Full Text of SB2482 95th General Assembly
SB2482sam001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
Filed: 4/8/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2482
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2482 as follows:
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| on page 1, line 5, by replacing "1C-2," with "1A-4, 1A-10, | 4 |
| 1C-2, 2-3.11,"; and | 5 |
| on page 1, line 5, after "2-3.117,", by inserting "10-20.40, | 6 |
| 13B-65.10,"; and
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| on page 1, line 5, before "14C-2", by inserting "14-15.01,"; | 8 |
| and
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| on page 1, line 6, by replacing "and 27-24.4" with "27-24.4, | 10 |
| and 34-18.34"; and | 11 |
| on page 1, immediately below line 6, by inserting the | 12 |
| following:
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| "(105 ILCS 5/1A-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-4)
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| (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 95-626 )
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| Sec. 1A-4. Powers and duties of the Board.
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| A. (Blank).
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| B. The Board shall determine the qualifications of and | 6 |
| appoint a
chief education officer, to be known as the State | 7 |
| Superintendent of
Education, who may be proposed by the | 8 |
| Governor and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and | 9 |
| pursuant to a
performance-based contract linked to statewide | 10 |
| student performance and academic
improvement within Illinois | 11 |
| schools. Upon expiration or buyout of the contract of the State | 12 |
| Superintendent of Education in office on the effective date of | 13 |
| this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, a State | 14 |
| Superintendent of Education shall be appointed by a State Board | 15 |
| of Education that includes the 7 new Board members who were | 16 |
| appointed to fill seats of members whose terms were terminated | 17 |
| on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 18 |
| General Assembly. Thereafter, a State Superintendent of | 19 |
| Education must, at a minimum, be appointed at the beginning of | 20 |
| each term of a Governor after that Governor has made | 21 |
| appointments to the Board. A performance-based
contract issued | 22 |
| for the employment of a State Superintendent of
Education | 23 |
| entered into on or after the effective date of this amendatory | 24 |
| Act of the 93rd General Assembly must expire no later than | 25 |
| February 1, 2007, and subsequent contracts must expire no later | 26 |
| than February 1 each 4 years thereafter. No contract
shall be
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| extended or renewed beyond February 1, 2007 and February 1 each | 2 |
| 4 years thereafter, but a State Superintendent of Education | 3 |
| shall serve until his or her successor is appointed. Each | 4 |
| contract entered into on or before January 8, 2007 with a State | 5 |
| Superintendent of Education must provide that the State Board | 6 |
| of Education may terminate the contract for cause, and the | 7 |
| State Board of Education shall not thereafter be liable for | 8 |
| further payments under the contract. With regard to this | 9 |
| amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, it is the intent | 10 |
| of the General Assembly that, beginning with the Governor who | 11 |
| takes office on the second Monday of January, 2007, a State | 12 |
| Superintendent of Education be appointed at the beginning of | 13 |
| each term of a Governor after that Governor has made | 14 |
| appointments to the Board. The State
Superintendent of | 15 |
| Education shall not serve as a member of the State
Board of | 16 |
| Education. The Board shall set the compensation of the State
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| Superintendent of Education who shall serve as the Board's | 18 |
| chief
executive officer. The Board shall also establish the | 19 |
| duties, powers and
responsibilities of the State | 20 |
| Superintendent, which shall be included in the
State | 21 |
| Superintendent's performance-based contract along with the | 22 |
| goals and
indicators of student performance and academic | 23 |
| improvement used to measure the
performance and effectiveness | 24 |
| of the State Superintendent.
The State Board of Education may | 25 |
| delegate
to the State Superintendent of Education the authority | 26 |
| to act on the Board's
behalf, provided such delegation is made |
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| pursuant to adopted board policy
or the powers delegated are | 2 |
| ministerial in nature. The State Board may
not delegate | 3 |
| authority under this Section to the State Superintendent to
(1) | 4 |
| nonrecognize school districts, (2) withhold State payments as a | 5 |
| penalty,
or (3) make final decisions under the contested case | 6 |
| provisions of the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act unless | 7 |
| otherwise provided by law.
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| C. The powers and duties of the State Board of Education | 9 |
| shall encompass all
duties delegated to the Office of | 10 |
| Superintendent of Public Instruction on
January 12, 1975, | 11 |
| except as the law providing for such powers and duties is
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| thereafter amended, and such other powers and duties as the | 13 |
| General Assembly
shall designate. The Board shall be | 14 |
| responsible for the educational policies
and guidelines for | 15 |
| public schools, pre-school through grade
12 and Vocational | 16 |
| Education in the State of Illinois. The Board shall
analyze the | 17 |
| present and future aims, needs, and requirements of
education | 18 |
| in the State of Illinois and recommend to the General Assembly
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| the powers which should be exercised by the Board. The Board | 20 |
| shall
recommend the passage and the legislation necessary to | 21 |
| determine the
appropriate relationship between the Board and | 22 |
| local boards of education
and the various State agencies and | 23 |
| shall recommend desirable
modifications in the laws which | 24 |
| affect schools.
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| D. Two members of the Board shall be appointed by the | 26 |
| chairperson
to serve on a standing joint Education Committee, 2 |
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| others shall be
appointed from the Board of Higher Education, 2
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| others shall be appointed by the chairperson of the
Illinois | 3 |
| Community College Board, and 2 others shall be appointed by the
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| chairperson of the Human Resource Investment Council. The
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| Committee shall be
responsible for making recommendations | 6 |
| concerning the submission of any
workforce development plan or | 7 |
| workforce training program required by federal
law or under any | 8 |
| block grant authority. The Committee will be
responsible for | 9 |
| developing policy on matters of mutual concern to
elementary, | 10 |
| secondary and higher education such as Occupational and
Career | 11 |
| Education, Teacher Preparation and Certification, Educational
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| Finance, Articulation between Elementary, Secondary and Higher | 13 |
| Education
and Research and Planning. The joint Education | 14 |
| Committee shall meet at
least quarterly and submit an annual | 15 |
| report of its findings,
conclusions, and recommendations to the | 16 |
| State Board of Education, the Board of
Higher Education, the | 17 |
| Illinois Community College Board,
the Human Resource | 18 |
| Investment Council, the Governor, and the
General
Assembly. All | 19 |
| meetings of this Committee shall be official meetings for
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| reimbursement under this Act.
