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92_HB3711

 
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 1        AN ACT regarding 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 10-19 and 34-18 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19)
 7        Sec.  10-19.  Length   of   school   term;   experimental
 8    programs.
 9        (a)  Each  school board shall annually prepare a calendar
10    for the school term, specifying the opening and closing dates
11    and providing a minimum term of at least 185 days  to  insure
12    176 days of actual pupil attendance, computable under Section
13    18-8.05,  except  that for the 1980-1981 school year only 175
14    days of actual pupil attendance shall be required because  of
15    the  closing  of  schools pursuant to Section 24-2 on January
16    29, 1981 upon the appointment by the President of that day as
17    a day of thanksgiving for the freedom of  the  Americans  who
18    had  been  held  hostage in Iran. Any days allowed by law for
19    teachers' institute but not used as such or used as  parental
20    institutes  as  provided  in Section 10-22.18d shall increase
21    the minimum term by the school days not so used.   Except  as
22    provided  in  Section  10-19.1,  the board may not extend the
23    school term beyond such closing date unless that extension of
24    term is necessary to provide the minimum number of computable
25    days or to comply with subsection (d) of  this  Section.   In
26    case  of  such  necessary extension school employees shall be
27    paid for such additional time on the basis of  their  regular
28    contracts.  A school board may specify a closing date earlier
29    than  that set on the annual calendar when the schools of the
30    district have provided the minimum number of computable  days
31    under  this  Section  and,  if applicable, have complied with
 
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 1    subsection (d) of  this  Section.  Nothing  in  this  Section
 2    prevents the board from employing superintendents of schools,
 3    principals and other nonteaching personnel for a period of 12
 4    months,  or  in  the  case of superintendents for a period in
 5    accordance with Section 10-23.8, or prevents the  board  from
 6    employing  other personnel before or after the regular school
 7    term with payment of salary proportionate  to  that  received
 8    for comparable work during the school term.
 9        (b)  A school board may make such changes in its calendar
10    for  the school term as may be required by any changes in the
11    legal school holidays prescribed in Section 24-2.
12        (c)  A school board may make changes in its calendar  for
13    the   school   term  as  may  be  necessary  to  reflect  the
14    utilization of teachers' institute days as parental institute
15    days as provided in Section 10-22.18d.
16        (d)  If the schools of a district  are  closed  for  more
17    than 15 school days because employees are on strike, then the
18    school  board must change its calendar for the school term to
19    include an additional school day for each school day in which
20    the schools were closed because of the strike.
21        (e)  With the  prior  approval  of  the  State  Board  of
22    Education  and  subject  to  review  by  the  State  Board of
23    Education every 3 years, any school board may, by  resolution
24    of  its  board  and  in  agreement  with  affected  exclusive
25    collective    bargaining   agents,   establish   experimental
26    educational programs, including but not limited  to  programs
27    for   self-directed  learning  or  outside  of  formal  class
28    periods, which programs when so approved shall be  considered
29    to  comply  with the requirements of this Section as respects
30    numbers of days of actual pupil attendance and with the other
31    requirements of this Act as respects courses of instruction.
32    (Source: P.A. 91-96, eff. 7-9-99.)

33        (105 ILCS 5/34-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
 
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 1        Sec.  34-18.  Powers  of  the  board.   The  board  shall
 2    exercise general supervision and jurisdiction over the public
 3    education and the public school  system  of  the  city,  and,
 4    except  as  otherwise  provided  by  this Article, shall have
 5    power:
 6             1.  To make suitable provision for the establishment
 7        and maintenance throughout the year or for  such  portion
 8        thereof  as  it  may  direct,  not less than 9 months, of
 9        schools  of  all  grades  and  kinds,  including   normal
10        schools,   high   schools,  night  schools,  schools  for
11        defectives and delinquents, parental and truant  schools,
12        schools for the blind, the deaf and the crippled, schools
13        or   classes   in   manual  training,  constructural  and
14        vocational teaching, domestic arts and physical  culture,
15        vocation  and  extension schools and lecture courses, and
16        all other educational courses and  facilities,  including
17        establishing,   equipping,   maintaining   and  operating
18        playgrounds and recreational programs, when such programs
19        are conducted in, adjacent  to,  or  connected  with  any
20        public   school   under   the   general  supervision  and
21        jurisdiction of the board;  provided,  however,  that  in
22        allocating  funds  from year to year for the operation of
23        all attendance centers within  the  district,  the  board
24        shall  ensure  that  supplemental general State aid funds
25        are allocated and applied in accordance with Section 18-8
26        or 18-8.05 and  provided  that  if  the  schools  of  the
27        district  are closed for more than 15 school days because
28        employees are on strike, then the board must  change  its
29        calendar  for  the  school  term to include an additional
30        school day for each school day in which the schools  were
31        closed  because  of  the strike. To admit to such schools
32        without  charge  foreign  exchange   students   who   are
33        participants  in  an  organized  exchange student program
34        which is authorized by the board. The board shall  permit
 
