96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3063

 

Introduced 2/8/2010, by Sen. James T. Meeks

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/34-2.1   from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.1
105 ILCS 5/34-2.3   from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.3
105 ILCS 5/34-18   from Ch. 122, par. 34-18

    Amends the Chicago Public Schools Article in the School Code. Provides that on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a local school council shall be advisory in nature. Provides that on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, all powers and duties that were previously allocated and authorized to local school councils shall be transferred to and become the powers and duties of the Board of Education, including, but not limited to, the hiring of principals, retention of principals, and spending authority.


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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
5 34-2.1, 34-2.3, and 34-18 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/34-2.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.1)
7     Sec. 34-2.1. Local School Councils - Composition -
8 Voter-Eligibility - Elections - Terms.
9     (a) A local school council, which, on and after the
10 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
11 Assembly, shall be advisory in nature, shall be established for
12 each attendance center within the school district. Each local
13 school council shall consist of the following 11 voting
14 members: the principal of the attendance center, 2 teachers
15 employed and assigned to perform the majority of their
16 employment duties at the attendance center, 6 parents of
17 students currently enrolled at the attendance center and 2
18 community residents. Neither the parents nor the community
19 residents who serve as members of the local school council
20 shall be employees of the Board of Education. In each secondary
21 attendance center, the local school council shall consist of 12
22 voting members -- the 11 voting members described above and one
23 full-time student member, appointed as provided in subsection

 

 

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1 (m) below. In the event that the chief executive officer of the
2 Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees determines that a local
3 school council is not carrying out its financial duties
4 effectively, the chief executive officer is authorized to
5 appoint a representative of the business community with
6 experience in finance and management to serve as an advisor to
7 the local school council for the purpose of providing advice
8 and assistance to the local school council on fiscal matters.
9 The advisor shall have access to relevant financial records of
10 the local school council. The advisor may attend executive
11 sessions. The chief executive officer shall issue a written
12 policy defining the circumstances under which a local school
13 council is not carrying out its financial duties effectively.
14     (b) Within 7 days of January 11, 1991, the Mayor shall
15 appoint the members and officers (a Chairperson who shall be a
16 parent member and a Secretary) of each local school council who
17 shall hold their offices until their successors shall be
18 elected and qualified. Members so appointed shall have all the
19 powers and duties of local school councils as set forth in this
20 amendatory Act of 1991. The Mayor's appointments shall not
21 require approval by the City Council.
22     The membership of each local school council shall be
23 encouraged to be reflective of the racial and ethnic
24 composition of the student population of the attendance center
25 served by the local school council.
26     (c) Beginning with the 1995-1996 school year and in every

 

 

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1 even-numbered year thereafter, the Board shall set second
2 semester Parent Report Card Pick-up Day for Local School
3 Council elections and may schedule elections at year-round
4 schools for the same dates as the remainder of the school
5 system. Elections shall be conducted as provided herein by the
6 Board of Education in consultation with the local school
7 council at each attendance center.
8     (d) Beginning with the 1995-96 school year, the following
9 procedures shall apply to the election of local school council
10 members at each attendance center:
11         (i) The elected members of each local school council
12     shall consist of the 6 parent members and the 2 community
13     resident members.
14         (ii) Each elected member shall be elected by the
15     eligible voters of that attendance center to serve for a
16     two-year term commencing on July 1 immediately following
17     the election described in subsection (c). Eligible voters
18     for each attendance center shall consist of the parents and
19     community residents for that attendance center.
20         (iii) Each eligible voter shall be entitled to cast one
21     vote for up to a total of 5 candidates, irrespective of
22     whether such candidates are parent or community resident
23     candidates.
24         (iv) Each parent voter shall be entitled to vote in the
25     local school council election at each attendance center in
26     which he or she has a child currently enrolled. Each

 

 

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1     community resident voter shall be entitled to vote in the
2     local school council election at each attendance center for
3     which he or she resides in the applicable attendance area
4     or voting district, as the case may be.
5         (v) Each eligible voter shall be entitled to vote once,
6     but not more than once, in the local school council
7     election at each attendance center at which the voter is
8     eligible to vote.
9         (vi) The 2 teacher members of each local school council
10     shall be appointed as provided in subsection (l) below each
11     to serve for a two-year term coinciding with that of the
12     elected parent and community resident members.
13         (vii) At secondary attendance centers, the voting
14     student member shall be appointed as provided in subsection
15     (m) below to serve for a one-year term coinciding with the
16     beginning of the terms of the elected parent and community
17     members of the local school council.
18     (e) The Council shall publicize the date and place of the
19 election by posting notices at the attendance center, in public
20 places within the attendance boundaries of the attendance
21 center and by distributing notices to the pupils at the
22 attendance center, and shall utilize such other means as it
23 deems necessary to maximize the involvement of all eligible
24 voters.
25     (f) Nomination. The Council shall publicize the opening of
26 nominations by posting notices at the attendance center, in

 

 

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1 public places within the attendance boundaries of the
2 attendance center and by distributing notices to the pupils at
3 the attendance center, and shall utilize such other means as it
4 deems necessary to maximize the involvement of all eligible
5 voters. Not less than 2 weeks before the election date, persons
6 eligible to run for the Council shall submit their name, date
7 of birth, social security number, if available, and some
8 evidence of eligibility to the Council. The Council shall
9 encourage nomination of candidates reflecting the
10 racial/ethnic population of the students at the attendance
11 center. Each person nominated who runs as a candidate shall
12 disclose, in a manner determined by the Board, any economic
13 interest held by such person, by such person's spouse or
14 children, or by each business entity in which such person has
15 an ownership interest, in any contract with the Board, any
16 local school council or any public school in the school
17 district. Each person nominated who runs as a candidate shall
18 also disclose, in a manner determined by the Board, if he or
19 she ever has been convicted of any of the offenses specified in
20 subsection (c) of Section 34-18.5; provided that neither this
21 provision nor any other provision of this Section shall be
22 deemed to require the disclosure of any information that is
23 contained in any law enforcement record or juvenile court
24 record that is confidential or whose accessibility or
25 disclosure is restricted or prohibited under Section 5-901 or
26 5-905 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Failure to make such

 

 

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1 disclosure shall render a person ineligible for election or to
2 serve on the local school council. The same disclosure shall be
3 required of persons under consideration for appointment to the
4 Council pursuant to subsections (l) and (m) of this Section.
5     (f-5) Notwithstanding disclosure, a person who has been
6 convicted of any of the following offenses at any time shall be
7 ineligible for election or appointment to a local school
8 council and ineligible for appointment to a local school
9 council pursuant to subsections (l) and (m) of this Section:
10 (i) those defined in Section 11-6, 11-9.1, 11-16, 11-17.1,
11 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20.1, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,
12 12-15, or 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or (ii) any
13 offense committed or attempted in any other state or against
14 the laws of the United States, which, if committed or attempted
15 in this State, would have been punishable as one or more of the
16 foregoing offenses. Notwithstanding disclosure, a person who
17 has been convicted of any of the following offenses within the
18 10 years previous to the date of nomination or appointment
19 shall be ineligible for election or appointment to a local
20 school council: (i) those defined in Section 401.1, 405.1, or
21 405.2 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or (ii) any
22 offense committed or attempted in any other state or against
23 the laws of the United States, which, if committed or attempted
24 in this State, would have been punishable as one or more of the
25 foregoing offenses.
26     Immediately upon election or appointment, incoming local

