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 1        AN ACT concerning schools.

 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  10-20.28  and 34-18.14 and adding Sections 10-20.35
 6    and 34-18.22 as follows:

 7        (105 ILCS 5/10-20.28) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.28)
 8        Sec.    10-20.28.  Cellular    radio    telecommunication
 9    prohibition.  A school board may To prohibit or regulate  the
10    use  or  possession  of  any cellular radio telecommunication
11    device by any  pupil  while  such  pupil  is  in  any  school
12    building  or  on  any  school property, during regular school
13    hours or at any other time, and may to by  rule  provide  for
14    the  imposition  of appropriate discipline upon any pupil who
15    violates such prohibition. Exceptions  may  be  made  by  the
16    school board with the approval of the school principal.
17    (Source: P.A. 86-1391.)

18        (105 ILCS 5/34-18.14) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.14)
19        Sec.    34-18.14.  Cellular    radio    telecommunication
20    prohibition.   The  board  may shall prohibit or regulate the
21    use or possession of  any  cellular  radio  telecommunication
22    device  by  any  pupil  while  such  pupil  is  in any school
23    building or on any school  property,  during  regular  school
24    hours or at any other time, and may shall by rule provide for
25    the  imposition  of appropriate discipline upon any pupil who
26    violates such prohibition. Exceptions  may  be  made  by  the
27    board of education with the approval of the school principal.
28    (Source: P.A. 86-1391.)

29        (105 ILCS 5/10-20.35 new)
 
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 1        Sec.  10-20.35.  Use  of  automated  telephone  answering
 2    equipment.
 3        (a)  The General Assembly finds that:
 4             (1)   parents  of  public  school  students  need to
 5        contact the school from time to time  because  of  family
 6        problems or emergencies;
 7             (2)  when a person calls a school, that person often
 8        needs  to talk to an individual and it is not necessarily
 9        convenient or  practical  for  that  person  to  leave  a
10        message or to follow an automated menu;
11             (3)   when  a  person  calls  a  school because of a
12        family problem or emergency  and  receives  an  automated
13        operator or an automated menu instead of a live operator,
14        that  person  often  is  not  able  to adequately receive
15        assistance; and
16             (4)  the number of people calling  schools  and  not
17        getting  the  assistance  that  they  require because the
18        school does not have a live operator  answering  incoming
19        phone calls grows by the day.
20        (b)   A  public  school  that  uses  automated  telephone
21    answering  equipment to answer incoming telephone calls must,
22    beginning on July 1, 2003, during the normal  business  hours
23    of  the school, provide the caller with the option, among the
24    first set of menu choices, of speaking to  a  live  operator.
25    This  Section  does  not  apply  to  a telephone line that is
26    dedicated as a hot line for emergency services or to  provide
27    general information.

28        (105 ILCS 5/34-18.22 new)
29        Sec.  34-18.22.  Use  of  automated  telephone  answering
30    equipment.
31        (a)  The General Assembly finds that:
32             (1)   parents  of  public  school  students  need to
33        contact the school from time to time  because  of  family
 
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 1        problems or emergencies;
 2             (2)  when a person calls a school, that person often
 3        needs  to talk to an individual and it is not necessarily
 4        convenient or  practical  for  that  person  to  leave  a
 5        message or to follow an automated menu;
 6             (3)   when  a  person  calls  a  school because of a
 7        family problem or emergency  and  receives  an  automated
 8        operator or an automated menu instead of a live operator,
 9        that  person  often  is  not  able  to adequately receive
10        assistance; and
11             (4)  the number of people calling  schools  and  not
12        getting  the  assistance  that  they  require because the
13        school does not have a live operator  answering  incoming
14        phone calls grows by the day.
15        (b)   A  public  school  that  uses  automated  telephone
16    answering  equipment to answer incoming telephone calls must,
17    beginning on July 1, 2003, during the normal  business  hours
18    of  the school, provide the caller with the option, among the
19    first set of menu choices, of speaking to  a  live  operator.
20    This  Section  does  not  apply  to  a telephone line that is
21    dedicated as a hot line for emergency services or to  provide
22    general information.

23        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
24    becoming law.

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