| (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1985.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.66) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.66)
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| Sec. 2-3.66. Truants' alternative and optional education | 23 |
| programs. To
establish pilot projects to offer modified | 24 |
| instructional programs or other
services designed to prevent |
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| students from dropping out of school,
including programs | 2 |
| pursuant to Section 2-3.41, and to serve as a part time
or full | 3 |
| time option in lieu of regular school attendance and to award
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| grants to local school districts, educational service regions | 5 |
| or community
college districts from appropriated funds to | 6 |
| assist districts in
establishing such projects. The education | 7 |
| agency may operate its own
program or enter into a contract | 8 |
| with another not-for-profit entity to
implement the program. | 9 |
| The pilot projects shall allow dropouts, up to and
including | 10 |
| age 21, potential dropouts, including truants, uninvolved,
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| unmotivated and disaffected students, as defined by State Board | 12 |
| of
Education rules and regulations, to enroll, as an | 13 |
| alternative to regular
school attendance, in an optional | 14 |
| education program which may be
established by school board | 15 |
| policy and is in conformance with rules adopted
by the State | 16 |
| Board of Education. Truants' Alternative and Optional
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| Education programs funded pursuant to this Section shall be
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| planned by a student, the student's parents or legal guardians, | 19 |
| unless the
student is 18 years or older, and school officials | 20 |
| and shall culminate in
an individualized optional education | 21 |
| plan. Such plan shall focus
on academic or vocational skills, | 22 |
| or both, and may include, but not be
limited to, evening | 23 |
| school, summer school, community college courses, adult
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| education, preparation courses for the high school level test | 25 |
| of General
Educational Development, vocational training, work | 26 |
| experience, programs to
enhance self concept and parenting |
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| courses. School districts which are
awarded grants pursuant to | 2 |
| this Section shall be authorized to provide day
care services | 3 |
| to children of students who are eligible and desire to enroll
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| in programs established and funded under this Section, but only | 5 |
| if and to
the extent that such day care is necessary to enable | 6 |
| those eligible
students to attend and participate in the | 7 |
| programs and courses which are
conducted pursuant to this | 8 |
| Section. The Board shall report
on the status of the pilot | 9 |
| projects pursuant to Section 1A-4.
School districts and | 10 |
| regional offices of education may claim general State
aid under | 11 |
| Section 18-8.05 for students enrolled in truants' alternative | 12 |
| and
optional education programs, provided that such students | 13 |
| are receiving services
that are supplemental to a program | 14 |
| leading to a high school diploma and are
otherwise eligible to | 15 |
| be claimed for general State aid under Section 18-8.05.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-802, eff. 12-15-98.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.73) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.73)
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| Sec. 2-3.73. Missing child program. The State Board of | 19 |
| Education shall
administer and implement a missing child | 20 |
| program in accordance with the
provisions of this Section. Upon | 21 |
| receipt of each periodic information
bulletin from the | 22 |
| Department of State Police pursuant
to Section 6 of
the | 23 |
| Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984, the State | 24 |
| Board
of Education shall promptly disseminate the information | 25 |
| to each school district in this State and to the principal
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| chief administrative officer of every nonpublic elementary and
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| secondary school in this State registered with the State Board | 3 |
| of Education. Upon receipt of such information, each school | 4 |
| board shall
compare the names on the bulletin to the names of | 5 |
| all students presently
enrolled in the schools of the district. | 6 |
| If a school board or its designee
determines that a missing | 7 |
| child is
attending one of the schools within the
school | 8 |
| district, or if the principal or chief administrative officer | 9 |
| of a
nonpublic school is notified by school personnel that a | 10 |
| missing child is
attending that school, the school board or the | 11 |
| principal or chief
administrative officer of the nonpublic | 12 |
| school shall immediately give
notice of this fact to the State | 13 |
| Board of Education, the Department of State
Police , and the law | 14 |
| enforcement agency having jurisdiction in the area
where the | 15 |
| missing child resides or attends school.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-793, eff. 1-1-09.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.89) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.89)
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| Sec. 2-3.89. Programs concerning services to at-risk | 19 |
| children
and their families. | 20 |
| (a) The State Board of Education may provide grants to | 21 |
| eligible entities, as defined by the State Board of Education, | 22 |
| to establish
programs which offer coordinated services to | 23 |
| at-risk infants and toddlers
and their families. Each program | 24 |
| shall include a parent education
program relating to the | 25 |
| development and nurturing of infants and toddlers
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| management services to coordinate existing services available | 2 |
| in
the region served by the
program. These services shall be | 3 |
| provided
through the implementation of an individual family | 4 |
| service plan. Each
program will have a community involvement | 5 |
| component to provide
coordination in the service system.
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| (b) The State Board of Education shall administer the | 7 |
| programs through the grants to public school districts and | 8 |
| other eligible entities. These grants must be used to | 9 |
| supplement, not supplant, funds received from any other source. | 10 |
| School districts and other eligible entities receiving grants | 11 |
| pursuant to this Section shall conduct voluntary, intensive, | 12 |
| research-based, and comprehensive prevention services, as | 13 |
| defined by the State Board of Education, for expecting parents | 14 |
| and families with children from birth to age 3 who are at-risk | 15 |
| of academic failure. A public school district that receives a | 16 |
| grant under this Section may subcontract with other eligible | 17 |
| entities. | 18 |
| (c) The State Board of Education shall report to the | 19 |
| General Assembly by July 1, 2006 and every 2 years thereafter , | 20 |
| using the most current data available, on the status of | 21 |
| programs funded under this Section, including without | 22 |
| limitation characteristics of participants, services | 23 |
| delivered, program models used, unmet needs, and results of the | 24 |
| programs funded.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-506, eff. 8-8-05.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.117a)
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| Sec. 2-3.117a. School Technology Revolving Loan Program.
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| (a) The State
Board of Education is authorized to | 4 |
| administer a School Technology Revolving
Loan Program from | 5 |
| funds appropriated from the School Technology Revolving Loan
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| Fund for the purpose of making the financing of school | 7 |
| technology hardware
improvements affordable
and making the | 8 |
| integration of technology in the classroom possible. School
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| technology loans shall be made available to
public school | 10 |
| districts, charter schools, area vocational centers, and
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| laboratory schools to purchase technology hardware for | 12 |
| eligible grade
levels on a 2-year rotating basis: grades 9 | 13 |
| through 12 in fiscal year 2004
and each second year thereafter | 14 |
| and grades K through 8 in fiscal year
2005 and each second year | 15 |
| thereafter.
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| The State Board of Education shall determine the interest | 17 |
| rate the loans
shall bear which shall not be greater than 50% | 18 |
| of the rate for the most recent
date shown in the 20 G.O. Bonds | 19 |
| Index of average municipal bond yields as
published in the most | 20 |
| recent edition of The Bond
Buyer, published in New York, New | 21 |
| York. The repayment period for School
Technology Revolving | 22 |
| Loans shall not exceed 3 years. Participants shall use at least | 23 |
| 90% of the loan proceeds for technology
hardware
investments | 24 |
| for
students and staff (including computer hardware, | 25 |
| technology networks,
related
wiring, and other items as defined | 26 |
| in rules adopted by the State Board of
Education) and up to 10% |
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| of the loan proceeds for computer furniture. No
participant | 2 |
| whose equalized assessed valuation per pupil in
average daily | 3 |
| attendance is at the 99th percentile and above for all | 4 |
| districts
of the same type shall be eligible to receive a | 5 |
| School Technology Revolving
Loan under the provisions of this | 6 |
| Section for that year.
| 7 |
| The State Board of Education shall have the authority to | 8 |
| adopt all rules
necessary for the implementation and | 9 |
| administration of the School Technology
Revolving Loan | 10 |
| Program, including, but not limited to, rules defining
| 11 |
| application procedures, prescribing a maximum amount per pupil | 12 |
| that may be
requested annually by districts, requiring | 13 |
| appropriate local commitments for
technology investments, | 14 |
| prescribing a mechanism for disbursing
loan funds in the event | 15 |
| requests exceed available funds, specifying
collateral, and | 16 |
| prescribing
actions necessary to protect the State's
interest | 17 |
| in the event of default, foreclosure, or noncompliance with the | 18 |
| terms
and conditions of the loans.
| 19 |
| (b) There is created in the State treasury the School | 20 |
| Technology Revolving
Loan Fund. The State Board shall have the | 21 |
| authority to make expenditures from
the Fund pursuant to | 22 |
| appropriations made for the purposes of this Section , including | 23 |
| refunds .
