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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 | 10-22.24a and 34-18 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a)
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7 | Sec. 10-22.24a. School counselor. To employ school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | counselors. For high school students, a school board must | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | employ a sufficient number of certified school counselors to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | maintain a student/counselor ratio of 250 to 1. A school
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11 | counselor is
a qualified specialist who holds a School Service | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Personnel certificate
endorsed in school
counseling issued | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | pursuant to Section 21-25 of this Code and
who either (i) holds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | or is qualified for an elementary, secondary, special
K-12, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | special preschool-age 21 certificate issued pursuant to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Section 21-2
or 21-4 of this Code or (ii) in lieu of holding or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | qualifying for a teaching
certificate, has fulfilled such other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | requirements as the State Board of
Education and the State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Teacher Certification Board may by rule establish. An
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20 | individual who has completed an approved
program in another | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | state may apply for a
School Service Personnel certificate
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22 | endorsed in school counseling and shall receive such a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | certificate if a review
of his or her credentials indicates |
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1 | that
he or she meets the additional requirements of this | ||||||
2 | Section.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 93-125, eff. 7-10-03.)
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4 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
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5 | Sec. 34-18. Powers of the board. The board shall exercise | ||||||
6 | general
supervision and jurisdiction over the public education | ||||||
7 | and the public
school system of the city, and, except as | ||||||
8 | otherwise provided by this
Article, shall have power:
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9 | 1. To make suitable provision for the establishment and | ||||||
10 | maintenance
throughout the year or for such portion thereof | ||||||
11 | as it may direct, not
less than 9 months, of schools of all | ||||||
12 | grades and kinds, including normal
schools, high schools, | ||||||
13 | night schools, schools for defectives and
delinquents, | ||||||
14 | parental and truant schools, schools for the blind, the
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15 | deaf and the crippled, schools or classes in manual | ||||||
16 | training,
constructural and vocational teaching, domestic | ||||||
17 | arts and physical
culture, vocation and extension schools | ||||||
18 | and lecture courses, and all
other educational courses and | ||||||
19 | facilities, including establishing,
equipping, maintaining | ||||||
20 | and operating playgrounds and recreational
programs, when | ||||||
21 | such programs are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected
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22 | with any public school under the general supervision and | ||||||
23 | jurisdiction
of the board; provided that the calendar for | ||||||
24 | the school term and any changes must be submitted to and | ||||||
25 | approved by the State Board of Education before the |
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1 | calendar or changes may take effect, and provided that in | ||||||
2 | allocating funds
from year to year for the operation of all | ||||||
3 | attendance centers within the
district, the board shall | ||||||
4 | ensure that supplemental general State aid funds
are | ||||||
5 | allocated and applied in accordance with Section 18-8 or | ||||||
6 | 18-8.05. To
admit to such
schools without charge foreign | ||||||
7 | exchange students who are participants in
an organized | ||||||
8 | exchange student program which is authorized by the board.
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9 | The board shall permit all students to enroll in | ||||||
10 | apprenticeship programs
in trade schools operated by the | ||||||
11 | board, whether those programs are
union-sponsored or not. | ||||||
12 | No student shall be refused admission into or
be excluded | ||||||
13 | from any course of instruction offered in the common | ||||||
14 | schools
by reason of that student's sex. No student shall | ||||||
15 | be denied equal
access to physical education and | ||||||
16 | interscholastic athletic programs
supported from school | ||||||
17 | district funds or denied participation in
comparable | ||||||
18 | physical education and athletic programs solely by reason | ||||||
19 | of
the student's sex. Equal access to programs supported | ||||||
20 | from school
district funds and comparable programs will be | ||||||
21 | defined in rules
promulgated by the State Board of | ||||||
22 | Education in
consultation with the Illinois High School | ||||||
23 | Association.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this | ||||||
24 | Article, neither the board
of education nor any local | ||||||
25 | school council or other school official shall
recommend | ||||||
26 | that children with disabilities be placed into regular |
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1 | education
classrooms unless those children with | ||||||
2 | disabilities are provided with
supplementary services to | ||||||
