103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4136

 

Introduced , by Rep. Sue Scherer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-19  from Ch. 122, par. 10-19

    Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that, for the 2023-2024 school year, the school board of Decatur School District 61 may allow pupils to attend for less than the required minimum term of actual pupil attendance in an emergency if those pupils (i) receive an additional 2 clock hours of school work beyond the end of the scheduled school day for up to 25 days and (ii) receive the same total amount of clock hours of school work that they would have received if they had attended for the required minimum term. Defines "emergency". Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
510-19 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-19)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19)
7    Sec. 10-19. Length of school term - experimental programs.
8    (a) Each school board shall annually prepare a calendar
9for the school term, specifying the opening and closing dates
10and providing a minimum term of at least 185 days to insure 176
11days of actual pupil attendance, computable under Section
1210-19.05, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) and
13except that for the 1980-1981 school year only 175 days of
14actual pupil attendance shall be required because of the
15closing of schools pursuant to Section 24-2 on January 29,
161981 upon the appointment by the President of that day as a day
17of thanksgiving for the freedom of the Americans who had been
18held hostage in Iran. Any days allowed by law for teachers'
19institutes but not used as such or used as parental institutes
20as provided in Section 10-22.18d shall increase the minimum
21term by the school days not so used. Except as provided in
22Section 10-19.1, the board may not extend the school term
23beyond such closing date unless that extension of term is

 

 

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1necessary to provide the minimum number of computable days. In
2case of such necessary extension school employees shall be
3paid for such additional time on the basis of their regular
4contracts. A school board may specify a closing date earlier
5than that set on the annual calendar when the schools of the
6district have provided the minimum number of computable days
7under this Section. Nothing in this Section prevents the board
8from employing superintendents of schools, principals and
9other nonteaching personnel for a period of 12 months, or in
10the case of superintendents for a period in accordance with
11Section 10-23.8, or prevents the board from employing other
12personnel before or after the regular school term with payment
13of salary proportionate to that received for comparable work
14during the school term. Remote learning days, blended remote
15learning days, and up to 5 remote and blended remote learning
16planning days established under Section 10-30 or 34-18.66
17shall be deemed pupil attendance days for calculation of the
18length of a school term under this Section.
19    (b) In this subsection (b), "emergency" means when
20students are faced with an unforeseen event that impacts the
21students' ability to attend school.
22    For the 2023-2024 school year, the school board of Decatur
23School District 61 may allow pupils to attend for less than the
24required minimum term of actual pupil attendance under
25subsection (a) in an emergency if those pupils (i) receive an
26additional 2 clock hours of school work beyond the end of the

 

 

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1scheduled school day for up to 25 days and (ii) receive the
2same total amount of clock hours of school work that they would
3have received if they had attended for the required minimum
4term.
5    (c) A school board may make such changes in its calendar
6for the school term as may be required by any changes in the
7legal school holidays prescribed in Section 24-2. A school
8board may make changes in its calendar for the school term as
9may be necessary to reflect the utilization of teachers'
10institute days as parental institute days as provided in
11Section 10-22.18d.
12    (d) The calendar for the school term and any changes must
13be submitted to and approved by the regional superintendent of
14schools before the calendar or changes may take effect.
15    (e) With the prior approval of the State Board of
16Education and subject to review by the State Board of
17Education every 3 years, any school board may, by resolution
18of its board and in agreement with affected exclusive
19collective bargaining agents, establish experimental
20educational programs, including but not limited to programs
21for e-learning days as authorized under Section 10-20.56 of
22this Code, self-directed learning, or outside of formal class
23periods, which programs when so approved shall be considered
24to comply with the requirements of this Section as respects
25numbers of days of actual pupil attendance and with the other
26requirements of this Act as respects courses of instruction.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 101-12, eff. 7-1-19;
2101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.