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90_HB3479

      105 ILCS 5/10-22.25b      from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.25b
      105 ILCS 5/34-2.3         from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.3
          Amends  the  School  Code.   Replaces   provisions   that
      authorize  a  school board or local school council to adopt a
      school uniform or dress  code  policy  with  provisions  that
      require  such  a  policy to be adopted and implemented at all
      attendance centers  not  later  than  the  beginning  of  the
      1998-99 school year.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  School Code by changing Sections
 2    10-22.25b and 34-2.3.
 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 changing
 6    Sections 10-22.25b and 34-2.3 as follows:
 7        (105 ILCS 5/10-22.25b) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.25b)
 8        Sec. 10-22.25b.  School uniforms.  The school board shall
 9    may adopt and implement, not later than the beginning of  the
10    1998-99  school  year, and for each school year thereafter, a
11    school uniform or dress  code  policy  that  governs  all  or
12    certain  individual  attendance centers and that is necessary
13    to maintain the orderly  process  of  a  school  function  or
14    prevent  endangerment  of  student health or safety. A school
15    uniform or dress code policy adopted by a school  board:  (i)
16    shall  not be applied in such manner as to discipline or deny
17    attendance to a transfer student or  any  other  student  for
18    noncompliance  with that policy during such period of time as
19    is reasonably necessary to enable the student  to  acquire  a
20    school uniform or otherwise comply with the dress code policy
21    that is in effect at the attendance center or in the district
22    into  which the student's enrollment is transferred; and (ii)
23    shall include criteria and procedures under which the  school
24    board  will  accommodate  the  needs  of or otherwise provide
25    appropriate resources to assist a student  from  an  indigent
26    family  in  complying  with  an  applicable school uniform or
27    dress  code  policy.   A  student  whose  parents  or   legal
28    guardians  object  on  religious  grounds  to  the  student's
29    compliance  with  an  applicable school uniform or dress code
30    policy shall not be required to comply with  that  policy  if
31    the  student's  parents  or  legal  guardians  present to the
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 1    school board a signed statement of  objection  detailing  the
 2    grounds  for  the  objection.  This Section applies to school
 3    boards of all districts, including special charter  districts
 4    and districts organized under Article 34.
 5    (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)
 6        (105 ILCS 5/34-2.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.3)
 7        Sec.  34-2.3.  Local school councils - Powers and duties.
 8    Each local school council shall have and exercise, consistent
 9    with the provisions of this Article and the powers and duties
10    of the board of education, the following powers and duties:
11        1.  To evaluate the performance of the principal  of  the
12    attendance   center  taking  into  consideration  the  annual
13    evaluation  of  the  principal  conducted  by   the   general
14    superintendent  pursuant to subsection (h) of Section 34-8.3,
15    to determine in the manner  provided  by  subsection  (c)  of
16    Section  34-2.2  whether  the  performance  contract  of  the
17    principal  shall  be  renewed,  and to directly select in the
18    manner provided by subsection (c) of  Section  34-2.2  a  new
19    principal  (including  a  new principal to fill a vacancy) --
20    without submitting any list of candidates for  that  position
21    to  the  general superintendent as provided in paragraph 2 of
22    this Section -- to serve under a 4 year performance contract;
23    provided  that  (i)  the   determination   of   whether   the
24    principal's  performance  contract is to be renewed and -- in
25    cases where such performance contract is  not  renewed  --  a
26    direct  selection  of  a  new principal -- to serve under a 4
27    year performance contract shall be made by the  local  school
28    council by April 15 of the calendar year in which the current
29    performance  contract  of  the  principal expires, and (ii) a
30    direct selection  by  the  local  school  council  of  a  new
31    principal  to  fill  a  vacancy  under  a  4 year performance
32    contract shall be made within 90 days  after  the  date  such
33    vacancy occurs.  A Council shall be required, if requested by
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 1    the  principal,  to  provide  in  writing the reasons for the
 2    council's not renewing the principal's contract.