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| E. Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. A
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| majority
vote of the members appointed, confirmed and serving | 23 |
| on the Board is
required to approve any action, except that the | 24 |
| 7 new Board members who were appointed to fill seats of members | 25 |
| whose terms were terminated on the effective date of this | 26 |
| amendatory act of the 93rd General Assembly may vote to approve |
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| actions when appointed and serving.
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| Using the most recently available data, the The Board shall | 3 |
| prepare and submit to the General Assembly and the
Governor on | 4 |
| or before January 14, 1976 and annually thereafter a report
or | 5 |
| reports of its findings and recommendations. Such annual report | 6 |
| shall
contain a separate section which provides a critique and | 7 |
| analysis of the
status of education in Illinois and which | 8 |
| identifies its specific problems
and recommends express | 9 |
| solutions therefor.
Such annual report also shall contain the | 10 |
| following information for the
preceding year ending on June 30: | 11 |
| each act or omission of a school district
of which the State | 12 |
| Board of Education has knowledge as a consequence of
scheduled, | 13 |
| approved visits and which constituted a
failure by the district | 14 |
| to comply with applicable State or federal laws or
regulations | 15 |
| relating to public education, the name of such district, the | 16 |
| date
or dates on which the State Board of Education notified | 17 |
| the school district of
such act or omission, and what action, | 18 |
| if any, the school district took with
respect thereto after | 19 |
| being notified thereof by the State Board of Education.
The | 20 |
| report shall also include the statewide high school dropout | 21 |
| rate by
grade level, sex and race and the annual student | 22 |
| dropout rate of and the
number of students who graduate from, | 23 |
| transfer from or otherwise leave
bilingual programs. The | 24 |
| Auditor General shall annually perform a
compliance audit of | 25 |
| the State Board of Education's performance of the
reporting | 26 |
| duty imposed by this amendatory Act of 1986. A regular system |
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| of
communication with other directly related State agencies | 2 |
| shall be
implemented.
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| The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall | 4 |
| be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, | 5 |
| the Minority Leader and
the Clerk of the House of | 6 |
| Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader and the | 7 |
| Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Council, as | 8 |
| required
by Section 3.1 of the General
Assembly Organization | 9 |
| Act, and
filing such additional
copies with the State | 10 |
| Government Report Distribution Center for the General
Assembly | 11 |
| as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State | 12 |
| Library
Act.
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| F. Upon appointment of the 7 new Board members who were | 14 |
| appointed to fill seats of members whose terms were terminated | 15 |
| on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 16 |
| General Assembly, the Board shall review all of its current | 17 |
| rules in an effort to streamline procedures, improve | 18 |
| efficiency, and eliminate unnecessary forms and paperwork.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-1036, eff. 9-14-04.)
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| (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-626 )
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| Sec. 1A-4. Powers and duties of the Board.
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| A. (Blank).
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| B. The Board shall determine the qualifications of and | 24 |
| appoint a
chief education officer, to be known as the State | 25 |
| Superintendent of
Education, who may be proposed by the |
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| Governor and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and | 2 |
| pursuant to a
performance-based contract linked to statewide | 3 |
| student performance and academic
improvement within Illinois | 4 |
| schools. Upon expiration or buyout of the contract of the State | 5 |
| Superintendent of Education in office on the effective date of | 6 |
| this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, a State | 7 |
| Superintendent of Education shall be appointed by a State Board | 8 |
| of Education that includes the 7 new Board members who were | 9 |
| appointed to fill seats of members whose terms were terminated | 10 |
| on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 11 |
| General Assembly. Thereafter, a State Superintendent of | 12 |
| Education must, at a minimum, be appointed at the beginning of | 13 |
| each term of a Governor after that Governor has made | 14 |
| appointments to the Board. A performance-based
contract issued | 15 |
| for the employment of a State Superintendent of
Education | 16 |
| entered into on or after the effective date of this amendatory | 17 |
| Act of the 93rd General Assembly must expire no later than | 18 |
| February 1, 2007, and subsequent contracts must expire no later | 19 |
| than February 1 each 4 years thereafter. No contract
shall be
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| extended or renewed beyond February 1, 2007 and February 1 each | 21 |
| 4 years thereafter, but a State Superintendent of Education | 22 |
| shall serve until his or her successor is appointed. Each | 23 |
| contract entered into on or before January 8, 2007 with a State | 24 |
| Superintendent of Education must provide that the State Board | 25 |
| of Education may terminate the contract for cause, and the | 26 |
| State Board of Education shall not thereafter be liable for |
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| further payments under the contract. With regard to this | 2 |
| amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, it is the intent | 3 |
| of the General Assembly that, beginning with the Governor who | 4 |
| takes office on the second Monday of January, 2007, a State | 5 |
| Superintendent of Education be appointed at the beginning of | 6 |
| each term of a Governor after that Governor has made | 7 |
| appointments to the Board. The State
Superintendent of | 8 |
| Education shall not serve as a member of the State
Board of | 9 |
| Education. The Board shall set the compensation of the State
| 10 |
| Superintendent of Education who shall serve as the Board's | 11 |
| chief
executive officer. The Board shall also establish the | 12 |
| duties, powers and
responsibilities of the State | 13 |
| Superintendent, which shall be included in the
State | 14 |
| Superintendent's performance-based contract along with the | 15 |
| goals and
indicators of student performance and academic | 16 |
| improvement used to measure the
performance and effectiveness | 17 |
| of the State Superintendent.
The State Board of Education may | 18 |
| delegate
to the State Superintendent of Education the authority | 19 |
| to act on the Board's
behalf, provided such delegation is made | 20 |
| pursuant to adopted board policy
or the powers delegated are | 21 |
| ministerial in nature. The State Board may
not delegate | 22 |
| authority under this Section to the State Superintendent to
(1) | 23 |
| nonrecognize school districts, (2) withhold State payments as a | 24 |
| penalty,
or (3) make final decisions under the contested case | 25 |
| provisions of the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act unless | 26 |
| otherwise provided by law.
