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1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Course |
5 | | Access Act. |
6 | | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: |
7 | | "Course provider" means an entity authorized by the State |
8 | | Board to offer individual courses in person, online, or a |
9 | | combination of the 2, including, but not limited to, online |
10 | | education providers, public or private elementary and |
11 | | secondary education institutions, education service agencies, |
12 | | not-for-profit providers, postsecondary education |
13 | | institutions, and vocational or technical course providers. |
14 | | "Eligible funded student" means any eligible participating |
15 | | student who is currently enrolled in a public school or charter |
16 | | school. |
17 | | "Eligible participating student" means any student in |
18 | | kindergarten through grade 12 who resides in this State. |
19 | | "Public school" means a public school or charter school. |
20 | | "State Board" means the State Board of Education. |
21 | | "State Course Access Catalog" means the website developed |
22 | | for the State Board of Education that provides a listing of all |
23 | | courses authorized and available to students in this State, |
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1 | | detailed information about the courses to inform student |
2 | | enrollment decisions, and the ability for students to submit |
3 | | their course enrollments. The data in this Catalog shall be |
4 | | published online in an open format that may be retrieved, |
5 | | downloaded, indexed, and searched by commonly used web search |
6 | | applications. An open format shall be platform-independent, |
7 | | machine-readable, and made available to the public without |
8 | | restrictions that may impede the reuse of that information. The |
9 | | data in the Catalog shall be owned by the State Board. |
10 | | "State Course Access Program" means the Program created |
11 | | under this Act. |
12 | | Section 10. Enrollment.
An eligible participating student |
13 | | may enroll in State Course Access Program courses. |
14 | | An eligible funded student may enroll in State Course |
15 | | Access Program courses only if the courses the eligible funded |
16 | | student wants to enroll in are not offered at the eligible |
17 | | funded student's school. |
18 | | An eligible funded student may enroll in State Course |
19 | | Access Program courses that are funded by the Program up to the |
20 | | following levels, unless additional courses are approved by the |
21 | | school where they are enrolled: |
22 | | (1) 2016-2017 school year: Students attending a public |
23 | | school who choose to participate in the State Course Access |
24 | | Program and entering the school year with credits equal to |
25 | | the junior or senior level of high school may take up to 2 |
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1 | | courses per semester. |
2 | | (2) 2017-2018 school year: Students attending a public |
3 | | school who choose to participate in the State Course Access |
4 | | Program and entering the school year with credits equal to |
5 | | the sophomore, junior, or senior level of high school may |
6 | | take up to 2 courses per semester. |
7 | | (3) 2018-2019 school year and all school years |
8 | | thereafter: Students attending a public school who choose |
9 | | to participate in the State Course Access Program and |
10 | | entering grades 9 through 12 may take up to 2 courses per |
11 | | semester. |
12 | | The families of eligible funded students and other eligible |
13 | | participating students may pay to enroll in State Course Access |
14 | | Program courses above the levels specified under Section 50 of |
15 | | this Act.
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16 | | Public and charter schools where eligible funded students |
17 | | are enrolled full time may review enrollment requests to ensure |
18 | | courses are academically appropriate, logistically feasible, |
19 | | keep the student on track for an on-time graduation, and do not |
20 | | extend a student beyond a full-time course load. The public and |
21 | | charter schools may only reject enrollment requests for not |
22 | | doing so. |
23 | | The public and charter schools must complete the review and |
24 | | denial process within 5 days of the student enrolling in the |
25 | | course. |
26 | | Public and charter schools shall inform students and |
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1 | | families at the time of denial of their right to appeal any |
2 | | enrollment denials in State Course Access Program courses to |
3 | | the school board, which shall provide a final enrollment |
4 | | decision within 7 calendar days. |
5 | | Section 15. Provider authorization process.
