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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 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2-3.6, 10-19, 21-1b, 21-1c, 21-12, and 34-18 and by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Sections 1A-10, 2-3.47a, 2-3.62a, and 3-14.30 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (105 ILCS 5/1A-10 new)
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8 | Sec. 1A-10. Divisions of Board.
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9 | (a) Division of Teaching and Learning Services. Within the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | State Board of Education, there is created a Division of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Teaching and Learning Services, which shall provide services to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | improve the capacity of schools to assure that all students | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | meet or exceed the State learning standards. The Division shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | oversee, but not be limited to, all of the following: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | (1) Curriculum and Instruction. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (2) Early Childhood, which shall perform, but not be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | limited to, all of the following duties: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (A) Provide support for education programs for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | children ages 0 through 8. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | (B) Provide universal access to preschool for all | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | at-risk children ages 3 through 4. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (3) At-Risk Learners, which shall administer, but not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | be limited to, the following: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | (A) Schools under Article 13A of this Code. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | (B) The Truant Alternative Optional Education | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Program. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | (4) Federal Grants and Programs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | (5) Instructional Technology. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | (b) Division of School Support Services. Within the State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Board of Education, there is created a Division of School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Support Services, which shall oversee, but not be limited to, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | all of the following: |
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1 | (1) Assessment and Accountability, which shall | ||||||
2 | perform, but not be limited to, all of the following | ||||||
3 | duties: | ||||||
4 | (A) Develop the State assessment program as | ||||||
5 | required by State and federal law. | ||||||
6 | (B) Determine if schools are meeting the | ||||||
7 | requirements of State and federal law. | ||||||
8 | (2) School Improvement and Awards, which shall | ||||||
9 | perform, but not be limited to, all of the following | ||||||
10 | duties: | ||||||
11 | (A) Assist school districts in need of academic | ||||||
12 | improvement services. | ||||||
13 | (B) Recognize exemplary schools. | ||||||
14 | (3) Data and Research, which shall include, but not be | ||||||
15 | limited to, legal services. | ||||||
16 | (4) Web Services. | ||||||
17 | (5) Transportation Services. | ||||||
18 | (6) Food Service and Nutrition Services. | ||||||
19 | (c) Division of Fiscal Support Services. Within the State | ||||||
20 | Board of Education, there is created a Division of Fiscal | ||||||
21 | Support Services, which shall oversee, but not be limited to, | ||||||
22 | all of the following: | ||||||
23 | (1) School Business Support, which shall perform, but | ||||||
24 | not be limited to, all of the following duties: | ||||||
25 | (A) Determine the financial ranking of school | ||||||
26 | districts. | ||||||
27 | (B) Assist school districts with business | ||||||
28 | management functions. | ||||||
29 | (C) Address school funding and disbursement | ||||||
30 | issues. | ||||||
31 | (2) School Construction, which shall perform functions | ||||||
32 | in accordance with the School Construction Law. | ||||||
33 | (d) Division of Special Education Services. Within the | ||||||
34 | State Board of Education, there is created a Division of | ||||||
35 | Special Education Services, which shall report directly to the | ||||||
36 | State Superintendent of Education on special education issues. |
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1 | (e) Office of the Internal Auditor. Within the State Board | ||||||
2 | of Education, there is created an Office of the Internal | ||||||
3 | Auditor, which shall report directly to the State | ||||||
4 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
5 | (f) Office of Human Resources. Within the State Board of | ||||||
6 | Education, there is created an Office of Human Resources, which | ||||||
7 | shall report directly to the State Superintendent of Education.
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8 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.6) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.6)
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9 | Sec. 2-3.6. Rules. To make rules necessary to carry into | ||||||
10 | efficient and uniform effect all
laws for establishing and | ||||||
11 | maintaining free schools in the State. The State Board of | ||||||
12 | Education may not adopt any rule or policy that alters the | ||||||
13 | intent of the authorizing law. All rules or policies impacting | ||||||
14 | the authorizing law shall be presented before the Joint | ||||||
15 | Committee on Administrative Rules.
No rule or policy of the | ||||||
16 | State Board of Education may supercede federal or State law, | ||||||
17 | unless otherwise authorized by law.
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18 | (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
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19 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.47a new) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 2-3.47a. Strategic plan. | ||||||
21 | (a) The State Board of Education shall develop and maintain | ||||||
22 | a continuing 5-year comprehensive strategic plan for | ||||||
23 | elementary and secondary education. The strategic plan shall | ||||||
24 | include without limitation all of the following topic areas: | ||||||
25 | (1) Service and support to school districts to improve | ||||||
26 | student performance. | ||||||
27 | (2) Equity, adequacy, and predictability of | ||||||
28 | educational opportunities and resources for all schools. | ||||||
29 | (3) Program development and improvements, including | ||||||
30 | financial planning and support services. | ||||||
31 | (4) Efficient means of delivering services to schools | ||||||
32 | on a regional basis. | ||||||
33 | (5) Assistance to students at risk of academic failure | ||||||
34 | and the use of proven support programs and services to |
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1 | close the achievement gap. | ||||||
2 | (6) Educational research and development and access | ||||||
3 | and training in the use of a centralized student | ||||||
4 | achievement data system. | ||||||
5 | (7) Recommendations for streamlining the School Code | ||||||
6 | to eliminate rules that interfere with local control, | ||||||
7 | taking into account those foundational standards that have | ||||||
8 | already been established. | ||||||
9 | (8) Streamlining certification of teachers and | ||||||
10 | administrators to provide quality personnel and ongoing | ||||||
11 | professional development. | ||||||
12 | (9) Support services to enhance the capacity of school | ||||||
13 | districts to meet federal and State statutory standards. | ||||||
14 | (10) Enhanced technology for use in administration, | ||||||
15 | classroom, and nontraditional educational settings. | ||||||
16 | (11) Recognition of successful, exemplary schools. | ||||||
17 | (12) The unique needs of rural school districts. | ||||||
18 | (13) School reorganization issues. | ||||||
19 | (14) Attraction and retention of qualified teachers. | ||||||
20 | (15) Additional duties that should be assigned to | ||||||
21 | regional offices of education and regional administrative | ||||||
22 | service centers to support local control of school | ||||||
23 | districts and eliminate any duplication and inefficiency.
