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90_HB2365 SEE INDEX Creates the Dissection Alternatives Act. Provides that public elementary and secondary schools may excuse a student from performing or observing dissection and may allow the student to instead perform an alternative project. Provides that students may not be penalized for refusing to participate in or observe dissection. Directs the State Board of Education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the Board of Higher Education to provide guidelines for notifying students and parents about courses that include dissection. Adds provisions amending the School Code relative to: qualifications for membership on the State Board of Education; the State Board of Education contracting for an audit of Bloom Township High School District 206 and making dissection alternatives available to school districts; determining the residency of pupils in the Chicago public school system; validation of the tax levy of a community unit school district; the definition of school construction for purposes of determining when a sprinkler system must be installed as part of that construction; establishing an Irish Famine study as part of the curriculum of a public school; and Chicago attendance centers which apply for and are designated as a small school by the board of education. Authorizes a community unit school district that meets certain statutory criteria to issue additional bonds, notwithstanding its additional indebtedness. Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act to authorize the release of student records to a governmental or social service agency in furtherance of an investigation of a student's school attendance. Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act relative to the employment by school districts of personnel certified by an appropriate agency as qualified to administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 1998. LRB9007351NTcw LRB9007351NTcw 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 5 Dissection Alternatives Act. 6 Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, 7 unless the context otherwise requires: 8 "Student" means (i) a pupil at a public or private 9 elementary or secondary school in Illinois, (ii) a student at 10 an Illinois community college, or (iii) an undergraduate 11 student at a public or private college or university in 12 Illinois. 13 "Teacher" means a person who is teaching (i) at a public 14 or private elementary or secondary school in Illinois, (ii) 15 at an Illinois community college, or (iii) undergraduate 16 students at a public or private college or university in 17 Illinois; regardless of whether that teaching is on a 18 full-time or part-time, temporary or permanent, or regular or 19 substitute basis. 20 "Dissection" includes cutting, killing, inspecting, 21 touching, handling, preserving, mounting, or other 22 manipulation of living or dead animals or animal parts for 23 scientific study; but does not include the cutting, 24 inspecting, touching, handling, preserving, mounting, or 25 other manipulation of (1) meat or other animal products that 26 have been processed for use as food or in the preparation of 27 food or (2) wool, silk, glue, or other commercial or artistic 28 products derived from animals. 29 Section 10. Alternative student projects. A school may 30 excuse a student enrolled in a course in which students are -2- LRB9007351NTcw 1 ordinarily expected to perform, participate in, or observe 2 dissection who objects for any reason to performing, 3 participating in, or observing that dissection and instead 4 allow the student to complete an alternative project. The 5 alternative project should be nonpunative and should be 6 reasonably chosen to provide the student, through means other 7 than dissection, with knowledge similar to that expected to 8 be gained by other students in the course who perform, 9 participate in, or observe the dissection. In the case of a 10 student in a public elementary or secondary school, the 11 alternative project should be consistent with any guidelines 12 for alternative projects that have been adopted by the State 13 Board of Education. 14 Section 15. Guidelines for notification of students and 15 parents. 16 (a) The State Board of Education shall develop and make 17 available guidelines that may be used by the public 18 elementary and secondary schools within this State to give 19 appropriate notice of the following to students and their 20 parents or legal guardians: 21 (1) Which, if any, of the courses taught at the 22 school ordinarily require or allow the student to 23 perform, participate in, or observe dissection. 24 (2) Whether or not the school makes available to 25 students the opportunity to complete an alternative 26 project. 27 (b) The Illinois Community College Board shall develop 28 and make available guidelines that may be used by the public 29 community colleges of this State for the purpose of providing 30 to community college students the notifications described in 31 subsection (a). 32 (c) The Board of Higher Education shall develop and make 33 available guidelines that may be used by the public and -3- LRB9007351NTcw 1 private colleges and universities of this State for the 2 purpose of providing to their students the notifications 3 described in subsection (a). 4 Section 20. Information concerning dissection 5 alternatives. 6 (a) The Illinois Community College Board shall make 7 available to public community colleges sources of information 8 concerning alternatives to the dissection of animals. Such 9 information may include, but need not be limited to, names, 10 addresses, and contact personnel of organizations that offer 11 free instructional and teaching materials as alternatives to 12 dissection. 13 (b) The Board of Higher Education shall make available 14 to public and private colleges and universities sources of 15 information concerning alternatives to the dissection of 16 animals. Such information may include, but need not be 17 limited to, names, addresses, and contact personnel of 18 organizations that offer free instructional and teaching 19 materials as alternatives to dissection. 20 Section 25. Discrimination prohibited. A student may 21 not be penalized or discriminated against in any way for 22 refusing to perform, participate in, or observe dissection. 23 Section 75. The School Code is amended by adding 24 Sections 2-3.27a, 2-3.123, 17-2.11b, and 27-20.6 and changing 25 Sections 1A-2, 10-20.12b, 19-1, 22-23, 34-2.4b, and 34-4.5 as 26 follows: 27 (105 ILCS 5/1A-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-2) 28 Sec. 1A-2. Qualifications. The members of the State 29 Board of Education shall be citizens of the United States and 30 residents of the State of Illinois and shall be selected as -4- LRB9007351NTcw 1 far as may be practicable on the basis of their knowledge of, 2 or interest and experience in, problems of public education. 3 No member of the State Board of Education shall be gainfully 4 employed or administratively connected with any school 5 system, nor have any interest in or benefit from funds 6 provided by the State Board of Education to anorinstitution 7 of higher learning, public or private, within Illinois, nor 8 shall they be members of a school board or board of school 9 trustees of a public or nonpublic school, college, university 10 or technical institution within Illinois. No member shall 11 be appointed to more than 2 six year terms. Members shall be 12 reimbursed for all ordinary and necessary expenses incurred 13 in performing their duties as members of the Board. Expenses 14 shall be approved by the Board and be consistent with the 15 laws, policies, and requirements of the State of Illinois 16 regarding such expenditures, plus any member may include in 17 his claim for expenses $50 per day for meeting days. 18 (Source: P.A. 80-1513.) 