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Public Act 097-0473 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by renumbering and | ||||
changing Section 34-18.37 as added by Public Act 96-803 and by | ||||
adding the heading preceding Section 34-200 and Sections | ||||
34-200, 34-205, 34-210, 34-215, 34-220, 34-225, 34-230, and | ||||
34-235 as follows: | ||||
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.43) | ||||
Sec. 34-18.43 34-18.37 . Establishing an equitable and | ||||
effective school facility development process. | ||||
(a) The General Assembly finds all of the following: | ||||
(1) The Illinois Constitution recognizes that a | ||||
"fundamental goal of the People of the State is the | ||||
educational development of all persons to the limits of | ||||
their capacities". | ||||
(2) Quality educational facilities are essential for | ||||
fostering the maximum educational development of all | ||||
persons through their educational experience from | ||||
pre-kindergarten through high school. | ||||
(3) The public school is a major institution in our | ||||
communities. Public schools offer resources and | ||||
opportunities for the children of this State who seek and |
deserve quality education, but also benefit the entire | ||
community that seeks improvement through access to | ||
education. | ||
(4) The equitable and efficient use of available | ||
facilities-related resources among different schools and | ||
among racial, ethnic, income, and disability groups is | ||
essential to maximize the development of quality public | ||
educational facilities for all children, youth, and | ||
adults. The factors that impact the equitable and efficient | ||
use of facility-related resources vary according to the | ||
needs of each school community. Therefore, decisions that | ||
impact school facilities should include the input of the | ||
school community to the greatest extent possible. | ||
(5) School openings, school closings, school | ||
consolidations, school turnarounds, school phase-outs, | ||
school construction, school repairs, school | ||
modernizations, school boundary changes, and other related | ||
school facility decisions often have a profound impact on | ||
education in a community. In order to minimize the negative | ||
impact of school facility decisions on the community, these | ||
decisions should be implemented according to a clear | ||
system-wide criteria and with the significant involvement | ||
of local school councils, parents, educators, and the | ||
community in decision-making. | ||
(6) The General Assembly has previously stated that it | ||
intended to make the individual school in the City of |
Chicago the essential unit for educational governance and | ||
improvement and to place the primary responsibility for | ||
school governance and improvement in the hands of parents, | ||
teachers, and community residents at each school. A school | ||
facility policy must be consistent with these principles. | ||
(b) In order to ensure that school facility-related | ||
decisions are made with the input of the community and reflect | ||
educationally sound and fiscally responsible criteria, a | ||
Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force shall be established | ||
within 15 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||
of the 96th General Assembly. | ||
(c) The Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force shall | ||
consist of all of the following members: | ||
(1) Two members of the House of Representatives | ||
appointed by the Speaker of the House, at least one of whom | ||
shall be a member of the Elementary & Secondary Education | ||
Committee. | ||
(2) Two members of the House of Representatives | ||
appointed by the Minority Leader of the House, at least one | ||
of whom shall be a member of the Elementary & Secondary | ||
Education Committee. | ||
(3) Two members of the Senate appointed by the | ||
President of the Senate, at least one of whom shall be a | ||
member of the Education Committee. | ||
(4) Two members of the Senate appointed by the Minority | ||
Leader of the Senate, at least one of whom shall be a |
member of the
Education Committee. | ||
(5) Two representatives of school community | ||
organizations with past involvement in school facility | ||
issues appointed by the Speaker of the House. | ||
(6) Two representatives of school community | ||
organizations with past involvement in school facility | ||
issues appointed by the President of the Senate. | ||
(7) The chief executive officer of the school district | ||
or his or her designee. | ||
(8) The president of the union representing teachers in | ||
the schools of the district or his or her designee. | ||
(9) The president of the association representing | ||
principals in the schools of the district or his or her | ||
designee. | ||
(d) The Speaker of the House shall appoint one of the | ||
appointed House members as a co-chairperson of the Chicago | ||
