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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1004
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1004 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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
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1 device by any pupil while such pupil is in any school
2 building or on any school property, during regular school
3 hours or at any other time, and may shall by rule provide for
4 the imposition of appropriate discipline upon any pupil who
5 violates such prohibition. Exceptions may be made by the
6 board of education with the approval of the school principal.
7 (Source: P.A. 86-1391.)
8 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.35 new)
9 Sec. 10-20.35. Use of automated telephone answering
10 equipment.
11 (a) The General Assembly finds that:
12 (1) parents of public school students need to
13 contact the school from time to time because of family
14 problems or emergencies;
15 (2) when a person calls a school, that person often
16 needs to talk to an individual and it is not necessarily
17 convenient or practical for that person to leave a
18 message or to follow an automated menu;
19 (3) when a person calls a school because of a
20 family problem or emergency and receives an automated
21 operator or an automated menu instead of a live operator,
22 that person often is not able to adequately receive
23 assistance; and
24 (4) the number of people calling schools and not
25 getting the assistance that they require because the
26 school does not have a live operator answering incoming
27 phone calls grows by the day.
28 (b) A public school that uses automated telephone
29 answering equipment to answer incoming telephone calls must,
30 beginning on July 1, 2003, during the normal business hours
31 of the school, provide the caller with the option, among the
32 first set of menu choices, of speaking to a live operator.
33 This Section does not apply to a telephone line that is
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1 dedicated as a hot line for emergency services or to provide
2 general information.
3 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.22 new)
4 Sec. 34-18.22. Use of automated telephone answering
5 equipment.
6 (a) The General Assembly finds that:
7 (1) parents of public school students need to
8 contact the school from time to time because of family
9 problems or emergencies;
10 (2) when a person calls a school, that person often
11 needs to talk to an individual and it is not necessarily
12 convenient or practical for that person to leave a
13 message or to follow an automated menu;
14 (3) when a person calls a school because of a
15 family problem or emergency and receives an automated
16 operator or an automated menu instead of a live operator,
17 that person often is not able to adequately receive
18 assistance; and
19 (4) the number of people calling schools and not
20 getting the assistance that they require because the
21 school does not have a live operator answering incoming
22 phone calls grows by the day.
23 (b) A public school that uses automated telephone
24 answering equipment to answer incoming telephone calls must,
25 beginning on July 1, 2003, during the normal business hours
26 of the school, provide the caller with the option, among the
27 first set of menu choices, of speaking to a live operator.
28 This Section does not apply to a telephone line that is
29 dedicated as a hot line for emergency services or to provide
30 general information.
31 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
32 becoming law.".