Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

Filed: 3/20/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1771

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1771 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
5 10-19.1 and 34-18 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/10-19.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1)
7     Sec. 10-19.1. Full year school plan. Any school district
8 may, by resolution of its board, operate one or more schools
9 within the district on a full year school plan approved by the
10 State Board of Education. Any board which operates under this
11 Section shall devise a plan so that a student's required
12 attendance in school shall be for a minimum term of 180 days of
13 actual attendance, including not more than 4 institute days,
14 during a 12 month period, but shall not exceed 185 days. Under
15 such plan, no teacher shall be required to teach more than 185
16 days. A calendar of 180 days may be established with the

 

 

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1 approval of the State Board of Education.
2     If a school board, in scheduling breaks as part of the full
3 year school plan, schedules a break that exceeds 2 consecutive
4 weeks, the school district and school may not refer to the
5 school as a full-year or year-round school.
6 (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
 
7     (105 ILCS 5/34-18)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
8     Sec. 34-18. Powers of the board. The board shall exercise
9 general supervision and jurisdiction over the public education
10 and the public school system of the city, and, except as
11 otherwise provided by this Article, shall have power:
12         1. To make suitable provision for the establishment and
13     maintenance throughout the year or for such portion thereof
14     as it may direct, not less than 9 months, of schools of all
15     grades and kinds, including normal schools, high schools,
16     night schools, schools for defectives and delinquents,
17     parental and truant schools, schools for the blind, the
18     deaf and the crippled, schools or classes in manual
19     training, constructural and vocational teaching, domestic
20     arts and physical culture, vocation and extension schools
21     and lecture courses, and all other educational courses and
22     facilities, including establishing, equipping, maintaining
23     and operating playgrounds and recreational programs, when
24     such programs are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected
25     with any public school under the general supervision and

 

 

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1     jurisdiction of the board; provided that (i) the calendar
2     for the school term and any changes must be submitted to
3     and approved by the State Board of Education before the
4     calendar or changes may take effect, (ii) if the board, in
5     scheduling breaks as part of a full year school plan,
6     schedules a break that exceeds 2 consecutive weeks, the
7     school district and attendance center may not refer to the
8     attendance center as a full-year or year-round school or
9     attendance center, and (iii) provided that in allocating
10     funds from year to year for the operation of all attendance
11     centers within the district, the board shall ensure that
12     supplemental general State aid funds are allocated and
13     applied in accordance with Section 18-8 or 18-8.05. To
14     admit to such schools without charge foreign exchange
15     students who are participants in an organized exchange
16     student program which is authorized by the board. The board
17     shall permit all students to enroll in apprenticeship
18     programs in trade schools operated by the board, whether
19     those programs are union-sponsored or not. No student shall
20     be refused admission into or be excluded from any course of
21     instruction offered in the common schools by reason of that
22     student's sex. No student shall be denied equal access to
23     physical education and interscholastic athletic programs
24     supported from school district funds or denied
25     participation in comparable physical education and
26     athletic programs solely by reason of the student's sex.

 

 

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1     Equal access to programs supported from school district
2     funds and comparable programs will be defined in rules
3     promulgated by the State Board of Education in consultation
4     with the Illinois High School Association. Notwithstanding
5     any other provision of this Article, neither the board of
6     education nor any local school council or other school
7     official shall recommend that children with disabilities
8     be placed into regular education classrooms unless those
9     children with disabilities are provided with supplementary
10     services to assist them so that they benefit from the
11     regular classroom instruction and are included on the
12     teacher's regular education class register;
13         2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable
14     charge therefor, and to use school funds for the payment of
15     such expenses as the board may determine are necessary in
16     conducting the school lunch program;
17         3. To co-operate with the circuit court;
18         4. To make arrangements with the public or quasi-public
19     libraries and museums for the use of their facilities by
20     teachers and pupils of the public schools;
21         5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for
22     the purpose of treating the pupils in the schools, but
23     accepting such treatment shall be optional with parents or
24     guardians;
25         6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms
26     when not otherwise needed, including light, heat, and

