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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 | 11E-10 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 5/11E-10) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 11E-10. Definitions. In this Article: | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | "Affected district" means any
any school district with | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | territory included in a petition for reorganization under this | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Article that encompasses (i) 25% or more of the total land area | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | of the district, (ii) more than 8% of the student enrollment of | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | the district, or (iii) more than 8% of the equalized assessed | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | valuation of the district. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | "Combined high school - unit district" means a school | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | district resulting from the combination of a high school | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | district and a unit district. | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | "Combined school district" means any district resulting | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | from the combination of 2 or more entire elementary districts, | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | 2 or more entire high school districts, or 2 or more entire | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | unit districts. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | "Dual district" means a high school district and all of its | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | feeder elementary districts collectively. | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | "Elementary district" means a school district organized |
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1 | and established for purposes of providing instruction up to and | ||||||
2 | including grade 8. "Elementary district" includes common | ||||||
3 | elementary school districts, consolidated elementary school | ||||||
4 | districts, community consolidated school districts, combined | ||||||
5 | elementary districts, and charter elementary districts. | ||||||
6 | "Elementary purposes" means the purposes of providing | ||||||
7 | instruction up to and including grade 8. | ||||||
8 | "High school district" means a school district organized | ||||||
9 | and established for purposes of providing instruction in grades | ||||||
10 | 9 through 12. "High school district" includes charter high | ||||||
11 | school districts, township high school districts, consolidated | ||||||
12 | high school districts, community high school districts, and | ||||||
13 | non-high school districts. | ||||||
14 | "High school purposes" means the purposes of providing | ||||||
15 | instruction in grades nine through 12. | ||||||
16 | "High school - unit conversion" means a school district | ||||||
17 | conversion authorized under subsection (a) of Section 11E-15 of | ||||||
18 | this Code.
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19 | "K through 12 purposes" means the purposes of providing | ||||||
20 | instruction up to and including grade 12.
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21 | "Multi-unit conversion" means the formation of a combined | ||||||
22 | high school - unit district and one or more new elementary | ||||||
23 | districts as authorized under subsection (b) of Section 11E-30 | ||||||
24 | of this Code.
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25 | "Optional elementary unit district" means a unit district | ||||||
26 | resulting from the combination of a high school district and |
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1 | the combination of any one or more elementary districts | ||||||
2 | electing to organize as an optional elementary unit district. | ||||||
3 | "Partial elementary unit district" means either a combined | ||||||
4 | high school - unit district or an optional elementary unit | ||||||
5 | district. | ||||||
6 | "School board" means either a board of education or a board | ||||||
7 | of school directors. | ||||||
8 | "School district conversion" means a high school - unit | ||||||
9 | conversion or a unit to dual conversion. | ||||||
10 | "School needs" means the needs of the proposed school | ||||||
11 | district and any districts in the area adjacent thereto in | ||||||
12 | relation to, without limitation, providing a full range of high | ||||||
13 | quality educational and extracurricular programs, maintaining | ||||||
14 | a full complement of professional staff to deliver optimal | ||||||
15 | educational services, meeting the program and staff needs of | ||||||
16 | all students, including students with disabilities and | ||||||
17 | students in career and technical education courses, maximizing | ||||||
18 | community involvement in school governance, operating on an | ||||||
19 | economically efficient basis, and maintaining a sufficient | ||||||
20 | local tax base. | ||||||
21 | "Substantially coterminous" means that a high school | ||||||
22 | district and one or more elementary districts share the same | ||||||
23 | boundaries or share the same boundaries except for territory | ||||||
24 | encompassing, for a particular district, (i) less than 25% of | ||||||
25 | the land area of the district, (ii) less than 8% of the student | ||||||
26 | enrollment of the district, and (iii) less than 8% of the |
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1 | equalized assessed valuation of the district. | ||||||
2 | "Unit district" means a school district organized and | ||||||
3 | established for purposes of providing instruction up to and | ||||||
4 | including grade 12. "Unit district" includes charter (K through | ||||||
5 | 12) districts, community unit districts, community | ||||||
6 | consolidated unit districts, other districts that, prior to the | ||||||
7 | adoption of the community consolidated unit district and | ||||||
8 | community unit district, authorizing legislation had expanded | ||||||
9 | to provide instruction through the 12th grade (commonly | ||||||
10 | referred to as "Old Type" unit districts), and partial | ||||||
11 | elementary unit districts organized pursuant to the provisions | ||||||
12 | of this Article.
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13 | "Unit to dual conversion" means a school district | ||||||
14 | conversion authorized under subsection (b) of Section 11E-15 of | ||||||
15 | this Code.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)
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