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Public Act 101-0012 | ||||
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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 Sections | ||||
2-3.66b, 10-19, 10-20.56, 13B-45, 13B-50.5, 29-6.3, and 34-18 | ||||
and by adding Section 10-19.05 as follows: | ||||
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.66b) | ||||
Sec. 2-3.66b. IHOPE Program. | ||||
(a) There is established the Illinois Hope and Opportunity | ||||
Pathways through Education (IHOPE) Program. The State Board of | ||||
Education shall implement and administer the IHOPE Program. The | ||||
goal of the IHOPE Program is to develop a comprehensive system | ||||
in this State to re-enroll significant numbers of high school | ||||
dropouts in programs that will enable them to earn their high | ||||
school diploma. | ||||
(b) The IHOPE Program shall award grants, subject to | ||||
appropriation for this purpose, to educational service regions | ||||
and a school district organized under Article 34 of this Code | ||||
from appropriated funds to assist in establishing | ||||
instructional programs and other services designed to | ||||
re-enroll high school dropouts. From any funds appropriated for | ||||
the IHOPE Program, the State Board of Education may use up to | ||||
5% for administrative costs, including the performance of a |
program evaluation and the hiring of staff to implement and | ||
administer the program. | ||
The IHOPE Program shall provide incentive grant funds for | ||
regional offices of education and a school district organized | ||
under Article 34 of this Code to develop partnerships with | ||
school districts, public community colleges, and community | ||
groups to build comprehensive plans to re-enroll high school | ||
dropouts in their regions or districts. | ||
Programs funded through the IHOPE Program shall allow high | ||
school dropouts, up to and including age 21 notwithstanding | ||
Section 26-2 of this Code, to re-enroll in an educational | ||
program in conformance with rules adopted by the State Board of | ||
Education. Programs may include without limitation | ||
comprehensive year-round programming, evening school, summer | ||
school, community college courses, adult education, vocational | ||
training, work experience, programs to enhance self-concept, | ||
and parenting courses. Any student in the IHOPE Program who | ||
wishes to earn a high school diploma must meet the | ||
prerequisites to receiving a high school diploma specified in | ||
Section 27-22 of this Code and any other graduation | ||
requirements of the student's district of residence. Any | ||
student who successfully completes the requirements for his or | ||
her graduation shall receive a diploma identifying the student | ||
as graduating from his or her district of residence. | ||
(c) In order to be eligible for funding under the IHOPE | ||
Program, an interested regional office of education or a school |
district organized under Article 34 of this Code shall develop | ||
an IHOPE Plan to be approved by the State Board of Education. | ||
The State Board of Education shall develop rules for the IHOPE | ||
Program that shall set forth the requirements for the | ||
development of the IHOPE Plan. Each Plan shall involve school | ||
districts, public community colleges, and key community | ||
programs that work with high school dropouts located in an | ||
educational service region or the City of Chicago before the | ||
Plan is sent to the State Board for approval. No funds may be | ||
distributed to a regional office of education or a school | ||
district organized under Article 34 of this Code until the | ||
State Board has approved the Plan. | ||
(d) A regional office of education or a school district | ||
organized under Article 34 of this Code may operate its own | ||
program funded by the IHOPE Program or enter into a contract | ||
with other not-for-profit entities, including school | ||
districts, public community colleges, and not-for-profit | ||
community-based organizations, to operate a program. | ||
A regional office of education or a school district | ||
organized under Article 34 of this Code that receives an IHOPE | ||
grant from the State Board of Education may provide funds under | ||
a sub-grant, as specified in the IHOPE Plan, to other | ||
not-for-profit entities to provide services according to the | ||
IHOPE Plan that was developed. These other entities may include | ||
school districts, public community colleges, or not-for-profit | ||
community-based organizations or a cooperative partnership |
among these entities. | ||
(e) In order to distribute funding based upon the need to | ||
ensure delivery of programs that will have the greatest impact, | ||
IHOPE Program funding must be distributed based upon the | ||
proportion of dropouts in the educational service region or | ||
school district, in the case of a school district organized | ||
under Article 34 of this Code, to the total number of dropouts | ||
in this State. This formula shall employ the dropout data | ||
provided by school districts to the State Board of Education. | ||
A regional office of education or a school district | ||
organized under Article 34 of this Code may claim State aid | ||
under Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15 of this Code for students | ||
enrolled in a program funded by the IHOPE Program, provided | ||
that the State Board of Education has approved the IHOPE Plan | ||
and that these students are receiving services that are meeting | ||
the requirements of Section 27-22 of this Code for receipt of a | ||
high school diploma and are otherwise eligible to be claimed | ||
for general State aid under Section 18-8.05 of this Code or | ||
evidence-based funding under Section 18-8.15 of this Code, | ||
including provisions related to the minimum number of days of | ||
pupil attendance pursuant to Section 10-19 of this Code and the | ||
minimum number of daily hours of school work required under | ||
Section 10-19.05 and any exceptions thereto as defined by the | ||
State Board of Education in rules. | ||
(f) IHOPE categories of programming may include the | ||
following: |
(1) Full-time programs that are comprehensive, | ||
year-round programs. | ||
(2) Part-time programs combining work and study | ||
scheduled at various times that are flexible to the needs | ||
of students. | ||
(3) Online programs and courses in which students take | ||
courses and complete on-site, supervised tests that | ||
