Bill Text: IL SB0100 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Engrossed
NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-3)
Status: (Passed) 2015-08-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0456 [SB0100 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB0100-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-3)
Status: (Passed) 2015-08-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0456 [SB0100 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB0100-Engrossed.html
| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | AN ACT concerning education.
| ||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
| ||||||
4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||
5 | 10-20.14, 10-22.6, 27A-5, and 34-19 as follows:
| ||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.14) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.14)
| ||||||
7 | Sec. 10-20.14.
Student discipline policies; Parent-teacher | ||||||
8 | advisory
committee.
| ||||||
9 | (a) To establish and maintain
a parent-teacher advisory | ||||||
10 | committee to develop with the school board or governing body of | ||||||
11 | a charter school
policy guidelines on pupil discipline, | ||||||
12 | including school searches and bullying prevention as set forth | ||||||
13 | in Section 27-23.7 of this Code. School authorities shall , to
| ||||||
14 | furnish a copy of the
policy to the parents or guardian of each | ||||||
15 | pupil within 15 days after
the beginning of the school year, or | ||||||
16 | within 15 days after starting classes
for a pupil who transfers | ||||||
17 | into the district during the school year, and the school board | ||||||
18 | or governing body of a charter school shall to
require that a | ||||||
19 | each school inform informs its pupils of the contents of the | ||||||
20 | its policy.
School boards and the governing bodies of charter | ||||||
21 | schools , along with the parent-teacher advisory committee, | ||||||
22 | must are
encouraged to annually review their pupil discipline | ||||||
23 | policies, the
implementation of those policies, and any other |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | factors related to the safety
of their
schools, pupils, and | ||||||
2 | staff.
| ||||||
3 | (a-5) On or before September 15, 2016, each elementary and | ||||||
4 | secondary school and charter school shall, at a minimum, adopt | ||||||
5 | pupil discipline policies that fulfill the requirements set | ||||||
6 | forth in this Section, subsections (a) and (b) of Section | ||||||
7 | 10-22.6 of this Code, Section 34-19 of this Code if applicable, | ||||||
8 | and federal and State laws that provide special requirements | ||||||
9 | for the discipline of students with disabilities. | ||||||
10 | (b) The parent-teacher advisory
committee in cooperation | ||||||
11 | with local law enforcement agencies shall develop,
with the | ||||||
12 | school board, policy guideline procedures to
establish
and | ||||||
13 | maintain a reciprocal reporting system between the school | ||||||
14 | district and
local law enforcement agencies regarding criminal | ||||||
15 | offenses committed by
students. School districts are | ||||||
16 | encouraged to create memoranda of understanding with local law | ||||||
17 | enforcement agencies that clearly define law enforcement's | ||||||
18 | role in schools, in accordance with Section 10-22.6 of this | ||||||
19 | Code.
| ||||||
20 | (c) The parent-teacher advisory committee, in cooperation | ||||||
21 | with school bus
personnel, shall develop, with the school | ||||||
22 | board, policy guideline procedures to
establish and maintain | ||||||
23 | school bus safety procedures. These procedures shall be
| ||||||
24 | incorporated into the district's pupil discipline policy.
| ||||||
25 | (d) The school board, in consultation with the | ||||||
26 | parent-teacher
advisory committee and other community-based |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | organizations, must include
provisions in the student | ||||||
2 | discipline
policy to address students who have demonstrated | ||||||
3 | behaviors that put them at
risk for aggressive behavior, | ||||||
4 | including without limitation bullying, as
defined in the | ||||||
5 | policy. These provisions must include
procedures for notifying | ||||||
6 | parents or legal guardians and
early intervention procedures
| ||||||
7 | based upon available community-based and district resources.
| ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 91-272, eff. 1-1-00; 92-260, eff. 1-1-02.)
| ||||||
9 | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.6) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.6)
| ||||||
10 | Sec. 10-22.6. Suspension or expulsion of pupils; school | ||||||
11 | searches.