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| C. The powers and duties of the State Board of Education | 2 |
| shall encompass all
duties delegated to the Office of | 3 |
| Superintendent of Public Instruction on
January 12, 1975, | 4 |
| except as the law providing for such powers and duties is
| 5 |
| thereafter amended, and such other powers and duties as the | 6 |
| General Assembly
shall designate. The Board shall be | 7 |
| responsible for the educational policies
and guidelines for | 8 |
| public schools, pre-school through grade
12 and Vocational | 9 |
| Education in the State of Illinois. The Board shall
analyze the | 10 |
| present and future aims, needs, and requirements of
education | 11 |
| in the State of Illinois and recommend to the General Assembly
| 12 |
| the powers which should be exercised by the Board. The Board | 13 |
| shall
recommend the passage and the legislation necessary to | 14 |
| determine the
appropriate relationship between the Board and | 15 |
| local boards of education
and the various State agencies and | 16 |
| shall recommend desirable
modifications in the laws which | 17 |
| affect schools.
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| D. Two members of the Board shall be appointed by the | 19 |
| chairperson
to serve on a standing joint Education Committee, 2 | 20 |
| others shall be
appointed from the Board of Higher Education, 2
| 21 |
| others shall be appointed by the chairperson of the
Illinois | 22 |
| Community College Board, and 2 others shall be appointed by the
| 23 |
| chairperson of the Human Resource Investment Council. The
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| Committee shall be
responsible for making recommendations | 25 |
| concerning the submission of any
workforce development plan or | 26 |
| workforce training program required by federal
law or under any |
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| block grant authority. The Committee will be
responsible for | 2 |
| developing policy on matters of mutual concern to
elementary, | 3 |
| secondary and higher education such as Occupational and
Career | 4 |
| Education, Teacher Preparation and Certification, Educational
| 5 |
| Finance, Articulation between Elementary, Secondary and Higher | 6 |
| Education
and Research and Planning. The joint Education | 7 |
| Committee shall meet at
least quarterly and submit an annual | 8 |
| report of its findings,
conclusions, and recommendations to the | 9 |
| State Board of Education, the Board of
Higher Education, the | 10 |
| Illinois Community College Board,
the Human Resource | 11 |
| Investment Council, the Governor, and the
General
Assembly. All | 12 |
| meetings of this Committee shall be official meetings for
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| reimbursement under this Act. On the effective date of this | 14 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Joint | 15 |
| Education Committee is abolished.
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| E. Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. A
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| majority
vote of the members appointed, confirmed and serving | 18 |
| on the Board is
required to approve any action, except that the | 19 |
| 7 new Board members who were appointed to fill seats of members | 20 |
| whose terms were terminated on the effective date of this | 21 |
| amendatory act of the 93rd General Assembly may vote to approve | 22 |
| actions when appointed and serving.
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| Using the most recently available data, the The Board shall | 24 |
| prepare and submit to the General Assembly and the
Governor on | 25 |
| or before January 14, 1976 and annually thereafter a report
or | 26 |
| reports of its findings and recommendations. Such annual report |
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| shall
contain a separate section which provides a critique and | 2 |
| analysis of the
status of education in Illinois and which | 3 |
| identifies its specific problems
and recommends express | 4 |
| solutions therefor.
Such annual report also shall contain the | 5 |
| following information for the
preceding year ending on June 30: | 6 |
| each act or omission of a school district
of which the State | 7 |
| Board of Education has knowledge as a consequence of
scheduled, | 8 |
| approved visits and which constituted a
failure by the district | 9 |
| to comply with applicable State or federal laws or
regulations | 10 |
| relating to public education, the name of such district, the | 11 |
| date
or dates on which the State Board of Education notified | 12 |
| the school district of
such act or omission, and what action, | 13 |
| if any, the school district took with
respect thereto after | 14 |
| being notified thereof by the State Board of Education.
The | 15 |
| report shall also include the statewide high school dropout | 16 |
| rate by
grade level, sex and race and the annual student | 17 |
| dropout rate of and the
number of students who graduate from, | 18 |
| transfer from or otherwise leave
bilingual programs. The | 19 |
| Auditor General shall annually perform a
compliance audit of | 20 |
| the State Board of Education's performance of the
reporting | 21 |
| duty imposed by this amendatory Act of 1986. A regular system | 22 |
| of
communication with other directly related State agencies | 23 |
| shall be
implemented.
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| The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall | 25 |
| be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, | 26 |
| the Minority Leader and
the Clerk of the House of |
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| Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader and the | 2 |
| Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Council, as | 3 |
| required
by Section 3.1 of the General
Assembly Organization | 4 |
| Act, and
filing such additional
copies with the State | 5 |
| Government Report Distribution Center for the General
Assembly | 6 |
| as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State | 7 |
| Library
Act.
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| F. Upon appointment of the 7 new Board members who were | 9 |
| appointed to fill seats of members whose terms were terminated | 10 |
| on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 11 |
| General Assembly, the Board shall review all of its current | 12 |
| rules in an effort to streamline procedures, improve | 13 |
| efficiency, and eliminate unnecessary forms and paperwork.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-626, eff. 6-1-08.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/1A-10)
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| Sec. 1A-10. Divisions of Board. The State Board of | 17 |
| Education shall, before April 1, 2005, create divisions within | 18 |
| the Board, including without limitation the following: | 19 |
| (1) Teaching and Learning Services for All Children. | 20 |
| (2) School Support Services for All Schools.
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| (3) Fiscal Support Services. | 22 |
| (4) (Blank). Special Education Services. | 23 |
| (5) Internal Auditor. | 24 |
| (6) Human Resources.
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| The State Board of Education may, after consultation with the |
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| General Assembly, add any divisions or functions to the Board | 2 |
| that it deems appropriate and consistent with Illinois law.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-1036, eff. 9-14-04.)"; and
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| on page 1, line 11, by replacing "(b)" with " (b) "; and
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| on page 1, line 12, by replacing " (c) " with "(c)"; and | 6 |
| on page 2, immediately below line 5, by inserting the | 7 |
| following:
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| "(105 ILCS 5/2-3.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11)
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| Sec. 2-3.11. Report to Governor and General Assembly. Using | 10 |
| the most recently available data, to To report to the
Governor | 11 |
| and General Assembly annually on or before January 14 the
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| condition of the schools
of the State for the preceding year, | 13 |
| ending on June 30.
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| Such annual report shall contain reports of the State | 15 |
| Teacher
Certification Board; the schools of the State | 16 |
| charitable
institutions; reports on driver education, special | 17 |
| education,
and transportation; and for such year the annual | 18 |
| statistical
reports of the State Board of Education, including | 19 |
| the number
and kinds of school districts; number of school | 20 |
| attendance
centers; number of men and women teachers; | 21 |
| enrollment by
grades; total enrollment; total days attendance; | 22 |
| total days
absence; average daily attendance; number of |
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| elementary and
secondary school graduates;
assessed valuation; | 2 |
| tax levies
and tax rates for various purposes; amount of | 3 |
| teachers' orders,
anticipation warrants, and bonds | 4 |
| outstanding; and number of men
and women teachers and total | 5 |
| enrollment of private schools.