19 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.27a new) 20 Sec. 2-3.27a. The State Board of Education shall 21 contract with an independent certified public accountant or 22 accounting firm to conduct a management audit of Bloom 23 Township High School District 206. The audit shall include a 24 review of the adequacy of the school district's long-term 25 financial plan and its policies and procedures for issuing 26 bonds for school finance purposes. The audit shall also 27 review the competitiveness of interest rates, disposition of 28 premiums and fees, and taxability of the district's 1992 and 29 1995 bond issues. 30 The State Board of Education shall submit the completed 31 audit to the General Assembly and the Auditor General no 32 later than December 31, 1997, and shall make the report 33 available upon request to any other person. The Auditor -5- LRB9007351NTcw 1 General shall be given access to the audit working papers and 2 other supporting information at his or her request, and those 3 working papers shall also be public documents, except to the 4 extent that specific information contained in those working 5 papers is confidential by or pursuant to law. 6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.123 new) 7 Sec. 2-3.123. Dissection alternatives. The State Board 8 of Education shall make available to school districts sources 9 of information concerning alternatives to the dissection of 10 animals. Such information may include, but need not be 11 limited to, names, addresses, and contact personnel of 12 organizations that offer free instructional and teaching 13 materials as alternatives to dissection. 14 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.12b) 15 Sec. 10-20.12b. Residency; payment of tuition; hearing; 16 criminal penalty. 17 (a) For purposes of this Section: 18 (1) The residence of a person who has legal custody 19 of a pupil is deemed to be the residence of the pupil. 20 (2) "Legal custody" means one of the following: 21 (i) Custody exercised by a natural or adoptive 22 parent with whom the pupil resides. 23 (ii) Custody granted by order of a court of 24 competent jurisdiction to a person with whom the 25 pupil resides for reasons other than to have access 26 to the educational programs of the district. 27 (iii) Custody exercised under a statutory 28 short-term guardianship, provided that within 60 29 days of the pupil's enrollment a court order is 30 entered that establishes a permanent guardianship 31 and grants custody to a person with whom the pupil 32 resides for reasons other than to have access to the -6- LRB9007351NTcw 1 educational programs of the district. 2 (iv) Custody exercised by an adult caretaker 3 relative who is receiving aid under the Illinois 4 Public Aid Code for the pupil who resides with that 5 adult caretaker relative for purposes other than to 6 have access to the educational programs of the 7 district. 8 (v) Custody exercised by an adult who 9 demonstrates that, in fact, he or she has assumed 10 and exercises legal responsibility for the pupil and 11 provides the pupil with a regular fixed night-time 12 abode for purposes other than to have access to the 13 educational programs of the district. 14 (b) Except as otherwise provided under Section 10-22.5a, 15 only resident pupils of a school district may attend the 16 schools of the district without payment of the tuition 17 required to be charged under Section 10-20.12a. However, 18 children for whom the Guardianship Administrator of the 19 Department of Children and Family Services has been appointed 20 temporary custodian or guardian of the person of a child 21 shall not be charged tuition as a nonresident pupil if the 22 child was placed by the Department of Children and Family 23 Services with a foster parent or placed in another type of 24 child care facility and the foster parent or child care 25 facility is located in a school district other than the 26 child's former school district and it is determined by the 27 Department of Children and Family Services to be in the 28 child's best interest to maintain attendance at his or her 29 former school district. 30 (c) The provisions of this subsection do not apply in 31 school districts having a population of 500,000 or more. If a 32 school board in a school district with a population of less 33 than 500,000 determines that a pupil who is attending school 34 in the district on a tuition free basis is a nonresident of -7- LRB9007351NTcw 1 the district for whom tuition is required to be charged under 2 Section 10-20.12a, the board shall notify the person who 3 enrolled the pupil of the amount of the tuition charged under 4 Section 10-20.12a that is due to the district for the 5 nonresident pupil's attendance in the district's schools. 6 The notice shall be given by certified mail, return receipt 7 requested. Within 10 days after receipt of the notice, the 8 person who enrolled the pupil may request a hearing to review 9 the determination of the school board. The request shall be 10 sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the 11 district superintendent. Within 10 days after receipt of the 12 request, the board shall notify, by certified mail, return 13 receipt requested, the person requesting the hearing of the 14 time and place of the hearing, which shall be held not less 15 than 10 nor more than 20 days after the notice of hearing is 16 given. The board or a hearing officer designated by the 17 board shall conduct the hearing. The board and the person 18 who enrolled the pupil may be represented at the hearing by 19 representatives of their choice. At the hearing, the person 20 who enrolled the pupil shall have the burden of going forward 21 with the evidence concerning the pupil's residency. If the 22 hearing is conducted by a hearing officer, the hearing 23 officer, within 5 days after the conclusion of the hearing, 24 shall send a written report of his or her findings by 25 certified mail, return receipt requested, to the school board 26 and to the person who enrolled the pupil. The person who 27 enrolled the pupil may, within 5 days after receiving the 28 findings, file written objections to the findings with the 29 school board by sending the objections by certified mail, 30 return receipt requested, addressed to the district 31 superintendent. Whether the hearing is conducted by the 32 school board or a hearing officer, the school board shall, 33 within 15 days after the conclusion of the hearing, decide 34 whether or not the pupil is a resident of the district and -8- LRB9007351NTcw 1 the amount of any tuition required to be charged under 2 Section 10-20.12a as a result of the pupil's attendance in 3 the schools of the district. The school board shall send a 4 copy of its decision to the person who enrolled the pupil, 5 and the decision of the school board shall be final. 6 (c-5) The provisions of this subsection apply only in 7 school districts having a population of 500,000 or more. If 8 the board of education of a school district with a population 9 of 500,000 or more determines that a pupil who is attending 10 school in the district on a tuition free basis is a 11 nonresident of the district for whom tuition is required to 12 be charged under Section 10-20.12a, the board shall notify 13 the person who enrolled the pupil of the amount of the 14 tuition charged under Section 10-20.12a that is due to the 15 district for the nonresident pupil's attendance in the 16 district's schools. The notice shall be given by certified 17 mail, return receipt requested. Within 10 days after receipt 18 of the notice, the person who enrolled the pupil may request 19 a hearing to review the determination of the school board. 