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 1        all  students  to  enroll  in  apprenticeship programs in
 2        trade  schools  operated  by  the  board,  whether  those
 3        programs  are union-sponsored or not.  No  student  shall
 4        be  refused admission into or be excluded from any course
 5        of instruction offered in the common schools by reason of
 6        that student's sex.  No student  shall  be  denied  equal
 7        access to physical education and interscholastic athletic
 8        programs  supported  from school district funds or denied
 9        participation  in  comparable  physical   education   and
10        athletic  programs solely by reason of the student's sex.
11        Equal access to programs supported from  school  district
12        funds  and  comparable  programs will be defined in rules
13        promulgated  by  the  State   Board   of   Education   in
14        consultation  with  the Illinois High School Association.
15        Notwithstanding any  other  provision  of  this  Article,
16        neither  the  board  of  education  nor  any local school
17        council or other school  official  shall  recommend  that
18        children   with   disabilities  be  placed  into  regular
19        education   classrooms   unless   those   children   with
20        disabilities are provided with supplementary services  to
21        assist  them  so  that  they  benefit  from  the  regular
22        classroom  instruction  and are included on the teacher's
23        regular education class register;
24             2.  To  furnish  lunches  to  pupils,  to   make   a
25        reasonable  charge  therefor, and to use school funds for
26        the payment of such expenses as the board  may  determine
27        are necessary in conducting the school lunch program;
28             3.  To co-operate with the circuit court;
29             4.  To   make   arrangements   with  the  public  or
30        quasi-public libraries and museums for the use  of  their
31        facilities by teachers and pupils of the public schools;
32             5.  To  employ  dentists  and prescribe their duties
33        for the purpose of treating the pupils  in  the  schools,
34        but  accepting  such  treatment  shall  be  optional with
 
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 1        parents or guardians;
 2             6.  To  grant  the  use  of   assembly   halls   and
 3        classrooms  when  not  otherwise needed, including light,
 4        heat, and attendants, for free public lectures, concerts,
 5        and other  educational  and  social  interests,  free  of
 6        charge,   under   such  provisions  and  control  as  the
 7        principal  of  the   affected   attendance   center   may
 8        prescribe;
 9             7.  To  apportion the pupils to the several schools;
10        provided  that  no  pupil  shall  be  excluded  from   or
11        segregated  in  any  such school on account of his color,
12        race, sex, or nationality.  The  board  shall  take  into
13        consideration  the  prevention  of  segregation  and  the
14        elimination  of  separation of children in public schools
15        because of color, race, sex, or nationality. Except  that
16        children  may  be  committed  to  or  attend parental and
17        social  adjustment  schools  established  and  maintained
18        either for boys or girls only.  All records pertaining to
19        the creation, alteration or revision of attendance  areas
20        shall  be open to the public.  Nothing herein shall limit
21        the board's authority to establish multi-area  attendance
22        centers   or   other   student   assignment  systems  for
23        desegregation purposes or otherwise, and to apportion the
24        pupils to the several schools.  Furthermore, beginning in
25        school year 1994-95, pursuant to a board plan adopted  by
26        October  1,  1993, the board shall offer, commencing on a
27        phased-in basis, the opportunity for families within  the
28        school district to apply for enrollment of their children
29        in any attendance center within the school district which
30        does  not  have selective admission requirements approved
31        by the board.  The appropriate geographical area in which
32        such open enrollment may be exercised shall be determined
33        by the board of education.  Such children may be admitted
34        to any such attendance center on a space available  basis
 