 

 

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1 school council members shall be required to undergo a criminal
2 background investigation, to be completed prior to the member
3 taking office, in order to identify any criminal convictions
4 under the offenses enumerated in Section 34-18.5. The
5 investigation shall be conducted by the Department of State
6 Police in the same manner as provided for in Section 34-18.5.
7 However, notwithstanding Section 34-18.5, the social security
8 number shall be provided only if available. If it is determined
9 at any time that a local school council member or member-elect
10 has been convicted of any of the offenses enumerated in this
11 Section or failed to disclose a conviction of any of the
12 offenses enumerated in Section 34-18.5, the general
13 superintendent shall notify the local school council member or
14 member-elect of such determination and the local school council
15 member or member-elect shall be removed from the local school
16 council by the Board, subject to a hearing, convened pursuant
17 to Board rule, prior to removal.
18     (g) At least one week before the election date, the Council
19 shall publicize, in the manner provided in subsection (e), the
20 names of persons nominated for election.
21     (h) Voting shall be in person by secret ballot at the
22 attendance center between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
23     (i) Candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall
24 be declared elected by the Council. In cases of a tie, the
25 Council shall determine the winner by lot.
26     (j) The Council shall certify the results of the election

 

 

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1 and shall publish the results in the minutes of the Council.
2     (k) The general superintendent shall resolve any disputes
3 concerning election procedure or results and shall ensure that,
4 except as provided in subsections (e) and (g), no resources of
5 any attendance center shall be used to endorse or promote any
6 candidate.
7     (l) Beginning with the 1995-1996 school year and in every
8 even numbered year thereafter, the Board shall appoint 2
9 teacher members to each local school council. These
10 appointments shall be made in the following manner:
11         (i) The Board shall appoint 2 teachers who are employed
12     and assigned to perform the majority of their employment
13     duties at the attendance center to serve on the local
14     school council of the attendance center for a two-year term
15     coinciding with the terms of the elected parent and
16     community members of that local school council. These
17     appointments shall be made from among those teachers who
18     are nominated in accordance with subsection (f).
19         (ii) A non-binding, advisory poll to ascertain the
20     preferences of the school staff regarding appointments of
21     teachers to the local school council for that attendance
22     center shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures
23     used to elect parent and community Council
24     representatives. At such poll, each member of the school
25     staff shall be entitled to indicate his or her preference
26     for up to 2 candidates from among those who submitted

 

 

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1     statements of candidacy as described above. These
2     preferences shall be advisory only and the Board shall
3     maintain absolute discretion to appoint teacher members to
4     local school councils, irrespective of the preferences
5     expressed in any such poll.
6         (iii) In the event that a teacher representative is
7     unable to perform his or her employment duties at the
8     school due to illness, disability, leave of absence,
9     disciplinary action, or any other reason, the Board shall
10     declare a temporary vacancy and appoint a replacement
11     teacher representative to serve on the local school council
12     until such time as the teacher member originally appointed
13     pursuant to this subsection (l) resumes service at the
14     attendance center or for the remainder of the term. The
15     replacement teacher representative shall be appointed in
16     the same manner and by the same procedures as teacher
17     representatives are appointed in subdivisions (i) and (ii)
18     of this subsection (l).
19     (m) Beginning with the 1995-1996 school year, and in every
20 year thereafter, the Board shall appoint one student member to
21 each secondary attendance center. These appointments shall be
22 made in the following manner:
23         (i) Appointments shall be made from among those
24     students who submit statements of candidacy to the
25     principal of the attendance center, such statements to be
26     submitted commencing on the first day of the twentieth week

 

 

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1     of school and continuing for 2 weeks thereafter. The form
2     and manner of such candidacy statements shall be determined
3     by the Board.
4         (ii) During the twenty-second week of school in every
5     year, the principal of each attendance center shall conduct
6     a non-binding, advisory poll to ascertain the preferences
7     of the school students regarding the appointment of a
8     student to the local school council for that attendance
9     center. At such poll, each student shall be entitled to
10     indicate his or her preference for up to one candidate from
11     among those who submitted statements of candidacy as
12     described above. The Board shall promulgate rules to ensure
13     that these non-binding, advisory polls are conducted in a
14     fair and equitable manner and maximize the involvement of
15     all school students. The preferences expressed in these
16     non-binding, advisory polls shall be transmitted by the
17     principal to the Board. However, these preferences shall be
18     advisory only and the Board shall maintain absolute
19     discretion to appoint student members to local school
20     councils, irrespective of the preferences expressed in any
21     such poll.
22         (iii) For the 1995-96 school year only, appointments
23     shall be made from among those students who submitted
24     statements of candidacy to the principal of the attendance
25     center during the first 2 weeks of the school year. The
26     principal shall communicate the results of any nonbinding,

 

 

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1     advisory poll to the Board. These results shall be advisory
2     only, and the Board shall maintain absolute discretion to
3     appoint student members to local school councils,
4     irrespective of the preferences expressed in any such poll.
5     (n) The Board may promulgate such other rules and
6 regulations for election procedures as may be deemed necessary
7 to ensure fair elections.
8     (o) In the event that a vacancy occurs during a member's
9 term, the Council shall appoint a person eligible to serve on
10 the Council, to fill the unexpired term created by the vacancy,
11 except that any teacher vacancy shall be filled by the Board
12 after considering the preferences of the school staff as
13 ascertained through a non-binding advisory poll of school
14 staff.
15     (p) If less than the specified number of persons is elected
16 within each candidate category, the newly elected local school
17 council shall appoint eligible persons to serve as members of
18 the Council for two-year terms.
19     (q) The Board shall promulgate rules regarding conflicts of
20 interest and disclosure of economic interests which shall apply
21 to local school council members and which shall require reports
22 or statements to be filed by Council members at regular
23 intervals with the Secretary of the Board. Failure to comply
24 with such rules or intentionally falsifying such reports shall
25 be grounds for disqualification from local school council
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1 be so declared by the Secretary of the Board. Rules regarding
2 conflicts of interest and disclosure of economic interests
3 promulgated by the Board shall apply to local school council
4 members. No less than 45 days prior to the deadline, the
5 general superintendent shall provide notice, by mail, to each
6 local school council member of all requirements and forms for
7 compliance with economic interest statements.
8     (r) (1) If a parent member of a local school council ceases
9 to have any child enrolled in the attendance center governed by
10 the Local School Council due to the graduation or voluntary
11 transfer of a child or children from the attendance center, the
12 parent's membership on the Local School Council and all voting
13 rights are terminated immediately as of the date of the child's
14 graduation or voluntary transfer. If the child of a parent
15 member of a local school council dies during the member's term
16 in office, the member may continue to serve on the local school
17 council for the balance of his or her term. Further, a local
18 school council member may be removed from the Council by a
19 majority vote of the Council as provided in subsection (c) of
20 Section 34-2.2 if the Council member has missed 3 consecutive
21 regular meetings, not including committee meetings, or 5
22 regular meetings in a 12 month period, not including committee
23 meetings. If a parent member of a local school council ceases
24 to be eligible to serve on the Council for any other reason, he
25 or she shall be removed by the Board subject to a hearing,
26 convened pursuant to Board rule, prior to removal. A vote to