There shall be deposited into the Fund such amounts, | 24 |
| including but not limited
to:
| 25 |
| (1) Transfers from the School Infrastructure Fund;
| 26 |
| (2) All receipts, including principal and interest
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| payments, from any loan made from the Fund;
| 2 |
| (3) All proceeds of assets of whatever nature
received | 3 |
| by the State Board as a result of default or
delinquency | 4 |
| with respect to loans made from the Fund;
| 5 |
| (4) Any appropriations, grants, or gifts made to the | 6 |
| Fund; and
| 7 |
| (5) Any income received from interest on investments of | 8 |
| money in the
Fund.
| 9 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-368, eff. 7-24-03.)
| 10 |
| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.137)
| 11 |
| Sec. 2-3.137. Inspection and review of school facilities; | 12 |
| task force.
| 13 |
| (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the
| 14 |
| documentation of school plan reviews and inspections of school | 15 |
| facilities,
including
the responsible individual's signature. | 16 |
| Such documents shall be kept on file
by the
regional
| 17 |
| superintendent of schools. The State Board of Education shall | 18 |
| also adopt rules for the qualifications of persons performing | 19 |
| the reviews and inspections, which must be consistent with the | 20 |
| recommendations in the task force's report issued to the | 21 |
| Governor and the General Assembly under subsection (b) of this | 22 |
| Section. Those qualifications shall include requirements for | 23 |
| training, education, and at least 2 years of relevant | 24 |
| experience.
| 25 |
| (a-5) Rules adopted by the State Board of Education in |
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| accordance with subsection (a) of this Section shall require | 2 |
| fees to be collected for use in defraying costs associated with | 3 |
| the administration of these and other provisions contained in | 4 |
| the Health/Life Safety Code for Public Schools required by | 5 |
| Section 2-3.12 of this Code. | 6 |
| (b) The State Board of Education shall convene a task force | 7 |
| for the
purpose of reviewing the documents required under rules | 8 |
| adopted under
subsection (a) of this
Section and making | 9 |
| recommendations regarding training and
accreditation
of | 10 |
| individuals performing reviews or inspections required under | 11 |
| Section
2-3.12,
3-14.20, 3-14.21, or 3-14.22 of this Code, | 12 |
| including regional
superintendents of schools and others | 13 |
| performing reviews or inspections
under the authority of a | 14 |
| regional superintendent (such as consultants,
municipalities, | 15 |
| and fire protection districts).
| 16 |
| The task force shall consist of
all of the following | 17 |
| members:
| 18 |
| (1) The Executive Director of the Capital Development | 19 |
| Board
or his or her designee and a staff representative of | 20 |
| the Division of Building Codes and Regulations.
| 21 |
| (2) The State Superintendent of Education or his or her
| 22 |
| designee.
| 23 |
| (3) A person appointed
by the State Board of Education.
| 24 |
| (4) A person appointed by an organization representing | 25 |
| school
administrators.
| 26 |
| (5) A person appointed by
an organization representing |
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| suburban school administrators and school board
members.
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| (6) A person appointed by an organization representing | 3 |
| architects.
| 4 |
| (7) A person appointed by an organization representing | 5 |
| regional
superintendents of schools.
| 6 |
| (8) A person appointed by an organization representing | 7 |
| fire inspectors.
| 8 |
| (9) A person appointed by an organization representing | 9 |
| Code
administrators.
| 10 |
| (10) A person appointed by an organization | 11 |
| representing plumbing
inspectors.
| 12 |
| (11) A person appointed by an organization that | 13 |
| represents both parents
and teachers.
| 14 |
| (12) A person appointed by an organization | 15 |
| representing municipal
governments in the State.
| 16 |
| (13) A person appointed by the State Fire Marshal from | 17 |
| his or her office.
| 18 |
| (14) A person appointed by an organization | 19 |
| representing fire chiefs.
| 20 |
| (15) The Director of Public Health or his or her | 21 |
| designee.
| 22 |
| (16) A person appointed by an organization | 23 |
| representing structural engineers.
| 24 |
| (17) A person appointed by an organization | 25 |
| representing professional engineers.
| 26 |
| The task force shall issue a report of its findings to the |
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| Governor and the
General Assembly no later than January 1, | 2 |
| 2006.
| 3 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-225, eff. 7-14-05; 94-973, eff. 1-1-07; | 4 |
| 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 5 |
| (105 ILCS 5/3-14.21) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.21)
| 6 |
| Sec. 3-14.21. Inspection of schools.
| 7 |
| (a) The regional superintendent shall inspect and survey | 8 |
| all
public
schools under his or her supervision and notify the | 9 |
| board of education, or the
trustees of schools in a district | 10 |
| with trustees, in writing before July 30,
whether or not the | 11 |
| several schools in their district have been kept as required
by | 12 |
| law, using forms provided by the State Board of Education which | 13 |
| are based on
the Health/Life Safety Code for Public Schools | 14 |
| adopted under Section 2-3.12. The regional
superintendent | 15 |
| shall report his or her findings to the State Board of
| 16 |
| Education on
forms provided by the State Board of Education.
| 17 |
| (b) If the regional superintendent determines that a school | 18 |
| board has
failed in a timely manner to correct urgent items | 19 |
| identified in a previous
life-safety report completed under | 20 |
| Section 2-3.12 or as otherwise previously
ordered by the | 21 |
| regional superintendent, the regional superintendent shall | 22 |
| order
the school board to adopt and submit to the regional | 23 |
| superintendent a plan for
the immediate correction of the | 24 |
| building violations. This plan shall be
adopted following a | 25 |
| public hearing that is conducted by the school board on the
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| violations and the plan and that is preceded by at least 7 | 2 |
| days' prior notice
of the hearing published in
a newspaper of | 3 |
| general circulation within the school district. If the regional
| 4 |
| superintendent determines in the next annual inspection that | 5 |
| the plan has not
been completed and that the violations have | 6 |
| not been corrected, the regional
superintendent shall submit a | 7 |
| report to the State Board of Education with a
recommendation | 8 |
| that the State Board withhold from payments of general State | 9 |
| aid
due to the district an amount necessary to correct the | 10 |
| outstanding violations.
The State Board, upon notice to the | 11 |
| school board
and to the regional superintendent, shall consider | 12 |
| the report at a meeting of
the State Board, and may order that | 13 |
| a sufficient amount of general State aid be
withheld from | 14 |
| payments due to the district to correct the violations. This
| 15 |
| amount shall be paid to the regional superintendent who shall | 16 |
| contract on
behalf of the school board for the correction of | 17 |
| the outstanding violations.
| 18 |
| (c) The Office of the State Fire Marshal or a qualified | 19 |
| fire official, as defined in Section 2-3.12 of this Code, to | 20 |
| whom the State Fire Marshal has delegated his or her authority | 21 |
| shall conduct an annual fire safety inspection of each school | 22 |
| building in this State. The State Fire Marshal or the fire | 23 |
| official shall coordinate its inspections with the regional | 24 |
| superintendent. The inspection shall be based on the fire | 25 |
| safety code authorized in Section 2-3.12 of this Code. Any | 26 |
| violations shall be reported in writing to the regional |
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| superintendent and school board and shall reference the | 2 |
| specific code sections where a discrepancy has been identified | 3 |
| within 15 days after the inspection has been conducted. The | 4 |
| regional superintendent shall address those violations that | 5 |
| are not corrected in a timely manner pursuant to subsection (b) | 6 |
| of this Section. The inspection must be at no cost to the | 7 |
| school district.
| 8 |
| (d) If a municipality or, in the case of an unincorporated | 9 |
| area, a county or, if applicable, a fire protection district | 10 |
| wishes to perform new construction inspections under the | 11 |
| jurisdiction of a regional superintendent, then the entity must | 12 |
| register this wish with the regional superintendent. These | 13 |
| inspections must be based on the building code authorized in | 14 |
| Section 2-3.12 of this Code. The inspections must be at no cost | 15 |
| to the school district.
| 16 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-225, eff. 7-14-05; 94-973, eff. 1-1-07.)
| 17 |
| (105 ILCS 5/10-20.26) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.26)
| 18 |
| Sec. 10-20.26. Report of teacher dismissals. To send an | 19 |
| annual report,
on or before October September 15, to the State | 20 |
| Board of Education which discloses
the number of probationary | 21 |
| teachers and the number of teachers in contractual
continued | 22 |
| service who have been dismissed or removed as a result of the
| 23 |
| board's decision to decrease the number of teachers employed or | 24 |
| to discontinue
any type of teaching service. The report will | 25 |
| also list the number in each
teacher category which were |
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| subsequently reemployed by the board.
| 2 |
| (Source: P.A. 82-980.)
| 3 |
| (105 ILCS 5/18-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-3)
| 4 |
| Sec. 18-3. Tuition of children from orphanages and | 5 |
| children's homes.