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 1        after   all  children  residing  within  such  attendance
 2        center's area have been accommodated.  If the  number  of
 3        applicants  from  outside  the attendance area exceed the
 4        space available,  then  successful  applicants  shall  be
 5        selected  by  lottery.   The  board  of  education's open
 6        enrollment plan must include provisions  that  allow  low
 7        income  students  to have access to transportation needed
 8        to exercise school choice.  Open enrollment shall  be  in
 9        compliance  with the provisions of the Consent Decree and
10        Desegregation Plan cited in Section 34-1.01;
11             8.  To approve programs and policies  for  providing
12        transportation services to students. Nothing herein shall
13        be  construed  to  permit  or  empower the State Board of
14        Education to order, mandate, or require busing  or  other
15        transportation  of  pupils  for  the purpose of achieving
16        racial balance in any school;
17             9.  Subject to the limitations in this  Article,  to
18        establish  and  approve system-wide curriculum objectives
19        and  standards,  including  graduation  standards,  which
20        reflect the multi-cultural diversity in the city and  are
21        consistent with State law, provided that for all purposes
22        of  this  Article courses or proficiency in American Sign
23        Language  shall  be  deemed  to  constitute  courses   or
24        proficiency   in   a  foreign  language;  and  to  employ
25        principals and teachers, appointed as  provided  in  this
26        Article,  and  fix  their  compensation.  The board shall
27        prepare  such  reports  related  to  minimal   competency
28        testing  as  may  be  requested  by  the  State  Board of
29        Education, and in  addition  shall  monitor  and  approve
30        special  education  and  bilingual education programs and
31        policies within the district to assure  that  appropriate
32        services are provided in accordance with applicable State
33        and  federal  laws  to  children  requiring  services and
34        education in those areas;
 
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 1             10.  To employ  non-teaching  personnel  or  utilize
 2        volunteer  personnel  for:  (i)  non-teaching  duties not
 3        requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils,
 4        including library  duties;  and  (ii)  supervising  study
 5        halls,   long  distance  teaching  reception  areas  used
 6        incident  to  instructional   programs   transmitted   by
 7        electronic  media  such  as  computers, video, and audio,
 8        detention  and  discipline  areas,  and  school-sponsored
 9        extracurricular activities. The board may further utilize
10        volunteer   non-certificated    personnel    or    employ
11        non-certificated  personnel  to assist in the instruction
12        of pupils under the immediate supervision  of  a  teacher
13        holding a valid certificate, directly engaged in teaching
14        subject  matter  or  conducting activities; provided that
15        the  teacher  shall  be   continuously   aware   of   the
16        non-certificated persons' activities and shall be able to
17        control  or modify them. The general superintendent shall
18        determine qualifications  of  such  personnel  and  shall
19        prescribe rules for determining the duties and activities
20        to be assigned to such personnel;
21             11.  To  provide television studio facilities in not
22        to exceed one school building and to provide programs for
23        educational purposes, provided, however, that  the  board
24        shall  not  construct,  acquire,  operate,  or maintain a
25        television transmitter; to grant the use  of  its  studio
26        facilities  to  a  licensed television station located in
27        the school district; and to maintain and operate  not  to
28        exceed  one school radio transmitting station and provide
29        programs for educational purposes;
30             12.  To  offer,  if  deemed   appropriate,   outdoor
31        education courses, including field trips within the State
32        of  Illinois,  or  adjacent  states,  and  to  use school
33        educational funds for the expense  of  the  said  outdoor
34        educational  programs, whether within the school district
 
