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92_HB4991
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1 AN ACT respecting 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 7-02, 9-13, and 18-12 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/7-02) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-02)
7 Sec. 7-02. Limitations. The provisions of this Article
8 providing for the change in school district boundaries by
9 detachment, annexation, division or dissolution, or by any
10 combination of those methods, are subject to the provisions
11 of this Section. Whenever due to fire, explosion, tornado or
12 unpredictable emergency any Act of God the school buildings
13 or one or more of the principal school buildings comprising
14 an attendance center within a school district are destroyed
15 or substantially destroyed and rendered unfit for school
16 purposes, the provisions of this Article shall not be
17 available to permit a division of that district, or a
18 dissolution, detachment or annexation of any part thereof, or
19 any combination of such results during a period from the date
20 of such destruction or substantial destruction until 30 days
21 after the second regular election of board members following
22 such destruction or substantial destruction. Nothing in this
23 Section shall be deemed to prohibit the combining of the
24 entire district with another entire district or with other
25 entire districts during such period pursuant to the
26 provisions of Article 11A or 11B.
27 (Source: P.A. 85-833.)
28 (105 ILCS 5/9-13) (from Ch. 122, par. 9-13)
29 Sec. 9-13. Public measure - Ballot. More than one public
30 measure may be submitted upon the same ballot. The
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1 proposition of purchasing one or more schoolhouse sites,
2 building one or more new schoolhouses, and issuing bonds for
3 the purpose of borrowing money to purchase one or more
4 schoolhouse sites and to build one or more new schoolhouses
5 or make additions and improvements to existing school
6 buildings, may be combined into one or more propositions on
7 the ballot. No proposition under this Section which is
8 substantially the same shall be submitted more than once
9 every 2 months, except where the proposition is submitted as
10 a consequence of a disaster, calamity or unpredictable
11 emergency other Act of God.
12 (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
13 (105 ILCS 5/18-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-12)
14 Sec. 18-12. Dates for filing State aid claims.) The
15 school board of each school district shall require teachers,
16 principals, or superintendents to furnish from records kept
17 by them such data as it needs in preparing and certifying
18 under oath or affirmation to the regional superintendent its
19 school district report of claims provided in Sections 18-8
20 through 18-10 on blanks to be provided by the State
21 Superintendent of Education. The district claim shall be
22 based on the latest available equalized assessed valuation
23 and tax rates, as provided in Section 18-8 and shall use the
24 average daily attendance as determined by the method outlined
25 in Section 18-8 and shall be certified and filed with the
26 regional superintendent by July 1. Failure to so file by
27 July 1 constitutes a forfeiture of the right to receive
28 payment by the State until such claim is filed and vouchered
29 for payment. The regional superintendent of schools shall
30 certify the county report of claims by July 15; and the State
31 Superintendent of Education shall voucher for payment those
32 claims to the State Comptroller as provided in Section 18-11.
33 If any school district fails to provide the minimum
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1 school term specified in Section 10-19, the State aid claim
2 for that year shall be reduced by the State Superintendent of
3 Education in an amount equivalent to .56818% for each day
4 less than the number of days required by this Act. However,
5 if the State Superintendent of Education determines that such
6 failure to provide the minimum school term was occasioned by
7 an unpredictable emergency act or acts of God, or was
8 occasioned by conditions beyond the control of the school
9 district which posed a hazardous threat to the health and
10 safety of pupils, the State aid claim need not be reduced.
11 If, during any school day, (i) a school district has
12 provided at least one clock hour of instruction but must
13 close the schools due to adverse weather conditions prior to
14 providing the minimum hours of instruction required for a
15 full day of attendance, or (ii) the school district must
16 delay the start of the school day due to adverse weather
17 conditions and this delay prevents the district from
18 providing the minimum hours of instruction required for a
19 full day of attendance, the partial day of attendance may be
20 counted as a full day of attendance. The partial day of
21 attendance and the reasons therefor shall be certified in
22 writing within a month of the closing or delayed start by the
23 local school district superintendent to the Regional
24 Superintendent of Schools for forwarding to the State
25 Superintendent of Education for approval.
26 No exception to the requirement of providing a minimum
27 school term may be approved by the State Superintendent of
28 Education pursuant to this Section unless a school district
29 has first used all emergency days provided for in its regular
30 calendar.
31 If the State Superintendent of Education declares that an
32 energy shortage exists during any part of the school year for
33 the State or a designated portion of the State, a district
34 may operate the school attendance centers within the district
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1 4 days of the week during the time of the shortage by
2 extending each existing school day by one clock hour of
3 school work, and the State aid claim shall not be reduced,
4 nor shall the employees of that district suffer any reduction
5 in salary or benefits as a result thereof. A district may
6 operate all attendance centers on this revised schedule, or
7 may apply the schedule to selected attendance centers, taking
8 into consideration such factors as pupil transportation
9 schedules and patterns and sources of energy for individual
10 attendance centers.
11 No State aid claim may be filed for any district unless
12 the clerk or secretary of the school board executes and files
13 with the State Superintendent of Education, on forms
14 prescribed by the Superintendent, a sworn statement that the
15 district has complied with the requirements of Section
16 10-22.5 in regard to the nonsegregation of pupils on account
17 of color, creed, race, sex or nationality.
18 No State aid claim may be filed for any district unless
19 the clerk or secretary of the school board executes and files
20 with the State Superintendent of Education, on forms
21 prescribed by the Superintendent, a sworn statement that to
22 the best of his or her knowledge or belief the employing or
23 assigning personnel have complied with Section 24-4 in all
24 respects.
25 (Source: P.A. 90-98, eff. 7-11-97.)
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
27 becoming law.