20 The request shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt 21 requested, to the district superintendent. Within 30 days 22 after receipt of the request, the board shall notify, by 23 certified mail, return receipt requested, the person 24 requesting the hearing of the time and place of the hearing, 25 which shall be held not less than 10 nor more than 30 days 26 after the notice of hearing is given. The board or a hearing 27 officer designated by the board shall conduct the hearing. 28 The board and the person who enrolled the pupil may each be 29 represented at the hearing by a representative of their 30 choice. At the hearing, the person who enrolled the pupil 31 shall have the burden of going forward with the evidence 32 concerning the pupil's residency. If the hearing is 33 conducted by a hearing officer, the hearing officer, within 34 20 days after the conclusion of the hearing, shall serve a -9- LRB9007351NTcw 1 written report of his or her findings by personal service or 2 by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the school 3 board and to the person who enrolled the pupil. The person 4 who enrolled the pupil may, within 10 days after receiving 5 the findings, file written objections to the findings with 6 the board of education by sending the objections by certified 7 mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the general 8 superintendent of schools. If the hearing is conducted by 9 the board of education, the board shall, within 45 days after 10 the conclusion of the hearing, decide whether or not the 11 pupil is a resident of the district and the amount of any 12 tuition required to be charged under Section 10-20.12a as a 13 result of the pupil's attendance in the schools of the 14 district. If the hearing is conducted by a hearing officer, 15 the board of education shall, within 45 days after the 16 receipt of the hearing officer's findings, decide whether or 17 not the pupil is a resident of the district and the amount of 18 any tuition required to be charged under Section 10-20.12a as 19 a result of the pupil's attendance in the schools of the 20 district. The board of education shall send, by certified 21 mail, return receipt requested, a copy of its decision to the 22 person who enrolled the pupil, and the decision of the board 23 shall be final. 24 (d) If a hearing is requested under subsection (c) or 25 (c-5) to review the determination of the school board or 26 board of educationboard's determinationthat a nonresident 27 pupil is attending the schools of the district without 28 payment of the tuition required to be charged under Section 29 10-20.12a, the pupil may, at the request of a person who 30 enrolled the pupil, continue attendance at the schools of the 31 district pending a final decision of theschoolboard 32 following the hearing. However, attendance of that pupil in 33 the schools of the district as authorized by this subsection 34 (d) shall not relieve any person who enrolled the pupil of -10- LRB9007351NTcw 1 the obligation to pay the tuition charged for that attendance 2 under Section 10-20.12a if the final decision of theschool3 board is that the pupil is a nonresident of the district. If 4 a pupil is determined to be a nonresident of the district for 5 whom tuition is required to be charged pursuant to this 6 Section, theschoolboard shall refuse to permit the pupil to 7 continue attending the schools of the district unless the 8 required tuition is paid for the pupil. 9 (e) Except for a pupil referred to in subsection (b) of 10 Section 10-22.5a, a pupil referred to in Section 10-20.12a, 11 or a pupil referred to in subsection (b) of this Section, a 12 person who knowingly enrolls or attempts to enroll in the 13 schools of a school district on a tuition free basis a pupil 14 known by that person to be a nonresident of the district 15 shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. 16 (f) A person who knowingly or wilfully presents to any 17 school district any false information regarding the residency 18 of a pupil for the purpose of enabling that pupil to attend 19 any school in that district without the payment of a 20 nonresident tuition charge shall be guilty of a Class C 21 misdemeanor. 22 (g) The provisions of this Section are subject to the 23 provisions of the Education for Homeless Children Act. 24 Nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to or 25 require the payment of tuition by a parent or guardian of a 26 "homeless child" (as that term is defined in Section 1-5 of 27 the Education for Homeless Children Act) in connection with 28 or as a result of the homeless child's continued education or 29 enrollment in a school that is chosen in accordance with any 30 of the options provided in Section 1-10 of that Act. 31 (Source: P.A. 89-480, eff. 1-1-97.) 32 (105 ILCS 5/17-2.11b new) 33 Sec. 17-2.11b. Validation. Whenever prior to the -11- LRB9007351NTcw 1 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, a community 2 unit school district having a 1995-96 enrollment of fewer 3 than 450 and a 1995 equalized assessed valuation of less than 4 $12,000,000 has levied and the county clerk has extended 5 taxes for the purposes described in Section 17-2.11 without 6 the certificates of the regional superintendent of schools 7 and the State Superintendent of Education required by that 8 Section, the tax levies and extensions and the expenditures 9 by the school district of the extended amounts are hereby 10 validated for all purposes to the same extent as if the 11 district had received and filed the necessary certifications 12 prior to the tax levies and extensions and had expended the 13 funds in full compliance with Section 17-2.11. 14 (105 ILCS 5/19-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-1) 15 Sec. 19-1. Debt limitations of school districts. 16 (a) School districts shall not be subject to the 17 provisions limiting their indebtedness prescribed in "An Act 18 to limit the indebtedness of counties having a population of 19 less than 500,000 and townships, school districts and other 20 municipal corporations having a population of less than 21 300,000", approved February 15, 1928, as amended. 22 No school districts maintaining grades K through 8 or 9 23 through 12 shall become indebted in any manner or for any 24 purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the 25 aggregate exceeding 6.9% on the value of the taxable property 26 therein to be ascertained by the last assessment for State 27 and county taxes or, until January 1, 1983, if greater, the 28 sum that is produced by multiplying the school district's 29 1978 equalized assessed valuation by the debt limitation 30 percentage in effect on January 1, 1979, previous to the 31 incurring of such indebtedness. 32 No school districts maintaining grades K through 12 shall 33 become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an -12- LRB9007351NTcw 1 amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate 2 exceeding 13.8% on the value of the taxable property therein 3 to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county 4 taxes or, until January 1, 1983, if greater, the sum that is 5 produced by multiplying the school district's 1978 equalized 6 assessed valuation by the debt limitation percentage in 7 effect on January 1, 1979, previous to the incurring of such 8 indebtedness. 