 

 

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1     attendants, for free public lectures, concerts, and other
2     educational and social interests, free of charge, under
3     such provisions and control as the principal of the
4     affected attendance center may prescribe;
5         7. To apportion the pupils to the several schools;
6     provided that no pupil shall be excluded from or segregated
7     in any such school on account of his color, race, sex, or
8     nationality. The board shall take into consideration the
9     prevention of segregation and the elimination of
10     separation of children in public schools because of color,
11     race, sex, or nationality. Except that children may be
12     committed to or attend parental and social adjustment
13     schools established and maintained either for boys or girls
14     only. All records pertaining to the creation, alteration or
15     revision of attendance areas shall be open to the public.
16     Nothing herein shall limit the board's authority to
17     establish multi-area attendance centers or other student
18     assignment systems for desegregation purposes or
19     otherwise, and to apportion the pupils to the several
20     schools. Furthermore, beginning in school year 1994-95,
21     pursuant to a board plan adopted by October 1, 1993, the
22     board shall offer, commencing on a phased-in basis, the
23     opportunity for families within the school district to
24     apply for enrollment of their children in any attendance
25     center within the school district which does not have
26     selective admission requirements approved by the board.

 

 

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1     The appropriate geographical area in which such open
2     enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by the
3     board of education. Such children may be admitted to any
4     such attendance center on a space available basis after all
5     children residing within such attendance center's area
6     have been accommodated. If the number of applicants from
7     outside the attendance area exceed the space available,
8     then successful applicants shall be selected by lottery.
9     The board of education's open enrollment plan must include
10     provisions that allow low income students to have access to
11     transportation needed to exercise school choice. Open
12     enrollment shall be in compliance with the provisions of
13     the Consent Decree and Desegregation Plan cited in Section
14     34-1.01;
15         8. To approve programs and policies for providing
16     transportation services to students. Nothing herein shall
17     be construed to permit or empower the State Board of
18     Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other
19     transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving
20     racial balance in any school;
21         9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to
22     establish and approve system-wide curriculum objectives
23     and standards, including graduation standards, which
24     reflect the multi-cultural diversity in the city and are
25     consistent with State law, provided that for all purposes
26     of this Article courses or proficiency in American Sign

 

 