measure the student's mastery of a specific course needed | ||
for graduation. Students may take courses online and earn | ||
credit or students may prepare to take supervised tests for | ||
specific courses for credit leading to receipt of a high | ||
school diploma. | ||
(4) Dual enrollment in which students attend high | ||
school classes in combination with community college | ||
classes or students attend community college classes while | ||
simultaneously earning high school credit and eventually a | ||
high school diploma. | ||
(g) In order to have successful comprehensive programs | ||
re-enrolling and graduating low-skilled high school dropouts, | ||
programs funded through the IHOPE Program shall include all of | ||
the following components: | ||
(1) Small programs (70 to 100 students) at a separate | ||
school site with a distinct identity. Programs may be | ||
larger with specific need and justification, keeping in | ||
mind that it is crucial to keep programs small to be | ||
effective. |
(2) Specific performance-based goals and outcomes and | ||
measures of enrollment, attendance, skills, credits, | ||
graduation, and the transition to college, training, and | ||
employment. | ||
(3) Strong, experienced leadership and teaching staff | ||
who are provided with ongoing professional development. | ||
(4) Voluntary enrollment. | ||
(5) High standards for student learning, integrating | ||
work experience, and education, including during the | ||
school year and after school, and summer school programs | ||
that link internships, work, and learning. | ||
(6) Comprehensive programs providing extensive support | ||
services. | ||
(7) Small teams of students supported by full-time paid | ||
mentors who work to retain and help those students | ||
graduate. | ||
(8) A comprehensive technology learning center with | ||
Internet access and broad-based curriculum focusing on | ||
academic and career subject areas. | ||
(9) Learning opportunities that incorporate action | ||
into study. | ||
(h) Programs funded through the IHOPE Program must report | ||
data to the State Board of Education as requested. This | ||
information shall include, but is not limited to, student | ||
enrollment figures, attendance information, course completion | ||
data, graduation information, and post-graduation information, |
as available. | ||
(i) Rules must be developed by the State Board of Education | ||
to set forth the fund distribution process to regional offices | ||
of education and a school district organized under Article 34 | ||
of this Code, the planning and the conditions upon which an | ||
IHOPE Plan would be approved by State Board, and other rules to | ||
develop the IHOPE Program.
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(Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19)
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Sec. 10-19. Length of school term - experimental programs. | ||
Each school
board shall annually prepare a calendar for the | ||
school term, specifying
the opening and closing dates and | ||
providing a minimum term of at least 185
days to insure 176 | ||
days of actual pupil attendance, computable under Section | ||
10-19.05
18-8.05 or 18-8.15 , except that for the 1980-1981 | ||
school year only 175 days
of actual
pupil attendance shall be | ||
required because of the closing of schools pursuant
to Section | ||
24-2 on January 29, 1981 upon the appointment by the President
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of that day as a day of thanksgiving for the freedom of the | ||
Americans who
had been held hostage in Iran. Any days allowed | ||
by law for teachers' institutes
but not used as such or used as | ||
parental institutes as provided
in Section 10-22.18d shall | ||
increase the minimum term by the school days not
so used. | ||
Except as provided in Section 10-19.1, the board may not extend
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the school term beyond such closing date unless that extension |
of term is
necessary to provide the minimum number of | ||
computable days. In case of
such necessary extension school | ||
employees
shall be paid for such additional time on the basis | ||
of their regular
contracts. A school board may specify a | ||
closing date earlier than that
set on the annual calendar when | ||
the schools of the district have
provided the minimum number of | ||
computable days under this Section.
Nothing in this Section | ||
prevents the board from employing
superintendents of schools, | ||
principals and other nonteaching personnel
for a period of 12 | ||
months, or in the case of superintendents for a
period in | ||
accordance with Section 10-23.8, or prevents the board from
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employing other personnel before or after the regular school | ||
term with
payment of salary proportionate to that received for | ||
comparable work
during the school term.
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A school board may make such changes in its calendar for | ||
the school term
as may be required by any changes in the legal | ||
school holidays prescribed
in Section 24-2. A school board may | ||
make changes in its calendar for the
school term as may be | ||
necessary to reflect the utilization of teachers'
institute | ||
days as parental institute days as provided in Section | ||
10-22.18d.
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The calendar for the school term and any changes must be | ||
submitted to and approved by the regional superintendent of | ||
schools before the calendar or changes may take effect.
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With the prior approval of the State Board of Education and | ||
subject
to review by the State Board of Education every 3 |
years, any school
board may, by resolution of its board and in | ||
agreement with affected
exclusive collective bargaining | ||
agents, establish experimental
educational programs, including | ||
but not limited to programs for e-learning days as authorized | ||
under Section 10-20.56 of this Code,
self-directed learning, or | ||
outside of formal class periods, which programs
when so | ||
approved shall be considered to comply with the requirements of
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this Section as respects numbers of days of actual pupil | ||
attendance and
with the other requirements of this Act as | ||
respects courses of instruction.