 

 

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1 remove a Council member by the local school council shall only
2 be valid if the Council member has been notified personally or
3 by certified mail, mailed to the person's last known address,
4 of the Council's intent to vote on the Council member's removal
5 at least 7 days prior to the vote. The Council member in
6 question shall have the right to explain his or her actions and
7 shall be eligible to vote on the question of his or her removal
8 from the Council. The provisions of this subsection shall be
9 contained within the petitions used to nominate Council
10 candidates.
11     (2) A person may continue to serve as a community resident
12 member of a local school council as long as he or she resides
13 in the attendance area served by the school and is not employed
14 by the Board nor is a parent of a student enrolled at the
15 school. If a community resident member ceases to be eligible to
16 serve on the Council, he or she shall be removed by the Board
17 subject to a hearing, convened pursuant to Board rule, prior to
18 removal.
19     (3) A person may continue to serve as a teacher member of a
20 local school council as long as he or she is employed and
21 assigned to perform a majority of his or her duties at the
22 school, provided that if the teacher representative resigns
23 from employment with the Board or voluntarily transfers to
24 another school, the teacher's membership on the local school
25 council and all voting rights are terminated immediately as of
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1 teacher's voluntary transfer to another school. If a teacher
2 member of a local school council ceases to be eligible to serve
3 on a local school council for any other reason, that member
4 shall be removed by the Board subject to a hearing, convened
5 pursuant to Board rule, prior to removal.
6 (Source: P.A. 95-1015, eff. 12-15-08.)
 
7     (105 ILCS 5/34-2.3)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.3)
8     Sec. 34-2.3. Board of Education powers Local school
9 councils - Powers and duties; local school councils - advisory.
10 The Board of Education, with the advice of the Each local
11 school council, shall have and exercise, consistent with the
12 provisions of this Article and the powers and duties of the
13 board of education, the following powers and duties:
14         1. (A) To annually evaluate the performance of the
15     principal of the attendance center using a Board approved
16     principal evaluation form, which shall include the
17     evaluation of (i) student academic improvement, as defined
18     by the school improvement plan, (ii) student absenteeism
19     rates at the school, (iii) instructional leadership, (iv)
20     the effective implementation of programs, policies, or
21     strategies to improve student academic achievement, (v)
22     school management, and (vi) any other factors deemed
23     relevant by the local school council, including, without
24     limitation, the principal's communication skills and
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1     environment, to develop opportunities for professional
2     development, and to encourage parental involvement and
3     community partnerships to achieve school improvement;
4         (B) to determine in the manner provided by subsection
5     (c) of Section 34-2.2 and subdivision 1.5 of this Section
6     whether the performance contract of the principal shall be
7     renewed; and
8         (C) to directly select, in the manner provided by
9     subsection (c) of Section 34-2.2, a new principal
10     (including a new principal to fill a vacancy) -- without
11     submitting any list of candidates for that position to the
12     general superintendent as provided in paragraph 2 of this
13     Section -- to serve under a 4 year performance contract;
14     provided that (i) the determination of whether the
15     principal's performance contract is to be renewed, based
16     upon the evaluation required by subdivision 1.5 of this
17     Section, shall be made no later than 150 days prior to the
18     expiration of the current performance-based contract of
19     the principal, (ii) in cases where such performance
20     contract is not renewed -- a direct selection of a new
21     principal -- to serve under a 4 year performance contract
22     shall be made by the local school council no later than 45
23     days prior to the expiration of the current performance
24     contract of the principal, and (iii) a selection by the
25     local school council of a new principal to fill a vacancy
26     under a 4 year performance contract shall be made within 90

 

 

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1     days after the date such vacancy occurs. The Board of
2     Education A Council shall be required, if requested by the
3     principal, to provide in writing the reasons for the
4     council's not renewing the principal's contract.
5         1.5. The Board of Education's local school council's
6     determination of whether to renew the principal's contract
7     shall be based on an evaluation to assess the educational
8     and administrative progress made at the school during the
9     principal's current performance-based contract. The local
10     school council shall base its evaluation on (i) student
11     academic improvement, as defined by the school improvement
12     plan, (ii) student absenteeism rates at the school, (iii)
13     instructional leadership, (iv) the effective
14     implementation of programs, policies, or strategies to
15     improve student academic achievement, (v) school
16     management, and (vi) any other factors deemed relevant by
17     the local school council, including, without limitation,
18     the principal's communication skills and ability to create
19     and maintain a student-centered learning environment, to
20     develop opportunities for professional development, and to
21     encourage parental involvement and community partnerships
22     to achieve school improvement. If the Board of Education a
23     local school council fails to renew the performance
24     contract of a principal rated by the general
25     superintendent, or his or her designee, in the previous
26     years' evaluations as meeting or exceeding expectations,

 

 

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1     the principal, within 15 days after the Board of
2     Education's local school council's decision not to renew
3     the contract, may request a review of the Board of
4     Education's local school council's principal non-retention
5     decision by a hearing officer appointed by the American
6     Arbitration Association. A local school council member or
7     members or the general superintendent may support the
8     principal's request for review. During the period of the
9     hearing officer's review of the Board of Education's local
10     school council's decision on whether or not to retain the
11     principal, the Board of Education local school council
12     shall maintain all authority to search for and contract
13     with a person to serve as interim or acting principal, or
14     as the principal of the attendance center under a 4-year
15     performance contract, provided that any performance
16     contract entered into by the Board of Education local
17     school council shall be voidable or modified in accordance
18     with the decision of the hearing officer. The principal may
19     request review only once while at that attendance center.
20     If the Board of Education a local school council renews the
21     contract of a principal who failed to obtain a rating of
22     "meets" or "exceeds expectations" in the general
23     superintendent's evaluation for the previous year, the
24     general superintendent, within 15 days after the Board of
25     Education's local school council's decision to renew the
26     contract, may request a review of the Board of Education's

 

 

