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90_SB0560enr
105 ILCS 5/2-3.63a new
105 ILCS 5/2-3.64 +mfrom Ch. 122, par. 2-3.64@m
Amends the School Code. Prohibits the State Board of
Education from promulgating, distributing, or basing any
Board action on any list of State education goals or any
final academic standards until such goals and standards have
been reviewed and ratified by the General Assembly.
Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning education, amending named Acts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 2-3.12, 3-14.23, 19-3, 21-1a, 21-2, 21-2.1, 21-3,
6 21-4, 21-5, 21-14, 27-24.5, and 34-3 and adding Section
7 2-3.12a as follows:
8 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.12) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.12)
9 Sec. 2-3.12. School building code. To prepare for school
10 boards with the advice of the Department of Public Health,
11 the Capital Development Board, and the State Fire Marshal a
12 school building code that will conserve the health and safety
13 and general welfare of the pupils and school personnel and
14 others who use public school facilities.
15 The document known as "Efficient and Adequate Standards
16 for the Construction of Schools" applies only to temporary
17 school facilities, new school buildings, and additions to
18 existing schools whose construction contracts are awarded
19 after July 1, 1965. On or before July 1, 1967, each school
20 board shall have its school district buildings that were
21 constructed prior to January 1, 1955, surveyed by an
22 architect or engineer licensed in the State of Illinois as to
23 minimum standards necessary to conserve the health and safety
24 of the pupils enrolled in the school buildings of the
25 district. Buildings constructed between January 1, 1955 and
26 July 1, 1965, not owned by the State of Illinois, shall be
27 surveyed by an architect or engineer licensed in the State of
28 Illinois beginning 10 years after acceptance of the completed
29 building by the school board. Buildings constructed between
30 January 1, 1955 and July 1, 1955 and previously exempt under
31 the provisions of Section 35-27 shall be surveyed prior to
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1 July 1, 1977 by an architect or engineer licensed in the
2 State of Illinois. The architect or engineer, using the
3 document known as "Building Specifications for Health and
4 Safety in Public Schools" as a guide, shall make a report of
5 the findings of the survey to the school board, giving
6 priority in that report to fire safety problems and
7 recommendations thereon if any such problems exist. The
8 school board of each district so surveyed and receiving a
9 report of needed recommendations to be made to improve
10 standards of safety and health of the pupils enrolled has
11 until July 1, 1970, or in case of buildings not owned by the
12 State of Illinois and completed between January 1, 1955 and
13 July 1, 1965 or in the case of buildings previously exempt
14 under the provisions of Section 35-27 has a period of 3 years
15 after the survey is commenced, to effectuate those
16 recommendations, giving first attention to the
17 recommendations in the survey report having priority status,
18 and is authorized to levy the tax provided for in Section
19 17-2.11, according to the provisions of that Section, to make
20 such improvements. School boards unable to effectuate those
21 recommendations prior to July 1, 1970, on July 1, 1980 in the
22 case of buildings previously exempt under the provisions of
23 Section 35-27, may petition the State Superintendent of
24 Education upon the recommendation of the Regional
25 Superintendent for an extension of time. The extension of
26 time may be granted by the State Superintendent of Education
27 for a period of one year, but may be extended from year to
28 year provided substantial progress, in the opinion of the
29 State Superintendent of Education, is being made toward
30 compliance.
31 Within 2 years after the effective date of this
32 amendatory Act of 1983, and every 10 years thereafter, or at
33 such other times as the State Board of Education deems
34 necessary or the regional superintendent so orders, each
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1 school board subject to the provisions of this Section shall
2 again survey its school buildings and effectuate any
3 recommendations in accordance with the procedures set forth
4 herein. An architect or engineer licensed in the State of
5 Illinois is required to conduct the surveys under the
6 provisions of this Section and shall make a report of the
7 findings of the survey titled "safety survey report" to the
8 school board. The school board shall approve the safety
9 survey report, including any recommendations to effectuate
10 compliance with the code, and submit it to the Regional
11 Superintendent. The Regional Superintendent shall render a
12 decision regarding approval or denial and submit the safety
13 survey report to the State Superintendent of Education. The
14 State Superintendent of Education shall approve or deny the
15 report including recommendations to effectuate compliance
16 with the code and, if approved, issue a certificate of
17 approval. Upon receipt of the certificate of approval, the
18 Regional Superintendent shall issue an order to effect any
19 approved recommendations included in the report. Items in
20 the report shall be prioritized. Urgent items shall be
21 considered as those items related to life safety problems
22 that present an immediate hazard to the safety of students.
23 Required items shall be considered as those items that are
24 necessary for a safe environment but present less of an
25 immediate hazard to the safety of students. Urgent and
26 required items shall reference a specific rule in the code
27 authorized by this Section that is currently being violated
28 or will be violated within the next 12 months if the
29 violation is not remedied. The school board of each district
30 so surveyed and receiving a report of needed recommendations
31 to be made to maintain standards of safety and health of the
32 pupils enrolled shall effectuate the correction of urgent
33 items as soon as achievable to ensure the safety of the
34 students, but in no case more than one year after the date of
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1 the State Superintendent of Education's approval of the
2 recommendation. Required items shall be corrected in a
3 timely manner, but in no case more than 5 3 years from the
4 date of the State Superintendent of Education's approval of
5 the recommendation. Once each year the school board shall
6 submit a report of progress on completion of any
7 recommendations to effectuate compliance with the code. For
8 each year that the school board does not effectuate any or
9 all approved recommendations, it shall petition the Regional
10 Superintendent and the State Superintendent of Education
11 detailing what work was completed in the previous year and a
12 work plan for completion of the remaining work. If in the
13 judgement of the Regional Superintendent and the State
14 Superintendent of Education substantial progress has been
15 made and just cause has been shown by the school board, the
16 petition for a one year extension of time may be approved.