3 | assist them so that they benefit from the regular
classroom | ||||||
4 | instruction and are included on the teacher's regular | ||||||
5 | education
class register;
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6 | 2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable | ||||||
7 | charge
therefor, and to use school funds for the payment of | ||||||
8 | such expenses as
the board may determine are necessary in | ||||||
9 | conducting the school lunch
program;
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10 | 3. To co-operate with the circuit court;
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11 | 4. To make arrangements with the public or quasi-public | ||||||
12 | libraries
and museums for the use of their facilities by | ||||||
13 | teachers and pupils of
the public schools;
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14 | 5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for | ||||||
15 | the purpose of
treating the pupils in the schools, but | ||||||
16 | accepting such treatment shall
be optional with parents or | ||||||
17 | guardians;
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18 | 6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms | ||||||
19 | when not
otherwise needed, including light, heat, and | ||||||
20 | attendants, for free public
lectures, concerts, and other | ||||||
21 | educational and social interests, free of
charge, under | ||||||
22 | such provisions and control as the principal of the
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23 | affected attendance center may prescribe;
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24 | 7. To apportion the pupils to the several schools; | ||||||
25 | provided that no pupil
shall be excluded from or segregated | ||||||
26 | in any such school on account of his
color, race, sex, or |
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1 | nationality. The board shall take into consideration
the | ||||||
2 | prevention of segregation and the elimination of | ||||||
3 | separation of children
in public schools because of color, | ||||||
4 | race, sex, or nationality. Except that
children may be | ||||||
5 | committed to or attend parental and social adjustment | ||||||
6 | schools
established and maintained either for boys or girls | ||||||
7 | only. All records
pertaining to the creation, alteration or | ||||||
8 | revision of attendance areas shall
be open to the public. | ||||||
9 | Nothing herein shall limit the board's authority to
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10 | establish multi-area attendance centers or other student | ||||||
11 | assignment systems
for desegregation purposes or | ||||||
12 | otherwise, and to apportion the pupils to the
several | ||||||
13 | schools. Furthermore, beginning in school year 1994-95, | ||||||
14 | pursuant
to a board plan adopted by October 1, 1993, the | ||||||
15 | board shall offer, commencing
on a phased-in basis, the | ||||||
16 | opportunity for families within the school
district to | ||||||
17 | apply for enrollment of their children in any attendance | ||||||
18 | center
within the school district which does not have | ||||||
19 | selective admission
requirements approved by the board. | ||||||
20 | The appropriate geographical area in
which such open | ||||||
21 | enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by the
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22 | board of education. Such children may be admitted to any | ||||||
23 | such attendance
center on a space available basis after all | ||||||
24 | children residing within such
attendance center's area | ||||||
25 | have been accommodated. If the number of
applicants from | ||||||
26 | outside the attendance area exceed the space available,
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1 | then successful applicants shall be selected by lottery. | ||||||
2 | The board of
education's open enrollment plan must include | ||||||
3 | provisions that allow low
income students to have access to | ||||||
4 | transportation needed to exercise school
choice. Open | ||||||
5 | enrollment shall be in compliance with the provisions of | ||||||
6 | the
Consent Decree and Desegregation Plan cited in Section | ||||||
7 | 34-1.01;
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8 | 8. To approve programs and policies for providing | ||||||
9 | transportation
services to students. Nothing herein shall | ||||||
10 | be construed to permit or empower
the State Board of | ||||||
11 | Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other
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12 | transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving | ||||||
13 | racial balance in any
school;
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14 | 9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to | ||||||
15 | establish and
approve system-wide curriculum objectives | ||||||
16 | and standards, including graduation
standards, which | ||||||
17 | reflect the
multi-cultural diversity in the city and are | ||||||
18 | consistent with State law,
provided that for all purposes | ||||||
19 | of this Article courses or
proficiency in American Sign | ||||||
20 | Language shall be deemed to constitute courses
or | ||||||
21 | proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ principals | ||||||
22 | and teachers,
appointed as provided in this
Article, and | ||||||
23 | fix their compensation. The board shall prepare such | ||||||
24 | reports
related to minimal competency testing as may be | ||||||
25 | requested by the State
Board of Education, and in addition | ||||||
26 | shall monitor and approve special
education and bilingual |
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1 | education programs and policies within the district to
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2 | assure that appropriate services are provided in | ||||||
3 | accordance with applicable
State and federal laws to | ||||||
4 | children requiring services and education in those
areas;
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5 | 10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize | ||||||