 3        2.  In the event (i) the local school  council  does  not
 4    renew  the  performance  contract  of  the  principal, or the
 5    principal fails to receive a satisfactory rating as  provided
 6    in  subsection  (h)  of  Section  34-8.3, or the principal is
 7    removed for cause during the term of his or  her  performance
 8    contract  in  the  manner  provided  by  Section  34-85, or a
 9    vacancy in the position of principal otherwise  occurs  prior
10    to  the  expiration  of the term of a principal's performance
11    contract, and (ii) the local school council fails to directly
12    select a new principal (including a new principal to  fill  a
13    vacancy)  to  serve  under a 4 year performance contract, the
14    local school council  in  such  event  shall  submit  to  the
15    general  superintendent  a  list of 3 candidates -- listed in
16    the local school council's order of  preference  --  for  the
17    position  of principal, one of which shall be selected by the
18    general  superintendent  to  serve  as   principal   of   the
19    attendance  center.   If  the general superintendent fails or
20    refuses to select one of the candidates on the list to  serve
21    as  principal  within  30 days after being furnished with the
22    candidate list, the local school council within 15 days after
23    such failure or  refusal  shall  itself  select  one  of  the
24    candidates  from  the  list  as  principal  of the attendance
25    center.  There shall be no discrimination  on  the  basis  of
26    race, sex, creed, color or disability unrelated to ability to
27    perform  in connection with the submission of candidates for,
28    and the selection of a candidate to serve as principal of  an
29    attendance  center.   No  person  shall be directly selected,
30    listed as a candidate for, or selected to serve as  principal
31    of  an  attendance center (i) if such person has been removed
32    for cause from employment by the Board or (ii) if such person
33    does not hold a valid administrative  certificate  issued  or
34    exchanged  under  Article 21 and endorsed as required by that
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 1    Article for the position of  principal.   A  principal  whose
 2    performance   contract  is  not  renewed  as  provided  under
 3    subsection  (c)  of  Section  34-2.2  may  nevertheless,   if
 4    otherwise  qualified  and certified as herein provided and if
 5    he or she has received a satisfactory rating as  provided  in
 6    subsection  (h)  of  Section  34-8.3,  be included by a local
 7    school council as one of the 3 candidates listed in order  of
 8    preference  on any candidate list from which one person is to
 9    be selected to serve as principal of  the  attendance  center
10    under a new performance contract.  The initial candidate list
11    required  to  be  submitted  by a local school council to the
12    general  superintendent  in  cases  where  the  local  school
13    council does  not  renew  the  performance  contract  of  its
14    principal  and  does  not  directly select a new principal to
15    serve under a 4 year performance contract shall be  submitted
16    not  later  than  May  1  of  the calendar year in which such
17    performance contract expires.  In cases where a principal  is
18    removed  for  cause  or  a  vacancy  otherwise  occurs in the
19    position of principal and the vacancy is not filled by direct
20    selection by the local school  council,  the  candidate  list
21    shall be submitted by the local school council to the general
22    superintendent  not  later  than  90 days after the date such
23    removal or vacancy occurs.
24        2.5.  Whenever a vacancy in the  office  of  a  principal
25    occurs  for  any  reason,  the vacancy shall be filled in the
26    manner provided by this Section by the  selection  of  a  new
27    principal to serve under a 4 year performance contract.
28        3.  To  establish  additional  criteria to be included as
29    part of the performance contract of its  principal,  provided
30    that  such  additional criteria shall not discriminate on the
31    basis of race, sex, creed, color or disability  unrelated  to
32    ability  to  perform,  and shall not be inconsistent with the
33    uniform 4 year performance contract for principals  developed
34    by the board as provided in Section 34-8.1 of the School Code
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 1    or  with  other  provisions  of  this  Article  governing the
 2    authority and responsibility of principals.
