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91_HB1830

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  School Code by changing Sections
 2    10-19, 10-19.1, and 34-18.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.  The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 6    Sections 10-19, 10-19.1, and 34-18 as follows:

 7        (105 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19)
 8        Sec.  10-19.   Length  of  school  term   -  experimental
 9    programs. Each school board shall annually prepare a calendar
10    for the school term, specifying the opening and closing dates
11    and providing a minimum term of at least 185 days  to  insure
12    176 days of actual pupil attendance, computable under Section
13    18-8.05; provided, however 18-8, except that for school years
14    subsequent  to  the  1998-1999  school year each school board
15    shall annually  prepare  a  calendar  for  the  school  term,
16    specifying  the  opening  and  closing  dates and providing a
17    minimum term to insure a minimum number  of  days  of  actual
18    pupil   attendance,  computable  under  Section  18-8.05,  in
19    accordance with the following schedule:
20                                           Minimum Number of
21                                            Days of Actual
22    School Year          Minimum Term      Pupil Attendance
23    1999-2000 and          189 days            180 days
24    each subsequent
25    school year
26    the 1980-1981 school year  only  175  days  of  actual  pupil
27    attendance  shall  be  required  because  of  the  closing of
28    schools pursuant to Section 24-2 on January 29, 1981 upon the
29    appointment by  the  President  of  that  day  as  a  day  of
30    thanksgiving  for  the  freedom of the Americans who had been
31    held hostage in Iran.
 
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 1        Any days allowed by law for teachers' institute  but  not
 2    used  as  such  or used as parental institutes as provided in
 3    Section 10-22.18d shall increase  the  minimum  term  by  the
 4    school  days  not  so  used.   Except  as provided in Section
 5    10-19.1, the board may not extend the school term beyond such
 6    closing date unless that extension of term  is  necessary  to
 7    provide  the  minimum  number of computable days.  In case of
 8    such necessary extension school employees shall be  paid  for
 9    such additional time on the basis of their regular contracts.
10    A  school  board may specify a closing date earlier than that
11    set on the annual calendar when the schools of  the  district
12    have  provided  the  minimum  number of computable days under
13    this Section. Nothing in this Section prevents the board from
14    employing superintendents of schools,  principals  and  other
15    nonteaching  personnel  for  a period of 12 months, or in the
16    case of superintendents  for  a  period  in  accordance  with
17    Section  10-23.8,  or prevents the board from employing other
18    personnel before  or  after  the  regular  school  term  with
19    payment   of   salary  proportionate  to  that  received  for
20    comparable work during the school term.
21        A school board may make such changes in its calendar  for
22    the  school  term  as  may  be required by any changes in the
23    legal school holidays prescribed in Section 24-2.   A  school
24    board may make changes in its calendar for the school term as
25    may  be  necessary  to  reflect  the utilization of teachers'
26    institute days as parental  institute  days  as  provided  in
27    Section 10-22.18d.
28        With  the  prior approval of the State Board of Education
29    and subject to review by the State Board of Education every 3
30    years, any school board may, by resolution of its  board  and
31    in  agreement  with  affected exclusive collective bargaining
32    agents,   establish   experimental   educational    programs,
33    including  but  not  limited  to  programs  for self-directed
34    learning or outside of formal class periods,  which  programs
 
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 1    when  so  approved  shall  be  considered  to comply with the
 2    requirements of this Section as respects numbers of  days  of
 3    actual  pupil  attendance  and with the other requirements of
 4    this Act as respects courses of instruction.
 5    (Source: P.A. 86-1250; 87-183.)