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24 | The State Board of Education shall consult with the educational | ||||||
25 | community, hold public hearings, and receive input from all | ||||||
26 | interested groups in drafting the strategic plan. | ||||||
27 | (b) To meet the requirements of this Section, the State | ||||||
28 | Board of Education shall issue to the Governor and General | ||||||
29 | Assembly a preliminary report on or before January 1, 2005 and | ||||||
30 | a final 5-year strategic plan on or before July 1, 2005. | ||||||
31 | Thereafter, the strategic plan shall be updated and issued to | ||||||
32 | the Governor and General Assembly on or before July 1 of each | ||||||
33 | year. | ||||||
34 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.62a new) | ||||||
35 | Sec. 2-3.62a. Regional administrative service centers. |
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1 | (a) The State Board of Education shall provide for the | ||||||
2 | establishment and operation of not more than 15 regional | ||||||
3 | administrative service centers as a 3-year pilot program.
The | ||||||
4 | regional administrative service centers shall be located | ||||||
5 | throughout the State based on the location of the 15 regional | ||||||
6 | learning technology centers established by the State Board of | ||||||
7 | Education. | ||||||
8 | (b) The regional administrative service centers shall | ||||||
9 | perform all of the following functions: | ||||||
10 | (1) Coordinate the delivery of educational resources | ||||||
11 | and support services statewide, including assistance in | ||||||
12 | complying with State and federal laws. | ||||||
13 | (2) Create greater accountability and quality of | ||||||
14 | services from regional offices of education, including | ||||||
15 | financial oversight and budget review of the regional | ||||||
16 | offices of education. | ||||||
17 | (3) Issue annual report cards, in cooperation with | ||||||
18 | school districts, for regional offices of education, | ||||||
19 | grading without limitation all of the following: | ||||||
20 | (A) The efficiency and effectiveness of school | ||||||
21 | districts served resulting from technical assistance | ||||||
22 | and program support. | ||||||
23 | (B) The regional delivery of quality services. | ||||||
24 | (C) School district satisfaction. | ||||||
25 | (D) Delivery of support services that enhance | ||||||
26 | student performance.
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27 | The report cards must be issued in conjunction with school | ||||||
28 | report cards under Section 10-17a of this Code.
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29 | (4) Direct services provided to assist schools | ||||||
30 | designated as not meeting Illinois Learning Standards and | ||||||
31 | federal student performance standards. | ||||||
32 | (5) Support programs and services to close the | ||||||
33 | achievement gap. | ||||||
34 | (6) Provide services to school districts to operate | ||||||
35 | more efficiently and economically, including assistance | ||||||
36 | with financial planning. |
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1 | (c) A regional administrative service center may not | ||||||
2 | adjudicate or enforce compliance with applicable laws or rules. | ||||||
3 | (105 ILCS 5/3-14.30 new) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 3-14.30. Grant applications. To assist and support | ||||||
5 | school districts with the preparation and submission of grant | ||||||
6 | applications.
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7 | (105 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19)
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8 | Sec. 10-19. Length of school term - experimental programs. | ||||||
9 | Each school
board shall annually prepare a calendar for the | ||||||
10 | school term, specifying
the opening and closing dates and | ||||||
11 | providing a minimum term of at least 185
days to insure 176 | ||||||
12 | days of actual pupil attendance, computable under Section
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13 | 18-8.05, except that for the 1980-1981 school year only 175 | ||||||
14 | days
of actual
pupil attendance shall be required because of | ||||||
15 | the closing of schools pursuant
to Section 24-2 on January 29, | ||||||
16 | 1981 upon the appointment by the President
of that day as a day | ||||||
17 | of thanksgiving for the freedom of the Americans who
had been | ||||||
18 | held hostage in Iran. Any days allowed by law for teachers'
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19 | institute but not used as such or used as parental institutes | ||||||
20 | as provided
in Section 10-22.18d shall increase the minimum | ||||||
21 | term by the school days not
so used. Except as provided in | ||||||
22 | Section 10-19.1, the board may not extend
the school term | ||||||
23 | beyond such closing date unless that extension of term is
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24 | necessary to provide the minimum number of computable days. In | ||||||
25 | case of
such necessary extension school employees
shall be paid | ||||||
26 | for such additional time on the basis of their regular
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27 | contracts. A school board may specify a closing date earlier | ||||||
28 | than that
set on the annual calendar when the schools of the | ||||||
29 | district have
provided the minimum number of computable days | ||||||
30 | under this Section.
Nothing in this Section prevents the board | ||||||
31 | from employing
superintendents of schools, principals and | ||||||
32 | other nonteaching personnel
for a period of 12 months, or in | ||||||
33 | the case of superintendents for a
period in accordance with | ||||||
34 | Section 10-23.8, or prevents the board from
employing other |
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1 | personnel before or after the regular school term with
payment | ||||||
2 | of salary proportionate to that received for comparable work
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3 | during the school term.