The report shall give for all | 6 |
| school districts receipts from
all sources and expenditures for | 7 |
| all purposes for each fund;
the total operating expense,
the | 8 |
| per capita cost, and instructional expenditures; federal
and | 9 |
| state aids and reimbursements; new school buildings, and
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| recognized schools; together with such other information and
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| suggestions as the State Board of Education may deem important
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| in relation to the schools and school laws and the means of
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| promoting education throughout the state.
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| In this Section, "instructional expenditures" means the | 15 |
| annual expenditures of school districts properly attributable | 16 |
| to expenditure functions defined in rules of the State Board of | 17 |
| Education as:
1100 (Regular Education); 1200-1220 (Special | 18 |
| Education); 1250 (Ed. Deprived/Remedial); 1400 (Vocational | 19 |
| Programs); 1600 (Summer School); 1650 (Gifted); 1800 | 20 |
| (Bilingual Programs); 1900 (Truant Alternative); 2110 | 21 |
| (Attendance and Social Work Services); 2120 (Guidance | 22 |
| Services); 2130 (Health Services); 2140 (Psychological | 23 |
| Services); 2150 (Speech Pathology and Audiology Services); | 24 |
| 2190 (Other Support Services Pupils); 2210 (Improvement of | 25 |
| Instruction); 2220 (Educational Media Services); 2230 | 26 |
| (Assessment and Testing); 2540 (Operation and Maintenance of |
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| Plant Services); 2550 (Pupil Transportation Service); 2560 | 2 |
| (Food Service); 4110 (Payments for Regular Programs); 4120 | 3 |
| (Payments for Special Education Programs); 4130 (Payments for | 4 |
| Adult Education Programs); 4140 (Payments for Vocational | 5 |
| Education Programs); 4170 (Payments for Community College | 6 |
| Programs); 4190 (Other payments to in-state government units); | 7 |
| and 4200 (Other payments to out of state government units).
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| (Source: P.A. 93-679, eff. 6-30-04.)"; and
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| on page 6, immediately below line 2, by inserting the | 10 |
| following:
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| "(105 ILCS 5/10-20.40) | 12 |
| Sec. 10-20.40. Student biometric information. | 13 |
| (a) For the purposes of this Section, "biometric | 14 |
| information" means any information that is collected through an | 15 |
| identification process for individuals based on their unique | 16 |
| behavioral or physiological characteristics, including | 17 |
| fingerprint, hand geometry, voice, or facial recognition or | 18 |
| iris or retinal scans. | 19 |
| (b) School districts that collect biometric information | 20 |
| from students shall adopt policies that require, at a minimum, | 21 |
| all of the following: | 22 |
| (1) Written permission from the individual who has | 23 |
| legal custody of the student, as defined in Section | 24 |
| 10-20.12b of this Code, or from the student if he or she |
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| has reached the age of 18. | 2 |
| (2) The discontinuation of use of a student's biometric | 3 |
| information under either of the following conditions: | 4 |
| (A) upon the student's graduation or withdrawal | 5 |
| from the school district; or | 6 |
| (B) upon receipt in writing of a request for | 7 |
| discontinuation by the individual having legal custody | 8 |
| of the student or by the student if he or she has | 9 |
| reached the age of 18. | 10 |
| (3) The destruction of all of a student's biometric | 11 |
| information within 30 days after the use of the biometric | 12 |
| information is discontinued in accordance with item (2) of | 13 |
| this subsection (b). | 14 |
| (4) The use of biometric information solely for | 15 |
| identification or fraud prevention. | 16 |
| (5) A prohibition on the sale, lease, or other | 17 |
| disclosure of biometric information to another person or | 18 |
| entity, unless: | 19 |
| (A) the individual who has legal custody of the | 20 |
| student or the student, if he or she has reached the | 21 |
| age of 18, consents to the disclosure; or | 22 |
| (B) the disclosure is required by court order. | 23 |
| (6) The storage, transmittal, and protection of all | 24 |
| biometric information from disclosure. | 25 |
| (c) Failure to provide written consent under item (1) of | 26 |
| subsection (b) of this Section by the individual who has legal |
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| custody of the student or by the student, if he or she has | 2 |
| reached the age of 18, must not be the basis for refusal of any | 3 |
| services otherwise available to the student.
| 4 |
| (d) Student biometric information may be destroyed without | 5 |
| notification to or the approval of a local records commission | 6 |
| under the Local Records Act if destroyed within 30 days after | 7 |
| the use of the biometric information is discontinued in | 8 |
| accordance with item (2) of subsection (b) of this Section. | 9 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-232, eff. 8-16-07.)
| 10 |
| (105 ILCS 5/13B-65.10)
| 11 |
| Sec. 13B-65.10. Continuing professional development for | 12 |
| teachers. Teachers may receive
continuing education units or | 13 |
| continuing professional development units,
subject to the | 14 |
| provisions of Section 13B-65.5 of
this Code, for professional | 15 |
| development related to alternative learning.
| 16 |
| (Source: P.A. 92-42, eff. 1-1-02.)"; and
| 17 |
| on page 7, immediately below line 18, by inserting the | 18 |
| following:
| 19 |
| "(105 ILCS 5/14-15.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-15.01)
| 20 |
| Sec. 14-15.01. Community and Residential Services | 21 |
| Authority.
