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Public Act 099-0245 | ||||
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Youth | ||||
Sports Concussion Safety Act. | ||||
Section 5. Definitions. In this Section: | ||||
"Coach" means any volunteer or employee of a youth sports | ||||
league who is responsible for organizing and supervising | ||||
players and teaching them or training them in the fundamental | ||||
skills of extracurricular athletic activities provided by the | ||||
youth sports league. "Coach" refers to both head coaches and | ||||
assistant coaches. | ||||
"Concussion" means a complex pathophysiological process | ||||
affecting the brain caused by a traumatic physical force or | ||||
impact to the head or body, which may include temporary or | ||||
prolonged altered brain function resulting in physical, | ||||
cognitive, or emotional symptoms or altered sleep patterns and | ||||
which may or may not involve a loss of consciousness. | ||||
"Game official" means a person who officiates at a | ||||
sponsored youth sports activity, such as a referee or umpire, | ||||
including, but not limited to, persons enrolled as game | ||||
officials by the Illinois High School Association, the Illinois | ||||
Elementary School Association, or a youth sports league. |
"Player" means an adolescent or child participating in any | ||
sponsored youth sports activity of a youth sports league. | ||
"Sponsored youth sports activity" means any athletic | ||
activity, including practice or competition, for players under | ||
the direction of a coach, athletic director, or band leader of | ||
a youth sports league, including, but not limited to, baseball, | ||
basketball, cheerleading, cross country track, fencing, field | ||
hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, | ||
marching band, rugby, soccer, skating, softball, swimming and | ||
diving, tennis, track (indoor and outdoor), ultimate Frisbee, | ||
volleyball, water polo, wrestling, and any other sport offered | ||
by a youth sports league. A sponsored youth sports activity | ||
does not include an interscholastic athletic activity as that | ||
term is defined in Section 22-80 of the School Code. | ||
"Youth sports league" means any incorporated or | ||
unincorporated, for-profit or not-for-profit entity that | ||
organizes and provides sponsored youth sports activities, | ||
including, but not limited to, any athletic association, | ||
organization, or federation in this State that is owned, | ||
operated, sanctioned, or sponsored by a unit of local | ||
government or that is owned, operated, sanctioned, or sponsored | ||
by a private person or entity, as well as any amateur athletic | ||
organization or qualified amateur sports organization in this | ||
State under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Sec. | ||
501(c)(3) or Sec. 501(j)).
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Section 10. Scope of Act. This Act applies to any | ||
sponsored youth sports activity sponsored or sanctioned by a | ||
youth sports league. This Act does not apply to an | ||
interscholastic athletic activity as that term is defined in | ||
Section 22-80 of the School Code. This Act applies to sponsored | ||
youth sports activities beginning or continuing after January | ||
1, 2016. | ||
Section 15. Concussion and head injury educational | ||
materials. Each youth sports league with players who | ||
participate in any youth-sponsored sports activity sponsored | ||
or sanctioned by the youth sports league is encouraged to make | ||
available, electronically or in writing, to coaches, game | ||
officials, and players, as well as the parents, guardians, and | ||
other persons with legal authority to make medical decisions, | ||
educational materials that describe the nature and risk of | ||
concussions and head injuries, including the advisability of | ||
removal of players that exhibit signs, symptoms, or behaviors | ||
consistent with a concussion, such as a loss of consciousness, | ||
a headache, dizziness, confusion, or balance problems, from | ||
participating in a youth-sponsored sports activity sponsored | ||
or sanctioned by the youth sports league. | ||
These educational materials may include materials produced | ||
or distributed by the Illinois High School Association, those | ||
produced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and | ||
Prevention, or other comparable materials. The intent of these |
materials is to assist in educating coaches, game officials, | ||
and players and parents, guardians, and other persons with | ||
legal authority to make medical decisions for players about the | ||
nature and risks of head injuries.