 6        (105 ILCS 5/10-19.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1)
 7        Sec. 10-19.1. Full year school plan. Any school  district
 8    may,  by resolution of its board, operate one or more schools
 9    within the district on a full year school  plan  approved  by
10    the  State Board of Education. Any board which operates under
11    this Section shall devise a plan so that a student's required
12    attendance in school during a 12 month period  shall  be  for
13    not  less  than the a minimum number of days term of 180 days
14    of actual pupil attendance required by Section 10-19 for  the
15    school year during which that 12 month period commences, plus
16     including not more than 4 institute days; provided, however,
17    that  during  that  a  12  month  period a student's required
18    attendance in school, but shall not  exceed,  nor  shall  any
19    teacher  be  required  to teach more than, the number of days
20    that is equal to the minimum term required to be provided  by
21    Section  10-19 for the school year during which that 12 month
22    period commences 185 days.  Under such plan, no teacher shall
23    be required to teach more than 185 days. A  calendar  of  180
24    days  may be established with the approval of the State Board
25    of Education.
26    (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)

27        (105 ILCS 5/34-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
28        Sec. 34-18.   Powers  of  the  board.   The  board  shall
29    exercise general supervision and jurisdiction over the public
30    education  and  the  public  school  system of the city, and,
31    except as otherwise provided  by  this  Article,  shall  have
32    power:
 
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 1             1.  To make suitable provision for the establishment
 2        and  maintenance  throughout the year or for such portion
 3        thereof as it may direct,  but  for  not  less  than  the
 4        minimum term required by Section 10-19 in order to insure
 5        the  minimum number of days of actual pupil attendance as
 6        required by Section 10-19 9 months,  of  schools  of  all
 7        grades and kinds, including normal schools, high schools,
 8        night  schools,  schools  for defectives and delinquents,
 9        parental and truant schools, schools for the  blind,  the
10        deaf  and  the  crippled,  schools  or  classes in manual
11        training, constructural and vocational teaching, domestic
12        arts and physical culture, vocation and extension schools
13        and lecture courses, and all  other  educational  courses
14        and   facilities,   including   establishing,  equipping,
15        maintaining and operating  playgrounds  and  recreational
16        programs,  when  such programs are conducted in, adjacent
17        to, or connected with any public school under the general
18        supervision and  jurisdiction  of  the  board;  provided,
19        however,  that  in allocating funds from year to year for
20        the  operation  of  all  attendance  centers  within  the
21        district,  the  board  shall  ensure  that   supplemental
22        general  State  aid  funds  are  allocated and applied in
23        accordance with Section 18-8 or 18-8.05. To admit to such
24        schools without charge foreign exchange students who  are
25        participants  in  an  organized  exchange student program
26        which is authorized by the board. The board shall  permit
27        all  students  to  enroll  in  apprenticeship programs in
28        trade  schools  operated  by  the  board,  whether  those
29        programs  are union-sponsored or not.  No  student  shall
30        be  refused admission into or be excluded from any course
31        of instruction offered in the common schools by reason of
32        that student's sex.  No student  shall  be  denied  equal
33        access to physical education and interscholastic athletic
34        programs  supported  from school district funds or denied
 
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 1        participation  in  comparable  physical   education   and
 2        athletic  programs solely by reason of the student's sex.
 3        Equal access to programs supported from  school  district
 4        funds  and  comparable  programs will be defined in rules
 5        promulgated  by  the  State   Board   of   Education   in
 6        consultation  with  the Illinois High School Association.
 7        Notwithstanding any  other  provision  of  this  Article,
 8        neither  the  board  of  education  nor  any local school
 9        council or other school  official  shall  recommend  that
10        children   with   disabilities  be  placed  into  regular
11        education   classrooms   unless   those   children   with
12        disabilities are provided with supplementary services  to
13        assist  them  so  that  they  benefit  from  the  regular
14        classroom  instruction  and are included on the teacher's
15        regular education class register;
16             2.  To  furnish  lunches  to  pupils,  to   make   a
17        reasonable  charge  therefor, and to use school funds for
18        the payment of such expenses as the board  may  determine
19        are necessary in conducting the school lunch program;
20             3.  To co-operate with the circuit court;
21             4.  To   make   arrangements   with  the  public  or
22        quasi-public libraries and museums for the use  of  their
23        facilities by teachers and pupils of the public schools;
24             5.  To  employ  dentists  and prescribe their duties
25        for the purpose of treating the pupils  in  the  schools,
26        but  accepting  such  treatment  shall  be  optional with
27        parents or guardians;
28             6.  To  grant  the  use  of   assembly   halls   and
29        classrooms  when  not  otherwise needed, including light,
30        heat, and attendants, for free public lectures, concerts,
31        and other  educational  and  social  interests,  free  of
32        charge,   under   such  provisions  and  control  as  the
33        principal  of  the   affected   attendance   center   may
34        prescribe;
 