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 1        or not;
 2             13.  During that period of  the  calendar  year  not
 3        embraced  within  the regular school term, to provide and
 4        conduct courses in subject matters normally  embraced  in
 5        the program of the schools during the regular school term
 6        and  to  give  regular  school  credit  for  satisfactory
 7        completion  by  the  student  of  such  courses as may be
 8        approved for credit by the State Board of Education;
 9             14.  To insure against any loss or liability of  the
10        board,  the  former  School  Board Nominating Commission,
11        Local  School  Councils,  the  Chicago  Schools  Academic
12        Accountability  Council,  or   the   former   Subdistrict
13        Councils  or  of  any  member, officer, agent or employee
14        thereof,  resulting  from  alleged  violations  of  civil
15        rights arising  from  incidents  occurring  on  or  after
16        September  5,  1967 or from the wrongful or negligent act
17        or omission of any such person whether  occurring  within
18        or  without  the  school  premises, provided the officer,
19        agent or  employee  was,  at  the  time  of  the  alleged
20        violation  of  civil  rights or wrongful act or omission,
21        acting within  the  scope  of  his  employment  or  under
22        direction   of   the   board,  the  former  School  Board
23        Nominating  Commission,  the  Chicago  Schools   Academic
24        Accountability  Council,  Local  School  Councils, or the
25        former  Subdistrict  Councils;  and  to  provide  for  or
26        participate in  insurance  plans  for  its  officers  and
27        employees,   including  but  not  limited  to  retirement
28        annuities, medical, surgical and hospitalization benefits
29        in such types and amounts as may  be  determined  by  the
30        board;  provided,  however, that the board shall contract
31        for  such  insurance  only  with  an  insurance   company
32        authorized  to do business in this State.  Such insurance
33        may include provision for employees who rely on treatment
34        by prayer  or  spiritual  means  alone  for  healing,  in
 
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 1        accordance  with  the tenets and practice of a recognized
 2        religious denomination;
 3             15.  To contract with the corporate  authorities  of
 4        any  municipality  or  the county board of any county, as
 5        the case may be, to provide for the regulation of traffic
 6        in parking areas of property used for school purposes, in
 7        such manner as is  provided  by  Section  11-209  of  The
 8        Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  approved September 29, 1969, as
 9        amended;
10             16.  To provide, on an equal basis,  access  to  the
11        school  campus to the official recruiting representatives
12        of the armed forces of Illinois and the United States for
13        the purposes of informing students of the educational and
14        career opportunities available in  the  military  if  the
15        board has provided such access to persons or groups whose
16        purpose  is  to  acquaint  students  with  educational or
17        occupational opportunities available to them.  The  board
18        is  not  required  to  give  greater notice regarding the
19        right of access to  recruiting  representatives  than  is
20        given to other persons and groups;
21             17. (a)  To  sell  or  market  any  computer program
22        developed by an employee of the school district, provided
23        that such employee developed the computer  program  as  a
24        direct  result  of  his  or  her  duties  with the school
25        district  or  through  the  utilization  of  the   school
26        district   resources  or  facilities.  The  employee  who
27        developed the computer program shall be entitled to share
28        in the proceeds of such sale or marketing of the computer
29        program.  The distribution of such proceeds  between  the
30        employee  and the school district shall be as agreed upon
31        by the employee and  the  school  district,  except  that
32        neither  the employee nor the school district may receive
33        more than 90% of such proceeds.  The negotiation  for  an
34        employee  who  is  represented by an exclusive bargaining
 
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 1        representative  may  be  conducted  by  such   bargaining
 2        representative at the employee's request.
 3             (b)  For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
 4                  (1)  "Computer" means an internally programmed,
 5             general    purpose   digital   device   capable   of
 6             automatically accepting data,  processing  data  and
 7             supplying the results of the operation.
 8                  (2)  "Computer program" means a series of coded
 9             instructions or statements in a form acceptable to a
10             computer,  which causes the computer to process data
11             in order to achieve a certain result.
12                  (3)  "Proceeds"  means  profits  derived   from
13             marketing  or  sale of a product after deducting the
14             expenses of developing and marketing such product;
15             18.  To delegate to the  general  superintendent  of
16        schools,   by   resolution,   the  authority  to  approve
17        contracts and expenditures in amounts of $10,000 or less;
18             19.  Upon the written request  of  an  employee,  to
19        withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues,
20        payments or contributions payable by such employee to any
21        labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational
22        Labor  Relations  Act.  Under such arrangement, an amount
23        shall be withheld from each regular payroll period  which
24        is  equal  to  the pro rata share of the annual dues plus
25        any  payments  or  contributions,  and  the  board  shall
26        transmit  such  withholdings  to  the   specified   labor
27        organization  within 10 working days from the time of the
28        withholding;
29             19a.  Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of
30        a municipality with a population of 500,000  or  more,  a
31        county  with  a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook
32        County  Forest  Preserve  District,  the   Chicago   Park
33        District,  the  Metropolitan  Water Reclamation District,
34        the Chicago Transit Authority, or a housing authority  of
 
