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Public Act 102-0296
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| SB0652 Enrolled | LRB102 15818 CMG 21186 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
34-2.2 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/34-2.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.2)
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Sec. 34-2.2. Local school councils - Manner of operation.
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(a) The annual organizational meeting of each local school |
council
shall be held at the attendance center or via |
videoconference or teleconference if guidance from the |
Department of Public Health or Centers for Disease Control and |
Prevention limits the size of in-person meetings at the time |
of the meeting. At the annual organization meeting,
which |
shall be held no sooner than July 1 and no later than July 14, |
a parent
member of the local school council shall be selected |
by the members of such
council as its chairperson, and a |
secretary shall be selected by the members of
such council |
from among their number, each to serve a term of one year.
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However, an organizational meeting held by members elected to |
a local school council under subsection (c-5) of Section |
34-2.1 may be held no sooner than January 11, 2021 and no later |
than January 31, 2021. Whenever a vacancy in the office of |
chairperson or secretary of a local school
council shall |
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occur, a new chairperson (who shall be a parent member) or
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secretary, as the case may be, shall be elected by the members |
of the local
school council from among their number to serve as |
such
chairperson or secretary for the unexpired term of office |
in which the
vacancy occurs. At each annual organizational |
meeting, the time and
place of any regular meetings of the |
local school council shall be fixed.
Special meetings of the |
local school council may be called by the
chairperson or by any |
4 members by giving notice thereof in writing,
specifying the |
time, place and purpose of the meeting. Public notice of
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meetings shall also be given in accordance with the Open |
Meetings Act.
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(b) Members and officers of the local school council shall |
serve
without compensation and without reimbursement of any |
expenses incurred in
the performance of their duties, except |
that the board of education may by
rule establish a procedure |
and thereunder provide for reimbursement of
members and |
officers of local school councils for such of their reasonable
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and necessary expenses (excluding any lodging or meal |
expenses) incurred in
the performance of their duties as the |
board may deem appropriate.
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(c) A majority of the full membership of the local school |
council
shall constitute a quorum, except as provided in |
subsection (c-5), and whenever a vote is taken on any measure
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before the local school council, a quorum being present, the |
affirmative
vote of a majority of the votes of the full |
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membership then serving of the
local school council shall |
determine the outcome thereof; provided that
whenever the |
measure before the local school council is (i) the evaluation
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of the principal, or (ii) the renewal of his or her performance |
contract or
the inclusion of any provision or modification of |
the contract, or (iii)
the direct selection by the local |
school council of a new principal
(including
a new principal |
to fill a vacancy) to serve under a 4 year performance
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contract, or (iv) the determination of the names of candidates |
to be submitted
to the general superintendent for the position |
of
principal, the
principal and
student member of a high |
school council shall not be counted for purposes of
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determining whether a quorum is present to act on the measure |
and shall have no
vote thereon; and provided further that 7 |
affirmative votes of the local school
council shall be |
required for the direct selection by the local school
council
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of a new principal
to serve under a 4 year performance contract |
but not for the renewal of a
principal's performance contract.
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(c-5) If the number of members serving on the local school |
council falls below 7 members due to vacancies, then 4 serving |
members of whom at least 2 are elected members of the local |
school council shall constitute a quorum for the sole purpose |
of convening a meeting to fill vacancies through appointments |
in accordance with the process set forth in Section 34-2.1 of |
this Code. For such purposes, the affirmative vote of a |
majority of those present shall be required to fill a vacancy |
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through appointment by the local school council. |
(d) Student members of high school councils shall not be |
eligible
to vote on personnel matters, including but not |
limited to principal
evaluations and contracts and the |
allocation of teaching and staff resources.
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(e) The local school council of an attendance center which |
provides
bilingual education shall be encouraged to provide |
translators at each
council meeting to maximize participation |
of parents and the community.
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(f) Each local school council of an attendance center |
which provides
bilingual education shall create a Bilingual |
Advisory Committee or
recognize an existing Bilingual Advisory |
Committee as a standing committee.
The Chair and a majority of |
the members of the advisory committee shall be
parents of |
students in the bilingual education program. The parents on |
the
advisory committee shall be selected by parents of |
students in the
bilingual education program, and the committee |
shall select a Chair. The
advisory committee for each |
secondary attendance center shall include at
least one |
full-time bilingual education student. The Bilingual Advisory
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Committee shall serve only in an advisory capacity to the |
local school council.
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(g) Local school councils may utilize the services of an |
arbitration
board to resolve intra-council disputes.
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(Source: P.A. 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |