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 1        AN ACT relating 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 adding Sections
 5    34-7.5, 34-7.10, 34-7.15, 34-7.20, 34-7.25, 34-7.30, 34-7.35,
 6    and 34-18 as follows:

 7        (105 ILCS 5/34-7.5 new)
 8        Sec.   34-7.5.  Short  title.   Sections  34-7.5  through
 9    34-7.35 of this Code may be cited as  the  National  Teaching
10    Academy of Chicago Law.

11        (105 ILCS 5/34-7.10 new)
12        Sec. 34-7.10.  Findings.  The General Assembly finds that
13    in  order  to  provide  elementary  school  students in urban
14    communities  with  the  highest  quality  education,  it   is
15    necessary  to  recruit, prepare, and develop quality teachers
16    in urban school  districts.   The  General  Assembly  further
17    finds   that  a  national  teaching  academy  will  offer  an
18    effective means to recruit quality teachers  from  throughout
19    the nation, retain quality teachers through the use of master
20    teachers  to  mentor  and  prepare  prospective  teachers  to
21    provide  quality instruction in an urban environment, develop
22    best practice models for the induction of new  teachers,  and
23    serve  as  a  demonstration  site  for  the best practices in
24    curriculum, instruction, and assessment for  prospective  and
25    practicing teachers.  The General Assembly further finds that
26    a  national  teaching  academy will serve as a model for this
27    State and the nation by providing innovative and state of the
28    art mentoring and training for teachers and  will  serve  the
29    educational  needs  of  the  school  children  of the City of
30    Chicago.
 
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 1        (105 ILCS 5/34-7.15 new)
 2        Sec. 34-7.15.  Creation of the National Teaching  Academy
 3    of  Chicago;  term  defined.   There  is  hereby  created the
 4    National Teaching Academy of Chicago, which shall be  located
 5    in the school district organized under this Article and which
 6    shall be under the authority of the board of education.
 7        In  this  Law,  "Academy"  means  the  National  Teaching
 8    Academy of Chicago.

 9        (105 ILCS 5/34-7.20 new)
10        Sec. 34-7.20.  Board of Directors.
11        (a)  The Academy shall be governed by a 9-member Board of
12    Directors  appointed by the board of education.  The Board of
13    Directors shall consist of the following individuals:
14             (1)  two individuals employed  by  and  representing
15        the board of education;
16             (2)  one   individual   representing   colleges   of
17        education in this State;
18             (3)  two    individuals    representing   non-profit
19        organizations or foundations with a substantial  interest
20        in teacher preparation, training, or retention;
21             (4)  two  parents of children enrolled in the school
22        district organized under this Article; and
23             (5)  one   individual   representing    the    local
24        collective bargaining unit.
25        (b)  Members   of   the   Board  of  Directors  initially
26    appointed under this Section shall serve staggered  terms  of
27    one   year   for  4  members  and  2  years  for  5  members.
28    Thereafter, all members shall serve 2-year terms.

29        (105 ILCS 5/34-7.25 new)
30        Sec.  34-7.25.  Powers  and  duties  of  the   Board   of
31    Directors.   Subject to directives by the board of education,
32    the Board  of  Directors  is  hereby  authorized  to  do  the
 
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 1    following:
 2             (1)  adopt    rules,   regulations,   and   policies
 3        necessary  to  conduct  the  business  of  the  Board  of
 4        Directors and for the efficient operation of the Academy;
 5             (2)  appoint, with the advice  and  consent  of  the
 6        board  of  education,  an Academy president, who shall be
 7        the chief administrative officer of the Academy  and  who
 8        shall  administer  the  rules,  regulations, and policies
 9        adopted by the Board of Directors;
10             (3)  implement  a  program  of   education   serving
11        children  from  pre-kindergarten  through eighth grade in
12        the school district organized under this Article;
13             (4)  design  and  implement  programs  to   recruit,
14        prepare,  and develop prospective and practicing teachers
15        for the school district organized under this Article;
16             (5)  determine faculty and staff positions necessary
17        for the efficient operation of  the  Academy  and  select
18        personnel for these positions;
19             (6)  recommend  to  the board of education an annual
20        budget necessary  for  the  continued  operation  of  the
21        Academy; and
22             (7)  recommend to the board of education eligibility
23        criteria for student enrollment.