17 As soon as practicable, but not later than 2 years after
18 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1992, the State
19 Board of Education shall combine the document known as
20 "Efficient and Adequate Standards for the Construction of
21 Schools" with the document known as "Building Specifications
22 for Health and Safety in Public Schools" together with any
23 modifications or additions that may be deemed necessary. The
24 combined document shall be known as the "Health/Life Safety
25 Code for Public Schools" and shall be the governing code for
26 all facilities that house public school students or are
27 otherwise used for public school purposes, whether such
28 facilities are permanent or temporary and whether they are
29 owned, leased, rented, or otherwise used by the district.
30 Facilities owned by a school district but that are not used
31 to house public school students or are not used for public
32 school purposes shall be governed by separate provisions
33 within the code authorized by this Section.
34 The 10 year survey cycle specified in this Section shall
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1 continue to apply based upon the standards contained in the
2 "Health/Life Safety Code for Public Schools", which shall
3 specify building standards for buildings that are constructed
4 prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1992
5 and for buildings that are constructed after that date.
6 The "Health/Life Safety Code for Public Schools" shall be
7 the governing code for public schools; however, the
8 provisions of this Section shall not preclude inspection of
9 school premises and buildings pursuant to Section 9 of the
10 Fire Investigation Act, provided that the provisions of the
11 "Health/Life Safety Code for Public Schools", or such
12 predecessor document authorized by this Section as may be
13 applicable are used, and provided that those inspections are
14 coordinated with the Regional Superintendent having
15 jurisdiction over the public school facility. Any agency
16 having jurisdiction beyond the scope of the applicable
17 document authorized by this Section may issue a lawful order
18 to a school board to effectuate recommendations, and the
19 school board receiving the order shall certify to the
20 Regional Superintendent and the State Superintendent of
21 Education when it has complied with the order.
22 The State Board of Education is authorized to adopt any
23 rules that are necessary relating to the administration and
24 enforcement of the provisions of this Section. The code
25 authorized by this Section shall apply only to those school
26 districts having a population of less than 500,000
27 inhabitants.
28 (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)
29 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.12a new)
30 Sec. 2-3.12a. Health/Life Safety Code Advisory
31 Committee.
32 (a) The Health/Life Safety Code Advisory Committee is
33 created. The Committee shall be composed of 11 members. The
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1 President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate,
2 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority
3 Leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint one
4 member each, the Governor shall appoint 4 members, and the
5 State Superintendent of Education shall appoint 3 members.
6 At least one member appointed by the Governor shall have
7 resided within a large unit school district for at least 5
8 years preceding the appointment. For the purposes of this
9 Section, a "large unit school district" means a K-12 district
10 with a student enrollment of 3,500 or more. All appointments
11 to the Committee shall be made within 15 days after the
12 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998. Members of
13 the Committee shall serve without compensation but shall be
14 reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses from
15 funds appropriated for that purpose. The Committee shall
16 hold an organizational meeting within 10 days after the last
17 member has been appointed. The Committee shall select one
18 member as chairperson at this organizational meeting. A
19 majority of the members shall constitute a quorum.
20 (b) The Committee shall review the establishment and
21 enforcement of life safety rules and requirements and the
22 categorization of life safety items as "urgent" or "required"
23 in safety survey reports, as set forth in Section 2-3.12 of
24 this Code and pursuant to the rules and procedures
25 promulgated by the State Board of Education in the
26 Health/Life Safety Code for Public Schools. In particular,
27 the Committee shall (i) review the process by which items are
28 designated as "urgent" or "required" life safety items and
29 inquire into the classification of life safety items as
30 "urgent" or "required", (ii) review the rules and procedures,
31 including the procedures for appeal and review of safety
32 survey reports and recommendations issued by the State
33 Superintendent of Education pursuant to the safety survey
34 reports, established for compelling, obtaining, and
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1 implementing remedial construction and retrofitting of
2 school-related property and buildings mandated under the
3 school building code, known as the Health/Life Safety Code
4 for Public Schools, (iii) inquire into and identify budgetary
5 and other problems, difficulties, and matters of controversy
6 that are associated with the conducting of school safety
7 surveys, and (iv) inquire into the enforcement of the
8 Health/Life Safety Code for Public Schools. The Committee
9 shall report its findings and recommendations to the General
10 Assembly, the Governor, and the State Superintendent of
11 Education by April 15, 1999. The report shall contain
12 recommendations to remedy problems, difficulties, and matters
13 of controversy identified in the report, including those
14 related to the definition and classification of life safety
15 items as "urgent" or "required".
16 (c) This Section is repealed on May 1, 1999.
