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92_HB2524

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning education.

 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 34-2.3 and 34-2.3b as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/34-2.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.3)
 7        Sec. 34-2.3.  Local school councils - Powers and  duties.
 8    Each local school council shall have and exercise, consistent
 9    with the provisions of this Article and the powers and duties
10    of the board of education, the following powers and duties:
11        1. (A)  To  annually  evaluate  the  performance  of  the
12    principal  of  the  attendance  center using a Board approved
13    principal evaluation form, which shall include the evaluation
14    of (i) student academic improvement, as defined by the school
15    improvement plan,  (ii)  student  absenteeism  rates  at  the
16    school,  (iii)  instructional  leadership, (iv) the effective
17    implementation  of  programs,  policies,  or  strategies   to
18    improve  student academic achievement, (v) school management,
19    and (vi) any other  factors  deemed  relevant  by  the  local
20    school    council,   including,   without   limitation,   the
21    principal's communication skills and ability  to  create  and
22    maintain  a student-centered learning environment, to develop
23    opportunities for professional development, and to  encourage
24    parental  involvement  and  community partnerships to achieve
25    school improvement;
26        (B)  to determine in the manner  provided  by  subsection
27    (c)  of  Section  34-2.2  and subdivision 1.5 of this Section
28    whether the performance contract of the  principal  shall  be
29    renewed; and
30        (C)  to  directly  select,  in  the  manner  provided  by
31    subsection  (c) of Section 34-2.2, a new principal (including
 
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 1    a new principal to fill a vacancy) -- without submitting  any
 2    list   of   candidates  for  that  position  to  the  general
 3    superintendent as provided in paragraph 2 of this Section  --
 4    to  serve  under a 4 year performance contract; provided that
 5    (i) the determination of whether the principal's  performance
 6    contract is to be renewed, based upon the evaluation required
 7    by  subdivision  1.5  of this Section, shall be made no later
 8    than  150  days  prior  to  the  expiration  of  the  current
 9    performance-based contract of the principal,  (ii)  in  cases
10    where  such  performance  contract is not renewed -- a direct
11    selection of a new principal --  to  serve  under  a  4  year
12    performance  contract  shall  be  made  by  the  local school
13    council no later than 45 days prior to the expiration of  the
14    current  performance  contract  of the principal, and (iii) a
15    selection by the local school council of a new  principal  to
16    fill  a  vacancy under a 4 year performance contract shall be
17    made within 90 days after the date such  vacancy  occurs.   A
18    Council  shall be required, if requested by the principal, to
19    provide in writing the reasons for the council's not renewing
20    the principal's contract.
21        1.5.  The local school council's determination of whether
22    to renew the  principal's  contract  shall  be  based  on  an
23    evaluation  to  assess  the  educational  and  administrative
24    progress  made  at  the school during the principal's current
25    performance-based contract.  The local school  council  shall
26    base  its  evaluation on (i) student academic improvement, as
27    defined  by  the  school  improvement  plan,   (ii)   student
28    absenteeism   rates   at   the  school,  (iii)  instructional
29    leadership, (iv) the effective  implementation  of  programs,
30    policies,   or   strategies   to   improve  student  academic
31    achievement,  (v)  school  management,  and  (vi)  any  other
32    factors  deemed  relevant  by  the  local   school   council,
33    including,  without limitation, the principal's communication
34    skills and ability to create and maintain a  student-centered
 
