Full Text of HB3351 095th General Assembly
HB3351 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB3351
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/34-18 |
from Ch. 122, par. 34-18 |
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Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers of the board.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 34-18 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/34-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
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| Sec. 34-18. Powers of the board. The
The board shall | 8 |
| exercise general
supervision and jurisdiction over the public | 9 |
| education and the public
school system of the city, and, except | 10 |
| as otherwise provided by this
Article, shall have power:
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| 1. To make suitable provision for the establishment and | 12 |
| maintenance
throughout the year or for such portion thereof | 13 |
| as it may direct, not
less than 9 months, of schools of all | 14 |
| grades and kinds, including normal
schools, high schools, | 15 |
| night schools, schools for defectives and
delinquents, | 16 |
| parental and truant schools, schools for the blind, the
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| deaf and the crippled, schools or classes in manual | 18 |
| training,
constructural and vocational teaching, domestic | 19 |
| arts and physical
culture, vocation and extension schools | 20 |
| and lecture courses, and all
other educational courses and | 21 |
| facilities, including establishing,
equipping, maintaining | 22 |
| and operating playgrounds and recreational
programs, when | 23 |
| such programs are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected
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| with any public school under the general supervision and | 2 |
| jurisdiction
of the board; provided that the calendar for | 3 |
| the school term and any changes must be submitted to and | 4 |
| approved by the State Board of Education before the | 5 |
| calendar or changes may take effect, and provided that in | 6 |
| allocating funds
from year to year for the operation of all | 7 |
| attendance centers within the
district, the board shall | 8 |
| ensure that supplemental general State aid funds
are | 9 |
| allocated and applied in accordance with Section 18-8 or | 10 |
| 18-8.05. To
admit to such
schools without charge foreign | 11 |
| exchange students who are participants in
an organized | 12 |
| exchange student program which is authorized by the board.
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| The board shall permit all students to enroll in | 14 |
| apprenticeship programs
in trade schools operated by the | 15 |
| board, whether those programs are
union-sponsored or not. | 16 |
| No student shall be refused admission into or
be excluded | 17 |
| from any course of instruction offered in the common | 18 |
| schools
by reason of that student's sex. No student shall | 19 |
| be denied equal
access to physical education and | 20 |
| interscholastic athletic programs
supported from school | 21 |
| district funds or denied participation in
comparable | 22 |
| physical education and athletic programs solely by reason | 23 |
| of
the student's sex. Equal access to programs supported | 24 |
| from school
district funds and comparable programs will be | 25 |
| defined in rules
promulgated by the State Board of | 26 |
| Education in
consultation with the Illinois High School |
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| Association.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this | 2 |
| Article, neither the board
of education nor any local | 3 |
| school council or other school official shall
recommend | 4 |
| that children with disabilities be placed into regular | 5 |
| education
classrooms unless those children with | 6 |
| disabilities are provided with
supplementary services to | 7 |
| assist them so that they benefit from the regular
classroom | 8 |
| instruction and are included on the teacher's regular | 9 |
| education
class register;
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| 2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable | 11 |
| charge
therefor, and to use school funds for the payment of | 12 |
| such expenses as
the board may determine are necessary in | 13 |
| conducting the school lunch
program;
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| 3. To co-operate with the circuit court;
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| 4. To make arrangements with the public or quasi-public | 16 |
| libraries
and museums for the use of their facilities by | 17 |
| teachers and pupils of
the public schools;
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| 5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for | 19 |
| the purpose of
treating the pupils in the schools, but | 20 |
| accepting such treatment shall
be optional with parents or | 21 |
| guardians;
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| 6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms | 23 |
| when not
otherwise needed, including light, heat, and | 24 |
| attendants, for free public
lectures, concerts, and other | 25 |
| educational and social interests, free of
charge, under | 26 |
| such provisions and control as the principal of the
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| affected attendance center may prescribe;
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| 7. To apportion the pupils to the several schools; | 3 |
| provided that no pupil