Educational Facilities Task Force. The President of the Senate | ||
shall appoint one of the appointed Senate members as a | ||
co-chairperson of the Chicago Educational Facilities Task | ||
Force. Members appointed by the legislative leaders shall be | ||
appointed for the duration of the Chicago Educational | ||
Facilities Task Force; in the event of a vacancy, the | ||
appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made by the | ||
legislative leader of the same chamber and party as the leader | ||
who made the original appointment. | ||
(e) The Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force shall |
call on independent experts, as needed, to gather and analyze | ||
pertinent information on a pro bono basis, provided that these | ||
experts have no previous or on-going financial interest in | ||
school facility issues related to the school district. The | ||
Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force shall secure pro bono | ||
expert assistance within 15 days after the establishment of the | ||
Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force. | ||
(f) The Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force shall be | ||
empowered to gather further evidence in the form of testimony | ||
or documents or other materials. | ||
(g) The Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force, with the | ||
help of the independent experts, shall analyze past Chicago | ||
experiences and data with respect to school openings, school | ||
closings, school consolidations, school turnarounds, school | ||
phase-outs, school construction, school repairs, school | ||
modernizations, school boundary changes, and other related | ||
school facility decisions on students. The Chicago Educational | ||
Facilities Task Force shall consult widely with stakeholders, | ||
including public officials, about these facility issues and | ||
their related costs and shall examine relevant best practices | ||
from other school systems for dealing with these issues | ||
systematically and equitably. These initial investigations | ||
shall include opportunities for input from local stakeholders | ||
through hearings, focus groups, and interviews. | ||
(h) The Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force shall | ||
prepare final recommendations on or before October 30, 2009 |
describing how the issues set forth in subsection (g) of this | ||
Section can be addressed effectively based upon educationally | ||
sound and fiscally responsible practices. | ||
(i) The Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force shall | ||
hold hearings in separate areas of the school district at times | ||
that shall maximize school community participation to obtain | ||
comments on draft recommendations. The final hearing shall take | ||
place no later than 15 days prior to the completion of the | ||
final recommendations. | ||
(j) The Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force shall | ||
prepare final proposed policy and legislative recommendations | ||
for the General Assembly, the Governor, and the school | ||
district. The recommendations may address issues, standards, | ||
and procedures set forth in this Section. The final | ||
recommendations shall be made available to the public through | ||
posting on the school district's Internet website and other | ||
forms of publication and distribution in the school district at | ||
least 7 days before the final recommendations are submitted to | ||
the General Assembly, the Governor, and the school district. | ||
(k) The final recommendations may address issues of | ||
system-wide criteria for ensuring clear priorities, equity, | ||
and efficiency. | ||
Without limitation, the final recommendations may propose | ||
significant decision-making roles for key stakeholders, | ||
including the individual school and community; recommend clear | ||
criteria or processes for establishing criteria for making |
school facility decisions; and include clear criteria for | ||
setting priorities with respect to school openings, school | ||
closings, school consolidations, school turnarounds, school | ||
phase-outs, school construction, school repairs, school | ||
modernizations, school boundary changes, and other related | ||
school facility decisions, including the encouragement of | ||
multiple community uses for school space. | ||
Without limitation, the final recommendations may propose | ||
criteria for student mobility; the transferring of students to | ||
lower performing schools; teacher mobility; insufficient | ||
notice to and the lack of inclusion in decision-making of local | ||
school councils, parents, and community members about school | ||
facility decisions; and costly facilities-related expenditures | ||
due to poor educational and facilities planning. | ||
(l) The State Board of Education and the school district | ||
shall provide administrative support to the Chicago | ||
Educational Facilities Task Force.