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Section 75. The Park District Code is amended by changing | ||
Section 8-24 as follows: | ||
(70 ILCS 1205/8-24) | ||
Sec. 8-24. Concussion and head injury educational | ||
materials. | ||
(a) In addition to the other powers and authority now | ||
possessed by it, any park district is authorized and encouraged | ||
to make available to residents and users of park district | ||
facilities, including youth athletic programs, electronically | ||
or in written form, educational materials that describe the | ||
nature and risk of concussion and head injuries, including the | ||
advisability of removal of youth athletes that exhibit signs, | ||
symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion, such as a | ||
loss of consciousness, headache, dizziness, confusion, or | ||
balance problems, from a practice or game. These educational | ||
materials may include materials produced or distributed by the | ||
Illinois High School Association, those produced by the U.S. | ||
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or other comparable | ||
materials. The intent of these materials is to assist in | ||
educating coaches, youth athletes, and parents and guardians of |
youth athletes about the nature and risks of head injuries.
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(b) Each park district is subject to and shall comply with | ||
the requirements of the Youth Sports Concussion Safety Act if | ||
the park district is directly responsible for organizing and | ||
providing a sponsored youth sports activity as a youth sports | ||
league by registering the players and selecting the coaches, as | ||
those terms are defined in the Youth Sports Concussion Safety | ||
Act. | ||
(Source: P.A. 97-204, eff. 7-28-11.) | ||
Section 80. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||
22-80 and by changing Section 27A-5 as follows: | ||
(105 ILCS 5/22-80 new) | ||
Sec. 22-80. Student athletes; concussions and head | ||
injuries. | ||
(a) The General Assembly recognizes all of the following: | ||
(1) Concussions are one of the most commonly reported | ||
injuries in children and adolescents who participate in | ||
sports and recreational activities. The Centers for | ||
Disease Control and Prevention estimates that as many as | ||
3,900,000 sports-related and recreation-related | ||
concussions occur in the United States each year. A | ||
concussion is caused by a blow or motion to the head or | ||
body that causes the brain to move rapidly inside the | ||
skull. The risk of catastrophic injuries or death are |
significant when a concussion or head injury is not | ||
properly evaluated and managed. | ||
(2) Concussions are a type of brain injury that can | ||
range from mild to severe and can disrupt the way the brain | ||
normally works. Concussions can occur in any organized or | ||
unorganized sport or recreational activity and can result | ||
from a fall or from players colliding with each other, the | ||
ground, or with obstacles. Concussions occur with or | ||
without loss of consciousness, but the vast majority of | ||
concussions occur without loss of consciousness. | ||
(3) Continuing to play with a concussion or symptoms of | ||
a head injury leaves a young athlete especially vulnerable | ||
to greater injury and even death. The General Assembly | ||
recognizes that, despite having generally recognized | ||
return-to-play standards for concussions and head | ||
injuries, some affected youth athletes are prematurely | ||
returned to play, resulting in actual or potential physical | ||
injury or death to youth athletes in this State. | ||
(4) Student athletes who have sustained a concussion | ||
may need informal or formal accommodations, modifications | ||
of curriculum, and monitoring by medical or academic staff | ||
until the student is fully recovered. To that end, all | ||
schools are encouraged to establish a return-to-learn | ||
protocol that is based on peer-reviewed scientific | ||
evidence consistent with Centers for Disease Control and | ||
Prevention guidelines and conduct baseline testing for |
student athletes. | ||
(b) In this Section: | ||
"Athletic trainer" means an athletic trainer licensed | ||
under the Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act. | ||
"Coach" means any volunteer or employee of a school who is | ||
responsible for organizing and supervising students to teach | ||
them or train them in the fundamental skills of an | ||
interscholastic athletic activity. "Coach" refers to both head | ||
coaches and assistant coaches. | ||
"Concussion" means a complex pathophysiological process | ||
affecting the brain caused by a traumatic physical force or | ||
impact to the head or body, which may include temporary or | ||
prolonged altered brain function resulting in physical, | ||
cognitive, or emotional symptoms or altered sleep patterns and | ||
which may or may not involve a loss of consciousness. | ||
"Department" means the Department of Financial and | ||
Professional Regulation. | ||
"Game official" means a person who officiates at an | ||
interscholastic athletic activity, such as a referee or umpire, | ||
including, but not limited to, persons enrolled as game | ||
officials by the Illinois High School Association or Illinois | ||
Elementary School Association. | ||
"Interscholastic athletic activity" means any organized | ||
school-sponsored or school-sanctioned activity for students, | ||
