105 ILCS 5/ School Code.

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105 ILCS 5/3-14.1

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.1)

Sec. 3-14.1.

New bond.

To execute, upon notice by the county board, a new
bond, conditioned and approved as the first bond.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

105 ILCS 5/3-14.2

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.2)

Sec. 3-14.2. Supervision and control of school districts.

Except in regions established within that portion of  a Class II county school unit outside of a city of 500,000 or more inhabitants, the county superintendent of schools shall exercise supervision and
control over all school districts within the county. If a district is
divided by a county line or lines the county superintendent in the
county where the majority of the children attend school
at the time the district is organized
shall exercise supervision and control over all aspects of
supervision, reports, and financial accounting of the district
until it has been determined by the State Superintendent of Education that
60 per cent of the children attend school in another county or that a majority
of the children have attended a school in another county for three
consecutive years and the school board has adopted a resolution requesting
the supervision and control be transferred to the county superintendent
in the county in which the majority of children attend school.
The county superintendent under
whose direction a school district has been established shall retain
supervision and control until July 1 following the date of the election
establishing the district. Whenever a change in supervision and control
shall result from a change in school district boundaries, population
shifts, or other cause, such change in supervision and control shall not
be effective until July 1 following the date of its determination. All
references to the county superintendent of schools, in relation to
school districts, in this Act shall be interpreted to mean the county
superintendent of schools having supervision and control of the district
or districts as defined in this Section.

(Source: P.A. 96-893, eff. 7-1-10.)

105 ILCS 5/3-14.3

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.3)

Sec. 3-14.3. Township fund lands.

To sell township fund lands, issue certificates of purchase, report to
the county board and the Secretary of State in the manner provided in Article 15
of this Code, and perform all other duties pertaining thereto.

(Source: P.A. 95-496, eff. 8-28-07.)

105 ILCS 5/3-14.4

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.4)

Sec. 3-14.4. (Repealed).

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31. Repealed by P.A. 95-496, eff. 8-28-07.)

105 ILCS 5/3-14.5

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.5)

Sec. 3-14.5. (Repealed).

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31. Repealed by P.A. 95-496, eff. 8-28-07.)

105 ILCS 5/3-14.6

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.6) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.6)

Sec. 3-14.6.

Directions to teacher and school officers.

To give teachers and school officers such directions in the science, art
and methods of teaching, and in regard to courses of study, as he deems
expedient.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

105 ILCS 5/3-14.7

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.7) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.7)

Sec. 3-14.7.

Official adviser and assistant of school officers and
teachers. To act as the official adviser and assistant of the school officers
and teachers in his region. In the performance of this duty he shall
carry out the advice of the State Board of Education.

(Source: P.A. 81-1508.)

105 ILCS 5/3-14.8

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.8) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.8)

Sec. 3-14.8.

Teachers' institute and other meetings.

To conduct a
teachers' institute, to insure that instruction in the warning signs of
suicidal behavior in adolescents and teens and intervention techniques are
offered at such an institute, to aid and encourage the formation of other
teachers' meetings, and to assist in their management.

(Source: P.A. 85-297.)

105 ILCS 5/3-14.9

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.9) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.9)

Sec. 3-14.9.

Elevation of standard of teaching - Improvement of schools.

To labor in every practicable way to elevate the standard of teaching
and improve the condition of the common schools of his county.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

105 ILCS 5/3-14.11

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.11)

Sec. 3-14.11. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 87-473. Repealed by P.A. 95-496, eff. 8-28-07.)

105 ILCS 5/3-14.12

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.12) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.12)

Sec. 3-14.12. Examine evidences of indebtedness.

In Class II county school units with respect to townships wherein trustees of schools maintain jurisdiction and in which township funds have not heretofore been liquidated and distributed, to examine all notes, bonds, mortgages, and other evidences of
indebtedness which the township or school treasurer holds officially with respect to such fund or funds, and
if he or she
						finds that the papers are not in proper form or that the securities
are insufficient, he or she shall so state, in writing, to the
trustees of schools or school board.

(Source: P.A. 95-496, eff. 8-28-07.)

105 ILCS 5/3-14.15

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.15) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.15)

Sec. 3-14.15.

Returns, reports, statements.

To file and
keep all the returns of elections required to be returned
to him and the reports and statements returned by school treasurers and
trustees of schools.

(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)

105 ILCS 5/3-14.16

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.16) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.16)

Sec. 3-14.16.

Census.

To take a special census of a school district when
petitioned by 10% or 1,500 legal voters, whichever is less, to determine
if such district has the proper type of school board, either of directors
or a board of education, required by this Act.  The expense of such census
shall be a school district expense.  If such census shows that the proper
type of board does not exist, then such regional superintendent shall
immediately notify the school district and certify to the proper election
authorities that an election shall be held at the time next provided
for the regular election of school district officers and in the manner provided
by the general election law to select an entirely new board of the type
legally required.  The length of term of each of the members of the new board
shall be determined in the manner provided for such type of board in this Act.

(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)

105 ILCS 5/3-14.17

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.17) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.17)

Sec. 3-14.17.

Notice of amount of money distributed.