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(m) After recommendations have been issued, the Chicago | ||
Educational Facilities Task Force shall meet at least once | ||
annually, upon the call of the chairs, for the purpose of | ||
reviewing Chicago public schools' compliance with the | ||
provisions of Sections 34-200 through 34-235 of this Code | ||
concerning school action and facility master planning. The Task | ||
Force shall prepare a report to the General Assembly, the | ||
Governor's Office, the Mayor of the City of Chicago, and the | ||
Chicago Board of Education indicating how the district has met |
the requirements of the provisions of Sections 34-200 through | ||
34-235 of this Code concerning school action and facility | ||
master planning. | ||
(Source: P.A. 96-803, eff. 10-30-09.) | ||
(105 ILCS 5/prec. Sec. 34-200 heading new) | ||
SCHOOL ACTION AND FACILITY MASTER PLANNING | ||
(105 ILCS 5/34-200 new) | ||
Sec. 34-200. Definitions. For the purposes of Sections | ||
34-200 through 34-235 of this Article: | ||
"Capital improvement plan" means a plan that identifies | ||
capital projects to be started or finished within the | ||
designated period, excluding projects funded by locally raised | ||
capital not exceeding $10,000. | ||
"Community area" means a geographic area of the City of | ||
Chicago defined by the chief executive officer as part of the | ||
development of the educational facilities master plan. | ||
"Space utilization" means the percentage achieved by | ||
dividing the school's actual enrollment by its design capacity. | ||
"School closing" or "school closure" means the closing of a | ||
school, the effect of which is the assignment and transfer of | ||
all students enrolled at that school to one or more designated | ||
receiving schools. | ||
"School consolidation" means the consolidation of 2 or more | ||
schools by closing one or more schools and reassigning the |
students to another school. | ||
"Phase-out" means the gradual cessation of enrollment in | ||
certain grades each school year until a school closes or is | ||
consolidated with another school. | ||
"School action" means any school closing, school | ||
consolidation, co-location, boundary change if the boundary | ||
change forces a student transfer, or phase-out. | ||
(105 ILCS 5/34-205 new) | ||
Sec. 34-205. Educational facility standards. | ||
(a) By December 31, 2011, the district shall publish space | ||
utilization standards on the district's website. The standards | ||
shall include the following: | ||
(1) the method by which design capacity is calculated, | ||
including consideration of the requirements of elementary | ||
and secondary programs, shared campuses, after school | ||
programming, the facility needs, grade and age ranges of | ||
the attending students, and use of school buildings by | ||
governmental agencies and community organizations; | ||
(2) the method to determine efficient use of a school | ||
building based upon educational program design capacity; | ||
(3) the rate of utilization; and | ||
(4) the standards for overcrowding and | ||
underutilization. | ||
(b) The chief executive officer or his or her designee | ||
shall publish a space utilization report for each school |
building operated by the district on the district's website by | ||
December 31 of each year. | ||
(c) The facility performance standards provisions are as | ||
follows: | ||
(1) On or before December 31, 2011, the chief executive | ||
officer shall propose minimum and optimal facility | ||
performance standards for thermal comfort, daylight, | ||
acoustics, indoor air quality, furniture ergonomics for | ||
students and staff, technology, life safety, ADA | ||
accessibility, plumbing and washroom access, environmental | ||
hazards, and walkability. | ||
(2) The chief executive officer shall conduct at least | ||
one public hearing and submit the proposed educational | ||
facilities standards to each local school council and to | ||
the Chicago Public Building Commission for review and | ||
comment prior to submission to the Board. | ||
(3) After the chief executive officer has incorporated | ||
the input and recommendations of the public and the Chicago | ||
Public Building Commission, the chief executive officer | ||
shall issue final facility performance standards. | ||
(4) The chief executive officer is authorized to amend | ||
the facility performance standards following the | ||
procedures in this Section. | ||
(5) The final educational facility space utilization | ||
and performance standards shall be published on the | ||
district's Internet website. |
(105 ILCS 5/34-210 new) | ||
Sec. 34-210. The Educational Facility Master Plan. | ||
(a) In accordance with the schedule set forth in this | ||
Article, the chief executive officer or his or her designee | ||
shall prepare a 10-year educational facility master plan every | ||
5 years, with updates 2 1/2 years after the approval of the | ||
initial 10-year plan, with the first such educational facility | ||
master plan to be approved on or before July 1, 2013. | ||
(b) The educational facility master plan shall provide | ||
community area level plans and individual school master plans | ||
with options for addressing the facility and space needs for | ||
each facility operated by the district over a 10-year period. | ||
(c) The data, information, and analysis that shall inform | ||
the educational facility master plan shall be published on the | ||
