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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 Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 3-11 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/3-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-11)
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7 | Sec. 3-11. Institutes or inservice training workshops. In | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | counties
of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the regional | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | superintendent may
arrange for or conduct district, regional, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | or county institutes, or
equivalent professional educational | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | experiences, not more than 4 days
annually. Of those 4 days, 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | days may be used as a teacher's workshop,
when approved by the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | regional superintendent, up to 2 days may be used
for | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | conducting parent-teacher conferences or up to 2 days may be | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | utilized
as parental institute days as provided in Section | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | 10-22.18d. A school
district may use one of its 4 institute | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | days on the last day of the school
term , except that institute | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | days must be scheduled for election and primary election days, | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | as established in Section 2A-1.1 of the Election Code, before | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | any other day . "Institute" or "Professional educational | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | experiences" means any
educational gathering, demonstration of | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | methods of instruction,
visitation of schools or other | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | institutions or facilities, sexual
abuse and sexual assault |
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1 | awareness seminar, or training in First Aid (which may include | ||||||
2 | cardiopulmonary resuscitation or defibrillator training) held | ||||||
3 | or approved
by the regional superintendent and declared by him | ||||||
4 | to be an institute day,
or parent-teacher conferences. With the | ||||||
5 | concurrence of the State
Superintendent of Education, he or she | ||||||
6 | may employ such assistance as is
necessary
to conduct the | ||||||
7 | institute. Two or more adjoining counties may jointly hold
an | ||||||
8 | institute. Institute instruction shall be free to holders of
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9 | certificates good in the county or counties holding the | ||||||
10 | institute, and to
those who have paid an examination fee and | ||||||
11 | failed to receive a certificate.
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12 | In counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the regional
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13 | superintendent may arrange for or conduct district, regional, | ||||||
14 | or county
inservice training workshops, or equivalent | ||||||
15 | professional educational
experiences, not more than 4 days | ||||||
16 | annually. Of those 4 days, 2 days may
be used for conducting | ||||||
17 | parent-teacher conferences and up to 2 days may be
utilized as | ||||||
18 | parental institute days as provided in Section 10-22.18d. A
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19 | school district may use one of those 4 days on the last day of | ||||||
20 | the school
term , except that inservice training days must be | ||||||
21 | scheduled for election and primary election days, as | ||||||
22 | established in Section 2A-1.1 of the Election Code, before any | ||||||
23 | other day . "Inservice Training Workshops" or "Professional | ||||||
24 | educational
experiences" means any educational gathering, | ||||||
25 | demonstration of methods of
instruction, visitation of schools | ||||||
26 | or other institutions or
facilities, sexual abuse and sexual |
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1 | assault awareness seminar, or training in First Aid (which may | ||||||
2 | include cardiopulmonary resuscitation or defibrillator | ||||||
3 | training) held
or approved by the regional superintendent and | ||||||
4 | declared by him to be
an inservice training workshop, or | ||||||
5 | parent-teacher conferences. With the
concurrence of the State | ||||||
6 | Superintendent of Education, he may employ such
assistance as | ||||||
7 | is necessary to conduct the inservice training workshop.
With | ||||||
8 | the approval of the regional superintendent, 2 or more | ||||||
9 | adjoining
districts may jointly hold an inservice training | ||||||
10 | workshop. In addition,
with the approval of the regional | ||||||
11 | superintendent, one district may conduct
its own inservice | ||||||
12 | training workshop with subject matter consultants
requested | ||||||
13 | from the county, State or any State institution of higher | ||||||
14 | learning.
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15 | Such teachers institutes as referred to in this Section may | ||||||
16 | be held
on consecutive or separate days at the option of the | ||||||
17 | regional
superintendent having jurisdiction thereof.
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18 | Whenever reference is made in this Act to "teachers | ||||||
19 | institute", it
shall be construed to include the inservice | ||||||
20 | training workshops or
equivalent professional educational | ||||||
21 | experiences provided for in this Section.
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22 | Any institute advisory committee existing on April 1, 1995, | ||||||
23 | is dissolved
and the duties and responsibilities of the | ||||||
24 | institute advisory committee are
assumed by the regional office | ||||||
25 | of education advisory board.
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26 | Districts providing inservice training programs shall |
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1 | constitute inservice
committees, 1/2 of which shall be | ||||||
2 | teachers, 1/4 school service personnel
and 1/4 administrators | ||||||
3 | to establish program content and schedules.
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4 | The teachers institutes shall include teacher training | ||||||
5 | committed to
peer counseling programs and other anti-violence | ||||||
6 | and conflict
resolution programs, including without limitation | ||||||
7 | programs for preventing at
risk students from committing | ||||||
8 | violent acts.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 94-197, eff. 7-12-05.)
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