When the children from any home for orphans, | 6 |
| dependent, abandoned or
maladjusted children maintained by any | 7 |
| organization or association
admitting to such home children | 8 |
| from the State in general or when children
residing in a school | 9 |
| district wherein the State of Illinois maintains and
operates | 10 |
| any welfare or penal institution on property owned by
the State | 11 |
| of Illinois, which contains houses, housing units or housing
| 12 |
| accommodations within a school district, attend grades | 13 |
| kindergarten through
12 of the public schools maintained by | 14 |
| that school district, the
State Superintendent of Education | 15 |
| shall direct the State Comptroller to
pay a specified amount | 16 |
| sufficient to pay the annual tuition cost of such
children who | 17 |
| attended such public schools during the regular school year
| 18 |
| ending on June 30. The
Comptroller shall pay the amount after | 19 |
| receipt of a voucher
submitted by the State Superintendent of | 20 |
| Education.
| 21 |
| The amount of the tuition for such children attending the | 22 |
| public schools
of the district shall be determined by the State | 23 |
| Superintendent of
Education by multiplying the number of such | 24 |
| children in average daily
attendance in such schools by 1.2 | 25 |
| times the total annual per capita cost of
administering the |
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| schools of the district. Such total annual per capita
cost | 2 |
| shall be determined by totaling all expenses of the school | 3 |
| district in
the educational, operations and maintenance, bond | 4 |
| and interest,
transportation, Illinois municipal retirement, | 5 |
| and rent funds for the
school year preceding the filing of such | 6 |
| tuition claims less expenditures
not applicable to the regular | 7 |
| K-12 program, less offsetting revenues from
State sources | 8 |
| except those from the common school fund, less offsetting
| 9 |
| revenues from federal sources except those from federal | 10 |
| impaction aid, less
student and community service revenues, | 11 |
| plus a depreciation allowance; and
dividing such total by the | 12 |
| average daily attendance for the year.
| 13 |
| Annually on or before July 15 the superintendent of the | 14 |
| district shall certify to the State Superintendent of Education | 15 |
| the following:
| 16 |
| 1. The name of the home and of the organization or | 17 |
| association
maintaining it; or the legal description of the | 18 |
| real estate upon which the
house, housing units, or housing | 19 |
| accommodations are located and that no
taxes or service | 20 |
| charges or other payments authorized by law to be made in
| 21 |
| lieu of taxes were collected therefrom or on account | 22 |
| thereof during either
of the calendar years included in the | 23 |
| school year for which claim is being
made;
| 24 |
| 2. The number of children from the home or living in | 25 |
| such houses,
housing units or housing accommodations and | 26 |
| attending the schools of the
district;
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| 3. The total number of children attending the schools | 2 |
| of the district;
| 3 |
| 4. The per capita tuition charge of the district; and
| 4 |
| 5. The computed amount of the tuition payment claimed | 5 |
| as due.
| 6 |
| Whenever the persons in charge of such home for orphans, | 7 |
| dependent, abandoned
or maladjusted children have received | 8 |
| from the parent or guardian of any such
child or by virtue of | 9 |
| an order of court a specific allowance for educating
such | 10 |
| child, such persons shall pay to the school board in the | 11 |
| district
where the child attends school such amount of the | 12 |
| allowance as is necessary
to pay the tuition required by such | 13 |
| district for the education of the
child. If the allowance is | 14 |
| insufficient to pay the tuition in full the
State | 15 |
| Superintendent of Education shall direct the Comptroller to pay | 16 |
| to
the district the difference between the total tuition | 17 |
| charged and the
amount of the allowance.
| 18 |
| Whenever the facilities of a school district in which such | 19 |
| house,
housing units or housing accommodations are located, are | 20 |
| limited, pupils
may be assigned by that district to the schools | 21 |
| of any adjacent district to
the limit of the facilities of the | 22 |
| adjacent district to properly educate
such pupils as shall be | 23 |
| determined by the school board of the adjacent
district, and | 24 |
| the State Superintendent of Education shall direct the
| 25 |
| Comptroller to pay a specified amount sufficient to pay the | 26 |
| annual tuition
of the children so assigned to and attending |
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| public schools in the adjacent
districts and the Comptroller | 2 |
| shall draw his warrant upon the State
Treasurer for the payment | 3 |
| of such amount for the benefit of the adjacent
school districts | 4 |
| in the same manner as for districts in which the houses,
| 5 |
| housing units or housing accommodations are located.
| 6 |
| The school district shall certify to the State | 7 |
| Superintendent of Education
the report of claims due for such | 8 |
| tuition payments on or before
July 15. The
State Superintendent | 9 |
| of Education shall direct the Comptroller to pay to the
| 10 |
| district, on or before August 15, the amount due the district | 11 |
| for the school
year in accordance with the calculation of the | 12 |
| claim as set forth in this
Section.
| 13 |
| Summer session costs shall be reimbursed based on the | 14 |
| actual expenditures for providing these services. On or before | 15 |
| November 1 of each year, the superintendent of each eligible | 16 |
| school district shall certify to the State Superintendent of | 17 |
| Education the claim of the district for the summer session | 18 |
| following the regular school year just ended. The State | 19 |
| Superintendent of Education shall transmit to the Comptroller | 20 |
| no later than December 15th of each year vouchers for payment | 21 |
| of amounts due to school districts for summer session. | 22 |
| Claims for tuition for children from any home for orphans | 23 |
| or dependent,
abandoned, or maladjusted children beginning | 24 |
| with the 1993-1994 school year
shall be paid on a current year | 25 |
| basis. On September 30, December 31, and
March 31, the State | 26 |
| Board of Education shall voucher payments for districts
with |
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| those students based on an estimated cost calculated from the | 2 |
| prior
year's claim. Final claims for those students for the | 3 |
| regular school term
must be received at the State Board of | 4 |
| Education by July 15
following the end of the regular school | 5 |
| year. Final claims for those students
shall be vouchered by | 6 |
| August 15. During fiscal year 1994 both the 1992-1993
school | 7 |
| year and the 1993-1994 school year shall be paid in order to | 8 |
| change the
cycle of payment from a reimbursement basis to a | 9 |
| current year funding basis of
payment. However, | 10 |
| notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section or the
| 11 |
| School Code, beginning with fiscal year 1994 and each fiscal | 12 |
| year thereafter, if the amount appropriated for any fiscal year | 13 |
| is
less than the amount required for purposes of this Section, | 14 |
| the amount required
to eliminate any insufficient | 15 |
| reimbursement for each district claim under this
Section shall | 16 |
| be reimbursed on August 30 of the next fiscal year. Payments | 17 |
| required to eliminate any insufficiency for prior fiscal
year | 18 |
| claims shall be made before any claims are paid for the current | 19 |
| fiscal
year.
| 20 |
| If a school district makes a claim for reimbursement under | 21 |
| Section 18-4
or 14-7.03 it shall not include in any claim filed | 22 |
| under this Section
children residing on the property of State | 23 |
| institutions included in its
claim under Section 18-4 or | 24 |
| 14-7.03.
| 25 |
| Any child who is not a resident of Illinois who is placed | 26 |
| in a child
welfare institution, private facility, State |
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| operated program, orphanage
or children's home shall have the | 2 |
| payment for his educational tuition and
any related services | 3 |
| assured by the placing agent.
| 4 |
| In order to provide services appropriate to allow a student | 5 |
| under the legal
guardianship or custodianship of the State to | 6 |
| participate in local school
district educational programs, | 7 |
| costs may be incurred in appropriate cases by
the
district that | 8 |
| are in excess of 1.2 times the district per capita tuition | 9 |
| charge
allowed under the provisions of this Section. In the | 10 |
| event such excess costs
are incurred, they must be documented | 11 |
| in accordance with cost rules established
under the authority | 12 |
| of this Section and may then be claimed for reimbursement
under | 13 |
| this Section.
| 14 |
| Planned services for students eligible for this funding | 15 |
| must be a
collaborative effort between the appropriate State | 16 |
| agency or the student's
group home or institution and the local | 17 |
| school district.
| 18 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-793, eff. 1-1-09.)
| 19 |
| (105 ILCS 5/18-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-12)
| 20 |
| Sec. 18-12. Dates for filing State aid claims. The school | 21 |
| board of
each school district shall require teachers, | 22 |
| principals, or
superintendents to furnish from records kept by | 23 |
| them such data as it
needs in preparing and certifying to the
| 24 |
| regional superintendent its school district report of claims | 25 |
| provided in
Sections 18-8.05 through 18-9 as required by the |
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| State
Superintendent of Education. The district claim
shall be | 2 |
| based on the latest available equalized assessed valuation and | 3 |
| tax
rates, as provided in Section 18-8.05 and shall use the | 4 |
| average
daily
attendance as determined by the method outlined | 5 |
| in Section 18-8.05
and shall be
certified and filed with the | 6 |
| regional superintendent by June 21
for districts with an
| 7 |
| official
school calendar end date before June 15 or within 2 | 8 |
| weeks following the
official school calendar end date for | 9 |
| districts with a school year end date
of June 15 or later. The | 10 |
| regional superintendent shall certify and file
with the State | 11 |
| Superintendent of Education district State aid claims by
July 1 | 12 |
| for districts with an official school calendar end date before | 13 |
| June
15 or no later than July 15 for districts with an official | 14 |
| school calendar
end date of June 15 or later.