9 Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the 10 contrary, in any case in which the voters of a school 11 district have approved a proposition for the issuance of 12 bonds of such school district at an election held prior to 13 January 1, 1979, and all of the bonds approved at such 14 election have not been issued, the debt limitation applicable 15 to such school district during the calendar year 1979 shall 16 be computed by multiplying the value of taxable property 17 therein, including personal property, as ascertained by the 18 last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the 19 incurring of such indebtedness, by the percentage limitation 20 applicable to such school district under the provisions of 21 this subsection (a). 22 (b) Notwithstanding the debt limitation prescribed in 23 subsection (a) of this Section, additional indebtedness may 24 be incurred in an amount not to exceed the estimated cost of 25 acquiring or improving school sites or constructing and 26 equipping additional building facilities under the following 27 conditions: 28 (1) Whenever the enrollment of students for the 29 next school year is estimated by the board of education 30 to increase over the actual present enrollment by not 31 less than 35% or by not less than 200 students or the 32 actual present enrollment of students has increased over 33 the previous school year by not less than 35% or by not 34 less than 200 students and the board of education -13- LRB9007351NTcw 1 determines that additional school sites or building 2 facilities are required as a result of such increase in 3 enrollment; and 4 (2) When the Regional Superintendent of Schools 5 having jurisdiction over the school district and the 6 State Superintendent of Education concur in such 7 enrollment projection or increase and approve the need 8 for such additional school sites or building facilities 9 and the estimated cost thereof; and 10 (3) When the voters in the school district approve 11 a proposition for the issuance of bonds for the purpose 12 of acquiring or improving such needed school sites or 13 constructing and equipping such needed additional 14 building facilities at an election called and held for 15 that purpose. Notice of such an election shall state that 16 the amount of indebtedness proposed to be incurred would 17 exceed the debt limitation otherwise applicable to the 18 school district. The ballot for such proposition shall 19 state what percentage of the equalized assessed valuation 20 will be outstanding in bonds if the proposed issuance of 21 bonds is approved by the voters; or 22 (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 23 (1) through (3) of this subsection (b), if the school 24 board determines that additional facilities are needed to 25 provide a quality educational program and not less than 26 2/3 of those voting in an election called by the school 27 board on the question approve the issuance of bonds for 28 the construction of such facilities, the school district 29 may issue bonds for this purpose. 30 In no event shall the indebtedness incurred pursuant to 31 this subsection (b) and the existing indebtedness of the 32 school district exceed 15% of the value of the taxable 33 property therein to be ascertained by the last assessment for 34 State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such -14- LRB9007351NTcw 1 indebtedness or, until January 1, 1983, if greater, the sum 2 that is produced by multiplying the school district's 1978 3 equalized assessed valuation by the debt limitation 4 percentage in effect on January 1, 1979. 5 The indebtedness provided for by this subsection (b) 6 shall be in addition to and in excess of any other debt 7 limitation. 8 (c) Notwithstanding the debt limitation prescribed in 9 subsection (a) of this Section, in any case in which a public 10 question for the issuance of bonds of a proposed school 11 district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12 received 12 at least 60% of the valid ballots cast on the question at an 13 election held on or prior to November 8, 1994, and in which 14 the bonds approved at such election have not been issued, the 15 school district pursuant to the requirements of Section 16 11A-10 may issue the total amount of bonds approved at such 17 election for the purpose stated in the question. 18 (d) Notwithstanding the debt limitation prescribed in 19 subsection (a) of this Section, a school district that meets 20 all the criteria set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 21 subsection (d) may incur an additional indebtedness in an 22 amount not to exceed $4,500,000, even though the amount of 23 the additional indebtedness authorized by this subsection 24 (d), when incurred and added to the aggregate amount of 25 indebtedness of the district existing immediately prior to 26 the district incurring the additional indebtedness authorized 27 by this subsection (d), causes the aggregate indebtedness of 28 the district to exceed the debt limitation otherwise 29 applicable to that district under subsection (a): 30 (1) The additional indebtedness authorized by this 31 subsection (d) is incurred by the school district through 32 the issuance of bonds under and in accordance with 33 Section 17-2.11a for the purpose of replacing a school 34 building which, because of mine subsidence damage, has -15- LRB9007351NTcw 1 been closed as provided in paragraph (2) of this 2 subsection (d) or through the issuance of bonds under and 3 in accordance with Section 19-3 for the purpose of 4 increasing the size of, or providing for additional 5 functions in, such replacement school buildings, or both 6 such purposes. 7 (2) The bonds issued by the school district as 8 provided in paragraph (1) above are issued for the 9 purposes of construction by the school district of a new 10 school building pursuant to Section 17-2.11, to replace 11 an existing school building that, because of mine 12 subsidence damage, is closed as of the end of the 1992-93 13 school year pursuant to action of the regional 14 superintendent of schools of the educational service 15 region in which the district is located under Section 16 3-14.22 or are issued for the purpose of increasing the 17 size of, or providing for additional functions in, the 18 new school building being constructed to replace a school 19 building closed as the result of mine subsidence damage, 20 or both such purposes. 21 (e) Notwithstanding the debt limitation prescribed in 22 subsection (a) of this Section, a school district that meets 23 all the criteria set forth in paragraphs (1) through (5) of 24 this subsection (e) may, without referendum, incur an 25 additional indebtedness in an amount not to exceed the lesser 26 of $5,000,000 or 1.5% of the value of the taxable property 27 within the district even though the amount of the additional 28 indebtedness authorized by this subsection (e), when incurred 29 and added to the aggregate amount of indebtedness of the 30 district existing immediately prior to the district incurring 31 that additional indebtedness, causes the aggregate 32 indebtedness of the district to exceed or increases the 33 amount by which the aggregate indebtedness of the district 34 already exceeds the debt limitation otherwise applicable to -16- LRB9007351NTcw 1 that district under subsection (a): 2 (1) The State Board of Education certifies the 3 school district under Section 19-1.5 as a financially 4 distressed district. 