(105 ILCS 5/10-22.16)
Sec. 10-22.16. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 83-1362. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.17)
Sec. 10-22.17. (Repealed).
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.18) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.18)
Sec. 10-22.18. Kindergartens. (a) To establish kindergartens for the
instruction of children between the
ages of 4 and 6 years and to pay the necessary expenses thereof out of the school funds of
the district. Until the 2027-2028 school year, upon petition of at
least 50 parents or guardians of children
between the ages of 4 and 6, residing within any school district and within
one mile of the public school where such kindergarten is proposed to be
established, the board of directors shall, if funds are available,
establish a kindergarten in connection with the public school designated in
the petition and maintain it as long as the annual average daily attendance
therein is not less than 15. Until the 2027-2028 school year, the board may establish a kindergarten with
half-day attendance or with full-day attendance; however, if the board establishes
full-day kindergarten, it shall also establish half-day kindergarten. Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, each school board must establish a kindergarten with full-day attendance and may establish a kindergarten with half-day attendance. Full-day and half-day kindergarten should be developmentally appropriate and provide opportunities for play-based learning.
No one shall be employed to teach in a kindergarten who does not hold a license
as provided by law.
(b) An elementary or unit school district that does not offer full-day kindergarten as of October 1, 2022, may, by action of the State Board of Education, apply for an extension of the 2027-2028 school year implementation deadline for 2 additional years if one of the following criteria are met: (1) the school district is funded below 76% of | ||
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(2) the school district is ranked in the top 25% of | ||
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(3) the school district meets a criterion set by the | ||
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(Source: P.A. 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; 103-410, eff. 8-2-23.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.18a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.18a)
Sec. 10-22.18a.
Child care and training centers - Charges - Public aid
payments for certain children).
To establish Child Care and Training Centers for children under the age
of compulsory school attendance for the purpose of providing them (1) social
and educational guidance and developmental aids supplemental to parental
care and training designed to assist them in attaining their greatest potential
during their school years and adult life and (2) care and services, in addition
to the services specified in (1), required because of the absence from home
for all or part of the day of their parents or other persons in charge of
their care as a result of employment or other reason. The board may also
make the facilities of the Centers available before and after as well as
during regular school hours to school age and preschool age children who
may benefit thereby, including children who require care and supervision
pending the return of their parents or other persons in
charge of their care from employment or other activity requiring absence from
the home.
In establishing standards for the Centers, the board shall take into account
standards established by the Department of Children and Family Services
for like facilities. The board shall pay the necessary expenses out of school
funds of the district, subject to State payment for certain children as
hereinafter provided, and may charge for care and training of children for
whom the State does not assume responsibility. The charge shall not exceed
the per capita cost of the Center and, to the extent feasible, shall be
fixed at a level which will permit utilization of the Center by employed
parents of low or moderate income.
The Department of Human Services shall pay
to the district the cost
of care and training provided in the Centers for any child who is a recipient
of financial aid under "The Illinois Public Aid Code", approved April 11,
1967, as amended. The Department shall submit to the board written
notice designating each child for whom it assumes the cost of care and
training.
The board shall submit claims for payment at the end of each monthly period.
If satisfied of their correctness, the Department shall approve the claims
and provide for their payment out of funds appropriated to it for such purposes
and from Federal funds available therefor.
The board may permit any other State or local governmental agency or private
agency providing care for children to purchase care and training in the
Centers for children under their charge.
After July 1, 1970 when the provisions of Section 10-20.20 become operative
in the district, children in a Child Care and Training Center shall be
transferred
to the kindergarten established under that Section for such portion of the
day as may be required for the kindergarten program, and only the pro-rated
costs of care and training provided in the Center for the remaining period
shall be charged to the Illinois Department or other persons or agencies
paying for such care.
(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.18b) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.18b)
Sec. 10-22.18b.
Before and after school programs.
To develop and maintain
before school and after school programs for students in kindergarten through
the 6th grade. Such programs may include time for homework, physical exercise,
afternoon nutritional snacks and educational offerings which are
in addition to those offered during the regular school day. The chief administrator
in each district shall be a certified teacher or a person who meets the
requirements for supervising a day care center under the Child Care Act
of 1969. Individual programs shall be coordinated by certified teachers
or by persons who meet the requirements for supervising a day care center
under the Child Care Act of 1969. Additional employees who are not so qualified
may also be employed for such programs.
The schedule of these programs may follow the work calendar of the local
community rather than the regular school calendar. Parents or guardians
of the participating
students shall be responsible for providing transportation for the students
to and from the programs. The school board may charge parents of participating
students a fee, not to exceed the actual cost of such before and after school
programs.