Failure to
so | 15 |
| file by these deadlines constitutes a forfeiture of the right
| 16 |
| to
receive payment by
the State until such claim is filed and | 17 |
| vouchered for payment. The
regional superintendent of schools | 18 |
| shall certify the county report of claims
by July 15; and the | 19 |
| State Superintendent of Education shall voucher
for payment | 20 |
| those claims to the State Comptroller as provided in Section | 21 |
| 18-11.
| 22 |
| Except as otherwise provided in this Section, if any school | 23 |
| district
fails to provide the minimum school term specified
in | 24 |
| Section 10-19, the State aid claim for that year shall be | 25 |
| reduced by the
State Superintendent of Education in an amount | 26 |
| equivalent to 1/176 or .56818% for
each day less than the |
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| number of days required by this Code.
| 2 |
| If
the State Superintendent of Education determines that | 3 |
| the failure
to
provide the minimum school term was occasioned | 4 |
| by an act or acts of God, or
was occasioned by conditions | 5 |
| beyond the control of the school district
which posed a | 6 |
| hazardous threat to the health and safety of pupils, the
State | 7 |
| aid claim need not be reduced.
| 8 |
| If a school district is precluded from providing the | 9 |
| minimum hours of instruction required for a full day of | 10 |
| attendance due to an adverse weather condition or a condition | 11 |
| beyond the control of the school district that poses a | 12 |
| hazardous threat to the health and safety of students, then the | 13 |
| partial day of attendance may be counted if (i) the school | 14 |
| district has provided at least one hour of instruction prior to | 15 |
| the closure of the school district, (ii) a school building has | 16 |
| provided at least one hour of instruction prior to the closure | 17 |
| of the school building, or (iii) the normal start time of the | 18 |
| school district is delayed. | 19 |
| If, prior to providing any instruction, a school district | 20 |
| must close one or more but not all school buildings after | 21 |
| consultation with a local emergency response agency or due to a | 22 |
| condition beyond the control of the school district, then the | 23 |
| school district may claim attendance for up to 2 school days | 24 |
| based on the average attendance of the 3 school days | 25 |
| immediately preceding the closure of the affected school | 26 |
| building. The partial or no day of attendance described in this |
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| Section and the reasons therefore shall be certified within a | 2 |
| month of the closing or delayed start by the school district | 3 |
| superintendent to the regional superintendent of schools for | 4 |
| forwarding to the State Superintendent of Education for | 5 |
| approval. | 6 |
| If the State Superintendent of Education determines that | 7 |
| the
failure to provide the minimum school term was due to a | 8 |
| school being
closed on or after September 11, 2001 for more | 9 |
| than one-half day of
attendance due to a bioterrorism or | 10 |
| terrorism threat that was
investigated by a law enforcement | 11 |
| agency, the State aid claim shall not
be reduced.
| 12 |
| If, during any school day, (i) a school district has | 13 |
| provided at least
one
clock hour of instruction but must close | 14 |
| the schools due to adverse weather
conditions
or due to a | 15 |
| condition
beyond the control of the school district that poses | 16 |
| a hazardous threat to
the health and safety of pupils
prior to | 17 |
| providing the minimum hours of instruction required
for a full | 18 |
| day of attendance, (ii) the school district must delay the
| 19 |
| start of the school day due to adverse weather conditions
and | 20 |
| this delay
prevents the district from providing the minimum | 21 |
| hours of instruction required
for a full day of attendance, or | 22 |
| (iii) a school district has provided at least one clock hour of | 23 |
| instruction but must dismiss students from one or more | 24 |
| recognized school buildings due to a condition beyond the | 25 |
| control of the school district, the partial day of attendance | 26 |
| may be counted
as a full day of attendance. If a school |
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| district closes one or more recognized school buildings due to | 2 |
| a condition beyond the control of the district prior to | 3 |
| providing any instruction, then the district may claim a full | 4 |
| day of attendance for a maximum of 2 school days based on the | 5 |
| average of the 3 prior school days of attendance immediately | 6 |
| preceding the closure of the school building. The partial or no | 7 |
| day of attendance
and the reasons therefor shall
be certified | 8 |
| in writing within a month of the closing or delayed start by
| 9 |
| the local school
district superintendent to the Regional | 10 |
| Superintendent of Schools for
forwarding to the State | 11 |
| Superintendent of Education for approval.
| 12 |
| If a school building is ordered to be closed by the school | 13 |
| board, in
consultation with a local emergency response agency, | 14 |
| due to a condition
that poses a hazardous threat to the health | 15 |
| and safety of pupils, then the
school district shall have a | 16 |
| grace period of 4 days in which the general
State aid claim | 17 |
| shall not be reduced so that alternative housing of the
pupils | 18 |
| may be located.
| 19 |
| No exception to the requirement of providing a minimum | 20 |
| school term may
be approved by the State Superintendent of | 21 |
| Education pursuant to this Section
unless a school district has | 22 |
| first used all emergency days provided for
in its regular | 23 |
| calendar.
| 24 |
| If the State Superintendent of Education declares that an | 25 |
| energy
shortage exists during any part of the school year for | 26 |
| the State or a
designated portion of the State, a district may |
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| operate the school
attendance centers within the district 4 | 2 |
| days of the week during the
time of the shortage by extending | 3 |
| each existing school day by one clock
hour of school work, and | 4 |
| the State aid claim shall not be reduced, nor
shall the | 5 |
| employees of that district suffer any reduction in salary or
| 6 |
| benefits as a result thereof. A district may operate all | 7 |
| attendance
centers on this revised schedule, or may apply the | 8 |
| schedule to selected
attendance centers, taking into | 9 |
| consideration such factors as pupil
transportation schedules | 10 |
| and patterns and sources of energy for
individual attendance | 11 |
| centers.
| 12 |
| No State aid claim may be filed for any district unless the | 13 |
| district
superintendent executes and files with the State
| 14 |
| Superintendent of Education, in the method prescribed by the
| 15 |
| Superintendent, certification that the district has complied | 16 |
| with the requirements
of Section 10-22.5 in regard to the | 17 |
| nonsegregation of pupils on account
of color, creed, race, sex | 18 |
| or nationality.
| 19 |
| No State aid claim may be filed for any district unless the | 20 |
| district
superintendent executes and files with the State
| 21 |
| Superintendent of Education, in the method prescribed by the
| 22 |
| Superintendent,
a sworn statement that to the best of his or | 23 |
| her knowledge or belief the
employing or assigning personnel | 24 |
| have complied with Section 24-4 in all
respects.
| 25 |
| Electronically submitted State aid claims shall be | 26 |
| submitted by
duly authorized district or regional individuals |
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| over a secure network
that is password protected. The | 2 |
| electronic submission of a State aid
claim must be accompanied | 3 |
| with an affirmation that all of the provisions
of Sections | 4 |
| 18-8.05 through 18-9, 10-22.5, and 24-4 of this Code are
met in | 5 |
| all respects.
| 6 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07; 95-152, eff. 8-14-07; | 7 |
| 95-811, eff. 8-13-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
| 8 |
| (105 ILCS 5/26-3d) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-3d)
| 9 |
| Sec. 26-3d.
All regional superintendents , and all district
| 10 |
| superintendents , and special education joint agreement | 11 |
| directors in any municipality of 500,000 or more inhabitants | 12 |
| shall
collect data concerning truants, chronic truants, and | 13 |
| truant minor pupils
from school districts and truant officers | 14 |
| as designated by the State Board
of Education. On or before | 15 |
| August 15 of each year, this data must be submitted to the | 16 |
| State Board of Education.
| 17 |
| (Source: P.A. 84-1420.)
| 18 |
| (105 ILCS 5/27-13.3)
| 19 |
| Sec. 27-13.3. Internet safety education curriculum.
| 20 |
| (a) The purpose of this Section is to inform and protect | 21 |
| students from inappropriate or illegal communications and | 22 |
| solicitation and to encourage school districts to provide | 23 |
| education about Internet threats and risks, including without | 24 |
| limitation child predators, fraud, and other dangers. |
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| (b) The General Assembly finds and declares the following: | 2 |
| (1) it is the policy of this State to protect consumers | 3 |
| and Illinois residents from deceptive and unsafe | 4 |
| communications that result in harassment, exploitation, or | 5 |
| physical harm; | 6 |
| (2) children have easy access to the Internet at home, | 7 |
| school, and public places; | 8 |
| (3) the Internet is used by sexual predators and other | 9 |
| criminals to make initial contact with children and other | 10 |
| vulnerable residents in Illinois; and | 11 |
| (4) education is an effective method for preventing | 12 |
| children from falling prey to online predators, identity | 13 |
| theft, and other dangers. | 14 |
| (c) Each school may adopt an age-appropriate curriculum for | 15 |
| Internet safety instruction of students in grades kindergarten | 16 |
| through 12. However, beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, | 17 |
| a school district must incorporate into the school curriculum a | 18 |
| component on Internet safety to be taught at least once each | 19 |
| school year to students in grades grade 3 through 12 or above . | 20 |
| The school board shall determine the scope and duration of this | 21 |
| unit of instruction. The age-appropriate unit of instruction | 22 |
| may be incorporated into the current courses of study regularly | 23 |
| taught in the district's schools, as determined by the school | 24 |
| board, and it is recommended that the unit of instruction | 25 |
| include the following topics: | 26 |
| (1) Safe and responsible use of social networking |
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| websites, chat rooms, electronic mail, bulletin boards, | 2 |
| instant messaging, and other means of communication on the | 3 |
| Internet. | 4 |
| (2) Recognizing, avoiding, and reporting online | 5 |
| solicitations of students, their classmates, and their | 6 |
| friends by sexual predators. | 7 |
| (3) Risks of transmitting personal information on the | 8 |
| Internet. | 9 |
| (4) Recognizing and avoiding unsolicited or deceptive | 10 |
| communications received online. | 11 |
| (5) Recognizing and reporting online harassment and | 12 |
| cyber-bullying. | 13 |
| (6) Reporting illegal activities and communications on | 14 |
| the Internet. | 15 |
| (7) Copyright laws on written materials, photographs, | 16 |
| music, and video. | 17 |
| (d) Curricula devised in accordance with subsection (c) of | 18 |
| this Section may be submitted for review to the Office of the | 19 |
| Illinois Attorney General.