generally outside of school instructional hours, under the | ||
direction of a coach, athletic director, or band leader, |
including, but not limited to, baseball, basketball, | ||
cheerleading, cross country track, fencing, field hockey, | ||
football, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, marching | ||
band, rugby, soccer, skating, softball, swimming and diving, | ||
tennis, track (indoor and outdoor), ultimate Frisbee, | ||
volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. All interscholastic | ||
athletics are deemed to be interscholastic activities. | ||
"Licensed healthcare professional" means a person who has | ||
experience with concussion management and who is a nurse, a | ||
psychologist who holds a license under the Clinical | ||
Psychologist Licensing Act and specializes in the practice of | ||
neuropsychology, a physical therapist licensed under the | ||
Illinois Physical Therapy Act, an occupational therapist | ||
licensed under the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. | ||
"Nurse" means a person who is employed by or volunteers at | ||
a school and is licensed under the Nurse Practice Act as a | ||
registered nurse, practical nurse, or advanced practice nurse. | ||
"Physician" means a physician licensed to practice | ||
medicine in all of its branches under the Medical Practice Act | ||
of 1987. | ||
"School" means any public or private elementary or | ||
secondary school, including a charter school. | ||
"Student" means an adolescent or child enrolled in a | ||
school. | ||
(c) This Section applies to any interscholastic athletic | ||
activity, including practice and competition, sponsored or |
sanctioned by a school, the Illinois Elementary School | ||
Association, or the Illinois High School Association. This | ||
Section applies beginning with the 2015-2016 school year. | ||
(d) The governing body of each public or charter school and | ||
the appropriate administrative officer of a private school with | ||
students enrolled who participate in an interscholastic | ||
athletic activity shall appoint or approve a concussion | ||
oversight team. Each concussion oversight team shall establish | ||
a return-to-play protocol, based on peer-reviewed scientific | ||
evidence consistent with Centers for Disease Control and | ||
Prevention guidelines, for a student's return to | ||
interscholastic athletics practice or competition following a | ||
force or impact believed to have caused a concussion. Each | ||
concussion oversight team shall also establish a | ||
return-to-learn protocol, based on peer-reviewed scientific | ||
evidence consistent with Centers for Disease Control and | ||
Prevention guidelines, for a student's return to the classroom | ||
after that student is believed to have experienced a | ||
concussion, whether or not the concussion took place while the | ||
student was participating in an interscholastic athletic | ||
activity. | ||
Each concussion oversight team must include to the extent | ||
practicable at least one physician. If a school employs an | ||
athletic trainer, the athletic trainer must be a member of the | ||
school concussion oversight team to the extent practicable. If | ||
a school employs a nurse, the nurse must be a member of the |
school concussion oversight team to the extent practicable. At | ||
a minimum, a school shall appoint a person who is responsible | ||
for implementing and complying with the return-to-play and | ||
return-to-learn protocals adopted by the concussion oversight | ||
team. A school may appoint other licensed healthcare | ||
professionals to serve on the concussion oversight team. | ||
(e) A student may not participate in an interscholastic | ||
athletic activity for a school year until the student and the | ||
student's parent or guardian or another person with legal | ||
authority to make medical decisions for the student have signed | ||
a form for that school year that acknowledges receiving and | ||
reading written information that explains concussion | ||
prevention, symptoms, treatment, and oversight and that | ||
includes guidelines for safely resuming participation in an | ||
athletic activity following a concussion. The form must be | ||
approved by the Illinois High School Association. | ||
(f) A student must be removed from an interscholastic | ||
athletics practice or competition immediately if one of the | ||
following persons believes the student might have sustained a | ||
concussion during the practice or competition: | ||
(1) a coach; | ||
(2) a physician; | ||
(3) a game official; | ||
(4) an athletic trainer; | ||
(5) the student's parent or guardian or another person | ||
with legal authority to make medical decisions for the |
student; | ||
(6) the student; or | ||
(7) any other person deemed appropriate under the | ||
school's return-to-play protocol. | ||
(g) A student removed from an interscholastic athletics | ||
practice or competition under this Section may not be permitted | ||
to practice or compete again following the force or impact | ||
believed to have caused the concussion until: | ||
(1) the student has been evaluated, using established | ||
medical protocols based on peer-reviewed scientific | ||
evidence consistent with Centers for Disease Control and | ||
Prevention guidelines, by a treating physician (chosen by | ||
the student or the student's parent or guardian or another | ||