6 | volunteer personnel
for: (i) non-teaching duties not | ||||||
7 | requiring instructional judgment or
evaluation of pupils, | ||||||
8 | including library duties; and (ii) supervising study
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9 | halls, long distance teaching reception areas used | ||||||
10 | incident to instructional
programs transmitted by | ||||||
11 | electronic media such as computers, video, and audio,
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12 | detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored | ||||||
13 | extracurricular
activities. The board may further utilize | ||||||
14 | volunteer non-certificated
personnel or employ | ||||||
15 | non-certificated personnel to
assist in the instruction of | ||||||
16 | pupils under the immediate supervision of a
teacher holding | ||||||
17 | a valid certificate, directly engaged in teaching
subject | ||||||
18 | matter or conducting activities; provided that the teacher
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19 | shall be continuously aware of the non-certificated | ||||||
20 | persons' activities and
shall be able to control or modify | ||||||
21 | them. The general superintendent shall
determine | ||||||
22 | qualifications of such personnel and shall prescribe rules | ||||||
23 | for
determining the duties and activities to be assigned to | ||||||
24 | such personnel;
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25 | 10.5. To utilize volunteer personnel from a regional | ||||||
26 | School Crisis
Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part |
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1 | of the Safe to Learn Program
established pursuant to | ||||||
2 | Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act
of 1995, | ||||||
3 | to provide assistance to schools in times of violence or | ||||||
4 | other
traumatic incidents within a school community by | ||||||
5 | providing crisis
intervention services to lessen the | ||||||
6 | effects of emotional trauma on
individuals and the | ||||||
7 | community; the School Crisis Assistance Team
Steering | ||||||
8 | Committee shall determine the qualifications for | ||||||
9 | volunteers;
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10 | 11. To provide television studio facilities in not to | ||||||
11 | exceed one
school building and to provide programs for | ||||||
12 | educational purposes,
provided, however, that the board | ||||||
13 | shall not construct, acquire, operate,
or maintain a | ||||||
14 | television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio
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15 | facilities to a licensed television station located in the | ||||||
16 | school
district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed | ||||||
17 | one school radio
transmitting station and provide programs | ||||||
18 | for educational purposes;
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19 | 12. To offer, if deemed appropriate, outdoor education | ||||||
20 | courses,
including field trips within the State of | ||||||
21 | Illinois, or adjacent states,
and to use school educational | ||||||
22 | funds for the expense of the said outdoor
educational | ||||||
23 | programs, whether within the school district or not;
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24 | 13. During that period of the calendar year not | ||||||
25 | embraced within the
regular school term, to provide and | ||||||
26 | conduct courses in subject matters
normally embraced in the |
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1 | program of the schools during the regular
school term and | ||||||
2 | to give regular school credit for satisfactory
completion | ||||||
3 | by the student of such courses as may be approved for | ||||||
4 | credit
by the State Board of Education;
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5 | 14. To insure against any loss or liability of the | ||||||
6 | board,
the former School Board Nominating Commission, | ||||||
7 | Local School Councils, the
Chicago Schools Academic | ||||||
8 | Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict
Councils | ||||||
9 | or of any member, officer, agent or employee thereof, | ||||||
10 | resulting
from alleged violations of civil rights arising | ||||||
11 | from incidents occurring on
or after September 5, 1967 or | ||||||
12 | from the wrongful or negligent act or
omission of any such | ||||||
13 | person whether occurring within or without the school
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14 | premises, provided the officer, agent or employee was, at | ||||||
15 | the time of the
alleged violation of civil rights or | ||||||
16 | wrongful act or omission, acting
within the scope of his | ||||||
17 | employment or under direction of the board, the
former | ||||||
18 | School
Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago Schools | ||||||
19 | Academic Accountability
Council, Local School Councils, or | ||||||
20 | the former Subdistrict Councils;
and to provide for or | ||||||
21 | participate in insurance plans for its officers and
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22 | employees, including but not limited to retirement | ||||||
23 | annuities, medical,
surgical and hospitalization benefits | ||||||
24 | in such types and amounts as may be
determined by the | ||||||
25 | board; provided, however, that the board shall contract
for | ||||||
26 | such insurance only with an insurance company authorized to |
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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;
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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;
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12 | 16. (a) To provide, on an equal basis, access to a high
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13 | school campus and student directory information to the
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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
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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.