| ||||||
12 | (a) To expel pupils guilty of gross disobedience or | ||||||
13 | misconduct, including gross disobedience or misconduct | ||||||
14 | perpetuated by electronic means , pursuant to subsection (b-20) | ||||||
15 | of this Section , and
no action shall lie against them for such | ||||||
16 | expulsion. Expulsion shall
take place only after the parents | ||||||
17 | have been requested to appear at a
meeting of the board, or | ||||||
18 | with a hearing officer appointed by it, to
discuss their | ||||||
19 | child's behavior. Such request shall be made by registered
or | ||||||
20 | certified mail and shall state the time, place and purpose of | ||||||
21 | the
meeting. The board, or a hearing officer appointed by it, | ||||||
22 | at such
meeting shall state the reasons for dismissal and the | ||||||
23 | date on which the
expulsion is to become effective. If a | ||||||
24 | hearing officer is appointed by
the board he shall report to | ||||||
25 | the board a written summary of the evidence
heard at the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | meeting and the board may take such action thereon as it
finds | ||||||
2 | appropriate. If the board acts to expel a pupil, the written | ||||||
3 | expulsion decision shall detail the specific reasons why | ||||||
4 | removing the pupil from the learning environment is in the best | ||||||
5 | interest of the school. The expulsion decision shall also | ||||||
6 | include a rationale as to the specific duration of the | ||||||
7 | expulsion. An expelled pupil may be immediately transferred to | ||||||
8 | an alternative program in the manner provided in Article 13A or | ||||||
9 | 13B of this Code. A pupil must not be denied transfer because | ||||||
10 | of the expulsion, except in cases in which such transfer is | ||||||
11 | deemed to cause a threat to the safety of students or staff in | ||||||
12 | the alternative program.
| ||||||
13 | (b) To suspend or by policy to authorize the superintendent | ||||||
14 | of
the district or the principal, assistant principal, or dean | ||||||
15 | of students
of any school to suspend pupils guilty of gross | ||||||
16 | disobedience or misconduct, or
to suspend pupils guilty of | ||||||
17 | gross disobedience or misconduct on the school bus
from riding | ||||||
18 | the school bus, pursuant to subsections (b-15) and (b-20) of | ||||||
19 | this Section, and no action
shall lie against them for such | ||||||
20 | suspension. The board may by policy
authorize the | ||||||
21 | superintendent of the district or the principal, assistant
| ||||||
22 | principal, or dean of students of any
school to suspend pupils | ||||||
23 | guilty of such acts for a period not to exceed
10 school days. | ||||||
24 | If a pupil is suspended due to gross disobedience or misconduct
| ||||||
25 | on a school bus, the board may suspend the pupil in excess of | ||||||
26 | 10
school
days for safety reasons. |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Any suspension shall be reported immediately to the
| ||||||
2 | parents or guardian of a such pupil along with a full statement | ||||||
3 | of the
reasons for such suspension and a notice of their right | ||||||
4 | to a review. The school board must be given a summary of the | ||||||
5 | notice, including the reason for the suspension and the | ||||||
6 | suspension length. Upon request of the
parents or guardian the | ||||||
7 | school board or a hearing officer appointed by
it shall review | ||||||
8 | such action of the superintendent or principal, assistant
| ||||||
9 | principal, or dean of students. At such
review the parents or | ||||||
10 | guardian of the pupil may appear and discuss the
suspension | ||||||
11 | with the board or its hearing officer. If a hearing officer
is | ||||||
12 | appointed by the board he shall report to the board a written | ||||||
13 | summary
of the evidence heard at the meeting. After its hearing | ||||||
14 | or upon receipt
of the written report of its hearing officer, | ||||||
15 | the board may take such
action as it finds appropriate. If a | ||||||
16 | student is suspended pursuant to this subsection (b), the board | ||||||
17 | shall, in the written suspension decision, detail the specific | ||||||
18 | act of gross disobedience or misconduct resulting in the | ||||||
19 | decision to suspend. The suspension decision shall also include | ||||||
20 | a rationale as to the specific duration of the suspension. A | ||||||
21 | pupil who is suspended in excess of 20 school days may be | ||||||
22 | immediately transferred to an alternative program in the manner | ||||||
23 | provided in Article 13A or 13B of this Code. A pupil must not | ||||||
24 | be denied transfer because of the suspension, except in cases | ||||||
25 | in which such transfer is deemed to cause a threat to the | ||||||
26 | safety of students or staff in the alternative program.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (b-5) Among the many possible disciplinary interventions | ||||||
2 | and consequences available to school officials, school | ||||||
3 | exclusions, such as out-of-school suspensions and expulsions, | ||||||
4 | are the most serious. School officials shall limit the number | ||||||
5 | and duration of expulsions and suspensions to the greatest | ||||||
6 | extent practicable, and it is recommended that they use them | ||||||
7 | only for legitimate educational purposes. To ensure that | ||||||
8 | students are not excluded from school unnecessarily, it is | ||||||