| 20 |
| (e) The State Board of Education shall make available | 21 |
| resource materials for educating children regarding child | 22 |
| online safety and may take into consideration the curriculum on | 23 |
| this subject developed by other states, as well as any other | 24 |
| curricular materials suggested by education experts, child | 25 |
| psychologists, or technology companies that work on child | 26 |
| online safety issues. Materials may include without limitation |
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| safe online communications, privacy protection, | 2 |
| cyber-bullying, viewing inappropriate material, file sharing, | 3 |
| and the importance of open communication with responsible | 4 |
| adults. The State Board of Education shall make these resource | 5 |
| materials available on its Internet website. | 6 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-509, eff. 8-28-07; 95-869, eff. 1-1-09.)
| 7 |
| (105 ILCS 5/27-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-17)
| 8 |
| Sec. 27-17. Safety education. School boards of public | 9 |
| schools and all boards in charge of
educational institutions | 10 |
| supported wholly or partially by the State may
provide | 11 |
| instruction in safety education in all grades and include such
| 12 |
| instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein.
| 13 |
| In this section "safety education" means and includes | 14 |
| instruction in
the following:
| 15 |
| 1. automobile safety, including traffic regulations, | 16 |
| highway
safety, and the consequences of alcohol consumption and | 17 |
| the operation of a motor vehicle;
| 18 |
| 2. safety in the home;
| 19 |
| 3. safety in connection with recreational activities;
| 20 |
| 4. safety in and around school buildings;
| 21 |
| 5. safety in connection with vocational work or training; | 22 |
| and
| 23 |
| 6. cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for students pupils | 24 |
| enrolled in grades 9 through 11.
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| Such boards may make suitable provisions in the schools and
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| institutions under their jurisdiction for instruction in | 2 |
| safety
education for not less than 16 hours during each school | 3 |
| year.
| 4 |
| The curriculum in all State universities shall contain | 5 |
| instruction in safety education for teachers that is | 6 |
| appropriate to the grade level of the teaching certificate. | 7 |
| This instruction may be by specific courses in safety education | 8 |
| or may be incorporated in existing subjects taught in the | 9 |
| university.
| 10 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-168, eff. 8-14-07; 95-371, eff. 8-23-07; | 11 |
| 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
| 12 |
| (105 ILCS 5/27-24.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-24.2)
| 13 |
| Sec. 27-24.2. Safety education; driver Driver education | 14 |
| course. Instruction shall be given in safety education in each | 15 |
| of grades one though 8, equivalent to one class period each | 16 |
| week, and any Any school district which maintains
grades 9 | 17 |
| through 12 shall offer a driver education course in any such | 18 |
| school
which it operates. Its curriculum shall include content | 19 |
| dealing with Chapters 11, 12, 13, 15, and 16 of the Illinois | 20 |
| Vehicle Code, the rules adopted pursuant to those Chapters | 21 |
| insofar as they pertain to the operation of motor vehicles, and | 22 |
| the portions of the Litter Control Act relating to the | 23 |
| operation of motor vehicles. The course of instruction given in | 24 |
| grades 10 through 12 shall include an emphasis on the | 25 |
| development of knowledge, attitudes, habits, and skills |
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| necessary for the safe operation of motor vehicles, including | 2 |
| motorcycles insofar as they can be taught in the classroom, and | 3 |
| instruction on distracted driving as a major traffic safety | 4 |
| issue. In addition, the course shall include instruction on | 5 |
| special hazards existing at and required safety and driving | 6 |
| precautions that must be observed at emergency situations, | 7 |
| highway construction and maintenance zones, and railroad | 8 |
| crossings and the approaches thereto. The course of instruction | 9 |
| required of each eligible student at the high school level | 10 |
| shall consist of a minimum of 30 clock hours of classroom | 11 |
| instruction and a minimum of 6 clock hours of individual | 12 |
| behind-the-wheel instruction in a dual control car on public | 13 |
| roadways taught by a driver education instructor endorsed by | 14 |
| the State Board of Education. Both the classroom instruction | 15 |
| part and the practice driving
part of such driver education | 16 |
| course shall be open to a resident or
non-resident student | 17 |
| pupil attending a non-public school in the district wherein the
| 18 |
| course is offered and to each resident of the district who | 19 |
| acquires or holds a
currently valid driver's license during the | 20 |
| term of the course and who is at
least 15 but has not reached 21 | 21 |
| years of age, without regard to whether any
such person is | 22 |
| enrolled in any other course offered in any school that the
| 23 |
| district operates . Each student attending any public or | 24 |
| non-public high school
in the district must receive a passing | 25 |
| grade in at least 8 courses during the
previous 2 semesters | 26 |
| prior to enrolling in a driver education course, or the
student |
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| shall not be permitted to enroll in the course; provided that | 2 |
| the local
superintendent of schools (with respect to a student | 3 |
| attending a public high
school in the district) or chief school | 4 |
| administrator (with respect to a
student attending a non-public | 5 |
| high school in the district) may waive the
requirement if the | 6 |
| superintendent or chief school administrator, as the case
may | 7 |
| be, deems it to be in the best interest of the student. A Any | 8 |
| school district
required to offer a driver education course or | 9 |
| courses as provided in this
Section also is authorized to offer | 10 |
| either the classroom instruction part or
the practice driving | 11 |
| part or both such parts of a driver education course to
any | 12 |
| resident of the district who is over age 55; provided that any | 13 |
| such school
district which elects to offer either or both parts | 14 |
| of such course to such
residents shall be entitled to make | 15 |
| either or both parts of such course
available to such residents | 16 |
| at any attendance center or centers within the
district | 17 |
| designated by the school board; and provided further that no | 18 |
| part of
any such driver education course shall be offered to | 19 |
| any resident of the
district over age 55 unless space therein | 20 |
| remains available after all persons
to whom such part of the | 21 |
| driver education course is required to be open as
provided in | 22 |
| this Section and who have requested such course have registered
| 23 |
| therefor, and unless such resident of the district over age 55 | 24 |
| is a person who
has not previously been licensed as a driver | 25 |
| under the laws of this or any
other state or country. However, | 26 |
| a student may be allowed to commence the
classroom instruction |
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| part of such driver education course prior to reaching
age 15 | 2 |
| if such student then will be eligible to complete the entire | 3 |
| course
within 12 months after being allowed to commence such | 4 |
| classroom instruction.
| 5 |
| Such a driver education course shall include classroom | 6 |
| instruction on distracted driving as a major traffic safety | 7 |
| issue. Such a driver education course may include classroom | 8 |
| instruction on
the safety rules and operation of motorcycles or | 9 |
| motor driven cycles.
| 10 |
| Such a course may be commenced immediately after the | 11 |
| completion of a prior
course. Teachers of such courses shall | 12 |
| meet the certification requirements of
this Act and regulations | 13 |
| of the State Board as to qualifications.
| 14 |
| Subject to rules of the State Board of Education, the | 15 |
| school district may charge a reasonable fee, not to exceed $50, | 16 |
| to students who participate in the course, unless a student is | 17 |
| unable to pay for such a course, in which event the fee for | 18 |
| such a student must be waived. The total amount from driver | 19 |
| education fees and reimbursement from the State for driver | 20 |
| education must not exceed the total cost of the driver | 21 |
| education program in any year and must be deposited into the | 22 |
| school district's driver education fund as a separate line item | 23 |
| budget entry. All moneys deposited into the school district's | 24 |
| driver education fund must be used solely for the funding of a | 25 |
| high school driver education program approved by the State | 26 |
| Board of Education that uses driver education instructors |
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| endorsed by the State Board of Education. | 2 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-339, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 3 |
| (105 ILCS 5/27-24.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-24.4)
| 4 |
| Sec. 27-24.4. Reimbursement amount. Each school district | 5 |
| shall be entitled
to reimbursement , for each student pupil, | 6 |
| excluding each resident of the district
over age 55, who | 7 |
| finishes either the classroom instruction
part or the practice | 8 |
| driving part of a
driver education course that meets the | 9 |
| minimum requirements of this Act.