5 (2) The additional indebtedness authorized by this 6 subsection (e) is incurred by the financially distressed 7 district during the school year or school years in which 8 the certification of the district as a financially 9 distressed district continues in effect through the 10 issuance of bonds for the lawful school purposes of the 11 district, pursuant to resolution of the school board and 12 without referendum, as provided in paragraph (5) of this 13 subsection. 14 (3) The aggregate amount of bonds issued by the 15 financially distressed district during a fiscal year in 16 which it is authorized to issue bonds under this 17 subsection does not exceed the amount by which the 18 aggregate expenditures of the district for operational 19 purposes during the immediately preceding fiscal year 20 exceeds the amount appropriated for the operational 21 purposes of the district in the annual school budget 22 adopted by the school board of the district for the 23 fiscal year in which the bonds are issued. 24 (4) Throughout each fiscal year in which 25 certification of the district as a financially distressed 26 district continues in effect, the district maintains in 27 effect a gross salary expense and gross wage expense 28 freeze policy under which the district expenditures for 29 total employee salaries and wages do not exceed such 30 expenditures for the immediately preceding fiscal year. 31 Nothing in this paragraph, however, shall be deemed to 32 impair or to require impairment of the contractual 33 obligations, including collective bargaining agreements, 34 of the district or to impair or require the impairment of -17- LRB9007351NTcw 1 the vested rights of any employee of the district under 2 the terms of any contract or agreement in effect on the 3 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1994. 4 (5) Bonds issued by the financially distressed 5 district under this subsection shall bear interest at a 6 rate not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by law at 7 the time of the making of the contract, shall mature 8 within 40 years from their date of issue, and shall be 9 signed by the president of the school board and treasurer 10 of the school district. In order to issue bonds under 11 this subsection, the school board shall adopt a 12 resolution fixing the amount of the bonds, the date of 13 the bonds, the maturities of the bonds, the rates of 14 interest of the bonds, and their place of payment and 15 denomination, and shall provide for the levy and 16 collection of a direct annual tax upon all the taxable 17 property in the district sufficient to pay the principal 18 and interest on the bonds to maturity. Upon the filing 19 in the office of the county clerk of the county in which 20 the financially distressed district is located of a 21 certified copy of the resolution, it is the duty of the 22 county clerk to extend the tax therefor in addition to 23 and in excess of all other taxes at any time authorized 24 to be levied by the district. If bond proceeds from the 25 sale of bonds include a premium or if the proceeds of the 26 bonds are invested as authorized by law, the school board 27 shall determine by resolution whether the interest earned 28 on the investment of bond proceeds or the premium 29 realized on the sale of the bonds is to be used for any 30 of the lawful school purposes for which the bonds were 31 issued or for the payment of the principal indebtedness 32 and interest on the bonds. The proceeds of the bond sale 33 shall be deposited in the educational purposes fund of 34 the district and shall be used to pay operational -18- LRB9007351NTcw 1 expenses of the district. This subsection is cumulative 2 and constitutes complete authority for the issuance of 3 bonds as provided in this subsection, notwithstanding any 4 other law to the contrary. 5 (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of 6 this Section or of any other law, bonds in not to exceed the 7 aggregate amount of $5,500,000 and issued by a school 8 district meeting the following criteria shall not be 9 considered indebtedness for purposes of any statutory 10 limitation and may be issued in an amount or amounts, 11 including existing indebtedness, in excess of any heretofore 12 or hereafter imposed statutory limitation as to indebtedness: 13 (1) At the time of the sale of such bonds, the 14 board of education of the district shall have determined 15 by resolution that the enrollment of students in the 16 district is projected to increase by not less than 7% 17 during each of the next succeeding 2 school years. 18 (2) The board of education shall also determine by 19 resolution that the improvements to be financed with the 20 proceeds of the bonds are needed because of the projected 21 enrollment increases. 22 (3) The board of education shall also determine by 23 resolution that the projected increases in enrollment are 24 the result of improvements made or expected to be made to 25 passenger rail facilities located in the school district. 26 (g) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of 27 this Section or any other law, bonds in not to exceed an 28 aggregate amount of 25% of the equalized assessed value of 29 the taxable property of a school district and issued by a 30 school district meeting the criteria in paragraphs (i) 31 through (iv) of this subsection shall not be considered 32 indebtedness for purposes of any statutory limitation and may 33 be issued pursuant to resolution of the school board in an 34 amount or amounts, including existing indebtedness, in excess -19- LRB9007351NTcw 1 of any statutory limitation of indebtedness heretofore or 2 hereafter imposed: 3 (i) The bonds are issued for the purpose of 4 constructing a new high school building to replace two 5 adjacent existing buildings which together house a single 6 high school, each of which is more than 65 years old, and 7 which together are located on more than 10 acres and less 8 than 11 acres of property. 9 (ii) At the time the resolution authorizing the 10 issuance of the bonds is adopted, the cost of 11 constructing a new school building to replace the 12 existing school building is less than 60% of the cost of 13 repairing the existing school building. 14 (iii) The sale of the bonds occurs before July 1, 15 1997. 16 (iv) The school district issuing the bonds is a 17 unit school district located in a county of less than 18 70,000 and more than 50,000 inhabitants, which has an 19 average daily attendance of less than 1,500 and an 20 equalized assessed valuation of less than $29,000,000. 