Public Act 097-0525
 
SB1578 EnrolledLRB097 09745 NHT 49882 b

    AN ACT concerning education.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
3-11 and 24-3 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/3-11)  (from Ch. 122, par. 3-11)
    Sec. 3-11. Institutes or inservice training workshops. In
counties of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the regional
superintendent may arrange for or conduct district, regional,
or county institutes, or equivalent professional educational
experiences, not more than 4 days annually. Of those 4 days, 2
days may be used as a teacher's and educational support
personnel workshop, when approved by the regional
superintendent, up to 2 days may be used for conducting
parent-teacher conferences, or up to 2 days may be utilized as
parental institute days as provided in Section 10-22.18d.
Educational support personnel may be exempt from a workshop if
the workshop is not relevant to the work they do. A school
district may use one of its 4 institute days on the last day of
the school term. "Institute" or "Professional educational
experiences" means any educational gathering, demonstration of
methods of instruction, visitation of schools or other
institutions or facilities, sexual abuse and sexual assault
awareness seminar, or training in First Aid (which may include
cardiopulmonary resuscitation or defibrillator training) held
or approved by the regional superintendent and declared by him
to be an institute day, or parent-teacher conferences. With the
concurrence of the State Superintendent of Education, he or she
may employ such assistance as is necessary to conduct the
institute. Two or more adjoining counties may jointly hold an
institute. Institute instruction shall be free to holders of
certificates good in the county or counties holding the
institute, and to those who have paid an examination fee and
failed to receive a certificate.
    In counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the regional
superintendent may arrange for or conduct district, regional,
or county inservice training workshops, or equivalent
professional educational experiences, not more than 4 days
annually. Of those 4 days, 2 days may be used as a teacher's
and educational support personnel workshop, when approved by
the regional superintendent, up to 2 days may be used for
conducting parent-teacher conferences, or and up to 2 days may
be utilized as parental institute days as provided in Section
10-22.18d. Educational support personnel may be exempt from a
workshop if the workshop is not relevant to the work they do. A
school district may use one of those 4 days on the last day of
the school term. "Inservice Training Workshops" or
"Professional educational experiences" means any educational
gathering, demonstration of methods of instruction, visitation
of schools or other institutions or facilities, sexual abuse
and sexual assault awareness seminar, or training in First Aid
(which may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation or
defibrillator training) held or approved by the regional
superintendent and declared by him to be an inservice training
workshop, or parent-teacher conferences. With the concurrence
of the State Superintendent of Education, he may employ such
assistance as is necessary to conduct the inservice training
workshop. With the approval of the regional superintendent, 2
or more adjoining districts may jointly hold an inservice
training workshop. In addition, with the approval of the
regional superintendent, one district may conduct its own
inservice training workshop with subject matter consultants
requested from the county, State or any State institution of
higher learning.
    Such teachers institutes as referred to in this Section may
be held on consecutive or separate days at the option of the
regional superintendent having jurisdiction thereof.
    Whenever reference is made in this Act to "teachers
institute", it shall be construed to include the inservice
training workshops or equivalent professional educational
experiences provided for in this Section.
    Any institute advisory committee existing on April 1, 1995,
is dissolved and the duties and responsibilities of the
institute advisory committee are assumed by the regional office
of education advisory board.
    Districts providing inservice training programs shall
constitute inservice committees, 1/2 of which shall be
teachers, 1/4 school service personnel and 1/4 administrators
to establish program content and schedules.
    The teachers institutes shall include teacher training
committed to (i) peer counseling programs and other
anti-violence and conflict resolution programs, including
without limitation programs for preventing at risk students
from committing violent acts, and (ii) educator ethics and
teacher-student conduct. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school
year, the teachers institutes shall include instruction on
prevalent student chronic health conditions.
(Source: P.A. 95-969, eff. 1-1-09; 96-431, eff. 8-13-09.)
 
    (105 ILCS 5/24-3)  (from Ch. 122, par. 24-3)
    Sec. 24-3. Attendance at teachers' institute. The days in
any school year spent by a teacher or educational support
personnel during the term time spent in attendance upon a
teachers' institute or equivalent professional educational
experiences held under the direction of the county
superintendent of schools shall be considered time expended in
the service of the district and no deduction of wages shall be
made for such attendance. The board may make a pro-rata
deduction from the salary of any teacher or educational support
personnel who fail fails or refuse refuses to attend such
institute, unless, in the case of educational support
personnel, they are exempt from attending. The boards shall
close the schools for county institute.
(Source: P.A. 85-697.)