9 | recommended that school officials consider forms of | ||||||
10 | non-exclusionary discipline prior to using out-of-school | ||||||
11 | suspensions or expulsions. | ||||||
12 | (b-10) Unless otherwise required by federal law or this | ||||||
13 | Code, school boards may not institute zero-tolerance policies | ||||||
14 | by which school administrators are required to suspend or expel | ||||||
15 | students for particular behaviors. | ||||||
16 | (b-15) Out-of-school suspensions of 3 days or less may be | ||||||
17 | used only if the student's continuing presence in school would | ||||||
18 | pose a threat to school safety or a disruption to other | ||||||
19 | students' learning opportunities. For purposes of this | ||||||
20 | subsection (b-15), "threat to school safety or a disruption to | ||||||
21 | other students' learning opportunities" shall be determined on | ||||||
22 | a case-by-case basis by the school board or its designee. | ||||||
23 | School officials shall make all reasonable efforts to resolve | ||||||
24 | such threats, address such disruptions, and minimize the length | ||||||
25 | of suspensions to the greatest extent practicable. | ||||||
26 | (b-20) Unless otherwise required by this Code, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | out-of-school suspensions of longer than 3 days, expulsions, | ||||||
2 | and disciplinary removals to alternative schools may be used | ||||||
3 | only if the student's continuing presence in school poses a | ||||||
4 | threat to the safety of other students, staff, or members of | ||||||
5 | the school community or substantially disrupts, impedes, or | ||||||
6 | interferes with the operation of the school and other | ||||||
7 | appropriate and available behavioral and disciplinary | ||||||
8 | interventions have been exhausted. For purposes of this | ||||||
9 | subsection (b-20), "threat to the safety of other students, | ||||||
10 | staff, or members of the school community" and "substantially | ||||||
11 | disrupts, impedes, or interferes with the operation of the | ||||||
12 | school" shall be determined on a case-by-case basis by school | ||||||
13 | officials. For purposes of this subsection (b-20), the | ||||||
14 | determination of whether "appropriate and available behavioral | ||||||
15 | and disciplinary interventions have been exhausted" shall be | ||||||
16 | made by school officials. School officials shall make all | ||||||
17 | reasonable efforts to resolve such threats and minimize the | ||||||
18 | length of student exclusions to the greatest extent | ||||||
19 | practicable. Within the suspension decision described in | ||||||
20 | subsection (b) of this Section or the expulsion decision | ||||||
21 | described in subsection (a) of this Section, it shall be | ||||||
22 | documented whether other interventions were attempted or | ||||||
23 | whether it was determined that there were no other appropriate | ||||||
24 | and available interventions. | ||||||
25 | (b-25) Students who are suspended out-of-school for longer | ||||||
26 | than 4 school days shall be provided appropriate and available |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | support services during the period of their suspension. For | ||||||
2 | purposes of this subsection (b-25), "appropriate and available | ||||||
3 | support services" shall be determined by school authorities. | ||||||
4 | Within the suspension decision described in subsection (b) of | ||||||
5 | this Section, it shall be documented whether such services are | ||||||
6 | to be provided or whether it was determined that there are no | ||||||
7 | such appropriate and available services. | ||||||
8 | A school district may refer students who are expelled to | ||||||
9 | appropriate and available support services. | ||||||
10 | A school district shall create a policy to facilitate the | ||||||
11 | re-engagement of students who are suspended out-of-school, | ||||||
12 | expelled, or returning from an alternative school setting. | ||||||
13 | (b-30) A school district shall create a policy by which | ||||||
14 | suspended pupils, including those pupils suspended from the | ||||||
15 | school bus who do not have alternate transportation to school, | ||||||
16 | shall have the opportunity to make up work for equivalent | ||||||
17 | academic credit. It shall be the responsibility of a pupil's | ||||||
18 | parent or guardian to notify school officials that a pupil | ||||||
19 | suspended from the school bus does not have alternate | ||||||
20 | transportation to school. | ||||||
21 | (c) The Department of Human Services
shall be invited to | ||||||
22 | send a representative to consult with the board at
such meeting | ||||||
23 | whenever there is evidence that mental illness may be the
cause | ||||||
24 | for expulsion or suspension.
| ||||||
25 | (c-5) School districts shall make reasonable efforts to | ||||||
26 | provide ongoing professional development to teachers, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | administrators, school board members, school resource | ||||||
2 | officers, and staff on the adverse consequences of school | ||||||
3 | exclusion and justice-system involvement, effective classroom | ||||||
4 | management strategies, culturally responsive discipline, and | ||||||
5 | developmentally appropriate disciplinary methods that promote | ||||||
6 | positive and healthy school climates. | ||||||
7 | (d) The board may expel a student for a definite period of | ||||||
8 | time not to
exceed 2 calendar years, as determined on a case by | ||||||
9 | case basis.