17 (105 ILCS 5/3-14.23) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.23)
18 Sec. 3-14.23. School bus driver permits.
19 (a) To conduct courses of instruction for school bus
20 drivers pursuant to the standards established by the
21 Secretary of State under Section 6-106.1 of the Illinois
22 Vehicle Code and to charge a fee based upon the cost of
23 providing such courses of up to $4 per person for the initial
24 classroom course in school bus driver safety and of up to $4
25 per person for the annual refresher course. The State Board
26 of Education shall annually request such additional
27 appropriation as may be necessary to ensure that adequate and
28 sufficient training is provided to all school bus drivers in
29 Illinois. This appropriation shall be used to supplement,
30 not supplant, programs conducted using fees received from
31 applicants for school bus driver permits. Registration fees
32 collected prior to January 1, 1995 under Section 6-106.1 of
33 the Illinois Vehicle Code shall be used for those courses and
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1 training prior to charging the fee authorized by this
2 paragraph.
3 (b) To conduct such investigations as may be necessary
4 to insure that all persons hired to operate school buses have
5 valid school bus driver permits as required under Sections
6 6-104 and 6-106.1 of "The Illinois Vehicle Code". If a
7 regional superintendent finds evidence of non-compliance with
8 this requirement, he shall submit such evidence together
9 with his recommendations in writing to the school board.
10 If the regional superintendent finds evidence of
11 noncompliance with the requirement that all persons employed
12 directly by the school board to operate school buses have
13 valid school bus driver permits as required under Sections
14 6-104 and 6-106.1 of "The Illinois Vehicle Code", the
15 regional superintendent shall schedule a hearing on a date
16 not less than 5 days nor more than 10 days after notifying
17 the district of his findings. If based on the evidence
18 presented at the hearing the regional superintendent finds
19 that persons employed directly by the school board to operate
20 school buses do not have valid school bus driver permits as
21 required under Sections 6-104 and 6-106.1 of "The Illinois
22 Vehicle Code", the regional superintendent shall submit such
23 evidence and his findings together with his recommendations
24 to the State Superintendent of Education. The State
25 Superintendent of Education may reduce the district's claim
26 for reimbursement under Sections 29-5 and 14-13.01 for
27 transportation by 1.136% for each day of noncompliance.
28 If a school board finds evidence of noncompliance with
29 the requirement that all persons employed by a contractor to
30 operate school buses have valid school bus driver permits as
31 required under Sections 6-104 and 6-106.1 of "The Illinois
32 Vehicle Code", the school board shall request a hearing
33 before the regional superintendent. The regional
34 superintendent shall schedule a hearing on a date not less
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1 than 5 days nor more than 10 days after receiving the
2 request. If based on the evidence presented at the hearing
3 the regional superintendent finds that persons employed by a
4 contractor to operate school buses do not have valid school
5 bus driver permits as required under Sections 6-104 and
6 6-106.1 of "The Illinois Vehicle Code", the school board's
7 financial obligations under the contract shall be reduced by
8 an amount equal to 1.136% for each day of noncompliance. The
9 findings of the regional superintendent and the relief
10 provided herein shall not impair the obligations of the
11 contractor to continue to provide transportation services in
12 accordance with the terms of the contract.
13 The provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all
14 amendments and modifications thereof and the rules adopted
15 pursuant thereto shall apply to and govern all proceedings
16 instituted for judicial review of final administrative
17 decisions of the regional superintendent under this Section.
18 (Source: P.A. 88-612, eff. 7-1-95.)
19 (105 ILCS 5/19-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-3)
20 Sec. 19-3. Boards of education. Any school district
21 governed by a board of education and having a population of
22 not more than 500,000 inhabitants, and not governed by a
23 special Act may borrow money for the purpose of building,
24 equipping, altering or repairing school buildings or
25 purchasing or improving school sites, or acquiring and
26 equipping playgrounds, recreation grounds, athletic fields,
27 and other buildings or land used or useful for school
28 purposes or for the purpose of purchasing a site, with or
29 without a building or buildings thereon, or for the building
30 of a house or houses on such site, or for the building of a
31 house or houses on the school site of the school district,
32 for residential purposes of the superintendent, principal, or
33 teachers of the school district, and issue its negotiable
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1 coupon bonds therefor signed by the president and secretary
2 of the board, in denominations of not less than $100 nor more
3 than $5,000, payable at such place and at such time or times,
4 not exceeding 20 years from date of issuance, as the board of
5 education may prescribe, and bearing interest at a rate not
6 to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond
7 Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of
8 the contract, payable annually, semiannually or quarterly,
9 but no such bonds shall be issued unless the proposition to
10 issue them is submitted to the voters of the district at a
11 referendum held at a regularly scheduled election after the
12 board has certified the proposition to the proper election
13 authorities in accordance with the general election law, a
14 majority of all the votes cast on the proposition is in favor
15 of the proposition, notice of such bond referendum (if
16 heretofore or hereafter held at any general election) has
17 been given either (i) in accordance with the second paragraph
18 of Section 12-1 of the Election Code irrespective of any
19 other requirements of the Election Code and irrespective of
20 whether such notice included any reference to the public
21 question as it appeared on the ballot or (ii) for an election
22 held on or after November 1, 1998, in accordance with Section
23 12-5 of the Election Code, and a true and legible copy of the
24 specimen ballot label containing the proposition (if
25 heretofore or hereafter submitted to the voters of the
26 district at any general election) in the form in which it
27 appeared or will appear on the official ballot label on the
28 day of the election has been published at least 5 days
29 before the day of the election in at least one newspaper
30 published in and having a general circulation in each county
31 in which the district is located irrespective of any other
32 requirements of Section 24A-18 of the Election Code, nor
33 shall any residential site be acquired unless such
34 proposition to acquire a site is submitted to the voters of
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1 the district at a referendum held at a regularly scheduled
2 election after the board has certified the proposition to the
3 proper election authorities in accordance with the general
4 election law and a majority of all the votes cast on the
5 proposition is in favor of the proposition. Nothing in this
6 Act or in any other law shall be construed as to require the
7 notice of the bond referendum to be published over the name
8 or title of the election authority or the listing of maturity
9 dates of any bonds either in the notice of bond election or
10 ballot used in the bond election. Such proposition may be
11 initiated by resolution of the school board.