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 1             7.  To  apportion the pupils to the several schools;
 2        provided  that  no  pupil  shall  be  excluded  from   or
 3        segregated  in  any  such school on account of his color,
 4        race, sex, or nationality.  The  board  shall  take  into
 5        consideration  the  prevention  of  segregation  and  the
 6        elimination  of  separation of children in public schools
 7        because of color, race, sex, or nationality. Except  that
 8        children  may  be  committed  to  or  attend parental and
 9        social  adjustment  schools  established  and  maintained
10        either for boys or girls only.  All records pertaining to
11        the creation, alteration or revision of attendance  areas
12        shall  be open to the public.  Nothing herein shall limit
13        the board's authority to establish multi-area  attendance
14        centers   or   other   student   assignment  systems  for
15        desegregation purposes or otherwise, and to apportion the
16        pupils to the several schools.  Furthermore, beginning in
17        school year 1994-95, pursuant to a board plan adopted  by
18        October  1,  1993, the board shall offer, commencing on a
19        phased-in basis, the opportunity for families within  the
20        school district to apply for enrollment of their children
21        in any attendance center within the school district which
22        does  not  have selective admission requirements approved
23        by the board.  The appropriate geographical area in which
24        such open enrollment may be exercised shall be determined
25        by the board of education.  Such children may be admitted
26        to any such attendance center on a space available  basis
27        after   all  children  residing  within  such  attendance
28        center's area have been accommodated.  If the  number  of
29        applicants  from  outside  the attendance area exceed the
30        space available,  then  successful  applicants  shall  be
31        selected  by  lottery.   The  board  of  education's open
32        enrollment plan must include provisions  that  allow  low
33        income  students  to have access to transportation needed
34        to exercise school choice.  Open enrollment shall  be  in
 
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 1        compliance  with the provisions of the Consent Decree and
 2        Desegregation Plan cited in Section 34-1.01;
 3             8.  To approve programs and policies  for  providing
 4        transportation services to students. Nothing herein shall
 5        be  construed  to  permit  or  empower the State Board of
 6        Education to order, mandate, or require busing  or  other
 7        transportation  of  pupils  for  the purpose of achieving
 8        racial balance in any school;
 9             9.  Subject to the limitations in this  Article,  to
10        establish  and  approve system-wide curriculum objectives
11        and  standards,  including  graduation  standards,  which
12        reflect the multi-cultural diversity in the city and  are
13        consistent with State law, provided that for all purposes
14        of  this  Article courses or proficiency in American Sign
15        Language  shall  be  deemed  to  constitute  courses   or
16        proficiency   in   a  foreign  language;  and  to  employ
17        principals and teachers, appointed as  provided  in  this
18        Article,  and  fix  their  compensation.  The board shall
19        prepare  such  reports  related  to  minimal   competency
20        testing  as  may  be  requested  by  the  State  Board of
21        Education, and in  addition  shall  monitor  and  approve
22        special  education  and  bilingual education programs and
23        policies within the district to assure  that  appropriate
24        services are provided in accordance with applicable State
25        and  federal  laws  to  children  requiring  services and
26        education in those areas;
27             10.  To employ  non-teaching  personnel  or  utilize
28        volunteer  personnel  for:  (i)  non-teaching  duties not
29        requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils,
30        including library  duties;  and  (ii)  supervising  study
31        halls,   long  distance  teaching  reception  areas  used
32        incident  to  instructional   programs   transmitted   by
33        electronic  media  such  as  computers, video, and audio,
34        detention  and  discipline  areas,  and  school-sponsored
 
