100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1486

 

Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Chuck Weaver

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-22.6a  from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.6a
105 ILCS 5/14-13.01  from Ch. 122, par. 14-13.01
105 ILCS 5/27-22  from Ch. 122, par. 27-22
105 ILCS 128/15
105 ILCS 128/20

    Amends the School Code and the School Safety Drill Act. In provisions concerning home or hospital instruction, adds references to advanced practice nurses. In provisions concerning required high school courses, removes obsolete language. Provides that private schools that do not utilize a bus to transport students are exempt from conducting bus evacuation drills, with conditions. Effective July 1, 2017.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
510-22.6a, 14-13.01, and 27-22 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-22.6a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.6a)
7    Sec. 10-22.6a. To provide by home instruction,
8correspondence courses or otherwise courses of instruction for
9pupils who are unable to attend school because of pregnancy.
10Such instruction shall be provided to the pupil (1) before the
11birth of the child when the pupil's physician or advanced
12practice nurse has indicated to the district, in writing, that
13the pupil is medically unable to attend regular classroom
14instruction and (2) for up to 3 months following the birth of
15the child or a miscarriage. The instruction course shall be
16designed to offer educational experiences that are equivalent
17to those given to pupils at the same grade level in the
18district and that are designed to enable the pupil to return to
19the classroom.
20(Source: P.A. 84-1430.)
 
21    (105 ILCS 5/14-13.01)  (from Ch. 122, par. 14-13.01)
22    Sec. 14-13.01. Reimbursement payable by State; amounts for

 

 

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1personnel and transportation.
2    (a) For staff working on behalf of children who have not
3been identified as eligible for special education and for
4eligible children with physical disabilities, including all
5eligible children whose placement has been determined under
6Section 14-8.02 in hospital or home instruction, 1/2 of the
7teacher's salary but not more than $1,000 annually per child or
8$9,000 per teacher, whichever is less. A child qualifies for
9home or hospital instruction if it is anticipated that, due to
10a medical condition, the child will be unable to attend school,
11and instead must be instructed at home or in the hospital, for
12a period of 2 or more consecutive weeks or on an ongoing
13intermittent basis. For purposes of this Section, "ongoing
14intermittent basis" means that the child's medical condition is
15of such a nature or severity that it is anticipated that the
16child will be absent from school due to the medical condition
17for periods of at least 2 days at a time multiple times during
18the school year totaling at least 10 days or more of absences.
19There shall be no requirement that a child be absent from
20school a minimum number of days before the child qualifies for
21home or hospital instruction. In order to establish eligibility
22for home or hospital services, a student's parent or guardian
23must submit to the child's school district of residence a
24written statement from a physician licensed to practice
25medicine in all of its branches or a licensed advanced practice
26nurse stating the existence of such medical condition, the

 

 

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1impact on the child's ability to participate in education, and
2the anticipated duration or nature of the child's absence from
3school. Home or hospital instruction may commence upon receipt
4of a written physician's or advanced practice nurse's statement
5in accordance with this Section, but instruction shall commence
6not later than 5 school days after the school district receives
7the physician's or advanced practice nurse's statement.
8Special education and related services required by the child's
9IEP or services and accommodations required by the child's
10federal Section 504 plan must be implemented as part of the
11child's home or hospital instruction, unless the IEP team or
12federal Section 504 plan team determines that modifications are
13necessary during the home or hospital instruction due to the
14child's condition. Eligible children to be included in any
15reimbursement under this paragraph must regularly receive a
16minimum of one hour of instruction each school day, or in lieu
17thereof of a minimum of 5 hours of instruction in each school
18week in order to qualify for full reimbursement under this
19Section. If the attending physician or advanced practice nurse
20for such a child has certified that the child should not
21receive as many as 5 hours of instruction in a school week,
22however, reimbursement under this paragraph on account of that
23child shall be computed proportionate to the actual hours of
24instruction per week for that child divided by 5. The State
25Board of Education shall establish rules governing the required
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1instruction.
2    (b) For children described in Section 14-1.02, 80% of the
3cost of transportation approved as a related service in the
4Individualized Education Program for each student in order to
5take advantage of special educational facilities.
6Transportation costs shall be determined in the same fashion as
7provided in Section 29-5. For purposes of this subsection (b),
8the dates for processing claims specified in Section 29-5 shall
9apply.
10    (c) For each qualified worker, the annual sum of $9,000.
11    (d) For one full time qualified director of the special
12education program of each school district which maintains a
13fully approved program of special education the annual sum of
14$9,000. Districts participating in a joint agreement special
15education program shall not receive such reimbursement if
16reimbursement is made for a director of the joint agreement
17program.
18    (e) (Blank).
19    (f) (Blank).
20    (g) For readers, working with blind or partially seeing
21children 1/2 of their salary but not more than $400 annually
22per child. Readers may be employed to assist such children and
23shall not be required to be certified but prior to employment
24shall meet standards set up by the State Board of Education.
25    (h) For non-certified employees, as defined by rules
26promulgated by the State Board of Education, who deliver

