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| local school council shall be employees of the Board of
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| Education. In each secondary attendance center, the local |
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| school council
shall consist of 12 voting members -- the 11 |
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| voting members described above
and one full-time student |
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| member, appointed as provided in subsection
(m) below.
In the |
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| event that the chief executive officer of the Chicago School |
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| Reform
Board of Trustees determines that a local school council |
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| is not carrying out
its financial duties effectively, the chief |
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| executive officer is authorized to
appoint a representative of |
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| the business community with experience in finance
and |
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| management
to serve as an advisor to the local school council |
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| for
the purpose of providing advice and assistance to the local |
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| school council on
fiscal matters.
The advisor shall have access |
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| to relevant financial records of the
local school council. The |
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| advisor may attend executive sessions.
The chief executive |
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| officer shall
issue a written policy defining the circumstances |
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| under which a local school
council is not carrying out its |
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| financial duties effectively.
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| (b) Within 7 days of January 11, 1991, the Mayor shall |
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| appoint the
members and officers (a Chairperson who shall be a |
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| parent member and a
Secretary) of each local school council who |
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| shall hold their offices until
their successors shall be |
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| elected and qualified. Members so appointed shall
have all the |
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| powers and duties of local school councils as set forth in
this |
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| amendatory Act of 1991. The Mayor's appointments shall not |
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| require
approval by the City Council.
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| The membership of each local school council shall be |
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| encouraged to be
reflective of the racial and ethnic |
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| composition of the student population
of the attendance center |
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| served by the local school council.
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| (c) Beginning with the 1995-1996 school year and in every |
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| even-numbered
year thereafter, the Board shall set second |
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| semester Parent Report Card
Pick-up Day for Local School |
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| Council elections and may schedule elections at
year-round |
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| schools for the same dates as the remainder of the school |
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| system.
Elections shall be
conducted as provided herein by the |
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| Board of Education in consultation with
the local school |
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| council at each attendance center.
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| (d) Beginning with the 1995-96 school year, the following
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| procedures shall apply to the election of local school council |
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| members at each
attendance center:
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| (i) The elected members of each local school council |
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| shall consist of
the 6 parent members and the 2 community |
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| resident members.
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| (ii) Each elected member shall be elected by the |
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| eligible voters of
that attendance center to serve for a |
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| two-year term
commencing on July 1
immediately following |
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| the election described in subsection
(c). Eligible
voters |
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| for each attendance center shall consist of the parents and |
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| community
residents for that attendance center.
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| (iii) Each eligible voter shall be entitled
to cast one |
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| vote for up to
a total of 5 candidates, irrespective of |
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| whether such candidates are parent
or community resident |
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| candidates.
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| (iv) Each parent voter shall be entitled to vote in the |
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| local
school
council election at each attendance center in |
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| which he or she has a child
currently enrolled. Each |
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| community resident voter shall be entitled to
vote in the |
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| local school council election at each attendance center for
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| which he or she resides in the applicable attendance area |
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| or voting
district, as the case may be.
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| (v) Each eligible voter shall be entitled to vote once, |
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| but
not more
than once, in the local school council |
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| election at each attendance center
at which the voter is |
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| eligible to vote.
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| (vi) The 2 teacher members of each local school council
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| shall be
appointed as provided in subsection (l) below each |
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| to serve for a
two-year
term coinciding with that of the |
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| elected parent and community resident
members.
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| (vii) At secondary attendance centers, the voting |
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| student
member shall
be appointed as provided in subsection |
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| (m) below to serve
for a one-year term coinciding with the |
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| beginning of the terms of the elected
parent and community |
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| members of the local school council.
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| (e) The Council shall publicize the date and place of the |
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| election by
posting notices at the attendance center, in public |
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| places within the
attendance boundaries of the attendance |
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| center and by distributing notices
to the pupils at the |
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| attendance center, and shall utilize such other means
as it |
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| deems necessary to maximize the involvement of all eligible |
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| voters.
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| (f) Nomination. The Council shall publicize the opening of |
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| nominations
by posting notices at the attendance center, in |
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| public places within the
attendance boundaries of the |
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| attendance center and by distributing notices
to the pupils at |
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| the attendance center, and shall utilize such other means
as it |
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| deems necessary to maximize the involvement of all eligible |
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| voters.