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(Source: P.A. 99-194, eff. 7-30-15; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-19.05 new) | ||
Sec. 10-19.05. Daily pupil attendance calculation. | ||
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for a | ||
pupil of legal school age and in kindergarten or any of grades | ||
1 through 12, a day of attendance shall be counted only for | ||
sessions of not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day | ||
under direct supervision of (i) teachers or (ii) non-teaching | ||
personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching | ||
duties and supervising in those instances specified in | ||
subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section | ||
34-18. Days of attendance by pupils through verified | ||
participation in an e-learning program adopted by a school | ||
board and verified by the regional office of education or | ||
intermediate service center for the school district under |
Section 10-20.56 of this Code shall be considered as full days | ||
of attendance under this Section. | ||
(b) A pupil regularly enrolled in a public school for only | ||
a part of the school day may be counted on the basis of | ||
one-sixth of a school day for every class hour of instruction | ||
of 40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment, | ||
unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80 | ||
minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may be | ||
counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of school | ||
work completed each day to the minimum number of minutes that | ||
school work is required to be held that day. | ||
(c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted as a | ||
day of attendance upon certification by the regional | ||
superintendent of schools and approval by the State | ||
Superintendent of Education to the extent that the district has | ||
been forced to use daily multiple sessions. | ||
(d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted as a | ||
day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school day or | ||
at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is utilized for an | ||
in-service training program for teachers, up to a maximum of 10 | ||
days per school year, provided that a district conducts an | ||
in-service training program for teachers in accordance with | ||
Section 10-22.39 of this Code, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 | ||
full days may be used, in which event each such day may be | ||
counted as a day required for a legal school calendar pursuant | ||
to Section 10-19 of this Code; (2) when, of the 5 days allowed |
under item (1), a maximum of 4 days are used for parent-teacher | ||
conferences, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days are used, | ||
in which case each such day may be counted as a calendar day | ||
required under Section 10-19 of this Code, provided that the | ||
full-day, parent-teacher conference consists of (i) a minimum | ||
of 5 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences, (ii) both a | ||
minimum of 2 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences held in | ||
the evening following a full day of student attendance and a | ||
minimum of 3 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences held on | ||
the day immediately following evening parent-teacher | ||
conferences, or (iii) multiple parent-teacher conferences held | ||
in the evenings following full days of student attendance in | ||
which the time used for the parent-teacher conferences is | ||
equivalent to a minimum of 5 clock hours; and (3) when days in | ||
addition to those provided in items (1) and (2) are scheduled | ||
by a school pursuant to its school improvement plan adopted | ||
under Article 34 or its revised or amended school improvement | ||
plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions | ||
of 3 or more clock hours are scheduled to occur at regular | ||
intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which such | ||
sessions occur are utilized for in-service training programs or | ||
other staff development activities for teachers, and (iii) a | ||
sufficient number of minutes of school work under the direct | ||
supervision of teachers are added to the school days between | ||
such regularly scheduled sessions to accumulate not less than | ||
the number of minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more clock |
hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Days scheduled for | ||
in-service training programs, staff development activities, or | ||
parent-teacher conferences may be scheduled separately for | ||
different grade levels and different attendance centers of the | ||
district. | ||
(e) A session of not less than one clock hour of teaching | ||
hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by telephone to the | ||
classroom may be counted as a half day of attendance; however, | ||
these pupils must receive 4 or more clock hours of instruction | ||
to be counted for a full day of attendance. | ||
(f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted as a | ||
day of attendance for first grade pupils and pupils in full-day | ||
kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours may be counted | ||
as a half day of attendance by pupils in kindergartens that | ||
provide only half days of attendance. | ||
(g) For children with disabilities who are below the age of | ||
6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours because of | ||
their disability or immaturity, a session of not less than one | ||
clock hour may be counted as a half day of attendance; however, | ||
for such children whose educational needs require a session of | ||
4 or more clock hours, a session of at least 4 clock hours may | ||
be counted as a full day of attendance. | ||
(h) A recognized kindergarten that provides for only a half | ||
day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more than one | ||
half day of attendance counted in any one day. However, | ||
kindergartens may count 2 and a half days of attendance in any |
5 consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a | ||
kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the pupil | ||
shall have the following day as a day absent from school, | ||
unless the school district obtains permission in writing from | ||
the State Superintendent of Education. Attendance at | ||
kindergartens that provide for a full day of attendance by each | ||
pupil shall be counted the same as attendance by first grade | ||
pupils. Only the first year of attendance in one kindergarten | ||
shall be counted, except in the case of children who entered | ||
the kindergarten in their fifth year whose educational | ||
development requires a second year of kindergarten as | ||
determined under rules of the State Board of Education. | ||
(i) On the days when the State's final accountability | ||
assessment is administered under subsection (c) of Section | ||
2-3.64a-5 of this Code, the day of attendance for a pupil whose | ||
school day must be shortened to accommodate required testing | ||
procedures may be less than 5 clock hours and shall be counted | ||
toward the 176 days of actual pupil attendance required under | ||
Section 10-19 of this Code, provided that a sufficient number | ||
of minutes of school work in excess of 5 clock hours are first | ||
completed on other school days to compensate for the loss of | ||
school work on the examination days. | ||
(j) Pupils enrolled in a remote educational program | ||
established under Section 10-29 of this Code may be counted on | ||
the basis of a one-fifth day of attendance for every clock hour | ||
of instruction attended in the remote educational program, |
provided that, in any month, the school district may not claim | ||
for a student enrolled in a remote educational program more | ||
days of attendance than the maximum number of days of | ||
attendance the district can claim (i) for students enrolled in | ||
a building holding year-round classes if the student is | ||
classified as participating in the remote educational program | ||
on a year-round schedule or (ii) for students enrolled in a | ||
building not holding year-round classes if the student is not | ||
classified as participating in the remote educational program | ||
on a year-round schedule. | ||
(k) Pupil participation in any of the following activities | ||
shall be counted toward the calculation of clock hours of | ||
school work per day: | ||
(1) Instruction in a college course in which a student | ||
is dually enrolled for both high school credit and college | ||
credit. | ||
(2) Participation in a Supervised Career Development | ||