The State |
6 | | Board shall: |
7 | | (1)
Establish an authorization process for course |
8 | | providers that may include multiple opportunities for |
9 | | submission each year. |
10 | | (2) Not later than 90 calendar days from the initial |
11 | | submission date, authorize course providers that: |
12 | | (A) meet the criteria established under Section 20 |
13 | | of this Act; and
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14 | | (B) provide courses that offer the instructional |
15 | | rigor and scope required under Section 25 of this Act. |
16 | | (3) Not later than 90 calendar days from the initial |
17 | | submission date, provide a written explanation to any |
18 | | course providers that are denied. If a course provider is |
19 | | denied authorization, the provider may apply again in the |
20 | | future. If a course provider is denied authorization 3 |
21 | | times, the provider will no longer be able to apply. |
22 | | (4) Publish the process established under Section 20 of |
23 | | this Act, including any deadlines and any guidelines |
24 | | applicable to the submission and authorization process for |
25 | | providers. |
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1 | | If the State Board determines that there are insufficient |
2 | | funds available for evaluating and authorizing course |
3 | | providers, it may charge applicant providers a fee up to, but |
4 | | no greater than, the amount of the costs in order to ensure |
5 | | that evaluation occurs. The State Board shall establish and |
6 | | publish a fee schedule for purposes of this Section. |
7 | | Section 20. Course provider criteria.
To be authorized to |
8 | | offer a course through the State Course Access Program, a |
9 | | provider must: |
10 | | (1) Comply with all applicable anti-discrimination |
11 | | provisions and applicable State and federal student data |
12 | | privacy provisions, including, but not limited to, the |
13 | | federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. |
14 | | (2) Provide an assurance that all online information |
15 | | and resources for online or blended courses are fully |
16 | | accessible for students of all abilities, including that: |
17 | | (A) all of the courses submitted for approval are |
18 | | reviewed to ensure they meet legal accessibility |
19 | | standards; |
20 | | (B) the provider has created and promulgated an |
21 | | Accessibility Online Public and Charter Schools |
22 | | Policy; |
23 | | (C) the provider has designated a Section 504 |
24 | | Coordinator and a Grievance Policy, and issued annual |
25 | | notifications; |
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1 | | (D) the provider has policies and activities to |
2 | | ensure their organizational and course websites meet |
3 | | accessibility requirements; and
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4 | | (E) the provider has no gateway exam or test where |
5 | | a specific score is required to participate in the |
6 | | Program courses beyond completion of prerequisite |
7 | | coursework or demonstrated mastery of prerequisite |
8 | | material. |
9 | | (3) Demonstrate either: |
10 | | (A) prior evidence of delivering quality outcomes |
11 | | for students, as demonstrated by completion rates, |
12 | | student level growth, proficiency, or other |
13 | | quantifiable outcomes; or
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14 | | (B) for course providers applying to offer a |
15 | | subject or grade level for the first time, provide a |
16 | | detailed justification, in a manner determined by the |
17 | | State Board, of how their organization's subject |
18 | | matter, instructional, and technical expertise will |
19 | | allow public and charter schools to produce successful |
20 | | outcomes for students. |
21 | | (4) Ensure instructional and curricular quality |
22 | | through a detailed curriculum and student performance |
23 | | accountability plan that aligns with and measures student |
24 | | attainment of relevant State academic standards or other |
25 | | relevant standards in courses without State academic |
26 | | standards. |
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1 | | (5) Provide assurances that the course provider shall |
2 | | provide electronically, in a manner and format determined |
3 | | by the State Board, a detailed student record of |
4 | | enrollment, performance, completion, and grading |
5 | | information with the school systems where eligible |
6 | | participating students are enrolled full time. |
7 | | Additional criteria developed by the State Board shall be |
8 | | used to evaluate providers, and may include International |
9 | | Association for K-12 Online Learning, National Standards for |
10 | | Quality Online Teaching, National Standards for Quality Online |
11 | | Courses, Southern Regional Education Board, AdvancED, or other |
12 | | nationally recognized third party quality standards.
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13 | | Section 25. Course quality reviews.
The State Board shall |
14 | | establish a course review and approval process. The process may |
15 | | be implemented by the State Board or by an entity designated by |
16 | | the State Board. |
17 | | In order to be approved and added to the State Course |
18 | | Access Catalog, a course must: |
19 | | (1) Be one of the following types: |
20 | | (A) a course that satisfies high school graduation |
21 | | requirements; |
22 | | (B) a course identified by the State Board as |
23 | | necessary for college-readiness; |
24 | | (C) an Advanced Placement or International |
25 | | Baccalaureate course; |
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1 | | (D) a music or arts course; |
2 | | (E) a STEM course; |
3 | | (F) a foreign language course; |
4 | | (G) a dual credit course that allows students to |
5 | | earn college credit or other advanced credit; or |
6 | | (H) a vocational or technical course, including |
7 | | apprenticeships and High School Career Exploration and |
8 | | Readiness courses. |
9 | | (2) Be, at a minimum, the equivalent in instructional |
10 | | rigor and scope to a course that is provided in a |
11 | | traditional classroom setting. |
12 | | (3) Be aligned to relevant State academic standards or |
13 | | industry standards. |
14 | | (4) Possess an assessment component for determining |
15 | | student proficiency and student growth where applicable. |
16 | | (5) Be designed and implemented consistently with |
17 | | criteria established by the International Association for |
18 | | K-12 Online Learning (INACOL) National Standards for |
19 | | Quality Online Teaching and INACOL National Standards for |
20 | | Quality Online Courses, the Southern Regional Education |
21 | | Board, or AdvancED or with other nationally or |
22 | | industry-recognized third party quality standards. |
23 | | (6) Be taught by a teacher who holds a professional |
24 | | educator license under Article 21B of the School Code. |
25 | | A course provider other than the Illinois Virtual School |
26 | | may offer an online course only if the Illinois Virtual School |
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1 | | decides to not offer the course via the State Course Access |
2 | | Catalog. |
3 | | Section 30. Provider and course monitoring and |
4 | | reauthorization.