district's Internet website and shall include the following: | ||
(1) a description of the district's guiding | ||
educational goals and standards; | ||
(2) a brief description of the types of instructional | ||
programs and services delivered in each school; | ||
(3) a description of the process, procedure, and | ||
timeline for community participation in the development of | ||
the plan; | ||
(4) the enrollment capacity of each school and its rate | ||
of utilization; | ||
(5) a report on the assessment of individual building |
and site conditions; | ||
(6) a data table with historical and projected | ||
enrollment data by school by grade; | ||
(7) community analysis, including a study of current | ||
and projected demographics, land usage, transportation | ||
plans, residential housing and commercial development, | ||
private schools, plans for water and sewage service | ||
expansion or redevelopment, and institutions of higher | ||
education; | ||
(8) an analysis of the facility needs and requirements | ||
of the district; and | ||
(9) identification of potential sources of funding for | ||
the implementation of the Educational Facility Master | ||
Plan. | ||
(d) On or before January 1, 2013, the chief executive | ||
officer or his or her designee shall prepare and distribute for | ||
comment a preliminary draft of the Educational Facility Master | ||
Plan. The draft plan shall be distributed to the City of | ||
Chicago, the County of Cook, the Chicago Park District, the | ||
Chicago Housing Authority, the Chicago Transit Authority, | ||
attendance centers operated by the district, and charter | ||
schools operating within the district. Each attendance center | ||
shall make the draft plan available to the local school council | ||
or alternative advisory body and to the parents, guardians, and | ||
staff of the school. The draft plan also shall be distributed | ||
to each State Senator and State Representative with a district |
in the City of Chicago, to the Mayor of the City of Chicago, | ||
and to each alderman of the City. | ||
(e) The chief executive or his or her designee shall | ||
publish a procedure for conducting public hearings and | ||
submitting public comments on the draft plan. | ||
(f) After consideration of public input on the draft plan, | ||
the chief executive officer or his or her designee shall | ||
prepare and publish a report describing the process used to | ||
incorporate public input in the development of the final plan | ||
to be recommended to the Board. | ||
(g) The chief executive officer shall present the final | ||
plan and report to the Board for final consideration and | ||
approval. | ||
(h) The final approved Educational Facility Master Plan | ||
shall be published on the district's website. | ||
(i) No later than January 1, 2016, and every 5 years | ||
thereafter, the chief executive officer or his or her designee | ||
shall prepare and submit for public comment a draft revised | ||
Educational Facility Master Plan following the procedures | ||
required for development of the original plan. | ||
(j) This proposed revised plan shall reflect the progress | ||
achieved during the first 2 1/2 years of the Educational | ||
Facility Master Plan. | ||
(105 ILCS 5/34-215 new) | ||
Sec. 34-215. Capital improvement plans. |
(a) The district shall develop a capital needs review | ||
process and one-year and 5-year capital improvement plans. | ||
(b) By January 1, 2012, the chief executive officer or his | ||
or her designee shall establish a capital needs review process | ||
that includes a comprehensive bi-annual assessment of the | ||
capital needs at each facility owned, leased, or operated by | ||
the district. The review process shall include development of | ||
an assessment form to be used by attendance centers to provide | ||
a school-based capital, maintenance, utility, and repair needs | ||
assessment report and recommendations aligned with the | ||
educational program and goals of the attendance center. | ||
(c) Beginning with fiscal year 2013 and for each year | ||
thereafter, the chief executive officer shall publish a | ||
proposed one-year capital improvement plan at least 60 days | ||
prior to the end of the prior fiscal year. The proposed | ||
one-year capital improvement plan shall be posted on the | ||
district's Internet website and shall be subject to public | ||
review and comment and at least 3 public hearings. The one-year | ||
capital improvement plan shall include the following | ||
information for all capital projects for which funds are to be | ||
appropriated: | ||
(1) description of the scope of the project; | ||
(2) justification for the project; | ||
(3) status of the project, including, if appropriate, | ||
percentage funded, percentage complete, and approved start | ||
and end dates; |
(4) original approved cost and current approved cost | ||
for each project; | ||
(5) the impact of the project on the district's | ||
operating budget; | ||
(6) the name of each school and facility affected by a | ||
project; | ||
(7) all funding sources for the project; | ||
(8) any relationship of the project to the needs | ||
assessment submitted by the attendance center; and | ||
(9) any relationship to the district's 10-year | ||
Educational Facilities Master Plan. | ||
(d) The chief executive officer shall present a final | ||
proposed one-year capital improvement plan to the Board for | ||
consideration. | ||