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4 | A school board may make such changes in its calendar for | ||||||
5 | the school term
as may be required by any changes in the legal | ||||||
6 | school holidays prescribed
in Section 24-2. A school board may | ||||||
7 | make changes in its calendar for the
school term as may be | ||||||
8 | necessary to reflect the utilization of teachers'
institute | ||||||
9 | days as parental institute days as provided in Section | ||||||
10 | 10-22.18d.
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11 | The calendar for the school term and any changes must be | ||||||
12 | submitted to and approved by the regional superintendent of | ||||||
13 | schools before the calendar or changes may take effect.
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14 | With the prior approval of the State Board of Education and | ||||||
15 | subject
to review by the State Board of Education every 3 | ||||||
16 | years, any school
board may, by resolution of its board and in | ||||||
17 | agreement with affected
exclusive collective bargaining | ||||||
18 | agents, establish experimental
educational programs, including | ||||||
19 | but not limited to programs for
self-directed learning or | ||||||
20 | outside of formal class periods, which programs
when so | ||||||
21 | approved shall be considered to comply with the requirements of
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22 | this Section as respects numbers of days of actual pupil | ||||||
23 | attendance and
with the other requirements of this Act as | ||||||
24 | respects courses of instruction.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 91-96, eff. 7-9-99.)
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26 | (105 ILCS 5/21-1b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b)
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27 | Sec. 21-1b. Subject endorsement on certificates. All | ||||||
28 | certificates
initially issued under this Article after June 30, | ||||||
29 | 1986, shall be
specifically endorsed by the State Board of | ||||||
30 | Education for each subject the
holder of the certificate is | ||||||
31 | legally qualified to teach, such endorsements
to be made in | ||||||
32 | accordance with standards promulgated by the State Board of
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33 | Education in consultation with the State Teacher Certification | ||||||
34 | Board. The regional superintendent of schools, however, has the | ||||||
35 | duty, after appropriate training, to accept and review all |
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1 | transcripts for new initial certificate applications and | ||||||
2 | ensure that each applicant has met all of the criteria | ||||||
3 | established by the State Board of Education in consultation | ||||||
4 | with the State Teacher Certification Board. All
certificates | ||||||
5 | which are issued under this Article prior to July 1, 1986 may,
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6 | by application to the State Board of Education, be specifically | ||||||
7 | endorsed
for each subject the holder is legally qualified to | ||||||
8 | teach. Endorsements
issued under this Section shall not apply | ||||||
9 | to substitute teacher's
certificates issued under Section 21-9 | ||||||
10 | of this Code.
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11 | Commencing July 1, 1999, each application for endorsement | ||||||
12 | of an existing
teaching certificate shall be accompanied by a | ||||||
13 | $30 nonrefundable fee. There is hereby created a Teacher | ||||||
14 | Certificate
Fee
Revolving Fund as a special fund within the | ||||||
15 | State Treasury. The proceeds of
each $30 fee shall be paid into | ||||||
16 | the Teacher
Certificate Fee Revolving
Fund; and the moneys in | ||||||
17 | that Fund shall be appropriated and used to provide the
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18 | technology and other resources necessary for the timely and | ||||||
19 | efficient
processing of certification requests.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)
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21 | (105 ILCS 5/21-1c) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1c)
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22 | Sec. 21-1c. Exclusive certificate authority. Only the | ||||||
23 | State Board of
Education and State Teacher Certification Board, | ||||||
24 | acting in accordance with
the applicable provisions of this Act | ||||||
25 | and the rules, regulations and
standards promulgated | ||||||
26 | thereunder, shall have the authority to issue or
endorse any | ||||||
27 | certificate required for teaching, supervising or holding
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28 | certificated employment in the public schools; and no other | ||||||
29 | State agency
shall have any power or authority (i) to establish | ||||||
30 | or prescribe any
qualifications or other requirements | ||||||
31 | applicable to the issuance or
endorsement of any such | ||||||
32 | certificate, or (ii) to establish or prescribe any
licensure or | ||||||
33 | equivalent requirement which must be satisfied in order to
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34 | teach, supervise or hold certificated employment in the public | ||||||
35 | schools.
The regional superintendent of schools, however, has |
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1 | the duty, after appropriate training, to accept and review all | ||||||
2 | transcripts for new initial certificate applications and | ||||||
3 | ensure that each applicant has met all of the criteria | ||||||
4 | established by the State Board of Education in consultation | ||||||
5 | with the State Teacher Certification Board.
This Section does | ||||||
6 | not prohibit the State Board of Education, in consultation
with | ||||||
7 | the State Teacher Certification Board, from delegating
to | ||||||
8 | regional superintendents of schools the authority to grant | ||||||
9 | temporary
employment
authorizations to teacher applicants | ||||||
10 | whose qualifications have been confirmed
by
the State Board of | ||||||
11 | Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
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12 | Certification Board.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)
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14 | (105 ILCS 5/21-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-12)
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15 | Sec. 21-12. Printing; Seal; Signature; Credentials.
All | ||||||
16 | certificates shall be printed by and bear the signatures of the | ||||||
17 | chairman
and of the secretary of the State Teacher | ||||||
18 | Certification Board. Each
certificate shall show the | ||||||
19 | integrally printed seal of the State Teacher
Certification | ||||||
20 | Board. All college credentials offered as the basis
of a | ||||||
21 | certificate shall be presented to the secretary of the State
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22 | Teacher Certification Board for inspection and approval. The | ||||||
23 | regional superintendent of schools, however, has the duty, | ||||||
24 | after appropriate training, to accept and review all | ||||||
25 | transcripts for new initial certificate applications and | ||||||
26 | ensure that each applicant has met all of the criteria | ||||||
27 | established by the State Board of Education in consultation | ||||||
28 | with the State Teacher Certification Board.