12 With respect to instruments for the payment of money
13 issued under this Section either before, on, or after the
14 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, it is and
15 always has been the intention of the General Assembly (i)
16 that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been
17 supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in
18 accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any
19 provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been
20 more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of
21 this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary
22 authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that
23 instruments issued under this Section within the
24 supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are
25 not invalid because of any provision of this Act that may
26 appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those
27 Acts.
28 The proceeds of any bonds issued under authority of this
29 Section shall be deposited and accounted for separately
30 within the Site and Construction/Capital Improvements Fund.
31 (Source: P.A. 89-698, eff. 1-14-97.)
32 (105 ILCS 5/21-1a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1a)
33 Sec. 21-1a. Tests required for certification.
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1 (a) After July 1, 1988, in addition to all other
2 requirements, early childhood, elementary, special, high
3 school, school service personnel, or, except as provided in
4 Section 34-6, administrative certificates shall be issued to
5 persons who have satisfactorily passed a test of basic skills
6 and subject matter knowledge. The tests of basic skills and
7 subject matter knowledge shall be the tests which from time
8 to time are designated by the State Board of Education in
9 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board and
10 may be tests prepared by an educational testing organization
11 or tests designed by the State Board of Education in
12 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board. The
13 areas to be covered by the test of basic skills shall include
14 the basic skills of reading, writing, grammar and
15 mathematics. The test of subject matter knowledge shall
16 assess content knowledge in the specific subject field. The
17 tests shall be designed to be racially neutral to assure that
18 no person in taking the tests is thereby discriminated
19 against on the basis of race, color, national origin or other
20 factors unrelated to the person's ability to perform as a
21 certificated employee. The score required to pass the tests
22 of basic skills and subject matter knowledge shall be fixed
23 by the State Board of Education in consultation with the
24 State Teacher Certification Board. The tests shall be held
25 not fewer than 3 times a year at such time and place as may
26 be designated by the State Board of Education in consultation
27 with the State Teacher Certification Board.
28 (b) Except as provided in Section 34-6, the provisions
29 of subsection (a) of this Section shall apply equally in any
30 school district subject to Article 34, provided that the
31 State Board of Education shall determine which certificates
32 issued under Sections 34-8.1 and 34-83 prior to July 1, 1988
33 are comparable to any early childhood certificate, elementary
34 school certificate, special certificate, high school
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1 certificate, school service personnel certificate or
2 administrative certificate issued under this Article as of
3 July 1, 1988.
4 (c) A person who holds an early childhood, elementary,
5 special, high school or school service personnel certificate
6 issued under this Article on or at any time before July 1,
7 1988, including a person who has been issued any such
8 certificate pursuant to Section 21-11.1 or in exchange for a
9 comparable certificate theretofore issued under Section
10 34-8.1 or Section 34-83, shall not be required to take or
11 pass the tests in order to thereafter have such certificate
12 renewed.
13 (d) The State Board of Education in consultation with
14 the State Teacher Certification Board shall conduct a pilot
15 administration of the tests by administering the test to
16 students completing teacher education programs in the 1986-87
17 school year for the purpose of determining the effect and
18 impact of testing candidates for certification.
19 (e) The rules and regulations developed to implement the
20 required test of basic skills and subject matter knowledge
21 shall include the requirements of subsections (a), (b), and
22 (c) and shall include specific regulations to govern test
23 selection; test validation and determination of a passing
24 score; administration of the tests; frequency of
25 administration; applicant fees; frequency of applicants'
26 taking the tests; the years for which a score is valid; and,
27 waiving certain additional tests for additional certificates
28 to individuals who have satisfactorily passed the test of
29 basic skills and subject matter knowledge as required in
30 subsection (a). The State Board of Education shall provide,
31 by rule, specific policies that assure uniformity in the
32 difficulty level of each form of the basic skills test and
33 each subject matter knowledge test from test-to-test and
34 year-to-year. The State Board of Education shall also set a
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1 passing score for the tests.
2 (f) The State Teacher Certification Board may issue a
3 nonrenewable temporary certificate between July 1, 1988 and
4 August 31, 1988 to individuals who have taken the tests of
5 basic skills and subject matter knowledge prescribed by this
6 Section but have not received such test scores by August 31,
7 1988. Such temporary certificates shall expire on December
8 31, 1988.
