Full Text of HB3281 97th General Assembly
HB3281ham002 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Sidney H. Mathias Filed: 3/16/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3281
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3281 on page 1, | 3 | | lines 4 and 5, by replacing "Section 10-22.6" with "Sections | 4 | | 10-22.6 and 34-19"; and
| 5 | | on page 6, immediately below line 20, by inserting the | 6 | | following: | 7 | | "(105 ILCS 5/34-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-19) | 8 | | Sec. 34-19. By-laws, rules and regulations; business | 9 | | transacted at
regular meetings; voting; records. The board | 10 | | shall, subject to the limitations
in this Article, establish | 11 | | by-laws, rules and regulations, which shall have the
force of | 12 | | ordinances, for the proper maintenance of a uniform system of
| 13 | | discipline for both employees and pupils, and for the entire | 14 | | management of the
schools, and may fix the school age of | 15 | | pupils, the minimum of which in
kindergartens shall not be | 16 | | under 4 years, except that, based upon an assessment of the |
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| 1 | | child's readiness, children who have attended a non-public | 2 | | preschool and continued their education at that school through | 3 | | kindergarten, were taught in kindergarten by an appropriately | 4 | | certified teacher, and will attain the age of 6 years on or | 5 | | before December 31 of the year of the 2009-2010 school term and | 6 | | each school term thereafter may attend first grade upon | 7 | | commencement of such term, and in grade schools shall not be
| 8 | | under 6 years. It may expel, suspend or, subject to the | 9 | | limitations of all
policies established or adopted under | 10 | | Section 14-8.05, otherwise discipline any
pupil found guilty of | 11 | | gross disobedience, misconduct or other violation of the
| 12 | | by-laws, rules and regulations , including gross disobedience | 13 | | or misconduct perpetuated by electronic means . The bylaws, | 14 | | rules and regulations of the board
shall be enacted, money | 15 | | shall be appropriated or expended, salaries shall be
fixed or | 16 | | changed, and textbooks, electronic textbooks, and courses of | 17 | | instruction shall be adopted or
changed only at the regular | 18 | | meetings of the board and by a vote of a
majority of the full | 19 | | membership of the board; provided that
notwithstanding any | 20 | | other provision of this Article or the School Code,
neither the | 21 | | board or any local school council may purchase any textbook for | 22 | | use in any public school of the
district from any textbook | 23 | | publisher that fails to furnish any computer
diskettes as | 24 | | required under Section 28-21. Funds appropriated for textbook | 25 | | purchases must be available for electronic textbook purchases | 26 | | and the technological equipment necessary to gain access to and |
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| 1 | | use electronic textbooks at the local school council's | 2 | | discretion. The board shall be further
encouraged to provide | 3 | | opportunities for public hearing and testimony before
the | 4 | | adoption of bylaws, rules and regulations. Upon all | 5 | | propositions
requiring for their adoption at least a majority | 6 | | of all the members of the
board the yeas and nays shall be | 7 | | taken and reported. The by-laws, rules and
regulations of the | 8 | | board shall not be repealed, amended or added to, except
by a | 9 | | vote of 2/3 of the full membership of the board. The board | 10 | | shall keep
a record of all its proceedings. Such records and | 11 | | all
by-laws, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, may be | 12 | | proved by a copy
thereof certified to be such by the secretary | 13 | | of the board, but if they are
printed in book or pamphlet form | 14 | | which are purported to be published by
authority of the board | 15 | | they need not be otherwise published and the book or
pamphlet | 16 | | shall be received as evidence, without further proof, of the
| 17 | | records, by-laws, rules and regulations, or any part thereof, | 18 | | as of the
dates thereof as shown in such book or pamphlet, in | 19 | | all courts and places
where judicial proceedings are had. | 20 | | Notwithstanding any other provision in this Article or in | 21 | | the School
Code, the board may delegate to the general | 22 | | superintendent or to the
attorney the authorities granted to | 23 | | the board in the School Code, provided
such delegation and | 24 | | appropriate oversight procedures are made pursuant to
board | 25 | | by-laws, rules and regulations, adopted as herein provided, | 26 | | except that
the board may not delegate its authorities and |
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| 1 | | responsibilities regarding (1)
budget approval obligations; | 2 | | (2) rule-making functions; (3) desegregation
obligations; (4) | 3 | | real estate acquisition, sale or lease in excess of 10 years
as | 4 | | provided in Section 34-21; (5) the levy of taxes; or (6) any | 5 | | mandates
imposed upon the board by "An Act in relation to | 6 | | school reform in cities over
500,000, amending Acts herein | 7 | | named", approved December 12, 1988 (P.A.
85-1418). | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 96-864, eff. 1-21-10; 96-1403, eff. 7-29-10.)".
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