Full Text of SB1157 95th General Assembly
SB1157sam001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski
Filed: 2/28/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1157
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1157 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 |
| 10-22.25b and 34-2.3 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-22.25b) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.25b)
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| Sec. 10-22.25b. School uniforms. The school board shall
may
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| adopt a school
uniform or dress code
policy that governs all or | 9 |
| certain individual attendance centers
and that is necessary to | 10 |
| maintain the orderly process of a school
function or prevent | 11 |
| endangerment of student health or safety.
A school uniform or | 12 |
| dress code policy adopted by
a school board: (i) shall not be | 13 |
| applied in such manner as to discipline or
deny attendance to a | 14 |
| transfer student or any other student for noncompliance
with | 15 |
| that policy during
such period of time as is reasonably | 16 |
| necessary to enable the student to acquire
a school uniform or |
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| otherwise comply with the dress code policy that is in
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| at the attendance center or in the district into which the | 3 |
| student's
enrollment is transferred; and (ii) shall include | 4 |
| criteria and procedures under
which the school board will | 5 |
| accommodate the needs of or otherwise provide
appropriate | 6 |
| resources to assist a student from an indigent family in | 7 |
| complying
with an applicable school uniform or dress code | 8 |
| policy. A student whose
parents or legal guardians object on | 9 |
| religious grounds to the student's
compliance with an | 10 |
| applicable school
uniform or dress code policy shall not be | 11 |
| required to comply with that policy
if the student's parents or | 12 |
| legal guardians present to the school board a
signed statement | 13 |
| of objection detailing the grounds for the objection.
This | 14 |
| Section applies to school boards of all
districts, including | 15 |
| special charter districts and districts organized under
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| Article 34.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/34-2.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.3)
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| Sec. 34-2.3. Local school councils - Powers and duties. | 20 |
| Each local school
council shall have and exercise, consistent | 21 |
| with the provisions of
this Article and the powers and duties | 22 |
| of
the board of education, the following powers and duties:
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| 1. (A) To annually evaluate the performance of the | 24 |
| principal of the
attendance
center
using a Board approved | 25 |
| principal evaluation form, which shall include the
evaluation |
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| of
(i) student academic improvement, as defined by the
school | 2 |
| improvement plan, (ii)
student absenteeism rates
at the school, | 3 |
| (iii) instructional leadership, (iv) the effective
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| implementation of
programs, policies, or strategies to improve | 5 |
| student academic achievement,
(v) school management, and (vi) | 6 |
| any other factors deemed relevant by the local
school council, | 7 |
| including, without limitation, the principal's communication
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| skills and ability to create and maintain a student-centered | 9 |
| learning
environment, to develop opportunities for | 10 |
| professional development, and to
encourage parental | 11 |
| involvement and community partnerships to achieve school
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| improvement;
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| (B) to determine in the manner provided by subsection (c) | 14 |
| of Section
34-2.2 and subdivision 1.5 of this Section whether | 15 |
| the performance contract
of the principal shall be
renewed; and
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| (C) to directly select, in the manner provided by
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| subsection (c) of
Section 34-2.2, a new principal (including a | 18 |
| new principal to fill a
vacancy)
-- without submitting any list | 19 |
| of candidates for that position to the
general superintendent | 20 |
| as provided in paragraph 2 of this Section -- to
serve under a | 21 |
| 4 year performance contract; provided that (i) the | 22 |
| determination
of whether the principal's performance contract | 23 |
| is to be renewed, based upon
the evaluation required by | 24 |
| subdivision 1.5 of this Section, shall be made no
later than | 25 |
| 150 days prior to the expiration of the current | 26 |
| performance-based
contract of the principal, (ii) in cases |
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| where such performance
contract is not renewed -- a
direct | 2 |
| selection
of a
new principal -- to serve under a 4 year | 3 |
| performance contract shall be made by
the local school council | 4 |
| no later than 45 days prior to the expiration of the
current | 5 |
| performance contract of the principal, and (iii) a
selection by
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| the local school council of a new principal to fill a vacancy | 7 |
| under a 4 year
performance contract shall be made within 90 | 8 |
| days after the date such vacancy
occurs. A Council shall be | 9 |
| required, if requested by the principal, to provide
in writing | 10 |
| the reasons for the council's not renewing the principal's | 11 |
| contract.