(Source: P.A. 83-639.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.18c) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.18c)
Sec. 10-22.18c.
Model day care services program.
Local school districts
may establish, in cooperation with the State Board of Education, a model
program for the provision of day care services in a school. The program
shall be administered by the local school district and shall be funded
from monies available from private and public sources. Student parents
shall not be charged a fee for the day care services; school personnel also
may utilize the services, but shall be charged a fee. The program shall be
supervised by a trained child care professional who is qualified to teach
students parenting skills. As part of the program, the school shall offer
a course in child behavior in which students shall receive course credits
for helping to care for the children in the program while learning
parenting skills. The State Board of Education shall evaluate the programs'
effectiveness in reducing school absenteeism and dropouts among teenage
parents and shall report to the General Assembly concerning its findings
after the program has been in operation for 2 years.
(Source: P.A. 85-769.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.18d) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.18d)
Sec. 10-22.18d.
Parental institutes.
A school district may utilize up
to two days allowed by law for teachers' institutes to conduct parental
institutes for the parents and guardians of children attending the
district. No district may utilize teachers' institute days as parental
institute days without the consent of the district's inservice advisory
committee created under Section 3-11. If a district does not have an
inservice advisory committee, parental institute days must be approved by
the district's teaching staff.
Parental institutes shall be designed by the school district upon
consultation with the district's teaching staff, administrators, and
parents' organizations. The district may provide appropriate personnel,
including district staff, to conduct, attend, or participate in all or any
portion of the institutes.
Parental institutes shall provide information on such topics as the
district shall deem necessary to achieve the following purposes:
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(2) Improve parental communication and involvement | ||
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(3) Enhance parental knowledge of child development, | ||
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(4) Improve parental skill development.
Districts shall use every means available to inform parents and
guardians about parental institutes and to encourage attendance at and
active participation in such events.
Parental institutes may be held during that period of the day which is
not part of the regular school day and may be held on Saturdays. Days
scheduled for parental institutes may be scheduled separately for different
grade levels and different attendance centers of the district.
Districts may establish reasonable fees, not to exceed the cost of
holding parental institutes, for attendance and shall waive any fees so
established for any parents or guardians who may be unable to afford such
fees. Nothing shall preclude districts from applying for or accepting
private funds to conduct parental institutes.
(Source: P.A. 86-1250.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.18e) Sec. 10-22.18e. Full-Day Kindergarten Task Force. (a) The Full-Day Kindergarten Task Force is created for the purpose of conducting a statewide audit to inform the planning and implementation of full-day kindergarten in the State and shall, at a minimum, collect, analyze, and report the following: (1) the number of elementary and unit school | ||
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(2) the number of students currently enrolled in | ||
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(3) for all elementary and unit school districts, an | ||
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(4) for all elementary and unit school districts that | ||
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(5) for all elementary and unit school districts that | ||
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(6) recommendations on how available capital funds | ||
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(7) other data or recommendations that would support | ||
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(b) Based on the findings reported under subsection (a) of this Section, the Task Force may recommend that the State Board of Education consider an additional criterion when granting a waiver under subsection (b) of Section 10-22.18 of this Code. The State Board of Education shall make a final determination regarding this additional factor and provide public notice of that determination by no later than July 1, 2025. (c) Members of the Full-Day Kindergarten Task Force shall be appointed by no later than October 1, 2023 and shall possess the expertise needed to complete the report and recommendations. Members appointed to the Task Force must reflect the racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity of this State. Task Force members shall include all of the following: (1) The State Superintendent of Education or the | ||
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(2) Three members appointed by the State Board of | ||
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(3) One member who represents the Capital Development | ||
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(4) One member from an organization with expertise in | ||
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(5) One member from an organization with expertise in | ||
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(6) One member of a statewide professional teachers' | ||
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(7) One member of another statewide professional | ||
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(8) One member who represents a statewide | ||
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(9) One member who represents a statewide | ||
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(10) One member who represents a statewide | ||
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(11) Three members who are parents of students, one | ||
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(12) One member who represents a statewide | ||
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(13) One member who represents an elementary or unit | ||
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(14) One member who represents a school district | ||
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(15) One member who represents a rural elementary or | ||
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(d) The Full-Day Kindergarten Task Force shall meet at the call of the State Superintendent of Education or the Superintendent's designee, who shall serve as the chairperson. The State Board of Education shall provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. (e) The Full-Day Kindergarten Task Force shall issue an interim report by June 30, 2024 and a final report to the General Assembly and Governor's Office no later than January 31, 2025. (f) Upon issuing its final report, the Full-Day Kindergarten Task Force is dissolved.