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 1        extracurricular activities. The board may further utilize
 2        volunteer   non-certificated    personnel    or    employ
 3        non-certificated  personnel  to assist in the instruction
 4        of pupils under the immediate supervision  of  a  teacher
 5        holding a valid certificate, directly engaged in teaching
 6        subject  matter  or  conducting activities; provided that
 7        the  teacher  shall  be   continuously   aware   of   the
 8        non-certificated persons' activities and shall be able to
 9        control  or modify them. The general superintendent shall
10        determine qualifications  of  such  personnel  and  shall
11        prescribe rules for determining the duties and activities
12        to be assigned to such personnel;
13             11.  To  provide television studio facilities in not
14        to exceed one school building and to provide programs for
15        educational purposes, provided, however, that  the  board
16        shall  not  construct,  acquire,  operate,  or maintain a
17        television transmitter; to grant the use  of  its  studio
18        facilities  to  a  licensed television station located in
19        the school district; and to maintain and operate  not  to
20        exceed  one school radio transmitting station and provide
21        programs for educational purposes;
22             12.  To  offer,  if  deemed   appropriate,   outdoor
23        education courses, including field trips within the State
24        of  Illinois,  or  adjacent  states,  and  to  use school
25        educational funds for the expense  of  the  said  outdoor
26        educational  programs, whether within the school district
27        or not;
28             13.  During that period of  the  calendar  year  not
29        embraced  within  the regular school term, to provide and
30        conduct courses in subject matters normally  embraced  in
31        the program of the schools during the regular school term
32        and  to  give  regular  school  credit  for  satisfactory
33        completion  by  the  student  of  such  courses as may be
34        approved for credit by the State Board of Education;
 
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 1             14.  To insure against any loss or liability of  the
 2        board,  the  former  School  Board Nominating Commission,
 3        Local  School  Councils,  the  Chicago  Schools  Academic
 4        Accountability  Council,  or   the   former   Subdistrict
 5        Councils  or  of  any  member, officer, agent or employee
 6        thereof,  resulting  from  alleged  violations  of  civil
 7        rights arising  from  incidents  occurring  on  or  after
 8        September  5,  1967 or from the wrongful or negligent act
 9        or omission of any such person whether  occurring  within
10        or  without  the  school  premises, provided the officer,
11        agent or  employee  was,  at  the  time  of  the  alleged
12        violation  of  civil  rights or wrongful act or omission,
13        acting within  the  scope  of  his  employment  or  under
14        direction   of   the   board,  the  former  School  Board
15        Nominating  Commission,  the  Chicago  Schools   Academic
16        Accountability  Council,  Local  School  Councils, or the
17        former  Subdistrict  Councils;  and  to  provide  for  or
18        participate in  insurance  plans  for  its  officers  and
19        employees,   including  but  not  limited  to  retirement
20        annuities, medical, surgical and hospitalization benefits
21        in such types and amounts as may  be  determined  by  the
22        board;  provided,  however, that the board shall contract
23        for  such  insurance  only  with  an  insurance   company
24        authorized  to do business in this State.  Such insurance
25        may include provision for employees who rely on treatment
26        by prayer  or  spiritual  means  alone  for  healing,  in
27        accordance  with  the tenets and practice of a recognized
28        religious denomination;
29             15.  To contract with the corporate  authorities  of
30        any  municipality  or  the county board of any county, as
31        the case may be, to provide for the regulation of traffic
32        in parking areas of property used for school purposes, in
33        such manner as is  provided  by  Section  11-209  of  The
34        Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  approved September 29, 1969, as
 
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 1        amended;
 2             16.  To provide, on an equal basis,  access  to  the
 3        school  campus to the official recruiting representatives
 4        of the armed forces of Illinois and the United States for
 5        the purposes of informing students of the educational and
 6        career opportunities available in  the  military  if  the
 7        board has provided such access to persons or groups whose
 8        purpose  is  to  acquaint  students  with  educational or
 9        occupational opportunities available to them.  The  board
10        is  not  required  to  give  greater notice regarding the
11        right of access to  recruiting  representatives  than  is
12        given to other persons and groups;
13             17. (a)  To  sell  or  market  any  computer program
14        developed by an employee of the school district, provided
15        that such employee developed the computer  program  as  a
16        direct  result  of  his  or  her  duties  with the school
17        district  or  through  the  utilization  of  the   school
18        district  resources  or  facilities.    The  employee who
19        developed the computer program shall be entitled to share
20        in the proceeds of such sale or marketing of the computer
21        program.  The distribution of such proceeds  between  the
22        employee  and the school district shall be as agreed upon
23        by the employee and  the  school  district,  except  that
24        neither  the employee nor the school district may receive
25        more than 90% of such proceeds.  The negotiation  for  an
26        employee  who  is  represented by an exclusive bargaining
27        representative  may  be  conducted  by  such   bargaining
28        representative at the employee's request.
29             (b)  For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
30                  (1)  "Computer" means an internally programmed,
31             general    purpose   digital   device   capable   of
32             automatically accepting data,  processing  data  and
33             supplying the results of the operation.
34                  (2)  "Computer program" means a series of coded
 