Experience, as defined in Section 10 of the Postsecondary | ||
and Workforce Readiness Act, in which student | ||
participation and learning outcomes are supervised by an | ||
educator licensed under Article 21B. | ||
(3) Participation in a youth apprenticeship, as | ||
jointly defined in rules of the State Board of Education | ||
and Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in | ||
which student participation and outcomes are supervised by | ||
an educator licensed under Article 21B. |
(4) Participation in a blended learning program | ||
approved by the school district in which course content, | ||
student evaluation, and instructional methods are | ||
supervised by an educator licensed under Article 21B. | ||
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.56) | ||
Sec. 10-20.56. E-learning days. | ||
(a) The State Board of Education shall establish and | ||
maintain, for implementation in selected school districts , a | ||
program for use of electronic-learning (e-learning) days, as | ||
described in this
Section. The State Superintendent of | ||
Education shall select up to 3 school districts for this | ||
program, at least one of which may be an elementary or unit | ||
school district. On or before June 1, 2019, the State Board | ||
shall report its recommendation for expansion, revision, or | ||
discontinuation of the program to the Governor and General | ||
Assembly. | ||
(b) The school board of a school district selected by the | ||
State Superintendent of Education under subsection (a) of this | ||
Section may, by resolution, adopt a research-based program or
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research-based programs for e-learning days district-wide that | ||
shall permit student instruction to be received electronically | ||
while students are not physically present in lieu of the | ||
district's scheduled emergency days as required by Section | ||
10-19 of this Code. The research-based program or programs may | ||
not exceed the minimum number of emergency days in the approved |
school calendar and must be verified by the regional office of | ||
education or intermediate service center for the school | ||
district submitted to the State Superintendent for approval on | ||
or before September 1st annually to ensure access for all | ||
students. The regional office of education or intermediate | ||
service center State Superintendent shall approve programs | ||
that ensure that the specific needs of all students are met, | ||
including special education students and English learners, and | ||
that all mandates are still met using the proposed | ||
research-based program. The e-learning program may utilize the | ||
Internet, telephones, texts, chat rooms, or other similar means | ||
of electronic communication for instruction and interaction | ||
between teachers and students that meet the needs of all
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learners. The e-learning program shall address the school | ||
district's responsibility to ensure that all teachers and staff | ||
who may be involved in the provision of e-learning have access | ||
to any and all hardware and software that may be required for | ||
the program. If a proposed program does not address this | ||
responsibility, the school district must propose an alternate | ||
program. | ||
(c) Before its adoption by a school board, the school board | ||
must hold a public hearing on a school district's initial | ||
proposal for an e-learning program or for renewal of such a | ||
program must be approved by the State Board of Education and | ||
shall follow a public hearing , at a regular or special meeting | ||
of the school board, in which the terms of the proposal must be |
substantially presented and an opportunity for allowing public | ||
comments must be provided. Notice of such public hearing must | ||
be provided at least 10 days prior to the hearing by: | ||
(1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation | ||
in the school district; | ||
(2) written or electronic notice designed to reach the | ||
parents or guardians of all students enrolled in the school | ||
district; and | ||
(3) written or electronic notice designed to reach any | ||
exclusive collective bargaining representatives of school | ||
district employees and all those employees not in a | ||
collective bargaining unit. | ||
(d) The regional office of education or intermediate | ||
service center for the school district must timely verify that | ||
a A proposal for an e-learning program has met must be timely | ||
approved by the State Board of Education if the requirements | ||
specified in this Section and that have been met and if, in the | ||
view of the State Board of Education, the proposal contains | ||
provisions designed to reasonably and practicably accomplish | ||
the following: | ||
(1) to ensure and verify at least 5 clock hours of | ||
instruction or school work , as required under Section | ||
10-19.05, for each student participating in an e-learning | ||
day; | ||
(2) to ensure access from home or other appropriate | ||
remote facility for all students participating, including |
computers, the Internet, and other forms of electronic | ||
communication that must be utilized in the proposed | ||
program; | ||
(2.5) to ensure that non-electronic materials are made | ||
available to students participating in the program who do | ||
not have access to the required technology or to | ||
participating teachers or students who are prevented from | ||
accessing the required technology; | ||
(3) to ensure appropriate learning opportunities for | ||
students with special needs; | ||
(4) to monitor and verify each student's electronic | ||
participation; | ||
(5) to address the extent to which student | ||
participation is within the student's control as to the | ||
time, pace, and means of learning; | ||
(6) to provide effective notice to students and their | ||
parents or guardians of the use of particular days for | ||
e-learning; | ||
(7) to provide staff and students with adequate | ||
training for e-learning days' participation; | ||
(8) to ensure an opportunity for any collective | ||
bargaining negotiations with representatives of the school | ||
district's employees that would be legally required , | ||
including all classifications of school district employees | ||
who are represented by collective bargaining agreements | ||
and who would be affected in the event of an e-learning |
day ; and | ||
(9) to review and revise the program as implemented to | ||
address difficulties confronted ; and . | ||
(10) to ensure that the protocol regarding general | ||
expectations and responsibilities of the program is | ||
communicated to teachers, staff, and students at least 30 | ||
days prior to utilizing an e-learning day. | ||
The school board's State Board of Education's approval of a | ||
school district's initial e-learning program and renewal of the | ||
e-learning program shall be for a term of 3 years. | ||
(e) The State Board of Education may adopt rules governing | ||
its supervision and review of e-learning programs consistent | ||
with the provision of this Section. However, in the absence of | ||
such rules, school districts may submit proposals for State | ||
Board of Education consideration under the authority of this | ||
Section.
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(Source: P.A. 99-194, eff. 7-30-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; | ||
100-760, eff. 8-10-18.)
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(105 ILCS 5/13B-45)
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Sec. 13B-45. Days and hours of attendance. An alternative | ||
learning
opportunities program
shall provide students with at | ||
least the minimum number of days of pupil
attendance required | ||
under Section 10-19 of this Code and the minimum number of
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daily hours of school work required under Section 10-19.05 | ||
18-8.05 or 18-8.15 of this Code,
provided that the State Board |
may approve exceptions to these
requirements if the program | ||
meets all of the following conditions:
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(1) The district plan submitted under Section | ||
13B-25.15 of this Code
establishes that a program providing | ||
the required minimum number of days of
attendance or daily | ||
hours of school work would not serve the needs of the
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program's students.
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(2) Each day of attendance shall provide no fewer than | ||
3 clock hours of
school work, as defined under paragraph | ||
(1) of subsection (F) of Section
10-19.05 18-8.05 of this | ||
Code.
