Sen. Sue Rezin

Filed: 3/15/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1287

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1287 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
510-21.4 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-21.4)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.4)
7    Sec. 10-21.4. Superintendent - Duties; shared
8administrators.
9    (a) Except in districts in which there is only one school
10with fewer than 4 teachers, to employ a superintendent or share
11the services of a superintendent as otherwise provided in this
12Section, who shall have charge of the administration of the
13schools under the direction of the board of education. However,
14in any school district that has boundaries that lie in 3
15counties, one county of which has a population exceeding
161,000,000 inhabitants, that has an enrollment of more than

 

 

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135,000 students, and that has on staff properly licensed
2assistant superintendents or directors in the areas of
3instruction, finance, special education, assessments, and
4career and technology education, the school board may instead,
5by a vote of a majority of its full membership, appoint a chief
6executive officer to serve as its superintendent, who shall be
7a person of recognized administrative ability and management
8experience, hold a master's degree, have been employed with the
9school district for a minimum of 5 years in an administrative
10capacity, be responsible for the management of the district,
11and have all other powers and duties of a superintendent as set
12forth in this Code, but who shall be exempt from the provisions
13and requirements of Section 21B-15 of this Code for a period of
145 years.
15    (b) Except for a principal or assistant principal, a school
16board shall, upon passage of a referendum as provided in
17subsection (c) after submission of a petition signed by no less
18than 5% of registered voters in the school district in the last
19consolidated election, or may, by resolution, enter into a
20joint agreement with other school boards to share the services
21of a superintendent or other administrator, including, but not
22limited to, an assistant superintendent, associate
23superintendent, chief school business official, assistant
24school business official, special education director or
25supervisor, assistant special education director or
26supervisor, general administrator, general supervisor,

 

 

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1director or dean, supervisory dean, athletic director,
2curriculum director, assistant athletic director, or assistant
3curriculum director. Each school board involved in the joint
4agreement must agree to the joint agreement by resolution or by
5passage of a referendum, but not both. A school board is not
6required to enter into a joint agreement in the same manner as
7the other school boards in the agreement, as long as the school
8board agrees to the joint agreement by resolution or by passage
9of a referendum. The joint agreement must include the amount
10that each school board shall contribute to the salary of the
11superintendent or other administrator. The superintendent or
12other administrator may be employed by one school board, which
13shall be reimbursed on a mutually agreed-to basis with other
14school boards that are parties to the joint agreement. The
15joint agreement must contain clear and equitable funding
16formulas covering each school district's obligations. The
17joint agreement may be amended at any time as provided in the
18joint agreement or, if the joint agreement does not so provide,
19the agreement may be amended at any time upon the adoption of a
20resolution (if the original joint agreement was entered into
21upon adoption of a resolution) or the passage of a referendum
22(if the original joint agreement was entered into upon passage
23of a referendum) in all member school districts. A fully
24executed copy of the joint agreement shall be filed with the
25State Board of Education and each applicable regional office of
26education. The State Board of Education must provide technical

 

 

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1support as requested by the school districts or a regional
2office of education. In the event 3 or more school boards
3decide to enter into a joint agreement and at least one school
4board submits a referendum under subsection (c) that does not
5pass, the agreement between the remaining school boards is
6still valid.
7    Any savings realized by sharing services under this
8subsection must be divided equally between classroom needs and
9property tax relief for the school district's residents.
10    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
11shared administrator services may not alter an individual
12school board's authority to make decisions on behalf of a
13school district.
14    (c) A petition to enter into a joint agreement under
15subsection (b) shall be filed with the school board's secretary
16no more than 92 days prior to the election at which the
17question is to be submitted to the voters. The school board's
18secretary shall certify the question, and the proper election
19authority or authorities shall submit the question to the
20voters. This referendum shall be subject to all other general
21election law requirements. The proposition shall be in
22substantially the following form:
23        Shall the (school district) enter into a joint
24    agreement with (other school district or districts) to
25    share the services of a (superintendent or other
26    administrator)?