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26 | (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian |
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1 | submits a signed,
written request to the high school before | ||||||
2 | the end of the student's sophomore
year (or if the student | ||||||
3 | is a transfer student, by another time set by
the high | ||||||
4 | school) that indicates that the student or his or her | ||||||
5 | parent or
guardian does
not want the student's directory | ||||||
6 | information to be provided to official
recruiting | ||||||
7 | representatives under subsection (a) of this Section, the | ||||||
8 | high
school may not provide access to the student's | ||||||
9 | directory information to
these recruiting representatives. | ||||||
10 | The high school shall notify its
students and their parents | ||||||
11 | or guardians of the provisions of this
subsection (b).
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12 | (c) A high school may require official recruiting | ||||||
13 | representatives of
the armed forces of Illinois and the | ||||||
14 | United States to pay a fee for copying
and mailing a | ||||||
15 | student's directory information in an amount that is not
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16 | more than the actual costs incurred by the high school.
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17 | (d) Information received by an official recruiting | ||||||
18 | representative
under this Section may be used only to | ||||||
19 | provide information to students
concerning educational and | ||||||
20 | career opportunities available in the military
and may not | ||||||
21 | be released to a person who is not involved in recruiting
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22 | students for the armed forces of Illinois or the United | ||||||
23 | States;
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24 | 17. (a) To sell or market any computer program | ||||||
25 | developed by an employee
of the school district, provided | ||||||
26 | that such employee developed the computer
program as a |
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1 | direct result of his or her duties with the school district
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2 | or through the utilization of the school district resources | ||||||
3 | or facilities.
The employee who developed the computer | ||||||
4 | program shall be entitled to share
in the proceeds of such | ||||||
5 | sale or marketing of the computer program. The
distribution | ||||||
6 | of such proceeds between the employee and the school | ||||||
7 | district
shall be as agreed upon by the employee and the | ||||||
8 | school district, except
that neither the employee nor the | ||||||
9 | school district may receive more than 90%
of such proceeds. | ||||||
10 | The negotiation for an employee who is represented by an
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11 | exclusive bargaining representative may be conducted by | ||||||
12 | such bargaining
representative at the employee's request.
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13 | (b) For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
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14 | (1) "Computer" means an internally programmed, | ||||||
15 | general purpose digital
device capable of | ||||||
16 | automatically accepting data, processing data and | ||||||
17 | supplying
the results of the operation.
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18 | (2) "Computer program" means a series of coded | ||||||
19 | instructions or
statements in a form acceptable to a | ||||||
20 | computer, which causes the computer to
process data in | ||||||
21 | order to achieve a certain result.
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22 | (3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from | ||||||
23 | marketing or sale of a product
after deducting the | ||||||
24 | expenses of developing and marketing such product;
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25 | 18. To delegate to the general superintendent of
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26 | schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts |
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1 | and expenditures
in amounts of $10,000 or less;
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2 | 19. Upon the written request of an employee, to | ||||||
3 | withhold from
the compensation of that employee any dues, | ||||||
4 | payments or contributions
payable by such employee to any | ||||||
5 | labor organization as defined in the
Illinois Educational | ||||||
6 | Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an
amount | ||||||
7 | shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which is | ||||||
8 | equal to
the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any | ||||||
9 | payments or contributions,
and the board shall transmit | ||||||
10 | such withholdings to the specified labor
organization | ||||||
11 | within 10 working days from the time of the withholding;
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12 | 19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a | ||||||
13 | municipality with
a population of 500,000 or more, a county | ||||||
14 | with a population of 3,000,000 or
more, the Cook County | ||||||
15 | Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
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16 | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | ||||||
17 | Transit Authority, or
a housing authority of a municipality | ||||||
18 | with a population of 500,000 or more