shall be excluded from or segregated | 4 |
| in any such school on account of his
color, race, sex, or | 5 |
| nationality. The board shall take into consideration
the | 6 |
| prevention of segregation and the elimination of | 7 |
| separation of children
in public schools because of color, | 8 |
| race, sex, or nationality. Except that
children may be | 9 |
| committed to or attend parental and social adjustment | 10 |
| schools
established and maintained either for boys or girls | 11 |
| only. All records
pertaining to the creation, alteration or | 12 |
| revision of attendance areas shall
be open to the public. | 13 |
| Nothing herein shall limit the board's authority to
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| establish multi-area attendance centers or other student | 15 |
| assignment systems
for desegregation purposes or | 16 |
| otherwise, and to apportion the pupils to the
several | 17 |
| schools. Furthermore, beginning in school year 1994-95, | 18 |
| pursuant
to a board plan adopted by October 1, 1993, the | 19 |
| board shall offer, commencing
on a phased-in basis, the | 20 |
| opportunity for families within the school
district to | 21 |
| apply for enrollment of their children in any attendance | 22 |
| center
within the school district which does not have | 23 |
| selective admission
requirements approved by the board. | 24 |
| The appropriate geographical area in
which such open | 25 |
| enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by the
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| board of education. Such children may be admitted to any |
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| such attendance
center on a space available basis after all | 2 |
| children residing within such
attendance center's area | 3 |
| have been accommodated. If the number of
applicants from | 4 |
| outside the attendance area exceed the space available,
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| then successful applicants shall be selected by lottery. | 6 |
| The board of
education's open enrollment plan must include | 7 |
| provisions that allow low
income students to have access to | 8 |
| transportation needed to exercise school
choice. Open | 9 |
| enrollment shall be in compliance with the provisions of | 10 |
| the
Consent Decree and Desegregation Plan cited in Section | 11 |
| 34-1.01;
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| 8. To approve programs and policies for providing | 13 |
| transportation
services to students. Nothing herein shall | 14 |
| be construed to permit or empower
the State Board of | 15 |
| Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other
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| transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving | 17 |
| racial balance in any
school;
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| 9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to | 19 |
| establish and
approve system-wide curriculum objectives | 20 |
| and standards, including graduation
standards, which | 21 |
| reflect the
multi-cultural diversity in the city and are | 22 |
| consistent with State law,
provided that for all purposes | 23 |
| of this Article courses or
proficiency in American Sign | 24 |
| Language shall be deemed to constitute courses
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| proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ principals | 26 |
| and teachers,
appointed as provided in this
Article, and |
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| fix their compensation. The board shall prepare such | 2 |
| reports
related to minimal competency testing as may be | 3 |
| requested by the State
Board of Education, and in addition | 4 |
| shall monitor and approve special
education and bilingual | 5 |
| education programs and policies within the district to
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| assure that appropriate services are provided in | 7 |
| accordance with applicable
State and federal laws to | 8 |
| children requiring services and education in those
areas;
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| 10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize | 10 |
| volunteer personnel
for: (i) non-teaching duties not | 11 |
| requiring instructional judgment or
evaluation of pupils, | 12 |
| including library duties; and (ii) supervising study
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| halls, long distance teaching reception areas used | 14 |
| incident to instructional
programs transmitted by | 15 |
| electronic media such as computers, video, and audio,
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| detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored | 17 |
| extracurricular
activities. The board may further utilize | 18 |
| volunteer non-certificated
personnel or employ | 19 |
| non-certificated personnel to
assist in the instruction of | 20 |
| pupils under the immediate supervision of a
teacher holding | 21 |
| a valid certificate, directly engaged in teaching
subject | 22 |
| matter or conducting activities; provided that the teacher
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| shall be continuously aware of the non-certificated | 24 |
| persons' activities and
shall be able to control or modify | 25 |
| them. The general superintendent shall
determine | 26 |
| qualifications of such personnel and shall prescribe rules |
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| for
determining the duties and activities to be assigned to | 2 |
| such personnel;