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 1    learning    environment,   to   develop   opportunities   for
 2    professional   development,   and   to   encourage   parental
 3    involvement and  community  partnerships  to  achieve  school
 4    improvement.   If  a  local school council fails to renew the
 5    performance contract of a  principal  rated  by  the  general
 6    superintendent,  or  his  or  her  designee,  in the previous
 7    years' evaluations as meeting or exceeding expectations,  the
 8    principal,  within  15  days after the local school council's
 9    decision not to renew the contract, may request a  review  of
10    the  local  school council's principal non-retention decision
11    by a hearing officer appointed by  the  American  Arbitration
12    Association.  A local school council member or members or the
13    general  superintendent  may  support the principal's request
14    for review. During the period of the hearing officer's review
15    of the local school council's decision on whether or  not  to
16    retain the principal, the local school council shall maintain
17    all  authority  to  search  for and contract with a person to
18    serve as interim or acting principal, or as the principal  of
19    the  attendance  center  under a 4-year performance contract,
20    provided that any performance contract entered  into  by  the
21    local  school  council  shall  be  voidable  or  modified  in
22    accordance  with  the  decision  of  the hearing officer. The
23    principal  may  request  review  only  once  while  at   that
24    attendance  center.   If  a  local  school council renews the
25    contract of a principal who failed  to  obtain  a  rating  of
26    "meets"    or   "exceeds   expectations"   in   the   general
27    superintendent's  evaluation  for  the  previous  year,   the
28    general superintendent, within 15 days after the local school
29    council's  decision  to  renew  the  contract,  may request a
30    review of the  local  school  council's  principal  retention
31    decision  by  a  hearing  officer  appointed  by the American
32    Arbitration  Association.   The  general  superintendent  may
33    request a  review  only  once  for  that  principal  at  that
34    attendance  center.   All requests to review the retention or
 
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 1    non-retention of  a  principal  shall  be  submitted  to  the
 2    general  superintendent,  who  shall,  in  turn, forward such
 3    requests,  within  14  days  of  receipt,  to  the   American
 4    Arbitration  Association.  The  general  superintendent shall
 5    send a contemporaneous copy of the request that was forwarded
 6    to the American Arbitration Association to the principal  and
 7    to  each  local  school  council  member and shall inform the
 8    local school council of its rights and responsibilities under
 9    the arbitration process, including the local school council's
10    right to representation and the manner and process  by  which
11    the   Board   shall   pay   the   costs   of   the  council's
12    representation. If  the  local  school  council  retains  the
13    principal and the general superintendent requests a review of
14    the  retention  decision,  the  local  school council and the
15    general superintendent shall be  considered  parties  to  the
16    arbitration,  a hearing officer shall be chosen between those
17    2 parties pursuant to procedures  promulgated  by  the  State
18    Board  of Education, and the principal may retain counsel and
19    participate in the arbitration.  If the local school  council
20    does  not  retain  the principal and the principal requests a
21    review of the retention decision, the  local  school  council
22    and   the  principal  shall  be  considered  parties  to  the
23    arbitration and a hearing officer  shall  be  chosen  between
24    those  2  parties  pursuant  to procedures promulgated by the
25    State Board of Education. The hearing shall begin (i)  within
26    45  days after the initial request for review is submitted by
27    the principal to the general superintendent or  (ii)  if  the
28    initial   request   for   review   is  made  by  the  general
29    superintendent, within 45 days after that request  is  mailed
30    to  the American Arbitration Association. The hearing officer
31    shall render a decision within  45  days  after  the  hearing
32    begins  and  within  90  days  after  the initial request for
33    review.  The  Board  shall   contract   with   the   American
34    Arbitration  Association  for  all  of  the hearing officer's
 
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 1    reasonable and necessary costs.  In addition, the Board shall
 2    pay any reasonable costs incurred by a local  school  council
 3    for representation before a hearing officer.
 4        1.10.  The hearing officer shall conduct a hearing, which
 5    shall  include  (i)  a review of the principal's performance,
 6    evaluations, and other evidence of the principal's service at
 7    the school, (ii) reasons provided by the local school council
 8    for its decision, and (iii) documentation evidencing views of
 9    interested persons, including, without limitation,  students,
10    parents,  local  school  council  members, school faculty and
11    staff, the principal, the general superintendent  or  his  or
12    her  designee,  and  members  of the community. The burden of
13    proof  in  establishing  that  the  local  school   council's
14    decision  was  arbitrary and capricious shall be on the party
15    requesting the arbitration, and this party shall sustain  the
16    burden  by  a  preponderance  of  the  evidence.  The hearing
17    officer shall set the local school council decision aside  if
18    that  decision,  in  light  of  the  record  developed at the
19    hearing, is arbitrary and capricious.  The  decision  of  the
20    hearing officer may not be appealed to the Board or the State
21    Board  of Education.  If the hearing officer decides that the
22    principal shall be retained, the retention period  shall  not
23    exceed 2 years.
24        2.  In  the  event  (i) the local school council does not
25    renew the performance  contract  of  the  principal,  or  the
26    principal  fails to receive a satisfactory rating as provided
27    in subsection (h) of Section  34-8.3,  or  the  principal  is
28    removed  for  cause during the term of his or her performance
29    contract in the  manner  provided  by  Section  34-85,  or  a
30    vacancy  in  the position of principal otherwise occurs prior
31    to the expiration of the term of  a  principal's  performance
32    contract, and (ii) the local school council fails to directly
33    select  a  new  principal to serve under a 4 year performance
34    contract, the local school council in such event shall submit
 
