Full Text of HB5588 100th General Assembly
HB5588sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford Filed: 5/3/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5588
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5588 as follows:
| 3 | | on page 1, line 12, after "34-3.5,", by inserting "34-18,"; and
| 4 | | on page 5, line 8, by deleting " about the Committee "; and
| 5 | | on page 5, line 9, by replacing " lead " with " learning "; and
| 6 | | on page 5, line 10, by replacing " Committee's " with " learning | 7 | | partners' "; and
| 8 | | on page 9, by replacing lines 13 and 14 with the following: | 9 | | "Sec. 2-3.52A. Pilot programs. The To improve the quality | 10 | | of teaching as a profession the State Board of Education may,"; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | on page 9, line 16, by deleting " entrance "; and
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| 1 | | on page 9, by replacing lines 17 through line 22 with the | 2 | | following: | 3 | | " preparation pilot programs for teachers "; and
| 4 | | by deleting line 8 on page 37 through line 13 on page 39; and
| 5 | | on page 39, immediately below line 13, by inserting the | 6 | | following:
| 7 | | "(105 ILCS 5/34-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
| 8 | | Sec. 34-18. Powers of the board. The board shall exercise | 9 | | general
supervision and jurisdiction over the public education | 10 | | and the public
school system of the city, and, except as | 11 | | otherwise provided by this
Article, shall have power:
| 12 | | 1. To make suitable provision for the establishment and | 13 | | maintenance
throughout the year or for such portion thereof | 14 | | as it may direct, not
less than 9 months, of schools of all | 15 | | grades and kinds, including normal
schools, high schools, | 16 | | night schools, schools for defectives and
delinquents, | 17 | | parental and truant schools, schools for the blind, the
| 18 | | deaf and persons with physical disabilities, schools or | 19 | | classes in manual training,
constructural and vocational | 20 | | teaching, domestic arts and physical
culture, vocation and | 21 | | extension schools and lecture courses, and all
other | 22 | | educational courses and facilities, including |
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| 1 | | establishing,
equipping, maintaining and operating | 2 | | playgrounds and recreational
programs, when such programs | 3 | | are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected
with any public | 4 | | school under the general supervision and jurisdiction
of | 5 | | the board; provided that the calendar for the school term | 6 | | and any changes must be submitted to and approved by the | 7 | | State Board of Education before the calendar or changes may | 8 | | take effect, and provided that in allocating funds
from | 9 | | year to year for the operation of all attendance centers | 10 | | within the
district, the board shall ensure that | 11 | | supplemental general State aid or supplemental grant funds
| 12 | | are allocated and applied in accordance with Section 18-8, | 13 | | 18-8.05, or 18-8.15. To
admit to such
schools without | 14 | | charge foreign exchange students who are participants in
an | 15 | | organized exchange student program which is authorized by | 16 | | the board.
The board shall permit all students to enroll in | 17 | | apprenticeship programs
in trade schools operated by the | 18 | | board, whether those programs are
union-sponsored or not. | 19 | | No student shall be refused admission into or
be excluded | 20 | | from any course of instruction offered in the common | 21 | | schools
by reason of that student's sex. No student shall | 22 | | be denied equal
access to physical education and | 23 | | interscholastic athletic programs
supported from school | 24 | | district funds or denied participation in
comparable | 25 | | physical education and athletic programs solely by reason | 26 | | of
the student's sex. Equal access to programs supported |
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| 1 | | from school
district funds and comparable programs will be | 2 | | defined in rules
promulgated by the State Board of | 3 | | Education in
consultation with the Illinois High School | 4 | | Association.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this | 5 | | Article, neither the board
of education nor any local | 6 | | school council or other school official shall
recommend | 7 | | that children with disabilities be placed into regular | 8 | | education
classrooms unless those children with | 9 | | disabilities are provided with
supplementary services to | 10 | | assist them so that they benefit from the regular
classroom | 11 | | instruction and are included on the teacher's regular | 12 | | education
class register;
| 13 | | 2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable | 14 | | charge
therefor, and to use school funds for the payment of | 15 | | such expenses as
the board may determine are necessary in | 16 | | conducting the school lunch
program;
| 17 | | 3. To co-operate with the circuit court;
| 18 | | 4. To make arrangements with the public or quasi-public | 19 | | libraries
and museums for the use of their facilities by | 20 | | teachers and pupils of
the public schools;
| 21 | | 5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for | 22 | | the purpose of