The initial authorization of the course |
5 | | provider and approved courses shall be for a period of 3 years.
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6 | | Providers must annually report, in such a manner as directed by |
7 | | the State Board: |
8 | | (1) student enrollment data; |
9 | | (2) student outcomes, growth measures when available, |
10 | | proficiency rates, and completion rates for each subject |
11 | | area and grade level; and |
12 | | (3) student and parental feedback on overall |
13 | | satisfaction and quality. |
14 | | After the second year of the initial authorization period, |
15 | | the State Board shall conduct a thorough review of the course |
16 | | provider's activities and the academic performance of the |
17 | | students enrolled in courses offered by the course provider. |
18 | | If the performance of the students enrolled in courses |
19 | | offered by the course provider does not meet agreed-upon |
20 | | performance standards at any time, the course provider shall be |
21 | | placed on probation and shall be required to submit a plan for |
22 | | improvement. The State Board shall determine the terms of |
23 | | probation, including, but not limited to, the results the |
24 | | course provider must achieve to return to good standing. Course |
25 | | providers shall have a minimum of 60 days to achieve the |
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1 | | results indicated in their terms of probation. The State Board |
2 | | shall, at its sole discretion, determine if the course provider |
3 | | has met the specified results required for the course provider |
4 | | to return to good standing. If a course provider fails to |
5 | | return to good standing within the timeframe cited in its terms |
6 | | of probation, the State Board may terminate its status as a |
7 | | course provider. Course providers terminated as a result of |
8 | | being put on probation may not reapply to become a course |
9 | | provider for 2 years from the time the State Board revoked its |
10 | | status. |
11 | | After the initial 3-year authorization period, the State |
12 | | Board may reauthorize the course provider for additional |
13 | | periods of up to 5 years after thorough review of the course |
14 | | provider's activities and the achievement of students enrolled |
15 | | in courses offered by the course provider. |
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The State Board may exclude a course provided by an |
17 | | authorized provider at any time if the State Board determines |
18 | | that: |
19 | | (A) the course is no longer adequately aligned with the |
20 | | State academic standards; |
21 | | (B) the course no longer provides a detailed and |
22 | | quality curriculum and accountability plan; or |
23 | | (C) the course fails to deliver outcomes as measured by |
24 | | course completion, proficiency, or student academic growth |
25 | | on State or nationally accepted assessments. |
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1 | | Section 35. Interstate course reciprocity. The State Board |
2 | | may enter into a reciprocity agreement with other states for |
3 | | the purpose of authorizing and approving high quality providers |
4 | | and courses for the State Course Access Program and the |
5 | | operation of the State Course Access Catalog. |
6 | | Section 40. Responsibilities of the State Board. |
7 | | (a)
The State Board shall: |
8 | | (1) Publish the criteria required under Section 20 of |
9 | | this Act for courses that may be offered through the State |
10 | | Course Access Program. |
11 | | (2) Be responsible for creating the State Course Access |
12 | | Catalog. |
13 | | (3) Publish a link to the Catalog in a prominent |
14 | | location on the State Board's website, which includes a |
15 | | listing of courses offered by authorized providers |
16 | | available through the Program, a detailed description of |
17 | | the courses, and any available student completion and |
18 | | outcome data. |
19 | | (4) Establish and publish a timeframe or specific dates |
20 | | by which students are able to withdraw from a course |
21 | | provided through the Program without the student, public |
22 | | and charter schools, or course provider incurring a |
23 | | penalty. |
24 | | (5) Maintain on its official website in a prominent |
25 | | location an informed choice report. Each report under this |