(e) The Board shall adopt a final one-year capital | ||
improvement plan no more than 45 days after adopting the annual | ||
budget. | ||
(f) Beginning with fiscal year 2013, the chief executive | ||
officer shall publish a proposed 5-year capital improvement | ||
plan with the proposed one-year capital improvement plan. The | ||
5-year capital improvement plan shall include
proposed capital | ||
improvements for the next 4 years and, to the extent | ||
practicable, the same information for each proposed project | ||
that is required for the one-year capital improvement plan. | ||
(g) The 5-year capital improvement plan shall be assessed | ||
annually. An annual report shall be published explaining the |
differences between projected capital projects in the 5-year | ||
capital improvement plan and the capital projects authorized in | ||
the proposed one-year capital improvement plan for the | ||
following fiscal year. The 5-year plan shall be published on | ||
the district's Internet website and distributed to all | ||
principals. | ||
(105 ILCS 5/34-220 new) | ||
Sec. 34-220. Financial transparency. | ||
(a) The chief executive officer shall provide the Board | ||
with an annual capital expenditure report within 90 days after | ||
the end of the fiscal year. The report shall be published on | ||
the district's Internet website. | ||
(b) The annual capital expenditure report shall include the | ||
following: | ||
(1) expenditures on all facilities in which students | ||
enrolled in the district receive instruction for all | ||
capital projects on which funds were expended in that | ||
fiscal year, even if the project was not initiated or | ||
completed in the fiscal year; | ||
(2) identification of capital projects that aligned | ||
with the school-based facility needs assessment and | ||
recommendations of school principals or were the result of | ||
other public input; | ||
(3) the levels of appropriation actually provided to | ||
the district for capital projects in the fiscal year by the |
city, the State, and the federal government, with a | ||
comparison of the level of such funding against funding | ||
levels for the prior 5 years; and | ||
(4) a summary comparison of annual capital expenses and | ||
the corresponding one-year capital improvement plan. | ||
(c) A list of all property owned by or leased to the Board | ||
shall be published on the district's Internet website by | ||
January 1, 2012, and shall be updated annually. For each | ||
property listed, the most recent facility standards review and | ||
any capital improvement projects that are pending or planned or | ||
have been completed in the 2-year period prior to publication | ||
shall be outlined. | ||
(d) All lease agreements in which the Board is a lessor or | ||
lessee shall be published on the district's Internet website | ||
for the duration of the lease. Temporary facility use, right of | ||
entry, and other temporary license agreements not exceeding one | ||
year in duration are not subject to this requirement. | ||
(e) The district shall publish on the district's Internet | ||
website a summary of the lease agreements in which the Board is | ||
a lessor or lessee, including the following: | ||
(1) a description of the leasehold; | ||
(2) the full legal name of the parties to the | ||
agreement; | ||
(3) the term of the agreement; | ||
(4) the rent amount; and | ||
(5) the party responsible for maintenance, capital |
improvements, utilities, and other expenses. | ||
(105 ILCS 5/34-225 new) | ||
Sec. 34-225. School transition plans. | ||
(a) If the Board approves a school action, the chief | ||
executive officer or his or her designee shall work | ||
collaboratively with local school educators and families of | ||
students attending a school that is the subject of a school | ||
action to ensure successful integration of affected students | ||
into new learning environments. | ||
(b) The chief executive officer or his or her designee | ||
shall prepare and implement a school transition plan to support | ||
students attending a school that is the subject of a school | ||
action that accomplishes the goals of this Section. The chief | ||
executive must identify and commit specific resources for | ||
implementation of the school transition plan for a minimum of | ||
the full first academic year after the board approves a school | ||
action. | ||
(c) The school transition plan shall include the following: | ||
(1) services to support the academic, social, and | ||
emotional needs of students; supports for students with | ||
disabilities, homeless students, and English language | ||
learners; and support to address security and safety | ||
issues; | ||
(2) options to enroll in higher performing schools; | ||
(3) counseling regarding the choice of schools that |
includes all pertinent information to enable the parent or | ||
guardian and child to make an informed choice, including | ||
the option to visit the schools of choice prior to making a | ||
decision; and | ||
(4) the provision of appropriate transportation where | ||
practicable. | ||
(105 ILCS 5/34-230 new) | ||
Sec. 34-230. School action public meetings and hearings. | ||
(a) By November 1 of each year, the chief executive officer | ||
shall prepare and publish guidelines for school actions. The | ||
guidelines shall outline the academic and non-academic | ||
criteria for a school action. These guidelines, and each | ||
subsequent revision, shall be subject to a public comment | ||