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1     Language shall be deemed to constitute courses or
2     proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ principals
3     and teachers, appointed as provided in this Article, and
4     fix their compensation. The board shall prepare such
5     reports related to minimal competency testing as may be
6     requested by the State Board of Education, and in addition
7     shall monitor and approve special education and bilingual
8     education programs and policies within the district to
9     assure that appropriate services are provided in
10     accordance with applicable State and federal laws to
11     children requiring services and education in those areas;
12         10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize
13     volunteer personnel for: (i) non-teaching duties not
14     requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils,
15     including library duties; and (ii) supervising study
16     halls, long distance teaching reception areas used
17     incident to instructional programs transmitted by
18     electronic media such as computers, video, and audio,
19     detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored
20     extracurricular activities. The board may further utilize
21     volunteer non-certificated personnel or employ
22     non-certificated personnel to assist in the instruction of
23     pupils under the immediate supervision of a teacher holding
24     a valid certificate, directly engaged in teaching subject
25     matter or conducting activities; provided that the teacher
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1     persons' activities and shall be able to control or modify
2     them. The general superintendent shall determine
3     qualifications of such personnel and shall prescribe rules
4     for determining the duties and activities to be assigned to
5     such personnel;
6         10.5. To utilize volunteer personnel from a regional
7     School Crisis Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part
8     of the Safe to Learn Program established pursuant to
9     Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act of 1995,
10     to provide assistance to schools in times of violence or
11     other traumatic incidents within a school community by
12     providing crisis intervention services to lessen the
13     effects of emotional trauma on individuals and the
14     community; the School Crisis Assistance Team Steering
15     Committee shall determine the qualifications for
16     volunteers;
17         11. To provide television studio facilities in not to
18     exceed one school building and to provide programs for
19     educational purposes, provided, however, that the board
20     shall not construct, acquire, operate, or maintain a
21     television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio
22     facilities to a licensed television station located in the
23     school district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed
24     one school radio transmitting station and provide programs
25     for educational purposes;
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1     courses, including field trips within the State of
2     Illinois, or adjacent states, and to use school educational
3     funds for the expense of the said outdoor educational
4     programs, whether within the school district or not;
5         13. During that period of the calendar year not
6     embraced within the regular school term, to provide and
7     conduct courses in subject matters normally embraced in the
8     program of the schools during the regular school term and
9     to give regular school credit for satisfactory completion
10     by the student of such courses as may be approved for
11     credit by the State Board of Education;
12         14. To insure against any loss or liability of the
13     board, the former School Board Nominating Commission,
14     Local School Councils, the Chicago Schools Academic
15     Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict Councils
16     or of any member, officer, agent or employee thereof,
17     resulting from alleged violations of civil rights arising
18     from incidents occurring on or after September 5, 1967 or
19     from the wrongful or negligent act or omission of any such
20     person whether occurring within or without the school
21     premises, provided the officer, agent or employee was, at
22     the time of the alleged violation of civil rights or
23     wrongful act or omission, acting within the scope of his
24     employment or under direction of the board, the former
25     School Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago Schools
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1     the former Subdistrict Councils; and to provide for or
2     participate in insurance plans for its officers and
3     employees, including but not limited to retirement
4     annuities, medical, surgical and hospitalization benefits
5     in such types and amounts as may be determined by the
6     board; provided, however, that the board shall contract for
7     such insurance only with an insurance company authorized to
8     do business in this State. Such insurance may include
9     provision for employees who rely on treatment by prayer or
10     spiritual means alone for healing, in accordance with the
11     tenets and practice of a recognized religious
12     denomination;
13         15. To contract with the corporate authorities of any
14     municipality or the county board of any county, as the case
15     may be, to provide for the regulation of traffic in parking
16     areas of property used for school purposes, in such manner
17     as is provided by Section 11-209 of The Illinois Vehicle
18     Code, approved September 29, 1969, as amended;
19         16. (a) To provide, on an equal basis, access to a high
20     school campus and student directory information to the
21     official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of
22     Illinois and the United States for the purposes of
23     informing students of the educational and career
24     opportunities available in the military if the board has
25     provided such access to persons or groups whose purpose is
26     to acquaint students with educational or occupational

 

 

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1     opportunities available to them. The board is not required
2     to give greater notice regarding the right of access to
3     recruiting representatives than is given to other persons
4     and groups. In this paragraph 16, "directory information"
5     means a high school student's name, address, and telephone
6     number.
7         (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian
8     submits a signed, written request to the high school before
9     the end of the student's sophomore year (or if the student
10     is a transfer student, by another time set by the high
11     school) that indicates that the student or his or her
12     parent or guardian does not want the student's directory
13     information to be provided to official recruiting
14     representatives under subsection (a) of this Section, the
15     high school may not provide access to the student's
16     directory information to these recruiting representatives.
17     The high school shall notify its students and their parents
18     or guardians of the provisions of this subsection (b).
19         (c) A high school may require official recruiting
20     representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the
21     United States to pay a fee for copying and mailing a
22     student's directory information in an amount that is not
23     more than the actual costs incurred by the high school.
24         (d) Information received by an official recruiting
25     representative under this Section may be used only to
26     provide information to students concerning educational and

 

 