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| 1.5. The local school council's determination of whether to | 13 |
| renew the
principal's contract shall be based on an evaluation | 14 |
| to assess the educational
and administrative progress made at | 15 |
| the school during the principal's current
performance-based | 16 |
| contract. The local school council shall base its evaluation
on | 17 |
| (i) student academic improvement, as defined by the school | 18 |
| improvement plan,
(ii) student absenteeism rates at the school, | 19 |
| (iii) instructional leadership,
(iv) the effective | 20 |
| implementation of programs, policies, or strategies to
improve | 21 |
| student academic achievement, (v) school management, and (vi) | 22 |
| any
other factors deemed relevant by the local school council, | 23 |
| including, without
limitation, the principal's communication | 24 |
| skills and ability to create and
maintain a student-centered | 25 |
| learning environment, to develop opportunities for
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| professional development, and to encourage parental |
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| involvement and community
partnerships to achieve school | 2 |
| improvement. If a local school council
fails to renew the | 3 |
| performance contract of a principal rated by the general
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| superintendent, or his or her designee, in the previous years' | 5 |
| evaluations as
meeting or exceeding expectations, the | 6 |
| principal, within 15 days after the
local school council's | 7 |
| decision not to renew the contract, may request a review
of the
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| local school council's principal non-retention decision by a | 9 |
| hearing officer
appointed by the American Arbitration | 10 |
| Association. A local school council
member or members or the | 11 |
| general superintendent may support the principal's
request for | 12 |
| review.
During the period of the hearing officer's review of | 13 |
| the local school
council's decision on
whether or not to retain | 14 |
| the principal, the local school council shall maintain
all | 15 |
| authority
to search for and contract with a person to serve
as | 16 |
| interim or acting
principal, or as the
principal of the | 17 |
| attendance center under a 4-year performance contract,
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| provided that any performance contract entered into by the | 19 |
| local school council
shall be voidable
or
modified in | 20 |
| accordance with the decision of the hearing officer.
The | 21 |
| principal may request review only once while at that
attendance | 22 |
| center. If a local school council renews the contract of a
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| principal who failed to obtain a rating of "meets" or "exceeds | 24 |
| expectations" in
the general superintendent's evaluation for | 25 |
| the previous year, the general superintendent,
within 15
days | 26 |
| after the local
school council's decision to renew the |
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| contract,
may request a review of
the local school council's | 2 |
| principal retention decision by a hearing officer
appointed by | 3 |
| the American Arbitration Association. The general | 4 |
| superintendent may request a review only
once
for that | 5 |
| principal at that attendance center. All requests to review the
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| retention or non-retention of a principal shall be submitted to | 7 |
| the general
superintendent, who shall, in turn, forward such | 8 |
| requests, within 14 days of
receipt, to the American | 9 |
| Arbitration Association.
The general superintendent shall send | 10 |
| a contemporaneous copy of the request
that was forwarded to the | 11 |
| American Arbitration Association to the principal and
to each | 12 |
| local school council member and shall inform the local school | 13 |
| council
of its rights and responsibilities under the | 14 |
| arbitration process, including the
local school council's | 15 |
| right to representation and the manner and process by
which the | 16 |
| Board shall pay the costs of the council's representation.
If | 17 |
| the local school council retains the
principal and the general | 18 |
| superintendent requests a review of the retention
decision, the | 19 |
| local school council and the general
superintendent shall be | 20 |
| considered parties to the arbitration, a hearing officer shall
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| be
chosen between those 2
parties pursuant to procedures | 22 |
| promulgated by the State Board of Education,
and the principal | 23 |
| may retain counsel and participate in the arbitration. If the | 24 |
| local school council does not retain the principal and
the | 25 |
| principal requests a review of the retention decision, the | 26 |
| local school
council and the principal shall be considered |
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| parties to the
arbitration and a hearing
officer shall be | 2 |
| chosen between those 2 parties pursuant to procedures
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| promulgated by the State Board of Education.
