Full Text of SB1977 96th General Assembly
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Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 5/6/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1977
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1977 as follows:
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| on page 1, line 5, before "2-3.11c", by inserting "2-3.11,"; | 4 |
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| on page 1, line 5, after "2-3.66,", by inserting "2-3.73,"; and
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| on page 1, line 7, before "27-17", by inserting "27-13.3,"; and
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| on page 1, line 7, after "27-24.6,", by inserting "27A-5,"; and
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| on page 1, immediately below line 8, by inserting the | 9 |
| following:
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| "(105 ILCS 5/2-3.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11)
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| Sec. 2-3.11. Report to Governor and General Assembly. To | 12 |
| Using the most recently available data, to report to the
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| Governor and General Assembly annually on or before January 14 | 2 |
| the
condition of the schools
of the State using the most | 3 |
| recently available data for the preceding year, ending on June | 4 |
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| Such annual report shall contain reports of the State | 6 |
| Teacher
Certification Board; the schools of the State | 7 |
| charitable
institutions; reports on driver education, special | 8 |
| education,
and transportation; and for such year the annual | 9 |
| statistical
reports of the State Board of Education, including | 10 |
| the number
and kinds of school districts; number of school | 11 |
| attendance
centers; number of men and women teachers; | 12 |
| enrollment by
grades; total enrollment; total days attendance; | 13 |
| total days
absence; average daily attendance; number of | 14 |
| elementary and
secondary school graduates;
assessed valuation; | 15 |
| tax levies
and tax rates for various purposes; amount of | 16 |
| teachers' orders,
anticipation warrants, and bonds | 17 |
| outstanding; and number of men
and women teachers and total | 18 |
| enrollment of private schools.
The report shall give for all | 19 |
| school districts receipts from
all sources and expenditures for | 20 |
| all purposes for each fund;
the total operating expense,
the | 21 |
| per capita cost, and instructional expenditures; federal
and | 22 |
| state aids and reimbursements; new school buildings, and
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| recognized schools; together with such other information and
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| suggestions as the State Board of Education may deem important
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| in relation to the schools and school laws and the means of
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| promoting education throughout the state.
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| In this Section, "instructional expenditures" means the | 2 |
| annual expenditures of school districts properly attributable | 3 |
| to expenditure functions defined in rules of the State Board of | 4 |
| Education as:
1100 (Regular Education); 1200-1220 (Special | 5 |
| Education); 1250 (Ed. Deprived/Remedial); 1400 (Vocational | 6 |
| Programs); 1600 (Summer School); 1650 (Gifted); 1800 | 7 |
| (Bilingual Programs); 1900 (Truant Alternative); 2110 | 8 |
| (Attendance and Social Work Services); 2120 (Guidance | 9 |
| Services); 2130 (Health Services); 2140 (Psychological | 10 |
| Services); 2150 (Speech Pathology and Audiology Services); | 11 |
| 2190 (Other Support Services Pupils); 2210 (Improvement of | 12 |
| Instruction); 2220 (Educational Media Services); 2230 | 13 |
| (Assessment and Testing); 2540 (Operation and Maintenance of | 14 |
| Plant Services); 2550 (Pupil Transportation Service); 2560 | 15 |
| (Food Service); 4110 (Payments for Regular Programs); 4120 | 16 |
| (Payments for Special Education Programs); 4130 (Payments for | 17 |
| Adult Education Programs); 4140 (Payments for Vocational | 18 |
| Education Programs); 4170 (Payments for Community College | 19 |
| Programs); 4190 (Other payments to in-state government units); | 20 |
| and 4200 (Other payments to out of state government units).