21 (h) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 22 or the provisions of any other law, until January 1, 1998, a 23 community unit school district maintaining grades K through 24 12 may issue bonds up to an amount, including existing 25 indebtedness, not exceeding 27.6% of the equalized assessed 26 value of the taxable property in the district, if all of the 27 following conditions are met: 28 (i) The school district has an equalized assessed 29 valuation for calendar year 1995 of less than 30 $24,000,000; 31 (ii) The bonds are issued for the capital 32 improvement, renovation, rehabilitation, or replacement 33 of existing school buildings of the district, all of 34 which buildings were originally constructed not less than -20- LRB9007351NTcw 1 40 years ago; 2 (iii) The voters of the district approve a 3 proposition for the issuance of the bonds at a referendum 4 held after March 19, 1996; and 5 (iv) The bonds are issued pursuant to Sections 19-2 6 through 19-7 of this Code. 7 (i) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 8 or the provisions of any other law, until January 1, 1998, a 9 community unit school district maintaining grades K through 10 12 may issue bonds up to an amount, including existing 11 indebtedness, not exceeding 27% of the equalized assessed 12 value of the taxable property in the district, if all of the 13 following conditions are met: 14 (i) The school district has an equalized assessed 15 valuation for calendar year 1995 of less than 16 $44,600,000; 17 (ii) The bonds are issued for the capital 18 improvement, renovation, rehabilitation, or replacement 19 of existing school buildings of the district, all of 20 which existing buildings were originally constructed not 21 less than 80 years ago; 22 (iii) The voters of the district approve a 23 proposition for the issuance of the bonds at a referendum 24 held after December 31, 1996; and 25 (iv) The bonds are issued pursuant to Sections 19-2 26 through 19-7 of this Code. 27 (j) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 28 or the provisions of any other law, until January 1, 1999, a 29 community unit school district maintaining grades K through 30 12 located in a county of more than 240,000 but less than 31 260,000 inhabitants may issue bonds up to an amount, 32 including existing indebtedness, not exceeding 27% of the 33 equalized assessed value of the taxable property in the 34 district if all of the following conditions are met: -21- LRB9007351NTcw 1 (i) The school district has an equalized assessed 2 valuation for calendar year 1995 of less than 3 $137,400,000 and a best 3 months average daily attendance 4 for the 1994-95 school year of at least 2,800, but less 5 than 3,000; 6 (ii) The bonds are issued for the capital 7 improvement, renovation, rehabilitation, or replacement 8 of existing school buildings of the district, all of 9 which existing buildings were originally constructed not 10 less than 80 years ago, or for the construction of new 11 school facilities; 12 (iii) The voters of the district approve a 13 proposition for the issuance of the bonds at a referendum 14 held after December 31, 1996; and 15 (iv) The bonds are issued pursuant to Sections 19-2 16 through 19-7 of this Code. 17 (k) Nothwithstanding any other provisions of this 18 Section or the provisions of any other law, until July 1, 19 1999, an elementary district maintaining grades K through 8 20 located in a county of more than 40,500 but less than 44,000 21 inhabitants may issue bonds up to an amount, including 22 existing indebtedness, not exceeding 13.8% of the equalized 23 assessed value of the taxable property in the district if all 24 of the following conditions are met: 25 (i) The school district has an equalized assessed 26 valuation for calendar year 1995 of less than $10,000,000 27 and a best 3 months' average daily attendance for the 28 1994-95 school year of at least 275 but less than 300; 29 (ii) The bonds are issued for the capital 30 improvement, renovation, rehabilitation, or replacement 31 of an existing building of the district originally 32 constructed not less than 80 years ago; 33 (iii) The voters of the district approve a 34 proposition for the issuance of the bonds at a referendum -22- LRB9007351NTcw 1 held after July 1, 1997; and 2 (iv) The bonds are issued pursuant to Sections 19-2 3 through 19-7 of this Code. 4 (Source: P.A. 88-376; 88-641, eff. 9-9-94; 88-686, eff. 5 1-24-95; 89-47, eff. 7-1-95; 89-661, eff. 1-1-97; 89-698, 6 eff. 1-14-97.) 7 (105 ILCS 5/22-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-23) 8 Sec. 22-23. Sprinkler systems. 9 (a) The provisions of this Section apply to the school 10 board, board of education, board of school directors, board 11 of school inspectors or other governing body of each school 12 district in this State, including special charter districts 13 and districts organized under Article 34. 14 (b) As used in this Section, the term "school 15 construction" means (1) the construction of a new school 16 building, or addition to an existing building, within any 17 period of 30 months, having 7,200 or more square feetthe18construction of an addition to a school building, and (2) any 19 alteration, as defined in 71 Illinois Administrative Code, 20 Section 400.210, within any period of 30 months, that costs 21 more than 50% of the reproduction cost of the existing 22 buildingremodeling, renovation or reconstruction project23affecting one or more areas of a school building which24cumulatively are equal to 50% or more of the square footage25of the school building. 26 (c) New areas or uses of buildings not required to be 27 sprinklered under this Section shall be protected with the 28 installation of an automatic fire detection system. 29 (d)(c)Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, 30 no school construction shall be commenced in any school 31 district on or after the effective date of this amendatory 32 Act of 1991 unless sprinkler systems are required by, and are 33 installed in accordance with approved plans and -23- LRB9007351NTcw 1 specifications in the school building, addition or project 2 areas which constitute school construction as defined in 3 subsection (b). Plans and specifications shall comply with 4 rules and regulations established by the State Board of 5 Education, and such rules and regulations shall be consistent 6 so far as practicable with nationally recognized standards 7 such as those established by the National Fire Protection 8 Association. 9(d) Prior to the award of any contract for, or10commencement of any school construction, the school board or11other governing body of the school district shall submit12plans and specifications for installation of sprinkler13systems as required by this Section to the appropriate14regional superintendent of schools, who shall forward the15plans and specifications to the State Board of Education for16review and approval.17 (Source: P.A. 87-652.) 18 (105 ILCS 5/27-20.6 new) 19 Sec. 27-20.6 "Irish Famine" Study. Every public 20 elementary school and high school may include in its 21 curriculum a unit of instruction studying the causes and 22 effects of mass starvation in mid-19th century Ireland. This 23 period in world history is known as the "Irish Famine", in 24 which millions of Irish died or emigrated. The study of this 25 material is a reaffirmation of the commitment of free people 26 of all nations to eradicate the causes of famine that exist 27 in the modern world. 28 The State Superintendent of Education may prepare and 29 make available to all school boards instructional materials 30 that may be used as guidelines for development of a unit of 31 instruction under this Section; provided, however, that each 32 school board shall itself determine the minimum amount of 33 instruction time that shall qualify as a unit of instruction -24- LRB9007351NTcw 1 satisfying the requirements of this Section. 