9 (g) Beginning July January 1, 1999, the State Board of
10 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
11 Certification Board, shall implement and administer a new
12 system of certification for teachers in the State of
13 Illinois. The State Board of Education, in consultation with
14 the State Teacher Certification Board, shall design and
15 implement a system of examinations and various other criteria
16 which shall be required prior to the issuance of Initial
17 Teaching Certificates and Standard Teaching Certificates.
18 These examinations and indicators shall be based on national
19 professional teaching standards, as determined by the State
20 Board of Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
21 Certification Board. The State Board of Education may adopt
22 any and all regulations necessary to implement and administer
23 this Section.
24 (h) The State Board of Education shall report to the
25 Illinois General Assembly and the Governor with
26 recommendations for further changes and improvements to the
27 teacher certification system no later than July January 1,
28 1999 and on an annual basis until July January 1, 2001.
29 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
30 (105 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2)
31 Sec. 21-2. Grades of certificates.
32 (a) Until July January 1, 1999, all certificates issued
33 under this Article shall be State certificates valid, except
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1 as limited in Section 21-1, in every school district coming
2 under the provisions of this Act and shall be limited in time
3 and designated as follows: Provisional vocational
4 certificate, temporary provisional vocational certificate,
5 early childhood certificate, elementary school certificate,
6 special certificate, high school certificate, school service
7 personnel certificate, administrative certificate,
8 provisional certificate, and substitute certificate. The
9 requirement of student teaching under close and competent
10 supervision for obtaining a teaching certificate may be
11 waived by the State Teacher Certification Board upon
12 presentation to the Board by the teacher of evidence of 5
13 years successful teaching experience on a valid certificate
14 and graduation from a recognized institution of higher
15 learning with a bachelor's degree with not less than 120
16 semester hours and a minimum of 16 semester hours in
17 professional education.
18 (b) Initial Teaching Certificate. Beginning July
19 January 1, 1999, persons who (1) have completed an approved
20 teacher preparation program, (2) are recommended by an
21 approved teacher preparation program, (3) have successfully
22 completed the Initial Teaching Certification examinations
23 required by the State Board of Education, and (4) have met
24 all other criteria established by the State Board of
25 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
26 Certification Board, shall be issued an Initial Teaching
27 Certificate valid for 4 years of teaching. Initial Teaching
28 Certificates shall be issued for categories corresponding to
29 Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, and Special K-12,
30 with special certification designations for Special
31 Education, Bilingual Education, fundamental learning areas
32 (including Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, Science,
33 Social Science, Physical Development and Health, Fine Arts,
34 and Foreign Language), and other areas designated by the
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1 State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
2 Teacher Certification Board.
3 (c) Standard Certificate. Beginning July January 1,
4 1999, persons who (1) have completed 4 years of teaching with
5 an Initial Certificate, have successfully completed the
6 Standard Teaching Certificate examinations, and have met all
7 other criteria established by the State Board of Education in
8 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board, or
9 (2) were issued teaching certificates prior to July January
10 1, 1999 and are renewing those certificates after July
11 January 1, 1999, shall be issued a Standard Certificate valid
12 for 5 years, which may be renewed thereafter every 5 years by
13 the State Teacher Certification Board based on proof of
14 continuing education or professional development. Standard
15 Certificates shall be issued for categories corresponding to
16 Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, and Special K-12,
17 with special certification designations for Special
18 Education, Bilingual Education, fundamental learning areas
19 (including Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, Science,
20 Social Science, Physical Development and Health, Fine Arts,
21 and Foreign Language), and other areas designated by the
22 State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
23 Teacher Certification Board.
24 (d) Master Certificate. Beginning July January 1, 1999,
25 persons who have successfully achieved National Board
26 certification through the National Board for Professional
27 Teaching Standards shall be issued a Master Certificate,
28 valid for 7 years and renewable thereafter every 7 years
29 through compliance with requirements set forth by the State
30 Board of Education.
31 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-653, eff. 7-29-98.)
32 (105 ILCS 5/21-2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2.1)
33 Sec. 21-2.1. Early childhood certificate.
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1 (a) An early childhood certificate shall be valid for 4
2 years for teaching children up to 6 years of age, exclusive
3 of children enrolled in kindergarten, in facilities approved
4 by the State Superintendent of Education. Beginning July 1,
5 1988, such certificate shall be valid for 4 years for
6 Teaching children through grade 3 in facilities approved by
7 the State Superintendent of Education. Subject to the
8 provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons
9 who have graduated from a recognized institution of higher
10 learning with a bachelor's degree and with not fewer than 120
11 semester hours including professional education or human
12 development or, until July 1, 1992, to persons who have early
13 childhood education instruction and practical experience
14 involving supervised work with children under 6 years of age
15 or with children through grade 3. Such persons shall be
16 recommended for the early childhood certificate by a
17 recognized institution as having completed an approved
18 program of preparation which includes the requisite hours and
19 academic and professional courses and practical experience
20 approved by the State Superintendent of Education in
21 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
22 (b) Beginning July January 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
23 Early Childhood Education Certificates shall be issued to
24 persons who meet the criteria established by the State Board
25 of Education.