Not less than 2 weeks before the election date, persons |
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| eligible to run for
the Council shall submit their name,
date |
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| of birth, social
security number, if
available,
and some |
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| evidence of eligibility
to the Council. The Council shall |
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| encourage nomination of candidates
reflecting the |
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| racial/ethnic population of the students at the attendance
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| center. Each person nominated who runs as a candidate shall |
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| disclose, in a
manner determined by the Board, any economic |
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| interest held by such person,
by such person's spouse or |
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| children, or by each business entity in which
such person has |
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| an ownership interest, in any contract with the Board, any
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| local school council or any public school in the school
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| district.
Each person
nominated who runs as a candidate shall |
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| also disclose, in a manner determined
by the Board, if he or |
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| she ever has been convicted of any of the offenses
specified in |
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| subsection (c) of Section 34-18.5; provided that neither this
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| provision nor any other provision of this Section shall be |
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| deemed to require
the disclosure of any information that is |
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| contained in any law enforcement
record or juvenile court |
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| record that is confidential or whose accessibility or
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| disclosure is restricted or prohibited under Section 5-901 or
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| 5-905 of the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987.
Failure to make such |
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| disclosure shall render a person ineligible
for election or to |
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| serve on the local school council. The same
disclosure shall be
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| required of persons under consideration for appointment to the |
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| Council
pursuant to subsections (l) and (m) of this Section.
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| (f-5) Notwithstanding disclosure, a person who has been |
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| convicted of any
of
the
following offenses at any time shall be |
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| ineligible for election or appointment
to a local
school |
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| council and ineligible for appointment to a local school |
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| council
pursuant to
subsections (l) and (m) of this Section: |
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| (i) those defined in Section 11-6,
11-9.1, 11-16,
11-17.1, |
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| 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20.1, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, |
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| 12-15, or
12-16 of the
Criminal Code of 1961 or (ii) any |
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| offense committed or attempted in any other
state or
against |
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| the laws of the United States, which, if committed or attempted |
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| in this
State,
would have been punishable as one or more of the |
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| foregoing offenses.
Notwithstanding
disclosure, a person who |
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| has been convicted of any of the following offenses
within the
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| 10 years previous to the date of nomination or appointment |
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| shall be ineligible
for election or
appointment to a local |
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| school council:
(i) those defined in Section 401.1, 405.1, or |
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| 405.2 of the Illinois Controlled
Substances Act or (ii) any
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| offense committed
or attempted in any other state or against |
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| the laws of the United States,
which, if
committed or attempted |
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| in this State, would have been punishable as one or more
of the
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| foregoing offenses.
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| Immediately upon election or appointment, incoming local |
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| school
council members
shall be
required to undergo a criminal |
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| background investigation, to be completed prior
to the member |
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| taking office,
in order to identify
any criminal convictions |
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| under the offenses enumerated in Section 34-18.5.
The |
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| investigation shall be conducted by the Department of State |
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| Police in the
same manner as provided for in Section 34-18.5. |
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| However, notwithstanding
Section 34-18.5, the social security |
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| number shall be provided only if
available.
If it is determined |
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| at any time that a local school council member or
member-elect |
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| has been convicted
of any of the offenses enumerated in this |
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| Section or failed to disclose a
conviction of any of the |
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| offenses enumerated in Section 34-18.5, the general
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| superintendent shall notify the local school council member or |
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| member-elect of
such
determination and the local school council |
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| member or member-elect shall be
removed from the
local school |
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| council by the Board, subject to a hearing,
convened pursuant |
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| to Board rule, prior to removal.
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| (g) At least one week before the election date, the Council |
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| shall
publicize, in the manner provided in subsection (e), the |
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| names of persons
nominated for election.
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| (h) Voting shall be in person by secret ballot at the |
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| attendance center
between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
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| (i) Candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall |
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| be declared
elected by the Council. In cases of a tie, the |
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| Council shall determine the
winner by lot.
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| (j) The Council shall certify the results of the election |
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| and shall
publish the results in the minutes of the Council.