 

 

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1services to students with IEPs, 1/2 of the salary paid or
2$3,500 per employee, whichever is less.
3    The State Board of Education shall set standards and
4prescribe rules for determining the allocation of
5reimbursement under this section on less than a full time basis
6and for less than a school year.
7    When any school district eligible for reimbursement under
8this Section operates a school or program approved by the State
9Superintendent of Education for a number of days in excess of
10the adopted school calendar but not to exceed 235 school days,
11such reimbursement shall be increased by 1/180 of the amount or
12rate paid hereunder for each day such school is operated in
13excess of 180 days per calendar year.
14    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school
15district receiving a payment under this Section or under
16Section 14-7.02, 14-7.02b, or 29-5 of this Code may classify
17all or a portion of the funds that it receives in a particular
18fiscal year or from general State aid pursuant to Section
1918-8.05 of this Code as funds received in connection with any
20funding program for which it is entitled to receive funds from
21the State in that fiscal year (including, without limitation,
22any funding program referenced in this Section), regardless of
23the source or timing of the receipt. The district may not
24classify more funds as funds received in connection with the
25funding program than the district is entitled to receive in
26that fiscal year for that program. Any classification by a

 

 

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1district must be made by a resolution of its board of
2education. The resolution must identify the amount of any
3payments or general State aid to be classified under this
4paragraph and must specify the funding program to which the
5funds are to be treated as received in connection therewith.
6This resolution is controlling as to the classification of
7funds referenced therein. A certified copy of the resolution
8must be sent to the State Superintendent of Education. The
9resolution shall still take effect even though a copy of the
10resolution has not been sent to the State Superintendent of
11Education in a timely manner. No classification under this
12paragraph by a district shall affect the total amount or timing
13of money the district is entitled to receive under this Code.
14No classification under this paragraph by a district shall in
15any way relieve the district from or affect any requirements
16that otherwise would apply with respect to that funding
17program, including any accounting of funds by source, reporting
18expenditures by original source and purpose, reporting
19requirements, or requirements of providing services.
20(Source: P.A. 96-257, eff. 8-11-09; 97-123, eff. 7-14-11.)
 
21    (105 ILCS 5/27-22)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22)
22    Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
23    (a) (Blank). As a prerequisite to receiving a high school
24diploma, each pupil entering the 9th grade in the 1984-1985
25school year through the 2004-2005 school year must, in addition

 

 

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1to other course requirements, successfully complete the
2following courses:
3        (1) three years of language arts;
4        (2) two years of mathematics, one of which may be
5    related to computer technology;
6        (3) one year of science;
7        (4) two years of social studies, of which at least one
8    year must be history of the United States or a combination
9    of history of the United States and American government;
10    and
11        (5) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C)
12    foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American
13    Sign Language or (D) vocational education.
14    (b) (Blank). As a prerequisite to receiving a high school
15diploma, each pupil entering the 9th grade in the 2005-2006
16school year must, in addition to other course requirements,
17successfully complete all of the following courses:
18        (1) Three years of language arts.
19        (2) Three years of mathematics.
20        (3) One year of science.
21        (4) Two years of social studies, of which at least one
22    year must be history of the United States or a combination
23    of history of the United States and American government.
24        (5) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C)
25    foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American
26    Sign Language, or (D) vocational education.

 

 

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1    (c) (Blank). As a prerequisite to receiving a high school
2diploma, each pupil entering the 9th grade in the 2006-2007
3school year must, in addition to other course requirements,
4successfully complete all of the following courses:
5        (1) Three years of language arts.
6        (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of
7    which must be English and the other of which may be English
8    or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive
9    courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other
10    graduation requirements.
11        (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be
12    Algebra I and one of which must include geometry content.
13        (4) One year of science.
14        (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one
15    year must be history of the United States or a combination
16    of history of the United States and American government.
17        (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C)
18    foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American
19    Sign Language, or (D) vocational education.
20    (d) (Blank). As a prerequisite to receiving a high school
21diploma, each pupil entering the 9th grade in the 2007-2008
22school year must, in addition to other course requirements,
23successfully complete all of the following courses:
24        (1) Three years of language arts.
25        (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of
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1    or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive
2    courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other
3    graduation requirements.
4        (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be
5    Algebra I and one of which must include geometry content.
6        (4) Two years of science.
7        (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one
8    year must be history of the United States or a combination
9    of history of the United States and American government.
10        (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C)
11    foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American
12    Sign Language, or (D) vocational education.
13    (e) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma,
14each pupil entering the 9th grade in the 2008-2009 school year
15or a subsequent school year must, in addition to other course
16requirements, successfully complete all of the following
17courses:
18        (1) Four years of language arts.
19        (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of
20    which must be English and the other of which may be English
21    or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive
22    courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other
23    graduation requirements.
24        (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be
25    Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and
26    one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science