 3        4.  To approve  the  expenditure  plan  prepared  by  the
 4    principal with respect to all funds allocated and distributed
 5    to  the attendance center by the Board.  The expenditure plan
 6    shall be administered by the principal.  Notwithstanding  any
 7    other provision of this Act or any other law, any expenditure
 8    plan  approved  and  administered  under  this Section 34-2.3
 9    shall be consistent with and subject  to  the  terms  of  any
10    contract  for services with a third party entered into by the
11    Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees or  the  board  under
12    this Act.
13        Via a supermajority vote of 7 members of the local school
14    council  or  8 members of a high school local school council,
15    the Council may  transfer  allocations  pursuant  to  Section
16    34-2.3  within  funds;  provided  that  such  a  transfer  is
17    consistent  with  applicable  law  and  collective bargaining
18    agreements.
19        Beginning in fiscal year 1991 and  in  each  fiscal  year
20    thereafter,  the  Board  may  reserve  up  to 1% of its total
21    fiscal year budget for distribution on a prioritized basis to
22    schools throughout the  school  system  in  order  to  assure
23    adequate  programs  to  meet  the  needs  of  special student
24    populations as determined by the  Board.   This  distribution
25    shall   take   into  account  the  needs  catalogued  in  the
26    Systemwide Plan and  the  various  local  school  improvement
27    plans  of the local school councils.  Information about these
28    centrally funded programs shall be distributed to  the  local
29    school   councils  so  that  their  subsequent  planning  and
30    programming will account for these provisions.
31        Beginning in fiscal year 1991 and  in  each  fiscal  year
32    thereafter,  from  other  amounts available in the applicable
33    fiscal year budget, the  board  shall  allocate  a  lump  sum
34    amount  to  each  local school based upon such formula as the
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 1    board shall determine taking into account the  special  needs
 2    of  the  student  body.   The  local  school  principal shall
 3    develop an expenditure plan in consultation  with  the  local
 4    school council, the professional personnel advisory committee
 5    and  with  all  other  school  personnel,  which reflects the
 6    priorities and activities as described in the school's  local
 7    school improvement plan and is consistent with applicable law
 8    and  collective bargaining agreements and with board policies
 9    and standards; however, the local school council  shall  have
10    the  right  to request waivers of board policy from the board
11    of education and waivers of  employee  collective  bargaining
12    agreements pursuant to Section 34-8.1a.
13        The  expenditure  plan  developed  by  the principal with
14    respect to amounts available from the  fund  for  prioritized
15    special needs programs and the allocated lump sum amount must
16    be approved by the local school council.
17        The  lump  sum  allocation  shall  take  into account the
18    following principles:
19             a.  Teachers: Each school shall be  allocated  funds
20        equal  to  the amount appropriated in the previous school
21        year  for  compensation  for  teachers  (regular   grades
22        kindergarten  through 12th grade) plus whatever increases
23        in compensation have  been  negotiated  contractually  or
24        through   longevity   as   provided   in  the  negotiated
25        agreement.  Adjustments shall be made due  to  layoff  or
26        reduction  in  force,  lack  of  funds or work, change in
27        subject requirements, enrollment  changes,  or  contracts
28        with  third parties for the performance of services or to
29        rectify any inconsistencies with  system-wide  allocation
30        formulas or for other legitimate reasons.
31             b.  Other   personnel:   Funds   for  other  teacher
32        certificated and uncertificated  personnel  paid  through
33        non-categorical  funds  shall  be  provided  according to
34        system-wide formulas based on student enrollment and  the
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 1        special needs of the school as determined by the Board.
 2             c.  Non-compensation  items:  Appropriations for all
 3        non-compensation items  shall  be  based  on  system-wide
 4        formulas  based  on student enrollment and on the special
 5        needs of the school or factors related  to  the  physical
 6        plant,  including but not limited to textbooks, supplies,
 7        electricity, equipment, and routine maintenance.