treating the pupils in the schools, but | 23 | | accepting such treatment shall
be optional with parents or | 24 | | guardians;
| 25 | | 6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms | 26 | | when not
otherwise needed, including light, heat, and |
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| 1 | | attendants, for free public
lectures, concerts, and other | 2 | | educational and social interests, free of
charge, under | 3 | | such provisions and control as the principal of the
| 4 | | affected attendance center may prescribe;
| 5 | | 7. To apportion the pupils to the several schools; | 6 | | provided that no pupil
shall be excluded from or segregated | 7 | | in any such school on account of his
color, race, sex, or | 8 | | nationality. The board shall take into consideration
the | 9 | | prevention of segregation and the elimination of | 10 | | separation of children
in public schools because of color, | 11 | | race, sex, or nationality. Except that
children may be | 12 | | committed to or attend parental and social adjustment | 13 | | schools
established and maintained either for boys or girls | 14 | | only. All records
pertaining to the creation, alteration or | 15 | | revision of attendance areas shall
be open to the public. | 16 | | Nothing herein shall limit the board's authority to
| 17 | | establish multi-area attendance centers or other student | 18 | | assignment systems
for desegregation purposes or | 19 | | otherwise, and to apportion the pupils to the
several | 20 | | schools. Furthermore, beginning in school year 1994-95, | 21 | | pursuant
to a board plan adopted by October 1, 1993, the | 22 | | board shall offer, commencing
on a phased-in basis, the | 23 | | opportunity for families within the school
district to | 24 | | apply for enrollment of their children in any attendance | 25 | | center
within the school district which does not have | 26 | | selective admission
requirements approved by the board. |
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| 1 | | The appropriate geographical area in
which such open | 2 | | enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by the
| 3 | | board of education. Such children may be admitted to any | 4 | | such attendance
center on a space available basis after all | 5 | | children residing within such
attendance center's area | 6 | | have been accommodated. If the number of
applicants from | 7 | | outside the attendance area exceed the space available,
| 8 | | then successful applicants shall be selected by lottery. | 9 | | The board of
education's open enrollment plan must include | 10 | | provisions that allow low
income students to have access to | 11 | | transportation needed to exercise school
choice. Open | 12 | | enrollment shall be in compliance with the provisions of | 13 | | the
Consent Decree and Desegregation Plan cited in Section | 14 | | 34-1.01;
| 15 | | 8. To approve programs and policies for providing | 16 | | transportation
services to students. Nothing herein shall | 17 | | be construed to permit or empower
the State Board of | 18 | | Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other
| 19 | | transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving | 20 | | racial balance in any
school;
| 21 | | 9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to | 22 | | establish and
approve system-wide curriculum objectives | 23 | | and standards, including graduation
standards, which | 24 | | reflect the
multi-cultural diversity in the city and are | 25 | | consistent with State law,
provided that for all purposes | 26 | | of this Article courses or
proficiency in American Sign |
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| 1 | | Language shall be deemed to constitute courses
or | 2 | | proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ principals | 3 | | and teachers,
appointed as provided in this
Article, and | 4 | | fix their compensation. The board shall prepare such | 5 | | reports
related to minimal competency testing as may be | 6 | | requested by the State
Board of Education, and in addition | 7 | | shall monitor and approve special
education and bilingual | 8 | | education programs and policies within the district to
| 9 | | assure that appropriate services are provided in | 10 | | accordance with applicable
State and federal laws to | 11 | | children requiring services and education in those
areas;
| 12 | | 10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize | 13 | | volunteer personnel
for: (i) non-teaching duties not | 14 | | requiring instructional judgment or
evaluation of pupils, | 15 | | including library duties; and (ii) supervising study
| 16 | | halls, long distance teaching reception areas used | 17 | | incident to instructional
programs transmitted by | 18 | | electronic media such as computers, video, and audio,
| 19 | | detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored | 20 | | extracurricular
activities. The board may further utilize | 21 | | volunteer non-certificated
personnel or employ | 22 | | non-certificated personnel to
assist in the instruction of | 23 | | pupils under the immediate supervision of a
teacher holding | 24 | | a valid certificate, directly engaged in teaching
subject | 25 | | matter or conducting activities; provided that the teacher
| 26 | | shall be continuously aware of the non-certificated |
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| 1 | | persons' activities and