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| 10.5. To utilize volunteer personnel from a regional | 4 |
| School Crisis
Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part | 5 |
| of the Safe to Learn Program
established pursuant to | 6 |
| Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act
of 1995, | 7 |
| to provide assistance to schools in times of violence or | 8 |
| other
traumatic incidents within a school community by | 9 |
| providing crisis
intervention services to lessen the | 10 |
| effects of emotional trauma on
individuals and the | 11 |
| community; the School Crisis Assistance Team
Steering | 12 |
| Committee shall determine the qualifications for | 13 |
| volunteers;
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| 11. To provide television studio facilities in not to | 15 |
| exceed one
school building and to provide programs for | 16 |
| educational purposes,
provided, however, that the board | 17 |
| shall not construct, acquire, operate,
or maintain a | 18 |
| television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio
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| facilities to a licensed television station located in the | 20 |
| school
district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed | 21 |
| one school radio
transmitting station and provide programs | 22 |
| for educational purposes;
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| 12. To offer, if deemed appropriate, outdoor education | 24 |
| courses,
including field trips within the State of | 25 |
| Illinois, or adjacent states,
and to use school educational | 26 |
| funds for the expense of the said outdoor
educational |
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| programs, whether within the school district or not;
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| 13. During that period of the calendar year not | 3 |
| embraced within the
regular school term, to provide and | 4 |
| conduct courses in subject matters
normally embraced in the | 5 |
| program of the schools during the regular
school term and | 6 |
| to give regular school credit for satisfactory
completion | 7 |
| by the student of such courses as may be approved for | 8 |
| credit
by the State Board of Education;
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| 14. To insure against any loss or liability of the | 10 |
| board,
the former School Board Nominating Commission, | 11 |
| Local School Councils, the
Chicago Schools Academic | 12 |
| Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict
Councils | 13 |
| or of any member, officer, agent or employee thereof, | 14 |
| resulting
from alleged violations of civil rights arising | 15 |
| from incidents occurring on
or after September 5, 1967 or | 16 |
| from the wrongful or negligent act or
omission of any such | 17 |
| person whether occurring within or without the school
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| premises, provided the officer, agent or employee was, at | 19 |
| the time of the
alleged violation of civil rights or | 20 |
| wrongful act or omission, acting
within the scope of his | 21 |
| employment or under direction of the board, the
former | 22 |
| School
Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago Schools | 23 |
| Academic Accountability
Council, Local School Councils, or | 24 |
| the former Subdistrict Councils;
and to provide for or | 25 |
| participate in insurance plans for its officers and
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| employees, including but not limited to retirement |
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| annuities, medical,
surgical and hospitalization benefits | 2 |
| in such types and amounts as may be
determined by the | 3 |
| board; provided, however, that the board shall contract
for | 4 |
| such insurance only with an insurance company authorized to | 5 |
| do business
in this State. Such insurance may include | 6 |
| provision for employees who rely
on treatment by prayer or | 7 |
| spiritual means alone for healing, in accordance
with the | 8 |
| tenets and practice of a recognized religious | 9 |
| denomination;
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| 15. To contract with the corporate authorities of any | 11 |
| municipality
or the county board of any county, as the case | 12 |
| may be, to provide for
the regulation of traffic in parking | 13 |
| areas of property used for school
purposes, in such manner | 14 |
| as is provided by Section 11-209 of The
Illinois Vehicle | 15 |
| Code, approved September 29, 1969, as amended;
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| 16. (a) To provide, on an equal basis, access to a high
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| school campus and student directory information to the
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| official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of | 19 |
| Illinois and
the United States for the purposes of | 20 |
| informing students of the educational
and career | 21 |
| opportunities available in the military if the board has | 22 |
| provided
such access to persons or groups whose purpose is | 23 |
| to acquaint students with
educational or occupational | 24 |
| opportunities available to them. The board
is not required | 25 |
| to give greater notice regarding the right of access to
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| recruiting representatives than is given to other persons |
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| and groups. In
this paragraph 16, "directory information" | 2 |
| means a high school
student's name, address, and telephone | 3 |
| number.