24        (105 ILCS 5/34-7.30 new)
25        Sec. 34-7.30.  Application of court orders and laws.
26        (a)  Nothing  in  this Law shall be construed to alter or
27    amend any court-ordered desegregation plan.
28        (b)  Nothing in this Law shall be construed to  alter  or
29    amend  any court order regarding the provision of educational
30    services to children with disabilities.
31        (c)  The Academy shall be  subject  to  all  federal  and
32    state  laws  prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race,
33    creed, color, disability, religion, ancestry, marital status,
 
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 1    or need for special education services.
 2        (d)  The Academy shall be exempt from all State laws  and
 3    rules governing public schools except the following:
 4             (1)  criminal    background    investigations    for
 5        employment applicants under Section 34-18.5 of this Code;
 6             (2)  student  discipline  under  Section  10-22.6 of
 7        this Code;
 8             (3)  the   Local   Governmental   and   Governmental
 9        Employees Tort Immunity Act;
10             (4)  the General Not for Profit Corporation  Act  of
11        1986;
12             (5)  the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
13             (6)  the Illinois School Student Records Act;
14             (7)  residency    under   Sections   10-20.12a   and
15        10-20.12b of this Code; and
16             (8)  the Education for Homeless Children Act.

17        (105 ILCS 5/34-7.35 new)
18        Sec. 34-7.35.   Third  party  contracts.   The  board  of
19    education  may  enter  into  contracts  with a third party or
20    parties  to  operate  the  Academy  or  perform  any   duties
21    ordinarily performed by an employee of the school district.

22        (105 ILCS 5/34-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
23        Sec.  34-18.   Powers  of  the  board.   The  board shall
24    exercise general supervision and jurisdiction over the public
25    education and the public school  system  of  the  city,  and,
26    except  as  otherwise  provided  by  this Article, shall have
27    power:
28             1.  To make suitable provision for the establishment
29        and maintenance throughout the year or for  such  portion
30        thereof  as  it  may  direct,  not less than 9 months, of
31        schools  of  all  grades  and  kinds,  including   normal
32        schools,   high   schools,  night  schools,  schools  for
 
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 1        defectives and delinquents, parental and truant  schools,
 2        schools for the blind, the deaf and the crippled, schools
 3        or   classes   in   manual  training,  constructural  and
 4        vocational teaching, domestic arts and physical  culture,
 5        vocation  and  extension schools and lecture courses, and
 6        all other educational courses and  facilities,  including
 7        establishing,   equipping,   maintaining   and  operating
 8        playgrounds and recreational programs, when such programs
 9        are conducted in, adjacent  to,  or  connected  with  any
10        public   school   under   the   general  supervision  and
11        jurisdiction of the board;  provided,  however,  that  in
12        allocating  funds  from year to year for the operation of
13        all attendance centers within  the  district,  the  board
14        shall  ensure  that  supplemental general State aid funds
15        are allocated and applied in accordance with Section 18-8
16        or 18-8.05. To  admit  to  such  schools  without  charge
17        foreign  exchange  students  who  are  participants in an
18        organized exchange student program which is authorized by
19        the board. The board shall permit all students to  enroll
20        in  apprenticeship  programs in trade schools operated by
21        the board, whether those programs  are union-sponsored or
22        not.  No student shall be refused admission  into  or  be
23        excluded  from  any  course of instruction offered in the
24        common schools by  reason  of  that  student's  sex.   No
25        student   shall   be  denied  equal  access  to  physical
26        education and interscholastic athletic programs supported
27        from school district funds  or  denied  participation  in
28        comparable   physical  education  and  athletic  programs
29        solely by reason of the student's sex.  Equal  access  to
30        programs   supported   from  school  district  funds  and
31        comparable programs will be defined in rules  promulgated
32        by  the State Board of Education in consultation with the
33        Illinois High  School  Association.  Notwithstanding  any
34        other  provision  of  this  Article, neither the board of
 