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 1             instructions or statements in a form acceptable to a
 2             computer,  which causes the computer to process data
 3             in order to achieve a certain result.
 4                  (3)  "Proceeds"  means  profits  derived   from
 5             marketing  or  sale of a product after deducting the
 6             expenses of developing and marketing such product;
 7             18.  To delegate to the  general  superintendent  of
 8        schools,   by   resolution,   the  authority  to  approve
 9        contracts and expenditures in amounts of $10,000 or less;
10             19.  Upon the written request  of  an  employee,  to
11        withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues,
12        payments or contributions payable by such employee to any
13        labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational
14        Labor  Relations  Act.  Under such arrangement, an amount
15        shall be withheld from each regular payroll period  which
16        is  equal  to  the pro rata share of the annual dues plus
17        any  payments  or  contributions,  and  the  board  shall
18        transmit  such  withholdings  to  the   specified   labor
19        organization  within 10 working days from the time of the
20        withholding;
21             19a.  Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of
22        a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more  that
23        a  debt  is due and owing the municipality by an employee
24        of the  Chicago  School  Reform  Board  of  Trustees,  to
25        withhold,  from  the  compensation  of that employee, the
26        amount of the debt that is due  and  owing  and  pay  the
27        amount  withheld  to the municipality; provided, however,
28        that the amount deducted from  any  one  salary  or  wage
29        payment  shall  not  exceed  25% of the net amount of the
30        payment.  Before the Board deducts any  amount  from  any
31        salary  or  wage of an employee under this paragraph, the
32        municipality shall certify that  the  employee  has  been
33        afforded an opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt
34        that  is due and owing the municipality.  For purposes of
 
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 1        this paragraph, "net  amount"  means  that  part  of  the
 2        salary  or  wage payment remaining after the deduction of
 3        any amounts required by law to be deducted and "debt  due
 4        and owing" means (i) a specified sum of money owed to the
 5        municipality for city services, work, or goods, after the
 6        period  granted  for  payment  has  expired,  or  (ii)  a
 7        specified  sum of money owed to the municipality pursuant
 8        to a court order or order of  an  administrative  hearing
 9        officer  after  the  exhaustion  of,  or  the  failure to
10        exhaust, judicial review;
11             20.  The board is encouraged to employ a  sufficient
12        number  of  certified  school  counselors  to  maintain a
13        student/counselor ratio of 250 to  1  by  July  1,  1990.
14        Each  counselor shall spend at least 75% of his work time
15        in direct contact with  students  and  shall  maintain  a
16        record of such time;
17             21.  To  make  available  to students vocational and
18        career counseling  and  to  establish  5  special  career
19        counseling  days for students and parents.  On these days
20        representatives of local businesses and industries  shall
21        be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
22        of  career opportunities available to them in the various
23        businesses and industries.  Special  consideration  shall
24        be  given  to  counseling  minority students as to career
25        opportunities available to them in various fields.    For
26        the  purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a
27        person who is:
28                  (a)  Black (a person having origins in  any  of
29             the black racial groups in Africa);
30                  (b)  Hispanic   (a   person   of   Spanish   or
31             Portuguese  culture with origins in Mexico, South or
32             Central   America,   or   the   Caribbean   islands,
33             regardless of race);
34                  (c)  Asian American (a person having origins in
 