The hearing shall | 4 |
| begin (i)
within 45 days
after the initial request for review | 5 |
| is submitted by the principal to the
general superintendent or | 6 |
| (ii) if the
initial request for
review is made by the general | 7 |
| superintendent, within 45 days after that request
is mailed
to | 8 |
| the American Arbitration Association.
The hearing officer | 9 |
| shall render a
decision within 45
days after the hearing begins | 10 |
| and within 90 days after the initial request
for review.
The | 11 |
| Board shall contract with the American
Arbitration Association | 12 |
| for all of the hearing officer's reasonable and
necessary | 13 |
| costs. In addition, the Board shall pay any reasonable costs
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| incurred by a local school council for representation before a | 15 |
| hearing
officer.
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| 1.10. The hearing officer shall conduct a hearing, which | 17 |
| shall include (i)
a review of the principal's performance, | 18 |
| evaluations, and other evidence of
the principal's service at | 19 |
| the school, (ii) reasons provided by the local
school council | 20 |
| for its decision, and (iii) documentation evidencing views of
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| interested persons, including,
without limitation, students, | 22 |
| parents, local school council members, school
faculty and | 23 |
| staff, the principal, the general superintendent or his or her
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| designee, and members of the community. The burden of proof in | 25 |
| establishing
that the local school council's decision was | 26 |
| arbitrary and capricious shall be
on the party requesting the |
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| arbitration, and this party shall sustain the
burden by a | 2 |
| preponderance of the evidence.
The hearing officer shall set | 3 |
| the
local school council decision aside if that decision, in | 4 |
| light of the record
developed at the hearing, is arbitrary and | 5 |
| capricious. The decision of the
hearing officer may not be | 6 |
| appealed to the Board or the State Board of
Education. If the | 7 |
| hearing officer decides that the principal shall be
retained, | 8 |
| the retention period shall not exceed 2 years.
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| 2. In the event (i) the local school council does not renew | 10 |
| the
performance contract of the principal, or the principal | 11 |
| fails to receive a
satisfactory rating as provided in | 12 |
| subsection (h) of Section 34-8.3,
or the principal is
removed | 13 |
| for cause during the term of his or her performance contract
in | 14 |
| the manner provided by Section 34-85, or a vacancy in the | 15 |
| position
of principal otherwise occurs prior to the expiration | 16 |
| of the term of
a principal's performance contract, and (ii) the | 17 |
| local school council
fails to directly select a new principal | 18 |
| to serve under a 4 year performance
contract,
the local school | 19 |
| council in such event shall submit to the general
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| superintendent a list of 3 candidates -- listed in the local | 21 |
| school
council's order of preference -- for the position of | 22 |
| principal, one of
which shall be selected by the general | 23 |
| superintendent to serve as
principal of the attendance center. | 24 |
| If the general superintendent
fails or refuses to select one of | 25 |
| the candidates on the list to serve as
principal within 30 days | 26 |
| after being furnished with the candidate list,
the general |
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| superintendent shall select and place a principal on an interim
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| basis (i) for a period not to exceed one year or (ii) until the | 3 |
| local school
council selects a new principal with 7 affirmative | 4 |
| votes as
provided in subsection (c) of Section 34-2.2, | 5 |
| whichever occurs first. If the
local school council
fails or | 6 |
| refuses to select and appoint a new principal, as specified by
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| subsection (c) of Section 34-2.2, the general superintendent | 8 |
| may select and
appoint a new principal on an interim basis for
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| an additional year or until a new contract principal is | 10 |
| selected by the local
school council. There shall be no | 11 |
| discrimination on the basis of
race, sex, creed, color or
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| disability unrelated to ability to perform in
connection with | 13 |
| the submission of candidates for, and the selection of a