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29 | Commencing July 1, 1999, each application for a certificate | ||||||
30 | or evaluation
of credentials shall be accompanied by an | ||||||
31 | evaluation fee of $30 payable to the
State Superintendent of | ||||||
32 | Education, which is not
refundable, except that no application | ||||||
33 | or evaluation fee shall be required
for a Master Certificate | ||||||
34 | issued pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 21-2 of
this Code. | ||||||
35 | The proceeds of each $30 fee shall be paid into the Teacher
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1 | Certificate Fee Revolving Fund, created under Section 21-1b of | ||||||
2 | this Code;
and the moneys in that Fund shall be appropriated | ||||||
3 | and used to provide the
technology and other resources | ||||||
4 | necessary for the timely and efficient
processing of | ||||||
5 | certification requests.
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6 | When evaluation verifies the requirements for a valid | ||||||
7 | certificate,
the applicant shall be issued an entitlement card | ||||||
8 | that may be presented
to a regional superintendent of schools | ||||||
9 | for issuance of a certificate.
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10 | The applicant shall be notified of any deficiencies.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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12 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
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13 | Sec. 34-18. Powers of the board. The board shall exercise | ||||||
14 | general
supervision and jurisdiction over the public education | ||||||
15 | and the public
school system of the city, and, except as | ||||||
16 | otherwise provided by this
Article, shall have power:
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17 | 1. To make suitable provision for the establishment and | ||||||
18 | maintenance
throughout the year or for such portion thereof | ||||||
19 | as it may direct, not
less than 9 months, of schools of all | ||||||
20 | grades and kinds, including normal
schools, high schools, | ||||||
21 | night schools, schools for defectives and
delinquents, | ||||||
22 | parental and truant schools, schools for the blind, the
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23 | deaf and the crippled, schools or classes in manual | ||||||
24 | training,
constructural and vocational teaching, domestic | ||||||
25 | arts and physical
culture, vocation and extension schools | ||||||
26 | and lecture courses, and all
other educational courses and | ||||||
27 | facilities, including establishing,
equipping, maintaining | ||||||
28 | and operating playgrounds and recreational
programs, when | ||||||
29 | such programs are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected
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30 | with any public school under the general supervision and | ||||||
31 | jurisdiction
of the board; provided , however, that the | ||||||
32 | calendar for the school term and any changes must be | ||||||
33 | submitted to and approved by the State Board of Education | ||||||
34 | before the calendar or changes may take effect, and | ||||||
35 | provided that in allocating funds
from year to year for the |
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1 | operation of all attendance centers within the
district, | ||||||
2 | the board shall ensure that supplemental general State aid | ||||||
3 | funds
are allocated and applied in accordance with Section | ||||||
4 | 18-8 or 18-8.05. To
admit to such
schools without charge | ||||||
5 | foreign exchange students who are participants in
an | ||||||
6 | organized exchange student program which is authorized by | ||||||
7 | the board.
The board shall permit all students to enroll in | ||||||
8 | apprenticeship programs
in trade schools operated by the | ||||||
9 | board, whether those programs are
union-sponsored or not. | ||||||
10 | No student shall be refused admission into or
be excluded | ||||||
11 | from any course of instruction offered in the common | ||||||
12 | schools
by reason of that student's sex. No student shall | ||||||
13 | be denied equal
access to physical education and | ||||||
14 | interscholastic athletic programs
supported from school | ||||||
15 | district funds or denied participation in
comparable | ||||||
16 | physical education and athletic programs solely by reason | ||||||
17 | of
the student's sex. Equal access to programs supported | ||||||
18 | from school
district funds and comparable programs will be | ||||||
19 | defined in rules
promulgated by the State Board of | ||||||
20 | Education in
consultation with the Illinois High School | ||||||
21 | Association.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this | ||||||
22 | Article, neither the board
of education nor any local | ||||||
23 | school council or other school official shall
recommend | ||||||
24 | that children with disabilities be placed into regular | ||||||
25 | education
classrooms unless those children with | ||||||
26 | disabilities are provided with
supplementary services to | ||||||
27 | assist them so that they benefit from the regular
classroom | ||||||
28 | instruction and are included on the teacher's regular | ||||||
29 | education
class register;
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30 | 2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable | ||||||
31 | charge
therefor, and to use school funds for the payment of | ||||||
32 | such expenses as
the board may determine are necessary in | ||||||
33 | conducting the school lunch
program;
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34 | 3. To co-operate with the circuit court;
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35 | 4. To make arrangements with the public or quasi-public | ||||||
36 | libraries
and museums for the use of their facilities by |
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1 | teachers and pupils of
the public schools;
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2 | 5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for | ||||||
3 | the purpose of
treating the pupils in the schools, but | ||||||
4 | accepting such treatment shall
be optional with parents or | ||||||
5 | guardians;
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6 | 6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms | ||||||
7 | when not
otherwise needed, including light, heat, and | ||||||
8 | attendants, for free public
lectures, concerts, and other | ||||||