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1 | | Section must: |
2 | | (A) be updated within 30 calendar days of |
3 | | additional provider authorizations; |
4 | | (B) describe each course offered through the |
5 | | Program and include information such as course |
6 | | requirements and the school year calendar for the |
7 | | course, including any options for continued |
8 | | participation outside of the standard school year |
9 | | calendar; |
10 | | (C) include student and parental comments and |
11 | | feedback as detailed under Section 35 of this Act; and |
12 | | (D) be published online in an open format that can |
13 | | be retrieved, downloaded, indexed, and searched by |
14 | | commonly used web search applications. An open format |
15 | | is one that is platform-independent, machine-readable, |
16 | | and made available to the public without restrictions |
17 | | that would impede the reuse of that information. |
18 | | (b) The State Board shall submit an annual report on the |
19 | | Program and the participation of entities to the Governor, the |
20 | | Chairperson and Minority Spokesperson of the Education |
21 | | Committee of the Senate, and the Chairperson and Minority |
22 | | Spokesperson of the Elementary and Secondary Education |
23 | | Committee of the House of Representatives. The report shall at |
24 | | a minimum include the following information: |
25 | | (1) The annual number of students participating in |
26 | | courses authorized under this Act and the total number of |
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1 | | courses students are enrolled in. |
2 | | (2) The number of authorized providers. |
3 | | (3) The number of authorized courses and the number of |
4 | | students enrolled in each course.
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5 | | (4) The number of courses available by subject. |
6 | | (5) The number of students enrolled in courses by |
7 | | subject. |
8 | | (6) Student outcome data, including completion rates, |
9 | | student learning gains, student performance on State or |
10 | | nationally accepted assessments, by subject and grade |
11 | | level by provider. This outcome data should be published in |
12 | | a manner that protects student privacy. |
13 | | The State Board shall note any data that are not yet |
14 | | available at the time of publication and when these data will |
15 | | become available and include these data in future reports. |
16 | | The report and underlying data shall be published online in |
17 | | an open format that can be retrieved, downloaded, indexed, and |
18 | | searched by commonly used web search applications. An open |
19 | | format is one that is platform-independent, machine-readable, |
20 | | and made available to the public without restrictions that |
21 | | would impede the reuse of that information.
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22 | | Section 45. Responsibilities of the local school district. |
23 | | (a)
A public school shall:
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24 | | (1) State, in writing to the State Board, whether it |
25 | | wants to participate in the State Course Access Program |
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1 | | during the 2016-2017 school year. |
2 | | (2) Provide information by letter or email to students |
3 | | and parents at home and by at least 2 other means, such as |
4 | | community flyers, newspaper postings, student report |
5 | | cards, or other methods.
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6 | | (3) Publish information and eligibility guidelines on |
7 | | the school and school district's web sites. |
8 | | (b) Each local school system shall establish policies and |
9 | | procedures whereby, for each eligible participating student, |
10 | | credits earned through the course provider shall appear on each |
11 | | student's official transcript and count fully toward the |
12 | | requirements of any approved Illinois diploma. |
13 | | (c) The State Board shall adopt rules necessary to |
14 | | implement this Section, including, but not limited to, the |
15 | | requirements of school governing authorities or local school |
16 | | systems whose students enroll in courses offered by authorized |
17 | | course providers. |
18 | | (d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent a |
19 | | school entity from establishing its own online course or |
20 | | program in accordance with this Act.
