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Sen. Adriane Johnson
Filed: 11/19/2024
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 469
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 469 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: |
4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing |
5 | | Sections 5-2 and 10-22.24b as follows: |
6 | | (105 ILCS 5/5-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-2) |
7 | | Sec. 5-2. Governing board. |
8 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the |
9 | | school business of all school townships having school trustees |
10 | | shall be transacted by three trustees, as provided in this |
11 | | Article 5. |
12 | | (b) (Blank). This subsection (b) applies only to the |
13 | | trustees of schools of Township 38 North, Range 12 East. The |
14 | | school business of the township shall be transacted by 4 |
15 | | trustees elected by the qualified voters of the township, as |
16 | | provided in this Article 5, and 3 trustees appointed by the |
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1 | | school districts within the township, as provided in this |
2 | | subsection (b). An elected trustee and an appointed trustee |
3 | | may represent the same school district. Any trustee, whether |
4 | | elected or appointed, may serve as an officer of the trustees |
5 | | of schools. |
6 | | The 3 trustees to be appointed shall each be appointed for |
7 | | a term of one year as follows: |
8 | | (1) The school boards of Argo Community High School |
9 | | District 217, Summit School District 104, Willow Springs |
10 | | School District 108, and Indian Springs School District |
11 | | 109 shall collectively appoint one school board member as |
12 | | a trustee through a nomination process and by a majority |
13 | | vote or by consensus among the school boards. A trustee |
14 | | appointed under this paragraph (1) may be reappointed for |
15 | | a second term as provided under this paragraph (1). After |
16 | | the appointed term or reappointed term of the trustee |
17 | | expires, the school boards shall appoint a successor |
18 | | trustee pursuant to this paragraph (1). |
19 | | (2) The school boards of Western Springs School |
20 | | District 101, La Grange School District 102, Lyons School |
21 | | District 103, La Grange School District 105 South, |
22 | | LaGrange Highlands School District 106, and Pleasantdale |
23 | | School District 107 shall collectively appoint one school |
24 | | board member as a trustee through a nomination process and |
25 | | by a majority vote or by consensus among the school |
26 | | boards. A trustee appointed under this paragraph (2) may |
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1 | | be reappointed for a second term as provided under this |
2 | | paragraph (2). After the appointed term or reappointed |
3 | | term of the trustee expires, the school boards shall |
4 | | appoint a successor trustee pursuant to this paragraph |
5 | | (2). |
6 | | (3) Each year, among the school board presidents of |
7 | | the school districts within the township, one school board |
8 | | president shall be selected through a nomination process |
9 | | and by a majority vote to appoint a trustee. If no |
10 | | president of a school board is nominated, another officer |
11 | | of one of the school boards may be nominated. For the |
12 | | even-numbered year term, a trustee appointed under this |
13 | | paragraph (3) must be from a feeder elementary school |
14 | | district for Argo Community High School District 217, and, |
15 | | for the odd-numbered year term, a trustee appointed under |
16 | | this paragraph (3) must be from a feeder elementary school |
17 | | district for Lyons Township High School District 204. |
18 | | (c) The trustees shall be a body politic and corporate, by |
19 | | the name of "trustees of schools of township No. ...., range |
20 | | No. ....," according to the number, or in case of school |
21 | | townships created from two or more congressional townships, |
22 | | such name shall be "trustees of .... township .... county, |
23 | | Illinois." Such corporation shall have perpetual existence, |
24 | | with power to sue and be sued, and to plead and be impleaded, |
25 | | in all courts and places where judicial proceedings are had. |
26 | | (Source: P.A. 102-924, eff. 5-27-22; 103-790, eff. 8-9-24.) |
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1 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24b) |
2 | | Sec. 10-22.24b. School counseling services. School |
3 | | counseling services in public schools may be provided by |
4 | | school counselors as defined in Section 10-22.24a of this Code |
5 | | or by individuals who hold a Professional Educator License |
6 | | with a school support personnel endorsement in the area of |
7 | | school counseling under Section 21B-25 of this Code. |
8 | | School counseling services may include, but are not |
9 | | limited to: |
10 | | (1) designing and delivering a comprehensive school |
11 | | counseling program through a standards-based, |
12 | | data-informed program that promotes student achievement |