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(3) Each day of attendance that provides fewer than 5 | ||
clock hours of
school
work shall also provide supplementary | ||
services, including without limitation
work-based | ||
learning, student assistance programs, counseling, case | ||
management,
health and fitness programs, or life-skills or | ||
conflict resolution training,
in order to provide a total | ||
daily program to the student of 5 clock hours. A
program | ||
may claim general State aid or evidence-based funding for | ||
up to 2 hours of the time each day that
a student is | ||
receiving
supplementary services.
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(4) Each program shall provide no fewer than 174 days | ||
of actual pupil
attendance during the school term; however, | ||
approved evening programs that meet
the requirements of | ||
Section 13B-45 of this Code may offer less than 174 days
of | ||
actual pupil attendance during the school term.
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(Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
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(105 ILCS 5/13B-50.5)
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Sec. 13B-50.5. Conditions of funding. If an alternative | ||
learning
opportunities program
provides less than the daily 5 | ||
clock hours of school work required under Section 10-19.05 | ||
daily , the program must meet
guidelines established
by the | ||
State Board and must provide supplementary services, including | ||
without
limitation work-based
learning, student assistance | ||
programs, counseling, case management, health and
fitness | ||
programs, life skills,
conflict resolution, or service | ||
learning, that are equal to the required
attendance.
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(Source: P.A. 92-42, eff. 1-1-02.)
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(105 ILCS 5/29-6.3)
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Sec. 29-6.3. Transportation to and from specified | ||
interscholastic or school-sponsored
activities. | ||
(a) Any school district transporting students in grade 12 | ||
or below for an interscholastic, interscholastic athletic, or | ||
school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i) does | ||
not require student participation as part of the educational | ||
services of the district and (ii) is not associated with the | ||
students' regular class-for-credit schedule or required 5 | ||
clock hours of instruction under Section 10-19.05 shall | ||
transport the students only in a school bus, a vehicle | ||
manufactured to transport not more than 10 persons, including |
the driver, or a multifunction school-activity bus | ||
manufactured to transport not more than 15 persons, including | ||
the driver. | ||
(a-5) A student in any of grades 9 through 12 may be | ||
transported in a multi-function school activity bus (MFSAB) as | ||
defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 of the Illinois Vehicle Code for | ||
any curriculum-related activity except for transportation on | ||
regular bus routes from home to school or from school to home, | ||
subject to the following conditions: | ||
(i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students under | ||
this Section unless the driver holds a valid school bus | ||
driver permit. | ||
(ii) The use of a MFSAB under this Section is subject | ||
to the requirements of Sections 6-106.11, 6-106.12, | ||
12-707.01, 13-101, and 13-109 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||
(b) Any school district furnishing transportation for | ||
students under the authority of this Section shall insure | ||
against any loss or liability of the district resulting from | ||
the maintenance, operation, or use of the vehicle. | ||
(c) Vehicles used to transport students under this Section | ||
may claim a depreciation allowance of 20% over 5 years as | ||
provided in Section 29-5 of this Code.
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(Source: P.A. 96-410, eff. 7-1-10; 97-896, eff. 8-3-12.)
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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 board shall exercise |
general
supervision and jurisdiction over the public education | ||
and the public
school system of the city, and, except as | ||
otherwise provided by this
Article, shall have power:
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1. To make suitable provision for the establishment and | ||
maintenance
throughout the year or for such portion thereof | ||
as it may direct, not
less than 9 months and in compliance | ||
with Section 10-19.05 , of schools of all grades and kinds, | ||
including normal
schools, high schools, night schools, | ||
schools for defectives and
delinquents, parental and | ||
truant schools, schools for the blind, the
deaf and persons | ||
with physical disabilities, schools or classes in manual | ||
training,
constructural and vocational teaching, domestic | ||
arts and physical
culture, vocation and extension schools | ||
and lecture courses, and all
other educational courses and | ||
facilities, including establishing,
equipping, maintaining | ||
and operating playgrounds and recreational
programs, when | ||
such programs are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected
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with any public school under the general supervision and | ||
jurisdiction
of the board; provided that the calendar for | ||
the school term and any changes must be submitted to and | ||
approved by the State Board of Education before the | ||
calendar or changes may take effect, and provided that in | ||
allocating funds
from year to year for the operation of all | ||
attendance centers within the
district, the board shall | ||
ensure that supplemental general State aid or supplemental | ||
grant funds
are allocated and applied in accordance with |
Section 18-8, 18-8.05, or 18-8.15. To
admit to such
schools | ||
without charge foreign exchange students who are | ||
participants in
an organized exchange student program | ||
which is authorized by the board.
The board shall permit | ||
all students to enroll in apprenticeship programs
in trade | ||
schools operated by the board, whether those programs are
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union-sponsored or not. No student shall be refused | ||
admission into or
be excluded from any course of | ||
instruction offered in the common schools
by reason of that | ||
student's sex. No student shall be denied equal
access to | ||
physical education and interscholastic athletic programs
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supported from school district funds or denied | ||
participation in
comparable physical education and | ||
athletic programs solely by reason of
the student's sex. | ||
Equal access to programs supported from school
district | ||
funds and comparable programs will be defined in rules
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promulgated by the State Board of Education in
consultation | ||
with the Illinois High School Association.