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1     local school council's principal retention decision by a
2     hearing officer appointed by the American Arbitration
3     Association. The general superintendent may request a
4     review only once for that principal at that attendance
5     center. All requests to review the retention or
6     non-retention of a principal shall be submitted to the
7     general superintendent, who shall, in turn, forward such
8     requests, within 14 days of receipt, to the American
9     Arbitration Association. The general superintendent shall
10     send a contemporaneous copy of the request that was
11     forwarded to the American Arbitration Association to the
12     principal and to each local school council member and the
13     Board of Education and shall inform the Board of Education
14     local school council of its rights and responsibilities
15     under the arbitration process, including the local school
16     council's right to representation and the manner and
17     process by which the Board shall pay the costs of the
18     council's representation. If the Board of Education local
19     school council retains the principal and the general
20     superintendent requests a review of the retention
21     decision, the Board of Education local school council and
22     the general superintendent shall be considered parties to
23     the arbitration, a hearing officer shall be chosen between
24     those 2 parties pursuant to procedures promulgated by the
25     State Board of Education, and the principal may retain
26     counsel and participate in the arbitration. If the Board of

 

 

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1     Education local school council does not retain the
2     principal and the principal requests a review of the
3     retention decision, the Board of Education local school
4     council and the principal shall be considered parties to
5     the arbitration and a hearing officer shall be chosen
6     between those 2 parties pursuant to procedures promulgated
7     by the State Board of Education. The hearing shall begin
8     (i) within 45 days after the initial request for review is
9     submitted by the principal to the general superintendent or
10     (ii) if the initial request for review is made by the
11     general superintendent, within 45 days after that request
12     is mailed to the American Arbitration Association. The
13     hearing officer shall render a decision within 45 days
14     after the hearing begins and within 90 days after the
15     initial request for review. The Board shall contract with
16     the American Arbitration Association for all of the hearing
17     officer's reasonable and necessary costs. In addition, the
18     Board shall pay any reasonable costs incurred by a local
19     school council for representation before a hearing
20     officer.
21         1.10. The hearing officer shall conduct a hearing,
22     which shall include (i) a review of the principal's
23     performance, evaluations, and other evidence of the
24     principal's service at the school, (ii) reasons provided by
25     the Board of Education local school council for its
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1     interested persons, including, without limitation,
2     students, parents, local school council members, school
3     faculty and staff, the principal, the general
4     superintendent or his or her designee, and members of the
5     community. The burden of proof in establishing that the
6     Board of Education's local school council's decision was
7     arbitrary and capricious shall be on the party requesting
8     the arbitration, and this party shall sustain the burden by
9     a preponderance of the evidence. The hearing officer shall
10     set the Board of Education local school council decision
11     aside if that decision, in light of the record developed at
12     the hearing, is arbitrary and capricious. The decision of
13     the hearing officer may not be appealed to the Board or the
14     State Board of Education. If the hearing officer decides
15     that the principal shall be retained, the retention period
16     shall not exceed 2 years.
17         2. In the event (i) the Board of Education local school
18     council does not renew the performance contract of the
19     principal, or the principal fails to receive a satisfactory
20     rating as provided in subsection (h) of Section 34-8.3, or
21     the principal is removed for cause during the term of his
22     or her performance contract in the manner provided by
23     Section 34-85, or a vacancy in the position of principal
24     otherwise occurs prior to the expiration of the term of a
25     principal's performance contract, and (ii) the Board of
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1     new principal to serve under a 4 year performance contract,
2     the Board of Education local school council in such event
3     shall submit to the general superintendent a list of 3
4     candidates -- listed in the Board of Education's local
5     school council's order of preference -- for the position of
6     principal, one of which shall be selected by the general
7     superintendent to serve as principal of the attendance
8     center. If the general superintendent fails or refuses to
9     select one of the candidates on the list to serve as
10     principal within 30 days after being furnished with the
11     candidate list, the general superintendent shall select
12     and place a principal on an interim basis (i) for a period
13     not to exceed one year or (ii) until the Board of Education
14     local school council selects a new principal with 7
15     affirmative votes as provided in subsection (c) of Section
16     34-2.2, whichever occurs first. If the Board of Education
17     local school council fails or refuses to select and appoint
18     a new principal, as specified by subsection (c) of Section
19     34-2.2, the general superintendent may select and appoint a
20     new principal on an interim basis for an additional year or
21     until a new contract principal is selected by the Board of
22     Education local school council. There shall be no
23     discrimination on the basis of race, sex, creed, color or
24     disability unrelated to ability to perform in connection
25     with the submission of candidates for, and the selection of
26     a candidate to serve as principal of an attendance center.

 

 

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1     No person shall be directly selected, listed as a candidate
2     for, or selected to serve as principal of an attendance
3     center (i) if such person has been removed for cause from
4     employment by the Board or (ii) if such person does not
5     hold a valid administrative certificate issued or
6     exchanged under Article 21 and endorsed as required by that
7     Article for the position of principal. A principal whose
8     performance contract is not renewed as provided under
9     subsection (c) of Section 34-2.2 may nevertheless, if
10     otherwise qualified and certified as herein provided and if
11     he or she has received a satisfactory rating as provided in
12     subsection (h) of Section 34-8.3, be included by the Board
13     of Education a local school council as one of the 3
14     candidates listed in order of preference on any candidate
15     list from which one person is to be selected to serve as
16     principal of the attendance center under a new performance
17     contract. The initial candidate list required to be
18     submitted by the Board of Education a local school council
19     to the general superintendent in cases where the Board of
20     Education local school council does not renew the
21     performance contract of its principal and does not directly
22     select a new principal to serve under a 4 year performance
23     contract shall be submitted not later than 30 days prior to
24     the expiration of the current performance contract. In
25     cases where the Board of Education local school council
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1     general superintendent no later than 30 days prior to the
2     expiration of the incumbent principal's contract, the
3     general superintendent may appoint a principal on an
4     interim basis for a period not to exceed one year, during
5     which time the Board of Education local school council
6     shall be able to select a new principal with 7 affirmative
7     votes as provided in subsection (c) of Section 34-2.2. In
8     cases where a principal is removed for cause or a vacancy
9     otherwise occurs in the position of principal and the
10     vacancy is not filled by direct selection by the Board of
11     Education local school council, the candidate list shall be
12     submitted by the Board of Education local school council to
13     the general superintendent within 90 days after the date
14     such removal or vacancy occurs. In cases where the Board of
15     Education local school council fails or refuses to submit
16     the candidate list to the general superintendent within 90
17     days after the date of the vacancy, the general
18     superintendent may appoint a principal on an interim basis
19     for a period of one year, during which time the local
20     school council shall be able to select a new principal with
21     7 affirmative votes as provided in subsection (c) of
22     Section 34-2.2.
23         2.5. Whenever a vacancy in the office of a principal
24     occurs for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled in the
25     manner provided by this Section by the selection of a new
26     principal to serve under a 4 year performance contract.