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1     career opportunities available in the military and may not
2     be released to a person who is not involved in recruiting
3     students for the armed forces of Illinois or the United
4     States;
5         17. (a) To sell or market any computer program
6     developed by an employee of the school district, provided
7     that such employee developed the computer program as a
8     direct result of his or her duties with the school district
9     or through the utilization of the school district resources
10     or facilities. The employee who developed the computer
11     program shall be entitled to share in the proceeds of such
12     sale or marketing of the computer program. The distribution
13     of such proceeds between the employee and the school
14     district shall be as agreed upon by the employee and the
15     school district, except that neither the employee nor the
16     school district may receive more than 90% of such proceeds.
17     The negotiation for an employee who is represented by an
18     exclusive bargaining representative may be conducted by
19     such bargaining representative at the employee's request.
20         (b) For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
21             (1) "Computer" means an internally programmed,
22         general purpose digital device capable of
23         automatically accepting data, processing data and
24         supplying the results of the operation.
25             (2) "Computer program" means a series of coded
26         instructions or statements in a form acceptable to a

 

 

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1         computer, which causes the computer to process data in
2         order to achieve a certain result.
3             (3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from
4         marketing or sale of a product after deducting the
5         expenses of developing and marketing such product;
6         18. To delegate to the general superintendent of
7     schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts
8     and expenditures in amounts of $10,000 or less;
9         19. Upon the written request of an employee, to
10     withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues,
11     payments or contributions payable by such employee to any
12     labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational
13     Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an amount
14     shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which is
15     equal to the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any
16     payments or contributions, and the board shall transmit
17     such withholdings to the specified labor organization
18     within 10 working days from the time of the withholding;
19         19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a
20     municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, a county
21     with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook County
22     Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
23     Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago
24     Transit Authority, or a housing authority of a municipality
25     with a population of 500,000 or more that a debt is due and
26     owing the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest

 

 

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1     Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
2     Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago
3     Transit Authority, or the housing authority by an employee
4     of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold, from the
5     compensation of that employee, the amount of the debt that
6     is due and owing and pay the amount withheld to the
7     municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
8     District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan
9     Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority,
10     or the housing authority; provided, however, that the
11     amount deducted from any one salary or wage payment shall
12     not exceed 25% of the net amount of the payment. Before the
13     Board deducts any amount from any salary or wage of an
14     employee under this paragraph, the municipality, the
15     county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
16     Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
17     District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing
18     authority shall certify that (i) the employee has been
19     afforded an opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt
20     that is due and owing the municipality, the county, the
21     Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park
22     District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the
23     Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing authority and
24     (ii) the employee has received notice of a wage deduction
25     order and has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to
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1     amount" means that part of the salary or wage payment
2     remaining after the deduction of any amounts required by
3     law to be deducted and "debt due and owing" means (i) a
4     specified sum of money owed to the municipality, the
5     county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
6     Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
7     District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing
8     authority for services, work, or goods, after the period
9     granted for payment has expired, or (ii) a specified sum of
10     money owed to the municipality, the county, the Cook County
11     Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
12     Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago
13     Transit Authority, or the housing authority pursuant to a
14     court order or order of an administrative hearing officer
15     after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust,
16     judicial review;
17         20. The board is encouraged to employ a sufficient
18     number of certified school counselors to maintain a
19     student/counselor ratio of 250 to 1 by July 1, 1990. Each
20     counselor shall spend at least 75% of his work time in
21     direct contact with students and shall maintain a record of
22     such time;
23         21. To make available to students vocational and career
24     counseling and to establish 5 special career counseling
25     days for students and parents. On these days
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1     be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
2     of career opportunities available to them in the various
3     businesses and industries. Special consideration shall be
4     given to counseling minority students as to career
5     opportunities available to them in various fields. For the
6     purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a person
7     who is:
8             (a) Black (a person having origins in any of the
9         black racial groups in Africa);
10             (b) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or Portuguese
11         culture with origins in Mexico, South or Central
12         America, or the Caribbean islands, regardless of
13         race);
14             (c) Asian American (a person having origins in any
15         of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast
16         Asia, the Indian Subcontinent or the Pacific Islands);
17         or
18             (d) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a person
19         having origins in any of the original peoples of North
20         America).
21         Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school
22     days;
23         22. To report to the State Board of Education the
24     annual student dropout rate and number of students who
25     graduate from, transfer from or otherwise leave bilingual
26     programs;