13 | | and wellness; |
14 | | (2) (blank); |
15 | | (3) school counselors working as culturally skilled |
16 | | professionals who act sensitively to promote social |
17 | | justice and equity in a pluralistic society; |
18 | | (4) providing individual and group counseling; |
19 | | (5) providing a core counseling curriculum that serves |
20 | | all students and addresses the knowledge and skills |
21 | | appropriate to their developmental level through a |
22 | | collaborative model of delivery involving the school |
23 | | counselor, classroom teachers, and other appropriate |
24 | | education professionals, and including prevention and |
25 | | pre-referral activities; |
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1 | | (6) making referrals when necessary to appropriate |
2 | | offices or outside agencies; |
3 | | (7) providing college and career development |
4 | | activities and counseling; |
5 | | (8) developing individual career plans with students, |
6 | | which includes planning for post-secondary education, as |
7 | | appropriate, and engaging in related and relevant career |
8 | | and technical education coursework in high school; |
9 | | (9) assisting all students with a college or |
10 | | post-secondary education plan, which must include a |
11 | | discussion on all post-secondary education options, |
12 | | including 4-year colleges or universities, community |
13 | | colleges, and vocational schools, and includes planning |
14 | | for post-secondary education, as appropriate, and engaging |
15 | | in related and relevant career and technical education |
16 | | coursework in high school; |
17 | | (10) (blank); |
18 | | (11) educating all students on scholarships, financial |
19 | | aid, and preparation of the Federal Application for |
20 | | Federal Student Aid; |
21 | | (12) collaborating with institutions of higher |
22 | | education and local community colleges so that students |
23 | | understand post-secondary education options and are ready |
24 | | to transition successfully; |
25 | | (13) providing crisis intervention and contributing to |
26 | | the development of a specific crisis plan within the |
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1 | | school setting in collaboration with multiple |
2 | | stakeholders; |
3 | | (14) providing educational opportunities for students, |
4 | | teachers, and parents on mental health issues; |
5 | | (15) providing counseling and other resources to |
6 | | students who are in crisis; |
7 | | (16) working to address barriers that prohibit or |
8 | | limit access to mental health services; |
9 | | (17) addressing bullying and conflict resolution with |
10 | | all students; |
11 | | (18) teaching communication skills and helping |
12 | | students develop positive relationships; |
13 | | (19) using culturally sensitive skills in working with |
14 | | all students to promote wellness; |
15 | | (20) working to address the needs of all students |
16 | | without with regard to citizenship status; |
17 | | (21) (blank); ; |
18 | | (22) providing academic, social-emotional, and college |
19 | | and career supports to all students irrespective of |
20 | | special education or Section 504 status; |
21 | | (23) assisting students in goal setting and success |
22 | | skills for classroom behavior, study skills, test |
23 | | preparation, internal motivation, and intrinsic rewards; |
24 | | (24) (blank); ; |
25 | | (25) providing information for all students in the |
26 | | selection of courses that will lead to post-secondary |
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1 | | education opportunities toward a successful career; |
2 | | (26) interpreting achievement test results and guiding |
3 | | students in appropriate directions; |
4 | | (27) (blank); |
5 | | (28) providing families with opportunities for |
6 | | education and counseling as appropriate in relation to the |
7 | | student's educational assessment; |
8 | | (29) consulting and collaborating with teachers and |
9 | | other school personnel regarding behavior management and |
10 | | intervention plans and inclusion in support of students; |
11 | | (30) teaming and partnering with staff, parents, |
12 | | businesses, and community organizations to support student |
13 | | achievement and social-emotional learning standards for |
14 | | all students; |
15 | | (31) developing and implementing school-based |
16 | | prevention programs, including, but not limited to, |
17 | | mediation and violence prevention, implementing social and |
18 | | emotional education programs and services, and |
19 | | establishing and implementing bullying prevention and |
20 | | intervention programs; |
21 | | (32) developing culturally sensitive assessment |
22 | | instruments for measuring school counseling prevention and |
23 | | intervention effectiveness and collecting, analyzing, and |
24 | | interpreting data; |
25 | | (33) participating on school and district committees |
26 | | to advocate for student programs and resources, as well as |
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1 | | establishing a school counseling advisory council that |