shall be able to control or modify | 2 | | them. The general superintendent shall
determine | 3 | | qualifications of such personnel and shall prescribe rules | 4 | | for
determining the duties and activities to be assigned to | 5 | | such personnel;
| 6 | | 10.5. To utilize volunteer personnel from a regional | 7 | | School Crisis
Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part | 8 | | of the Safe to Learn Program
established pursuant to | 9 | | Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act
of 1995, | 10 | | to provide assistance to schools in times of violence or | 11 | | other
traumatic incidents within a school community by | 12 | | providing crisis
intervention services to lessen the | 13 | | effects of emotional trauma on
individuals and the | 14 | | community; the School Crisis Assistance Team
Steering | 15 | | Committee shall determine the qualifications for | 16 | | volunteers;
| 17 | | 11. To provide television studio facilities in not to | 18 | | exceed one
school building and to provide programs for | 19 | | educational purposes,
provided, however, that the board | 20 | | shall not construct, acquire, operate,
or maintain a | 21 | | television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio
| 22 | | facilities to a licensed television station located in the | 23 | | school
district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed | 24 | | one school radio
transmitting station and provide programs | 25 | | for educational purposes;
| 26 | | 12. To offer, if deemed appropriate, outdoor education |
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| 1 | | courses,
including field trips within the State of | 2 | | Illinois, or adjacent states,
and to use school educational | 3 | | funds for the expense of the said outdoor
educational | 4 | | programs, whether within the school district or not;
| 5 | | 13. During that period of the calendar year not | 6 | | embraced within the
regular school term, to provide and | 7 | | conduct courses in subject matters
normally embraced in the | 8 | | program of the schools during the regular
school term and | 9 | | to give regular school credit for satisfactory
completion | 10 | | by the student of such courses as may be approved for | 11 | | credit
by the State Board of Education;
| 12 | | 14. To insure against any loss or liability of the | 13 | | board,
the former School Board Nominating Commission, | 14 | | Local School Councils, the
Chicago Schools Academic | 15 | | Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict
Councils | 16 | | or of any member, officer, agent or employee thereof, | 17 | | resulting
from alleged violations of civil rights arising | 18 | | from incidents occurring on
or after September 5, 1967 or | 19 | | from the wrongful or negligent act or
omission of any such | 20 | | person whether occurring within or without the school
| 21 | | premises, provided the officer, agent or employee was, at | 22 | | the time of the
alleged violation of civil rights or | 23 | | wrongful act or omission, acting
within the scope of his | 24 | | employment or under direction of the board, the
former | 25 | | School
Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago Schools | 26 | | Academic Accountability
Council, Local School Councils, or |
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| 1 | | the former Subdistrict Councils;
and to provide for or | 2 | | participate in insurance plans for its officers and
| 3 | | employees, including but not limited to retirement | 4 | | annuities, medical,
surgical and hospitalization benefits | 5 | | in such types and amounts as may be
determined by the | 6 | | board; provided, however, that the board shall contract
for | 7 | | such insurance only with an insurance company authorized to | 8 | | do business
in this State. Such insurance may include | 9 | | provision for employees who rely
on treatment by prayer or | 10 | | spiritual means alone for healing, in accordance
with the | 11 | | tenets and practice of a recognized religious | 12 | | denomination;
| 13 | | 15. To contract with the corporate authorities of any | 14 | | municipality
or the county board of any county, as the case | 15 | | may be, to provide for
the regulation of traffic in parking | 16 | | areas of property used for school
purposes, in such manner | 17 | | as is provided by Section 11-209 of The
Illinois Vehicle | 18 | | Code, approved September 29, 1969, as amended;
| 19 | | 16. (a) To provide, on an equal basis, access to a high
| 20 | | school campus and student directory information to the
| 21 | | official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of | 22 | | Illinois and
the United States for the purposes of | 23 | | informing students of the educational
and career | 24 | | opportunities available in the military if the board has | 25 | | provided
such access to persons or groups whose purpose is | 26 | | to acquaint students with
educational or occupational |
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| 1 | | opportunities available to them. The board
is not required | 2 | | to give greater notice regarding the right of access to
| 3 | | recruiting representatives than is given to other persons | 4 | | and groups. In
this paragraph 16, "directory information" | 5 | | means a high school
student's name, address, and telephone | 6 | | number.