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 1    to the general superintendent  a  list  of  3  candidates  --
 2    listed  in  the local school council's order of preference --
 3    for the position of principal, one of which shall be selected
 4    by the general superintendent to serve as  principal  of  the
 5    attendance  center.   If  the general superintendent fails or
 6    refuses to select one of the candidates on the list to  serve
 7    as  principal  within  30 days after being furnished with the
 8    candidate list, the general superintendent shall  select  and
 9    place a principal on an interim basis (i) for a period not to
10    exceed  one  year  or  (ii)  until  the  local school council
11    selects a new principal with 7 affirmative votes as  provided
12    in  subsection (c) of Section 34-2.2, whichever occurs first.
13    If the local school council fails or refuses  to  select  and
14    appoint  a  new  principal, as specified by subsection (c) of
15    Section 34-2.2, the general  superintendent  may  select  and
16    appoint a new principal on an interim basis for an additional
17    year  or  until  a  new contract principal is selected by the
18    local school council.  There shall be  no  discrimination  on
19    the  basis of race, sex, creed, color or disability unrelated
20    to ability to perform in connection with  the  submission  of
21    candidates  for, and the selection of a candidate to serve as
22    principal of  an  attendance  center.   No  person  shall  be
23    directly  selected, listed as a candidate for, or selected to
24    serve as principal of an attendance center (i) if such person
25    has been removed for cause from employment by  the  Board  or
26    (ii)  if  such  person  does  not hold a valid administrative
27    certificate issued or exchanged under Article 21 and endorsed
28    as required by that Article for the position of principal.  A
29    principal  whose  performance  contract  is  not  renewed  as
30    provided  under  subsection  (c)  of   Section   34-2.2   may
31    nevertheless,  if otherwise qualified and certified as herein
32    provided and if he or she has received a satisfactory  rating
33    as  provided in subsection (h) of Section 34-8.3, be included
34    by a local school council as one of the 3  candidates  listed
 
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 1    in  order  of preference on any candidate list from which one
 2    person is to  be  selected  to  serve  as  principal  of  the
 3    attendance  center  under  a  new  performance contract.  The
 4    initial candidate list required to be submitted  by  a  local
 5    school  council  to the general superintendent in cases where
 6    the local school  council  does  not  renew  the  performance
 7    contract  of its principal and does not directly select a new
 8    principal to serve under a 4 year performance contract  shall
 9    be  submitted  not later than 30 days prior to the expiration
10    of the current performance  contract.   In  cases  where  the
11    local school council fails or refuses to submit the candidate
12    list  to  the  general  superintendent  no later than 30 days
13    prior  to  the  expiration  of  the   incumbent   principal's
14    contract,  the general superintendent may appoint a principal
15    on an interim basis for a period  not  to  exceed  one  year,
16    during  which  time the local school council shall be able to
17    select a new principal with 7 affirmative votes  as  provided
18    in  subsection  (c)  of  Section  34-2.2.   In  cases where a
19    principal is removed for cause or a vacancy otherwise  occurs
20    in the position of principal and the vacancy is not filled by
21    direct  selection  by the local school council, the candidate
22    list shall be submitted by the local school  council  to  the
23    general  superintendent  within  90  days after the date such
24    removal or vacancy occurs. In cases where  the  local  school
25    council  fails or refuses to submit the candidate list to the
26    general superintendent within 90 days after the date  of  the
27    vacancy,  the  general superintendent may appoint a principal
28    on an interim basis for a period of one  year,  during  which
29    time  the  local school council shall be able to select a new
30    principal with 7 affirmative votes as provided in  subsection
31    (c) of Section 34-2.2.
32        2.5.  Whenever  a  vacancy  in  the office of a principal
33    occurs for any reason, the vacancy shall  be  filled  in  the
34    manner  provided  by  this  Section by the selection of a new
 