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.19) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.19)
Sec. 10-22.19.
Sidewalks, bridges, culverts and other approaches.
To appropriate school funds for the construction of such sidewalks,
bridges, culverts and other approaches leading to the schoolhouse or school
grounds as are necessary for the convenience and safety of pupils attending
such school, but such approaches shall not exceed one-half mile in length.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 3420.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.19a)
Sec. 10-22.19a. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 91-830, eff. 7-1-00. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.20) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20)
Sec. 10-22.20. Classes for adults and youths whose schooling has
been interrupted; conditions for State reimbursement; use of child
care facilities. (a) To establish special classes for the instruction (1)
of persons of age 21 years or over and (2) of persons less than age 21
and not otherwise in attendance in public school, for the purpose of
providing adults in the community and youths whose schooling has been
interrupted with such additional basic education, vocational skill
training, and other instruction as may be necessary to increase their
qualifications for employment or other means of self-support and their
ability to meet their responsibilities as citizens, including courses of
instruction regularly accepted for graduation from elementary or high
schools and for Americanization and high school equivalency testing review classes.
The board shall pay the necessary expenses of such classes out of
school funds of the district, including costs of student transportation
and such facilities or provision for child-care as may be necessary in
the judgment of the board to permit maximum utilization of the courses
by students with children, and other special needs of the students
directly related to such instruction. The expenses thus incurred shall
be subject to State reimbursement, as provided in Section 2-12.5 of the Public Community College Act. The
board may make a tuition charge for persons taking instruction who are
not subject to State reimbursement, such tuition charge not to exceed
the per capita cost of such classes.
The cost of such instruction, including the additional expenses herein
authorized, shall be assumed in its entirety
from funds appropriated by the State to the Illinois Community College
Board as provided in Section 2-12.5 of the Public Community College Act.
(b) The
Illinois Community College Board shall establish
the standards for the
courses of instruction reimbursed
under this Section. The Illinois Community College Board shall supervise the
administration of the programs. The Illinois Community College Board shall
determine the cost
of instruction in accordance with standards established by the Illinois
Community College Board, including therein
other incidental costs as herein authorized, which shall serve as the basis of
State reimbursement in accordance with the provisions of the Public Community College Act. In the
approval of programs and the determination of the cost of instruction, the
Illinois Community College Board shall provide
for the maximum utilization of federal
funds for such programs.
(c) (Blank).
(d) (Blank).
(e) (Blank).
(f) (Blank).
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(h) (Blank).
(i) (Blank).
(j) In addition to claiming reimbursement under this Section, a school
district may claim evidence-based funding under Section 18-8.15 for any student
under age 21 who is enrolled in courses accepted for graduation from elementary
or high school and who otherwise meets the requirements of Section 18-8.15.
(Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 101-289, eff. 8-9-19.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.20a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20a)
Sec. 10-22.20a.
Advanced vocational training program, and career
education. To enter into joint agreements with community college
districts and other school districts for the purpose of providing
career education or advanced vocational training of students in the 11th
and higher grades who desire preparation for a trade. Transportation
for students to any facility covered by a joint agreement as described
in this Section shall be provided by the participating school district,
or by the participating school district in conjunction with other school
districts. Joint agreements entered into under this Section may
include provisions for joint authority to acquire and improve sites,
construct and equip facilities thereon and lease and equip facilities
deemed necessary by the parties to the joint agreement, to maintain
programs and to provide for financing of the foregoing jointly by the
respective parties, all in accordance with the terms of the joint
agreement.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to restrict or prohibit
the rights of community college districts or school districts to enter
into joint agreements under the provisions of the Intergovernmental
Cooperation Act, as now or hereinafter amended.
The duration of the career education or advanced vocational training
program shall be such period as the school district may approve but it
may not exceed 2 years for any school district pupil. Participation in
the program is accorded the same credit toward a high school diploma as
time spent in other courses.
The participating community college shall bill each participating
student's school district for an amount equal to the per capita cost of
operating the community college attended or a charge for participation
may be made in accordance with the joint agreement between the community
college district and the student's school district. Such agreement
shall not provide for payments in excess of the actual cost of operating
the course or courses in which the student is enrolled. Participating
high schools may use State aid monies to pay the charges.
The community college instructors teaching in such programs need not
be certified by the State Teacher Certification Board.
(Source: P.A. 79-76.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.20b) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20b)
Sec. 10-22.20b.