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 1        education nor any local school council  or  other  school
 2        official  shall recommend that children with disabilities
 3        be placed into regular education classrooms unless  those
 4        children    with    disabilities    are   provided   with
 5        supplementary  services  to  assist  them  so  that  they
 6        benefit from the regular classroom  instruction  and  are
 7        included   on   the  teacher's  regular  education  class
 8        register;
 9             2.  To  furnish  lunches  to  pupils,  to   make   a
10        reasonable  charge  therefor, and to use school funds for
11        the payment of such expenses as the board  may  determine
12        are necessary in conducting the school lunch program;
13             3.  To co-operate with the circuit court;
14             4.  To   make   arrangements   with  the  public  or
15        quasi-public libraries and museums for the use  of  their
16        facilities by teachers and pupils of the public schools;
17             5.  To  employ  dentists  and prescribe their duties
18        for the purpose of treating the pupils  in  the  schools,
19        but  accepting  such  treatment  shall  be  optional with
20        parents or guardians;
21             6.  To  grant  the  use  of   assembly   halls   and
22        classrooms  when  not  otherwise needed, including light,
23        heat, and attendants, for free public lectures, concerts,
24        and other  educational  and  social  interests,  free  of
25        charge,   under   such  provisions  and  control  as  the
26        principal  of  the   affected   attendance   center   may
27        prescribe;
28             7.  To  apportion the pupils to the several schools;
29        provided  that  no  pupil  shall  be  excluded  from   or
30        segregated  in  any  such school on account of his color,
31        race, sex, or nationality.  The  board  shall  take  into
32        consideration  the  prevention  of  segregation  and  the
33        elimination  of  separation of children in public schools
34        because of color, race, sex, or nationality. Except  that
 
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 1        children  may  be  committed  to  or  attend parental and
 2        social  adjustment  schools  established  and  maintained
 3        either for boys or girls only.  All records pertaining to
 4        the creation, alteration or revision of attendance  areas
 5        shall  be open to the public.  Nothing herein shall limit
 6        the board's authority to establish multi-area  attendance
 7        centers   or   other   student   assignment  systems  for
 8        desegregation purposes or otherwise, and to apportion the
 9        pupils to the several schools.  Furthermore, beginning in
10        school year 1994-95, pursuant to a board plan adopted  by
11        October  1,  1993, the board shall offer, commencing on a
12        phased-in basis, the opportunity for families within  the
13        school district to apply for enrollment of their children
14        in any attendance center within the school district which
15        does  not  have selective admission requirements approved
16        by the board.  The appropriate geographical area in which
17        such open enrollment may be exercised shall be determined
18        by the board of education.  Such children may be admitted
19        to any such attendance center on a space available  basis
20        after   all  children  residing  within  such  attendance
21        center's area have been accommodated.  If the  number  of
22        applicants  from  outside  the attendance area exceed the
23        space available,  then  successful  applicants  shall  be
24        selected  by  lottery.   The  board  of  education's open
25        enrollment plan must include provisions  that  allow  low
26        income  students  to have access to transportation needed
27        to exercise school choice.  Open enrollment shall  be  in
28        compliance  with the provisions of the Consent Decree and
29        Desegregation Plan cited in Section 34-1.01;
30             8.  To approve programs and policies  for  providing
31        transportation services to students. Nothing herein shall
32        be  construed  to  permit  or  empower the State Board of
33        Education to order, mandate, or require busing  or  other
34        transportation  of  pupils  for  the purpose of achieving
 
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 1        racial balance in any school;
 2             9.  Subject to the limitations in this  Article,  to
 3        establish  and  approve system-wide curriculum objectives
 4        and  standards,  including  graduation  standards,  which
 5        reflect the multi-cultural diversity in the city and  are
 6        consistent with State law, provided that for all purposes
 7        of  this  Article courses or proficiency in American Sign
 8        Language  shall  be  deemed  to  constitute  courses   or
 9        proficiency   in   a  foreign  language;  and  to  employ
10        principals and teachers, appointed as  provided  in  this
11        Article,  and  fix  their  compensation.  The board shall
12        prepare  such  reports  related  to  minimal   competency
13        testing  as  may  be  requested  by  the  State  Board of
14        Education, and in  addition  shall  monitor  and  approve
15        special  education  and  bilingual education programs and
16        policies within the district to assure  that  appropriate
17        services are provided in accordance with applicable State
18        and  federal  laws  to  children  requiring  services and
19        education in those areas;
20             10.  To employ  non-teaching  personnel  or  utilize
21        volunteer  personnel  for:  (i)  non-teaching  duties not
22        requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils,
23        including library  duties;  and  (ii)  supervising  study
24        halls,   long  distance  teaching  reception  areas  used
25        incident  to  instructional   programs   transmitted   by
26        electronic  media  such  as  computers, video, and audio,
27        detention  and  discipline  areas,  and  school-sponsored
28        extracurricular activities. The board may further utilize
29        volunteer   non-certificated    personnel    or    employ
30        non-certificated  personnel  to assist in the instruction
31        of pupils under the immediate supervision  of  a  teacher
32        holding a valid certificate, directly engaged in teaching
33        subject  matter  or  conducting activities; provided that
34        the  teacher  shall  be   continuously   aware   of   the
 