 

 

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1         23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and
2     Neglected Child Reporting Act or other applicable State or
3     federal law, to permit school officials to withhold, from
4     any person, information on the whereabouts of any child
5     removed from school premises when the child has been taken
6     into protective custody as a victim of suspected child
7     abuse. School officials shall direct such person to the
8     Department of Children and Family Services, or to the local
9     law enforcement agency if appropriate;
10         24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of
11     existing school facilities, projected enrollment and
12     efficient utilization of available resources, for capital
13     improvement of schools and school buildings within the
14     district, addressing in that policy both the relative
15     priority for major repairs, renovations and additions to
16     school facilities, and the advisability or necessity of
17     building new school facilities or closing existing schools
18     to meet current or projected demographic patterns within
19     the district;
20         25. To make available to the students in every high
21     school attendance center the ability to take all courses
22     necessary to comply with the Board of Higher Education's
23     college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
24         26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching
25     profession, whereby qualified professionals become
26     certified teachers, by allowing credit for professional

 

 

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1     employment in related fields when determining point of
2     entry on teacher pay scale;
3         27. To provide or contract out training programs for
4     administrative personnel and principals with revised or
5     expanded duties pursuant to this Act in order to assure
6     they have the knowledge and skills to perform their duties;
7         28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special
8     needs programs, and to allocate such funds and other lump
9     sum amounts to each attendance center in a manner
10     consistent with the provisions of part 4 of Section 34-2.3.
11     Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require any
12     additional appropriations of State funds for this purpose;
13         29. (Blank);
14         30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or
15     any other law to the contrary, to contract with third
16     parties for services otherwise performed by employees,
17     including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
18     employees upon 14 days written notice to the affected
19     employees. Those contracts may be for a period not to
20     exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a system-wide basis;
21         31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures
22     governing the layoff or reduction in force of employees and
23     the recall of such employees, including, but not limited
24     to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force or
25     recall rights of such employees and the weight to be given
26     to any particular criterion. Such criteria shall take into

 

 

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1     account factors including, but not be limited to,
2     qualifications, certifications, experience, performance
3     ratings or evaluations, and any other factors relating to
4     an employee's job performance;
5         32. To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in the
6     hiring of personnel or the selection of contractors;
7         33. To enter into a partnership agreement, as required
8     by Section 34-3.5 of this Code, and, notwithstanding any
9     other provision of law to the contrary, to promulgate
10     policies, enter into contracts, and take any other action
11     necessary to accomplish the objectives and implement the
12     requirements of that agreement; and
13         34. To establish a Labor Management Council to the
14     board comprised of representatives of the board, the chief
15     executive officer, and those labor organizations that are
16     the exclusive representatives of employees of the board and
17     to promulgate policies and procedures for the operation of
18     the Council.
19     The specifications of the powers herein granted are not to
20 be construed as exclusive but the board shall also exercise all
21 other powers that they may be requisite or proper for the
22 maintenance and the development of a public school system, not
23 inconsistent with the other provisions of this Article or
24 provisions of this Code which apply to all school districts.
25     In addition to the powers herein granted and authorized to
26 be exercised by the board, it shall be the duty of the board to

 

 

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1 review or to direct independent reviews of special education
2 expenditures and services. The board shall file a report of
3 such review with the General Assembly on or before May 1, 1990.
4 (Source: P.A. 92-109, eff. 7-20-01; 92-527, eff. 6-1-02;
5 92-724, eff. 7-25-02; 93-3, eff. 4-16-03; 93-1036, eff.
6 9-14-04.)".