| 7 | | (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian | 8 | | submits a signed,
written request to the high school before | 9 | | the end of the student's sophomore
year (or if the student | 10 | | is a transfer student, by another time set by
the high | 11 | | school) that indicates that the student or his or her | 12 | | parent or
guardian does
not want the student's directory | 13 | | information to be provided to official
recruiting | 14 | | representatives under subsection (a) of this Section, the | 15 | | high
school may not provide access to the student's | 16 | | directory information to
these recruiting representatives. | 17 | | The high school shall notify its
students and their parents | 18 | | or guardians of the provisions of this
subsection (b).
| 19 | | (c) A high school may require official recruiting | 20 | | representatives of
the armed forces of Illinois and the | 21 | | United States to pay a fee for copying
and mailing a | 22 | | student's directory information in an amount that is not
| 23 | | more than the actual costs incurred by the high school.
| 24 | | (d) Information received by an official recruiting | 25 | | representative
under this Section may be used only to | 26 | | provide information to students
concerning educational and |
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| 1 | | career opportunities available in the military
and may not | 2 | | be released to a person who is not involved in recruiting
| 3 | | students for the armed forces of Illinois or the United | 4 | | States;
| 5 | | 17. (a) To sell or market any computer program | 6 | | developed by an employee
of the school district, provided | 7 | | that such employee developed the computer
program as a | 8 | | direct result of his or her duties with the school district
| 9 | | or through the utilization of the school district resources | 10 | | or facilities.
The employee who developed the computer | 11 | | program shall be entitled to share
in the proceeds of such | 12 | | sale or marketing of the computer program. The
distribution | 13 | | of such proceeds between the employee and the school | 14 | | district
shall be as agreed upon by the employee and the | 15 | | school district, except
that neither the employee nor the | 16 | | school district may receive more than 90%
of such proceeds. | 17 | | The negotiation for an employee who is represented by an
| 18 | | exclusive bargaining representative may be conducted by | 19 | | such bargaining
representative at the employee's request.
| 20 | | (b) For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
| 21 | | (1) "Computer" means an internally programmed, | 22 | | general purpose digital
device capable of | 23 | | automatically accepting data, processing data and | 24 | | supplying
the results of the operation.
| 25 | | (2) "Computer program" means a series of coded | 26 | | instructions or
statements in a form acceptable to a |
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| 1 | | computer, which causes the computer to
process data in | 2 | | order to achieve a certain result.