 

 

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1         3. To establish additional criteria to be included as
2     part of the performance contract of its principal, provided
3     that such additional criteria shall not discriminate on the
4     basis of race, sex, creed, color or disability unrelated to
5     ability to perform, and shall not be inconsistent with the
6     uniform 4 year performance contract for principals
7     developed by the board as provided in Section 34-8.1 of the
8     School Code or with other provisions of this Article
9     governing the authority and responsibility of principals.
10         4. To approve the expenditure plan prepared by the
11     principal with respect to all funds allocated and
12     distributed to the attendance center by the Board. The
13     expenditure plan shall be administered by the principal.
14     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any
15     other law, any expenditure plan approved and administered
16     under this Section 34-2.3 shall be consistent with and
17     subject to the terms of any contract for services with a
18     third party entered into by the Chicago School Reform Board
19     of Trustees or the board under this Act.
20         The Board of Education Via a supermajority vote of 7
21     members of the local school council or 8 members of a high
22     school local school council, the Council may transfer
23     allocations pursuant to Section 34-2.3 within funds;
24     provided that such a transfer is consistent with applicable
25     law and collective bargaining agreements.
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1     thereafter, the Board may reserve up to 1% of its total
2     fiscal year budget for distribution on a prioritized basis
3     to schools throughout the school system in order to assure
4     adequate programs to meet the needs of special student
5     populations as determined by the Board. This distribution
6     shall take into account the needs catalogued in the
7     Systemwide Plan and the various local school improvement
8     plans of the local school councils. Information about these
9     centrally funded programs shall be distributed to the local
10     school councils so that their subsequent planning and
11     programming will account for these provisions.
12         Beginning in fiscal year 1991 and in each fiscal year
13     thereafter, from other amounts available in the applicable
14     fiscal year budget, the board shall allocate a lump sum
15     amount to each local school based upon such formula as the
16     board shall determine taking into account the special needs
17     of the student body. The local school principal shall
18     develop an expenditure plan in consultation with the local
19     school council, the professional personnel leadership
20     committee and with all other school personnel, which
21     reflects the priorities and activities as described in the
22     school's local school improvement plan and is consistent
23     with applicable law and collective bargaining agreements
24     and with board policies and standards; however, the Board
25     of Education may waive local school council shall have the
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1     education and waivers of employee collective bargaining
2     agreements pursuant to Section 34-8.1a.
3         The expenditure plan developed by the principal with
4     respect to amounts available from the fund for prioritized
5     special needs programs and the allocated lump sum amount
6     must be approved by the Board of Education local school
7     council.
8         The lump sum allocation shall take into account the
9     following principles:
10             a. Teachers: Each school shall be allocated funds
11         equal to the amount appropriated in the previous school
12         year for compensation for teachers (regular grades
13         kindergarten through 12th grade) plus whatever
14         increases in compensation have been negotiated
15         contractually or through longevity as provided in the
16         negotiated agreement. Adjustments shall be made due to
17         layoff or reduction in force, lack of funds or work,
18         change in subject requirements, enrollment changes, or
19         contracts with third parties for the performance of
20         services or to rectify any inconsistencies with
21         system-wide allocation formulas or for other
22         legitimate reasons.
23             b. Other personnel: Funds for other teacher
24         certificated and uncertificated personnel paid through
25         non-categorical funds shall be provided according to
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1         the special needs of the school as determined by the
2         Board.
3             c. Non-compensation items: Appropriations for all
4         non-compensation items shall be based on system-wide
5         formulas based on student enrollment and on the special
6         needs of the school or factors related to the physical
7         plant, including but not limited to textbooks,
8         supplies, electricity, equipment, and routine
9         maintenance.
10             d. Funds for categorical programs: Schools shall
11         receive personnel and funds based on, and shall use
12         such personnel and funds in accordance with State and
13         Federal requirements applicable to each categorical
14         program provided to meet the special needs of the
15         student body (including but not limited to, Federal
16         Chapter I, Bilingual, and Special Education).
17             d.1. Funds for State Title I: Each school shall
18         receive funds based on State and Board requirements
19         applicable to each State Title I pupil provided to meet
20         the special needs of the student body. Each school
21         shall receive the proportion of funds as provided in
22         Section 18-8 to which they are entitled. These funds
23         shall be spent only with the budgetary approval of the
24         Local School Council as provided in Section 34-2.3.
25             e. The Board of Education Local School Council
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1         positions and open new ones consistent with the
2         provisions of the local school improvement plan
3         provided that these decisions are consistent with
4         applicable law and collective bargaining agreements.
5         If a position is closed, pursuant to this paragraph,
6         the local school shall have for its use the system-wide
7         average compensation for the closed position.
8             f. Operating within existing laws and collective
9         bargaining agreements, the Board of Education local
10         school council shall have the right to direct the
11         principal to shift expenditures within funds.
12             g. (Blank).
13         Any funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year
14     shall be available to the board of education for use as
15     part of its budget for the following fiscal year.
16         5. To make recommendations to the principal concerning
17     textbook selection and concerning curriculum developed
18     pursuant to the school improvement plan which is consistent
19     with systemwide curriculum objectives in accordance with
20     Sections 34-8 and 34-18 of the School Code and in
21     conformity with the collective bargaining agreement.
22         6. To advise the principal concerning the attendance
23     and disciplinary policies for the attendance center,
24     subject to the provisions of this Article and Article 26,
25     and consistent with the uniform system of discipline
26     established by the board pursuant to Section 34-19.

 

 

