Full Text of SB3567 096th General Assembly
SB3567 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB3567
Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. William Delgado SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/3-11 |
from Ch. 122, par. 3-11 |
30 ILCS 805/8.34 new |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that teachers' institutes for Chicago school district personnel shall include instruction on prevalent student chronic health conditions. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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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 Section | 5 |
| 3-11 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/3-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-11)
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| Sec. 3-11. Institutes or inservice training workshops. In | 8 |
| counties
of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the regional | 9 |
| superintendent may
arrange for or conduct district, regional, | 10 |
| or county institutes, or
equivalent professional educational | 11 |
| experiences, not more than 4 days
annually. Of those 4 days, 2 | 12 |
| days may be used as a teacher's workshop,
when approved by the | 13 |
| regional superintendent, up to 2 days may be used
for | 14 |
| conducting parent-teacher conferences or up to 2 days may be | 15 |
| utilized
as parental institute days as provided in Section | 16 |
| 10-22.18d. A school
district may use one of its 4 institute | 17 |
| days on the last day of the school
term. "Institute" or | 18 |
| "Professional educational experiences" means any
educational | 19 |
| gathering, demonstration of methods of instruction,
visitation | 20 |
| of schools or other institutions or facilities, sexual
abuse | 21 |
| and sexual assault awareness seminar, or training in First Aid | 22 |
| (which may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation or | 23 |
| defibrillator training) held or approved
by the regional |
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| superintendent and declared by him to be an institute day,
or | 2 |
| parent-teacher conferences. With the concurrence of the State
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| Superintendent of Education, he or she may employ such | 4 |
| assistance as is
necessary
to conduct the institute. Two or | 5 |
| more adjoining counties may jointly hold
an institute. | 6 |
| Institute instruction shall be free to holders of
certificates | 7 |
| good in the county or counties holding the institute, and to
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| those who have paid an examination fee and failed to receive a | 9 |
| certificate.
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| In counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the regional
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| superintendent may arrange for or conduct district, regional, | 12 |
| or county
inservice training workshops, or equivalent | 13 |
| professional educational
experiences, not more than 4 days | 14 |
| annually. Of those 4 days, 2 days may
be used for conducting | 15 |
| parent-teacher conferences and up to 2 days may be
utilized as | 16 |
| parental institute days as provided in Section 10-22.18d. A
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| school district may use one of those 4 days on the last day of | 18 |
| the school
term. "Inservice Training Workshops" or | 19 |
| "Professional educational
experiences" means any educational | 20 |
| gathering, demonstration of methods of
instruction, visitation | 21 |
| of schools or other institutions or
facilities, sexual abuse | 22 |
| and sexual assault awareness seminar, or training in First Aid | 23 |
| (which may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation or | 24 |
| defibrillator training) held
or approved by the regional | 25 |
| superintendent and declared by him to be
an inservice training | 26 |
| workshop, or parent-teacher conferences. With the
concurrence |
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| of the State Superintendent of Education, he may employ such
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| assistance as is necessary to conduct the inservice training | 3 |
| workshop.
With the approval of the regional superintendent, 2 | 4 |
| or more adjoining
districts may jointly hold an inservice | 5 |
| training workshop. In addition,
with the approval of the | 6 |
| regional superintendent, one district may conduct
its own | 7 |
| inservice training workshop with subject matter consultants
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| requested from the county, State or any State institution of | 9 |
| higher learning.
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| Such teachers institutes as referred to in this Section may | 11 |
| be held
on consecutive or separate days at the option of the | 12 |
| regional
superintendent having jurisdiction thereof.
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| Whenever reference is made in this Act to "teachers | 14 |
| institute", it
shall be construed to include the inservice | 15 |
| training workshops or
equivalent professional educational | 16 |
| experiences provided for in this Section.
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| Any institute advisory committee existing on April 1, 1995, | 18 |
| is dissolved
and the duties and responsibilities of the | 19 |
| institute advisory committee are
assumed by the regional office | 20 |
| of education advisory board.
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| Districts providing inservice training programs shall | 22 |
| constitute inservice
committees, 1/2 of which shall be | 23 |
| teachers, 1/4 school service personnel
and 1/4 administrators | 24 |
| to establish program content and schedules.
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| The teachers institutes shall include teacher training | 26 |
| committed to (i)
peer counseling programs and other |
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| anti-violence and conflict
resolution programs, including | 2 |
| without limitation programs for preventing at
risk students | 3 |
| from committing violent acts, and (ii) educator ethics and | 4 |
| teacher-student conduct. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school | 5 |
| year, the teachers institutes , including those for City of | 6 |
| Chicago School District 299 personnel, shall include | 7 |
| instruction on prevalent student chronic health conditions.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-969, eff. 1-1-09; 96-431, eff. 8-13-09.)
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 10 |
| Section 8.34 as follows: | 11 |
| (30 ILCS 805/8.34 new) | 12 |
| Sec. 8.34. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 13 |
| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 14 |
| implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 15 |
| the 96th General Assembly.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 |
| becoming law.
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