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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 Section
53-11 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/3-11)  (from Ch. 122, par. 3-11)
7    Sec. 3-11. Institutes or inservice training workshops. In
8counties of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the regional
9superintendent may arrange for or conduct district, regional,
10or county institutes, or equivalent professional educational
11experiences, not more than 4 days annually. Of those 4 days, 2
12days may be used as a teacher's and educational support
13personnel workshop, when approved by the regional
14superintendent, up to 2 days may be used for conducting
15parent-teacher conferences, or up to 2 days may be utilized as
16parental institute days as provided in Section 10-22.18d.
17Educational support personnel may be exempt from a workshop if
18the workshop is not relevant to the work they do. A school
19district may use one of its 4 institute days on the last day of
20the school term. "Institute" or "Professional educational
21experiences" means any educational gathering, demonstration of
22methods of instruction, visitation of schools or other
23institutions or facilities, sexual abuse and sexual assault

 

 

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1awareness seminar, or training in First Aid (which may include
2cardiopulmonary resuscitation or defibrillator training) held
3or approved by the regional superintendent and declared by him
4to be an institute day, or parent-teacher conferences. With the
5concurrence of the State Superintendent of Education, he or she
6may employ such assistance as is necessary to conduct the
7institute. Two or more adjoining counties may jointly hold an
8institute. Institute instruction shall be free to holders of
9licenses good in the county or counties holding the institute
10and to those who have paid an examination fee and failed to
11receive a license.
12    In counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the regional
13superintendent may arrange for or conduct district, regional,
14or county inservice training workshops, or equivalent
15professional educational experiences, not more than 4 days
16annually. Of those 4 days, 2 days may be used as a teacher's
17and educational support personnel workshop, when approved by
18the regional superintendent, up to 2 days may be used for
19conducting parent-teacher conferences, or up to 2 days may be
20utilized as parental institute days as provided in Section
2110-22.18d. Educational support personnel may be exempt from a
22workshop if the workshop is not relevant to the work they do. A
23school district may use one of those 4 days on the last day of
24the school term. "Inservice Training Workshops" or
25"Professional educational experiences" means any educational
26gathering, demonstration of methods of instruction, visitation

 

 

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1of schools or other institutions or facilities, sexual abuse
2and sexual assault awareness seminar, or training in First Aid
3(which may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation or
4defibrillator training) held or approved by the regional
5superintendent and declared by him to be an inservice training
6workshop, or parent-teacher conferences. With the concurrence
7of the State Superintendent of Education, he may employ such
8assistance as is necessary to conduct the inservice training
9workshop. With the approval of the regional superintendent, 2
10or more adjoining districts may jointly hold an inservice
11training workshop. In addition, with the approval of the
12regional superintendent, one district may conduct its own
13inservice training workshop with subject matter consultants
14requested from the county, State or any State institution of
15higher learning.
16    Such teachers institutes as referred to in this Section may
17be held on consecutive or separate days at the option of the
18regional superintendent having jurisdiction thereof.
19    Whenever reference is made in this Act to "teachers
20institute", it shall be construed to include the inservice
21training workshops or equivalent professional educational
22experiences provided for in this Section.
23    Any institute advisory committee existing on April 1, 1995,
24is dissolved and the duties and responsibilities of the
25institute advisory committee are assumed by the regional office
26of education advisory board.

 

 

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1    Districts providing inservice training programs shall
2constitute inservice committees, 1/2 of which shall be
3teachers, 1/4 school service personnel and 1/4 administrators
4to establish program content and schedules.
5    The teachers institutes shall include teacher training
6committed to (i) peer counseling programs and other
7anti-violence and conflict resolution programs, including
8without limitation programs for preventing at risk students
9from committing violent acts, and (ii) educator ethics and
10teacher-student conduct. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school
11year, the teachers institutes shall include instruction on
12prevalent student chronic health conditions. Beginning with
13the 2016-2017 school year, the teachers institutes shall
14include, at least once every 2 years, instruction on the
15federal Americans with Disabilities Act as it pertains to the
16school environment.
17(Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.