| 3 | | (3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from | 4 | | marketing or sale of a product
after deducting the | 5 | | expenses of developing and marketing such product;
| 6 | | 18. To delegate to the general superintendent of
| 7 | | schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts | 8 | | and expenditures
in amounts of $10,000 or less;
| 9 | | 19. Upon the written request of an employee, to | 10 | | withhold from
the compensation of that employee any dues, | 11 | | payments or contributions
payable by such employee to any | 12 | | labor organization as defined in the
Illinois Educational | 13 | | Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an
amount | 14 | | shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which is | 15 | | equal to
the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any | 16 | | payments or contributions,
and the board shall transmit | 17 | | such withholdings to the specified labor
organization | 18 | | within 10 working days from the time of the withholding;
| 19 | | 19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a | 20 | | municipality with
a population of 500,000 or more, a county | 21 | | with a population of 3,000,000 or
more, the Cook County | 22 | | Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
| 23 | | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | 24 | | Transit Authority, or
a housing authority of a municipality | 25 | | with a population of 500,000 or more
that a debt is due and | 26 | | owing the municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest |
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| 1 | | Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | 2 | | Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago | 3 | | Transit Authority, or the housing authority
by an employee | 4 | | of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold, from the
| 5 | | compensation of that employee, the amount of the debt that | 6 | | is due and owing
and pay the amount withheld to the | 7 | | municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest Preserve | 8 | | District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan | 9 | | Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, | 10 | | or the housing authority;
provided, however, that the | 11 | | amount
deducted from any one salary or wage payment shall | 12 | | not exceed 25% of the net
amount of the payment. Before the | 13 | | Board deducts any amount from any salary or
wage of an | 14 | | employee under this paragraph, the municipality, the | 15 | | county, the
Cook County Forest Preserve District, the | 16 | | Chicago Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation | 17 | | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the
housing | 18 | | authority shall certify that (i) the employee has been | 19 | | afforded an
opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt | 20 | | that is due and owing the
municipality, the county, the | 21 | | Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago
Park | 22 | | District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the | 23 | | Chicago Transit
Authority, or the housing authority and | 24 | | (ii) the employee has received notice
of a wage deduction | 25 | | order and has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to
| 26 | | object to the order. For purposes of this paragraph, "net |
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| 1 | | amount" means that
part of the salary or wage payment | 2 | | remaining after the deduction of any amounts
required by | 3 | | law to be deducted and "debt due and owing" means (i) a | 4 | | specified
sum of money owed to the municipality, the | 5 | | county, the Cook County Forest
Preserve District, the | 6 | | Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
Reclamation | 7 | | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing | 8 | | authority
for services, work, or goods, after the period | 9 | | granted for payment has expired,
or (ii) a specified sum of | 10 | | money owed to the municipality, the county, the Cook
County | 11 | | Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | 12 | | Metropolitan
Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | 13 | | Transit Authority, or the housing
authority pursuant to a | 14 | | court order or order of an administrative hearing
officer | 15 | | after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, | 16 | | judicial review;
| 17 | | 20. The board is encouraged to employ a sufficient | 18 | | number of
certified school counselors to maintain a | 19 | | student/counselor ratio of 250 to
1 by July 1, 1990. Each | 20 | | counselor shall spend at least 75% of his work
time in | 21 | | direct contact with students and shall maintain a record of | 22 | | such time;
| 23 | | 21. To make available to students vocational and career
| 24 | | counseling and to establish 5 special career counseling | 25 | | days for students
and parents. On these days | 26 | | representatives of local businesses and
industries shall |
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| 1 | | be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
| 2 | | of career opportunities available to them in the various | 3 | | businesses and
industries. Special consideration shall be | 4 | | given to counseling minority
students as to career | 5 | | opportunities available to them in various fields.
For the | 6 | | purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a person | 7 | | who is any of the following:
| 8 | | (a) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having | 9 | | origins in any of the original peoples of North and South | 10 | | America, including Central America, and who maintains | 11 | | tribal affiliation or community attachment). | 12 | | (b) Asian (a person having origins in any of the | 13 | | original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the | 14 | | Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to, | 15 | | Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, | 16 | | the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam). | 17 | | (c) Black or African American (a person having origins | 18 | | in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as | 19 | | "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or | 20 | | African American". | 21 | | (d) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican, | 22 | | Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish | 23 | | culture or origin, regardless of race). | 24 | | (e) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a person | 25 | | having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, | 26 | | Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