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 1        a  municipality with a population of 500,000 or more that
 2        a debt is due and owing the municipality, the county, the
 3        Cook County Forest Preserve District,  the  Chicago  Park
 4        District,  the  Metropolitan  Water Reclamation District,
 5        the Chicago Transit Authority, or the  housing  authority
 6        by  an  employee  of  the  Chicago Board of Education, to
 7        withhold, from the compensation  of  that  employee,  the
 8        amount  of  the  debt  that  is due and owing and pay the
 9        amount withheld to the municipality, the county, the Cook
10        County  Forest  Preserve  District,  the   Chicago   Park
11        District,  the  Metropolitan  Water Reclamation District,
12        the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing  authority;
13        provided,  however, that the amount deducted from any one
14        salary or wage payment shall not exceed 25%  of  the  net
15        amount  of  the  payment.   Before  the Board deducts any
16        amount from any salary or wage of an employee under  this
17        paragraph,  the municipality, the county, the Cook County
18        Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District,  the
19        Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation  District,  the  Chicago
20        Transit Authority, or the housing authority shall certify
21        that  (i)  the  employee has been afforded an opportunity
22        for a hearing to dispute the debt that is due  and  owing
23        the  municipality,  the  county,  the  Cook County Forest
24        Preserve  District,  the  Chicago  Park   District,   the
25        Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation  District,  the  Chicago
26        Transit  Authority, or the housing authority and (ii) the
27        employee has received notice of a  wage  deduction  order
28        and  has  been  afforded  an opportunity for a hearing to
29        object to the order.  For  purposes  of  this  paragraph,
30        "net  amount"  means  that  part  of  the  salary or wage
31        payment remaining after  the  deduction  of  any  amounts
32        required  by  law to be deducted and "debt due and owing"
33        means  (i)  a  specified  sum  of  money  owed   to   the
34        municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
 
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 1        District,  the  Chicago  Park  District, the Metropolitan
 2        Water   Reclamation   District,   the   Chicago   Transit
 3        Authority, or the housing authority for  services,  work,
 4        or  goods,  after  the  period  granted  for  payment has
 5        expired, or (ii) a specified sum of  money  owed  to  the
 6        municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
 7        District,  the  Chicago  Park  District, the Metropolitan
 8        Water   Reclamation   District,   the   Chicago   Transit
 9        Authority, or the housing authority pursuant to  a  court
10        order or order of an administrative hearing officer after
11        the  exhaustion  of,  or the failure to exhaust, judicial
12        review;
13             20.  The board is encouraged to employ a  sufficient
14        number  of  certified  school  counselors  to  maintain a
15        student/counselor ratio of 250 to  1  by  July  1,  1990.
16        Each  counselor shall spend at least 75% of his work time
17        in direct contact with  students  and  shall  maintain  a
18        record of such time;
19             21.  To  make  available  to students vocational and
20        career counseling  and  to  establish  5  special  career
21        counseling  days for students and parents.  On these days
22        representatives of local businesses and industries  shall
23        be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
24        of  career opportunities available to them in the various
25        businesses and industries.  Special  consideration  shall
26        be  given  to  counseling  minority students as to career
27        opportunities available to them in  various  fields.  For
28        the  purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a
29        person who is:
30                  (a)  Black (a person having origins in  any  of
31             the black racial groups in Africa);
32                  (b)  Hispanic   (a   person   of   Spanish   or
33             Portuguese  culture with origins in Mexico, South or
34             Central   America,   or   the   Caribbean   islands,
 