To notify the presidents of boards of trustees and the clerks and
secretaries of school districts, on or before September 30, annually, of
the amount of money distributed by him to the school treasurer, with the
date of distribution.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

105 ILCS 5/3-14.18

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.18) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.18)

Sec. 3-14.18.

Map - Numbering of districts.

To keep in his office a map of his county on a scale of not less than
two inches to the mile and to indicate thereon the boundary lines and
numbers of all school districts. Districts shall be numbered consecutively.
If a new district composed of parts of two or more counties is formed, the
county superintendents of such counties shall agree upon a number by which
the district shall be designated, which number shall not be a duplicate of
any number in either of such counties.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

105 ILCS 5/3-14.19

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.19)

Sec. 3-14.19. (Repealed).

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31. Repealed by P.A. 95-496, eff. 8-28-07.)

105 ILCS 5/3-14.20

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.20)

(from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.20)

Sec. 3-14.20. Building plans and specifications.

To inspect the building
plans and specifications, including but not limited to plans and specifications
for the heating, ventilating, lighting, seating, water supply, toilets and
safety against fire of public school rooms and buildings submitted to him by
school boards, and to approve all those which comply substantially with the
building code authorized in Section 2-3.12.

If a municipality or,
in the
case of an unincorporated area, a county or, if applicable, a fire
protection district wishes to be notified of plans and specifications received
by a regional office of education for any future
construction or alteration of a public school facility located within that
entity's
jurisdiction, then the entity must register this wish with the regional
superintendent of schools.  Within 10 days after the regional superintendent of
schools receives the
plans and specifications from a school board and prior to the bidding process,
he or she shall notify, in writing, the registered municipality and, if
applicable, the
registered fire protection district where the school that is being
constructed or altered lies that plans
and
specifications have been received. In the case of an unincorporated area, the
registered county
shall be notified. If the municipality, fire protection district, or county
requests a review of
the plans and specifications, then the school board shall submit a copy of the
plans and
specifications. The municipality and, if applicable, the fire protection
district or the county
may comment in writing on the plans and specifications based on the building
code
authorized in Section 2-3.12, referencing the specific code where a discrepancy
has been
identified, and respond back to the regional superintendent of schools within
15 days
after a copy of the plans and specifications have been received or, if needed
for plan review, such additional time
as agreed to by the regional superintendent of
schools.  This review must be at no cost to the school district.

If
such plans and
specifications
are not approved or denied approval by the regional superintendent of schools
within 3 months after the date on which they are submitted to him or her, the
school board may submit such plans and specifications directly to the State
Superintendent of Education for approval or denial.

(Source: P.A. 94-225, eff. 7-14-05.)

105 ILCS 5/3-14.21

(105 ILCS 5/3-14.21) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.21)

Sec. 3-14.21. Inspection of schools.

(a) The regional superintendent shall inspect and survey all
public
schools under his or her supervision and notify the board of education, or the
trustees of schools in a district with trustees, in writing before July 30,
whether or not the several schools in their district have been kept as required
by law, using forms provided by the State Board of Education which are based on
the Health/Life Safety Code for Public Schools adopted under Section 2-3.12.  The regional
superintendent shall report his or her findings to the State Board of
Education on
forms provided by the State Board of Education.

(b) If the regional superintendent determines that a school board has
failed in a timely manner to correct urgent items identified in a previous
life-safety report completed under Section 2-3.12 or as otherwise previously
ordered by the regional superintendent, the regional superintendent shall order
the school board to adopt and submit to the regional superintendent a plan for
the immediate correction of the building violations.  This plan shall be
adopted following a public hearing that is conducted by the school board on the
violations and the plan and that is preceded by at least 7 days' prior notice
of the hearing published in
a newspaper of general circulation within the school district.  If the regional
superintendent determines in the next annual inspection that the plan has not
been completed and that the violations have not been corrected, the regional
superintendent shall submit a report to the State Board of Education with a
recommendation that the State Board withhold from payments of general State aid or evidence-based funding
due to the district an amount necessary to correct the outstanding violations.
The State Board, upon notice to the school board
and to the regional superintendent, shall consider the report at a meeting of
the State Board, and may order that a sufficient amount of general State aid or evidence-based funding be
withheld from payments due to the district to correct the violations.  This
amount shall be paid to the regional superintendent who shall contract on
behalf of the school board for the correction of the outstanding violations.

(c)  The Office of the State Fire Marshal or a qualified fire official, as defined in Section 2-3.12 of this Code, to whom the State Fire Marshal has delegated his or her authority shall conduct an annual fire safety inspection of each school building in this State.  The State Fire Marshal or the fire official shall coordinate its inspections with the regional superintendent. The inspection shall be based on the fire safety code authorized in Section 2-3.12 of this Code.  Any violations shall be reported in writing to the regional superintendent and shall reference the specific code sections where a discrepancy has been identified within 15 days after the inspection has been conducted.  The regional superintendent shall address  those violations that are not corrected in a timely manner pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section.  The inspection must be at no cost to the school district.

(d) If a municipality or, in the case of an unincorporated area, a county or, if applicable, a fire protection district wishes to perform new construction inspections under the jurisdiction of a regional superintendent, then the entity must register this wish with the regional superintendent. These inspections must be based on the building code authorized in Section 2-3.12 of this Code. The inspections must be at no cost to the school district.

(Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)