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 1    principal to serve under a 4 year performance contract.
 2        3.  To establish additional criteria to  be  included  as
 3    part  of  the performance contract of its principal, provided
 4    that such additional criteria shall not discriminate  on  the
 5    basis  of  race, sex, creed, color or disability unrelated to
 6    ability to perform, and shall not be  inconsistent  with  the
 7    uniform  4 year performance contract for principals developed
 8    by the board as provided in Section 34-8.1 of the School Code
 9    or with  other  provisions  of  this  Article  governing  the
10    authority and responsibility of principals.
11        4.  To  approve  the  expenditure  plan  prepared  by the
12    principal with respect to all funds allocated and distributed
13    to the attendance center by the Board.  The expenditure  plan
14    shall  be  administered by the principal. Notwithstanding any
15    other provision of this Act or any other law, any expenditure
16    plan approved and  administered  under  this  Section  34-2.3
17    shall  be  consistent  with  and  subject to the terms of any
18    contract for services with a third party entered into by  the
19    Chicago  School  Reform  Board of Trustees or the board under
20    this Act.
21        Via a supermajority vote of 7 members of the local school
22    council or 8 members of a high school local  school  council,
23    the  Council  may  transfer  allocations  pursuant to Section
24    34-2.3  within  funds;  provided  that  such  a  transfer  is
25    consistent with  applicable  law  and  collective  bargaining
26    agreements.
27        Beginning  in  fiscal  year  1991 and in each fiscal year
28    thereafter, the Board may reserve  up  to  1%  of  its  total
29    fiscal year budget for distribution on a prioritized basis to
30    schools  throughout  the  school  system  in  order to assure
31    adequate programs  to  meet  the  needs  of  special  student
32    populations  as  determined  by the Board.  This distribution
33    shall  take  into  account  the  needs  catalogued   in   the
34    Systemwide  Plan  and  the  various  local school improvement
 
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 1    plans of the local school councils.  Information about  these
 2    centrally  funded  programs shall be distributed to the local
 3    school  councils  so  that  their  subsequent  planning   and
 4    programming will account for these provisions.
 5        Beginning  in  fiscal  year  1991 and in each fiscal year
 6    thereafter, from other amounts available  in  the  applicable
 7    fiscal  year  budget,  the  board  shall  allocate a lump sum
 8    amount to each local school based upon such  formula  as  the
 9    board  shall  determine taking into account the special needs
10    of the  student  body.   The  local  school  principal  shall
11    develop  an  expenditure  plan in consultation with the local
12    school council, the professional personnel advisory committee
13    and with all  other  school  personnel,  which  reflects  the
14    priorities  and activities as described in the school's local
15    school improvement plan and is consistent with applicable law
16    and collective bargaining agreements and with board  policies
17    and  standards;  however, the local school council shall have
18    the right to request waivers of board policy from  the  board
19    of  education  and  waivers of employee collective bargaining
20    agreements pursuant to Section 34-8.1a.
21        The expenditure plan  developed  by  the  principal  with
22    respect  to  amounts  available from the fund for prioritized
23    special needs programs and the allocated lump sum amount must
24    be approved by the local school council.
25        The lump sum  allocation  shall  take  into  account  the
26    following principles:
27             a.  Teachers:  Each  school shall be allocated funds
28        equal to the amount appropriated in the  previous  school
29        year   for  compensation  for  teachers  (regular  grades
30        kindergarten through 12th grade) plus whatever  increases
31        in  compensation  have  been  negotiated contractually or
32        through  longevity  as   provided   in   the   negotiated
33        agreement.   Adjustments  shall  be made due to layoff or
34        reduction in force, lack of  funds  or  work,  change  in
 