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1         7. To approve a school improvement plan developed as
2     provided in Section 34-2.4. The process and schedule for
3     plan development shall be publicized to the entire school
4     community, and the community shall be afforded the
5     opportunity to make recommendations concerning the plan.
6     At least twice a year the principal and local school
7     council shall report publicly on progress and problems with
8     respect to plan implementation.
9         8. To evaluate the allocation of teaching resources and
10     other certificated and uncertificated staff to the
11     attendance center to determine whether such allocation is
12     consistent with and in furtherance of instructional
13     objectives and school programs reflective of the school
14     improvement plan adopted for the attendance center; and to
15     make recommendations to the board, the general
16     superintendent and the principal concerning any
17     reallocation of teaching resources or other staff whenever
18     the council determines that any such reallocation is
19     appropriate because the qualifications of any existing
20     staff at the attendance center do not adequately match or
21     support instructional objectives or school programs which
22     reflect the school improvement plan.
23         9. To make recommendations to the principal and the
24     general superintendent concerning their respective
25     appointments, after August 31, 1989, and in the manner
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1     fill any vacant, additional or newly created positions for
2     teachers at the attendance center or at attendance centers
3     which include the attendance center served by the local
4     school council.
5         10. The Board of Education may authorize To request of
6     the Board the manner in which training and assistance shall
7     be provided to the local school council. Pursuant to Board
8     guidelines a local school council is authorized to direct
9     the Board of Education to contract with personnel or
10     not-for-profit organizations not associated with the
11     school district to train or assist council members. If
12     training or assistance is provided by contract with
13     personnel or organizations not associated with the school
14     district, the period of training or assistance shall not
15     exceed 30 hours during a given school year; person shall
16     not be employed on a continuous basis longer than said
17     period and shall not have been employed by the Chicago
18     Board of Education within the preceding six months. Board
19     Council members shall receive training in at least the
20     following areas:
21             1. school budgets;
22             2. educational theory pertinent to the attendance
23         center's particular needs, including the development
24         of the school improvement plan and the principal's
25         performance contract; and
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1     Council members shall, to the greatest extent possible,
2     complete such training within 90 days of election.
3         11. In accordance with systemwide guidelines contained
4     in the System-Wide Educational Reform Goals and Objectives
5     Plan, criteria for evaluation of performance shall be
6     established for local school councils and local school
7     council members. The If a local school council persists in
8     noncompliance with systemwide requirements, the Board may
9     impose sanctions and take necessary corrective action,
10     consistent with Section 34-8.3.
11         12. Each local school council shall comply with the
12     Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Each
13     local school council shall issue and transmit to its school
14     community a detailed annual report accounting for its
15     activities programmatically and financially. Each local
16     school council shall convene at least 2 well-publicized
17     meetings annually with its entire school community. These
18     meetings shall include presentation of the proposed local
19     school improvement plan, of the proposed school
20     expenditure plan, and the annual report, and shall provide
21     an opportunity for public comment.
22         13. Each local school council is encouraged to involve
23     additional non-voting members of the school community in
24     facilitating the council's exercise of its
25     responsibilities.
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1     adopt a school uniform or dress code policy that governs
2     the attendance center and that is necessary to maintain the
3     orderly process of a school function or prevent
4     endangerment of student health or safety, consistent with
5     the policies and rules of the Board of Education. A school
6     uniform or dress code policy adopted by the Board of
7     Education a local school council: (i) shall not be applied
8     in such manner as to discipline or deny attendance to a
9     transfer student or any other student for noncompliance
10     with that policy during such period of time as is
11     reasonably necessary to enable the student to acquire a
12     school uniform or otherwise comply with the dress code
13     policy that is in effect at the attendance center into
14     which the student's enrollment is transferred; and (ii)
15     shall include criteria and procedures under which the local
16     school council will accommodate the needs of or otherwise
17     provide appropriate resources to assist a student from an
18     indigent family in complying with an applicable school
19     uniform or dress code policy. A student whose parents or
20     legal guardians object on religious grounds to the
21     student's compliance with an applicable school uniform or
22     dress code policy shall not be required to comply with that
23     policy if the student's parents or legal guardians present
24     to the local school council a signed statement of objection
25     detailing the grounds for the objection.
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1     of Education local school council in the exercise of its
2     powers and duties shall comply with State and federal laws,
3     all applicable collective bargaining agreements, court
4     orders and rules properly promulgated by the Board.
5         15a. To grant, in accordance with board rules and
6     policies, the use of assembly halls and classrooms when not
7     otherwise needed, including lighting, heat, and
8     attendants, for public lectures, concerts, and other
9     educational and social activities.
10         15b. To approve, in accordance with board rules and
11     policies, receipts and expenditures for all internal
12     accounts of the attendance center, and to approve all
13     fund-raising activities by nonschool organizations that
14     use the school building.
15         16. (Blank).
16         17. Names and addresses of local school council members
17     shall be a matter of public record.
18     On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
19 the 96th General Assembly, all powers and duties that were
20 previously allocated to local school councils shall be
21 transferred to the Board of Education.
22 (Source: P.A. 93-48, eff. 7-1-03.)
 
