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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 3-11 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/3-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-11)
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| Sec. 3-11. Institutes or inservice training workshops. In |
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| counties
of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the regional |
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| superintendent may
arrange for or conduct district, regional, |
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| or county institutes, or
equivalent professional educational |
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| experiences, not more than 4 days
annually. Of those 4 days, 2 |
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| days may be used as a teacher's workshop,
when approved by the |
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| regional superintendent, up to 2 days may be used
for |
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| conducting parent-teacher conferences or up to 2 days may be |
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| utilized
as parental institute days as provided in Section |
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| 10-22.18d. A school
district may use one of its 4 institute |
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| days on the last day of the school
term. "Institute" or |
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| "Professional educational experiences" means any
educational |
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| gathering, demonstration of methods of instruction,
visitation |
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| of schools or other institutions or facilities, or sexual
abuse |
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| and sexual assault awareness seminar, or training in First Aid |
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| (which may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation or |
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| defibrillator training) held or approved
by the regional |
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| superintendent and declared by him to be an institute day,
or |
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| parent-teacher conferences. With the concurrence of the State
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| Superintendent of Education, he or she may employ such |
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| assistance as is
necessary
to conduct the institute. Two or |
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| more adjoining counties may jointly hold
an institute. |
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| Institute instruction shall be free to holders of
certificates |
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| good in the county or counties holding the institute, and to
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| those who have paid an examination fee and failed to receive a |
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| certificate.
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| In counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the regional
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| superintendent may arrange for or conduct district, regional, |
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| or county
inservice training workshops, or equivalent |
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| professional educational
experiences, not more than 4 days |
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| annually. Of those 4 days, 2 days may
be used for conducting |
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| parent-teacher conferences and up to 2 days may be
utilized as |
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| parental institute days as provided in Section 10-22.18d. A
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| school district may use one of those 4 days on the last day of |
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| the school
term. "Inservice Training Workshops" or |
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| "Professional educational
experiences" means any educational |
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| gathering, demonstration of methods of
instruction, visitation |
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| of schools or other institutions or
facilities, or sexual abuse |
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| and sexual assault awareness seminar, or training in First Aid |
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| (which may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation or |
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| defibrillator training) held
or approved by the regional |
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| superintendent and declared by him to be
an inservice training |
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| workshop, or parent-teacher conferences. With the
concurrence |
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| of the State Superintendent of Education, he may employ such
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| assistance as is necessary to conduct the inservice training |
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| workshop.
With the approval of the regional superintendent, 2 |
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| or more adjoining
districts may jointly hold an inservice |
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| training workshop. In addition,
with the approval of the |
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| regional superintendent, one district may conduct
its own |
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| inservice training workshop with subject matter consultants
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| requested from the county, State or any State institution of |
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| higher learning.
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| Such teachers institutes as referred to in this Section may |
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| be held
on consecutive or separate days at the option of the |
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| regional
superintendent having jurisdiction thereof.
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| Whenever reference is made in this Act to "teachers |
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| institute", it
shall be construed to include the inservice |
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| training workshops or
equivalent professional educational |
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| experiences provided for in this Section.
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| Any institute advisory committee existing on April 1, 1995, |
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| is dissolved
and the duties and responsibilities of the |
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| institute advisory committee are
assumed by the regional office |
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| of education advisory board.
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| Districts providing inservice training programs shall |
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| constitute inservice
committees, 1/2 of which shall be |
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| teachers, 1/4 school service personnel
and 1/4 administrators |
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| to establish program content and schedules.
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| The teachers institutes shall include teacher training |
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| committed to
peer counseling programs and other anti-violence |
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| and conflict
resolution programs, including without limitation |
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| programs for preventing at
risk students from committing |
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| violent acts.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-491, eff. 8-13-99.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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