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91_HB2904
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 3-15.10.
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 3-15.10 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/3-15.10) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-15.10)
8 Sec. 3-15.10. Assistant Regional Superintendent. To
9 employ, in counties or regions of 2,000,000 inhabitants or
10 less, in addition to any assistants authorized to be employed
11 with the approval of the county board, an assistant regional
12 superintendent of schools who shall be a person of good
13 attainment, versed in the principles and methods of
14 education, and qualified to teach and supervise schools under
15 Article 21 of this Act; to fix the term of such assistant and
16 direct his work and define his duties. In regions established
17 within that portion of a Class II county outside a city of
18 500,000 or more inhabitants, the regional superintendent may
19 employ, in addition to any assistants authorized to be
20 employed with the approval of the county board, 3 assistant
21 regional superintendents of schools. Until July 1, 1994, in
22 counties or regions having a population of more than
23 2,000,000 inhabitants the regional superintendent may employ,
24 in addition to any assistants authorized to be employed with
25 the approval of the county board, 11 assistant regional
26 superintendents of schools. Assistant regional
27 superintendents shall each be a person of good attainment,
28 versed in the principles and methods of education, and
29 qualified to teach and supervise schools under Article 21 of
30 this Act. The work of such assistant regional superintendent
31 shall be so arranged and directed that the county or regional
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1 superintendent and assistant superintendent, together, shall
2 devote an amount of time during the school year, equal to at
3 least the full time of one individual, to the supervision of
4 schools and of teaching in the schools of the county.
5 Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Section,
6 any person who, on July 1, 1955, was employed as an assistant
7 county superintendent of schools shall be qualified for that
8 position if he holds a state certificate valid for teaching
9 and supervising.
10 On July 1, 1994, the employment of all persons serving as
11 assistant county or regional superintendents in any county or
12 educational service region having a population of more than
13 2,000,000 inhabitants is terminated, the office of assistant
14 county or regional superintendent in each such county or
15 educational service region is abolished, and this Section
16 shall, from and after July 1, 1994, have no further
17 application in any such county or educational service region.
18 A regional superintendent of schools shall not employ his
19 or her spouse, child, stepchild, or relative as an assistant
20 regional superintendent of schools. By September 1 each
21 year, a regional superintendent shall certify to the State
22 Comptroller that he or she has complied with this paragraph.
23 If the State Comptroller becomes aware of the fact that a
24 regional superintendent is employing his or her spouse,
25 child, stepchild, or relative as an assistant regional
26 superintendent, the State Comptroller shall not issue any
27 warrants for the payment of the assistant regional
28 superintendent's salary. In this paragraph, "relative" means
29 a grandparent, parent, aunt, uncle, sibling, first cousin,
30 nephew, niece, grandchild, or spouse of one of these persons.
31 (Source: P.A. 87-654; 87-1251; 88-89.)
32 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
33 becoming law.