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 1        subject  requirements,  enrollment  changes, or contracts
 2        with third parties for the performance of services or  to
 3        rectify  any  inconsistencies with system-wide allocation
 4        formulas or for other legitimate reasons.
 5             b.  Other  personnel:  Funds   for   other   teacher
 6        certificated  and  uncertificated  personnel paid through
 7        non-categorical funds  shall  be  provided  according  to
 8        system-wide  formulas based on student enrollment and the
 9        special needs of the school as determined by the Board.
10             c.  Non-compensation items: Appropriations  for  all
11        non-compensation  items  shall  be  based  on system-wide
12        formulas based on student enrollment and on  the  special
13        needs  of  the  school or factors related to the physical
14        plant, including but not limited to textbooks,  supplies,
15        electricity, equipment, and routine maintenance.
16             d.  Funds  for  categorical  programs: Schools shall
17        receive personnel and funds based on, and shall use  such
18        personnel  and funds in accordance with State and Federal
19        requirements  applicable  to  each  categorical   program
20        provided  to  meet  the special needs of the student body
21        (including  but  not  limited  to,  Federal  Chapter   I,
22        Bilingual, and Special Education).
23             d.1.  Funds  for  State  Title I:  Each school shall
24        receive funds  based  on  State  and  Board  requirements
25        applicable  to  each State Title I pupil provided to meet
26        the special needs of the student body.  Each school shall
27        receive the proportion of funds as  provided  in  Section
28        18-8  to  which  they are entitled.  These funds shall be
29        spent only with  the  budgetary  approval  of  the  Local
30        School Council as provided in Section 34-2.3.
31             e.  The Local School Council shall have the right to
32        request  the  principal  to  close positions and open new
33        ones consistent with the provisions of the  local  school
34        improvement   plan  provided  that  these  decisions  are
 
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 1        consistent with applicable law and collective  bargaining
 2        agreements.   If  a  position is closed, pursuant to this
 3        paragraph, the local school shall have for  its  use  the
 4        system-wide average compensation for the closed position.
 5             f.  Operating  within  existing  laws and collective
 6        bargaining agreements, the  local  school  council  shall
 7        have   the   right  to  direct  the  principal  to  shift
 8        expenditures within funds.
 9             g.  (Blank).
10        Any funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year  shall
11    be available to the board of education for use as part of its
12    budget for the following fiscal year.
13        5.  To  make  recommendations to the principal concerning
14    textbook  selection  and  concerning   curriculum   developed
15    pursuant  to  the school improvement plan which is consistent
16    with systemwide  curriculum  objectives  in  accordance  with
17    Sections  34-8 and 34-18 of the School Code and in conformity
18    with the collective bargaining agreement.
19        6.  To advise the principal concerning the attendance and
20    disciplinary policies for the attendance center,  subject  to
21    the provisions of this Article and Article 26, and consistent
22    with  the  uniform  system  of  discipline established by the
23    board pursuant to Section 34-19.
24        7.  To approve a school  improvement  plan  developed  as
25    provided in Section 34-2.4. The process and schedule for plan
26    development   shall   be  publicized  to  the  entire  school
27    community,  and  the  community   shall   be   afforded   the
28    opportunity  to make recommendations concerning the plan.  At
29    least twice a year the principal  and  local  school  council
30    shall  report  publicly on progress and problems with respect
31    to plan implementation.
32        8.  To evaluate the allocation of teaching resources  and
33    other certificated and uncertificated staff to the attendance
34    center  to  determine  whether  such allocation is consistent
 