| 22 |
| (a) (1) The Community and Residential Services Authority is
| 23 |
| hereby created and shall consist of the following members:
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| A representative of the State Board of Education;
| 2 |
| Four representatives of the Department of Human Services | 3 |
| appointed by the Secretary of Human Services ,
with one member | 4 |
| from the Division of Community Health and
Prevention, one | 5 |
| member from the Division the Office of Developmental | 6 |
| Disabilities of
the Division of Disability and Behavioral | 7 |
| Health Services , one member
from the Division the Office of | 8 |
| Mental Health of the Division of Disability and
Behavioral | 9 |
| Health Services , and one member from the Division of the Office | 10 |
| of
Rehabilitation Services of the Division of Disability and | 11 |
| Behavioral Health
Services ;
| 12 |
| A representative of the Department of Children and Family | 13 |
| Services;
| 14 |
| A representative of the Department of Juvenile Justice | 15 |
| Corrections ;
| 16 |
| A representative of the Department of Healthcare and Family | 17 |
| Services;
| 18 |
| A representative of the Attorney General's Disability | 19 |
| Rights Advocacy
Division;
| 20 |
| The Chairperson and Minority Spokesperson of the House and | 21 |
| Senate
Committees on Elementary and Secondary Education or | 22 |
| their designees; and
| 23 |
| Six persons appointed by the Governor. Five of such
| 24 |
| appointees shall be experienced or knowledgeable relative to
| 25 |
| provision of services for individuals with a behavior
disorder
| 26 |
| or a severe emotional disturbance
and shall include |
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| representatives of
both the private and public sectors, except | 2 |
| that no more than 2 of those 5
appointees may be from the | 3 |
| public sector and at least 2 must be or have been
directly | 4 |
| involved in provision of services to such individuals. The | 5 |
| remaining
member appointed by the Governor shall be or shall | 6 |
| have been a parent of an
individual with a
behavior disorder or | 7 |
| a severe emotional disturbance, and
that appointee may be from | 8 |
| either the private or the public sector.
| 9 |
| (2) Members appointed by the Governor shall be appointed | 10 |
| for terms
of 4 years and shall continue to serve until their | 11 |
| respective successors are
appointed; provided that the terms of | 12 |
| the original
appointees shall expire on August 1, 1990 , and the | 13 |
| term of the additional
member appointed under this amendatory | 14 |
| Act of 1992 shall commence upon the
appointment and expire | 15 |
| August 1, 1994 . Any vacancy in the office of a
member appointed | 16 |
| by the Governor shall be filled by appointment of the
Governor | 17 |
| for the remainder of the term.
| 18 |
| A vacancy in the office of a member appointed by the | 19 |
| Governor exists when
one or more of the following events occur:
| 20 |
| (i) An appointee dies;
| 21 |
| (ii) An appointee files a written resignation with the | 22 |
| Governor;
| 23 |
| (iii) An appointee ceases to be a legal resident of the | 24 |
| State of Illinois;
or
| 25 |
| (iv) An appointee fails to attend a majority of | 26 |
| regularly scheduled
Authority meetings in a fiscal year.
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| Members who are representatives of an agency shall serve at | 2 |
| the will
of the agency head. Membership on the Authority shall | 3 |
| cease immediately
upon cessation of their affiliation with the | 4 |
| agency. If such a vacancy
occurs, the appropriate agency head | 5 |
| shall appoint another person to represent
the agency.
| 6 |
| If a legislative member of the Authority ceases to be | 7 |
| Chairperson or
Minority Spokesperson of the designated | 8 |
| Committees, they shall
automatically be replaced on the | 9 |
| Authority by the person who assumes the
position of Chairperson | 10 |
| or Minority Spokesperson.
| 11 |
| (b) The Community and Residential Services Authority shall | 12 |
| have the
following powers and duties:
| 13 |
| (1) To conduct surveys to determine the extent of need, | 14 |
| the degree to
which documented need is currently being met | 15 |
| and feasible alternatives for
matching need with | 16 |
| resources.
| 17 |
| (2) To develop policy statements for interagency | 18 |
| cooperation to cover
all aspects of service delivery, | 19 |
| including laws, regulations and
procedures, and clear | 20 |
| guidelines for determining responsibility at all times.
| 21 |
| (3) To recommend policy statements
and provide | 22 |
| information regarding effective programs for delivery of
| 23 |
| services to all individuals under 22 years of age with a | 24 |
| behavior disorder
or a severe emotional disturbance in | 25 |
| public or private situations.
| 26 |
| (4) To review the criteria for service eligibility, |
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| provision and
availability established by the governmental | 2 |
| agencies represented on this
Authority, and to recommend | 3 |
| changes, additions or deletions to such criteria.
| 4 |
| (5) To develop and submit to the Governor, the General | 5 |
| Assembly, the
Directors of the agencies represented on the | 6 |
| Authority, and the
State Board of Education a master plan | 7 |
| for individuals under 22 years of
age with a
behavior | 8 |
| disorder or a severe emotional disturbance,
including
| 9 |
| detailed plans of service ranging from the least to the | 10 |
| most
restrictive options; and to assist local communities, | 11 |
| upon request, in
developing
or strengthening collaborative | 12 |
| interagency networks.
| 13 |
| (6) To develop a process for making determinations in | 14 |
| situations where
there is a dispute relative to a plan of | 15 |
| service for
individuals or funding for a plan of service.
| 16 |
| (7) To provide technical assistance to parents, | 17 |
| service consumers,
providers, and member agency personnel | 18 |
| regarding statutory responsibilities
of human service and | 19 |
| educational agencies, and to provide such assistance
as | 20 |
| deemed necessary to appropriately access needed services.
| 21 |
| (c) (1) The members of the Authority shall receive no | 22 |
| compensation for
their services but shall be entitled to | 23 |
| reimbursement of reasonable
expenses incurred while performing | 24 |
| their duties.
| 25 |
| (2) The Authority may appoint special study groups to | 26 |
| operate under
the direction of the Authority and persons |
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| appointed to such groups shall
receive only reimbursement of | 2 |
| reasonable expenses incurred in the
performance of their | 3 |
| duties.
| 4 |
| (3) The Authority shall elect from its membership a | 5 |
| chairperson,
vice-chairperson and secretary.
| 6 |
| (4) The Authority may employ and fix the compensation of
| 7 |
| such employees and technical assistants as it deems necessary | 8 |
| to carry out
its powers and duties under this Act. Staff | 9 |
| assistance for the Authority
shall be provided by the State | 10 |
| Board of Education.
| 11 |
| (5) Funds for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the | 12 |
| Authority
shall be appropriated to the State Board of Education | 13 |
| in a separate line item.
| 14 |
| (d) (1) The Authority shall have power to promulgate rules | 15 |
| and
regulations to carry out its powers and duties under this | 16 |
| Act.
| 17 |
| (2) The Authority may accept monetary gifts or grants from | 18 |
| the federal
government or any agency thereof, from any | 19 |
| charitable foundation or
professional association or from any | 20 |
| other reputable source for
implementation of any program | 21 |
| necessary or desirable to the carrying out of
the general | 22 |
| purposes of the Authority. Such gifts and grants may be
held in | 23 |
| trust by the Authority and expended in the exercise of its | 24 |
| powers
and performance of its duties as prescribed by law.