 

 

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1    course if the pupil successfully completes Algebra II or an
2    integrated mathematics course with Algebra II content.
3        (4) Two years of science.
4        (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one
5    year must be history of the United States or a combination
6    of history of the United States and American government
7    and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the
8    2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at
9    least one semester must be civics, which shall help young
10    people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and
11    attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and
12    responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course
13    content shall focus on government institutions, the
14    discussion of current and controversial issues, service
15    learning, and simulations of the democratic process.
16    School districts may utilize private funding available for
17    the purposes of offering civics education.
18        (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C)
19    foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American
20    Sign Language, or (D) vocational education.
21    (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform
22school districts of standards for writing-intensive
23coursework.
24    (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement
25computer science course to high school students, then the
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1school mathematics course and must denote on the student's
2transcript that the Advanced Placement computer science course
3qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative course for
4students in accordance with subdivision (3) of subsection (e)
5of this Section.
6    (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils
7entering the 9th grade in 1983-1984 school year and prior
8school years or to students with disabilities whose course of
9study is determined by an individualized education program.
10    This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not
11apply to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school
12year or a prior school year or to students with disabilities
13whose course of study is determined by an individualized
14education program.
15    (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the
16provisions of Section 27-22.05 of this Code and the
17Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
18(Source: P.A. 98-885, eff. 8-15-14; 99-434, eff. 7-1-16 (see
19P.A. 99-485 for the effective date of changes made by P.A.
2099-434); 99-485, eff. 11-20-15; 99-674, eff. 7-29-16.)
 
21    Section 10. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by
22changing Sections 15 and 20 as follows:
 
23    (105 ILCS 128/15)
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1school safety drills shall be instituted by all schools in this
2State:
3        (1) School evacuation drills, which shall address and
4    prepare students and school personnel for situations that
5    occur when conditions outside of a school building are
6    safer than inside a school building. Evacuation incidents
7    are based on the needs of particular communities and may
8    include without limitation the following:
9            (A) fire;
10            (B) suspicious items or persons;
11            (C) incidents involving hazardous materials,
12        including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary,
13        and explosives; and
14            (D) bomb threats.
15        (2) Except as limited by subsection (b-5) of Section 20
16    of this Act, bus Bus evacuation drills, which shall address
17    and prepare students and school personnel for situations
18    that occur when conditions outside of a bus are safer than
19    inside the bus. Evacuation incidents are based on the needs
20    of particular communities and may include without
21    limitation the following:
22            (A) fire;
23            (B) suspicious items; and
24            (C) incidents involving hazardous materials,
25        including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary,
26        and explosives.

 

 

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1        (3) Law enforcement drills, which shall address and
2    prepare school personnel for situations calling for the
3    involvement of law enforcement when conditions inside a
4    school building are safer than outside of a school building
5    and it is necessary to protect building occupants from
6    potential dangers in a school building. Law enforcement
7    drills may involve situations that call for the
8    reverse-evacuation or the lock-down of a school building.
9    Evacuation or reverse-evacuation incidents shall include a
10    shooting incident.
11        (4) Severe weather and shelter-in-place drills, which
12    shall address and prepare students for situations
13    involving severe weather emergencies or the release of
14    external gas or chemicals. Severe weather and
15    shelter-in-place incidents shall be based on the needs and
16    environment of particular communities and may include
17    without limitation the following:
18            (A) severe weather, including, but not limited to,
19        shear winds, lightning, and earthquakes;
20            (B) incidents involving hazardous materials,
21        including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary,
22        and explosives; and
23            (C) incidents involving weapons of mass
24        destruction, including, but not limited to,
25        biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons.
26(Source: P.A. 98-48, eff. 7-1-13.)
 