2 | | includes representatives of key stakeholders selected to |
3 | | review and advise on the implementation of the school |
4 | | counseling program; |
5 | | (34) acting as a liaison between the public schools |
6 | | and community resources and building relationships with |
7 | | important stakeholders, such as families, administrators, |
8 | | teachers, and board members; |
9 | | (35) maintaining organized, clear, and useful records |
10 | | in a confidential manner consistent with Section 5 of the |
11 | | Illinois School Student Records Act, the Family |
12 | | Educational Rights and Privacy Act, and the Health |
13 | | Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; |
14 | | (36) presenting an annual agreement to the |
15 | | administration, including a formal discussion of the |
16 | | alignment of school and school counseling program missions |
17 | | and goals and detailing specific school counselor |
18 | | responsibilities; |
19 | | (37) identifying and implementing culturally sensitive |
20 | | measures of success for student competencies in each of |
21 | | the 3 domains of academic, social and emotional, and |
22 | | college and career learning based on planned and periodic |
23 | | assessment of the comprehensive developmental school |
24 | | counseling program; |
25 | | (38) collaborating as a team member in Multi-Tiered |
26 | | Systems of Support and other school initiatives; |
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1 | | (39) conducting observations and participating in |
2 | | recommendations or interventions regarding the placement |
3 | | of children in educational programs or special education |
4 | | classes; |
5 | | (40) analyzing data and results of school counseling |
6 | | program assessments, including curriculum, small-group, |
7 | | and closing-the-gap results reports, and designing |
8 | | strategies to continue to improve program effectiveness; |
9 | | (41) analyzing data and results of school counselor |
10 | | competency assessments; |
11 | | (42) following American School Counselor Association |
12 | | Ethical Standards for School Counselors to demonstrate |
13 | | high standards of integrity, leadership, and |
14 | | professionalism; |
15 | | (43) using student competencies to assess student |
16 | | growth and development to inform decisions regarding |
17 | | strategies, activities, and services that help students |
18 | | achieve the highest academic level possible; |
19 | | (44) practicing as a culturally skilled school |
20 | | counselor by infusing the multicultural competencies |
21 | | within the role of the school counselor, including the |
22 | | practice of culturally sensitive attitudes and beliefs, |
23 | | knowledge, and skills; |
24 | | (45) infusing the Social-Emotional Standards, as |
25 | | presented in the State Board of Education standards, |
26 | | across the curriculum and in the counselor's role in ways |
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1 | | that empower and enable students to achieve academic |
2 | | success across all grade levels; |
3 | | (46) providing services only in areas in which the |
4 | | school counselor has appropriate training or expertise, as |
5 | | well as only providing counseling or consulting services |
6 | | within his or her employment to any student in the |
7 | | district or districts which employ such school counselor, |
8 | | in accordance with professional ethics; |
9 | | (47) having adequate training in supervision knowledge |
10 | | and skills in order to supervise school counseling interns |
11 | | enrolled in graduate school counselor preparation programs |
12 | | that meet the standards established by the State Board of |
13 | | Education; |
14 | | (48) being involved with State and national |
15 | | professional associations; |
16 | | (49) complete the required training as outlined in |
17 | | Section 10-22.39; |
18 | | (50) (blank); |
19 | | (51) (blank); |
20 | | (52) (blank); |
21 | | (53) (blank); |
22 | | (54) (blank); and |
23 | | (55) promoting career and technical education by |
24 | | assisting each student to determine an appropriate |
25 | | postsecondary plan based upon the student's skills, |
26 | | strengths, and goals and assisting the student to |
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1 | | implement the best practices that improve career or |
2 | | workforce readiness after high school. |
3 | | School districts may employ a sufficient number of school |
4 | | counselors to maintain the national and State recommended |
5 | | student-counselor ratio of 250 to 1. School districts may have |
6 | | school counselors spend at least 80% of his or her work time in |
7 | | direct contact with students. |
8 | | Nothing in this Section prohibits other qualified |
9 | | professionals, including other endorsed school support |
10 | | personnel, from providing the services listed in this Section. |
11 | | (Source: P.A. 102-876, eff. 1-1-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; |
12 | | 103-542, eff. 7-1-24 (see Section 905 of P.A. 103-563 for |
13 | | effective date of P.A. 103-542; 103-780, eff. 8-2-24; revised |
14 | | 10-21-24.)". |