9 | educational and social interests, free of
charge, under | ||||||
10 | such provisions and control as the principal of the
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11 | affected attendance center may prescribe;
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12 | 7. To apportion the pupils to the several schools; | ||||||
13 | provided that no pupil
shall be excluded from or segregated | ||||||
14 | in any such school on account of his
color, race, sex, or | ||||||
15 | nationality. The board shall take into consideration
the | ||||||
16 | prevention of segregation and the elimination of | ||||||
17 | separation of children
in public schools because of color, | ||||||
18 | race, sex, or nationality. Except that
children may be | ||||||
19 | committed to or attend parental and social adjustment | ||||||
20 | schools
established and maintained either for boys or girls | ||||||
21 | only. All records
pertaining to the creation, alteration or | ||||||
22 | revision of attendance areas shall
be open to the public. | ||||||
23 | Nothing herein shall limit the board's authority to
| ||||||
24 | establish multi-area attendance centers or other student | ||||||
25 | assignment systems
for desegregation purposes or | ||||||
26 | otherwise, and to apportion the pupils to the
several | ||||||
27 | schools. Furthermore, beginning in school year 1994-95, | ||||||
28 | pursuant
to a board plan adopted by October 1, 1993, the | ||||||
29 | board shall offer, commencing
on a phased-in basis, the | ||||||
30 | opportunity for families within the school
district to | ||||||
31 | apply for enrollment of their children in any attendance | ||||||
32 | center
within the school district which does not have | ||||||
33 | selective admission
requirements approved by the board. | ||||||
34 | The appropriate geographical area in
which such open | ||||||
35 | enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by the
| ||||||
36 | board of education. Such children may be admitted to any |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | such attendance
center on a space available basis after all | ||||||
2 | children residing within such
attendance center's area | ||||||
3 | have been accommodated. If the number of
applicants from | ||||||
4 | outside the attendance area exceed the space available,
| ||||||
5 | then successful applicants shall be selected by lottery. | ||||||
6 | The board of
education's open enrollment plan must include | ||||||
7 | provisions that allow low
income students to have access to | ||||||
8 | transportation needed to exercise school
choice. Open | ||||||
9 | enrollment shall be in compliance with the provisions of | ||||||
10 | the
Consent Decree and Desegregation Plan cited in Section | ||||||
11 | 34-1.01;
| ||||||
12 | 8. To approve programs and policies for providing | ||||||
13 | transportation
services to students. Nothing herein shall | ||||||
14 | be construed to permit or empower
the State Board of | ||||||
15 | Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other
| ||||||
16 | transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving | ||||||
17 | racial balance in any
school;
| ||||||
18 | 9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to | ||||||
19 | establish and
approve system-wide curriculum objectives | ||||||
20 | and standards, including graduation
standards, which | ||||||
21 | reflect the
multi-cultural diversity in the city and are | ||||||
22 | consistent with State law,
provided that for all purposes | ||||||
23 | of this Article courses or
proficiency in American Sign | ||||||
24 | Language shall be deemed to constitute courses
or | ||||||
25 | proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ principals | ||||||
26 | and teachers,
appointed as provided in this
Article, and | ||||||
27 | fix their compensation. The board shall prepare such | ||||||
28 | reports
related to minimal competency testing as may be | ||||||
29 | requested by the State
Board of Education, and in addition | ||||||
30 | shall monitor and approve special
education and bilingual | ||||||
31 | education programs and policies within the district to
| ||||||
32 | assure that appropriate services are provided in | ||||||
33 | accordance with applicable
State and federal laws to | ||||||
34 | children requiring services and education in those
areas;
| ||||||
35 | 10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize | ||||||
36 | volunteer personnel
for: (i) non-teaching duties not |
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| |||||||
1 | requiring instructional judgment or
evaluation of pupils, | ||||||
2 | including library duties; and (ii) supervising study
| ||||||
3 | halls, long distance teaching reception areas used | ||||||
4 | incident to instructional
programs transmitted by | ||||||
5 | electronic media such as computers, video, and audio,
| ||||||
6 | detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored | ||||||
7 | extracurricular
activities. The board may further utilize | ||||||
8 | volunteer non-certificated
personnel or employ | ||||||
9 | non-certificated personnel to
assist in the instruction of | ||||||
10 | pupils under the immediate supervision of a
teacher holding | ||||||
11 | a valid certificate, directly engaged in teaching
subject | ||||||
12 | matter or conducting activities; provided that the teacher
| ||||||
13 | shall be continuously aware of the non-certificated | ||||||
14 | persons' activities and
shall be able to control or modify | ||||||
15 | them. The general superintendent shall
determine | ||||||
16 | qualifications of such personnel and shall prescribe rules | ||||||
17 | for
determining the duties and activities to be assigned to | ||||||
18 | such personnel;
| ||||||
19 | 10.5. To utilize volunteer personnel from a regional | ||||||
20 | School Crisis
Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part | ||||||
21 | of the Safe to Learn Program
established pursuant to | ||||||
22 | Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act
of 1995, | ||||||
23 | to provide assistance to schools in times of violence or | ||||||
24 | other
traumatic incidents within a school community by | ||||||
25 | providing crisis
intervention services to lessen the | ||||||
26 | effects of emotional trauma on
individuals and the | ||||||
27 | community; the School Crisis Assistance Team
Steering | ||||||
28 | Committee shall determine the qualifications for | ||||||
29 | volunteers;
| ||||||
30 | 11. To provide television studio facilities in not to | ||||||
31 | exceed one
school building and to provide programs for | ||||||