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| (k) The general superintendent shall resolve any
disputes
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| concerning election procedure or results and shall ensure that, |
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| except as
provided in subsections (e) and (g), no resources of |
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| any attendance center
shall be used to endorse or promote any |
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| candidate.
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| (l) Beginning with the 1995-1996 school year
and in every
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| even numbered
year thereafter, the Board shall appoint 2 |
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| teacher
members to each
local school council. These |
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| appointments shall be made in the following
manner:
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| (i) The Board shall appoint 2 teachers who are
employed |
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| and assigned to
perform the majority of
their employment |
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| duties at the attendance center
to serve on the local |
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| school council of the attendance center for a two-year
term |
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| coinciding with the terms of the elected parent and
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| community members of that local school council. These
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| appointments shall be made from among those teachers who |
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| are nominated in
accordance with subsection (f).
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| (ii) A non-binding, advisory poll to ascertain the
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| preferences of the
school staff regarding appointments of |
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| teachers to the local school council
for that attendance |
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| center shall be conducted in accordance with the
procedures |
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| used to elect parent and community Council |
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| representatives. At
such poll, each member of the school |
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| staff shall be entitled to indicate
his or her preference |
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| for up to 2 candidates from among those who submitted
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| statements of candidacy as described above. These |
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| preferences shall be
advisory only and the Board shall |
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| maintain absolute discretion to appoint
teacher members to |
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| local school councils, irrespective of the preferences
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| expressed in any such poll.
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| (iii) In the event that a teacher representative is |
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| unable to perform
his or her employment duties at the |
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| school due to illness, disability, leave of
absence, |
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| disciplinary action, or any other reason, the Board shall |
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| declare
a temporary vacancy and appoint a replacement |
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| teacher representative to serve
on the local school council |
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| until such time as the teacher member originally
appointed |
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| pursuant to this subsection (l) resumes service at the |
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| attendance
center or for the remainder of the term. The |
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| replacement teacher
representative shall be appointed in |
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| the same manner and by the same procedures
as teacher |
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| representatives are appointed in subdivisions (i) and (ii) |
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| of this
subsection (l).
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| (m) Beginning with the 1995-1996 school year, and in every
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| year thereafter, the Board shall appoint one student member to |
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| each
secondary attendance center. These appointments shall be |
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following manner:
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| (i) Appointments shall be made from among those |
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| students who submit
statements of candidacy to the |
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| principal of the attendance center, such
statements to be |
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| submitted commencing on the first day of the twentieth
week |
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| of school and
continuing for 2 weeks thereafter. The form |
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| and manner of such candidacy
statements shall be determined |
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| by the Board.
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| (ii) During the twenty-second week of school in every |
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| year,
the principal of
each attendance center shall conduct |
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| a non-binding, advisory poll to
ascertain the preferences |
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| of the school students regarding the appointment
of a |
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| student to the local school council for that attendance |
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| center. At
such poll, each student shall be entitled to |
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| indicate his or her preference
for up to one candidate from |
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| among those who submitted statements of
candidacy as |
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| described above. The Board shall promulgate rules to ensure
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| that these non-binding, advisory polls are conducted in a |
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| fair and
equitable manner and maximize the involvement of |
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| all school students. The
preferences expressed in these |
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| non-binding, advisory polls shall be
transmitted by the |
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| principal to the Board. However, these preferences
shall be |
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| advisory only and the Board shall maintain absolute |
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| discretion to
appoint student members to local school |
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| councils, irrespective of the
preferences expressed in any |
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| such poll.
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| (iii) For the 1995-96 school year only, appointments |
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| shall be made from
among those students who submitted |
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| statements of candidacy to the principal
of the attendance |
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| center during the first 2 weeks of the school year.
The
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| principal shall communicate the results of any nonbinding, |
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| advisory poll to the
Board. These results shall be advisory |
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| only, and the Board shall maintain
absolute discretion to |
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| appoint student members to local school councils,
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| irrespective of the preferences expressed in any such poll.
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| (n) The Board may promulgate such other rules and |
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| regulations for
election procedures as may be deemed necessary |
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| to ensure fair elections.
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| (o) In the event that a vacancy occurs during a member's |
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| term, the
Council shall appoint a person eligible to serve on |
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| the Council, to fill
the unexpired term created by the vacancy, |
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| except that any teacher vacancy
shall be filled by the Board |
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| after considering the preferences of the school
staff as |
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| ascertained through a non-binding advisory poll of school |
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| staff.