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| candidate to serve as principal of an attendance center. No | 15 |
| person shall
be directly selected, listed as a candidate for, | 16 |
| or selected to serve as
principal of an attendance center (i) | 17 |
| if such person has been removed for cause
from employment by | 18 |
| the Board or (ii) if such person does not hold a valid
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| administrative certificate issued or exchanged under Article | 20 |
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endorsed as required by that Article for the position of | 21 |
| principal. A
principal whose performance contract is not | 22 |
| renewed as provided under
subsection (c) of Section 34-2.2 may | 23 |
| nevertheless, if otherwise qualified
and certified as herein | 24 |
| provided
and if he or she has received a satisfactory rating as | 25 |
| provided in subsection
(h) of Section 34-8.3, be included by a | 26 |
| local school council as
one of the 3 candidates listed in order |
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| of preference on any candidate list
from which one person is to | 2 |
| be selected to serve as principal of the
attendance center | 3 |
| under a new performance contract. The initial candidate
list | 4 |
| required to be submitted by a local school council to the | 5 |
| general
superintendent in cases where the local school council | 6 |
| does not renew the
performance contract of its principal and | 7 |
| does not directly select a new
principal to serve under a 4 | 8 |
| year performance contract shall be submitted
not later than
30 | 9 |
| days prior to the expiration of the current performance | 10 |
| contract. In
cases where the local school council fails or | 11 |
| refuses to submit the candidate
list to the general | 12 |
| superintendent no later than 30 days prior to the
expiration of | 13 |
| the incumbent principal's contract, the general superintendent
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| may
appoint a principal on an interim basis for a period not to | 15 |
| exceed one year,
during which time the local school council | 16 |
| shall be able to select a new
principal with 7 affirmative | 17 |
| votes as provided in subsection (c) of Section
34-2.2. In cases | 18 |
| where a principal is removed for cause or a
vacancy otherwise | 19 |
| occurs in the position of principal and the vacancy is
not | 20 |
| filled by direct selection by the local school council, the | 21 |
| candidate
list shall be submitted by the local school council | 22 |
| to the general
superintendent within 90 days after the date | 23 |
| such
removal or
vacancy occurs.
In cases where the local school | 24 |
| council fails or refuses to submit the
candidate list to the | 25 |
| general superintendent within 90 days after the date of
the | 26 |
| vacancy, the general superintendent may appoint a principal on |
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| an interim
basis for a period of one year, during which time | 2 |
| the local school council
shall be able to select a new | 3 |
| principal with 7 affirmative votes as provided in
subsection | 4 |
| (c) of Section 34-2.2.
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| 2.5. Whenever a vacancy in the office of a principal occurs | 6 |
| for any reason,
the vacancy shall be filled in the manner | 7 |
| provided by this Section by the
selection of a new principal to | 8 |
| serve under a 4 year performance contract.
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| 3. To establish additional criteria
to be included as part | 10 |
| of
the
performance contract of its principal, provided that | 11 |
| such additional
criteria shall not discriminate on the basis of | 12 |
| race, sex, creed, color
or
disability unrelated to ability to | 13 |
| perform, and shall not be inconsistent
with the uniform 4 year | 14 |
| performance contract for principals developed by
the board as | 15 |
| provided in Section 34-8.1 of the School Code
or with other | 16 |
| provisions of this Article governing the
authority and | 17 |
| responsibility of principals.
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| 4. To approve the expenditure plan prepared by the | 19 |
| principal with
respect to all funds allocated and distributed | 20 |
| to the attendance center by
the Board. The expenditure plan | 21 |
| shall be administered by the principal.
Notwithstanding any | 22 |
| other provision of this Act or any other law, any
expenditure | 23 |
| plan approved and
administered under this Section 34-2.3 shall | 24 |
| be consistent with and subject to
the terms of any contract for | 25 |
| services with a third party entered into by the
Chicago School | 26 |
| Reform Board of Trustees or the board under this Act.