2 (105 ILCS 5/34-2.4b) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.4b) 3 Sec. 34-2.4b. Limitation upon applicability. The 4 provisions of Sections 34-2.1, 34-2.2, 34-2.3, 34-2.3a, 5 34-2.4 and 34-8.3, and those provisions of paragraph 1 of 6 Section 34-18 and paragraph (c) of Section 34A-201a relating 7 to the allocation or application -- by formula or otherwise 8 -- of lump sum amounts and other funds to attendance centers, 9 shall not apply to attendance centers which have applied for 10 and been designated as a "Small School" by the Board, the 11 Cook County Juvenile Detention Center and Cook County Jail 12 schools, nor to the district's alternative schools for 13 pregnant girls, nor to alternative schools established under 14 Article 13A, nor to Washburne Trade School, the Industrial 15 Skills Center or Michael R. Durso School, Jackson Adult 16 Center, Hillard Adult Center, or the Alternative Transitional 17 School; and the board of education shall have and exercise 18 with respect to those schools and with respect to the 19 conduct, operation, affairs and budgets of those schools, and 20 with respect to the principals, teachers and other school 21 staff there employed, the same powers which are exercisable 22 by local school councils with respect to the other attendance 23 centers, principals, teachers and school staff within the 24 district, together with all powers and duties generally 25 exercisable by the board of education with respect to all 26 attendance centers within the district. The board of 27 education shall develop appropriate alternative methods for 28 involving parents, community members and school staff to the 29 maximum extent possible in all of the activities of those 30 schools, and may delegate to the parents, community members 31 and school staff so involved the same powers which are 32 exercisable by local school councils with respect to other 33 attendance centers. -25- LRB9007351NTcw 1 (Source: P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95; 89-636, eff. 8-9-96.) 2 (105 ILCS 5/34-4.5) 3 Sec. 34-4.5. Chronic truants. 4 (a) Office of Chronic Truant Adjudication. The board 5 shall establish and implement an Office of Chronic Truant 6 Adjudication, which shall be responsible for administratively 7 adjudicating cases of chronic truancy and imposing 8 appropriate sanctions. The board shall appoint or employ 9 hearing officers to perform the adjudicatory functions of 10 that Office. Principals and other appropriate personnel may 11 refer pupils suspected of being chronic truants, as defined 12 in Section 26-2a of this Code, to the Office of Chronic 13 Truant Adjudication. 14 (b) Notices. Before any hearing may be held under 15 subsection (c), the principal of the school attended by the 16 pupil or the principal's designee shall notify the pupil's 17 parent or guardian by personal visit, letter, or telephone of 18 each unexcused absence of the pupil. After giving the parent 19 or guardian notice of the tenth unexcused absence of the 20 pupil, the principal or the principal's designee shall send 21 the pupil's parent or guardian a letter, by certified mail, 22 return receipt requested, notifying the parent or guardian 23 that he or she is subjecting himself or herself to a hearing 24 procedure as provided under subsection (c) and clearly 25 describing any and all possible penalties that may be imposed 26 as provided for in subsections (d) and (e) of this Section. 27 (c) Hearing. Once a pupil has been referred to the 28 Office of Chronic Truant Adjudication, a hearing shall be 29 scheduled before an appointed hearing officer, and the pupil 30 and the pupil's parents or guardian shall be notified by 31 certified mail, return receipt requested stating the time, 32 place, and purpose of the hearing. The hearing officer shall 33 hold a hearing and render a written decision within 14 days -26- LRB9007351NTcw 1 determining whether the pupil is a chronic truant as defined 2 in Section 26-2a of this Code and whether the parent or 3 guardian took reasonable steps to assure the pupil's 4 attendance at school. The hearing shall be private unless a 5 public hearing is requested by the pupil's parent or 6 guardian, and the pupil may be present at the hearing with a 7 representative in addition to the pupil's parent or guardian. 8 The board shall present evidence of the pupil's truancy, and 9 the pupil and the parent or guardian or representative of the 10 pupil may cross examine witnesses, present witnesses and 11 evidence, and present defenses to the charges. All testimony 12 at the hearing shall be taken under oath administered by the 13 hearing officer. The decision of the hearing officer shall 14 constitute an "administrative decision" for purposes of 15 judicial review under the Administrative Review Law. 16 (d) Penalties. The hearing officer may require the 17 pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian or both the pupil and 18 the pupil's parent or guardian to do any or all of the 19 following: perform reasonable school or community services 20 for a period not to exceed 30 days; complete a parenting 21 education program; obtain counseling or other supportive 22 services; and comply with an individualized educational plan 23 or service plan as provided by appropriate school officials. 24 If the parent or guardian of the chronic truant shows that he 25 or she took reasonable steps to insure attendance of the 26 pupil at school, he or she shall not be required to perform 27 services. 28 (e) Non-compliance with sanctions. If a pupil 29 determined by a hearing officer to be a chronic truant or the 30 parent or guardian of the pupil fails to comply with the 31 sanctions ordered by the hearing officer under subsection (c) 32 of this Section, the Office of Chronic Truant Adjudication 33 may refer the matter to the State's Attorney for prosecution 34 under Section 3-33 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. -27- LRB9007351NTcw 1 (f) Limitation on applicability. Nothing in this 2 Section shall be construed to apply to a parent or guardian 3 of a pupil not required to attend a public school pursuant to 4 Section 26-1in a valid home school program. 5 (Source: P.A. 90-143, eff. 7-23-97.) 6 Section 80. The Illinois School Student Records Act is 7 amended by changing Section 6 as follows: 8 (105 ILCS 10/6) (from Ch. 122, par. 50-6) 9 Sec. 6. (a) No school student records or information 10 contained therein may be released, transferred, disclosed or 11 otherwise disseminated, except as follows: 12 (1) To a parent or student or person specifically 13 designated as a representative by a parent, as provided in 14 paragraph (a) of Section 5; 15 (2) To an employee or official of the school or school 16 district or State Board with current demonstrable educational 17 or administrative interest in the student, in furtherance of 18 such interest; 19 (3) To the official records custodian of another school 20 within Illinois or an official with similar responsibilities 21 of a school outside Illinois, in which the student has 22 enrolled, or intends to enroll, upon the request of such 23 official or student; 24 (4) To any person for the purpose of research, 25 statistical reporting or planning, provided that no student 26 or parent can be identified from the information released and 27 the person to whom the information is released signs an 28 affidavit agreeing to comply with all applicable statutes and 29 rules pertaining to school student records; 30 (5) Pursuant to a court order, provided that the parent 31 shall be given prompt written notice upon receipt of such 32 order of the terms of the order, the nature and substance of -28- LRB9007351NTcw 1 the information proposed to be released in compliance with 2 such order and an opportunity to inspect and copy the school 3 student records and to challenge their contents pursuant to 4 Section 7; 5 (6) To any person as specifically required by State or 6 federal law; 7 (7) Subject to regulations of the State Board, in 8 connection with an emergency, to appropriate persons if the 9 knowledge of such information is necessary to protect the 10 health or safety of the student or other persons;or11 (8) To any person, with the prior specific dated written 12 consent of the parent designating the person to whom the 13 records may be released, provided that at the time any such 14 consent is requested or obtained, the parent shall be advised 15 in writing that he has the right to inspect and copy such 16 records in accordance with Section 5, to challenge their 17 contents in accordance with Section 7 and to limit any such 18 consent to designated records or designated portions of the 19 information contained therein; or 20 (9) To a governmental agency, or social service agency 21 contracted by a governmental agency, in furtherance of an 22 investigation of a student's school attendance pursuant to 23 the compulsory student attendance laws of this State, 24 provided that the records are released to the employee or 25 agent designated by the agency. 