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| (p) If less than the specified number of persons is elected |
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| within each
candidate category, the newly elected local school |
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| council shall appoint
eligible persons to serve as members of |
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| the Council for two-year terms.
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| (q) The Board shall promulgate rules regarding conflicts of |
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| interest
and disclosure of economic interests which shall apply |
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| to local school
council members and which shall require reports |
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by Council members at regular |
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| intervals with the Secretary of the
Board. Failure to comply |
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| with such rules
or intentionally falsifying such reports shall |
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| be grounds for
disqualification from local school council |
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| membership. A vacancy on the
Council for disqualification may |
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| be so declared by the Secretary of the
Board. Rules regarding |
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| conflicts of interest and disclosure of
economic interests |
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| promulgated by the Board shall apply to local school council
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| members. No less than 45 days prior to the deadline, the |
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| general
superintendent shall provide notice, by mail, to each |
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| local school council
member of all requirements and forms for |
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| compliance with economic interest
statements.
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| (r) (1) If a parent member of a local school council ceases |
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| to have any
child
enrolled in the attendance center governed by |
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| the Local School Council due to
the graduation or voluntary |
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| transfer of a child or children from the attendance
center, the |
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| parent's membership on the Local School Council and all voting
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| rights are terminated immediately as of the date of the child's |
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| graduation or
voluntary transfer. If the child of a parent |
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| member of a local school council dies during the member's term |
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| in office, the member may continue to serve on the local school |
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| council for the balance of his or her term. Further,
a local |
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| school council member may be removed from the Council by a
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| majority vote of the Council as provided in subsection (c) of |
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| Section
34-2.2 if the Council member has missed 3 consecutive |
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| regular meetings, not
including committee meetings, or 5 |
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| regular meetings in a 12 month period,
not including committee |
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| meetings.
If a parent member of a local school council ceases |
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| to be eligible to serve
on the Council for any other reason, he |
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| or she shall be removed by the Board
subject
to a hearing, |
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| convened pursuant to Board rule, prior to removal.
A vote to |
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| remove a Council member by the local school council shall
only |
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| be valid if the Council member has been notified personally or |
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| by
certified mail, mailed to the person's last known address, |
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| of the Council's
intent to vote on the Council member's removal |
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| at least 7 days prior to the
vote. The Council member in |
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| question shall have the right to explain
his or her actions and |
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| shall be eligible to vote on the
question of his or her removal |
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| from the Council. The provisions of this
subsection shall be |
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| contained within the petitions used to nominate Council
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| candidates.
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| (2) A person may continue to serve as a community resident |
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| member of a
local
school council as long as he or she resides |
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| in the attendance area served by
the
school and is not employed |
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| by the Board nor is a parent of a student enrolled
at the |
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| school. If a community resident member ceases to be eligible to |
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| serve
on the Council, he or she shall be removed by the Board |
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| subject to a hearing,
convened pursuant to Board rule, prior to |
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| removal.
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| (3) A person may continue to serve as a teacher member of a |
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| local school
council as long as he or she is employed and |
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| assigned to perform a majority of
his or her duties at the |
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| school, provided that if the teacher representative
resigns |
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| from employment with the Board or
voluntarily transfers to |
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| another school, the teacher's membership on the local
school |
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| council and all voting rights are terminated immediately as of |
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| the date
of the teacher's resignation or upon the date of the |
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| teacher's voluntary
transfer to another school. If a teacher |
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| member of a local school council
ceases to be eligible to serve |
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| on a local school council for any other reason,
that member |
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| shall be removed by the Board subject to a hearing, convened
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| pursuant to Board rule, prior to removal.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-378, eff. 8-14-97; 90-590, eff. 1-1-00; |
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| 91-622, eff.
8-19-99; 91-728, eff. 6-2-00.)
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| Section 5. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 20 as follows: |
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| (105 ILCS 128/20)
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| Sec. 20. Number of drills; incidents covered; local |
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| authority participation.