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 1             any  of  the  original  peoples  of  the  Far  East,
 2             Southeast  Asia,  the  Indian  Subcontinent  or  the
 3             Pacific Islands); or
 4                  (d)  American  Indian  or  Alaskan  Native   (a
 5             person having origins in any of the original peoples
 6             of North America).
 7             Counseling  days  shall  not  be  in lieu of regular
 8        school days;
 9             22.  To report to the State Board of  Education  the
10        annual  student  dropout  rate and number of students who
11        graduate from, transfer from or otherwise leave bilingual
12        programs;
13             23.  Except as otherwise provided in the Abused  and
14        Neglected  Child  Reporting Act or other applicable State
15        or federal law, to permit school officials  to  withhold,
16        from  any  person,  information on the whereabouts of any
17        child removed from school premises  when  the  child  has
18        been  taken  into  protective  custody  as  a  victim  of
19        suspected  child  abuse.   School  officials shall direct
20        such person to the  Department  of  Children  and  Family
21        Services,  or  to  the  local  law  enforcement agency if
22        appropriate;
23             24.  To develop a policy, based on the current state
24        of existing school facilities, projected  enrollment  and
25        efficient utilization of available resources, for capital
26        improvement  of  schools  and school buildings within the
27        district, addressing in that  policy  both  the  relative
28        priority  for major repairs, renovations and additions to
29        school facilities, and the advisability or  necessity  of
30        building   new  school  facilities  or  closing  existing
31        schools to meet current or projected demographic patterns
32        within the district;
33             25.  To make available to the students in every high
34        school attendance center the ability to take all  courses
 
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 1        necessary  to comply with the Board of Higher Education's
 2        college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
 3             26.  To  encourage  mid-career  changes   into   the
 4        teaching   profession,  whereby  qualified  professionals
 5        become  certified  teachers,  by  allowing   credit   for
 6        professional    employment   in   related   fields   when
 7        determining point of entry on teacher pay scale;
 8             27.  To provide or contract  out  training  programs
 9        for  administrative personnel and principals with revised
10        or expanded duties pursuant  to  this  Act  in  order  to
11        assure  they  have  the  knowledge  and skills to perform
12        their duties;
13             28.  To establish a fund for the prioritized special
14        needs programs, and to allocate such funds and other lump
15        sum  amounts  to  each  attendance  center  in  a  manner
16        consistent with the  provisions  of  part  4  of  Section
17        34-2.3.   Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
18        require any additional appropriations of State funds  for
19        this purpose;
20             29.  (Blank);
21             30.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
22        or  any other law to the contrary, to contract with third
23        parties for services otherwise  performed  by  employees,
24        including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
25        employees  upon  14  days  written notice to the affected
26        employees.  Those contracts may be for a  period  not  to
27        exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a system-wide basis;
28             31.  To  promulgate  rules  establishing  procedures
29        governing  the  layoff or reduction in force of employees
30        and the recall of  such  employees,  including,  but  not
31        limited  to,  criteria  for  such  layoffs, reductions in
32        force or recall rights of such employees and  the  weight
33        to  be  given to any particular criterion.  Such criteria
34        shall take into account factors  including,  but  not  be
 
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 1        limited  to,  qualifications, certifications, experience,
 2        performance ratings or evaluations, and any other factors
 3        relating to an employee's job performance; and
 4             32.  To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in  the
 5        hiring of personnel or the selection of contractors.
 6        The  specifications  of the powers herein granted are not
 7    to be  construed  as  exclusive  but  the  board  shall  also
 8    exercise  all  other  powers  that  they  may be requisite or
 9    proper for the maintenance and the development  of  a  public
10    school  system, not inconsistent with the other provisions of
11    this Article or provisions of this Code which  apply  to  all
12    school districts.
13        In  addition  to the powers herein granted and authorized
14    to be exercised by the board, it shall be  the  duty  of  the
15    board  to  review or to direct independent reviews of special
16    education expenditures and services. The board shall  file  a
17    report  of such review with the General Assembly on or before
18    May 1, 1990.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-15,  eff.  5-30-95;  89-397,  eff.  8-20-95;
20    89-626,  eff.  8-9-96;  90-22,  eff.  6-20-97;  90-548,  eff.
21    1-1-98.)

22        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
23    becoming law.

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