person with legal authority to make medical decisions for | ||
the student) or an athletic trainer working under the | ||
supervision of a physician; | ||
(2) the student has successfully completed each | ||
requirement of the return-to-play protocol established | ||
under this Section necessary for the student to return to | ||
play; | ||
(3) the student has successfully completed each | ||
requirement of the return-to-learn protocol established | ||
under this Section necessary for the student to return to | ||
learn; | ||
(4) the treating physician or athletic trainer working | ||
under the supervision of a physician has provided a written |
statement indicating that, in the physician's professional | ||
judgment, it is safe for the student to return to play and | ||
return to learn; and | ||
(5) the student and the student's parent or guardian or | ||
another person with legal authority to make medical | ||
decisions for the student: | ||
(A) have acknowledged that the student has | ||
completed the requirements of the return-to-play and | ||
return-to-learn protocols necessary for the student to | ||
return to play; | ||
(B) have provided the treating physician's or | ||
athletic trainer's written statement under subdivision | ||
(4) of this subsection (g) to the person responsible | ||
for compliance with the return-to-play and | ||
return-to-learn protocols under this subsection (g) | ||
and the person who has supervisory responsibilities | ||
under this subsection (g); and | ||
(C) have signed a consent form indicating that the | ||
person signing: | ||
(i) has been informed concerning and consents | ||
to the student participating in returning to play | ||
in accordance with the return-to-play and | ||
return-to-learn protocols; | ||
(ii) understands the risks associated with the | ||
student returning to play and returning to learn | ||
and will comply with any ongoing requirements in |
the return-to-play and return-to-learn protocols; | ||
and | ||
(iii) consents to the disclosure to | ||
appropriate persons, consistent with the federal | ||
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability | ||
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191), of the treating | ||
physician's or athletic trainer's written | ||
statement under subdivision (4) of this subsection | ||
(g) and, if any, the return-to-play and | ||
return-to-learn recommendations of the treating | ||
physician or the athletic trainer, as the case may | ||
be. | ||
A coach of an interscholastic athletics team may not | ||
authorize a student's return to play or return to learn. | ||
The district superintendent or the superintendent's | ||
designee in the case of a public elementary or secondary | ||
school, the chief school administrator or that person's | ||
designee in the case of a charter school, or the appropriate | ||
administrative officer or that person's designee in the case of | ||
a private school shall supervise an athletic trainer or other | ||
person responsible for compliance with the return-to-play | ||
protocol and shall supervise the person responsible for | ||
compliance with the return-to-learn protocol. The person who | ||
has supervisory responsibilities under this paragraph may not | ||
be a coach of an interscholastic athletics team. | ||
(h)(1) The Illinois High School Association shall approve, |
for coaches and game officials of interscholastic athletic | ||
activities, training courses that provide for not less than 2 | ||
hours of training in the subject matter of concussions, | ||
including evaluation, prevention, symptoms, risks, and | ||
long-term effects. The Association shall maintain an updated | ||
list of individuals and organizations authorized by the | ||
Association to provide the training. | ||
(2) The following persons must take a training course in | ||
accordance with paragraph (4) of this subsection (h) from an | ||
authorized training provider at least once every 2 years: | ||
(A) a coach of an interscholastic athletic activity; | ||
(B) a nurse who serves as a member of a concussion | ||
oversight team and is an employee, representative, or agent | ||
of a school; | ||
(C) a game official of an interscholastic athletic | ||
activity; and | ||
(D) a nurse who serves on a volunteer basis as a member | ||
of a concussion oversight team for a school. | ||
(3) A physician who serves as a member of a concussion | ||
oversight team shall, to the greatest extent practicable, | ||
periodically take an appropriate continuing medical education | ||
course in the subject matter of concussions. | ||
(4) For purposes of paragraph (2) of this subsection (h): | ||
(A) a coach or game officials, as the case may be, must | ||
take a course described in paragraph (1) of this subsection | ||
(h). |
(B) an athletic trainer must take a concussion-related | ||
continuing education course from an athletic trainer | ||
continuing education sponsor approved by the Department; | ||
and | ||
(C) a nurse must take a course concerning the subject | ||
matter of concussions that has been approved for continuing | ||
education credit by the Department. | ||
(5) Each person described in paragraph (2) of this | ||
subsection (h) must submit proof of timely completion of an | ||
approved course in compliance with paragraph (4) of this | ||
subsection (h) to the district superintendent or the | ||
superintendent's designee in the case of a public elementary or | ||
secondary school, the chief school administrator or that | ||