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| Via a supermajority vote of 7 members of the local school | 2 |
| council or 8
members of a high school local school council, the | 3 |
| Council may transfer
allocations pursuant to Section 34-2.3 | 4 |
| within funds; provided that such a
transfer is consistent with | 5 |
| applicable law and
collective bargaining
agreements.
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| Beginning in fiscal year 1991 and in each fiscal year
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| thereafter, the
Board may reserve up to 1% of its total fiscal | 8 |
| year budget for
distribution
on a prioritized basis to schools | 9 |
| throughout the school system in order to
assure adequate | 10 |
| programs to meet the needs of
special student populations as | 11 |
| determined by the Board. This distribution
shall take into | 12 |
| account the needs catalogued in the Systemwide Plan and the
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| various local school improvement plans of the local school | 14 |
| councils.
Information about these centrally funded programs | 15 |
| shall be distributed to
the local school councils so that their | 16 |
| subsequent planning and programming
will account for these | 17 |
| provisions.
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| Beginning in fiscal year 1991 and in each fiscal year | 19 |
| thereafter, from
other amounts available in the applicable | 20 |
| fiscal year budget, the board
shall allocate a lump sum amount | 21 |
| to each local school based upon
such formula as the board shall | 22 |
| determine taking into account the special needs
of the student | 23 |
| body. The local school
principal shall develop an expenditure | 24 |
| plan in consultation with the local
school council, the | 25 |
| professional personnel leadership
committee and with all
other | 26 |
| school personnel, which reflects the
priorities and activities |
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| as described in the school's local school
improvement plan and | 2 |
| is consistent with applicable law and collective
bargaining | 3 |
| agreements and with board policies and standards; however, the
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| local school council shall have the right to request waivers of | 5 |
| board policy
from the board of education and waivers of | 6 |
| employee collective bargaining
agreements pursuant to Section | 7 |
| 34-8.1a.
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| The expenditure plan developed by the principal with | 9 |
| respect to
amounts available from the fund for prioritized | 10 |
| special needs programs
and the allocated lump sum amount must | 11 |
| be approved by the local school council.
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| The lump sum allocation shall take into account the
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| following principles:
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| a. Teachers: Each school shall be allocated funds equal | 15 |
| to the
amount appropriated in the previous school year for | 16 |
| compensation for
teachers (regular grades kindergarten | 17 |
| through 12th grade) plus whatever
increases in | 18 |
| compensation have been negotiated contractually or through
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| longevity as provided in the negotiated agreement. | 20 |
| Adjustments shall be
made due to layoff or reduction in | 21 |
| force, lack of funds or work, change in
subject | 22 |
| requirements, enrollment changes, or contracts with third
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| parties for the performance of services or to rectify
any | 24 |
| inconsistencies with system-wide allocation formulas or | 25 |
| for other
legitimate reasons.
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| b. Other personnel: Funds for other teacher |
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| certificated and
uncertificated personnel paid through | 2 |
| non-categorical funds shall be
provided according to | 3 |
| system-wide formulas based on student enrollment and
the | 4 |
| special needs of the school as determined by the Board.
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| c. Non-compensation items: Appropriations for all | 6 |
| non-compensation items
shall be based on system-wide | 7 |
| formulas based on student enrollment and
on the special | 8 |
| needs of the school or factors related to the physical
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| plant, including but not limited to textbooks, supplies, | 10 |
| electricity,
equipment, and routine maintenance.
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| d. Funds for categorical programs: Schools shall | 12 |
| receive personnel
and funds based on, and shall use such | 13 |
| personnel and funds in accordance
with State and Federal | 14 |
| requirements applicable to each
categorical program
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| provided to meet the special needs of the student body | 16 |
| (including but not
limited to, Federal Chapter I, | 17 |
| Bilingual, and Special Education).
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| d.1. Funds for State Title I: Each school shall receive
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| funds based on State and Board requirements applicable to | 20 |
| each State
Title I pupil provided to meet the special needs | 21 |
| of the student body. Each
school shall receive the | 22 |
| proportion of funds as provided in Section 18-8 to
which | 23 |
| they are entitled. These funds shall be spent only with the
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| budgetary approval of the Local School Council as provided | 25 |
| in Section 34-2.3.