period of at least 21 days before their approval. | ||
(b) The chief executive officer shall announce all proposed | ||
school actions to be taken at the close of the current academic | ||
year consistent with the guidelines, by December 1 of each | ||
year. | ||
(c) On or before December 1, 2011, the chief executive | ||
officer shall publish notice of the proposed school actions. | ||
(1) Notice of the proposal for a school action shall | ||
include a written statement of the basis for the school | ||
action and an explanation of how the school action meets | ||
the criteria set forth in the guidelines. This proposal | ||
shall include a preliminary School Transition Plan |
identifying the items required in Section 34-225 of this | ||
Code for all schools affected by the school action. | ||
(2) The chief executive officer or his or her designee | ||
shall provide notice to the principal, staff, local school | ||
council, and parents or guardians of any school that is | ||
subject to the proposed school action. | ||
(3) The chief executive officer shall provide written | ||
notice of any proposed school action to the State Senator, | ||
State Representative, and alderman for the school or | ||
schools that are subject to the proposed school action. | ||
(4) The chief executive officer shall publish notice of | ||
proposed school actions on the district's Internet website | ||
and in a newspaper of general circulation. | ||
(5) The chief executive officer shall provide notice of | ||
proposed school actions at least 30 calendar days in | ||
advance of a public hearing or meeting. The notice shall | ||
state the date, time, and place of the hearing or meeting. | ||
No Board decision regarding a proposed school action may | ||
take place less than 60 days after the announcement of the | ||
proposed school action. | ||
(d) The chief executive officer shall designate at least 3 | ||
opportunities to elicit public comment at a hearing or meeting | ||
on a proposed school action and shall do the following: | ||
(1) Convene at least one public hearing at the | ||
centrally located office of the Board. | ||
(2) Convene at least 2 additional public hearings or |
meetings at a location convenient to the school community | ||
subject to the proposed school action. | ||
(e) Public hearings shall be conducted by a qualified | ||
independent hearing officer chosen from a list of independent | ||
hearing officers. The general counsel shall compile and publish | ||
a list of independent hearing officers by November 1 of each | ||
school year. The independent hearing officer shall have the | ||
following qualifications: | ||
(1) he or she must be a licensed attorney eligible to | ||
practice law in Illinois; | ||
(2) he or she must not be an employee of the Board; and | ||
(3) he or she must not have represented the Board, its | ||
employees or any labor organization representing its | ||
employees, any local school council, or any charter or | ||
contract school in any capacity within the last year. | ||
(4) The independent hearing officer shall issue a | ||
written report that summarizes the hearing and determines | ||
whether the chief executive officer complied with the | ||
requirements of this Section and the guidelines. | ||
(5) The chief executive officer shall publish the | ||
report on the district's Internet website within 5 calendar | ||
days after receiving the report and at least 15 days prior | ||
to any Board action being taken. | ||
(f) Public hearings shall be conducted by a representative | ||
of the chief executive officer. A summary of the public meeting | ||
shall be published on the district's Internet website within 5 |
calendar days after the meeting. | ||
(g) If the chief executive officer proposes a school action | ||
without following the mandates set forth in this Section, the | ||
proposed school action shall not be approved by the Board | ||
during the school year in which the school action was proposed. | ||
(105 ILCS 5/34-235 new) | ||
Sec. 34-235. Emergencies. Nothing in Sections 34-200 | ||
through 34-235 of this Code prevents the district from taking | ||
emergency action to protect the health and safety of students | ||
and staff in an attendance center. In the event of an emergency | ||
that requires the district to close all or part of a school | ||
facility, including compliance with a directive of a duly | ||
authorized public safety agency, the chief executive officer or | ||
his or her designees are authorized to take all steps necessary | ||
to protect the safety of students and staff, including | ||
relocation of the attendance center to another location or | ||
closing the attendance center. In such cases, the chief | ||
executive officer shall provide written notice of the basis for | ||
the emergency action within 3 days after declaring the | ||
emergency and shall publish the steps that have been taken or | ||
will be taken to address the emergency within 10 days after | ||
declaring the emergency. The notice shall be posted on the | ||
district's website and provided to the principal, the local | ||
school council, and the State Senator, the State | ||
Representative, and the Alderman of the school that is the |
subject of the emergency action. The notice shall explain why | ||
the district could not comply with the provisions in Sections | ||
34-200 through 34-235 of this Code.
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