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90_HB2928
105 ILCS 5/10-22.24b new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.18 new
Amends the School Code. Requires school districts to
employ full-time receptionists who are on duty at all times
during the regular school day to answer telephones at the
district's administrative offices and attendance centers.
Prohibits the use of answering machines, voice mail, or
similar devices to respond to incoming telephone calls at an
administrative office or attendance center.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by adding Sections
2 10-22.24b and 34-18.18.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
6 10-22.24b and 34-18.18 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24b new)
8 Sec. 10-22.24b. Receptionists. The school board shall
9 employ full-time receptionists who are on duty at all times
10 during the regular school day to answer telephones that serve
11 the district's administrative offices and attendance centers.
12 No school board shall permit answering machines, voice mail,
13 or equivalent telecommunication recording devices to be used
14 to answer, receive, or otherwise respond to incoming
15 telephone calls at an administrative office or attendance
16 center of the district at any time during the regular school
17 day.
18 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.18 new)
19 Sec. 34-18.18. Receptionists. The board of education
20 shall employ full-time receptionists who are on duty at all
21 times during the regular school day to answer telephones that
22 serve the district's administrative offices and attendance
23 centers. The board of education shall not permit answering
24 machines, voice mail, or equivalent telecommunication
25 recording devices to be used to answer, receive, or otherwise
26 respond to incoming telephone calls at an administrative
27 office or attendance center of the district at any time
28 during the regular school day.