Reimbursement under this Act | 10 |
| is payable from
the Drivers Education Fund in the State | 11 |
| treasury.
| 12 |
| Each year all funds appropriated from the Drivers
Education | 13 |
| Fund to the
State Board of Education, with the exception of | 14 |
| those funds necessary for
administrative purposes of the State | 15 |
| Board of Education, shall be distributed
in the manner provided | 16 |
| in this paragraph to school districts by the State Board of | 17 |
| Education for reimbursement of
claims from the previous school | 18 |
| year. As soon as may be after each quarter of the year, if | 19 |
| moneys are available in the Drivers
Education Fund in the State | 20 |
| treasury for payments under this Section, the State Comptroller | 21 |
| shall draw his or her warrants upon the State Treasurer as | 22 |
| directed by the State Board of Education. The warrant for each | 23 |
| quarter shall be in an amount equal to one-fourth of the total | 24 |
| amount to be distributed to school districts for the year. | 25 |
| Payments shall be made to school districts as soon as may be |
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| after receipt of the warrants.
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| The base reimbursement amount shall be calculated by the | 3 |
| State Board by
dividing the total amount appropriated for | 4 |
| distribution by the total of:
(a) the number of students , | 5 |
| excluding residents of the district over age
55, who have | 6 |
| completed the classroom instruction
part for whom valid claims | 7 |
| have been made times 0.2; plus (b) the number
of students , | 8 |
| excluding residents of the district over age 55, who have
| 9 |
| completed the practice driving instruction part for whom valid | 10 |
| claims have
been made times 0.8.
| 11 |
| The amount of reimbursement to be distributed on each claim | 12 |
| shall be 0.2
times the base reimbursement amount for each | 13 |
| validly claimed student ,
excluding residents of the district | 14 |
| over age 55, who
has completed the classroom instruction part, | 15 |
| plus 0.8 times the base reimbursement
amount for each validly | 16 |
| claimed student , excluding residents of the
district over age | 17 |
| 55, who has completed the practice driving
instruction part. | 18 |
| The school district which is the residence of
a student pupil | 19 |
| who attends a nonpublic school in another district that has | 20 |
| furnished the driver
education course shall reimburse the | 21 |
| district offering the course, the
difference between the actual | 22 |
| per capita cost of giving the course the
previous school year | 23 |
| and the amount reimbursed by the State.
| 24 |
| By April 1 the
nonpublic school shall notify the district | 25 |
| offering the course of the
names and district numbers of the | 26 |
| nonresident students desiring to take
such course the next |
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| school year. The district offering such course shall
notify the | 2 |
| district of residence of those students affected by April 15.
| 3 |
| The school district furnishing the course may claim the | 4 |
| nonresident student pupil
for the purpose of making a claim for | 5 |
| State reimbursement under this Act.
| 6 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-440, eff. 8-4-05; 94-525, eff. 1-1-06; 95-331, | 7 |
| eff. 8-21-07; 95-793, eff. 1-1-09.)
| 8 |
| (105 ILCS 5/27-24.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-24.5)
| 9 |
| Sec. 27-24.5. Submission of claims. The district shall | 10 |
| report on forms prescribed
by the State Board, on an ongoing | 11 |
| basis, a list of students by name, birth date
and sex, with the | 12 |
| date
the
behind-the-wheel instruction or the classroom | 13 |
| instruction or both were
completed
and with the
status of the | 14 |
| course completion.
| 15 |
| The State shall not reimburse any district for any student
| 16 |
| who has
repeated any part of the course more than once or who | 17 |
| did not meet the age
requirements of
this Act during the period | 18 |
| that the student was instructed
in any part of the drivers | 19 |
| education course ; nor shall the State
reimburse any district | 20 |
| for any resident of the district over age 55 .
| 21 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-440, eff. 8-4-05.)
| 22 |
| (105 ILCS 5/27-24.6) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-24.6)
| 23 |
| Sec. 27-24.6. Attendance records. The school board shall | 24 |
| require the teachers of drivers education courses
to keep daily |
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| attendance records for students pupils, excluding residents of | 2 |
| the
district over age 55, attending such courses in the
same | 3 |
| manner as is prescribed in Section 24-18 of this Act and such | 4 |
| records
shall be used to prepare and certify claims made under | 5 |
| the Driver Education
Act. Claims for reimbursement shall be | 6 |
| made under oath or affirmation of
the chief school | 7 |
| administrator for the district employed by the school
board
or | 8 |
| authorized driver education personnel employed by the school | 9 |
| board.
| 10 |
| Whoever submits a false claim under the Driver Education | 11 |
| Act or makes a
false record upon which a claim is based shall | 12 |
| be fined in an amount equal
to the sum falsely claimed.
| 13 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-55, eff. 7-1-03.)
| 14 |
| (105 ILCS 5/27A-5)
| 15 |
| Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements.
| 16 |
| (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian, | 17 |
| nonreligious, non-home
based, and non-profit school. A charter | 18 |
| school shall be organized and operated
as a nonprofit | 19 |
| corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity
| 20 |
| authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
| 21 |
| (b) A charter school may be established under this Article | 22 |
| by creating a new
school or by converting an existing public | 23 |
| school or attendance center to
charter
school status.
Beginning | 24 |
| on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 25 |
| General
Assembly, in all new
applications submitted to the |
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| State Board or a local school board to establish
a charter
| 2 |
| school in a city having a population exceeding 500,000, | 3 |
| operation of the
charter
school shall be limited to one campus. | 4 |
| The changes made to this Section by this
amendatory Act
of the | 5 |
| 93rd General
Assembly do not apply to charter schools existing | 6 |
| or approved on or before the
effective date of this
amendatory | 7 |
| Act.
| 8 |
| (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by | 9 |
| its board of
directors or other governing body
in the manner | 10 |
| provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter school
| 11 |
| shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and the Open | 12 |
| Meetings Act.
| 13 |
| (d) A charter school shall comply with all applicable | 14 |
| health and safety
requirements applicable to public schools | 15 |
| under the laws of the State of
Illinois.
| 16 |
| (e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a | 17 |
| charter school shall
not charge tuition; provided that a | 18 |
| charter school may charge reasonable fees
for textbooks, | 19 |
| instructional materials, and student activities.
| 20 |
| (f) A charter school shall be responsible for the | 21 |
| management and operation
of its fiscal affairs including,
but | 22 |
| not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each | 23 |
| charter
school's finances shall be conducted annually by an | 24 |
| outside, independent
contractor retained by the charter | 25 |
| school.
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| (g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of |
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| this Article and
its charter. A charter
school is exempt from | 2 |
| all other State laws and regulations in the School Code
| 3 |
| governing public
schools and local school board policies, | 4 |
| except the following:
| 5 |
| (1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of the School Code | 6 |
| regarding criminal
history records checks and checks of the | 7 |
| Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Child | 8 |
| Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database of | 9 |
| applicants for employment;
| 10 |
| (2) Sections 24-24 and 34-84A of the School Code | 11 |
| regarding discipline of
students;
| 12 |
| (3) The Local Governmental and Governmental Employees | 13 |
| Tort Immunity Act;
| 14 |
| (4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit | 15 |
| Corporation Act of 1986
regarding indemnification of | 16 |
| officers, directors, employees, and agents;
| 17 |
| (5) The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
| 18 |
| (6) The Illinois School Student Records Act; and
| 19 |
| (7) Section 10-17a of the School Code regarding school | 20 |
| report cards.
| 21 |
| (h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a | 22 |
| school district, the
governing body of a State college or | 23 |
| university or public community college, or
any other public or | 24 |
| for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use
of a | 25 |
| school building and grounds or any other real property or | 26 |
| facilities that
the charter school desires to use or convert |
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| for use as a charter school site,
(ii) the operation and | 2 |
| maintenance thereof, and
(iii) the provision of any service, | 3 |
| activity, or undertaking that the charter
school is required to | 4 |
| perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
| 5 |
| However, a charter school
that is established on
or
after the | 6 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
| 7 |
| Assembly and that operates
in a city having a population | 8 |
| exceeding
500,000 may not contract with a for-profit entity to
| 9 |
| manage or operate the school during the period that commences | 10 |
| on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 11 |
| General Assembly and
concludes at the end of the 2004-2005 | 12 |
| school year.
Except as provided in subsection (i) of this | 13 |
| Section, a school district may
charge a charter school | 14 |
| reasonable rent for the use of the district's
buildings, | 15 |
| grounds, and facilities. Any services for which a charter | 16 |
| school
contracts
with a school district shall be provided by | 17 |
| the district at cost. Any services
for which a charter school | 18 |
| contracts with a local school board or with the
governing body | 19 |
| of a State college or university or public community college
| 20 |
| shall be provided by the public entity at cost.
| 21 |
| (i) In no event shall a charter school that is established | 22 |
| by converting an
existing school or attendance center to | 23 |
| charter school status be required to
pay rent for space
that is | 24 |
| deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter | 25 |
| agreement,
in school district
facilities. However, all other | 26 |
| costs for the operation and maintenance of
school district |
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| facilities that are used by the charter school shall be subject
| 2 |
| to negotiation between
the charter school and the local school | 3 |
| board and shall be set forth in the
charter.
| 4 |
| (j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age or | 5 |
| grade level.
| 6 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-3, eff. 4-16-03; 93-909, eff. 8-12-04; 94-219, | 7 |
| eff. 7-14-05.)
| 8 |
| (105 ILCS 5/27A-8)
| 9 |
| Sec. 27A-8. Evaluation of charter proposals.
| 10 |
| (a) This Section does not apply to a charter school | 11 |
| established by
referendum under
Section 27A-6.5.
