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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 | 10-22.34c as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.34c)
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7 | Sec. 10-22.34c. Third party non-instructional services. A
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8 | Notwithstanding any other law of this State, nothing in this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Code prevents a
board of education may enter
from entering into | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | a contract with a third party for
non-instructional services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | currently performed by any employee or bargaining
unit member | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | or lay
from laying off those educational support personnel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | employees
upon 90
30 days
written notice to
the affected | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | employees , provided that: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | (1) a contract must not be entered into during the term | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | of a collective bargaining agreement covering any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | employees who perform the non-instructional services; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (2) a contract may only take effect at the beginning of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | a fiscal year; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(3) any third party that submits a bid to perform the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | non-instructional services shall provide the following: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (A) evidence of liability insurance in scope and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | amount equivalent to the liability insurance provided |
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1 | by the school board pursuant to Section 10-22.3 of this | ||||||
2 | Code;
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3 | (B) a benefits package for the third party's | ||||||
4 | employees who will perform the non-instructional | ||||||
5 | services comparable to the benefits package provided | ||||||
6 | to school board employees who perform those services; | ||||||
7 | (C) a list of the number of employees who will | ||||||
8 | provide the non-instructional services, the job | ||||||
9 | classifications of those employees, and the wages the | ||||||
10 | third party will pay those employees; | ||||||
11 | (D) a minimum 3-year cost projection, using | ||||||
12 | generally accepted accounting principles and which the | ||||||
13 | third party is prohibited from increasing if the bid is | ||||||
14 | accepted by the school board, for each and every | ||||||
15 | expenditure category and account for performing the | ||||||
16 | non-instructional services; and | ||||||
17 | (E) information about the criminal and | ||||||
18 | disciplinary records, including claims of sexual | ||||||
19 | misconduct, alcohol or other substance abuse, | ||||||
20 | Department of Children and Family Services complaints | ||||||
21 | and investigations, traffic violations, and license | ||||||
22 | revocations or any other licensure problems, of any | ||||||
23 | employees who may perform the non-instructional | ||||||
24 | services;
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25 | (4) a contract must not be entered into unless the | ||||||
26 | school board provides a cost comparison, using generally |
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1 | accepted accounting principles, of each and every | ||||||
2 | expenditure category and account that the school board | ||||||
3 | projects it would incur over the term of the contract if it | ||||||
4 | continued to perform the non-instructional services using | ||||||
5 | its own employees with each and every expenditure category | ||||||
6 | and account that is projected a third party would incur if | ||||||
7 | a third party performed the non-instructional services; | ||||||
8 | (5) review and consideration of all bids by third | ||||||
9 | parties to perform the non-instructional services shall | ||||||
10 | take place in open session of a regularly scheduled school | ||||||
11 | board meeting; | ||||||
12 | (6) a minimum of 2 public hearings, conducted by the | ||||||
13 | school board prior to 2 regularly scheduled school board | ||||||
14 | meetings, to discuss the school board's proposal to | ||||||
15 | contract with a third party to perform the | ||||||
16 | non-instructional services must be held before the school | ||||||
17 | board may enter into such a contract; the school board must | ||||||
18 | provide 6 months notice to the public of the date, time, | ||||||
19 | and location of the first public hearing; | ||||||
20 | (7) a contract shall contain provisions requiring the | ||||||
21 | contractor to offer available employee positions pursuant | ||||||
22 | to the contract to qualified school district employees | ||||||
23 | whose employment is terminated because of the contract; and | ||||||
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(8) a contract shall contain provisions requiring the | ||||||
25 | contractor to comply with a policy of nondiscrimination and | ||||||
26 | equal employment opportunity for all persons and to take |
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1 | affirmative steps to provide equal opportunity for all | ||||||
2 | persons .
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3 | (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
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4 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Section 8.31 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (30 ILCS 805/8.31 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 8.31. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
8 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
9 | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
10 | the 95th General Assembly.
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11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
12 | becoming law.
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