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21 | | Section 50. Funding. |
22 | | (a) Per-course tuition shall be determined as follows: |
23 | | (1) The course provider shall receive per-course |
24 | | tuition for each eligible funded student at a fair and |
25 | | reasonable rate negotiated by the State Board and the |
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1 | | course provider that is inclusive of all required course |
2 | | materials and transportation expenses. Course providers |
3 | | are only responsible for providing transportation for |
4 | | students who are enrolled in a free or reduced-price lunch |
5 | | program. Transfers of course payments shall be made by the |
6 | | State Board on behalf of the responsible school district in |
7 | | which the student resides to the authorized course |
8 | | provider. |
9 | | (2) The course provider shall receive payment from the |
10 | | State Board only for the courses in which an eligible |
11 | | funded student is enrolled. The remaining funds for each |
12 | | student shall remain with the local school system in which |
13 | | the student is enrolled full time. |
14 | | (3) The course provider shall accept the amount |
15 | | specified in this Section as total tuition and fees for the |
16 | | eligible funded student. |
17 | | (4) The course provider may charge tuition to any other |
18 | | eligible participating student up to an amount determined |
19 | | by the course provider and State Board. |
20 | | (b) Payment of tuition to course providers shall be based |
21 | | upon student success and made as follows: |
22 | | (1) Fifty percent of the amount of tuition to be paid |
23 | | or transferred to the course provider shall be transferred |
24 | | upon student enrollment in a course, and 50% shall be |
25 | | dependent upon student success in the course. |
26 | | (2) Student success may, in the 2016-2017 school year, |
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1 | | be measured based on course completion, but the State Board |
2 | | may create new measures of student success by the 2017-2018 |
3 | | school year for use in courses where externally validated |
4 | | measures are available. These measures of student |
5 | | outcomes, based on either proficiency or growth, shall |
6 | | include results from independent end-of-course exams, |
7 | | Advanced Placement exams, International Baccalaureate |
8 | | exams, receipt of industry-recognized credentials, receipt |
9 | | of credit from institutions of higher education, or other |
10 | | externally validated measures. |
11 | | (3) Partial payments for delayed completions shall be |
12 | | determined as follows: If a student does not successfully |
13 | | complete a course according to the published course length |
14 | | in which the course provider has received the first payment |
15 | | pursuant to this Section, the provider shall receive 75% of |
16 | | the tuition that is dependent upon student success, as |
17 | | defined in Section 30 of this Act, only if the student |
18 | | completes and receives credit for the course within one |
19 | | additional semester. |
20 | | Section 900. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
21 | | 27A-5 as follows:
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22 | | (105 ILCS 5/27A-5)
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23 | | Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements.
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24 | | (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian, |
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1 | | nonreligious, non-home
based, and non-profit school. A charter |
2 | | school shall be organized and operated
as a nonprofit |
3 | | corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity
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4 | | authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
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5 | | (b) A charter school may be established under this Article |
6 | | by creating a new
school or by converting an existing public |
7 | | school or attendance center to
charter
school status.
Beginning |
8 | | on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd |
9 | | General
Assembly, in all new
applications to establish
a |
10 | | charter
school in a city having a population exceeding 500,000, |
11 | | operation of the
charter
school shall be limited to one campus. |
12 | | The changes made to this Section by this
amendatory Act
of the |
13 | | 93rd General
Assembly do not apply to charter schools existing |
14 | | or approved on or before the
effective date of this
amendatory |
15 | | Act. |
16 | | (b-5) In this subsection (b-5), "virtual-schooling" means |
17 | | a cyber school where students engage in online curriculum and |
18 | | instruction via the Internet and electronic communication with |
19 | | their teachers at remote locations and with students |
20 | | participating at different times. |
21 | | From April 1, 2013 through December 31, 2016, there is a |
22 | | moratorium on the establishment of charter schools with |
23 | | virtual-schooling components in school districts other than a |
24 | | school district organized under Article 34 of this Code. This |
25 | | moratorium does not apply to a charter school with |
26 | | virtual-schooling components existing or approved prior to |
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1 | | April 1, 2013 or to the renewal of the charter of a charter |
2 | | school with virtual-schooling components already approved |
3 | | prior to April 1, 2013. |
4 | | On or before March 1, 2014, the Commission shall submit to |
5 | | the General Assembly a report on the effect of |
6 | | virtual-schooling, including without limitation the effect on |
7 | | student performance, the costs associated with |
8 | | virtual-schooling, and issues with oversight. The report shall |
9 | | include policy recommendations for virtual-schooling.
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10 | | (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by |
11 | | its board of
directors or other governing body
in the manner |
12 | | provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter school
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13 | | shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and the Open |
14 | | Meetings Act.
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15 | | (d) A charter school shall comply with all applicable |
16 | | health and safety
requirements applicable to public schools |
17 | | under the laws of the State of
Illinois.
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18 | | (e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a |
19 | | charter school shall
not charge tuition; provided that a |
20 | | charter school may charge reasonable fees
for textbooks, |
21 | | instructional materials, and student activities.