 

 

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1    Votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
2    If a majority of all votes cast on the proposition are in
3favor of the proposition or the school board adopts a
4resolution in all affected school districts, the school boards
5shall enter into a joint agreement.
6    (d) If, within 6 months after passage of a referendum under
7subsection (c) or adoption of a resolution under subsection
8(b), the school boards who are parties to the joint agreement
9are unable to reach an agreement on how they will share the
10services of a superintendent or other administrator, the
11regional office of education that has supervision and control
12of the school districts that are sharing services or, if more
13than one regional office of education has supervision and
14control, the regional office of education that has supervision
15and control of the largest portion of the affected school
16districts must assist in the development of the joint
17agreement.
18    (e) A school district wishing to withdraw from a joint
19agreement under this Section shall obtain from its school board
20a written resolution approving the withdrawal if the school
21district entered into the joint agreement by resolution. The
22withdrawing school district must present a written petition for
23withdrawal from the joint agreement to the other member school
24districts within the timelines designated by the joint
25agreement. Upon approval of the petition by all of the
26remaining member school districts, the petitioning school

 

 

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1district shall be withdrawn from the joint agreement effective
2the following July 1 and shall provide the State Board of
3Education written notification of the approved withdrawal.
4    (f) A school district wishing to withdraw from a joint
5agreement under this Section shall submit to the voters of the
6district at the next consolidated election the question of
7whether the school district shall withdraw from the joint
8agreement if the school district entered into the joint
9agreement by a referendum vote. In addition, the question shall
10be submitted to the voters of the district at the next
11consolidated election upon submission of a petition signed by
12no less than 5% of registered voters in the district in the
13last consolidated election. The petition or other school board
14action shall be filed with the school board's secretary no more
15than 92 days prior to the election at which the question is to
16be submitted to the voters. The school board's secretary shall
17certify the question, and the proper election authority or
18authorities shall submit the question to the voters. This
19referendum shall be subject to all other general election law
20requirements. The proposition shall be in substantially the
21following form:
22        Shall the (school district) withdraw from the joint
23    agreement with (other school district or districts) and
24    cease sharing the services of a (superintendent or other
25    administrator)?
26    Votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".

 

 

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1    If a majority of all votes cast on the proposition are in
2favor of the proposition, the school district shall be
3withdrawn from the joint agreement effective the following July
41 and shall provide the State Board of Education written
5notification of the approved withdrawal.
6    (g) In addition to the administrative duties, the
7superintendent shall make recommendations to the board
8concerning the budget, building plans, the locations of sites,
9the selection, retention and dismissal of teachers and all
10other employees, the selection of textbooks, instructional
11material and courses of study. However, in districts under a
12Financial Oversight Panel pursuant to Section 1A-8 for
13violating a financial plan, the duties and responsibilities of
14the superintendent in relation to the financial and business
15operations of the district shall be approved by the Panel. In
16the event the Board refuses or fails to follow a directive or
17comply with an information request of the Panel, the
18performance of those duties shall be subject to the direction
19of the Panel. The superintendent shall also notify the State
20Board of Education, the board and the chief administrative
21official, other than the alleged perpetrator himself, in the
22school where the alleged perpetrator serves, that any person
23who is employed in a school or otherwise comes into frequent
24contact with children in the school has been named as a
25perpetrator in an indicated report filed pursuant to the Abused
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1amended. The superintendent shall keep or cause to be kept the
2records and accounts as directed and required by the board, aid
3in making reports required by the board, and perform such other
4duties as the board may delegate to him.
5    In addition, each year at a time designated by the State
6Superintendent of Education, each superintendent shall report
7to the State Board of Education the number of high school
8students in the district who are enrolled in accredited courses
9(for which high school credit will be awarded upon successful
10completion of the courses) at any community college, together
11with the name and number of the course or courses which each
12such student is taking.
13    (h) The provisions of this Section shall also apply to
14board of director districts.
15    (i) Notice of intent not to renew a contract must be given
16in writing stating the specific reason therefor by April 1 of
17the contract year unless the contract specifically provides
18otherwise. Failure to do so will automatically extend the
19contract for an additional year. Within 10 days after receipt
20of notice of intent not to renew a contract, the superintendent
21may request a closed session hearing on the dismissal. At the
22hearing the superintendent has the privilege of presenting
23evidence, witnesses and defenses on the grounds for dismissal.
24The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to a district
25under a Financial Oversight Panel pursuant to Section 1A-8 for
26violating a financial plan.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 99-846, eff. 6-1-17.)".