Notwithstanding | ||
any other provision of this Article, neither the board
of | ||
education nor any local school council or other school | ||
official shall
recommend that children with disabilities | ||
be placed into regular education
classrooms unless those | ||
children with disabilities are provided with
supplementary | ||
services to assist them so that they benefit from the | ||
regular
classroom instruction and are included on the | ||
teacher's regular education
class register;
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2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable | ||
charge
therefor, and to use school funds for the payment of | ||
such expenses as
the board may determine are necessary in | ||
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 | ||
libraries
and museums for the use of their facilities by | ||
teachers and pupils of
the public schools;
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5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for | ||
the purpose of
treating the pupils in the schools, but | ||
accepting such treatment shall
be optional with parents or | ||
guardians;
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6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms | ||
when not
otherwise needed, including light, heat, and | ||
attendants, for free public
lectures, concerts, and other | ||
educational and social interests, free of
charge, under | ||
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; | ||
provided that no pupil
shall be excluded from or segregated | ||
in any such school on account of his
color, race, sex, or | ||
nationality. The board shall take into consideration
the | ||
prevention of segregation and the elimination of | ||
separation of children
in public schools because of color, | ||
race, sex, or nationality. Except that
children may be | ||
committed to or attend parental and social adjustment |
schools
established and maintained either for boys or girls | ||
only. All records
pertaining to the creation, alteration or | ||
revision of attendance areas shall
be open to the public. | ||
Nothing herein shall limit the board's authority to
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establish multi-area attendance centers or other student | ||
assignment systems
for desegregation purposes or | ||
otherwise, and to apportion the pupils to the
several | ||
schools. Furthermore, beginning in school year 1994-95, | ||
pursuant
to a board plan adopted by October 1, 1993, the | ||
board shall offer, commencing
on a phased-in basis, the | ||
opportunity for families within the school
district to | ||
apply for enrollment of their children in any attendance | ||
center
within the school district which does not have | ||
selective admission
requirements approved by the board. | ||
The appropriate geographical area in
which such open | ||
enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by the
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board of education. Such children may be admitted to any | ||
such attendance
center on a space available basis after all | ||
children residing within such
attendance center's area | ||
have been accommodated. If the number of
applicants from | ||
outside the attendance area exceed the space available,
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then successful applicants shall be selected by lottery. | ||
The board of
education's open enrollment plan must include | ||
provisions that allow low
income students to have access to | ||
transportation needed to exercise school
choice. Open | ||
enrollment shall be in compliance with the provisions of |
the
Consent Decree and Desegregation Plan cited in Section | ||
34-1.01;
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8. To approve programs and policies for providing | ||
transportation
services to students. Nothing herein shall | ||
be construed to permit or empower
the State Board of | ||
Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other
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transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving | ||
racial balance in any
school;
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9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to | ||
establish and
approve system-wide curriculum objectives | ||
and standards, including graduation
standards, which | ||
reflect the
multi-cultural diversity in the city and are | ||
consistent with State law,
provided that for all purposes | ||
of this Article courses or
proficiency in American Sign | ||
Language shall be deemed to constitute courses
or | ||
proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ principals | ||
and teachers,
appointed as provided in this
Article, and | ||
fix their compensation. The board shall prepare such | ||
reports
related to minimal competency testing as may be | ||
requested by the State
Board of Education, and in addition | ||
shall monitor and approve special
education and bilingual | ||
education programs and policies within the district to
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assure that appropriate services are provided in | ||
accordance with applicable
State and federal laws to | ||
children requiring services and education in those
areas;
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10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize |
volunteer personnel
for: (i) non-teaching duties not | ||
requiring instructional judgment or
evaluation of pupils, | ||
including library duties; and (ii) supervising study
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halls, long distance teaching reception areas used | ||
incident to instructional
programs transmitted by | ||
electronic media such as computers, video, and audio,
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detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored | ||
extracurricular
activities. The board may further utilize | ||
volunteer non-certificated
personnel or employ | ||
non-certificated personnel to
assist in the instruction of | ||
pupils under the immediate supervision of a
teacher holding | ||
a valid certificate, directly engaged in teaching
subject | ||
matter or conducting activities; provided that the teacher
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shall be continuously aware of the non-certificated | ||
persons' activities and
shall be able to control or modify | ||
them. The general superintendent shall
determine | ||
qualifications of such personnel and shall prescribe rules | ||
for
determining the duties and activities to be assigned to | ||
such personnel;
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10.5. To utilize volunteer personnel from a regional | ||
School Crisis
Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part | ||
of the Safe to Learn Program
established pursuant to | ||
Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act
of 1995, | ||
to provide assistance to schools in times of violence or | ||
other
traumatic incidents within a school community by | ||
providing crisis
intervention services to lessen the |
effects of emotional trauma on
individuals and the | ||
community; the School Crisis Assistance Team
Steering | ||
Committee shall determine the qualifications for | ||
volunteers;
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11. To provide television studio facilities in not to | ||
exceed one
school building and to provide programs for | ||
educational purposes,
provided, however, that the board | ||
shall not construct, acquire, operate,
or maintain a | ||
television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio
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facilities to a licensed television station located in the | ||
school
district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed | ||
one school radio
transmitting station and provide programs | ||
for educational purposes;
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12. To offer, if deemed appropriate, outdoor education | ||
courses,
including field trips within the State of | ||
Illinois, or adjacent states,
and to use school educational | ||
funds for the expense of the said outdoor
educational | ||
programs, whether within the school district or not;
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13. During that period of the calendar year not | ||
embraced within the
regular school term, to provide and | ||
conduct courses in subject matters
normally embraced in the | ||
program of the schools during the regular
school term and | ||
to give regular school credit for satisfactory
completion | ||
by the student of such courses as may be approved for | ||
credit
by the State Board of Education;
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14. To insure against any loss or liability of the |
board,
the former School Board Nominating Commission, | ||
Local School Councils, the
Chicago Schools Academic | ||
Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict
Councils | ||
or of any member, officer, agent or employee thereof, | ||
resulting
from alleged violations of civil rights arising | ||
from incidents occurring on
or after September 5, 1967 or | ||
from the wrongful or negligent act or
omission of any such | ||
person whether occurring within or without the school
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premises, provided the officer, agent or employee was, at | ||
the time of the
alleged violation of civil rights or | ||
wrongful act or omission, acting
within the scope of his | ||
employment or under direction of the board, the
former | ||
School
Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago Schools | ||
Academic Accountability
Council, Local School Councils, or | ||
the former Subdistrict Councils;
and to provide for or | ||
participate in insurance plans for its officers and
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employees, including but not limited to retirement | ||
annuities, medical,
surgical and hospitalization benefits | ||
in such types and amounts as may be
determined by the | ||
board; provided, however, that the board shall contract
for | ||
such insurance only with an insurance company authorized to | ||
do business
in this State. Such insurance may include | ||
provision for employees who rely
on treatment by prayer or | ||
spiritual means alone for healing, in accordance
with the | ||
tenets and practice of a recognized religious | ||
denomination;
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15. To contract with the corporate authorities of any | ||
municipality
or the county board of any county, as the case | ||
may be, to provide for
the regulation of traffic in parking | ||
areas of property used for school
purposes, in such manner | ||
as is provided by Section 11-209 of The
Illinois Vehicle | ||
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 | ||
Illinois and
the United States for the purposes of | ||
informing students of the educational
and career | ||
opportunities available in the military if the board has | ||
provided
such access to persons or groups whose purpose is | ||
to acquaint students with
educational or occupational | ||
opportunities available to them. The board
is not required | ||
to give greater notice regarding the right of access to
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recruiting representatives than is given to other persons | ||
and groups. In
this paragraph 16, "directory information" | ||
means a high school
student's name, address, and telephone | ||
number.