A student who
is determined to have brought one of | ||||||
10 | the following objects to school, any school-sponsored activity
| ||||||
11 | or event, or any activity or event that bears a reasonable | ||||||
12 | relationship to school shall be expelled for a period of not | ||||||
13 | less than
one year: | ||||||
14 | (1) A firearm. For the purposes of this Section, | ||||||
15 | "firearm" means any gun, rifle, shotgun, weapon as defined | ||||||
16 | by Section 921 of Title 18 of the United States Code, | ||||||
17 | firearm as defined in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners | ||||||
18 | Identification Card Act, or firearm as defined in Section | ||||||
19 | 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012. The expulsion period | ||||||
20 | under this subdivision (1) may be modified by the | ||||||
21 | superintendent, and the superintendent's determination may | ||||||
22 | be modified by the board on a case-by-case basis. | ||||||
23 | (2) A knife, brass knuckles or other knuckle weapon | ||||||
24 | regardless of its composition, a billy club, or any other | ||||||
25 | object if used or attempted to be used to cause bodily | ||||||
26 | harm, including "look alikes" of any firearm as defined in |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | subdivision (1) of this subsection (d). The expulsion | ||||||
2 | requirement under this subdivision (2) may be modified by | ||||||
3 | the superintendent, and the superintendent's determination | ||||||
4 | may be modified by the board on a case-by-case basis. | ||||||
5 | Expulsion
or suspension
shall be construed in a
manner | ||||||
6 | consistent with the Federal Individuals with Disabilities | ||||||
7 | Education
Act. A student who is subject to suspension or | ||||||
8 | expulsion as provided in this
Section may be eligible for a | ||||||
9 | transfer to an alternative school program in
accordance with | ||||||
10 | Article 13A of the School Code. The provisions of this
| ||||||
11 | subsection (d) apply in all school districts,
including special | ||||||
12 | charter districts and districts organized under Article 34.
| ||||||
13 | (d-5) The board may suspend or by regulation
authorize the | ||||||
14 | superintendent of the district or the principal, assistant
| ||||||
15 | principal, or dean of students of any
school to suspend a | ||||||
16 | student for a period not to exceed
10 school days or may expel | ||||||
17 | a student for a definite period of time not to
exceed 2 | ||||||
18 | calendar years, as determined on a case by case basis, if (i) | ||||||
19 | that student has been determined to have made an explicit | ||||||
20 | threat on an Internet website against a school employee, a | ||||||
21 | student, or any school-related personnel, (ii) the Internet | ||||||
22 | website through which the threat was made is a site that was | ||||||
23 | accessible within the school at the time the threat was made or | ||||||
24 | was available to third parties who worked or studied within the | ||||||
25 | school grounds at the time the threat was made, and (iii) the | ||||||
26 | threat could be reasonably interpreted as threatening to the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | safety and security of the threatened individual because of his | ||||||
2 | or her duties or employment status or status as a student | ||||||
3 | inside the school. The provisions of this
subsection (d-5) | ||||||
4 | apply in all school districts,
including special charter | ||||||
5 | districts and districts organized under Article 34 of this | ||||||
6 | Code.
