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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.

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