26 (b) No information may be released pursuant to 27 subparagraphs (3) or (6) of paragraph (a) of this Section 6 28 unless the parent receives prior written notice of the nature 29 and substance of the information proposed to be released, and 30 an opportunity to inspect and copy such records in accordance 31 with Section 5 and to challenge their contents in accordance 32 with Section 7. Provided, however, that such notice shall be 33 sufficient if published in a local newspaper of general 34 circulation or other publication directed generally to the -29- LRB9007351NTcw 1 parents involved where the proposed release of information is 2 pursuant to subparagraph 6 of paragraph (a) in this Section 6 3 and relates to more than 25 students. 4 (c) A record of any release of information pursuant to 5 this Section must be made and kept as a part of the school 6 student record and subject to the access granted by Section 7 5. Such record of release shall be maintained for the life of 8 the school student records and shall be available only to the 9 parent and the official records custodian. Each record of 10 release shall also include: 11 (1) The nature and substance of the information 12 released; 13 (2) The name and signature of the official records 14 custodian releasing such information; 15 (3) The name of the person requesting such information, 16 the capacity in which such a request has been made, and the 17 purpose of such request; 18 (4) The date of the release; and 19 (5) A copy of any consent to such release. 20 (d) Except for the student and his parents, no person to 21 whom information is released pursuant to this Section and no 22 person specifically designated as a representative by a 23 parent may permit any other person to have access to such 24 information without a prior consent of the parent obtained in 25 accordance with the requirements of subparagraph (8) of 26 paragraph (a) of this Section. 27 (e) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the 28 publication of student directories which list student names, 29 addresses and other identifying information and similar 30 publications which comply with regulations issued by the 31 State Board. 32 (Source: P.A. 86-1028.) 33 Section 85. The Critical Health Problems and -30- LRB9007351NTcw 1 Comprehensive Health Education Act is amended by changing 2 Section 3 as follows: 3 (105 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 863) 4 Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The 5 program established under this Act shall include, but not be 6 limited to, the following major educational areas as a basis 7 for curricula in all elementary and secondary schools in this 8 State: human ecology and health, human growth and 9 development, the emotional, psychological, physiological, 10 hygienic and social responsibilities of family life, 11 including sexual abstinence until marriage, prevention and 12 control of disease, including instruction in grades 6 through 13 12 on the prevention, transmission and spread of AIDS, public 14 and environmental health, consumer health, safety education 15 and disaster survival, mental health and illness, personal 16 health habits, alcohol, drug use, and abuse including the 17 medical and legal ramifications of alcohol, drug, and tobacco 18 use, abuse during pregnancy, sexual abstinence until 19 marriage, tobacco, nutrition, and dental health. 20 Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the following 21 areas may also be included as a basis for curricula in all 22 elementary and secondary schools in this State: basic first 23 aid (including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary 24 resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), early prevention 25 and detection of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and 26 the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and suicide. The 27 school board of each public elementary and secondary school 28 in the State is encouraged to have in its employ, or on its 29 volunteer staff, at least one person who is certified, by the 30 American Red Cross or by another qualified certifying agency, 31 as qualified to administer first aid and cardiopulmonary 32 resuscitation. In addition, each school board is authorized 33 to allocate appropriate portions of its institute or -31- LRB9007351NTcw 1 inservice days to conduct training programs for teachers and 2 other school personnel who have expressed an interest in 3 becoming qualified to administer emergency first aid or 4 cardiopulmonary resuscitation. School boards are urged to 5 encourage their teachers and other school personnel who coach 6 school athletic programs and other extra curricular school 7 activities to acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge 8 and skills necessary to properly administer first aid and 9 cardiopulmonary resuscitation in accordance with standards 10 and requirements established by the American Red Cross or 11 another qualified certifying agency.However,No pupil shall 12 be required to take or participate in any class or course on 13 AIDS or family life instruction if his parent or guardian 14 submits written objection thereto, and refusal to take or 15 participate in the course or program shall not be reason for 16 suspension or expulsion of the pupil. 17 Curricula developed under programs established in 18 accordance with this Act in the major educational area of 19 alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include classroom 20 instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction, which 21 shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal 22 effects and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall 23 be integrated into existing curricula; and the State Board of 24 Education shall develop and make available to all elementary 25 and secondary schools in this State instructional materials 26 and guidelines which will assist the schools in incorporating 27 the instruction into their existing curricula. In addition, 28 school districts may offer, as part of existing curricula 29 during the school day or as part of an after school program, 30 support services and instruction for pupils or pupils whose 31 parent, parents, or guardians are chemically dependent. 32 (Source: P.A. 86-878; 86-941; 86-1028; 87-584; 87-1095.) 33 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July -32- LRB9007351NTcw 1 1, 1998. -33- LRB9007351NTcw 1 INDEX 2 Statutes amended in order of appearance 3 New Act 4 105 ILCS 5/1A-2 from Ch. 122, par. 1A-2 5 105 ILCS 5/2-3.27a new 6 105 ILCS 5/2-3.123 new 7 105 ILCS 5/10-20.12b 8 105 ILCS 5/17-2.11b new 9 105 ILCS 5/19-1 from Ch. 122, par. 19-1 10 105 ILCS 5/22-23 from Ch. 122, par. 22-23 11 105 ILCS 5/27-20.6 new 12 105 ILCS 5/34-2.4b from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.4b 13 105 ILCS 5/34-4.5 14 105 ILCS 10/6 from Ch. 122, par. 50-6 15 105 ILCS 110/3 from Ch. 122, par. 863