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 1        non-certificated persons' activities and shall be able to
 2        control  or modify them. The general superintendent shall
 3        determine qualifications  of  such  personnel  and  shall
 4        prescribe rules for determining the duties and activities
 5        to be assigned to such personnel;
 6             11.  To  provide television studio facilities in not
 7        to exceed one school building and to provide programs for
 8        educational purposes, provided, however, that  the  board
 9        shall  not  construct,  acquire,  operate,  or maintain a
10        television transmitter; to grant the use  of  its  studio
11        facilities  to  a  licensed television station located in
12        the school district; and to maintain and operate  not  to
13        exceed  one school radio transmitting station and provide
14        programs for educational purposes;
15             12.  To  offer,  if  deemed   appropriate,   outdoor
16        education courses, including field trips within the State
17        of  Illinois,  or  adjacent  states,  and  to  use school
18        educational funds for the expense  of  the  said  outdoor
19        educational  programs, whether within the school district
20        or not;
21             13.  During that period of  the  calendar  year  not
22        embraced  within  the regular school term, to provide and
23        conduct courses in subject matters normally  embraced  in
24        the program of the schools during the regular school term
25        and  to  give  regular  school  credit  for  satisfactory
26        completion  by  the  student  of  such  courses as may be
27        approved for credit by the State Board of Education;
28             14.  To insure against any loss or liability of  the
29        board,  the  former  School  Board Nominating Commission,
30        Local  School  Councils,  the  Chicago  Schools  Academic
31        Accountability  Council,  or   the   former   Subdistrict
32        Councils  or  of  any  member, officer, agent or employee
33        thereof,  resulting  from  alleged  violations  of  civil
34        rights arising  from  incidents  occurring  on  or  after
 
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 1        September  5,  1967 or from the wrongful or negligent act
 2        or omission of any such person whether  occurring  within
 3        or  without  the  school  premises, provided the officer,
 4        agent or  employee  was,  at  the  time  of  the  alleged
 5        violation  of  civil  rights or wrongful act or omission,
 6        acting within  the  scope  of  his  employment  or  under
 7        direction   of   the   board,  the  former  School  Board
 8        Nominating  Commission,  the  Chicago  Schools   Academic
 9        Accountability  Council,  Local  School  Councils, or the
10        former  Subdistrict  Councils;  and  to  provide  for  or
11        participate in  insurance  plans  for  its  officers  and
12        employees,   including  but  not  limited  to  retirement
13        annuities, medical, surgical and hospitalization benefits
14        in such types and amounts as may  be  determined  by  the
15        board;  provided,  however, that the board shall contract
16        for  such  insurance  only  with  an  insurance   company
17        authorized  to do business in this State.  Such insurance
18        may include provision for employees who rely on treatment
19        by prayer  or  spiritual  means  alone  for  healing,  in
20        accordance  with  the tenets and practice of a recognized
21        religious denomination;
22             15.  To contract with the corporate  authorities  of
23        any  municipality  or  the county board of any county, as
24        the case may be, to provide for the regulation of traffic
25        in parking areas of property used for school purposes, in
26        such manner as is  provided  by  Section  11-209  of  The
27        Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  approved September 29, 1969, as
28        amended;
29             16.  To provide, on an equal basis,  access  to  the
30        school  campus to the official recruiting representatives
31        of the armed forces of Illinois and the United States for
32        the purposes of informing students of the educational and
33        career opportunities available in  the  military  if  the
34        board has provided such access to persons or groups whose
 