To appoint a person, who meets the standards of
qualification and certification established by the Illinois Community College
Board, as director of adult education to be responsible for the development
and general supervision of the adult education program described in Section
10-22.20 and the Adult Education Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-830, eff. 7-1-01.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.20c) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20c)
Sec. 10-22.20c.
Tutorial programs.
To establish and implement peer
assistance, tutorial programs whereby qualified, able students assist less
able students with their studies and course work, and to provide
appropriate recognition for students furnishing such tutorial services. In
addition, a school board is authorized to cooperate with
institutions of higher education and may accept tutorial services provided
by qualified students of such institutions under the Educational
Partnership Act, as now or hereafter amended.
(Source: P.A. 84-712.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.21) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.21)
Sec. 10-22.21.
(Repealed).
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31. Repealed by P.A. 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.21a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.21a)
Sec. 10-22.21a.
(Repealed).
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2186. Repealed by P.A. 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.21b) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.21b)
Sec. 10-22.21b. Administering medication. (a) In this Section, "asthma action plan" has the meaning given to that term under Section 22-30. (b) To provide for the
administration of medication to students. It shall be the policy of the
State of Illinois that the administration of medication to students during
regular school hours and during school-related activities should be
discouraged unless absolutely necessary for the critical health and
well-being of the student. Under no circumstances shall
teachers or other non-administrative school employees, except certified
school nurses and non-certificated registered professional nurses, be
required
to administer medication to students. This
Section shall not prohibit a school district from adopting guidelines for
self-administration of medication by students that are consistent with this Section and this Code. This Section shall not
prohibit any school employee from providing emergency assistance to students.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school district must allow any student with an asthma action plan, an Individual Health Care Action Plan, an allergy emergency action plan, a plan pursuant to Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or a plan pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to self-administer any medication required under those plans if the student's parent or guardian provides the school district with (i) written permission for the student's self-administration of medication and (ii) written authorization from the student's physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse for the student to self-administer the medication. A parent or guardian must also provide to the school district the prescription label for the medication, which must contain the name of the medication, the prescribed dosage, and the time or times at which or the circumstances under which the medication is to be administered. Information received by a school district under this subsection shall be kept on file in the office of the school nurse or, in the absence of a school nurse, the school's administrator. (d) Each school district must adopt an emergency action plan for a student who self-administers medication under subsection (c). The plan must include both of the following: (1) A plan of action in the event a student is unable | ||
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(2) The situations in which a school must call 9-1-1. (e) A school district and its employees and agents shall incur no liability, except for willful and wanton conduct, as a result of any injury arising from the self-administration of medication by a student under subsection (c). The student's parent or guardian must sign a statement to this effect, which must acknowledge that the parent or guardian must indemnify and hold harmless the school district and its employees and agents against any claims, except a claim based on willful and wanton conduct, arising out of the self-administration of medication by a student. (Source: P.A. 103-175, eff. 6-30-23.)
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.22) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.22)
Sec. 10-22.22. Transportation for pupils-Tuition.
To provide free transportation for pupils, and where in its judgment the
interests of the district and of the pupils therein will be best subserved
by so doing the school board may permit the pupils in the district or in
any particular grade to attend the schools of other districts and may
permit any pupil to attend an area secondary vocational school operated by
a public school district or a public or non-public vocational school within
the State of Illinois or adjacent states approved by the Board of
Vocational Education, and may provide free transportation for such pupils
and shall pay the tuition of such pupils in the schools attended; such
tuition shall be based upon per capita cost computed in the following
manner: The cost of conducting and maintaining any area secondary
vocational school facility shall be first determined and shall include the
following expenses applicable only to such educational facility under rules
and regulations established by the Board of Vocational Education and
Rehabilitation as follows:
a. Salaries of teachers, vocational counselors, and | ||
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b. Equipment and supplies necessary for program | ||
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c. Administrative costs.
d. Operation of physical plant, including heat, | ||
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e. Auxiliary service, not including any | ||
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From such total cost thus determined there shall be deducted the State
reimbursement due on account of such educational facility for the same
year, not including any State reimbursement for area secondary vocational
school transportation. Such net cost shall be divided by the average number
of pupils in average daily attendance in such area secondary vocational
school facility for the school year in order to arrive at the net per
capita tuition cost. Such costs shall be computed on pupils regularly
enrolled in an area secondary vocational school on the basis of one-sixth
day for every class hour attended pursuant to such enrollment. Provided,
that the board subject to the approval of the county superintendent of
schools may determine what schools outside of their district such pupils
shall attend. This section does not require the board of directors or board
of education of any district to admit pupils from another district.
(Source: P.A. 94-213, eff. 7-14-05.)
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