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Public Act 094-0197
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| SB0058 Enrolled |
LRB094 04247 NHT 34271 b |
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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 |
3-11 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/3-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-11)
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Sec. 3-11. Institutes or inservice training workshops. In |
counties
of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the regional |
superintendent may
arrange for or conduct district, regional, |
or county institutes, or
equivalent professional educational |
experiences, not more than 4 days
annually. Of those 4 days, 2 |
days may be used as a teacher's workshop,
when approved by the |
regional superintendent, up to 2 days may be used
for |
conducting parent-teacher conferences or up to 2 days may be |
utilized
as parental institute days as provided in Section |
10-22.18d. A school
district may use one of its 4 institute |
days on the last day of the school
term. "Institute" or |
"Professional educational experiences" means any
educational |
gathering, demonstration of methods of instruction,
visitation |
of schools or other institutions or facilities, or sexual
abuse |
and sexual assault awareness seminar, or training in First Aid |
(which may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation or |
defibrillator training) held or approved
by the regional |
superintendent and declared by him to be an institute day,
or |
parent-teacher conferences. With the concurrence of the State
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Superintendent of Education, he or she may employ such |
assistance as is
necessary
to conduct the institute. Two or |
more adjoining counties may jointly hold
an institute. |
Institute instruction shall be free to holders of
certificates |
good in the county or counties holding the institute, and to
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those who have paid an examination fee and failed to receive a |
certificate.
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In counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the regional
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superintendent may arrange for or conduct district, regional, |
or county
inservice training workshops, or equivalent |
professional educational
experiences, not more than 4 days |
annually. Of those 4 days, 2 days may
be used for conducting |
parent-teacher conferences and up to 2 days may be
utilized as |
parental institute days as provided in Section 10-22.18d. A
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school district may use one of those 4 days on the last day of |
the school
term. "Inservice Training Workshops" or |
"Professional educational
experiences" means any educational |
gathering, demonstration of methods of
instruction, visitation |
of schools or other institutions or
facilities, or sexual abuse |
and sexual assault awareness seminar, or training in First Aid |
(which may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation or |
defibrillator training) held
or approved by the regional |
superintendent and declared by him to be
an inservice training |
workshop, or parent-teacher conferences. With the
concurrence |
of the State Superintendent of Education, he may employ such
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assistance as is necessary to conduct the inservice training |
workshop.
With the approval of the regional superintendent, 2 |
or more adjoining
districts may jointly hold an inservice |
training workshop. In addition,
with the approval of the |
regional superintendent, one district may conduct
its own |
inservice training workshop with subject matter consultants
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requested from the county, State or any State institution of |
higher learning.
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Such teachers institutes as referred to in this Section may |
be held
on consecutive or separate days at the option of the |
regional
superintendent having jurisdiction thereof.
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Whenever reference is made in this Act to "teachers |
institute", it
shall be construed to include the inservice |
training workshops or
equivalent professional educational |
experiences provided for in this Section.
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Any institute advisory committee existing on April 1, 1995, |
is dissolved
and the duties and responsibilities of the |
institute advisory committee are
assumed by the regional office |
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of education advisory board.
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Districts providing inservice training programs shall |
constitute inservice
committees, 1/2 of which shall be |
teachers, 1/4 school service personnel
and 1/4 administrators |
to establish program content and schedules.
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The teachers institutes shall include teacher training |
committed to
peer counseling programs and other anti-violence |
and conflict
resolution programs, including without limitation |
programs for preventing at
risk students from committing |
violent acts.
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(Source: P.A. 91-491, eff. 8-13-99.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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