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22 | | (f) A charter school shall be responsible for the |
23 | | management and operation
of its fiscal affairs including,
but |
24 | | not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each |
25 | | charter
school's finances shall be conducted annually by an |
26 | | outside, independent
contractor retained by the charter |
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1 | | school. To ensure financial accountability for the use of |
2 | | public funds, on or before December 1 of every year of |
3 | | operation, each charter school shall submit to its authorizer |
4 | | and the State Board a copy of its audit and a copy of the Form |
5 | | 990 the charter school filed that year with the federal |
6 | | Internal Revenue Service. In addition, if deemed necessary for |
7 | | proper financial oversight of the charter school, an authorizer |
8 | | may require quarterly financial statements from each charter |
9 | | school.
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10 | | (g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of |
11 | | this Article; the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act; all |
12 | | federal and State laws and rules applicable to public schools |
13 | | that pertain to special education and the instruction of |
14 | | English language learners, referred to in this Code as |
15 | | "children of limited English-speaking ability"; and
its |
16 | | charter. A charter
school is exempt from all other State laws |
17 | | and regulations in this Code
governing public
schools and local |
18 | | school board policies ; however a charter school is not exempt |
19 | | from , except the following:
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20 | | (1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this Code regarding |
21 | | criminal
history records checks and checks of the Statewide |
22 | | Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent |
23 | | Offender Against Youth Database of applicants for |
24 | | employment;
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25 | | (2) Sections 24-24 and 34-84A of this Code regarding |
26 | | discipline of
students;
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1 | | (3) the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees |
2 | | Tort Immunity Act;
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3 | | (4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit |
4 | | Corporation Act of 1986
regarding indemnification of |
5 | | officers, directors, employees, and agents;
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6 | | (5) the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
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7 | | (6) the Illinois School Student Records Act;
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8 | | (7) Section 10-17a of this Code regarding school report |
9 | | cards;
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10 | | (8) the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act; |
11 | | and |
12 | | (9) Section 27-23.7 of this Code regarding bullying |
13 | | prevention ; . |
14 | | (10) (9) Section 2-3.162 2-3.160 of this the School |
15 | | Code regarding student discipline reporting ; and . |
16 | | (11) The Course Access Act. |
17 | | The change made by Public Act 96-104 to this subsection (g) |
18 | | is declaratory of existing law. |
19 | | (h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a |
20 | | school district, the
governing body of a State college or |
21 | | university or public community college, or
any other public or |
22 | | for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use
of a |
23 | | school building and grounds or any other real property or |
24 | | facilities that
the charter school desires to use or convert |
25 | | for use as a charter school site,
(ii) the operation and |
26 | | maintenance thereof, and
(iii) the provision of any service, |
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1 | | activity, or undertaking that the charter
school is required to |
2 | | perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
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3 | | However, a charter school
that is established on
or
after the |
4 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
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5 | | Assembly and that operates
in a city having a population |
6 | | exceeding
500,000 may not contract with a for-profit entity to
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7 | | manage or operate the school during the period that commences |
8 | | on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd |
9 | | General Assembly and
concludes at the end of the 2004-2005 |
10 | | school year.
Except as provided in subsection (i) of this |
11 | | Section, a school district may
charge a charter school |
12 | | reasonable rent for the use of the district's
buildings, |
13 | | grounds, and facilities. Any services for which a charter |
14 | | school
contracts
with a school district shall be provided by |
15 | | the district at cost. Any services
for which a charter school |
16 | | contracts with a local school board or with the
governing body |
17 | | of a State college or university or public community college
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18 | | shall be provided by the public entity at cost.
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19 | | (i) In no event shall a charter school that is established |
20 | | by converting an
existing school or attendance center to |
21 | | charter school status be required to
pay rent for space
that is |
22 | | deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter |
23 | | agreement,
in school district
facilities. However, all other |
24 | | costs for the operation and maintenance of
school district |
25 | | facilities that are used by the charter school shall be subject
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26 | | to negotiation between
the charter school and the local school |
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1 | | board and shall be set forth in the
charter.
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2 | | (j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age or |
3 | | grade level.
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4 | | (k) If the charter school is approved by the Commission, |
5 | | then the Commission charter school is its own local education |
6 | | agency. |
7 | | (Source: P.A. 97-152, eff. 7-20-11; 97-154, eff. 1-1-12; |
8 | | 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 98-16, eff. 5-24-13; 98-639, eff. 6-9-14; |
9 | | 98-669, eff. 6-26-14; 98-739, eff. 7-16-14; 98-783, eff. |
10 | | 1-1-15; 98-1059, eff. 8-26-14; 98-1102, eff. 8-26-14; revised |
11 | | 10-14-14.)
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12 | | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
13 | | 1, 2016.
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