| 25 |
| (3) The Authority shall submit an annual report of its | 26 |
| activities and
expenditures to the Governor, the General |
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| Assembly, the
directors of agencies represented on the | 2 |
| Authority, and the State
Superintendent of Education.
| 3 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)"; and
| 4 |
| on page 20, line 11, by replacing "June 30" with " July 15 June | 5 |
| 30 "; and
| 6 |
| on page 20, line 12, by replacing "upon forms prepared by" with | 7 |
| " shall certify to upon forms prepared by "; and
| 8 |
| on page 20, line 13, by replacing "shall certify to the | 9 |
| regional superintendent" with " shall certify to the regional | 10 |
| superintendent "; and | 11 |
| on page 71, immediately below line 24, by inserting the | 12 |
| following: | 13 |
| "(105 ILCS 5/34-18.34)
| 14 |
| Sec. 34-18.34. Student biometric information.
| 15 |
| (a) For the purposes of this Section, "biometric | 16 |
| information" means any information that is collected through an | 17 |
| identification process for individuals based on their unique | 18 |
| behavioral or physiological characteristics, including | 19 |
| fingerprint, hand geometry, voice, or facial recognition or | 20 |
| iris or retinal scans. | 21 |
| (b) If the school district collects biometric information |
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| from students, the district shall adopt a policy that requires, | 2 |
| at a minimum, all of the following: | 3 |
| (1) Written permission from the individual who has | 4 |
| legal custody of the student, as defined in Section | 5 |
| 10-20.12b of this Code, or from the student if he or she | 6 |
| has reached the age of 18. | 7 |
| (2) The discontinuation of use of a student's biometric | 8 |
| information under either of the following conditions: | 9 |
| (A) upon the student's graduation or withdrawal | 10 |
| from the school district; or | 11 |
| (B) upon receipt in writing of a request for | 12 |
| discontinuation by the individual having legal custody | 13 |
| of the student or by the student if he or she has | 14 |
| reached the age of 18. | 15 |
| (3) The destruction of all of a student's biometric | 16 |
| information within 30 days after the use of the biometric | 17 |
| information is discontinued in accordance with item (2) of | 18 |
| this subsection (b). | 19 |
| (4) The use of biometric information solely for | 20 |
| identification or fraud prevention. | 21 |
| (5) A prohibition on the sale, lease, or other | 22 |
| disclosure of biometric information to another person or | 23 |
| entity, unless: | 24 |
| (A) the individual who has legal custody of the | 25 |
| student or the student, if he or she has reached the | 26 |
| age of 18, consents to the disclosure; or |
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| (B) the disclosure is required by court order. | 2 |
| (6) The storage, transmittal, and protection of all | 3 |
| biometric information from disclosure. | 4 |
| (c) Failure to provide written consent under item (1) of | 5 |
| subsection (b) of this Section by the individual who has legal | 6 |
| custody of the student or by the student, if he or she has | 7 |
| reached the age of 18, must not be the basis for refusal of any | 8 |
| services otherwise available to the student.
| 9 |
| (d) Student biometric information may be destroyed without | 10 |
| notification to or the approval of a local records commission | 11 |
| under the Local Records Act if destroyed within 30 days after | 12 |
| the use of the biometric information is discontinued in | 13 |
| accordance with item (2) of subsection (b) of this Section. | 14 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-232, eff. 8-16-07.) | 15 |
| Section 6. The Illinois School Student Records Act is | 16 |
| amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
| 17 |
| (105 ILCS 10/6) (from Ch. 122, par. 50-6)
| 18 |
| Sec. 6. (a) No school student records or information
| 19 |
| contained therein may be released, transferred, disclosed or | 20 |
| otherwise
disseminated, except as follows:
| 21 |
| (1) To a parent or student or person specifically
| 22 |
| designated as a representative by a parent, as provided in | 23 |
| paragraph (a)
of Section 5;
| 24 |
| (2) To an employee or official of the school or
school |
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| district or State Board with current demonstrable | 2 |
| educational
or administrative interest in the student, in | 3 |
| furtherance of such interest;
| 4 |
| (3) To the official records custodian of another school | 5 |
| within
Illinois or an official with similar | 6 |
| responsibilities of a school
outside Illinois, in which the | 7 |
| student has enrolled, or intends to enroll,
upon the | 8 |
| request of such official or student;
| 9 |
| (4) To any person for the purpose of research,
| 10 |
| statistical reporting or planning, provided that no | 11 |
| student or parent can be
identified from the information | 12 |
| released and the person to whom the
information is released | 13 |
| signs an affidavit agreeing to comply with all
applicable | 14 |
| statutes and rules pertaining to school student records;
| 15 |
| (5) Pursuant to a court order, provided that the
parent | 16 |
| shall be given prompt written notice upon receipt
of such | 17 |
| order of the terms of the order, the nature and
substance | 18 |
| of the information proposed to be released
in compliance | 19 |
| with such order and an opportunity to
inspect and copy the | 20 |
| school student records and to
challenge their contents | 21 |
| pursuant to Section 7;
| 22 |
| (6) To any person as specifically required by State
or | 23 |
| federal law;
| 24 |
| (6.5) To juvenile authorities
when necessary for the | 25 |
| discharge of their official duties
who request information | 26 |
| prior to
adjudication of the student and who certify in |
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| writing that the information
will not be disclosed to any | 2 |
| other party except as provided under law or order
of court. | 3 |
| For purposes of this Section "juvenile authorities" means:
| 4 |
| (i) a judge of
the circuit court and members of the staff | 5 |
| of the court designated by the
judge; (ii) parties to the | 6 |
| proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and
their | 7 |
| attorneys; (iii) probation
officers and court appointed | 8 |
| advocates for the juvenile authorized by the judge
hearing | 9 |
| the case; (iv) any individual, public or private agency | 10 |
| having custody
of the child pursuant to court order; (v) | 11 |
| any individual, public or private
agency providing | 12 |
| education, medical or mental health service to the child | 13 |
| when
the requested information is needed to determine the | 14 |
| appropriate service or
treatment for the minor; (vi) any | 15 |
| potential placement provider when such
release
is | 16 |
| authorized by the court for the limited purpose of | 17 |
| determining the
appropriateness of the potential | 18 |
| placement; (vii) law enforcement officers and
prosecutors;
| 19 |