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| (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian | 5 |
| submits a signed,
written request to the high school before | 6 |
| the end of the student's sophomore
year (or if the student | 7 |
| is a transfer student, by another time set by
the high | 8 |
| school) that indicates that the student or his or her | 9 |
| parent or
guardian does
not want the student's directory | 10 |
| information to be provided to official
recruiting | 11 |
| representatives under subsection (a) of this Section, the | 12 |
| high
school may not provide access to the student's | 13 |
| directory information to
these recruiting representatives. | 14 |
| The high school shall notify its
students and their parents | 15 |
| or guardians of the provisions of this
subsection (b).
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| (c) A high school may require official recruiting | 17 |
| representatives of
the armed forces of Illinois and the | 18 |
| United States to pay a fee for copying
and mailing a | 19 |
| student's directory information in an amount that is not
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| more than the actual costs incurred by the high school.
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| (d) Information received by an official recruiting | 22 |
| representative
under this Section may be used only to | 23 |
| provide information to students
concerning educational and | 24 |
| career opportunities available in the military
and may not | 25 |
| be released to a person who is not involved in recruiting
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| students for the armed forces of Illinois or the United |
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| States;
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| 17. (a) To sell or market any computer program | 3 |
| developed by an employee
of the school district, provided | 4 |
| that such employee developed the computer
program as a | 5 |
| direct result of his or her duties with the school district
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| or through the utilization of the school district resources | 7 |
| or facilities.
The employee who developed the computer | 8 |
| program shall be entitled to share
in the proceeds of such | 9 |
| sale or marketing of the computer program. The
distribution | 10 |
| of such proceeds between the employee and the school | 11 |
| district
shall be as agreed upon by the employee and the | 12 |
| school district, except
that neither the employee nor the | 13 |
| school district may receive more than 90%
of such proceeds. | 14 |
| The negotiation for an employee who is represented by an
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| exclusive bargaining representative may be conducted by | 16 |
| such bargaining
representative at the employee's request.
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| (b) For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
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| (1) "Computer" means an internally programmed, | 19 |
| general purpose digital
device capable of | 20 |
| automatically accepting data, processing data and | 21 |
| supplying
the results of the operation.
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| (2) "Computer program" means a series of coded | 23 |
| instructions or
statements in a form acceptable to a | 24 |
| computer, which causes the computer to
process data in | 25 |
| order to achieve a certain result.