 

 

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1    (105 ILCS 128/20)
2    Sec. 20. Number of drills; incidents covered; local
3authority participation.
4    (a) During each academic year, schools must conduct a
5minimum of 3 school evacuation drills to address and prepare
6students and school personnel for fire incidents. These drills
7must meet all of the following criteria:
8        (1) One of the 3 school evacuation drills shall require
9    the participation of the appropriate local fire department
10    or district.
11            (A) Each local fire department or fire district
12        must contact the appropriate school administrator or
13        his or her designee no later than September 1 of each
14        year in order to arrange for the participation of the
15        department or district in the school evacuation drill.
16            (B) Each school administrator or his or her
17        designee must contact the responding local fire
18        official no later than September 15 of each year and
19        propose to the local fire official 4 dates within the
20        month of October, during at least 2 different weeks of
21        October, on which the drill shall occur. The fire
22        official may choose any of the 4 available dates, and
23        if he or she does so, the drill shall occur on that
24        date.
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1        and the local fire official may also, by mutual
2        agreement, set any other date for the drill, including
3        a date outside of the month of October.
4            (D) If the fire official does not select one of the
5        4 offered dates in October or set another date by
6        mutual agreement, the requirement that the school
7        include the local fire service in one of its mandatory
8        school evacuation drills shall be waived. Schools,
9        however, shall continue to be strongly encouraged to
10        include the fire service in a school evacuation drill
11        at a mutually agreed-upon time.
12            (E) Upon the participation of the local fire
13        service, the appropriate local fire official shall
14        certify that the school evacuation drill was
15        conducted.
16            (F) When scheduling the school evacuation drill,
17        the school administrator or his or her designee and the
18        local fire department or fire district may, by mutual
19        agreement on or before September 14, choose to waive
20        the provisions of subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of
21        this paragraph (1).
22        Additional school evacuation drills for fire incidents
23    may involve the participation of the appropriate local fire
24    department or district.
25        (2) Schools may conduct additional school evacuation
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1    including without limitation suspicious items or bomb
2    threats.
3        (3) All drills shall be conducted at each school
4    building that houses school children.
5    (b) During each academic year, schools must conduct a
6minimum of one bus evacuation drill. This drill shall be
7accounted for in the curriculum in all public schools and in
8all other educational institutions in this State that are
9supported or maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds
10and that provide instruction in any of the grades kindergarten
11through 12. This curriculum shall include instruction in safe
12bus riding practices for all students. Schools may conduct
13additional bus evacuation drills. All drills shall be conducted
14at each school building that houses school children.
15    (b-5) Notwithstanding the minimum requirements established
16by this Act, private schools that do not utilize a bus to
17transport students for any purpose are exempt from subsection
18(b) of this Section, provided that the chief school
19administrator of the private school provides written assurance
20to the State Board of Education that the private school does
21not plan to utilize a bus to transport students for any purpose
22during the current academic year. The assurance must be made on
23a form supplied by the State Board of Education and filed no
24later than October 15. If a private school utilizes a bus to
25transport students for any purpose during an academic year when
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1with the State Board of Education, the private school shall
2immediately notify the State Board of Education and comply with
3subsection (b) of this Section no later than 30 calendar days
4after utilization of the bus to transport students, except
5that, at the discretion of the private school, students chosen
6for participation in the bus evacuation drill need include only
7the subgroup of students that are utilizing bus transportation.
8    (c) During each academic year, schools must conduct a law
9enforcement drill to address a school shooting incident. Such
10drills must be conducted according to the school district's or
11private school's emergency and crisis response plans,
12protocols, and procedures, with the participation of the
13appropriate law enforcement agency. Law enforcement drills may
14be conducted on days and times when students are not present in
15the school building. All drills must be conducted at each
16school building that houses school children.
17        (1) A law enforcement drill must meet all of the
18    following criteria:
19            (A) During each calendar year, the appropriate
20        local law enforcement agency shall contact the
21        appropriate school administrator to request to
22        participate in a law enforcement drill. The school
23        administrator and local law enforcement agency shall
24        set, by mutual agreement, a date for the drill.
25            (A-5) The drill shall require the on-site
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1        mutually agreeable date cannot be reached between the
2        school administrator and the appropriate local law
3        enforcement agency, then the school shall still hold
4        the drill without participation from the agency.
5            (B) Upon the participation of a local law
6        enforcement agency in a law enforcement drill, the
7        appropriate local law enforcement official shall
8        certify that the law enforcement drill was conducted
9        and notify the school in a timely manner of any
10        deficiencies noted during the drill.
11        (2) Schools may conduct additional law enforcement
12    drills at their discretion.
13        (3) (Blank).
14    (d) During each academic year, schools must conduct a
15minimum of one severe weather and shelter-in-place drill to
16address and prepare students and school personnel for possible
17tornado incidents and may conduct additional severe weather and
18shelter-in-place drills to account for other incidents,
19including without limitation earthquakes or hazardous
20materials. All drills shall be conducted at each school
21building that houses school children.
22(Source: P.A. 98-48, eff. 7-1-13.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
242017.