| (viii) adult and juvenile prisoner review boards; (ix) | 20 |
| authorized military
personnel; (x)
individuals authorized | 21 |
| by court;
| 22 |
| (7) Subject to regulations of the State Board,
in | 23 |
| connection with an emergency, to appropriate persons
if the | 24 |
| knowledge of such information is necessary to protect
the | 25 |
| health or safety of the student or other
persons;
| 26 |
| (8) To any person, with the prior specific dated
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| written consent of the parent designating the person
to | 2 |
| whom the records may be released, provided that at
the time | 3 |
| any such consent is requested or obtained,
the parent shall | 4 |
| be advised in writing that he has the right
to inspect and | 5 |
| copy such records in accordance with Section 5, to
| 6 |
| challenge their contents in accordance with Section 7 and | 7 |
| to limit any such
consent to
designated records or | 8 |
| designated portions of the information contained
therein;
| 9 |
| (9) To a governmental agency, or social service agency | 10 |
| contracted by a
governmental agency, in furtherance of an | 11 |
| investigation of a student's school
attendance pursuant to | 12 |
| the compulsory student attendance laws of this State,
| 13 |
| provided that the records are released to the employee or | 14 |
| agent designated by
the agency;
| 15 |
| (10) To those SHOCAP committee members who fall within | 16 |
| the meaning of
"state and local officials and authorities", | 17 |
| as those terms are used within the
meaning of the federal | 18 |
| Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, for
the
purposes | 19 |
| of identifying serious habitual juvenile offenders and | 20 |
| matching those
offenders with community resources pursuant | 21 |
| to Section 5-145 of the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987, but | 22 |
| only to the extent that the release, transfer,
disclosure, | 23 |
| or dissemination is consistent with the Family Educational | 24 |
| Rights
and Privacy Act; or
| 25 |
| (11) To the Department of Healthcare and Family | 26 |
| Services in furtherance of the
requirements of Section |
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| 2-3.131, 3-14.29, 10-28, or 34-18.26 of
the School Code or | 2 |
| Section 10 of the School Breakfast and Lunch
Program Act.
| 3 |
| (12) To the State Board or another State government | 4 |
| agency or between or among State government agencies in | 5 |
| order to evaluate or audit federal and State programs or | 6 |
| perform research and planning, but only to the extent that | 7 |
| the release, transfer, disclosure, or dissemination is | 8 |
| consistent with the federal Family Educational Rights and | 9 |
| Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.). | 10 |
| (b) No information may be released pursuant to | 11 |
| subparagraphs (3) or
(6) of paragraph (a) of this Section 6 | 12 |
| unless the parent receives
prior written notice of the nature | 13 |
| and substance of the information
proposed to be released, and | 14 |
| an opportunity to inspect
and copy such records in accordance | 15 |
| with Section 5 and to
challenge their contents in accordance | 16 |
| with Section 7. Provided, however,
that such notice shall be | 17 |
| sufficient if published in a local newspaper of
general | 18 |
| circulation or other publication directed generally to the | 19 |
| parents
involved where the proposed release of information is | 20 |
| pursuant to
subparagraph 6 of paragraph (a) in this Section 6 | 21 |
| and relates to more
than 25 students.
| 22 |
| (c) A record of any release of information pursuant
to this | 23 |
| Section must be made and kept as a part of the
school student | 24 |
| record and subject to the access granted by Section 5.
Such | 25 |
| record of release shall be maintained for the life of the
| 26 |
| school student records and shall be available only to the |
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| parent
and the official records custodian.
Each record of | 2 |
| release shall also include:
| 3 |
| (1) The nature and substance of the information | 4 |
| released;
| 5 |
| (2) The name and signature of the official records
| 6 |
| custodian releasing such information;
| 7 |
| (3) The name of the person requesting such information,
| 8 |
| the capacity in which such a request has been made, and the | 9 |
| purpose of such
request;
| 10 |
| (4) The date of the release; and
| 11 |
| (5) A copy of any consent to such release.
| 12 |
| (d) Except for the student and his parents, no person
to | 13 |
| whom information is released pursuant to this Section
and no | 14 |
| person specifically designated as a representative by a parent
| 15 |
| may permit any other person to have access to such information | 16 |
| without a prior
consent of the parent obtained in accordance | 17 |
| with the requirements
of subparagraph (8) of paragraph (a) of | 18 |
| this Section.
| 19 |
| (e) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the
| 20 |
| publication of student directories which list student names, | 21 |
| addresses
and other identifying information and similar | 22 |
| publications which
comply with regulations issued by the State | 23 |
| Board.
| 24 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 25 |
| Section 7. The Illinois Summer School for the Arts Act is |
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| amended by adding Section 4.5 as follows: | 2 |
| (105 ILCS 310/4.5 new)
| 3 |
| Sec. 4.5. Transfer to State Board of Education. | 4 |
| (a) On the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 5 |
| 95th General Assembly, the board of trustees of the Illinois | 6 |
| Summer School for the Arts is abolished and the terms of all | 7 |
| members end. On that date, all of the powers, duties, assets, | 8 |
| liabilities, employees, contracts, property, records, pending | 9 |
| business, and unexpended appropriations of the board of | 10 |
| trustees of the Illinois Summer School for the Arts are | 11 |
| transferred to the State Board of Education. | 12 |
| (b) For purposes of the Successor Agency Act and Section 9b | 13 |
| of the State Finance Act, the State Board of Education is | 14 |
| declared to be the successor agency of the board of trustees of | 15 |
| the Illinois Summer School for the Arts. | 16 |
| (c) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | 17 |
| of the 95th General Assembly, references in statutes, rules, | 18 |
| forms, and other documents to the board of trustees of the | 19 |
| Illinois Summer School for the Arts shall, in appropriate | 20 |
| contexts, be deemed to refer to the State Board of Education. | 21 |
| (d) Rules, standards, and procedures of the board of | 22 |
| trustees of the Illinois Summer School for the Arts in effect | 23 |
| on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th | 24 |
| General Assembly shall be deemed rules, standards, and | 25 |
| procedures of the State Board of Education and shall remain in |
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| effect until amended or repealed by the State Board of | 2 |
| Education.