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(b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian | ||
submits a signed,
written request to the high school before | ||
the end of the student's sophomore
year (or if the student | ||
is a transfer student, by another time set by
the high | ||
school) that indicates that the student or his or her | ||
parent or
guardian does
not want the student's directory |
information to be provided to official
recruiting | ||
representatives under subsection (a) of this Section, the | ||
high
school may not provide access to the student's | ||
directory information to
these recruiting representatives. | ||
The high school shall notify its
students and their parents | ||
or guardians of the provisions of this
subsection (b).
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(c) A high school may require official recruiting | ||
representatives of
the armed forces of Illinois and the | ||
United States to pay a fee for copying
and mailing a | ||
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 | ||
representative
under this Section may be used only to | ||
provide information to students
concerning educational and | ||
career opportunities available in the military
and may not | ||
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 | ||
States;
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17. (a) To sell or market any computer program | ||
developed by an employee
of the school district, provided | ||
that such employee developed the computer
program as a | ||
direct result of his or her duties with the school district
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or through the utilization of the school district resources | ||
or facilities.
The employee who developed the computer | ||
program shall be entitled to share
in the proceeds of such | ||
sale or marketing of the computer program. The
distribution |
of such proceeds between the employee and the school | ||
district
shall be as agreed upon by the employee and the | ||
school district, except
that neither the employee nor the | ||
school district may receive more than 90%
of such proceeds. | ||
The negotiation for an employee who is represented by an
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exclusive bargaining representative may be conducted by | ||
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, | ||
general purpose digital
device capable of | ||
automatically accepting data, processing data and | ||
supplying
the results of the operation.
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(2) "Computer program" means a series of coded | ||
instructions or
statements in a form acceptable to a | ||
computer, which causes the computer to
process data in | ||
order to achieve a certain result.
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(3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from | ||
marketing or sale of a product
after deducting the | ||
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 | ||
and expenditures
in amounts of $10,000 or less;
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19. Upon the written request of an employee, to | ||
withhold from
the compensation of that employee any dues, | ||
payments or contributions
payable by such employee to any | ||
labor organization as defined in the
Illinois Educational |
Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an
amount | ||
shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which is | ||
equal to
the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any | ||
payments or contributions,
and the board shall transmit | ||
such withholdings to the specified labor
organization | ||
within 10 working days from the time of the withholding;
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19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a | ||
municipality with
a population of 500,000 or more, a county | ||
with a population of 3,000,000 or
more, the Cook County | ||
Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | ||
Transit Authority, or
a housing authority of a municipality | ||
with a population of 500,000 or more
that a debt is due and | ||
owing the municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest | ||
Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | ||
Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago | ||
Transit Authority, or the housing authority
by an employee | ||
of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold, from the
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compensation of that employee, the amount of the debt that | ||
is due and owing
and pay the amount withheld to the | ||
municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest Preserve | ||
District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan | ||
Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, | ||
or the housing authority;
provided, however, that the | ||
amount
deducted from any one salary or wage payment shall | ||
not exceed 25% of the net
amount of the payment. Before the |
Board deducts any amount from any salary or
wage of an | ||
employee under this paragraph, the municipality, the | ||
county, the
Cook County Forest Preserve District, the | ||
Chicago Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation | ||
District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the
housing | ||
authority shall certify that (i) the employee has been | ||
afforded an
opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt | ||
that is due and owing the
municipality, the county, the | ||
Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago
Park | ||
District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the | ||
Chicago Transit
Authority, or the housing authority and | ||
(ii) the employee has received notice
of a wage deduction | ||
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 | ||
amount" means that
part of the salary or wage payment | ||
remaining after the deduction of any amounts
required by | ||
law to be deducted and "debt due and owing" means (i) a | ||
specified
sum of money owed to the municipality, the | ||
county, the Cook County Forest
Preserve District, the | ||
Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
Reclamation | ||
District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing | ||
authority
for services, work, or goods, after the period | ||
granted for payment has expired,
or (ii) a specified sum of | ||
money owed to the municipality, the county, the Cook
County | ||
Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | ||
Metropolitan
Water Reclamation District, the Chicago |
Transit Authority, or the housing
authority pursuant to a | ||
court order or order of an administrative hearing
officer | ||
after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, | ||
judicial review;
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20. The board is encouraged to employ a sufficient | ||
number of
certified school counselors to maintain a | ||
student/counselor ratio of 250 to
1 by July 1, 1990. Each | ||
counselor shall spend at least 75% of his work
time in | ||
direct contact with students and shall maintain a record of | ||
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 | ||
days for students
and parents. On these days | ||
representatives of local businesses and
industries shall | ||
be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
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of career opportunities available to them in the various | ||
businesses and
industries. Special consideration shall be | ||
given to counseling minority
students as to career | ||
opportunities available to them in various fields.
