Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for EO2015

Contains a preamble concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation declaring all counties in the State of Illinois as a disaster area on March 9, 2020, and other matters. Pursuant to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, orders the following for the duration of the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation: (1) specified provisions of the School Code requiring the administration of assessments are suspended; (2) provisions of the School Code specifying the school term and requiring certain approvals for changes to the school term are suspended; nothing in this Executive Order shall be construed as relieving school districts of a requirement to provide a minimum term of at least 185 days to insure 176 days of actual pupil attendance; nothing in this Executive Order prohibits school employees from receiving compensation, on the basis of their regular contracts, for additional time worked as a result of an extension of the school term; (3) specified provisions of the School Code providing the method for the calculation of daily pupil attendance are suspended; (4) the State Board of Education may implement rules allowing the State Superintendent of Education to: address the minimum requirements of the school calendar and school day; create, define and determine the use of "Remote Learning Planning Days"; create, define, and determine the use of "Remote Learning Days"; and provide additional guidance consistent with this Executive Order; (5) all public school districts and eligible entities that receive funding from the State Board of Education to implement and administer a specified grant program for preschool education programs or a specified early childhood block grant may provide child care services to the children of employees exempted from Executive Order 2020-10 who are aged 0-12 years old; this use of grant funds does not affect the ability of public school districts or eligible entities from continuing to serve students already identified and enrolled in a preschool education program or early childhood block grant program; (6) the following provisions of the School Code are suspended: requirements regarding the age of children to be served; the selection process giving first priority to qualified programs serving primarily at-risk children and second priority to qualified programs serving primarily children with a family income of less than 4 times the poverty level; and the licensure requirements in relation to providing child care services to the children of employees exempted from Executive Order 2020-10; (7) specified provisions of the School Code regarding the specific programs and age of the children to be served are suspended as they relate to the provision of child care services to the children of employees exempted from Executive Order 2020-10; (8) specified requirements of the Illinois Administrative Code are suspended in relation to providing child care services to the children of employees exempted from Executive Order 2020-10; (9) provisions of the School Code prohibiting bids for construction purposes from being communicated, accepted, or opened electronically are suspended; any bids received by a school district for construction purposes may be communicated, accepted, or opened electronically.

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