Public Act 097-0305
 
HB3109 EnrolledLRB097 09337 RPM 51330 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
14C-13 as follows:
 



    (105 ILCS 5/14C-13)  (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-13)



    Sec. 14C-13. Advisory Council. There is created an Advisory 
Council
on Bilingual Education, consisting of 17 members 
appointed by the State
Superintendent of Education and 
selected, as nearly as possible, on the
basis of experience in 
or knowledge of the various programs of bilingual
education.  
The Council shall advise the State Superintendent on policy and

rules pertaining to bilingual education.  The Council shall 
establish such
sub-committees as it deems appropriate to review 
bilingual education issues
including but not limited to 
certification, finance and special education.

    Initial appointees shall serve terms determined by lot as 
follows:  6 for
one year, 6 for 2 years and 5 for 3 years.  
Successors shall serve 3-year
terms.  Members annually shall 
select a chairman from among their number.
Members shall 
receive no compensation but may be reimbursed for necessary

expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
    By no later than December 1, 2011, the Council shall submit 
a report to the State Superintendent of Education, the 
Governor, and the General Assembly addressing, at a minimum, 
the following questions:
        (1) whether and how the 20 child per attendance center 
    minimum in Section 14C-3 of this Code should be modified;
        (2) whether and how educator certification 
    requirements in this Article 14C and applicable State Board 
    of Education rules should be modified;
        (3) whether and how bilingual education requirements 
    in this Article 14C and applicable State Board of Education 
    rules should be modified to address differences between 
    elementary and secondary schools; and
        (4) whether and how to allow school districts to 
    administer alternative bilingual education programs 
    instead of transitional bilingual education programs. 

(Source: P.A. 87-995.)