person's designee in the case of a charter school, or the | ||
appropriate administrative officer or that person's designee | ||
in the case of a private school. | ||
(6) A physician, athletic trainer, or nurse who is not in | ||
compliance with the training requirements under this | ||
subsection (h) may not serve on a concussion oversight team in | ||
any capacity. | ||
(7) A person required under this subsection (h) to take a | ||
training course in the subject of concussions must initially | ||
complete the training not later than September 1, 2016. | ||
(i) The governing body of each public or charter school and | ||
the appropriate administrative officer of a private school with | ||
students enrolled who participate in an interscholastic |
athletic activity shall develop a school-specific emergency | ||
action plan for interscholastic athletic activities to address | ||
the serious injuries and acute medical conditions in which the | ||
condition of the student may deteriorate rapidly. The plan | ||
shall include a delineation of roles, methods of communication, | ||
available emergency equipment, and access to and a plan for | ||
emergency transport. This emergency action plan must be: | ||
(1) in writing; | ||
(2) reviewed by the concussion oversight team; | ||
(3) approved by the district superintendent or the | ||
superintendent's designee in the case of a public | ||
elementary or secondary school, the chief school | ||
administrator or that person's designee in the case of a | ||
charter school, or the appropriate administrative officer | ||
or that person's designee in the case of a private school; | ||
(4) distributed to all appropriate personnel; | ||
(5) posted conspicuously at all venues utilized by the | ||
school; and | ||
(6) reviewed annually by all athletic trainers, first | ||
responders, coaches, school nurses, athletic directors, | ||
and volunteers for interscholastic athletic activities. | ||
(j) The State Board of Education may adopt rules as | ||
necessary to administer this Section.
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(105 ILCS 5/27A-5)
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Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements.
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(a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian, | ||
nonreligious, non-home
based, and non-profit school. A charter | ||
school shall be organized and operated
as a nonprofit | ||
corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity
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authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
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(b) A charter school may be established under this Article | ||
by creating a new
school or by converting an existing public | ||
school or attendance center to
charter
school status.
Beginning | ||
on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | ||
General
Assembly, in all new
applications to establish
a | ||
charter
school in a city having a population exceeding 500,000, | ||
operation of the
charter
school shall be limited to one campus. | ||
The changes made to this Section by this
amendatory Act
of the | ||
93rd General
Assembly do not apply to charter schools existing | ||
or approved on or before the
effective date of this
amendatory | ||
Act. | ||
(b-5) In this subsection (b-5), "virtual-schooling" means | ||
a cyber school where students engage in online curriculum and | ||
instruction via the Internet and electronic communication with | ||
their teachers at remote locations and with students | ||
participating at different times. | ||
From April 1, 2013 through December 31, 2016, there is a | ||
moratorium on the establishment of charter schools with | ||
virtual-schooling components in school districts other than a | ||
school district organized under Article 34 of this Code. This | ||
moratorium does not apply to a charter school with |
virtual-schooling components existing or approved prior to | ||
April 1, 2013 or to the renewal of the charter of a charter | ||
school with virtual-schooling components already approved | ||
prior to April 1, 2013. | ||
On or before March 1, 2014, the Commission shall submit to | ||
the General Assembly a report on the effect of | ||
virtual-schooling, including without limitation the effect on | ||
student performance, the costs associated with | ||
virtual-schooling, and issues with oversight. The report shall | ||
include policy recommendations for virtual-schooling.
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(c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by | ||
its board of
directors or other governing body
in the manner | ||
provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter school
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shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and the Open | ||
Meetings Act.
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(d) A charter school shall comply with all applicable | ||
health and safety
requirements applicable to public schools | ||
under the laws of the State of
Illinois.
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(e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a | ||
charter school shall
not charge tuition; provided that a | ||
charter school may charge reasonable fees
for textbooks, | ||
instructional materials, and student activities.