In evaluating | 12 |
| any charter
school proposal submitted to it, the local school | 13 |
| board shall give preference
to proposals that:
| 14 |
| (1) demonstrate a high level of local pupil, parental, | 15 |
| community,
business, and school personnel support;
| 16 |
| (2) set rigorous levels of expected pupil achievement | 17 |
| and demonstrate
feasible plans for attaining those levels | 18 |
| of achievement; and
| 19 |
| (3) are designed to enroll and serve a substantial | 20 |
| proportion of at-risk
children; provided that nothing in | 21 |
| the Charter Schools Law shall be construed
as intended to
| 22 |
| limit the establishment of charter schools to those that | 23 |
| serve a substantial
portion of at-risk children or to in | 24 |
| any manner restrict, limit, or discourage
the
| 25 |
| establishment of charter schools that enroll and serve |
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| other pupil populations
under a nonexclusive, | 2 |
| nondiscriminatory admissions policy.
| 3 |
| (b) In the case of a proposal to establish a charter school | 4 |
| by converting an
existing public school or attendance center to | 5 |
| charter school status, evidence
that the proposed formation of | 6 |
| the charter school has received majority support
from certified | 7 |
| teachers and from parents and guardians in the school or
| 8 |
| attendance center affected by the proposed charter, and, if | 9 |
| applicable, from a
local school council, shall be demonstrated | 10 |
| by a petition in support of the
charter school signed by | 11 |
| certified teachers and a petition in support of the
charter | 12 |
| school signed by parents and guardians and, if applicable, by a | 13 |
| vote of
the local school council held at a public meeting. In | 14 |
| the case of all other
proposals to establish a charter school, | 15 |
| evidence of sufficient support to fill
the number of pupil | 16 |
| seats set forth in the proposal may be
demonstrated by a
| 17 |
| petition in support of the charter school signed by parents and | 18 |
| guardians of
students eligible to attend the charter school.
In | 19 |
| all cases, the individuals, organizations, or entities who | 20 |
| initiate
the proposal to establish a charter school may elect, | 21 |
| in lieu of including any
petition referred to in this | 22 |
| subsection as a part of the proposal submitted to
the local | 23 |
| school board, to demonstrate that the charter school has
| 24 |
| received the support referred to in this subsection by other | 25 |
| evidence and
information presented at the public meeting that | 26 |
| the local school board is
required to convene under this |
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| (c) Within 45 days of receipt of a charter school proposal, | 3 |
| the local school
board shall convene a public meeting to obtain | 4 |
| information to assist the board
in its decision to grant or | 5 |
| deny the charter school proposal.
| 6 |
| (d) Notice of the public meeting required by this Section | 7 |
| shall be published
in a community newspaper published in the | 8 |
| school district in which the proposed
charter is located and, | 9 |
| if there is no such newspaper, then in a newspaper
published in | 10 |
| the county and having circulation in the school district. The
| 11 |
| notices shall be published not more than 10 days nor less than | 12 |
| 5 days before
the meeting and shall state that information | 13 |
| regarding a charter school
proposal will be heard at the | 14 |
| meeting. Copies of the notice shall also be
posted at | 15 |
| appropriate locations in the school or attendance center | 16 |
| proposed to
be established as a charter school, the public | 17 |
| schools in the school district,
and the local school board | 18 |
| office.
| 19 |
| (e) Within 30 days of the public meeting, the local school | 20 |
| board shall vote,
in a public meeting, to either grant or deny | 21 |
| the charter school proposal.
| 22 |
| (f) Within 7 days of the public meeting required under | 23 |
| subsection (e), the
local school board shall file a report with | 24 |
| the State Board
granting or denying the proposal.
Within 30 14 | 25 |
| days of receipt of the local school board's
report, the State | 26 |
| Board shall determine whether the approved charter
proposal is |
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| consistent with the
provisions of this Article and, if the | 2 |
| approved proposal
complies,
certify the proposal pursuant to | 3 |
| Section 27A-6.
| 4 |
| (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-407, eff. 8-3-99.)
| 5 |
| Section 10. The Childhood Hunger
Relief Act is amended by | 6 |
| changing Section 20 as follows: | 7 |
| (105 ILCS 126/20)
| 8 |
| Sec. 20. Summer food service program.
| 9 |
| (a) The State Board of Education shall promulgate a State | 10 |
| plan for
summer food service programs, in accordance with 42 | 11 |
| U.S.C. Sec. 1761 and any
other
applicable federal laws and | 12 |
| regulations,
by February 1, 2008.
| 13 |
| (b) On or before February 15, 2008, and each year | 14 |
| thereafter, a school district must promulgate a plan to have a | 15 |
| summer breakfast or lunch (or both) food service program for | 16 |
| each school (i) in which at least 50% of the students are | 17 |
| eligible for free or reduced-price school meals and (ii) that | 18 |
| has a summer school program. The plan must be implemented | 19 |
| during the summer of 2008 and each year thereafter as long as | 20 |
| the school district has a school or schools that meet the above | 21 |
| criteria . Each summer food service program must operate for the | 22 |
| duration of the school's summer school program. If the school | 23 |
| district has one or more elementary schools that qualify, the | 24 |
| summer food service program must be operated in a manner that |
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| ensures all eligible students receive services. If a school in | 2 |
| which at least 50% of the students are eligible for free or | 3 |
| reduced-price school meals is not open during the summer | 4 |
| months, the school shall provide information regarding the | 5 |
| number of children in the school who are eligible for free or | 6 |
| reduced-price school meals upon request by a not-for-profit | 7 |
| entity.
| 8 |
| (c) Summer food service programs established under this | 9 |
| Section shall
be
supported by federal funds and commodities
and | 10 |
| other available State and local resources.
| 11 |
| (d) A school district shall be allowed to opt out of the
| 12 |
| summer food service program requirement of this Section if it | 13 |
| is
determined that, due to circumstances specific to that | 14 |
| school
district, the expense reimbursement would not fully | 15 |
| cover the
costs of implementing and operating a summer food | 16 |
| service program.