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| (Source: P.A. 95-793, eff. 1-1-09.)"; and
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| on page 11, immediately below line 17, by inserting the | 23 |
| following:
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| "(105 ILCS 5/2-3.73) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.73)
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| Sec. 2-3.73. Missing child program. The State Board of | 2 |
| Education shall
administer and implement a missing child | 3 |
| program in accordance with the
provisions of this Section. Upon | 4 |
| receipt of each periodic information
bulletin from the | 5 |
| Department of State Police pursuant
to Section 6 of
the | 6 |
| Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984, the State | 7 |
| Board
of Education shall promptly disseminate the information | 8 |
| to each school district in this State and to the principal
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| chief administrative officer of every nonpublic elementary and
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| secondary school in this State registered with the State Board | 11 |
| of Education. Upon receipt of such information, each school | 12 |
| board shall
compare the names on the bulletin to the names of | 13 |
| all students presently
enrolled in the schools of the district. | 14 |
| If a school board or its designee
determines that a missing | 15 |
| child is
attending one of the schools within the
school | 16 |
| district, or if the principal or chief administrative officer | 17 |
| of a
nonpublic school is notified by school personnel that a | 18 |
| missing child is
attending that school, the school board or the | 19 |
| principal or chief
administrative officer of the nonpublic | 20 |
| school shall immediately give
notice of this fact to the State | 21 |
| Board of Education, the Department of State
Police , and the law | 22 |
| enforcement agency having jurisdiction in the area
where the | 23 |
| missing child resides or attends school.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-793, eff. 1-1-09.)"; and
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| on page 32, immediately below line 18, by inserting the |
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| "(105 ILCS 5/27-13.3)
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| Sec. 27-13.3. Internet safety education curriculum.
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| (a) The purpose of this Section is to inform and protect | 5 |
| students from inappropriate or illegal communications and | 6 |
| solicitation and to encourage school districts to provide | 7 |
| education about Internet threats and risks, including without | 8 |
| limitation child predators, fraud, and other dangers. | 9 |
| (b) The General Assembly finds and declares the following: | 10 |
| (1) it is the policy of this State to protect consumers | 11 |
| and Illinois residents from deceptive and unsafe | 12 |
| communications that result in harassment, exploitation, or | 13 |
| physical harm; | 14 |
| (2) children have easy access to the Internet at home, | 15 |
| school, and public places; | 16 |
| (3) the Internet is used by sexual predators and other | 17 |
| criminals to make initial contact with children and other | 18 |
| vulnerable residents in Illinois; and | 19 |
| (4) education is an effective method for preventing | 20 |
| children from falling prey to online predators, identity | 21 |
| theft, and other dangers. | 22 |
| (c) Each school may adopt an age-appropriate curriculum for | 23 |
| Internet safety instruction of students in grades kindergarten | 24 |
| through 12. However, beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, | 25 |
| a school district must incorporate into the school curriculum a |
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| component on Internet safety to be taught at least once each | 2 |
| school year to students in grades grade 3 through 12 or above . | 3 |
| The school board shall determine the scope and duration of this | 4 |
| unit of instruction. The age-appropriate unit of instruction | 5 |
| may be incorporated into the current courses of study regularly | 6 |
| taught in the district's schools, as determined by the school | 7 |
| board, and it is recommended that the unit of instruction | 8 |
| include the following topics: | 9 |
| (1) Safe and responsible use of social networking | 10 |
| websites, chat rooms, electronic mail, bulletin boards, | 11 |
| instant messaging, and other means of communication on the | 12 |
| Internet. | 13 |
| (2) Recognizing, avoiding, and reporting online | 14 |
| solicitations of students, their classmates, and their | 15 |
| friends by sexual predators. | 16 |
| (3) Risks of transmitting personal information on the | 17 |
| Internet. | 18 |
| (4) Recognizing and avoiding unsolicited or deceptive | 19 |
| communications received online. | 20 |
| (5) Recognizing and reporting online harassment and | 21 |
| cyber-bullying. | 22 |
| (6) Reporting illegal activities and communications on | 23 |
| the Internet. | 24 |
| (7) Copyright laws on written materials, photographs, | 25 |
| music, and video. | 26 |
| (d) Curricula devised in accordance with subsection (c) of |
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| this Section may be submitted for review to the Office of the | 2 |
| Illinois Attorney General.
