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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
52-3.25f and 10-19.1 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25f)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25f)
7    Sec. 2-3.25f. State interventions.
8    (a) The State Board of Education shall provide technical
9assistance to assist with the development and implementation of
10School and District Improvement Plans.
11    Schools or school districts that fail to make reasonable
12efforts to implement an approved Improvement Plan may suffer
13loss of State funds by school district, attendance center, or
14program as the State Board of Education deems appropriate.
15    (a-5) In this subsection (a-5), "school" means any of the
16following named public schools or their successor name:
17        (1) Dirksen Middle School in Dolton School District
18    149.
19        (2) Diekman Elementary School in Dolton School
20    District 149.
21        (3) Caroline Sibley Elementary School in Dolton School
22    District 149.
23        (4) Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School in Dolton

 

 

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1    School District 149.
2        (5) Carol Moseley Braun School in Dolton School
3    District 149.
4        (6) New Beginnings Learning Academy in Dolton School
5    District 149.
6        (7) McKinley Junior High School in South Holland School
7    District 150.
8        (8) Greenwood Elementary School in South Holland
9    School District 150.
10        (9) McKinley Elementary School in South Holland School
11    District 150.
12        (10) Eisenhower School in South Holland School
13    District 151.
14        (11) Madison School in South Holland School District
15    151.
16        (12) Taft School in South Holland School District 151.
17        (13) Wolcott School in Thornton School District 154.
18        (14) Memorial Junior High School in Lansing School
19    District 158.
20        (15) Oak Glen Elementary School in Lansing School
21    District 158.
22        (16) Lester Crawl Primary Center in Lansing School
23    District 158.
24        (17) Brookwood Junior High School in Brookwood School
25    District 167.
26        (18) Brookwood Middle School in Brookwood School

 

 

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1    District 167.
2        (19) Hickory Bend Elementary School in Brookwood
3    School District 167.
4        (20) Medgar Evers Primary Academic Center in Ford
5    Heights School District 169.
6        (21) Nathan Hale Elementary School in Sunnybrook
7    School District 171.
8        (22) Ira F. Aldridge Elementary School in City of
9    Chicago School District 299.
10        (23) William E.B. DuBois Elementary School in City of
11    Chicago School District 299.
12    If, after 2 years following its placement on academic watch
13status, a school remains on academic watch status, then,
14subject to federal appropriation money being available, the
15State Board of Education shall allow the school board to opt in
16the process of operating that school on a pilot full-year
17school plan approved by the State Board of Education upon
18expiration of its teachers' current collective bargaining
19agreement until the expiration of the next collective
20bargaining agreement. A school board must notify the State
21Board of Education of its intent to opt in the process of
22operating a school on a pilot full-year school plan.
23    (b) In addition, if after 3 years following its placement
24on academic watch status a school district or school remains on
25academic watch status, the State Board of Education shall take
26one of the following actions for the district or school:

 

 

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1        (1) The State Board of Education may authorize the
2    State Superintendent of Education to direct the regional
3    superintendent of schools to remove school board members
4    pursuant to Section 3-14.28 of this Code. Prior to such
5    direction the State Board of Education shall permit members
6    of the local board of education to present written and oral
7    comments to the State Board of Education. The State Board
8    of Education may direct the State Superintendent of
9    Education to appoint an Independent Authority that shall
10    exercise such powers and duties as may be necessary to
11    operate a school or school district for purposes of
12    improving pupil performance and school improvement. The
13    State Superintendent of Education shall designate one
14    member of the Independent Authority to serve as chairman.
15    The Independent Authority shall serve for a period of time
16    specified by the State Board of Education upon the
17    recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education.
18        (2) The State Board of Education may (A) change the
19    recognition status of the school district or school to
20    nonrecognized, or (B) authorize the State Superintendent
21    of Education to direct the reassignment of pupils or direct
22    the reassignment or replacement of school district
23    personnel who are relevant to the failure to meet adequate
24    yearly progress criteria. If a school district is
25    nonrecognized in its entirety, it shall automatically be
26    dissolved on July 1 following that nonrecognition and its

 

 

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1    territory realigned with another school district or
2    districts by the regional board of school trustees in
3    accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 7-11 of
4    the School Code. The effective date of the nonrecognition
5    of a school shall be July 1 following the nonrecognition.
6    (c) All federal requirements apply to schools and school
7districts utilizing federal funds under Title I, Part A of the
8federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
9(Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03; 94-875, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
10    (105 ILCS 5/10-19.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1)
11    Sec. 10-19.1. Full year school plan.
12    (a) Any school district may, by resolution of its board,
13operate one or more schools within the district on a full year
14school plan approved by the State Board of Education. Any board
15which operates under this subsection (a) Section shall devise a
16plan so that a student's required attendance in school shall be
17for a minimum term of 180 days of actual attendance, including
18not more than 4 institute days, during a 12 month period, but
19shall not exceed 185 days. Under such plan, no teacher shall be
20required to teach more than 185 days. A calendar of 180 days
21may be established with the approval of the State Board of
22Education.
23    (b) Any school board that operates one or more schools
24within the school district on a pilot full-year school plan
25under subsection (a-5) of Section 2-3.25f of this Code shall

 

 

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1devise a plan so that a student's required attendance in school
2shall be for a minimum term of 215 days of actual attendance,
3including not more than 4 institute days, during a 12-month
4period. A calendar of 215 days may be established with the
5approval of the State Board of Education.
6(Source: P.A. 81-1508.)