The school district shall petition its | 17 |
| regional superintendent
of schools by January 15 to request to | 18 |
| be exempt from the
summer food service program requirement. The | 19 |
| petition shall
include all legitimate costs associated with | 20 |
| implementing and
operating a summer food service program, the | 21 |
| estimated
reimbursement from State and federal sources, and any | 22 |
| unique
circumstances the school district can verify that exist | 23 |
| that
would cause the implementation and operation of such a | 24 |
| program
to be cost prohibitive. | 25 |
| The regional superintendent of schools shall review the
| 26 |
| petition. He or she shall convene a public hearing to hear
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| testimony from the school district and interested community
| 2 |
| members. The regional superintendent shall, by March 1,
inform | 3 |
| the school district of his or her decision, along with
the | 4 |
| reasons why the exemption was granted or denied, in
writing. If | 5 |
| the regional superintendent grants an exemption to
the school | 6 |
| district, then the school district is relieved from
the | 7 |
| requirement to establish and implement a summer food service
| 8 |
| program. | 9 |
| If the regional superintendent of schools does not grant an
| 10 |
| exemption to the school district, then the school district
| 11 |
| shall implement and operate a summer food service program in
| 12 |
| accordance with this Section the summer following the current | 13 |
| school year. However, the school district or a resident of the
| 14 |
| school district may appeal the decision of the regional
| 15 |
| superintendent to the State Superintendent of Education. No
| 16 |
| later than April 1 of each year, the State Superintendent
shall | 17 |
| hear appeals on the decisions of regional superintendents
of | 18 |
| schools. The State Superintendent shall make a final
decision | 19 |
| at the conclusion of the hearing on the school
district's | 20 |
| request for an exemption from the summer food service
program | 21 |
| requirement. If the State Superintendent grants an
exemption to | 22 |
| the school district, then the school district is
relieved from | 23 |
| the requirement to implement and operate a summer food service | 24 |
| program. If the State Superintendent does not grant
an | 25 |
| exemption to the school district, then the school district
| 26 |
| shall implement and operate a summer food service program in
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| accordance with this Section the summer following the current | 2 |
| school year. | 3 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-155, eff. 8-14-07.) | 4 |
| Section 15. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 25 as follows: | 6 |
| (105 ILCS 128/25)
| 7 |
| Sec. 25. Annual review. | 8 |
| (a) Each public school district, through its school board | 9 |
| or the board's designee, shall conduct a minimum of one annual | 10 |
| meeting at which it will review each school building's | 11 |
| emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures | 12 |
| and each building's compliance with the school safety drill | 13 |
| programs. The purpose of this annual review shall be to review | 14 |
| and update the emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, | 15 |
| and procedures and the school safety drill programs of the | 16 |
| district and each of its school buildings. | 17 |
| (b) Each school board or the board's designee is required | 18 |
| to participate in the annual review and to invite each of the | 19 |
| following parties to the annual review and provide each party | 20 |
| with a minimum of 30-days' notice before the date of the annual | 21 |
| review: | 22 |
| (1) The principal of each school within the school | 23 |
| district or his or her official designee. | 24 |
| (2) Representatives from any other education-related |
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| organization or association deemed appropriate by the | 2 |
| school district. | 3 |
| (3) Representatives from all local first responder | 4 |
| organizations to participate, advise, and consult in the | 5 |
| review process, including, but not limited to: | 6 |
| (A) the appropriate local fire department or | 7 |
| district; | 8 |
| (B) the appropriate local law enforcement agency; | 9 |
| (C) the appropriate local emergency medical | 10 |
| services agency if the agency is a separate, local | 11 |
| first responder unit; and | 12 |
| (D) any other member of the first responder or | 13 |
| emergency management community that has contacted the | 14 |
| district superintendent or his or her designee during | 15 |
| the past year to request involvement in a school's | 16 |
| emergency planning or drill process. | 17 |
| (4) The school board or its designee may also choose to | 18 |
| invite to the annual review any other persons whom it | 19 |
| believes will aid in the review process, including, but not | 20 |
| limited to, any members of any other education-related | 21 |
| organization or the first responder or emergency | 22 |
| management community. | 23 |
| (c) Upon the conclusion of the annual review, the school | 24 |
| board or the board's designee shall sign a one page report, | 25 |
| which may be in either a check-off format or a narrative | 26 |
| format, that does the following: |
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| (1) summarizes the review's recommended changes to the | 2 |
| existing school safety plans and drill plans; | 3 |
| (2) lists the parties that participated in the annual | 4 |
| review, and includes the annual review's attendance | 5 |
| record; | 6 |
| (3) certifies that an effective review of the emergency | 7 |
| and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures and | 8 |
| the school safety drill programs of the district and each | 9 |
| of its school buildings has occurred; | 10 |
| (4) states that the school district will implement | 11 |
| those plans, protocols, procedures, and programs, during | 12 |
| the academic year; and | 13 |
| (5) includes the authorization of the school board or | 14 |
| the board's designee. | 15 |
| (d) The school board or its designee shall send a copy of | 16 |
| the report to each party that participates in the annual review | 17 |
| process and to the appropriate regional superintendent of | 18 |
| schools. If any of the participating parties have comments on | 19 |
| the certification document, those parties shall submit their | 20 |
| comments in writing to the appropriate regional | 21 |
| superintendent. The regional superintendent shall maintain a | 22 |
| record of these comments. The certification document may be in | 23 |
| a check-off format or narrative format, at the discretion of | 24 |
| the district superintendent. | 25 |
| (e) The review must occur at least once during the fiscal | 26 |
| calendar year, at a specific time chosen at the school district |
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| superintendent's discretion.
| 2 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05.) | 3 |
| Section 20. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | 4 |
| amended by changing Section 65.60 as follows:
| 5 |
| (110 ILCS 947/65.60)
| 6 |
| Sec. 65.60. Administration of federal scholarship | 7 |
| programs. The State Board of Education shall be the | 8 |
| administrator of the Robert C. Byrd federal scholarship | 9 |
| program. The State Board of Education is not precluded from | 10 |
| establishing an agreement with the Illinois Student Assistance | 11 |
| Commission or any other State agency or other entity to perform | 12 |
| tasks pertaining to the Robert C. Byrd federal scholarship | 13 |
| program. There are
hereby transferred to the Commission from | 14 |
| the State Board of Education all
authority and responsibility | 15 |
| previously exercised by the State Board of
Education with | 16 |
| respect to the administration within this State of the Christa
| 17 |
| McAuliffe and Robert C. Byrd federal scholarship programs, and | 18 |
| the Commission
hereafter shall administer on behalf of the | 19 |
| State of Illinois and in accordance
with all applicable rules | 20 |
| and regulations the conduct and operation of the
Christa | 21 |
| McAuliffe and Robert C. Byrd federal scholarship programs | 22 |
| within this
State.
| 23 |
| The State Board of Education shall transfer to the | 24 |
| Commission, as the
successor to the State Board of Education |
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| for all purposes of administering the
Christa McAuliffe and | 2 |
| Robert C. Byrd federal scholarship programs, all books,
| 3 |
| accounts, records, papers, documents, contracts, agreements, | 4 |
| and pending
business in the possession or under the control of | 5 |
| the State Board of Education
and relating to its administration | 6 |
| of those programs in this State. All
pending applications made | 7 |
| prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of
1993 for | 8 |
| scholarship awards under those programs and all scholarships | 9 |
| awarded
under those programs prior to the effective date of | 10 |
| this amendatory Act of 1993
shall be unaffected by the transfer | 11 |
| to the Commission of all responsibilities
and authority | 12 |
| formerly exercised by the State Board of Education with respect
| 13 |
| to those programs. The State Board of Education shall furnish | 14 |
| to the
Commission such other information as the Commission may | 15 |
| request to assist it in
administering this Section.
| 16 |
| (Source: P.A. 88-228.)
| 17 |
| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.13 rep.)
| 18 |
| (105 ILCS 5/3-15.16 rep.)
| 19 |
| (105 ILCS 5/10-20.29 rep.)
| 20 |
| (105 ILCS 5/Art. 14B rep.)
| 21 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14B-1 rep.)
| 22 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14B-2 rep.)
| 23 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14B-3 rep.)
| 24 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14B-4 rep.)
| 25 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14B-5 rep.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/14B-6 rep.)
| 2 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14B-7 rep.)
| 3 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14B-8 rep.)
| 4 |
| (105 ILCS 5/27-23 rep.)
| 5 |
| Section 25. The School Code is amended by repealing | 6 |
| Sections 2-3.13, 3-15.16, 10-20.29, and 27-23 and Article 14B.
| 7 |
| (105 ILCS 130/Act rep.)
| 8 |
| Section 30. The Sex Education Act is repealed.
| 9 |
| (105 ILCS 430/Act rep.)
| 10 |
| Section 35. The Recognized Normal School Act is repealed.
| 11 |
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 12 |
| 2009.
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INDEX
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|
Statutes amended in order of appearance
|
| 3 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.11c |
|
| 4 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.25a |
from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25a |
| 5 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.25b |
from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25b |
| 6 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.25d |
from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25d |
| 7 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.31 |
from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.31 |
| 8 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.66 |
from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.66 |
| 9 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.89 |
from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.89 |
| 10 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.117a |
|
| 11 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.137 |
|
| 12 |
| 105 ILCS 5/3-14.21 |
from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.21 |
| 13 |
| 105 ILCS 5/10-20.26 |
from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.26 |
| 14 |
| 105 ILCS 5/18-3 |
from Ch. 122, par. 18-3 |
| 15 |
| 105 ILCS 5/18-12 |
from Ch. 122, par. 18-12 |
| 16 |
| 105 ILCS 5/26-3d |
from Ch. 122, par. 26-3d |
| 17 |
| 105 ILCS 5/27-17 |
from Ch. 122, par. 27-17 |
| 18 |
| 105 ILCS 5/27-24.2 |
from Ch. 122, par. 27-24.2 |
| 19 |
| 105 ILCS 5/27-24.4 |
from Ch. 122, par. 27-24.4 |
| 20 |
| 105 ILCS 5/27-24.5 |
from Ch. 122, par. 27-24.5 |
| 21 |
| 105 ILCS 5/27-24.6 |
from Ch. 122, par. 27-24.6 |
| 22 |
| 105 ILCS 5/27A-8 |
|
| 23 |
| 105 ILCS 126/20 |
|
| 24 |
| 105 ILCS 128/25 |
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| 25 |
| 110 ILCS 947/65.60 |
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| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.13 rep. |
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| 2 |
| 105 ILCS 5/3-15.16 rep. |
|
| 3 |
| 105 ILCS 5/10-20.29 rep. |
|
| 4 |
| 105 ILCS 5/Art. 14B rep. |
|
| 5 |
| 105 ILCS 5/14B-1 rep. |
|
| 6 |
| 105 ILCS 5/14B-2 rep. |
|
| 7 |
| 105 ILCS 5/14B-3 rep. |
|
| 8 |
| 105 ILCS 5/14B-4 rep. |
|
| 9 |
| 105 ILCS 5/14B-5 rep. |
|
| 10 |
| 105 ILCS 5/14B-6 rep. |
|
| 11 |
| 105 ILCS 5/14B-7 rep. |
|
| 12 |
| 105 ILCS 5/14B-8 rep. |
|
| 13 |
| 105 ILCS 5/27-23 rep. |
|
| 14 |
| 105 ILCS 130/Act rep. |
|
| 15 |
| 105 ILCS 430/Act rep. |
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