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| (3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from |
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| marketing or sale of a product
after deducting the | 2 |
| expenses of developing and marketing such product;
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| 18. To delegate to the general superintendent of
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| schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts | 5 |
| and expenditures
in amounts of $10,000 or less;
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| 19. Upon the written request of an employee, to | 7 |
| withhold from
the compensation of that employee any dues, | 8 |
| payments or contributions
payable by such employee to any | 9 |
| labor organization as defined in the
Illinois Educational | 10 |
| Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an
amount | 11 |
| shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which is | 12 |
| equal to
the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any | 13 |
| payments or contributions,
and the board shall transmit | 14 |
| such withholdings to the specified labor
organization | 15 |
| within 10 working days from the time of the withholding;
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| 19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a | 17 |
| municipality with
a population of 500,000 or more, a county | 18 |
| with a population of 3,000,000 or
more, the Cook County | 19 |
| Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
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| Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | 21 |
| Transit Authority, or
a housing authority of a municipality | 22 |
| with a population of 500,000 or more
that a debt is due and | 23 |
| owing the municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest | 24 |
| Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | 25 |
| Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago | 26 |
| Transit Authority, or the housing authority
by an employee |
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| of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold, from the
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| compensation of that employee, the amount of the debt that | 3 |
| is due and owing
and pay the amount withheld to the | 4 |
| municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest Preserve | 5 |
| District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan | 6 |
| Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, | 7 |
| or the housing authority;
provided, however, that the | 8 |
| amount
deducted from any one salary or wage payment shall | 9 |
| not exceed 25% of the net
amount of the payment. Before the | 10 |
| Board deducts any amount from any salary or
wage of an | 11 |
| employee under this paragraph, the municipality, the | 12 |
| county, the
Cook County Forest Preserve District, the | 13 |
| Chicago Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation | 14 |
| District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the
housing | 15 |
| authority shall certify that (i) the employee has been | 16 |
| afforded an
opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt | 17 |
| that is due and owing the
municipality, the county, the | 18 |
| Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago
Park | 19 |
| District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the | 20 |
| Chicago Transit
Authority, or the housing authority and | 21 |
| (ii) the employee has received notice
of a wage deduction | 22 |
| order and has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to
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| object to the order. For purposes of this paragraph, "net | 24 |
| amount" means that
part of the salary or wage payment | 25 |
| remaining after the deduction of any amounts
required by | 26 |
| law to be deducted and "debt due and owing" means (i) a |
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| specified
sum of money owed to the municipality, the | 2 |
| county, the Cook County Forest
Preserve District, the | 3 |
| Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
Reclamation | 4 |
| District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing | 5 |
| authority
for services, work, or goods, after the period | 6 |
| granted for payment has expired,
or (ii) a specified sum of | 7 |
| money owed to the municipality, the county, the Cook
County | 8 |
| Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | 9 |
| Metropolitan
Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | 10 |
| Transit Authority, or the housing
authority pursuant to a | 11 |
| court order or order of an administrative hearing
officer | 12 |
| after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, | 13 |
| judicial review;
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| 20. The board is encouraged to employ a sufficient | 15 |
| number of
certified school counselors to maintain a | 16 |
| student/counselor ratio of 250 to
1 by July 1, 1990. Each | 17 |
| counselor shall spend at least 75% of his work
time in | 18 |
| direct contact with students and shall maintain a record of | 19 |
| such time;
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| 21. To make available to students vocational and career
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| counseling and to establish 5 special career counseling | 22 |
| days for students
and parents. On these days | 23 |
| representatives of local businesses and
industries shall | 24 |
| be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
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| of career opportunities available to them in the various | 26 |
| businesses and
industries. Special consideration shall be |
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| given to counseling minority
students as to career | 2 |
| opportunities available to them in various fields.
For the | 3 |
| purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a person | 4 |
| who is:
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| (a) Black (a person having origins in any of the | 6 |
| black racial groups
in Africa);
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| (b) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or Portuguese | 8 |
| culture with
origins in Mexico, South or Central | 9 |
| America, or the Caribbean islands,
regardless of | 10 |
| race);
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| (c) Asian American (a person having origins in any | 12 |
| of the original
peoples of the Far East, Southeast | 13 |
| Asia, the Indian Subcontinent or the
Pacific Islands); | 14 |
| or
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| (d) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a person | 16 |
| having origins in any of
the original peoples of North | 17 |
| America).