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| e. The Local School Council shall have the right to |
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| request the
principal to close positions and open new ones | 2 |
| consistent with the
provisions of the local school | 3 |
| improvement plan provided that these
decisions are | 4 |
| consistent with applicable law and
collective bargaining
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| agreements. If a position is closed, pursuant to this | 6 |
| paragraph, the local
school shall have for its use the | 7 |
| system-wide average compensation for the
closed position.
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| f. Operating within existing laws and
collective | 9 |
| bargaining agreements,
the local school council shall have | 10 |
| the right to direct the principal to
shift expenditures | 11 |
| within funds.
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| g. (Blank).
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| Any funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall be | 14 |
| available to
the board of education for use as part of its | 15 |
| budget for the following
fiscal year.
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| 5. To make recommendations to the principal concerning | 17 |
| textbook
selection and concerning curriculum developed | 18 |
| pursuant to the school
improvement plan which is consistent | 19 |
| with systemwide curriculum objectives
in accordance with | 20 |
| Sections 34-8 and 34-18 of the School Code and in
conformity | 21 |
| with the collective bargaining agreement.
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| 6. To advise the principal concerning the attendance and
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| disciplinary policies for the attendance center, subject to the | 24 |
| provisions
of this Article and Article 26, and consistent with | 25 |
| the uniform system of
discipline established by the board | 26 |
| pursuant to Section 34-19.
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| 7. To approve a school improvement plan developed as | 2 |
| provided in Section
34-2.4. The process and schedule for plan | 3 |
| development shall be publicized
to the entire school community, | 4 |
| and the community shall be afforded the
opportunity to make | 5 |
| recommendations concerning the plan. At least twice a
year the | 6 |
| principal and
local
school council shall report publicly on
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| progress and problems with respect to plan implementation.
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| 8. To evaluate the allocation of teaching resources and | 9 |
| other
certificated and uncertificated staff to the attendance | 10 |
| center to determine
whether such allocation is consistent with | 11 |
| and in furtherance of
instructional objectives and school | 12 |
| programs reflective of the school
improvement plan adopted for | 13 |
| the attendance center; and to make
recommendations to the | 14 |
| board, the general superintendent
and the
principal concerning | 15 |
| any reallocation of teaching resources
or other staff whenever | 16 |
| the council determines that any such
reallocation is | 17 |
| appropriate because the qualifications of any existing
staff at | 18 |
| the attendance center do not adequately match or support
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| instructional objectives or school programs which reflect the | 20 |
| school
improvement plan.
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| 9. To make recommendations to the principal and the general | 22 |
| superintendent
concerning their respective appointments, after | 23 |
| August 31, 1989, and in the
manner provided by Section 34-8 and | 24 |
| Section 34-8.1,
of persons to fill any vacant, additional or | 25 |
| newly created
positions for teachers at the attendance center | 26 |
| or at attendance centers
which include the attendance center |
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| 10. To request of the Board the manner in which training | 3 |
| and
assistance shall be provided to the local school council. | 4 |
| Pursuant to Board
guidelines a local school council is | 5 |
| authorized to direct
the Board of Education to contract with | 6 |
| personnel or not-for-profit
organizations not associated with | 7 |
| the school district to train or assist
council members. If | 8 |
| training or assistance is provided by contract with
personnel | 9 |
| or organizations not associated with the school district, the
| 10 |
| period of training or assistance shall not exceed 30 hours | 11 |
| during a given
school year; person shall not be employed on a | 12 |
| continuous basis longer than
said period and shall not have | 13 |
| been employed by the Chicago Board of
Education within the | 14 |
| preceding six months. Council members shall receive
training in | 15 |
| at least the following areas:
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| 1. school budgets;
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| 2. educational theory pertinent to the attendance | 18 |
| center's particular
needs, including the development of | 19 |
| the school improvement plan and the
principal's | 20 |
| performance contract; and
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| 3. personnel selection.