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 1             regardless of race);
 2                  (c)  Asian American (a person having origins in
 3             any  of  the  original  peoples  of  the  Far  East,
 4             Southeast  Asia,  the  Indian  Subcontinent  or  the
 5             Pacific Islands); or
 6                  (d)  American  Indian  or  Alaskan  Native   (a
 7             person having origins in any of the original peoples
 8             of North America).
 9             Counseling  days  shall  not  be  in lieu of regular
10        school days;
11             22.  To report to the State Board of  Education  the
12        annual  student  dropout  rate and number of students who
13        graduate from, transfer from or otherwise leave bilingual
14        programs;
15             23.  Except as otherwise provided in the Abused  and
16        Neglected  Child  Reporting Act or other applicable State
17        or federal law, to permit school officials  to  withhold,
18        from  any  person,  information on the whereabouts of any
19        child removed from school premises  when  the  child  has
20        been  taken  into  protective  custody  as  a  victim  of
21        suspected  child  abuse.   School  officials shall direct
22        such person to the  Department  of  Children  and  Family
23        Services,  or  to  the  local  law  enforcement agency if
24        appropriate;
25             24.  To develop a policy, based on the current state
26        of existing school facilities, projected  enrollment  and
27        efficient utilization of available resources, for capital
28        improvement  of  schools  and school buildings within the
29        district, addressing in that  policy  both  the  relative
30        priority  for major repairs, renovations and additions to
31        school facilities, and the advisability or  necessity  of
32        building   new  school  facilities  or  closing  existing
33        schools to meet current or projected demographic patterns
34        within the district;
 
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 1             25.  To make available to the students in every high
 2        school attendance center the ability to take all  courses
 3        necessary  to comply with the Board of Higher Education's
 4        college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
 5             26.  To  encourage  mid-career  changes   into   the
 6        teaching   profession,  whereby  qualified  professionals
 7        become  certified  teachers,  by  allowing   credit   for
 8        professional    employment   in   related   fields   when
 9        determining point of entry on teacher pay scale;
10             27.  To provide or contract  out  training  programs
11        for  administrative personnel and principals with revised
12        or expanded duties pursuant  to  this  Act  in  order  to
13        assure  they  have  the  knowledge  and skills to perform
14        their duties;
15             28.  To establish a fund for the prioritized special
16        needs programs, and to allocate such funds and other lump
17        sum  amounts  to  each  attendance  center  in  a  manner
18        consistent with the  provisions  of  part  4  of  Section
19        34-2.3.  Nothing  in this paragraph shall be construed to
20        require any additional appropriations of State funds  for
21        this purpose;
22             29.  (Blank);
23             30.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
24        or  any other law to the contrary, to contract with third
25        parties for services otherwise  performed  by  employees,
26        including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
27        employees  upon  14  days  written notice to the affected
28        employees.  Those contracts may be for a  period  not  to
29        exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a system-wide basis;
30             31.  To  promulgate  rules  establishing  procedures
31        governing  the  layoff or reduction in force of employees
32        and the recall of  such  employees,  including,  but  not
33        limited  to,  criteria  for  such  layoffs, reductions in
34        force or recall rights of such employees and  the  weight
 
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 1        to  be  given to any particular criterion.  Such criteria
 2        shall take into account factors  including,  but  not  be
 3        limited  to,  qualifications, certifications, experience,
 4        performance ratings or evaluations, and any other factors
 5        relating to an employee's job performance; and
 6             32.  To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in  the
 7        hiring of personnel or the selection of contractors.
 8        The  specifications  of the powers herein granted are not
 9    to be  construed  as  exclusive  but  the  board  shall  also
10    exercise  all  other  powers  that  they  may be requisite or
11    proper for the maintenance and the development  of  a  public
12    school  system, not inconsistent with the other provisions of
13    this Article or provisions of this Code which  apply  to  all
14    school districts.
15        In  addition  to the powers herein granted and authorized
16    to be exercised by the board, it shall be  the  duty  of  the
17    board  to  review or to direct independent reviews of special
18    education expenditures and services. The board shall  file  a
19    report  of such review with the General Assembly on or before
20    May 1, 1990.
21    (Source: P.A. 92-109, eff. 7-20-01.)

22        Section 90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by  adding
23    Section 8.26 as follows:

24        (30 ILCS 805/8.26 new)
25        Sec.  8.26.  Exempt  mandate.  Notwithstanding Sections 6
26    and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is  required
27    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
28    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.

29        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
30    becoming law.

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