32 | educational purposes,
provided, however, that the board | ||||||
33 | shall not construct, acquire, operate,
or maintain a | ||||||
34 | television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio
| ||||||
35 | facilities to a licensed television station located in the | ||||||
36 | school
district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed |
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| |||||||
1 | one school radio
transmitting station and provide programs | ||||||
2 | for educational purposes;
| ||||||
3 | 12. To offer, if deemed appropriate, outdoor education | ||||||
4 | courses,
including field trips within the State of | ||||||
5 | Illinois, or adjacent states,
and to use school educational | ||||||
6 | funds for the expense of the said outdoor
educational | ||||||
7 | programs, whether within the school district or not;
| ||||||
8 | 13. During that period of the calendar year not | ||||||
9 | embraced within the
regular school term, to provide and | ||||||
10 | conduct courses in subject matters
normally embraced in the | ||||||
11 | program of the schools during the regular
school term and | ||||||
12 | to give regular school credit for satisfactory
completion | ||||||
13 | by the student of such courses as may be approved for | ||||||
14 | credit
by the State Board of Education;
| ||||||
15 | 14. To insure against any loss or liability of the | ||||||
16 | board,
the former School Board Nominating Commission, | ||||||
17 | Local School Councils, the
Chicago Schools Academic | ||||||
18 | Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict
Councils | ||||||
19 | or of any member, officer, agent or employee thereof, | ||||||
20 | resulting
from alleged violations of civil rights arising | ||||||
21 | from incidents occurring on
or after September 5, 1967 or | ||||||
22 | from the wrongful or negligent act or
omission of any such | ||||||
23 | person whether occurring within or without the school
| ||||||
24 | premises, provided the officer, agent or employee was, at | ||||||
25 | the time of the
alleged violation of civil rights or | ||||||
26 | wrongful act or omission, acting
within the scope of his | ||||||
27 | employment or under direction of the board, the
former | ||||||
28 | School
Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago Schools | ||||||
29 | Academic Accountability
Council, Local School Councils, or | ||||||
30 | the former Subdistrict Councils;
and to provide for or | ||||||
31 | participate in insurance plans for its officers and
| ||||||
32 | employees, including but not limited to retirement | ||||||
33 | annuities, medical,
surgical and hospitalization benefits | ||||||
34 | in such types and amounts as may be
determined by the | ||||||
35 | board; provided, however, that the board shall contract
for | ||||||
36 | such insurance only with an insurance company authorized to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | do business
in this State. Such insurance may include | ||||||
2 | provision for employees who rely
on treatment by prayer or | ||||||
3 | spiritual means alone for healing, in accordance
with the | ||||||
4 | tenets and practice of a recognized religious | ||||||
5 | denomination;
| ||||||
6 | 15. To contract with the corporate authorities of any | ||||||
7 | municipality
or the county board of any county, as the case | ||||||
8 | may be, to provide for
the regulation of traffic in parking | ||||||
9 | areas of property used for school
purposes, in such manner | ||||||
10 | as is provided by Section 11-209 of The
Illinois Vehicle | ||||||
11 | Code, approved September 29, 1969, as amended;
| ||||||
12 | 16. (a) To provide, on an equal basis, access to a high
| ||||||
13 | school campus and student directory information to the
| ||||||
14 | official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of | ||||||
15 | Illinois and
the United States for the purposes of | ||||||
16 | informing students of the educational
and career | ||||||
17 | opportunities available in the military if the board has | ||||||
18 | provided
such access to persons or groups whose purpose is | ||||||
19 | to acquaint students with
educational or occupational | ||||||
20 | opportunities available to them. The board
is not required | ||||||
21 | to give greater notice regarding the right of access to
| ||||||
22 | recruiting representatives than is given to other persons | ||||||
23 | and groups. In
this paragraph 16, "directory information" | ||||||
24 | means a high school
student's name, address, and telephone | ||||||
25 | number.
| ||||||
26 | (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian | ||||||
27 | submits a signed,
written request to the high school before | ||||||
28 | the end of the student's sophomore
year (or if the student | ||||||
29 | is a transfer student, by another time set by
the high | ||||||
30 | school) that indicates that the student or his or her | ||||||
31 | parent or
guardian does
not want the student's directory | ||||||
32 | information to be provided to official
recruiting | ||||||
33 | representatives under subsection (a) of this Section, the | ||||||
34 | high
school may not provide access to the student's | ||||||
35 | directory information to
these recruiting representatives. | ||||||
36 | The high school shall notify its
students and their parents |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | or guardians of the provisions of this
subsection (b).
| ||||||
2 | (c) A high school may require official recruiting | ||||||
3 | representatives of
the armed forces of Illinois and the | ||||||
4 | United States to pay a fee for copying
and mailing a | ||||||
5 | student's directory information in an amount that is not
| ||||||
6 | more than the actual costs incurred by the high school.
| ||||||
7 | (d) Information received by an official recruiting | ||||||
8 | representative
under this Section may be used only to | ||||||
9 | provide information to students
concerning educational and | ||||||
10 | career opportunities available in the military
and may not | ||||||
11 | be released to a person who is not involved in recruiting
| ||||||
12 | students for the armed forces of Illinois or the United | ||||||
13 | States;
| ||||||
14 | 17. (a) To sell or market any computer program | ||||||
15 | developed by an employee
of the school district, provided | ||||||
16 | that such employee developed the computer
program as a | ||||||
17 | direct result of his or her duties with the school district
| ||||||
18 | or through the utilization of the school district resources | ||||||
19 | or facilities.