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| Council members shall, to the greatest extent possible, | 23 |
| complete such
training within 90 days of election.
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| 11. In accordance with systemwide guidelines contained in | 25 |
| the
System-Wide Educational Reform Goals and Objectives Plan, | 26 |
| criteria for
evaluation of performance shall be established for |
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| local school councils
and local school council members. If a | 2 |
| local school council persists in
noncompliance with systemwide | 3 |
| requirements, the Board may impose sanctions
and take necessary | 4 |
| corrective action, consistent with Section 34-8.3.
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| 12. Each local school council shall comply with the Open | 6 |
| Meetings Act and
the Freedom of Information Act. Each local | 7 |
| school council shall issue and
transmit to its school community | 8 |
| a detailed annual report accounting for
its activities | 9 |
| programmatically and financially. Each local school council
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| shall convene at least 2 well-publicized meetings annually with | 11 |
| its entire
school community. These meetings shall include | 12 |
| presentation of the
proposed local school improvement plan, of | 13 |
| the proposed school expenditure
plan, and the annual report, | 14 |
| and shall provide an opportunity for public
comment.
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| 13. Each local school council is encouraged to involve | 16 |
| additional
non-voting members of the school community in | 17 |
| facilitating the council's
exercise of its responsibilities.
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| 14. Unless the board already has a school
uniform or dress | 19 |
| code
policy that governs the attendance center, the
The local | 20 |
| school council may adopt a school
uniform or dress
code policy | 21 |
| that governs the attendance center and that is
necessary to | 22 |
| maintain the orderly process of a school function or prevent
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| endangerment of student health or safety, consistent with the | 24 |
| policies and
rules of the Board of Education.
A school uniform | 25 |
| or dress code policy adopted
by a local school council: (i) | 26 |
| shall not be applied in such manner as to
discipline or deny |
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| attendance to a transfer student or any other student for
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| noncompliance with that
policy during such period of time as is | 3 |
| reasonably necessary to enable the
student to acquire a school | 4 |
| uniform or otherwise comply with the dress code
policy that is | 5 |
| in effect at the attendance center into which the student's
| 6 |
| enrollment is transferred; and (ii) shall include criteria and | 7 |
| procedures under
which the local school council will | 8 |
| accommodate the needs of or otherwise
provide
appropriate | 9 |
| resources to assist a student from an indigent family in | 10 |
| complying
with an applicable school uniform or dress code | 11 |
| policy.
A student whose parents or legal guardians object on | 12 |
| religious grounds to the
student's compliance with an | 13 |
| applicable school uniform or dress code policy
shall not be | 14 |
| required to comply with that policy if the student's parents or
| 15 |
| legal guardians present to the local school council a signed | 16 |
| statement of
objection detailing the grounds for the objection.
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| 15. All decisions made and actions taken by the local | 18 |
| school council in
the exercise of its powers and duties shall | 19 |
| comply with State and federal
laws, all applicable collective | 20 |
| bargaining agreements, court orders and
rules properly | 21 |
| promulgated by the Board.
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| 15a. To grant, in accordance with board rules and policies,
| 23 |
| the use of assembly halls and classrooms when not otherwise | 24 |
| needed,
including lighting, heat, and attendants, for public | 25 |
| lectures, concerts, and
other educational and social | 26 |
| activities.
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| 15b. To approve, in accordance with board rules and | 2 |
| policies, receipts and
expenditures for all internal accounts | 3 |
| of the
attendance center, and to approve all fund-raising | 4 |
| activities by nonschool
organizations that use the school | 5 |
| building.
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| 16. (Blank).
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| 17. Names and addresses of local school council members | 8 |
| shall
be a matter of public record.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-48, eff. 7-1-03.)
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 11 |
| Section 8.31 as follows: | 12 |
| (30 ILCS 805/8.31 new) | 13 |
| Sec. 8.31. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 14 |
| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 15 |
| implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 16 |
| the 95th General Assembly.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 18 |
| 2007.".
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