that a debt is due and | ||||||
19 | owing the municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest | ||||||
20 | Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | ||||||
21 | Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago | ||||||
22 | Transit Authority, or the housing authority
by an employee | ||||||
23 | of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold, from the
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24 | compensation of that employee, the amount of the debt that | ||||||
25 | is due and owing
and pay the amount withheld to the | ||||||
26 | municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest Preserve |
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1 | District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan | ||||||
2 | Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, | ||||||
3 | or the housing authority;
provided, however, that the | ||||||
4 | amount
deducted from any one salary or wage payment shall | ||||||
5 | not exceed 25% of the net
amount of the payment. Before the | ||||||
6 | Board deducts any amount from any salary or
wage of an | ||||||
7 | employee under this paragraph, the municipality, the | ||||||
8 | county, the
Cook County Forest Preserve District, the | ||||||
9 | Chicago Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation | ||||||
10 | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the
housing | ||||||
11 | authority shall certify that (i) the employee has been | ||||||
12 | afforded an
opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt | ||||||
13 | that is due and owing the
municipality, the county, the | ||||||
14 | Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago
Park | ||||||
15 | District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the | ||||||
16 | Chicago Transit
Authority, or the housing authority and | ||||||
17 | (ii) the employee has received notice
of a wage deduction | ||||||
18 | order and has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to
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19 | object to the order. For purposes of this paragraph, "net | ||||||
20 | amount" means that
part of the salary or wage payment | ||||||
21 | remaining after the deduction of any amounts
required by | ||||||
22 | law to be deducted and "debt due and owing" means (i) a | ||||||
23 | specified
sum of money owed to the municipality, the | ||||||
24 | county, the Cook County Forest
Preserve District, the | ||||||
25 | Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
Reclamation | ||||||
26 | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing |
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1 | authority
for services, work, or goods, after the period | ||||||
2 | granted for payment has expired,
or (ii) a specified sum of | ||||||
3 | money owed to the municipality, the county, the Cook
County | ||||||
4 | Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | ||||||
5 | Metropolitan
Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | ||||||
6 | Transit Authority, or the housing
authority pursuant to a | ||||||
7 | court order or order of an administrative hearing
officer | ||||||
8 | after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, | ||||||
9 | judicial review;
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10 | 20. The board is encouraged to employ a sufficient | ||||||
11 | number of
certified school counselors to maintain a | ||||||
12 | student/counselor ratio of 250 to
1 , except that for high | ||||||
13 | school students, the board must employ a sufficient number | ||||||
14 | of certified school counselors to maintain a | ||||||
15 | student/counselor ratio of 250 to 1
by July 1, 1990 . Each | ||||||
16 | counselor shall spend at least 75% of his work
time in | ||||||
17 | direct contact with students and shall maintain a record of | ||||||
18 | such time;
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19 | 21. To make available to students vocational and career
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20 | counseling and to establish 5 special career counseling | ||||||
21 | days for students
and parents. On these days | ||||||
22 | representatives of local businesses and
industries shall | ||||||
23 | be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
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24 | of career opportunities available to them in the various | ||||||
25 | businesses and
industries. Special consideration shall be | ||||||
26 | given to counseling minority
students as to career |
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1 | opportunities available to them in various fields.
For the | ||||||
2 | purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a person | ||||||
3 | who is:
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4 | (a) Black (a person having origins in any of the | ||||||
5 | black racial groups
in Africa);
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6 | (b) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or Portuguese | ||||||
7 | culture with
origins in Mexico, South or Central | ||||||
8 | America, or the Caribbean islands,
regardless of | ||||||
9 | race);
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10 | (c) Asian American (a person having origins in any | ||||||
11 | of the original
peoples of the Far East, Southeast | ||||||
12 | Asia, the Indian Subcontinent or the
Pacific Islands); | ||||||
13 | or
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14 | (d) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a person | ||||||
15 | having origins in any of
the original peoples of North | ||||||
16 | America).