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| Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school | 19 |
| days;
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| 22. To report to the State Board of Education the | 21 |
| annual
student dropout rate and number of students who | 22 |
| graduate from, transfer
from or otherwise leave bilingual | 23 |
| programs;
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| 23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and | 25 |
| Neglected Child
Reporting Act or other applicable State or | 26 |
| federal law, to permit school
officials to withhold, from |
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| any person, information on the whereabouts of
any child | 2 |
| removed from school premises when the child has been taken | 3 |
| into
protective custody as a victim of suspected child | 4 |
| abuse. School officials
shall direct such person to the | 5 |
| Department of Children and Family Services,
or to the local | 6 |
| law enforcement agency if appropriate;
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| 24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of | 8 |
| existing school
facilities, projected enrollment and | 9 |
| efficient utilization of available
resources, for capital | 10 |
| improvement of schools and school buildings within
the | 11 |
| district, addressing in that policy both the relative | 12 |
| priority for
major repairs, renovations and additions to | 13 |
| school facilities, and the
advisability or necessity of | 14 |
| building new school facilities or closing
existing schools | 15 |
| to meet current or projected demographic patterns within
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| the district;
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| 25. To make available to the students in every high | 18 |
| school attendance
center the ability to take all courses | 19 |
| necessary to comply with the Board
of Higher Education's | 20 |
| college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
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| 26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching | 22 |
| profession,
whereby qualified professionals become | 23 |
| certified teachers, by allowing
credit for professional | 24 |
| employment in related fields when determining point
of | 25 |
| entry on teacher pay scale;
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| 27. To provide or contract out training programs for |
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| administrative
personnel and principals with revised or | 2 |
| expanded duties pursuant to this
Act in order to assure | 3 |
| they have the knowledge and skills to perform
their duties;
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| 28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special | 5 |
| needs programs, and
to allocate such funds and other lump | 6 |
| sum amounts to each attendance center
in a manner | 7 |
| consistent with the provisions of part 4 of Section 34-2.3.
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| Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require any | 9 |
| additional
appropriations of State funds for this purpose;
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| 29. (Blank);
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| 30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or | 12 |
| any other law to
the contrary, to contract with third | 13 |
| parties for services otherwise performed
by employees, | 14 |
| including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
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| employees upon 14 days written notice to the affected | 16 |
| employees. Those
contracts may be for a period not to | 17 |
| exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a
system-wide basis;
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| 31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures | 19 |
| governing the layoff or
reduction in force of employees and | 20 |
| the recall of such employees, including,
but not limited | 21 |
| to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force or | 22 |
| recall
rights of such employees and the weight to be given | 23 |
| to any particular
criterion. Such criteria shall take into | 24 |
| account factors including, but not be
limited to, | 25 |
| qualifications, certifications, experience, performance | 26 |
| ratings or
evaluations, and any other factors relating to |
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| an employee's job performance;
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| 32. To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in the | 3 |
| hiring of personnel
or the selection of contractors;
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| 33. To enter into a partnership agreement, as required | 5 |
| by
Section 34-3.5 of this Code, and, notwithstanding any | 6 |
| other
provision of law to the contrary, to promulgate | 7 |
| policies, enter into
contracts, and take any other action | 8 |
| necessary to accomplish the
objectives and implement the | 9 |
| requirements of that agreement; and
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| 34. To establish a Labor Management Council to the | 11 |
| board
comprised of representatives of the board, the chief | 12 |
| executive
officer, and those labor organizations that are | 13 |
| the exclusive
representatives of employees of the board and | 14 |
| to promulgate
policies and procedures for the operation of | 15 |
| the Council.
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| The specifications of the powers herein granted are not to | 17 |
| be
construed as exclusive but the board shall also exercise all | 18 |
| other
powers that they may be requisite or proper for the | 19 |
| maintenance and the
development of a public school system, not | 20 |
| inconsistent with the other
provisions of this Article or | 21 |
| provisions of this Code which apply to all
school districts.
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| In addition to the powers herein granted and authorized to | 23 |
| be exercised
by the board, it shall be the duty of the board to | 24 |
| review or to direct
independent reviews of special education | 25 |
| expenditures and services.
The board shall file a report of | 26 |
| such review with the General Assembly on
or before May 1, 1990.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-109, eff. 7-20-01; 92-527, eff. 6-1-02; | 2 |
| 92-724, eff. 7-25-02; 93-3, eff. 4-16-03; 93-1036, eff. | 3 |
| 9-14-04.)
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