For the | ||
purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a person | ||
who is any of the following:
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(a) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having | ||
origins in any of the original peoples of North and South | ||
America, including Central America, and who maintains | ||
tribal affiliation or community attachment). | ||
(b) Asian (a person having origins in any of the |
original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the | ||
Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to, | ||
Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, | ||
the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam). | ||
(c) Black or African American (a person having origins | ||
in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as | ||
"Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or | ||
African American". | ||
(d) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican, | ||
Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish | ||
culture or origin, regardless of race). | ||
(e) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a person | ||
having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, | ||
Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
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Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school | ||
days;
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22. To report to the State Board of Education the | ||
annual
student dropout rate and number of students who | ||
graduate from, transfer
from or otherwise leave bilingual | ||
programs;
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23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and | ||
Neglected Child
Reporting Act or other applicable State or | ||
federal law, to permit school
officials to withhold, from | ||
any person, information on the whereabouts of
any child | ||
removed from school premises when the child has been taken | ||
into
protective custody as a victim of suspected child |
abuse. School officials
shall direct such person to the | ||
Department of Children and Family Services,
or to the local | ||
law enforcement agency if appropriate;
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24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of | ||
existing school
facilities, projected enrollment and | ||
efficient utilization of available
resources, for capital | ||
improvement of schools and school buildings within
the | ||
district, addressing in that policy both the relative | ||
priority for
major repairs, renovations and additions to | ||
school facilities, and the
advisability or necessity of | ||
building new school facilities or closing
existing schools | ||
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 | ||
school attendance
center the ability to take all courses | ||
necessary to comply with the Board
of Higher Education's | ||
college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
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26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching | ||
profession,
whereby qualified professionals become | ||
certified teachers, by allowing
credit for professional | ||
employment in related fields when determining point
of | ||
entry on teacher pay scale;
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27. To provide or contract out training programs for | ||
administrative
personnel and principals with revised or | ||
expanded duties pursuant to this
Act in order to assure | ||
they have the knowledge and skills to perform
their duties;
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28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special | ||
needs programs, and
to allocate such funds and other lump | ||
sum amounts to each attendance center
in a manner | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
any other law to
the contrary, to contract with third | ||
parties for services otherwise performed
by employees, | ||
including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
| ||
employees upon 14 days written notice to the affected | ||
employees. Those
contracts may be for a period not to | ||
exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a
system-wide basis. | ||
The board may not operate more than 30 contract schools, | ||
provided that the board may operate an additional 5 | ||
contract turnaround schools pursuant to item (5.5) of | ||
subsection (d) of Section 34-8.3 of this Code;
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31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures | ||
governing the layoff or
reduction in force of employees and | ||
the recall of such employees, including,
but not limited | ||
to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force or | ||
recall
rights of such employees and the weight to be given | ||
to any particular
criterion. Such criteria shall take into | ||
account factors including, but not be
limited to, | ||
qualifications, certifications, experience, performance |
ratings or
evaluations, and any other factors relating to | ||
an employee's job performance;
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32. To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in the | ||
hiring of personnel
or the selection of contractors;
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33. (Blank); and
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34. To establish a Labor Management Council to the | ||
board
comprised of representatives of the board, the chief | ||
executive
officer, and those labor organizations that are | ||
the exclusive
representatives of employees of the board and | ||
to promulgate
policies and procedures for the operation of | ||
the Council.
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The specifications of the powers herein granted are not to | ||
be
construed as exclusive but the board shall also exercise all | ||
other
powers that they may be requisite or proper for the | ||
maintenance and the
development of a public school system, not | ||
inconsistent with the other
provisions of this Article or | ||
provisions of this Code which apply to all
school districts.
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In addition to the powers herein granted and authorized to | ||
be exercised
by the board, it shall be the duty of the board to | ||
review or to direct
independent reviews of special education | ||
expenditures and services.
The board shall file a report of | ||
such review with the General Assembly on
or before May 1, 1990.
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(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; | ||
100-1046, eff. 8-23-18.)
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Section 10. The Vocational Academies Act is amended by |
changing Section 10 as follows: | ||
(105 ILCS 433/10)
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Sec. 10. Establishment. A school district, in partnership | ||
with community colleges, local employers, and community-based | ||
organizations, may establish a vocational academy that is | ||
eligible for a grant under this Act if the vocational academy | ||
meets all of the following requirements: | ||
(1) The vocational academy must have a minimum | ||
5-clock-hour day , as required under Section 10-19.05 of the | ||
School Code, and be under the direct supervision of | ||
teachers. | ||
(2) The vocational academy must be a 2-year school | ||
within a school program for grades 10 through 12 that is | ||
organized around a career theme and operated as a | ||
business-education partnership. | ||
(3) The vocational academy must be a career-oriented | ||
program that uses the direct involvement of local employers | ||
to provide students with an education and the skills needed | ||
for employment. | ||
(4) The vocational academy must be a standards-based | ||
educational program that prepares students both | ||
academically and technically for entrance into | ||
postsecondary education or careers in a selected field. | ||
(5) The curriculum of the vocational academy must be | ||
based on the Illinois Learning Standards, and work-site |
training must provide students with learning experiences | ||
for entry-level employment in the local job market and | ||
lifelong learning skills for higher education.
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(Source: P.A. 94-220, eff. 7-14-05.) | ||
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||
2019. |