26 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
27 (105 ILCS 5/21-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-3)
28 Sec. 21-3. Elementary certificate.
29 (a) An elementary school certificate shall be valid for
30 4 years for teaching in the kindergarten and lower 9 grades
31 of the common schools. Subject to the provisions of Section
32 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
33 a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
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1 degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours and with a
2 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education,
3 including 5 semester hours in student teaching under
4 competent and close supervision. Such persons shall be
5 recommended for the elementary certificate by a recognized
6 institution as having completed an approved program of
7 preparation which includes intensive preservice training in
8 the humanities, natural sciences, mathematics and the
9 academic and professional courses approved by the State
10 Superintendent of Education in consultation with the State
11 Teacher Certification Board.
12 (b) Beginning July January 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
13 Elementary Certificates shall be issued to persons who meet
14 all of the criteria established by the State Board of
15 Education for elementary education.
16 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
17 (105 ILCS 5/21-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-4)
18 Sec. 21-4. Special certificate.
19 (a) A special certificate shall be valid for 4 years for
20 teaching the special subjects named therein in all grades of
21 the common schools. Subject to the provisions of Section
22 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
23 a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
24 degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours including a
25 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education, 5 of
26 which shall be in student teaching under competent and close
27 supervision. When the holder of such certificate has earned a
28 master's degree, including eight semester hours of graduate
29 professional education from a recognized institution of
30 higher learning and with two years' teaching experience, it
31 may be endorsed for supervision.
32 Such persons shall be recommended for the special
33 certificate by a recognized institution as having completed
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1 an approved program of preparation which includes academic
2 and professional courses approved by the State Superintendent
3 of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
4 Certification Board.
5 (b) Those persons holding special certificates on July
6 January 1, 1999 shall be eligible for one of the following:
7 (1) The issuance of Standard Elementary and
8 Standard Secondary Certificates with appropriate special
9 certification designations as determined by the State
10 Board of Education, in consultation with the State
11 Teacher Certification Board, and consistent with rules
12 adopted by the State Board of Education. These
13 certificates shall be renewed as provided in subsection
14 (c) of Section 21-2.
15 (2) The issuance of Standard Special K-12
16 Certificates with appropriate special certification
17 designations, which shall be renewed as provided in
18 subsection (c) of Section 21-2. These certificates shall
19 not be eligible for additional certification designations
20 except as approved by the State Board of Education, in
21 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
22 (c) Those persons eligible to receive K-12 certification
23 after July January 1, 1999 shall be issued Initial Elementary
24 and Initial Secondary Certificates with appropriate special
25 certification designations pursuant to this Section or
26 Initial Special K-12 Certificates with appropriate special
27 certification designations pursuant to this Section. These
28 Initial K-12 Special Certificates shall not be eligible for
29 additional certification designations except as approved by
30 the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
31 Teacher Certification Board.
32 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-653, eff. 7-29-98.)
33 (105 ILCS 5/21-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5)
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1 Sec. 21-5. High school certificate.
2 (a) A high school certificate shall be valid for 4 years
3 for teaching in grades 6 to 12 inclusive of the common
4 schools. Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall
5 be issued to persons who have graduated from a recognized
6 institution of higher learning with a bachelor's degree and
7 with not fewer than 120 semester hours including 16 semester
8 hours in professional education, 5 of which shall be in
9 student teaching under competent and close supervision and
10 with one or more teaching fields. Such persons shall be
11 recommended for the high school certificate by a recognized
12 institution as having completed an approved program of
13 preparation which includes the academic and professional
14 courses approved by the State Superintendent of Education in
15 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
16 (b) Beginning July January 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
17 Secondary Certificates shall be issued to persons who meet
18 all of the criteria established by the State Board of
19 Education for secondary education.
20 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
21 (105 ILCS 5/21-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14)
22 Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates.
23 (a) A limited four-year certificate or a certificate
24 issued after July 1, 1955, shall be renewable at its
25 expiration or within 60 days thereafter by the county
26 superintendent of schools having supervision and control over
27 the school where the teacher is teaching upon certified
28 evidence of meeting the requirements for renewal as required
29 by this Act and prescribed by the State Board of Education in
30 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board. An
31 elementary supervisory certificate shall not be renewed at
32 the end of the first four-year period covered by the
33 certificate unless the holder thereof has filed certified
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1 evidence with the State Teacher Certification Board that he
2 has a master's degree or that he has earned 8 semester hours
3 of credit in the field of educational administration and
4 supervision in a recognized institution of higher learning.
5 The holder shall continue to earn 8 semester hours of credit
6 each four-year period until such time as he has earned a
7 master's degree.
8 All certificates not renewed or registered as herein
9 provided shall lapse after a period of 4 years from the
10 expiration of the last year of registration. Such
11 certificates may be reinstated for a one year period upon
12 payment of all accumulated registration fees. Such
13 reinstated certificates shall only be renewed: (1) by earning
14 5 semester hours of credit in a recognized institution of
15 higher learning in the field of professional education or in
16 courses related to the holder's contractual teaching duties;
17 or (2) by presenting evidence of holding a valid regular
18 certificate of some other type. Any certificate may be
19 voluntarily surrendered by the certificate holder. A
20 voluntarily surrendered certificate shall be treated as a
21 revoked certificate.