The employee who developed the computer | ||||||
20 | program shall be entitled to share
in the proceeds of such | ||||||
21 | sale or marketing of the computer program. The
distribution | ||||||
22 | of such proceeds between the employee and the school | ||||||
23 | district
shall be as agreed upon by the employee and the | ||||||
24 | school district, except
that neither the employee nor the | ||||||
25 | school district may receive more than 90%
of such proceeds. | ||||||
26 | The negotiation for an employee who is represented by an
| ||||||
27 | exclusive bargaining representative may be conducted by | ||||||
28 | such bargaining
representative at the employee's request.
| ||||||
29 | (b) For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
| ||||||
30 | (1) "Computer" means an internally programmed, | ||||||
31 | general purpose digital
device capable of | ||||||
32 | automatically accepting data, processing data and | ||||||
33 | supplying
the results of the operation.
| ||||||
34 | (2) "Computer program" means a series of coded | ||||||
35 | instructions or
statements in a form acceptable to a | ||||||
36 | computer, which causes the computer to
process data in |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | order to achieve a certain result.
| ||||||
2 | (3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from | ||||||
3 | marketing or sale of a product
after deducting the | ||||||
4 | expenses of developing and marketing such product;
| ||||||
5 | 18. To delegate to the general superintendent of
| ||||||
6 | schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts | ||||||
7 | and expenditures
in amounts of $10,000 or less;
| ||||||
8 | 19. Upon the written request of an employee, to | ||||||
9 | withhold from
the compensation of that employee any dues, | ||||||
10 | payments or contributions
payable by such employee to any | ||||||
11 | labor organization as defined in the
Illinois Educational | ||||||
12 | Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an
amount | ||||||
13 | shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which is | ||||||
14 | equal to
the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any | ||||||
15 | payments or contributions,
and the board shall transmit | ||||||
16 | such withholdings to the specified labor
organization | ||||||
17 | within 10 working days from the time of the withholding;
| ||||||
18 | 19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a | ||||||
19 | municipality with
a population of 500,000 or more, a county | ||||||
20 | with a population of 3,000,000 or
more, the Cook County | ||||||
21 | Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
| ||||||
22 | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | ||||||
23 | Transit Authority, or
a housing authority of a municipality | ||||||
24 | with a population of 500,000 or more
that a debt is due and | ||||||
25 | owing the municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest | ||||||
26 | Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | ||||||
27 | Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago | ||||||
28 | Transit Authority, or the housing authority
by an employee | ||||||
29 | of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold, from the
| ||||||
30 | compensation of that employee, the amount of the debt that | ||||||
31 | is due and owing
and pay the amount withheld to the | ||||||
32 | municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest Preserve | ||||||
33 | District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan | ||||||
34 | Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, | ||||||
35 | or the housing authority;
provided, however, that the | ||||||
36 | amount
deducted from any one salary or wage payment shall |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | not exceed 25% of the net
amount of the payment. Before the | ||||||
2 | Board deducts any amount from any salary or
wage of an | ||||||
3 | employee under this paragraph, the municipality, the | ||||||
4 | county, the
Cook County Forest Preserve District, the | ||||||
5 | Chicago Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation | ||||||
6 | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the
housing | ||||||
7 | authority shall certify that (i) the employee has been | ||||||
8 | afforded an
opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt | ||||||
9 | that is due and owing the
municipality, the county, the | ||||||
10 | Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago
Park | ||||||
11 | District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the | ||||||
12 | Chicago Transit
Authority, or the housing authority and | ||||||
13 | (ii) the employee has received notice
of a wage deduction | ||||||
14 | order and has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to
| ||||||
15 | object to the order. For purposes of this paragraph, "net | ||||||
16 | amount" means that
part of the salary or wage payment | ||||||
17 | remaining after the deduction of any amounts
required by | ||||||
18 | law to be deducted and "debt due and owing" means (i) a | ||||||
19 | specified
sum of money owed to the municipality, the | ||||||
20 | county, the Cook County Forest
Preserve District, the | ||||||
21 | Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
Reclamation | ||||||
22 | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing | ||||||
23 | authority
for services, work, or goods, after the period | ||||||
24 | granted for payment has expired,
or (ii) a specified sum of | ||||||
25 | money owed to the municipality, the county, the Cook
County | ||||||
26 | Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | ||||||
27 | Metropolitan
Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | ||||||
28 | Transit Authority, or the housing
authority pursuant to a | ||||||
29 | court order or order of an administrative hearing
officer | ||||||
30 | after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, | ||||||
31 | judicial review;
| ||||||
32 | 20. The board is encouraged to employ a sufficient | ||||||
33 | number of
certified school counselors to maintain a | ||||||
34 | student/counselor ratio of 250 to
1 by July 1, 1990. Each | ||||||
35 | counselor shall spend at least 75% of his work
time in | ||||||
36 | direct contact with students and shall maintain a record of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | such time;
| ||||||
2 | 21. To make available to students vocational and career
| ||||||
3 | counseling and to establish 5 special career counseling | ||||||
4 | days for students
and parents. On these days | ||||||
5 | representatives of local businesses and
industries shall | ||||||
6 | be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
| ||||||
7 | of career opportunities available to them in the various | ||||||
8 | businesses and
industries. Special consideration shall be | ||||||
9 | given to counseling minority
students as to career | ||||||
10 | opportunities available to them in various fields.