 8             d.  Funds for categorical  programs:  Schools  shall
 9        receive  personnel and funds based on, and shall use such
10        personnel and funds in accordance with State and  Federal
11        requirements   applicable  to  each  categorical  program
12        provided to meet the special needs of  the  student  body
13        (including   but  not  limited  to,  Federal  Chapter  I,
14        Bilingual, and Special Education).
15             d.1.  Funds for State Title I:   Each  school  shall
16        receive  funds  based  on  State  and  Board requirements
17        applicable to each State Title I pupil provided  to  meet
18        the special needs of the student body.  Each school shall
19        receive  the  proportion  of funds as provided in Section
20        18-8 to which they are entitled.  These  funds  shall  be
21        spent  only  with  the  budgetary  approval  of the Local
22        School Council as provided in Section 34-2.3.
23             e.  The Local School Council shall have the right to
24        request the principal to close  positions  and  open  new
25        ones  consistent  with the provisions of the local school
26        improvement  plan  provided  that  these  decisions   are
27        consistent  with applicable law and collective bargaining
28        agreements.  If a position is closed,  pursuant  to  this
29        paragraph,  the  local  school shall have for its use the
30        system-wide average compensation for the closed position.
31             f.  Operating within existing  laws  and  collective
32        bargaining  agreements,  the  local  school council shall
33        have  the  right  to  direct  the  principal   to   shift
34        expenditures within funds.
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 1             g.  (Blank).
 2        Any  funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall
 3    be available to the board of education for use as part of its
 4    budget for the following fiscal year.
 5        5.  To make recommendations to the  principal  concerning
 6    textbook   selection   and  concerning  curriculum  developed
 7    pursuant to the school improvement plan which  is  consistent
 8    with  systemwide  curriculum  objectives  in  accordance with
 9    Sections 34-8 and 34-18 of the School Code and in  conformity
10    with the collective bargaining agreement.
11        6.  To advise the principal concerning the attendance and
12    disciplinary  policies  for the attendance center, subject to
13    the provisions of this Article and Article 26, and consistent
14    with the uniform system  of  discipline  established  by  the
15    board pursuant to Section 34-19.
16        7.  To  approve  a  school  improvement plan developed as
17    provided in Section 34-2.4. The process and schedule for plan
18    development  shall  be  publicized  to  the   entire   school
19    community,   and   the   community   shall  be  afforded  the
20    opportunity to make recommendations concerning the plan.   At
21    least  twice  a  year  the principal and local school council
22    shall report publicly on progress and problems  with  respect
23    to plan implementation.
24        8.  To  evaluate the allocation of teaching resources and
25    other certificated and uncertificated staff to the attendance
26    center to determine whether  such  allocation  is  consistent
27    with  and  in  furtherance  of  instructional  objectives and
28    school programs reflective of  the  school  improvement  plan
29    adopted    for   the   attendance   center;   and   to   make
30    recommendations to the board, the general superintendent  and
31    the   principal   concerning  any  reallocation  of  teaching
32    resources or other staff whenever the council determines that
33    any   such   reallocation   is   appropriate   because    the
34    qualifications of any existing staff at the attendance center
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 1    do  not  adequately match or support instructional objectives
 2    or school programs which reflect the school improvement plan.
 3        9.  To make recommendations  to  the  principal  and  the
 4    general    superintendent    concerning    their   respective
 5    appointments, after  August  31,  1989,  and  in  the  manner
 6    provided  by  Section  34-8 and Section 34-8.1, of persons to
 7    fill any vacant, additional or newly  created  positions  for
 8    teachers  at  the  attendance center or at attendance centers
 9    which include the  attendance  center  served  by  the  local
10    school council.
11        10.  To request of the Board the manner in which training
12    and assistance shall be provided to the local school council.
13    Pursuant  to  Board  guidelines  a  local  school  council is
14    authorized to direct the Board of Education to contract  with
15    personnel or not-for-profit organizations not associated with
16    the  school  district to train or assist council members.  If
17    training or assistance is provided by contract with personnel
18    or organizations not associated with the school district, the
19    period of training or assistance shall not  exceed  30  hours
20    during a given school year; person shall not be employed on a
21    continuous  basis  longer than said period and shall not have
22    been employed by the Chicago Board of  Education  within  the
23    preceding six months.  Council members shall receive training
24    in at least the following areas:
25             1.  school budgets;
26             2.  educational  theory  pertinent to the attendance
27        center's particular needs, including the  development  of
28        the   school   improvement   plan   and  the  principal's
29        performance contract; and
30             3.  personnel selection.