22 (b) When those teaching certificates issued before July
23 January 1, 1999 are renewed for the first time after July
24 January 1, 1999, all such teaching certificates shall be
25 exchanged for Standard Teaching Certificates as provided in
26 subsection (c) of Section 21-2. All Initial and Standard
27 Teaching Certificates, including those issued to persons who
28 previously held teaching certificates issued before July
29 January 1, 1999, shall be renewable under the conditions set
30 forth in this subsection (b).
31 Initial Teaching Certificates are nonrenewable and are
32 valid for 4 years of teaching. Standard Teaching
33 Certificates are renewable every 5 years as provided in
34 subsection (c) of Section 21-2.
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1 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-653, eff. 7-29-98.)
2 (105 ILCS 5/27-24.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-24.5)
3 Sec. 27-24.5. Submission of claims. Claims for
4 reimbursement under this Act shall be submitted in duplicate
5 by each district to the State Board prior to October
6 September 1 of each year on such forms and in such manner as
7 shall be prescribed by the State Board. Claims from the
8 1997-1998 school year that are received after September 1,
9 1998 but before October 1, 1998, and only these claims, shall
10 be paid in the same manner as if they were received before
11 September 1, 1998. In addition to the claim form, the
12 district shall report on forms prescribed by the State Board,
13 on an ongoing basis, a list of students by name, birth date
14 and sex, with the date the behind-the-wheel instruction or
15 the classroom instruction or both were completed and with the
16 status of the course completion. Such claim shall list the
17 name and age of each student, excluding each resident of the
18 district over age 55, for whom claim is made who finished
19 the entire course after July 1 of the preceding calendar year
20 and prior to July 1 of the year in which the claim is
21 submitted and the serial number of the driver's license held
22 by the student during the time he was enrolled in the course.
23 Such claim also shall list the name and age of each student,
24 excluding residents of the district over age 55, for whom
25 claim is made for such period for the classroom instruction
26 part only of such course and for the practice driving part of
27 such course.
28 The State shall not reimburse any district for any
29 student who has repeated any part of the course more than
30 once, or who did not hold such a valid license during the
31 period he was a student in the practice driving part of the
32 course, or who did not meet the age requirements of this Act
33 during the period that the student he was instructed a
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1 student in any part of the drivers education course; nor
2 shall the State reimburse any district for any resident of
3 the district over age 55.
4 (Source: P.A. 88-9.)
5 (105 ILCS 5/34-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-3)
6 Sec. 34-3. Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; new
7 Chicago Board of Education; members; term; vacancies.
8 (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
9 amendatory Act of 1995, the terms of all members of the
10 Chicago Board of Education holding office on that date are
11 abolished and the Mayor shall appoint, without the consent or
12 approval of the City Council, a 5 member Chicago School
13 Reform Board of Trustees which shall take office upon the
14 appointment of the fifth member. The Chicago School Reform
15 Board of Trustees and its members shall serve until, and the
16 terms of all members of the Chicago School Reform Board of
17 Trustees shall expire on, June 30, 1999 or upon the
18 appointment of a new Chicago Board of Education as provided
19 in subsection (b), whichever is later. Any vacancy in the
20 membership of the Trustees shall be filled through
21 appointment by the Mayor, without the consent or approval of
22 the City Council, for the unexpired term. One of the members
23 appointed by the Mayor to the Trustees shall be designated by
24 the Mayor to serve as President of the Trustees. The Mayor
25 shall appoint a full-time, compensated chief executive
26 officer, and his or her compensation as such chief executive
27 officer shall be determined by the Mayor. The Mayor, at his
28 or her discretion, may appoint the President to serve
29 simultaneously as the chief executive officer.
30 (b) Within 30 days before the expiration of the terms of
31 the members of the Chicago Reform Board of Trustees as
32 provided in subsection (a), a new Chicago Board of Education
33 consisting of 7 members shall be appointed by the Mayor to
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1 take office on the later of July 1, 1999 or the appointment
2 of the seventh member. Three of the members initially so
3 appointed under this subsection shall serve for terms ending
4 June 30, 2002, 4 of the members initially so appointed under
5 this subsection shall serve for terms ending June 30, 2003,
6 and each member initially so appointed shall continue to hold
7 office until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.
8 Thereafter at the expiration of the term of any member a
9 successor shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall hold
10 office for a term of 4 years, from July 1 of the year in
11 which the term commences and until a successor is appointed
12 and qualified. Any vacancy in the membership of the Chicago
13 Board of Education shall be filled through appointment by the
14 Mayor for the unexpired term. No appointment to membership
15 on the Chicago Board of Education that is made by the Mayor
16 under this subsection shall require the approval of the City
17 Council, whether the appointment is made for a full term or
18 to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term on the Board. The
19 board shall elect annually from its number a president and,
20 vice-president, and secretary, in such manner and at such
21 time as the board determines by its rules. The officers so
22 elected shall each perform the duties imposed upon their
23 respective office by the rules of the board, provided that
24 (i) the president shall preside at meetings of the board and
25 vote as any other member but have no power of veto, and (ii)
26 the vice president shall perform the duties of the president
27 if that office is vacant or the president is absent or unable
28 to act. The secretary of the Board shall be selected by the
29 Board and shall be an employee of the Board rather than a
30 member of the Board, notwithstanding subsection (d) of
31 Section 34-3.3. The duties of the secretary shall be imposed
32 by the rules of the Board.