23     (105 ILCS 5/34-18)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
24     Sec. 34-18. Powers of the board. The board shall exercise
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1 and the public school system of the city, and, except as
2 otherwise provided by this Article, shall have power:
3         1. To make suitable provision for the establishment and
4     maintenance throughout the year or for such portion thereof
5     as it may direct, not less than 9 months, of schools of all
6     grades and kinds, including normal schools, high schools,
7     night schools, schools for defectives and delinquents,
8     parental and truant schools, schools for the blind, the
9     deaf and the crippled, schools or classes in manual
10     training, constructural and vocational teaching, domestic
11     arts and physical culture, vocation and extension schools
12     and lecture courses, and all other educational courses and
13     facilities, including establishing, equipping, maintaining
14     and operating playgrounds and recreational programs, when
15     such programs are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected
16     with any public school under the general supervision and
17     jurisdiction of the board; provided that the calendar for
18     the school term and any changes must be submitted to and
19     approved by the State Board of Education before the
20     calendar or changes may take effect, and provided that in
21     allocating funds from year to year for the operation of all
22     attendance centers within the district, the board shall
23     ensure that supplemental general State aid funds are
24     allocated and applied in accordance with Section 18-8 or
25     18-8.05. To admit to such schools without charge foreign
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1     exchange student program which is authorized by the board.
2     The board shall permit all students to enroll in
3     apprenticeship programs in trade schools operated by the
4     board, whether those programs are union-sponsored or not.
5     No student shall be refused admission into or be excluded
6     from any course of instruction offered in the common
7     schools by reason of that student's sex. No student shall
8     be denied equal access to physical education and
9     interscholastic athletic programs supported from school
10     district funds or denied participation in comparable
11     physical education and athletic programs solely by reason
12     of the student's sex. Equal access to programs supported
13     from school district funds and comparable programs will be
14     defined in rules promulgated by the State Board of
15     Education in consultation with the Illinois High School
16     Association. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
17     Article, neither the board of education nor any local
18     school council or other school official shall recommend
19     that children with disabilities be placed into regular
20     education classrooms unless those children with
21     disabilities are provided with supplementary services to
22     assist them so that they benefit from the regular classroom
23     instruction and are included on the teacher's regular
24     education class register;
25         2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable
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1     such expenses as the board may determine are necessary in
2     conducting the school lunch program;
3         3. To co-operate with the circuit court;
4         4. To make arrangements with the public or quasi-public
5     libraries and museums for the use of their facilities by
6     teachers and pupils of the public schools;
7         5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for
8     the purpose of treating the pupils in the schools, but
9     accepting such treatment shall be optional with parents or
10     guardians;
11         6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms
12     when not otherwise needed, including light, heat, and
13     attendants, for free public lectures, concerts, and other
14     educational and social interests, free of charge, under
15     such provisions and control as the principal of the
16     affected attendance center may prescribe;
17         7. To apportion the pupils to the several schools;
18     provided that no pupil shall be excluded from or segregated
19     in any such school on account of his color, race, sex, or
20     nationality. The board shall take into consideration the
21     prevention of segregation and the elimination of
22     separation of children in public schools because of color,
23     race, sex, or nationality. Except that children may be
24     committed to or attend parental and social adjustment
25     schools established and maintained either for boys or girls
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1     revision of attendance areas shall be open to the public.
2     Nothing herein shall limit the board's authority to
3     establish multi-area attendance centers or other student
4     assignment systems for desegregation purposes or
5     otherwise, and to apportion the pupils to the several
6     schools. Furthermore, beginning in school year 1994-95,
7     pursuant to a board plan adopted by October 1, 1993, the
8     board shall offer, commencing on a phased-in basis, the
9     opportunity for families within the school district to
10     apply for enrollment of their children in any attendance
11     center within the school district which does not have
12     selective admission requirements approved by the board.
13     The appropriate geographical area in which such open
14     enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by the
15     board of education. Such children may be admitted to any
16     such attendance center on a space available basis after all
17     children residing within such attendance center's area
18     have been accommodated. If the number of applicants from
19     outside the attendance area exceed the space available,
20     then successful applicants shall be selected by lottery.
21     The board of education's open enrollment plan must include
22     provisions that allow low income students to have access to
23     transportation needed to exercise school choice. Open
24     enrollment shall be in compliance with the provisions of
25     the Consent Decree and Desegregation Plan cited in Section
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1         8. To approve programs and policies for providing
2     transportation services to students. Nothing herein shall
3     be construed to permit or empower the State Board of
4     Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other
5     transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving
6     racial balance in any school;
7         9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to
8     establish and approve system-wide curriculum objectives
9     and standards, including graduation standards, which
10     reflect the multi-cultural diversity in the city and are
11     consistent with State law, provided that for all purposes
12     of this Article courses or proficiency in American Sign
13     Language shall be deemed to constitute courses or
14     proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ principals
15     and teachers, appointed as provided in this Article, and
16     fix their compensation. The board shall prepare such
17     reports related to minimal competency testing as may be
18     requested by the State Board of Education, and in addition
19     shall monitor and approve special education and bilingual
20     education programs and policies within the district to
21     assure that appropriate services are provided in
22     accordance with applicable State and federal laws to
23     children requiring services and education in those areas;
24         10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize
25     volunteer personnel for: (i) non-teaching duties not
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1     including library duties; and (ii) supervising study
2     halls, long distance teaching reception areas used
3     incident to instructional programs transmitted by
4     electronic media such as computers, video, and audio,
5     detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored
6     extracurricular activities. The board may further utilize
7     volunteer non-certificated personnel or employ
8     non-certificated personnel to assist in the instruction of
9     pupils under the immediate supervision of a teacher holding
10     a valid certificate, directly engaged in teaching subject
11     matter or conducting activities; provided that the teacher
12     shall be continuously aware of the non-certificated
13     persons' activities and shall be able to control or modify
14     them. The general superintendent shall determine
15     qualifications of such personnel and shall prescribe rules
16     for determining the duties and activities to be assigned to
17     such personnel;
18         10.5. To utilize volunteer personnel from a regional
19     School Crisis Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part
20     of the Safe to Learn Program established pursuant to
21     Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act of 1995,
22     to provide assistance to schools in times of violence or
23     other traumatic incidents within a school community by
24     providing crisis intervention services to lessen the
25     effects of emotional trauma on individuals and the
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1     Committee shall determine the qualifications for
2     volunteers;
3         11. To provide television studio facilities in not to
4     exceed one school building and to provide programs for
5     educational purposes, provided, however, that the board
6     shall not construct, acquire, operate, or maintain a
7     television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio
8     facilities to a licensed television station located in the
9     school district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed
10     one school radio transmitting station and provide programs
11     for educational purposes;
12         12. To offer, if deemed appropriate, outdoor education
13     courses, including field trips within the State of
14     Illinois, or adjacent states, and to use school educational
15     funds for the expense of the said outdoor educational
16     programs, whether within the school district or not;
17         13. During that period of the calendar year not
18     embraced within the regular school term, to provide and
19     conduct courses in subject matters normally embraced in the
20     program of the schools during the regular school term and
21     to give regular school credit for satisfactory completion
22     by the student of such courses as may be approved for
23     credit by the State Board of Education;
24         14. To insure against any loss or liability of the
25     board, the former School Board Nominating Commission,
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1     Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict Councils
2     or of any member, officer, agent or employee thereof,
3     resulting from alleged violations of civil rights arising
4     from incidents occurring on or after September 5, 1967 or
5     from the wrongful or negligent act or omission of any such
6     person whether occurring within or without the school
7     premises, provided the officer, agent or employee was, at
8     the time of the alleged violation of civil rights or
9     wrongful act or omission, acting within the scope of his
10     employment or under direction of the board, the former
11     School Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago Schools
12     Academic Accountability Council, Local School Councils, or
13     the former Subdistrict Councils; and to provide for or
14     participate in insurance plans for its officers and
15     employees, including but not limited to retirement
16     annuities, medical, surgical and hospitalization benefits
17     in such types and amounts as may be determined by the
18     board; provided, however, that the board shall contract for
19     such insurance only with an insurance company authorized to
20     do business in this State. Such insurance may include
21     provision for employees who rely on treatment by prayer or
22     spiritual means alone for healing, in accordance with the
23     tenets and practice of a recognized religious
24     denomination;
25         15. To contract with the corporate authorities of any
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1     may be, to provide for the regulation of traffic in parking
2     areas of property used for school purposes, in such manner
3     as is provided by Section 11-209 of The Illinois Vehicle
4     Code, approved September 29, 1969, as amended;
5         16. (a) To provide, on an equal basis, access to a high
6     school campus and student directory information to the
7     official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of
8     Illinois and the United States for the purposes of
9     informing students of the educational and career
10     opportunities available in the military if the board has
11     provided such access to persons or groups whose purpose is
12     to acquaint students with educational or occupational
13     opportunities available to them. The board is not required
14     to give greater notice regarding the right of access to
15     recruiting representatives than is given to other persons
16     and groups. In this paragraph 16, "directory information"
17     means a high school student's name, address, and telephone
18     number.
19         (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian
20     submits a signed, written request to the high school before
21     the end of the student's sophomore year (or if the student
22     is a transfer student, by another time set by the high