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 1    with and  in  furtherance  of  instructional  objectives  and
 2    school  programs  reflective  of  the school improvement plan
 3    adopted   for   the   attendance   center;   and   to    make
 4    recommendations  to the board, the general superintendent and
 5    the  principal  concerning  any  reallocation   of   teaching
 6    resources or other staff whenever the council determines that
 7    any    such   reallocation   is   appropriate   because   the
 8    qualifications of any existing staff at the attendance center
 9    do not adequately match or support  instructional  objectives
10    or school programs which reflect the school improvement plan.
11        9.  To  make  recommendations  to  the  principal and the
12    general   superintendent    concerning    their    respective
13    appointments,  after  August  31,  1989,  and  in  the manner
14    provided by Section 34-8 and Section 34-8.1,  of  persons  to
15    fill  any  vacant,  additional or newly created positions for
16    teachers at the attendance center or  at  attendance  centers
17    which  include  the  attendance  center  served  by the local
18    school council.
19        10.  (Blank). To request of the Board the manner in which
20    training and assistance shall be provided to the local school
21    council.  Pursuant to Board guidelines a local school council
22    is authorized to direct the Board of  Education  to  contract
23    with personnel or not-for-profit organizations not associated
24    with  the school district to train or assist council members.
25    If training  or  assistance  is  provided  by  contract  with
26    personnel  or  organizations  not  associated with the school
27    district, the period of  training  or  assistance  shall  not
28    exceed  30 hours during a given school year; person shall not
29    be employed on a continuous basis longer than said period and
30    shall  not  have  been  employed  by  the  Chicago  Board  of
31    Education within the preceding six months.   Council  members
32    shall receive training in at least the following areas:
33             1.  school budgets;
34             2.  educational  theory  pertinent to the attendance
 
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 1        center's particular needs, including the  development  of
 2        the   school   improvement   plan   and  the  principal's
 3        performance contract; and
 4             3.  personnel selection.
 5    Council members  shall,  to  the  greatest  extent  possible,
 6    complete such training within 90 days of election.
 7        11.  In  accordance  with systemwide guidelines contained
 8    in the System-Wide Educational Reform  Goals  and  Objectives
 9    Plan,   criteria  for  evaluation  of  performance  shall  be
10    established  for  local  school  councils  and  local  school
11    council members.  If  a  local  school  council  persists  in
12    noncompliance  with  systemwide  requirements,  the Board may
13    impose  sanctions  and  take  necessary  corrective   action,
14    consistent with Section 34-8.3.
15        12.  Each local school council shall comply with the Open
16    Meetings  Act and the Freedom of Information Act.  Each local
17    school  council  shall  issue  and  transmit  to  its  school
18    community  a  detailed  annual  report  accounting  for   its
19    activities  programmatically  and  financially.   Each  local
20    school  council  shall  convene  at  least  2 well-publicized
21    meetings annually with its entire  school  community.   These
22    meetings  shall  include  presentation  of the proposed local
23    school improvement plan, of the proposed  school  expenditure
24    plan, and the annual report, and shall provide an opportunity
25    for public comment.
26        13.  Each  local  school council is encouraged to involve
27    additional non-voting members  of  the  school  community  in
28    facilitating the council's exercise of its responsibilities.
29        14.  The  local school council may adopt a school uniform
30    or dress code policy that governs the attendance  center  and
31    that is necessary to maintain the orderly process of a school
32    function or prevent endangerment of student health or safety,
33    consistent  with  the  policies  and  rules  of  the Board of
34    Education. A school uniform or dress code policy adopted by a
 
