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90_HB0740
105 ILCS 5/10-19 from Ch. 122, par. 10-19
Amends the School Code. Increases the length of the
minimum school term to 190 days from 185 days. Effective
July 1, 1997.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 10-19.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Section 10-19 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19)
8 Sec. 10-19. Length of school term - experimental
9 programs. Each school board shall annually prepare a calendar
10 for the school term, specifying the opening and closing dates
11 and providing a minimum term of at least 190 185 days to
12 insure 176 days of actual pupil attendance, computable under
13 Section 18-8, except that for the 1980-1981 school year only
14 175 days of actual pupil attendance shall be required because
15 of the closing of schools pursuant to Section 24-2 on January
16 29, 1981 upon the appointment by the President of that day as
17 a day of thanksgiving for the freedom of the Americans who
18 had been held hostage in Iran. Any days allowed by law for
19 teachers' institute but not used as such or used as parental
20 institutes as provided in Section 10-22.18d shall increase
21 the minimum term by the school days not so used. Except as
22 provided in Section 10-19.1, the board may not extend the
23 school term beyond such closing date unless that extension of
24 term is necessary to provide the minimum number of computable
25 days. In case of such necessary extension school employees
26 shall be paid for such additional time on the basis of their
27 regular contracts. A school board may specify a closing date
28 earlier than that set on the annual calendar when the schools
29 of the district have provided the minimum number of
30 computable days under this Section. Nothing in this Section
31 prevents the board from employing superintendents of schools,
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1 principals and other nonteaching personnel for a period of 12
2 months, or in the case of superintendents for a period in
3 accordance with Section 10-23.8, or prevents the board from
4 employing other personnel before or after the regular school
5 term with payment of salary proportionate to that received
6 for comparable work during the school term.
7 A school board may make such changes in its calendar for
8 the school term as may be required by any changes in the
9 legal school holidays prescribed in Section 24-2. A school
10 board may make changes in its calendar for the school term as
11 may be necessary to reflect the utilization of teachers'
12 institute days as parental institute days as provided in
13 Section 10-22.18d.
14 With the prior approval of the State Board of Education
15 and subject to review by the State Board of Education every 3
16 years, any school board may, by resolution of its board and
17 in agreement with affected exclusive collective bargaining
18 agents, establish experimental educational programs,
19 including but not limited to programs for self-directed
20 learning or outside of formal class periods, which programs
21 when so approved shall be considered to comply with the
22 requirements of this Section as respects numbers of days of
23 actual pupil attendance and with the other requirements of
24 this Act as respects courses of instruction.
25 (Source: P.A. 86-1250; 87-183.)
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
27 1, 1997.