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| (a) During each academic year, schools must conduct a |
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| minimum of 3 school evacuation drills to address and prepare |
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| students and school personnel for fire incidents. These drills |
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| must meet all of the following criteria: |
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| (1) One of the 3 school evacuation drills shall require |
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| the participation of the appropriate local fire department |
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| or district. |
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| must contact the appropriate school administrator or |
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| his or her designee no later than September 1 of each |
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| year in order to arrange for the participation of the |
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| department or district in the school evacuation drill. |
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| (B) Each school administrator or his or her |
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| designee must contact the responding local fire |
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| official no later than September 15 of each year and |
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| propose to the local fire official 4 dates within the |
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| month of October, during at least 2 different weeks of |
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| October, on which the drill shall occur. The fire |
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| official may choose any of the 4 available dates, and |
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| if he or she does so, the drill shall occur on that |
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| date. |
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| and the local fire official may also, by mutual |
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| agreement, set any other date for the drill, including |
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| a date outside of the month of October. |
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| (D) If the fire official does not select one of the |
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| 4 offered dates in October or set another date by |
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| mutual agreement, the requirement that the school |
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| include the local fire service in one of its mandatory |
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| school evacuation drills shall be waived. Schools, |
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| however, shall continue to be strongly encouraged to |
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| include the fire service in a school evacuation drill |
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| at a mutually agreed-upon time. |
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| (E) Upon the participation of the local fire |
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| service, the appropriate local fire official shall |
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| certify that the school evacuation drill was |
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| conducted. |
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| (F) When scheduling the school evacuation drill, |
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| the school administrator or his or her designee and the |
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| local fire department or fire district may, by mutual |
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| agreement on or before September 14, choose to waive |
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| the provisions of subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of |
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| this paragraph (1). |
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| Additional school evacuation drills for fire incidents |
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| may involve the participation of the appropriate local fire |
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| department or district. |
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| (2) Schools may conduct additional school evacuation |
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| drills to account for other evacuation incidents, |
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| including without limitation suspicious items or bomb |
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| threats. |
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| (3) All drills shall be conducted at each school |
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| building that houses school children. |
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| (b) During each academic year, schools must conduct a |
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| minimum of one bus evacuation drill. This drill shall be |
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| accounted for in the curriculum in all public schools and in |
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| all other educational institutions in this State that are |
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| supported or maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds |
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| and that provide instruction in any of the grades kindergarten |
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| through 12. This curriculum shall include instruction in safe |
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| bus riding practices for all students. Schools may conduct |
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| additional bus evacuation drills. All drills shall be conducted |
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| at each school building that houses school children. |
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| (c) During each academic year, schools must may conduct a |
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| strongly encouraged law enforcement drill drills to address and |
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| prepare students and school personnel for incidents, including |
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| without limitation reverse evacuations, lock-downs, shootings, |
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| bomb threats, or hazardous materials. Such drills must be |
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| conducted according to the school district's or private |
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| school's emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and |
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| procedures, with the participation of the appropriate law |
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| enforcement agency. Law enforcement drills may be conducted on |
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| days and times when students are not present in the school |
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| building. |
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| (1) A If conducted, a law enforcement drill must meet |
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| all of the following criteria: |
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| (A) During each calendar year, the appropriate |
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| local law enforcement agency shall contact the |
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| appropriate school administrator to request to |
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| participate in a law enforcement drill and may actively |
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| participate on-site in a drill. |
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| (B) Upon the participation of a local law |
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| enforcement agency in a law enforcement drill, the |
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| appropriate local law enforcement official shall |
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| certify that the law enforcement drill was conducted. |
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| (2) Schools may conduct additional law enforcement |
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| drills at their discretion. |
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| (3) (Blank). All drills shall be conducted at each |
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| school building that houses school children. |
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| (d) During each academic year, schools must conduct a |
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| minimum of one severe weather and shelter-in-place drill to |
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| address and prepare students and school personnel for possible |
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| tornado incidents and may conduct additional severe weather and |
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| shelter-in-place drills to account for other incidents, |
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| including without limitation earthquakes or hazardous |
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| materials. All drills shall be conducted at each school |
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| building that houses school children.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05.) |
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 8.32 as follows: |
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| (30 ILCS 805/8.32 new) |
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| Sec. 8.32. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 |
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| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the |
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| implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
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| 2008.".
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