Full Text of HB0086 94th General Assembly
HB0086 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0086
Introduced 1/6/2005, by Rep. Lou Lang SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/2-3.62 |
from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.62 |
105 ILCS 5/2-3.43 rep. |
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Amends the School Code. Repeals a Section concerning computer literacy grants. Changes a reference from the repealed Section to a Section concerning the School Technology Program. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0086 |
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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 |
| 2-3.62 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.62) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.62)
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| Sec. 2-3.62. Educational Service Centers.
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| (a) A regional network of educational service centers shall | 9 |
| be established
by the State Board of Education to coordinate | 10 |
| and combine existing services in
a manner which is practical | 11 |
| and efficient and to provide new services to
schools as | 12 |
| provided in this Section. Services to be made available by such
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| centers shall include the planning, implementation and | 14 |
| evaluation of:
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| (1) (blank);
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| (2) computer technology education including the | 17 |
| evaluation, use and
application of state-of-the-art | 18 |
| technology in computer software as provided
in Section | 19 |
| 2-3.117
2-3.43 ;
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| (3) mathematics, science and reading resources for | 21 |
| teachers including
continuing education, inservice | 22 |
| training and staff development.
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| The centers may provide training, technical assistance, | 24 |
| coordination and
planning in other program areas such as school | 25 |
| improvement, school
accountability, career guidance, early | 26 |
| childhood education, alcohol/drug
education and prevention, | 27 |
| family life - sex education, electronic transmission
of data | 28 |
| from school districts to the State, alternative education and | 29 |
| regional
special education, and telecommunications systems | 30 |
| that provide distance
learning. Such telecommunications | 31 |
| systems may be obtained through the
Department of Central | 32 |
| Management Services pursuant to Section 405-270 of the
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| Department of Central Management Services Law (20 ILCS | 2 |
| 405/405-270). The programs and services of educational
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| centers may be offered to private school teachers and private | 4 |
| school
students within each service center area provided public | 5 |
| schools have already
been afforded adequate access to such | 6 |
| programs and services.
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| The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and | 8 |
| regulations necessary
to implement this Section. The rules | 9 |
| shall include detailed standards which
delineate the scope and | 10 |
| specific content of programs to be provided by each
Educational | 11 |
| Service Center, as well as the specific planning, | 12 |
| implementation
and evaluation services to be provided by each | 13 |
| Center relative to its programs.
The Board shall also provide | 14 |
| the standards by which it will evaluate the
programs provided | 15 |
| by each Center.
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| (b) Centers serving Class 1 county school units shall be | 17 |
| governed by an
11-member board, 3 members of which shall be | 18 |
| public school teachers
nominated by the local bargaining | 19 |
| representatives to the appropriate regional
superintendent for | 20 |
| appointment and no more than 3 members of which shall be
from | 21 |
| each of the following categories, including but not limited to
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| superintendents, regional superintendents, school board | 23 |
| members
and a representative of an institution of higher | 24 |
| education. The members of
the board shall be appointed by the | 25 |
| regional superintendents whose school
districts are served by | 26 |
| the educational service center.
The composition of the board | 27 |
| will reflect the revisions of this
amendatory Act of 1989 as | 28 |
| the terms of office of current members expire.
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| (c) The centers shall be of sufficient size and number to | 30 |
| assure delivery
of services to all local school districts in | 31 |
| the State.
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| (d) From monies appropriated for this program the State | 33 |
| Board of
Education shall provide grants to qualifying | 34 |
| Educational Service Centers
applying for such grants in | 35 |
| accordance with rules and regulations
promulgated by the State | 36 |
| Board of Education to implement this Section.
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| (e) The governing authority of each of the 18 regional | 2 |
| educational service
centers shall appoint a family life - sex | 3 |
| education advisory board
consisting of 2 parents, 2 teachers, 2 | 4 |
| school administrators, 2 school
board members, 2 health care | 5 |
| professionals, one library system
representative, and the | 6 |
| director of the regional educational service center
who shall | 7 |
| serve as chairperson of the advisory board so appointed. | 8 |
| Members
of the family life - sex education advisory boards | 9 |
| shall serve without
compensation. Each of the advisory boards | 10 |
| appointed pursuant to this
subsection shall develop a plan for | 11 |
| regional teacher-parent family life - sex
education training | 12 |
| sessions and shall file a written report of such plan
with the | 13 |
| governing board of their regional educational service center. | 14 |
| The
directors of each of the regional educational service
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| centers shall thereupon meet, review each of the reports | 16 |
| submitted by the
advisory boards and combine those reports into | 17 |
| a single written report which
they shall file with the Citizens | 18 |
| Council on School Problems prior to the
end of the regular | 19 |
| school term of the 1987-1988 school year.
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| (f) The 14 educational service centers serving Class I | 21 |
| county school units
shall be disbanded on the first Monday of | 22 |
| August, 1995, and their statutory
responsibilities and | 23 |
| programs shall be assumed by the regional offices of
education, | 24 |
| subject to rules and regulations developed by
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State Board | 25 |
| of Education. The regional superintendents of schools elected | 26 |
| by
the voters residing in all Class I counties shall serve as | 27 |
| the chief
administrators for these programs and services. By | 28 |
| rule of the State Board of
Education, the 10 educational | 29 |
| service regions of
lowest
population shall provide such | 30 |
| services under cooperative agreements with larger
regions.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-21, eff. 7-1-03.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.43 rep.)
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| Section 10. The School Code is amended by repealing Section | 34 |
| 2-3.43.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 |
| becoming law.
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