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| (e) The State Board of Education shall make available | 4 |
| resource materials for educating children regarding child | 5 |
| online safety and may take into consideration the curriculum on | 6 |
| this subject developed by other states, as well as any other | 7 |
| curricular materials suggested by education experts, child | 8 |
| psychologists, or technology companies that work on child | 9 |
| online safety issues. Materials may include without limitation | 10 |
| safe online communications, privacy protection, | 11 |
| cyber-bullying, viewing inappropriate material, file sharing, | 12 |
| and the importance of open communication with responsible | 13 |
| adults. The State Board of Education shall make these resource | 14 |
| materials available on its Internet website. | 15 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-509, eff. 8-28-07; 95-869, eff. 1-1-09.)"; and
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| on page 33, by deleting lines 13 through 15; and
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| on page 34, line 3, by replacing "Driver" with " Safety | 18 |
| education; driver Driver "; and
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| on page 34, line 3, by replacing "Any" with " Instruction shall | 20 |
| be given in safety education in each of grades one though 8, | 21 |
| equivalent to one class period each week, and any Any "; and
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| on page 41, immediately below line 1, by inserting the |
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| following:
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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, | 5 |
| nonreligious, non-home
based, and non-profit school. A charter | 6 |
| school shall be organized and operated
as a nonprofit | 7 |
| 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 | 10 |
| by creating a new
school or by converting an existing public | 11 |
| school or attendance center to
charter
school status.
Beginning | 12 |
| on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 13 |
| General
Assembly, in all new
applications submitted to the | 14 |
| State Board or a local school board to establish
a charter
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| school in a city having a population exceeding 500,000, | 16 |
| operation of the
charter
school shall be limited to one campus. | 17 |
| The changes made to this Section by this
amendatory Act
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| 93rd General
Assembly do not apply to charter schools existing | 19 |
| or approved on or before the
effective date of this
amendatory | 20 |
| Act.
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| (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by | 22 |
| its board of
directors or other governing body
in the manner | 23 |
| 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 | 25 |
| Meetings Act.
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| (d) A charter school shall comply with all applicable | 2 |
| health and safety
requirements applicable to public schools | 3 |
| under the laws of the State of
Illinois.
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| (e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a | 5 |
| charter school shall
not charge tuition; provided that a | 6 |
| charter school may charge reasonable fees
for textbooks, | 7 |
| instructional materials, and student activities.
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| (f) A charter school shall be responsible for the | 9 |
| management and operation
of its fiscal affairs including,
but | 10 |
| not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each | 11 |
| charter
school's finances shall be conducted annually by an | 12 |
| outside, independent
contractor retained by the charter | 13 |
| school.
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| (g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of | 15 |
| this Article and
its charter. A charter
school is exempt from | 16 |
| all other State laws and regulations in the School Code
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| governing public
schools and local school board policies, | 18 |
| except the following:
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| (1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of the School Code | 20 |
| regarding criminal
history records checks and checks of the | 21 |
| Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Child | 22 |
| Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database of | 23 |
| applicants for employment;
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| (2) Sections 24-24 and 34-84A of the School Code | 25 |
| regarding discipline of
students;
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| (3) The Local Governmental and Governmental Employees |
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| Tort Immunity Act;
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| (4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit | 3 |
| Corporation Act of 1986
regarding indemnification of | 4 |
| 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; and
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| (7) Section 10-17a of the School Code regarding school | 8 |
| report cards.
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| (h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a | 10 |
| school district, the
governing body of a State college or | 11 |
| university or public community college, or
any other public or | 12 |
| for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use
of a | 13 |
| school building and grounds or any other real property or | 14 |
| facilities that
the charter school desires to use or convert | 15 |
| for use as a charter school site,
(ii) the operation and | 16 |
| maintenance thereof, and
(iii) the provision of any service, | 17 |
| activity, or undertaking that the charter
school is required to | 18 |
| 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 | 20 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
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| Assembly and that operates
in a city having a population | 22 |
| 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 | 24 |
| on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 25 |
| General Assembly and
concludes at the end of the 2004-2005 | 26 |
| school year.
Except as provided in subsection (i) of this |
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| Section, a school district may
charge a charter school | 2 |
| reasonable rent for the use of the district's
buildings, | 3 |
| grounds, and facilities. Any services for which a charter | 4 |
| school
contracts
with a school district shall be provided by | 5 |
| the district at cost. Any services
for which a charter school | 6 |
| contracts with a local school board or with the
governing body | 7 |
| 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 | 10 |
| by converting an
existing school or attendance center to | 11 |
| charter school status be required to
pay rent for space
that is | 12 |
| deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter | 13 |
| agreement,
in school district
facilities. However, all other | 14 |
| costs for the operation and maintenance of
school district | 15 |
| 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 | 17 |
| board and shall be set forth in the
charter.
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| (j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age or | 19 |
| grade level.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-3, eff. 4-16-03; 93-909, eff. 8-12-04; 94-219, | 21 |
| eff. 7-14-05.)".
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