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17 | Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school | ||||||
18 | days;
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19 | 22. To report to the State Board of Education the | ||||||
20 | annual
student dropout rate and number of students who | ||||||
21 | graduate from, transfer
from or otherwise leave bilingual | ||||||
22 | programs;
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23 | 23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and | ||||||
24 | Neglected Child
Reporting Act or other applicable State or | ||||||
25 | federal law, to permit school
officials to withhold, from | ||||||
26 | any person, information on the whereabouts of
any child |
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1 | removed from school premises when the child has been taken | ||||||
2 | into
protective custody as a victim of suspected child | ||||||
3 | abuse. School officials
shall direct such person to the | ||||||
4 | Department of Children and Family Services,
or to the local | ||||||
5 | law enforcement agency if appropriate;
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6 | 24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of | ||||||
7 | existing school
facilities, projected enrollment and | ||||||
8 | efficient utilization of available
resources, for capital | ||||||
9 | improvement of schools and school buildings within
the | ||||||
10 | district, addressing in that policy both the relative | ||||||
11 | priority for
major repairs, renovations and additions to | ||||||
12 | school facilities, and the
advisability or necessity of | ||||||
13 | building new school facilities or closing
existing schools | ||||||
14 | to meet current or projected demographic patterns within
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15 | the district;
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16 | 25. To make available to the students in every high | ||||||
17 | school attendance
center the ability to take all courses | ||||||
18 | necessary to comply with the Board
of Higher Education's | ||||||
19 | college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
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20 | 26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching | ||||||
21 | profession,
whereby qualified professionals become | ||||||
22 | certified teachers, by allowing
credit for professional | ||||||
23 | employment in related fields when determining point
of | ||||||
24 | entry on teacher pay scale;
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25 | 27. To provide or contract out training programs for | ||||||
26 | administrative
personnel and principals with revised or |
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1 | expanded duties pursuant to this
Act in order to assure | ||||||
2 | they have the knowledge and skills to perform
their duties;
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3 | 28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special | ||||||
4 | needs programs, and
to allocate such funds and other lump | ||||||
5 | sum amounts to each attendance center
in a manner | ||||||
6 | consistent with the provisions of part 4 of Section 34-2.3.
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7 | Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require any | ||||||
8 | additional
appropriations of State funds for this purpose;
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9 | 29. (Blank);
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10 | 30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or | ||||||
11 | any other law to
the contrary, to contract with third | ||||||
12 | parties for services otherwise performed
by employees, | ||||||
13 | including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
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14 | employees upon 14 days written notice to the affected | ||||||
15 | employees. Those
contracts may be for a period not to | ||||||
16 | exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a
system-wide basis;
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17 | 31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures | ||||||
18 | governing the layoff or
reduction in force of employees and | ||||||
19 | the recall of such employees, including,
but not limited | ||||||
20 | to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force or | ||||||
21 | recall
rights of such employees and the weight to be given | ||||||
22 | to any particular
criterion. Such criteria shall take into | ||||||
23 | account factors including, but not be
limited to, | ||||||
24 | qualifications, certifications, experience, performance | ||||||
25 | ratings or
evaluations, and any other factors relating to | ||||||
26 | an employee's job performance;
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1 | 32. To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in the | ||||||
2 | hiring of personnel
or the selection of contractors;
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3 | 33. To enter into a partnership agreement, as required | ||||||
4 | by
Section 34-3.5 of this Code, and, notwithstanding any | ||||||
5 | other
provision of law to the contrary, to promulgate | ||||||
6 | policies, enter into
contracts, and take any other action | ||||||
7 | necessary to accomplish the
objectives and implement the | ||||||
8 | requirements of that agreement; and
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9 | 34. To establish a Labor Management Council to the | ||||||
10 | board
comprised of representatives of the board, the chief | ||||||
11 | executive
officer, and those labor organizations that are | ||||||
12 | the exclusive
representatives of employees of the board and | ||||||
13 | to promulgate
policies and procedures for the operation of | ||||||
14 | the Council.
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15 | The specifications of the powers herein granted are not to | ||||||
16 | be
construed as exclusive but the board shall also exercise all | ||||||
17 | other
powers that they may be requisite or proper for the | ||||||
18 | maintenance and the
development of a public school system, not | ||||||
19 | inconsistent with the other
provisions of this Article or | ||||||
20 | provisions of this Code which apply to all
school districts.
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21 | In addition to the powers herein granted and authorized to | ||||||
22 | be exercised
by the board, it shall be the duty of the board to | ||||||
23 | review or to direct
independent reviews of special education | ||||||
24 | expenditures and services.
The board shall file a report of | ||||||
25 | such review with the General Assembly on
or before May 1, 1990.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 92-109, eff. 7-20-01; 92-527, eff. 6-1-02; |
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1 | 92-724, eff. 7-25-02; 93-3, eff. 4-16-03; 93-1036, eff. | ||||||
2 | 9-14-04.)
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