For the | ||||||
11 | purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a person | ||||||
12 | who is:
| ||||||
13 | (a) Black (a person having origins in any of the | ||||||
14 | black racial groups
in Africa);
| ||||||
15 | (b) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or Portuguese | ||||||
16 | culture with
origins in Mexico, South or Central | ||||||
17 | America, or the Caribbean islands,
regardless of | ||||||
18 | race);
| ||||||
19 | (c) Asian American (a person having origins in any | ||||||
20 | of the original
peoples of the Far East, Southeast | ||||||
21 | Asia, the Indian Subcontinent or the
Pacific Islands); | ||||||
22 | or
| ||||||
23 | (d) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a person | ||||||
24 | having origins in any of
the original peoples of North | ||||||
25 | America).
| ||||||
26 | Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school | ||||||
27 | days;
| ||||||
28 | 22. To report to the State Board of Education the | ||||||
29 | annual
student dropout rate and number of students who | ||||||
30 | graduate from, transfer
from or otherwise leave bilingual | ||||||
31 | programs;
| ||||||
32 | 23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and | ||||||
33 | Neglected Child
Reporting Act or other applicable State or | ||||||
34 | federal law, to permit school
officials to withhold, from | ||||||
35 | any person, information on the whereabouts of
any child | ||||||
36 | removed from school premises when the child has been taken |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | into
protective custody as a victim of suspected child | ||||||
2 | abuse. School officials
shall direct such person to the | ||||||
3 | Department of Children and Family Services,
or to the local | ||||||
4 | law enforcement agency if appropriate;
| ||||||
5 | 24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of | ||||||
6 | existing school
facilities, projected enrollment and | ||||||
7 | efficient utilization of available
resources, for capital | ||||||
8 | improvement of schools and school buildings within
the | ||||||
9 | district, addressing in that policy both the relative | ||||||
10 | priority for
major repairs, renovations and additions to | ||||||
11 | school facilities, and the
advisability or necessity of | ||||||
12 | building new school facilities or closing
existing schools | ||||||
13 | to meet current or projected demographic patterns within
| ||||||
14 | the district;
| ||||||
15 | 25. To make available to the students in every high | ||||||
16 | school attendance
center the ability to take all courses | ||||||
17 | necessary to comply with the Board
of Higher Education's | ||||||
18 | college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
| ||||||
19 | 26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching | ||||||
20 | profession,
whereby qualified professionals become | ||||||
21 | certified teachers, by allowing
credit for professional | ||||||
22 | employment in related fields when determining point
of | ||||||
23 | entry on teacher pay scale;
| ||||||
24 | 27. To provide or contract out training programs for | ||||||
25 | administrative
personnel and principals with revised or | ||||||
26 | expanded duties pursuant to this
Act in order to assure | ||||||
27 | they have the knowledge and skills to perform
their duties;
| ||||||
28 | 28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special | ||||||
29 | needs programs, and
to allocate such funds and other lump | ||||||
30 | sum amounts to each attendance center
in a manner | ||||||
31 | consistent with the provisions of part 4 of Section 34-2.3.
| ||||||
32 | Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require any | ||||||
33 | additional
appropriations of State funds for this purpose;
| ||||||
34 | 29. (Blank);
| ||||||
35 | 30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or | ||||||
36 | any other law to
the contrary, to contract with third |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | parties for services otherwise performed
by employees, | ||||||
2 | including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
| ||||||
3 | employees upon 14 days written notice to the affected | ||||||
4 | employees. Those
contracts may be for a period not to | ||||||
5 | exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a
system-wide basis;
| ||||||
6 | 31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures | ||||||
7 | governing the layoff or
reduction in force of employees and | ||||||
8 | the recall of such employees, including,
but not limited | ||||||
9 | to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force or | ||||||
10 | recall
rights of such employees and the weight to be given | ||||||
11 | to any particular
criterion. Such criteria shall take into | ||||||
12 | account factors including, but not be
limited to, | ||||||
13 | qualifications, certifications, experience, performance | ||||||
14 | ratings or
evaluations, and any other factors relating to | ||||||
15 | an employee's job performance;
| ||||||
16 | 32. To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in the | ||||||
17 | hiring of personnel
or the selection of contractors;
| ||||||
18 | 33. To enter into a partnership agreement, as required | ||||||
19 | by
Section 34-3.5 of this Code, and, notwithstanding any | ||||||
20 | other
provision of law to the contrary, to promulgate | ||||||
21 | policies, enter into
contracts, and take any other action | ||||||
22 | necessary to accomplish the
objectives and implement the | ||||||
23 | requirements of that agreement; and
| ||||||
24 | 34. To establish a Labor Management Council to the | ||||||
25 | board
comprised of representatives of the board, the chief | ||||||
26 | executive
officer, and those labor organizations that are | ||||||
27 | the exclusive
representatives of employees of the board and | ||||||
28 | to promulgate
policies and procedures for the operation of | ||||||
29 | the Council.
| ||||||
30 | The specifications of the powers herein granted are not to | ||||||
31 | be
construed as exclusive but the board shall also exercise all | ||||||
32 | other
powers that they may be requisite or proper for the | ||||||
33 | maintenance and the
development of a public school system, not | ||||||
34 | inconsistent with the other
provisions of this Article or | ||||||
35 | provisions of this Code which apply to all
school districts.
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36 | In addition to the powers herein granted and authorized to |
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1 | be exercised
by the board, it shall be the duty of the board to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | review or to direct
independent reviews of special education | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | expenditures and services.
The board shall file a report of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | such review with the General Assembly on
or before May 1, 1990.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 92-109, eff. 7-20-01; 92-527, eff. 6-1-02; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 92-724, eff.
7-25-02; 93-3, eff. 4-16-03.)
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7 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Section 8.28 as
follows:
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9 | (30 ILCS 805/8.28 new)
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11 | of this
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12 | implementation of
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13 | the 93rd General Assembly.
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15 | becoming law.
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