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92_HB5665

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to 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    Section 34-2.2 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/34-2.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.2)
 7        Sec.   34-2.2.    Local   school  councils  -  Manner  of
 8    operation.
 9        (a)  The annual  organizational  meeting  of  each  local
10    school  council  shall  be held at the attendance center.  At
11    the annual organization  meeting,  which  shall  be  held  no
12    sooner than July 1 and no later than July 14, a parent member
13    or  a  community  resident member of the local school council
14    shall be selected by the  members  of  such  council  as  its
15    chairperson, and a secretary shall be selected by the members
16    of such council from among their number, each to serve a term
17    of  one year. Whenever a vacancy in the office of chairperson
18    or secretary of a local school council  shall  occur,  a  new
19    chairperson  (who  shall  be  a  parent or community resident
20    member) or secretary, as the case may be, shall be elected by
21    the members of the local  school  council  from  among  their
22    number  to  serve  as  such  chairperson or secretary for the
23    unexpired term of office in which  the  vacancy  occurs.   At
24    each annual organizational meeting, the time and place of any
25    regular  meetings of the local school council shall be fixed.
26    Special meetings of the local school council may be called by
27    the chairperson or by any 4 members by giving notice  thereof
28    in  writing,  specifying  the  time, place and purpose of the
29    meeting.  Public notice of meetings shall also  be  given  in
30    accordance with the Open Meetings Act.
31        (b)  Members  and  officers  of  the local school council
 
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 1    shall serve without compensation and without reimbursement of
 2    any expenses incurred in the  performance  of  their  duties,
 3    except  that  the  board of education may by rule establish a
 4    procedure and thereunder provide for reimbursement of members
 5    and officers of local  school  councils  for  such  of  their
 6    reasonable  and  necessary expenses (excluding any lodging or
 7    meal expenses) incurred in the performance of their duties as
 8    the board may deem appropriate.
 9        (c)  A majority of  the  full  membership  of  the  local
10    school council shall constitute a quorum, and whenever a vote
11    is  taken  on  any measure before the local school council, a
12    quorum being present, the affirmative vote of a  majority  of
13    the  votes  of  the full membership then serving of the local
14    school council shall determine the outcome thereof;  provided
15    that  whenever the measure before the local school council is
16    (i) the evaluation of the principal, or (ii) the  renewal  of
17    his  or  her  performance  contract  or  the inclusion of any
18    provision or modification  of  the  contract,  or  (iii)  the
19    direct  selection  by  the  local  school  council  of  a new
20    principal (including a new principal to fill  a  vacancy)  to
21    serve  under  a  4  year  performance  contract,  or (iv) the
22    determination of the names of candidates to be  submitted  to
23    the general superintendent for the position of principal, the
24    principal  and  student member of a high school council shall
25    not be counted for purposes of determining whether  a  quorum
26    is  present  to  act  on  the  measure and shall have no vote
27    thereon; and provided further that 7 affirmative votes of the
28    local  school  council  shall  be  required  for  the  direct
29    selection by the local school council of a new  principal  to
30    serve  under  a  4  year performance contract but not for the
31    renewal of a principal's performance contract.
32        (d)  Student members of high school councils shall not be
33    eligible to vote on  personnel  matters,  including  but  not
34    limited  to  principal  evaluations  and  contracts  and  the
 
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 1    allocation of teaching and staff resources.
 2        (e)  The  local  school  council  of an attendance center
 3    which provides bilingual education  shall  be  encouraged  to
 4    provide  translators  at  each  council  meeting  to maximize
 5    participation of parents and the community.
 6        (f)  Each local school council of  an  attendance  center
 7    which  provides  bilingual education shall create a Bilingual
 8    Advisory  Committee  or  recognize  an   existing   Bilingual
 9    Advisory  Committee  as a standing committee. The Chair and a
10    majority of the members of the advisory  committee  shall  be
11    parents  of students in the bilingual education program.  The
12    parents on  the  advisory  committee  shall  be  selected  by
13    parents  of  students in the bilingual education program, and
14    the committee shall select a Chair.  The  advisory  committee
15    for  each  secondary attendance center shall include at least
16    one full-time  bilingual  education  student.  The  Bilingual
17    Advisory  Committee  shall serve only in an advisory capacity
18    to the local school council.
19        (g)  Local school councils may utilize the services of an
20    arbitration board to resolve intra-council disputes.
21    (Source: P.A. 91-622, eff. 8-19-99.)

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

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