(105 ILCS 5/34-8.13)
Sec. 34-8.13.
Learning Zone designation principles.
In performing its
duties under this Law, the board shall be guided by the
following
additional principles:
(1) Learning Zone designations should be effective for an initial period of
no less than 3 and no more than 6 years;
(2) Learning Zone designations should encompass clusters of
attendance
centers through joint application from secondary and feeder elementary
schools or in other reasonably related clusters;
(3) Learning Zone designations should encompass, in the aggregate,
approximately 10% of the students enrolled in attendance centers within
Chicago;
(4) Learning Zone designations should, in the aggregate, be reflective
of
the racial and ethnic diversity and demography of students enrolled in
attendance centers within Chicago;
(5) Learning Zone designations should be fully operational commencing with
the 1996-97 school year; and
(6) Learning Zone designation renewals, revisions, and applications for
additional waivers of statutes, regulations, rules, and policies should be
evaluated in light of the goals of this Law.
(Source: P.A. 89-3, eff. 2-27-95; 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
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