| 3 |
| Section 8. The Vocational Education Act is amended by | 4 |
| changing Section 2 as follows:
| 5 |
| (105 ILCS 435/2) (from Ch. 122, par. 697)
| 6 |
| Sec. 2. Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 7 |
| 1975 and
thereafter, any reference in this Act or any other | 8 |
| Illinois statute to
the Board of Vocational Education and | 9 |
| Rehabilitation, as such reference
pertains to vocational and | 10 |
| technical education, means and refers to the
State Board of | 11 |
| Education. Notwithstanding the provisions of any Act or
statute | 12 |
| to the contrary, upon the effective date of this amendatory Act
| 13 |
| of 1975, the State Board of Education shall assume all powers | 14 |
| and duties
pertaining to vocational and technical education. | 15 |
| The State Board of
Education shall be responsible for policy | 16 |
| and guidelines pertaining to
vocational and technical | 17 |
| education and shall exercise the following
powers and duties:
| 18 |
| (a) To co-operate with the federal government in the | 19 |
| administration
of the provisions of the Federal Vocational | 20 |
| Education Law, to the extent
and in the manner therein | 21 |
| provided;
| 22 |
| (b) To promote and aid in the establishment of schools and | 23 |
| classes
of the types and standards provided for in the plans of | 24 |
| the Board, as
approved by the federal government, and to |
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| co-operate with State
agencies maintaining such schools or | 2 |
| classes and with State and local
school authorities in the | 3 |
| maintenance of such schools and classes;
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| (c) To conduct and prepare investigations and studies in | 5 |
| relation to
vocational education and to publish the results of | 6 |
| such investigations
and studies;
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| (d) To promulgate reasonable rules and regulations | 8 |
| relating to
vocational and technical education;
| 9 |
| (e) To report, in writing, to the Governor annually on or | 10 |
| before the
fourteenth day of January. The annual report shall | 11 |
| contain (1) a statement
to the extent to which vocational | 12 |
| education has been established and
maintained in the State; (2) | 13 |
| a statement of the existing condition of
vocational education | 14 |
| in the State; (3) a statement of suggestions and
| 15 |
| recommendations with reference to the development of | 16 |
| vocational
education in the State; (4) (blank); a statement of | 17 |
| recommendations on programs
and policies to overcome sex bias | 18 |
| and sex stereotyping in vocational
education programming and an | 19 |
| assessment of the State's progress in
achieving such goals | 20 |
| prepared by the state vocational education sex equity
| 21 |
| coordinator pursuant to the Federal Vocational Education Law; | 22 |
| and (5)
an itemized statement of the amounts of money received | 23 |
| from
Federal and State sources, and of the objects and purposes | 24 |
| to which the
respective items of these several amounts have | 25 |
| been devoted; and
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| (f) To make such reports to the federal government as may |
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| be
required by the provisions of the Federal Vocational | 2 |
| Education Law, and
by the rules and regulations of the federal | 3 |
| agency administering the
Federal Vocational Education Law.
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| (g) To make grants subject to appropriation and to | 5 |
| administer and
promulgate rules and regulations to implement a | 6 |
| vocational
equipment program. The use of such grant funds shall | 7 |
| be
limited to obtaining equipment for vocational education | 8 |
| programs, school
shops and laboratories. The State Board of | 9 |
| Education shall adopt
appropriate regulations to administer | 10 |
| this paragraph.
| 11 |
| (Source: P.A. 86-560.)"; and
| 12 |
| on page 72, immediately below line 5, by inserting the | 13 |
| following:
| 14 |
| "(105 ILCS 5/2-3.95 rep.)"; and
| 15 |
|
| 16 |
| on page 72, immediately below line 6, by inserting the | 17 |
| following:
| 18 |
| "(105 ILCS 5/2-3.102 rep.)"; and
| 19 |
|
| 20 |
| on page 72, immediately below line 7, by inserting the | 21 |
| following:
| 22 |
| "(105 ILCS 5/10-22.22a rep.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/13B-40.5 rep.)
| 2 |
| (105 ILCS 5/13B-40.10 rep.)
| 3 |
| (105 ILCS 5/13B-40.15 rep.)
| 4 |
| (105 ILCS 5/13B-40.20 rep.)
| 5 |
| (105 ILCS 5/13B-40.25 rep.)
| 6 |
| (105 ILCS 5/13B-40.30 rep.)"; and
| 7 |
|
| 8 |
| on page 72, immediately below line 11, by inserting the | 9 |
| following: | 10 |
| "(105 ILCS 5/prec. Sec. 27-25 heading rep.)
| 11 |
| (105 ILCS 5/27-25 rep.)
| 12 |
| (105 ILCS 5/27-25.1 rep.)
| 13 |
| (105 ILCS 5/27-25.2 rep.)
| 14 |
| (105 ILCS 5/27-25.3 rep.)
| 15 |
| (105 ILCS 5/27-25.4 rep.)"; and
| 16 |
|
| 17 |
| on page 72, line 13, after "2-3.94,", by inserting "2-3.95,"; | 18 |
| and
| 19 |
| on page 72, line 14, after "2-3.99,", by inserting "2-3.102,"; | 20 |
| and
| 21 |
| on page 72, line 14, after "2-3.124,", by inserting "10-22.22a, | 22 |
| 13B-40.5, 13B-40.10, 13B-40.15, 13B-40.20, 13B-40.25, | 23 |
| 13B-40.30,"; and
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| on page 72, line 14, by replacing "and 27-23.2" with "27-23.2, | 2 |
| 27-25, 27-25.1, 27-25.2, 27-25.3, and 27-25.4 and the heading | 3 |
| preceding Section 27-25"; and
| 4 |
| on page 72, immediately below line 14, by inserting the | 5 |
| following:
| 6 |
| "(105 ILCS 310/4 rep.)
| 7 |
| (105 ILCS 310/5 rep.)
| 8 |
| Section 15. The Illinois Summer School for the Arts Act is | 9 |
| amended by repealing Sections 4 and 5.
| 10 |
| (105 ILCS 420/Act rep.)
| 11 |
| Section 20. The Council on Vocational Education Act is | 12 |
| repealed.
| 13 |
| (105 ILCS 423/Act rep.)
| 14 |
| Section 25. The Occupational Skill Standards Act is | 15 |
| repealed. | 16 |
| Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 17 |
| changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 18 |
| that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 19 |
| represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 20 |
| not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes |
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| made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 2 |
| Public Act.".
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