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(f) A charter school shall be responsible for the | ||
management and operation
of its fiscal affairs including,
but | ||
not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each | ||
charter
school's finances shall be conducted annually by an |
outside, independent
contractor retained by the charter | ||
school. To ensure financial accountability for the use of | ||
public funds, on or before December 1 of every year of | ||
operation, each charter school shall submit to its authorizer | ||
and the State Board a copy of its audit and a copy of the Form | ||
990 the charter school filed that year with the federal | ||
Internal Revenue Service. In addition, if deemed necessary for | ||
proper financial oversight of the charter school, an authorizer | ||
may require quarterly financial statements from each charter | ||
school.
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(g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of | ||
this Article; the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act; all | ||
federal and State laws and rules applicable to public schools | ||
that pertain to special education and the instruction of | ||
English language learners, referred to in this Code as | ||
"children of limited English-speaking ability"; and
its | ||
charter. A charter
school is exempt from all other State laws | ||
and regulations in this Code
governing public
schools and local | ||
school board policies, except the following:
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(1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this Code regarding | ||
criminal
history records checks and checks of the Statewide | ||
Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent | ||
Offender Against Youth Database of applicants for | ||
employment;
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(2) Sections 24-24 and 34-84A of this Code regarding | ||
discipline of
students;
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(3) the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees | ||
Tort Immunity Act;
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(4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit | ||
Corporation Act of 1986
regarding indemnification of | ||
officers, directors, employees, and agents;
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(5) the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
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(6) the Illinois School Student Records Act;
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(7) Section 10-17a of this Code regarding school report | ||
cards;
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(8) the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act; | ||
and | ||
(9) Section 27-23.7 of this Code regarding bullying | ||
prevention ; . | ||
(10) (9) Section 2-3.162 2-3.160 of this the School | ||
Code regarding student discipline reporting ; and . | ||
(11) Section 22-80 of this Code. | ||
The change made by Public Act 96-104 to this subsection (g) | ||
is declaratory of existing law. | ||
(h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a | ||
school district, the
governing body of a State college or | ||
university or public community college, or
any other public or | ||
for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use
of a | ||
school building and grounds or any other real property or | ||
facilities that
the charter school desires to use or convert | ||
for use as a charter school site,
(ii) the operation and | ||
maintenance thereof, and
(iii) the provision of any service, |
activity, or undertaking that the charter
school is required to | ||
perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
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However, a charter school
that is established on
or
after the | ||
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
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Assembly and that operates
in a city having a population | ||
exceeding
500,000 may not contract with a for-profit entity to
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manage or operate the school during the period that commences | ||
on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | ||
General Assembly and
concludes at the end of the 2004-2005 | ||
school year.
Except as provided in subsection (i) of this | ||
Section, a school district may
charge a charter school | ||
reasonable rent for the use of the district's
buildings, | ||
grounds, and facilities. Any services for which a charter | ||
school
contracts
with a school district shall be provided by | ||
the district at cost. Any services
for which a charter school | ||
contracts with a local school board or with the
governing body | ||
of a State college or university or public community college
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shall be provided by the public entity at cost.
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(i) In no event shall a charter school that is established | ||
by converting an
existing school or attendance center to | ||
charter school status be required to
pay rent for space
that is | ||
deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter | ||
agreement,
in school district
facilities. However, all other | ||
costs for the operation and maintenance of
school district | ||
facilities that are used by the charter school shall be subject
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to negotiation between
the charter school and the local school |
board and shall be set forth in the
charter.
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(j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age or | ||
grade level.
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(k) If the charter school is approved by the Commission, | ||
then the Commission charter school is its own local education | ||
agency. | ||
(Source: P.A. 97-152, eff. 7-20-11; 97-154, eff. 1-1-12; | ||
97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 98-16, eff. 5-24-13; 98-639, eff. 6-9-14; | ||
98-669, eff. 6-26-14; 98-739, eff. 7-16-14; 98-783, eff. | ||
1-1-15; 98-1059, eff. 8-26-14; 98-1102, eff. 8-26-14; revised | ||
10-14-14.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.54 rep.) | ||
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.46 rep.) | ||
Section 85. The School Code is amended by repealing | ||
Sections 10-20.54 and 34-18.46.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. |