33 (Source: P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
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1 Section 10. The Illinois School Student Records Act is
2 amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
3 (105 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 122, par. 50-4)
4 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 90-590)
5 Sec. 4. (a) Each school shall designate an official
6 records custodian who is responsible for the maintenance,
7 care and security of all school student records, whether or
8 not such records are in his personal custody or control.
9 (b) The official records custodian shall take all
10 reasonable measures to prevent unauthorized access to or
11 dissemination of school student records.
12 (c) Information contained in or added to a school
13 student record shall be limited to information which is of
14 clear relevance to the education of the student.
15 (d) Information added to a student temporary record
16 after the effective date of this Act shall include the name,
17 signature and position of the person who has added such
18 information and the date of its entry into the record.
19 (e) Each school shall maintain student permanent records
20 and the information contained therein for not less than 60
21 years after the student has transferred, graduated or
22 otherwise permanently withdrawn from the school.
23 (f) No school shall maintain any student temporary
24 record or the information contained therein beyond its period
25 of usefulness to the student and the school, and in no case
26 longer than 5 years after the student has transferred,
27 graduated or otherwise permanently withdrawn from the school.
28 Notwithstanding the foregoing, a school may maintain
29 indefinitely anonymous information from student temporary
30 records for authorized research, statistical reporting or
31 planning purposes, provided that no student or parent can be
32 individually identified from the information maintained.
33 (g) The principal of each school or the person with like
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1 responsibilities or his or her designate shall periodically
2 review each student temporary record for verification of
3 entries and elimination or correction of all inaccurate,
4 misleading, unnecessary or irrelevant information. The State
5 Board shall issue regulations to govern the periodic review
6 of the student temporary records and length of time for
7 maintenance of entries to such records.
8 (h) Before any school student record is destroyed or
9 information deleted therefrom, the parent shall be given
10 reasonable prior notice at his or her last known address in
11 accordance with regulations adopted by the State Board and an
12 opportunity to copy the record and information proposed to be
13 destroyed or deleted.
14 (i) No school shall be required to separate permanent
15 and temporary school student records of a student not
16 enrolled in such school on or after the effective date of
17 this Act or to destroy any such records, or comply with the
18 provisions of paragraph (g) of this Section with respect to
19 such records, except (1) in accordance with the request of
20 the parent that any or all of such actions be taken in
21 compliance with the provisions of this Act or (2) in
22 accordance with regulations adopted by the State Board.
23 (Source: P.A. 79-1108.)
24 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 90-590)
25 Sec. 4. (a) Each school shall designate an official
26 records custodian who is responsible for the maintenance,
27 care and security of all school student records, whether or
28 not such records are in his personal custody or control.
29 (b) The official records custodian shall take all
30 reasonable measures to prevent unauthorized access to or
31 dissemination of school student records.
32 (c) Information contained in or added to a school
33 student record shall be limited to information which is of
34 clear relevance to the education of the student.
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1 (d) Information added to a student temporary record
2 after the effective date of this Act shall include the name,
3 signature and position of the person who has added such
4 information and the date of its entry into the record.
5 (e) Each school shall maintain student permanent records
6 and the information contained therein for not less than 60
7 years after the student has transferred, graduated or
8 otherwise permanently withdrawn from the school.
9 (f) Each school shall maintain student temporary records
10 and the information contained in those records for not less
11 than 5 years after the student has transferred, graduated, or
12 otherwise withdrawn from the school. However, student
13 temporary records shall not be disclosed except as provided
14 in Section 5 or 6 or by court order, notwithstanding the
15 provisions of Section 6. A school may maintain indefinitely
16 anonymous information from student temporary records for
17 authorized research, statistical reporting or planning
18 purposes, provided that no student or parent can be
19 individually identified from the information maintained.
20 (g) The principal of each school or the person with like
21 responsibilities or his or her designate shall periodically
22 review each student temporary record for verification of
23 entries and elimination or correction of all inaccurate,
24 misleading, unnecessary or irrelevant information. The State
25 Board shall issue regulations to govern the periodic review
26 of the student temporary records and length of time for
27 maintenance of entries to such records.
28 (h) Before any school student record is destroyed or
29 information deleted therefrom, the parent shall be given
30 reasonable prior notice at his or her last known address in
31 accordance with regulations adopted by the State Board and an
32 opportunity to copy the record and information proposed to be
33 destroyed or deleted.
34 (i) No school shall be required to separate permanent
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1 and temporary school student records of a student not
2 enrolled in such school on or after the effective date of
3 this Act or to destroy any such records, or comply with the
4 provisions of paragraph (g) of this Section with respect to
5 such records, except (1) in accordance with the request of
6 the parent that any or all of such actions be taken in
7 compliance with the provisions of this Act or (2) in
8 accordance with regulations adopted by the State Board.
9 (Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
10 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
11 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
12 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
13 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
14 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
15 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
16 any other Public Act.
17 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law, except that the provisions changing Section 4
19 of the Illinois School Student Records Act take effect
20 January 1, 1999.