31    Council members  shall,  to  the  greatest  extent  possible,
32    complete such training within 90 days of election.
33        11.  In  accordance  with systemwide guidelines contained
34    in the System-Wide Educational Reform  Goals  and  Objectives
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 1    Plan,   criteria  for  evaluation  of  performance  shall  be
 2    established  for  local  school  councils  and  local  school
 3    council members.  If  a  local  school  council  persists  in
 4    noncompliance  with  systemwide  requirements,  the Board may
 5    impose  sanctions  and  take  necessary  corrective   action,
 6    consistent with Section 34-8.3.
 7        12.  Each local school council shall comply with the Open
 8    Meetings  Act and the Freedom of Information Act.  Each local
 9    school  council  shall  issue  and  transmit  to  its  school
10    community  a  detailed  annual  report  accounting  for   its
11    activities  programmatically  and  financially.   Each  local
12    school  council  shall  convene  at  least  2 well-publicized
13    meetings annually with its entire  school  community.   These
14    meetings  shall  include  presentation  of the proposed local
15    school improvement plan, of the proposed  school  expenditure
16    plan, and the annual report, and shall provide an opportunity
17    for public comment.
18        13.  Each  local  school council is encouraged to involve
19    additional non-voting members  of  the  school  community  in
20    facilitating the council's exercise of its responsibilities.
21        14.  The   local  school  council  shall  may  adopt  and
22    implement, not later than the beginning of the 1998-99 school
23    year, and for each school year thereafter, a  school  uniform
24    or  dress  code policy that governs the attendance center and
25    that is necessary to maintain the orderly process of a school
26    function or prevent endangerment of student health or safety,
27    consistent with the  policies  and  rules  of  the  Board  of
28    Education. A school uniform or dress code policy adopted by a
29    local school council: (i) shall not be applied in such manner
30    as  to discipline or deny attendance to a transfer student or
31    any other student for noncompliance with that  policy  during
32    such  period of time as is reasonably necessary to enable the
33    student to acquire a school uniform or otherwise comply  with
34    the  dress  code  policy  that is in effect at the attendance
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 1    center into which the student's  enrollment  is  transferred;
 2    and  (ii)  shall include criteria and procedures under  which
 3    the local school council will accommodate  the  needs  of  or
 4    otherwise  provide  appropriate resources to assist a student
 5    from an indigent  family  in  complying  with  an  applicable
 6    school  uniform or dress code policy. A student whose parents
 7    or  legal  guardians  object  on  religious  grounds  to  the
 8    student's compliance with an  applicable  school  uniform  or
 9    dress  code  policy shall not be required to comply with that
10    policy if the student's parents or legal guardians present to
11    the local school council  a  signed  statement  of  objection
12    detailing the grounds for the objection.
13        15.  All  decisions  made  and actions taken by the local
14    school council in the exercise of its powers and duties shall
15    comply with State and federal laws, all applicable collective
16    bargaining  agreements,  court  orders  and  rules   properly
17    promulgated by the Board.
18        15a.  To  grant,  in  accordance  with  board  rules  and
19    policies,  the  use of assembly halls and classrooms when not
20    otherwise needed, including lighting, heat,  and  attendants,
21    for  public  lectures,  concerts,  and  other educational and
22    social activities.
23        15b.  To approve, in  accordance  with  board  rules  and
24    policies, receipts and expenditures for all internal accounts
25    of  the  attendance  center,  and to approve all fund-raising
26    activities by nonschool organizations  that  use  the  school
27    building.
28        16.  (Blank).
29        17.   Names and addresses of local school council members
30    shall be a matter of public record.
31    (Source:  P.A.  89-15,  eff.  5-30-95;  89-610,  eff. 8-6-96;
32    89-636, eff. 8-9-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)
33        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
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 1    becoming law.

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