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 1    local school council: (i) shall not be applied in such manner
 2    as to discipline or deny attendance to a transfer student  or
 3    any  other  student for noncompliance with that policy during
 4    such period of time as is reasonably necessary to enable  the
 5    student  to acquire a school uniform or otherwise comply with
 6    the dress code policy that is in  effect  at  the  attendance
 7    center  into  which  the student's enrollment is transferred;
 8    and (ii) shall include criteria and procedures under    which
 9    the  local  school  council  will accommodate the needs of or
10    otherwise provide appropriate resources to assist  a  student
11    from  an  indigent  family  in  complying  with an applicable
12    school uniform or dress code policy. A student whose  parents
13    or  legal  guardians  object  on  religious  grounds  to  the
14    student's  compliance  with  an  applicable school uniform or
15    dress code policy shall not be required to comply  with  that
16    policy if the student's parents or legal guardians present to
17    the  local  school  council  a  signed statement of objection
18    detailing the grounds for the objection.
19        15.  All decisions made and actions taken  by  the  local
20    school council in the exercise of its powers and duties shall
21    comply with State and federal laws, all applicable collective
22    bargaining   agreements,  court  orders  and  rules  properly
23    promulgated by the Board.
24        15a.  To  grant,  in  accordance  with  board  rules  and
25    policies, the use of assembly halls and classrooms  when  not
26    otherwise  needed,  including lighting, heat, and attendants,
27    for public lectures,  concerts,  and  other  educational  and
28    social activities.
29        15b.  To  approve,  in  accordance  with  board rules and
30    policies, receipts and expenditures for all internal accounts
31    of the attendance center, and  to  approve  all  fund-raising
32    activities  by  nonschool  organizations  that use the school
33    building.
34        16.  (Blank).
 
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 1        17.  Names and addresses of local school council  members
 2    shall be a matter of public record.
 3    (Source:  P.A.  90-14,  eff.  7-1-97;  91-622,  eff. 8-19-99;
 4    91-728, eff. 6-2-00.)

 5        (105 ILCS 5/34-2.3b)
 6        Sec. 34-2.3b. Local School Council Training.   The  board
 7    shall  collaborate  with  universities  and  other interested
 8    entities and individuals to offer training  to  local  school
 9    council  members  on topics relevant to school operations and
10    their  responsibilities  as  local  school  council  members,
11    including  but  not  limited  to  legal  requirements,   role
12    differentiation, responsibilities, and authorities, principal
13    evaluations   and  selection  procedures  and  criteria,  and
14    educational   theory   pertinent   to    improving    student
15    achievement.   Training of local school council members shall
16    be provided at the direction of  the  board  in  consultation
17    with   the   Council  of  Chicago-area  Deans  of  Education.
18    Incoming local school council members shall  be  required  to
19    complete  a  3-day  training program covering these and other
20    topics as determined by the board provided under this Section
21    within 6 months of taking office.  The  board  shall  monitor
22    the  compliance of incoming local school council members with
23    the 3-day training program requirement established   by  this
24    Section.     After  an  opportunity  for a hearing, the board
25    shall declare vacant the office of  a  local  school  council
26    member  who unreasonably fails to complete the 3-day training
27    program provided under this Section within the 6 month period
28    allowed.  Any such vacancy shall be  filled  as  provided  in
29    subsection  (o)  of  Section 34-2.1 by appointment of another
30    person  qualified  to  hold  the  office.    In  addition  to
31    requiring local school council members to complete the  3-day
32    training  program under this Section, the board may encourage
33    local school council members to complete additional  training
 
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 1    during their term of office and shall provide recognition for
 2    individuals completing that additional training.  Before each
 3    local  school  council  election,  the  board  shall send out
 4    requests for proposals concerning the 3-day training  and  is
 5    authorized   to   contract   collaborate  with  universities,
 6    non-profits,  and   other   interested    organizations   and
 7    individuals   to   provide   this  training.   The  board  is
 8    authorized  to  use   funds   from   private   organizations,
 9    non-profits,  or any other outside sources as well as its own
10    funds for this purpose.   offer additional training to  local
11    school  council  members on a regular basis during their term
12    in office.  The board shall not be required to bear the  cost
13    of  the  required  3-day  training  program or any additional
14    training provided to local school council members under  this
15    Section.
16        The  board  shall also offer training to aid local school
17    councils in developing principal  evaluation  procedures  and
18    criteria.   The  board  shall send out requests for proposals
19    concerning this training and is authorized to  contract  with
20    universities, non-profits, and other interested organizations
21    and  individuals  to  provide  this  training.   The board is
22    authorized  to  use   funds   from   private   organizations,
23    non-profits,  or  any other outside source as well as its own
24    funds for this purpose.
25    (Source: P.A. 90-100, eff. 7-11-97; 91-622, eff. 8-19-99.)

26        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
27    becoming law.

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