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Rep. Mary E. Flowers
Filed: 5/30/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4441
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4441, AS AMENDED, by |
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| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
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| following:
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections |
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| 10-20.12 and 34-19 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-20.12) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.12)
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| Sec. 10-20.12. School year - School age. To establish and |
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| keep in
operation in each year during a school term of at least |
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| the minimum length
required by Section 10-19, a sufficient |
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| number of free schools for the
accommodation of all persons in |
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| the district who are 5 years of age or
older but under 21 years |
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| of age, and to secure for all such persons the
right and |
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| opportunity to an equal education in such schools; provided |
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| that (i)
children who will attain the age of 5 years on or |
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| before September 1 of the
year of the 1990-1991 school term and |
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| each school term thereafter may
attend school upon the |
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| commencement of such term , (ii) children who, for a full year, |
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| have attended a pre-kindergarten program through a State Board |
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| of Education early childhood education block grant or other |
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| federal funds distributed by the State Board for |
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| pre-kindergarten purposes or a pre-kindergarten program |
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| accredited by the National Association for the Education of |
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| Young Children and who will attain the age of 5 years on or |
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| before December 31 of the year of the 2008-2009 school term and |
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| each school term thereafter may attend school upon commencement |
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| of such term, and (iii) children who have attended a full year |
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| of a private prekindergarten program and continued their |
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| education at that school through kindergarten and who will |
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| attain the age of 6 years on or before December 31 of the year |
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| of the 2008-2009 school term and each school term thereafter |
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| may attend first grade upon commencement of such term . Based |
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| upon an assessment
of a child's readiness to attend school, a |
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| school district may permit a
child to attend school prior to |
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| the dates contained in this Section. In any
school district |
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| operating on a full year school basis children who will
attain |
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| age 5 within 30 days after the commencement of a term may |
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| attend
school upon the commencement of such term. The school |
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| district may, by
resolution of its board, allow for a full year |
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| school plan.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-359.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/34-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-19)
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| Sec. 34-19. By-laws, rules and regulations; business |
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| transacted at
regular meetings; voting; records. The board |
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| shall, subject to the limitations
in this Article, establish |
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| by-laws, rules and regulations, which shall have the
force of |
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| ordinances, for the proper maintenance of a uniform system of
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| discipline for both employees and pupils, and for the entire |
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| management of the
schools, and may fix the school age of |
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| pupils, the minimum of which in
kindergartens shall not be |
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| under 5 4 years , except that those pupils who, for a full year, |
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| have attended a pre-kindergarten program through a State Board |
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| of Education early childhood education block grant or other |
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| federal funds distributed by the State Board for |
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| pre-kindergarten purposes or a pre-kindergarten program |
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| accredited by the National Association for the Education of |
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| Young Children and who will attain the age of 5 years on or |
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| before December 31 of the year of the 2008-2009 school term and |
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| each school term thereafter may attend school upon commencement |
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| of such term, and in grade schools shall not be
under 6 years , |
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| except that pupils who have attended a full year of a private |
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| prekindergarten program and continued their education at that |
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| school through kindergarten and who will attain the age of 6 |
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| years on or before December 31 of the year of the 2008-2009 |
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| school term and each school term thereafter may attend first |
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| grade upon commencement of such term . It may expel, suspend or, |
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| subject to the limitations of all
policies established or |
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| adopted under Section 14-8.05, otherwise discipline any
pupil |
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| found guilty of gross disobedience, misconduct or other |
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| violation of the
by-laws, rules and regulations. The bylaws, |
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| rules and regulations of the board
shall be enacted, money |
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| shall be appropriated or expended, salaries shall be
fixed or |
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| changed, and textbooks and courses of instruction shall be |
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| adopted or
changed only at the regular meetings of the board |
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| and by a vote of a
majority of the full membership of the |
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| board; provided that
notwithstanding any other provision of |
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| this Article or the School Code,
neither the board or any local |
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| school council may purchase any textbook for use in any public |
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| school of the
district from any textbook publisher that fails |
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| to furnish any computer
diskettes as required under Section |
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| 28-21. The board shall be further
encouraged to provide |
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| opportunities for public hearing and testimony before
the |
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| adoption of bylaws, rules and regulations. Upon all |
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| propositions
requiring for their adoption at least a majority |
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| of all the members of the
board the yeas and nays shall be |
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| taken and reported. The by-laws, rules and
regulations of the |
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| board shall not be repealed, amended or added to, except
by a |
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| vote of 2/3 of the full membership of the board. The board |
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| shall keep
a record of all its proceedings. Such records and |
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| all
by-laws, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, may be |
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| proved by a copy
thereof certified to be such by the secretary |
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| of the board, but if they are
printed in book or pamphlet form |
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| which are purported to be published by
authority of the board |
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| they need not be otherwise published and the book or
pamphlet |
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| shall be received as evidence, without further proof, of the
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| records, by-laws, rules and regulations, or any part thereof, |
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| as of the
dates thereof as shown in such book or pamphlet, in |
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| all courts and places
where judicial proceedings are had.
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| Notwithstanding any other provision in this Article or in |
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| the School
Code, the board may delegate to the general |
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| superintendent or to the
attorney the authorities granted to |
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| the board in the School Code, provided
such delegation and |
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| appropriate oversight procedures are made pursuant to
board |
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| by-laws, rules and regulations, adopted as herein provided, |
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| except that
the board may not delegate its authorities and |
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| responsibilities regarding (1)
budget approval obligations; |
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| (2) rule-making functions; (3) desegregation
obligations; (4) |
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| real estate acquisition, sale or lease in excess of 10 years
as |
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| provided in Section 34-21; (5) the levy of taxes; or (6) any |
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| mandates
imposed upon the board by "An Act in relation to |
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| school reform in cities over
500,000, amending Acts herein |
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| named", approved December 12, 1988 (P.A.
85-1418).
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| (Source: P.A. 88-45; 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
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| 2008.".
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