23     school) that indicates that the student or his or her
24     parent or guardian does not want the student's directory
25     information to be provided to official recruiting
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1     high school may not provide access to the student's
2     directory information to these recruiting representatives.
3     The high school shall notify its students and their parents
4     or guardians of the provisions of this subsection (b).
5         (c) A high school may require official recruiting
6     representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the
7     United States to pay a fee for copying and mailing a
8     student's directory information in an amount that is not
9     more than the actual costs incurred by the high school.
10         (d) Information received by an official recruiting
11     representative under this Section may be used only to
12     provide information to students concerning educational and
13     career opportunities available in the military and may not
14     be released to a person who is not involved in recruiting
15     students for the armed forces of Illinois or the United
16     States;
17         17. (a) To sell or market any computer program
18     developed by an employee of the school district, provided
19     that such employee developed the computer program as a
20     direct result of his or her duties with the school district
21     or through the utilization of the school district resources
22     or facilities. The employee who developed the computer
23     program shall be entitled to share in the proceeds of such
24     sale or marketing of the computer program. The distribution
25     of such proceeds between the employee and the school
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1     school district, except that neither the employee nor the
2     school district may receive more than 90% of such proceeds.
3     The negotiation for an employee who is represented by an
4     exclusive bargaining representative may be conducted by
5     such bargaining representative at the employee's request.
6         (b) For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
7             (1) "Computer" means an internally programmed,
8         general purpose digital device capable of
9         automatically accepting data, processing data and
10         supplying the results of the operation.
11             (2) "Computer program" means a series of coded
12         instructions or statements in a form acceptable to a
13         computer, which causes the computer to process data in
14         order to achieve a certain result.
15             (3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from
16         marketing or sale of a product after deducting the
17         expenses of developing and marketing such product;
18         18. To delegate to the general superintendent of
19     schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts
20     and expenditures in amounts of $10,000 or less;
21         19. Upon the written request of an employee, to
22     withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues,
23     payments or contributions payable by such employee to any
24     labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational
25     Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an amount
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1     equal to the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any
2     payments or contributions, and the board shall transmit
3     such withholdings to the specified labor organization
4     within 10 working days from the time of the withholding;
5         19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a
6     municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, a county
7     with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook County
8     Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
9     Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago
10     Transit Authority, or a housing authority of a municipality
11     with a population of 500,000 or more that a debt is due and
12     owing the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest
13     Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
14     Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago
15     Transit Authority, or the housing authority by an employee
16     of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold, from the
17     compensation of that employee, the amount of the debt that
18     is due and owing and pay the amount withheld to the
19     municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
20     District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan
21     Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority,
22     or the housing authority; provided, however, that the
23     amount deducted from any one salary or wage payment shall
24     not exceed 25% of the net amount of the payment. Before the
25     Board deducts any amount from any salary or wage of an
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1     county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
2     Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
3     District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing
4     authority shall certify that (i) the employee has been
5     afforded an opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt
6     that is due and owing the municipality, the county, the
7     Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park
8     District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the
9     Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing authority and
10     (ii) the employee has received notice of a wage deduction
11     order and has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to
12     object to the order. For purposes of this paragraph, "net
13     amount" means that part of the salary or wage payment
14     remaining after the deduction of any amounts required by
15     law to be deducted and "debt due and owing" means (i) a
16     specified sum of money owed to the municipality, the
17     county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
18     Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
19     District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing
20     authority for services, work, or goods, after the period
21     granted for payment has expired, or (ii) a specified sum of
22     money owed to the municipality, the county, the Cook County
23     Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
24     Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago
25     Transit Authority, or the housing authority pursuant to a
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1     after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust,
2     judicial review;
3         20. The board is encouraged to employ a sufficient
4     number of certified school counselors to maintain a
5     student/counselor ratio of 250 to 1 by July 1, 1990. Each
6     counselor shall spend at least 75% of his work time in
7     direct contact with students and shall maintain a record of
8     such time;
9         21. To make available to students vocational and career
10     counseling and to establish 5 special career counseling
11     days for students and parents. On these days
12     representatives of local businesses and industries shall
13     be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
14     of career opportunities available to them in the various
15     businesses and industries. Special consideration shall be
16     given to counseling minority students as to career
17     opportunities available to them in various fields. For the
18     purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a person
19     who is:
20             (a) Black (a person having origins in any of the
21         black racial groups in Africa);
22             (b) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or Portuguese
23         culture with origins in Mexico, South or Central
24         America, or the Caribbean islands, regardless of
25         race);
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1         of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast
2         Asia, the Indian Subcontinent or the Pacific Islands);
3         or
4             (d) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a person
5         having origins in any of the original peoples of North
6         America).
7         Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school
8     days;
9         22. To report to the State Board of Education the
10     annual student dropout rate and number of students who
11     graduate from, transfer from or otherwise leave bilingual
12     programs;
13         23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and
14     Neglected Child Reporting Act or other applicable State or
15     federal law, to permit school officials to withhold, from
16     any person, information on the whereabouts of any child
17     removed from school premises when the child has been taken
18     into protective custody as a victim of suspected child
19     abuse. School officials shall direct such person to the
20     Department of Children and Family Services, or to the local
21     law enforcement agency if appropriate;
22         24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of
23     existing school facilities, projected enrollment and
24     efficient utilization of available resources, for capital
25     improvement of schools and school buildings within the
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1     priority for major repairs, renovations and additions to
2     school facilities, and the advisability or necessity of
3     building new school facilities or closing existing schools
4     to meet current or projected demographic patterns within
5     the district;
6         25. To make available to the students in every high
7     school attendance center the ability to take all courses
8     necessary to comply with the Board of Higher Education's
9     college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
10         26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching
11     profession, whereby qualified professionals become
12     certified teachers, by allowing credit for professional
13     employment in related fields when determining point of
14     entry on teacher pay scale;
15         27. To provide or contract out training programs for
16     administrative personnel and principals with revised or
17     expanded duties pursuant to this Act in order to assure
18     they have the knowledge and skills to perform their duties;
19         28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special
20     needs programs, and to allocate such funds and other lump
21     sum amounts to each attendance center in a manner
22     consistent with the provisions of part 4 of Section 34-2.3.
23     Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require any
24     additional appropriations of State funds for this purpose;
25         29. (Blank);
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1     any other law to the contrary, to contract with third
2     parties for services otherwise performed by employees,
3     including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
4     employees upon 14 days written notice to the affected
5     employees. Those contracts may be for a period not to
6     exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a system-wide basis.
7     The board may not operate more than 30 contract schools,
8     provided that the board may operate an additional 5
9     contract turnaround schools pursuant to item (5.5) of
10     subsection (d) of Section 34-8.3 of this Code;
11         31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures
12     governing the layoff or reduction in force of employees and
13     the recall of such employees, including, but not limited
14     to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force or
15     recall rights of such employees and the weight to be given
16     to any particular criterion. Such criteria shall take into
17     account factors including, but not be limited to,
18     qualifications, certifications, experience, performance
19     ratings or evaluations, and any other factors relating to
20     an employee's job performance;
21         32. To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in the
22     hiring of personnel or the selection of contractors;
23         33. To enter into a partnership agreement, as required
24     by Section 34-3.5 of this Code, and, notwithstanding any
25     other provision of law to the contrary, to promulgate
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1     necessary to accomplish the objectives and implement the
2     requirements of that agreement; and
3         34. To establish a Labor Management Council to the
4     board comprised of representatives of the board, the chief
5     executive officer, and those labor organizations that are
6     the exclusive representatives of employees of the board and
7     to promulgate policies and procedures for the operation of
8     the Council.
9         35. To perform the powers and duties prescribed in
10     Section 34-2.3 of this Code on or after the effective date
11     of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
12     The specifications of the powers herein granted are not to
13 be construed as exclusive but the board shall also exercise all
14 other powers that they may be requisite or proper for the
15 maintenance and the development of a public school system, not
16 inconsistent with the other provisions of this Article or
17 provisions of this Code which apply to all school districts.
18     In addition to the powers herein granted and authorized to
19 be exercised by the board, it shall be the duty of the board to
20 review or to direct independent reviews of special education
21 expenditures and services. The board shall file a report of
22 such review with the General Assembly on or before May 1, 1990.
23 (Source: P.A. 96-105, eff. 7-30-09.)