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 1        purpose  is  to  acquaint  students  with  educational or
 2        occupational opportunities available to them.  The  board
 3        is  not  required  to  give  greater notice regarding the
 4        right of access to  recruiting  representatives  than  is
 5        given to other persons and groups;
 6             17. (a)  To  sell  or  market  any  computer program
 7        developed by an employee of the school district, provided
 8        that such employee developed the computer  program  as  a
 9        direct  result  of  his  or  her  duties  with the school
10        district  or  through  the  utilization  of  the   school
11        district  resources  or  facilities.    The  employee who
12        developed the computer program shall be entitled to share
13        in the proceeds of such sale or marketing of the computer
14        program.  The distribution of such proceeds  between  the
15        employee  and the school district shall be as agreed upon
16        by the employee and  the  school  district,  except  that
17        neither  the employee nor the school district may receive
18        more than 90% of such proceeds.  The negotiation  for  an
19        employee  who  is  represented by an exclusive bargaining
20        representative  may  be  conducted  by  such   bargaining
21        representative at the employee's request.
22             (b)  For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
23                  (1)  "Computer" means an internally programmed,
24             general    purpose   digital   device   capable   of
25             automatically accepting data,  processing  data  and
26             supplying the results of the operation.
27                  (2)  "Computer program" means a series of coded
28             instructions or statements in a form acceptable to a
29             computer,  which causes the computer to process data
30             in order to achieve a certain result.
31                  (3)  "Proceeds"  means  profits  derived   from
32             marketing  or  sale of a product after deducting the
33             expenses of developing and marketing such product;
34             18.  To delegate to the  general  superintendent  of
 
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 1        schools,   by   resolution,   the  authority  to  approve
 2        contracts and expenditures in amounts of $10,000 or less;
 3             19.  Upon the written request  of  an  employee,  to
 4        withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues,
 5        payments or contributions payable by such employee to any
 6        labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational
 7        Labor  Relations  Act.  Under such arrangement, an amount
 8        shall be withheld from each regular payroll period  which
 9        is  equal  to  the pro rata share of the annual dues plus
10        any  payments  or  contributions,  and  the  board  shall
11        transmit  such  withholdings  to  the   specified   labor
12        organization  within 10 working days from the time of the
13        withholding;
14             19a.  Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of
15        a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more  that
16        a  debt  is due and owing the municipality by an employee
17        of the  Chicago  School  Reform  Board  of  Trustees,  to
18        withhold,  from  the  compensation  of that employee, the
19        amount of the debt that is due  and  owing  and  pay  the
20        amount  withheld  to the municipality; provided, however,
21        that the amount deducted from  any  one  salary  or  wage
22        payment  shall  not  exceed  25% of the net amount of the
23        payment.  Before the Board deducts any  amount  from  any
24        salary  or  wage of an employee under this paragraph, the
25        municipality shall certify that  the  employee  has  been
26        afforded an opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt
27        that  is due and owing the municipality.  For purposes of
28        this paragraph, "net  amount"  means  that  part  of  the
29        salary  or  wage payment remaining after the deduction of
30        any amounts required by law to be deducted and "debt  due
31        and owing" means (i) a specified sum of money owed to the
32        municipality for city services, work, or goods, after the
33        period  granted  for  payment  has  expired,  or  (ii)  a
34        specified  sum of money owed to the municipality pursuant
 
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 1        to a court order or order of  an  administrative  hearing
 2        officer  after  the  exhaustion  of,  or  the  failure to
 3        exhaust, judicial review;
 4             20.  The board is encouraged to employ a  sufficient
 5        number  of  certified  school  counselors  to  maintain a
 6        student/counselor ratio of 250 to  1  by  July  1,  1990.
 7        Each  counselor shall spend at least 75% of his work time
 8        in direct contact with  students  and  shall  maintain  a
 9        record of such time;
10             21.  To  make  available  to students vocational and
11        career counseling  and  to  establish  5  special  career
12        counseling  days for students and parents.  On these days
13        representatives of local businesses and industries  shall
14        be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
15        of  career opportunities available to them in the various
16        businesses and industries.  Special  consideration  shall
17        be  given  to  counseling  minority students as to career
18        opportunities available to them in various fields.    For
19        the  purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a
20        person who is:
21                  (a)  Black (a person having origins in  any  of
22             the black racial groups in Africa);
23                  (b)  Hispanic   (a   person   of   Spanish   or
24             Portuguese  culture with origins in Mexico, South or
25             Central   America,   or   the   Caribbean   islands,
26             regardless of race);
27                  (c)  Asian American (a person having origins in
28             any  of  the  original  peoples  of  the  Far  East,
29             Southeast  Asia,  the  Indian  Subcontinent  or  the
30             Pacific Islands); or
31                  (d)  American  Indian  or  Alaskan  Native   (a
32             person having origins in any of the original peoples
33             of North America).
34             Counseling  days  shall  not  be  in lieu of regular
 