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| 1 | | Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school | 2 | | days;
| 3 | | 22. To report to the State Board of Education the | 4 | | annual
student dropout rate and number of students who | 5 | | graduate from, transfer
from or otherwise leave bilingual | 6 | | programs;
| 7 | | 23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and | 8 | | Neglected Child
Reporting Act or other applicable State or | 9 | | federal law, to permit school
officials to withhold, from | 10 | | any person, information on the whereabouts of
any child | 11 | | removed from school premises when the child has been taken | 12 | | into
protective custody as a victim of suspected child | 13 | | abuse. School officials
shall direct such person to the | 14 | | Department of Children and Family Services,
or to the local | 15 | | law enforcement agency if appropriate;
| 16 | | 24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of | 17 | | existing school
facilities, projected enrollment and | 18 | | efficient utilization of available
resources, for capital | 19 | | improvement of schools and school buildings within
the | 20 | | district, addressing in that policy both the relative | 21 | | priority for
major repairs, renovations and additions to | 22 | | school facilities, and the
advisability or necessity of | 23 | | building new school facilities or closing
existing schools | 24 | | to meet current or projected demographic patterns within
| 25 | | the district;
| 26 | | 25. To make available to the students in every high |
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| 1 | | school attendance
center the ability to take all courses | 2 | | necessary to comply with the Board
of Higher Education's | 3 | | college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
| 4 | | 26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching | 5 | | profession,
whereby qualified professionals become | 6 | | certified teachers, by allowing
credit for professional | 7 | | employment in related fields when determining point
of | 8 | | entry on teacher pay scale;
| 9 | | 27. To provide or contract out training programs for | 10 | | administrative
personnel and principals with revised or | 11 | | expanded duties pursuant to this
Act in order to assure | 12 | | they have the knowledge and skills to perform
their duties;
| 13 | | 28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special | 14 | | needs programs, and
to allocate such funds and other lump | 15 | | sum amounts to each attendance center
in a manner | 16 | | consistent with the provisions of part 4 of Section 34-2.3.
| 17 | | Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require any | 18 | | additional
appropriations of State funds for this purpose;
| 19 | | 29. (Blank);
| 20 | | 30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or | 21 | | any other law to
the contrary, to contract with third | 22 | | parties for services otherwise performed
by employees, | 23 | | including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
| 24 | | employees upon 14 days written notice to the affected | 25 | | employees. Those
contracts may be for a period not to | 26 | | exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a
system-wide basis. |
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| 1 | | The board may not operate more than 30 contract schools, | 2 | | provided that the board may operate an additional 5 | 3 | | contract turnaround schools pursuant to item (5.5) of | 4 | | subsection (d) of Section 34-8.3 of this Code;
| 5 | | 31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures | 6 | | governing the layoff or
reduction in force of employees and | 7 | | the recall of such employees, including,
but not limited | 8 | | to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force or | 9 | | recall
rights of such employees and the weight to be given | 10 | | to any particular
criterion. Such criteria shall take into | 11 | | account factors including, but not be
limited to, | 12 | | qualifications, certifications, experience, performance | 13 | | ratings or
evaluations, and any other factors relating to | 14 | | an employee's job performance;
| 15 | | 32. To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in the | 16 | | hiring of personnel
or the selection of contractors;
| 17 | | 33. (Blank); and To enter into a partnership agreement, | 18 | | as required by
Section 34-3.5 of this Code, and, | 19 | | notwithstanding any other
provision of law to the contrary, | 20 | | to promulgate policies, enter into
contracts, and take any | 21 | | other action necessary to accomplish the
objectives and | 22 | | implement the requirements of that agreement; and
| 23 | | 34. To establish a Labor Management Council to the | 24 | | board
comprised of representatives of the board, the chief | 25 | | executive
officer, and those labor organizations that are | 26 | | the exclusive
representatives of employees of the board and |
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| 1 | | to promulgate
policies and procedures for the operation of | 2 | | the Council.
| 3 | | The specifications of the powers herein granted are not to | 4 | | be
construed as exclusive but the board shall also exercise all | 5 | | other
powers that they may be requisite or proper for the | 6 | | maintenance and the
development of a public school system, not | 7 | | inconsistent with the other
provisions of this Article or | 8 | | provisions of this Code which apply to all
school districts.
| 9 | | In addition to the powers herein granted and authorized to | 10 | | be exercised
by the board, it shall be the duty of the board to | 11 | | review or to direct
independent reviews of special education | 12 | | expenditures and services.
The board shall file a report of | 13 | | such review with the General Assembly on
or before May 1, 1990.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)"; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | on page 41, immediately below line 22, by inserting the | 17 | | following: | 18 | | "(105 ILCS 5/34-3.5 rep.)"; and | 19 | | on page 41, line 25, after "21B-200,", by inserting "34-3.5,".
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