Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
Filed: 3/28/2006
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 858 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 858  by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
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2-3.25o as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25o)

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    Sec. 2-3.25o. Registration and recognition of non-public 
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elementary and
secondary schools.


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    (a) Findings. The General Assembly finds and declares (i) 
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that the
Constitution
of the State of Illinois provides that a 
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"fundamental goal of the People of the
State is the
educational 
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development of all persons to the limits of their capacities" 
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and
(ii) that the
educational development of every school 
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student serves the public purposes of
the State.
In order to 
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ensure that all Illinois students and teachers have the 
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opportunity
to enroll and
work in State-approved educational 
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institutions and programs, the State Board
of
Education shall 
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provide for the voluntary registration and recognition of

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non-public
elementary and secondary schools.


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    (b) Registration. All non-public elementary and secondary 
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schools in the
State
of
Illinois may voluntarily register with 
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the State Board of Education on an
annual basis. Registration 
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shall
be completed
in conformance with procedures prescribed by 
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the State Board of Education.
Information
required for 
 


 






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registration shall include assurances of compliance (i) with

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federal
and State
laws regarding health examination and 
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immunization, attendance, length of term,
and

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nondiscrimination,
and (ii) with applicable fire and health 
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safety requirements, and (iii) with the criminal history 
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records check requirements set forth in Section 10-21.9 of this 
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Code.

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    (c) Recognition. All non-public elementary and secondary 
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schools in the
State of
Illinois may voluntarily seek the 
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status of "Non-public School Recognition"
from
the State
Board 
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of Education. This status may be obtained by compliance with

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administrative
guidelines and review procedures as prescribed 
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by the State Board of Education.
The
guidelines and procedures 
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must recognize that some of the aims and the
financial bases of

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non-public schools are different from public schools and will 
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not be identical
to those for
public schools, nor will they be 
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more burdensome. The guidelines and procedures
must
also 
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recognize the diversity of non-public schools and shall not 
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impinge upon
the
noneducational relationships between those 
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schools and their clientele.
A non-public elementary or 
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secondary school must also provide the State Board of Education 
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with an assurance of compliance with the criminal history 
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records check requirements set forth in Section 10-21.9 of this 
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Code in order to obtain the status of "Non-public School 
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Recognition".


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    (d) Public purposes. The provisions of this Section are in 
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the public
interest, for
the public benefit, and serve secular 
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public purposes.


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    (e) Definition. For purposes of this Section, a non-public 
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school means any
non-profit, non-home-based, and non-public 
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elementary or secondary school that
is
in
compliance with Title 
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VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at
which

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satisfies the requirements of Section 26-1 of this Code.


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(Source: P.A. 93-661, eff. 2-10-04.)".