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 1        school days;
 2             22.  To report to the State Board of  Education  the
 3        annual  student  dropout  rate and number of students who
 4        graduate from, transfer from or otherwise leave bilingual
 5        programs;
 6             23.  Except as otherwise provided in the Abused  and
 7        Neglected  Child  Reporting Act or other applicable State
 8        or federal law, to permit school officials  to  withhold,
 9        from  any  person,  information on the whereabouts of any
10        child removed from school premises  when  the  child  has
11        been  taken  into  protective  custody  as  a  victim  of
12        suspected  child  abuse.   School  officials shall direct
13        such person to the  Department  of  Children  and  Family
14        Services,  or  to  the  local  law  enforcement agency if
15        appropriate;
16             24.  To develop a policy, based on the current state
17        of existing school facilities, projected  enrollment  and
18        efficient utilization of available resources, for capital
19        improvement  of  schools  and school buildings within the
20        district, addressing in that  policy  both  the  relative
21        priority  for major repairs, renovations and additions to
22        school facilities, and the advisability or  necessity  of
23        building   new  school  facilities  or  closing  existing
24        schools to meet current or projected demographic patterns
25        within the district;
26             25.  To make available to the students in every high
27        school attendance center the ability to take all  courses
28        necessary  to comply with the Board of Higher Education's
29        college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
30             26.  To  encourage  mid-career  changes   into   the
31        teaching   profession,  whereby  qualified  professionals
32        become  certified  teachers,  by  allowing   credit   for
33        professional    employment   in   related   fields   when
34        determining point of entry on teacher pay scale;
 
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 1             27.  To provide or contract  out  training  programs
 2        for  administrative personnel and principals with revised
 3        or expanded duties pursuant  to  this  Act  in  order  to
 4        assure  they  have  the  knowledge  and skills to perform
 5        their duties;
 6             28.  To establish a fund for the prioritized special
 7        needs programs, and to allocate such funds and other lump
 8        sum  amounts  to  each  attendance  center  in  a  manner
 9        consistent with the  provisions  of  part  4  of  Section
10        34-2.3.   Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
11        require any additional appropriations of State funds  for
12        this purpose;
13             29.  (Blank);
14             30.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
15        or  any other law to the contrary, to contract with third
16        parties for services otherwise  performed  by  employees,
17        including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
18        employees  upon  14  days  written notice to the affected
19        employees.  Those contracts may be for a  period  not  to
20        exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a system-wide basis;
21             31.  To  promulgate  rules  establishing  procedures
22        governing  the  layoff or reduction in force of employees
23        and the recall of  such  employees,  including,  but  not
24        limited  to,  criteria  for  such  layoffs, reductions in
25        force or recall rights of such employees and  the  weight
26        to  be  given to any particular criterion.  Such criteria
27        shall take into account factors  including,  but  not  be
28        limited  to,  qualifications, certifications, experience,
29        performance ratings or evaluations, and any other factors
30        relating to an employee's job performance; and
31             32.  To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in  the
32        hiring  of personnel or the selection of contractors; and
33        .
34             33.  To establish and operate  a  national  teaching
 
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 1        academy,  as provided under the National Teaching Academy
 2        of Chicago Law.
 3        The specifications of the powers herein granted  are  not
 4    to  be  construed  as  exclusive  but  the  board  shall also
 5    exercise all other powers  that  they  may  be  requisite  or
 6    proper  for  the  maintenance and the development of a public
 7    school system, not inconsistent with the other provisions  of
 8    this  Article  or  provisions of this Code which apply to all
 9    school districts.
10        In addition to the powers herein granted  and  authorized
11    to  be  exercised  by  the board, it shall be the duty of the
12    board to review or to direct independent reviews  of  special
13    education  expenditures  and services. The board shall file a
14    report of such review with the General Assembly on or  before
15    May 1, 1990.
16    (Source:  P.A.  89-15,  eff.  5-30-95;  89-397, eff. 8-20-95;
17    89-626,  eff.  8-9-96;  90-22,  eff.  6-20-97;  90-548,  eff.
18    1-1-98.)

19        Section 99  Effective date.  This Act takes  effect  upon
20    becoming law.

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