| ||||||
7 | (e) To maintain order and security in the schools, school | ||||||
8 | authorities may
inspect and search places and areas such as | ||||||
9 | lockers, desks, parking lots, and
other school property and | ||||||
10 | equipment owned or controlled by the school, as well
as | ||||||
11 | personal effects left in those places and areas by students, | ||||||
12 | without notice
to or the consent of the student, and without a | ||||||
13 | search warrant. As a matter of
public policy, the General | ||||||
14 | Assembly finds that students have no reasonable
expectation of | ||||||
15 | privacy in these places and areas or in their personal effects
| ||||||
16 | left in these places and areas. School authorities may request | ||||||
17 | the assistance
of law enforcement officials for the purpose of | ||||||
18 | conducting inspections and
searches of lockers, desks, parking | ||||||
19 | lots, and other school property and
equipment owned or | ||||||
20 | controlled by the school for illegal drugs, weapons, or
other
| ||||||
21 | illegal or dangerous substances or materials, including | ||||||
22 | searches conducted
through the use of specially trained dogs. | ||||||
23 | If a search conducted in accordance
with this Section produces | ||||||
24 | evidence that the student has violated or is
violating either | ||||||
25 | the law, local ordinance, or the school's policies or rules,
| ||||||
26 | such evidence may be seized by school authorities, and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | disciplinary action may
be taken. School authorities may also | ||||||
2 | turn over such evidence to law
enforcement authorities. The | ||||||
3 | provisions of this subsection (e) apply in all
school | ||||||
4 | districts, including special charter districts and districts | ||||||
5 | organized
under Article 34.
| ||||||
6 | (f) Suspension or expulsion may include suspension or | ||||||
7 | expulsion from
school and all school activities and a | ||||||
8 | prohibition from being present on school
grounds.
| ||||||
9 | (g) A school district may adopt a policy providing that if | ||||||
10 | a student
is suspended or expelled for any reason from any | ||||||
11 | public or private school
in this or any other state, the | ||||||
12 | student must complete the entire term of
the suspension or | ||||||
13 | expulsion in an alternative school program under Article 13A of | ||||||
14 | this Code or an alternative learning opportunities program | ||||||
15 | under Article 13B of this Code before being admitted into the | ||||||
16 | school
district if there is no threat to the safety of students | ||||||
17 | or staff in the alternative program. This subsection (g) | ||||||
18 | applies to
all school districts, including special charter | ||||||
19 | districts and districts
organized under Article 34 of this | ||||||
20 | Code.
| ||||||
21 | (h) School officials shall not advise or encourage students | ||||||
22 | to drop out voluntarily due to behavioral or academic | ||||||
23 | difficulties. | ||||||
24 | (i) A student may not be issued a monetary fine or fee as a | ||||||
25 | disciplinary consequence, though this shall not preclude | ||||||
26 | requiring a student to provide restitution for lost, stolen, or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | damaged property. | ||||||
2 | (j) Subsections (a) through (i) of this Section shall apply | ||||||
3 | to elementary and secondary schools, charter schools, special | ||||||
4 | charter districts, and school districts organized under | ||||||
5 | Article 34 of this Code. | ||||||
6 | (Source: P.A. 96-633, eff. 8-24-09; 96-998, eff. 7-2-10; | ||||||
7 | 97-340, eff. 1-1-12; 97-495, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; | ||||||
8 | 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
| ||||||
9 | (105 ILCS 5/27A-5)
| ||||||
10 | Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements.
| ||||||
11 | (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian, | ||||||
12 | nonreligious, non-home
based, and non-profit school. A charter | ||||||
13 | school shall be organized and operated
as a nonprofit | ||||||
14 | corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity
| ||||||
15 | authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
| ||||||
16 | (b) A charter school may be established under this Article | ||||||
17 | by creating a new
school or by converting an existing public | ||||||
18 | school or attendance center to
charter
school status.
Beginning | ||||||
19 | on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | ||||||
20 | General
Assembly, in all new
applications to establish
a | ||||||
21 | charter
school in a city having a population exceeding 500,000, | ||||||
22 | operation of the
charter
school shall be limited to one campus. | ||||||
23 | The changes made to this Section by this
amendatory Act
of the | ||||||
24 | 93rd General
Assembly do not apply to charter schools existing | ||||||
25 | or approved on or before the
effective date of this
amendatory |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Act. | ||||||
2 | (b-5) In this subsection (b-5), "virtual-schooling" means | ||||||
3 | a cyber school where students engage in online curriculum and | ||||||
4 | instruction via the Internet and electronic communication with | ||||||
5 | their teachers at remote locations and with students | ||||||
6 | participating at different times. | ||||||
7 | From April 1, 2013 through December 31, 2016, there is a | ||||||
8 | moratorium on the establishment of charter schools with | ||||||
9 | virtual-schooling components in school districts other than a | ||||||
10 | school district organized under Article 34 of this Code. This | ||||||
11 | moratorium does not apply to a charter school with | ||||||
12 | virtual-schooling components existing or approved prior to | ||||||
13 | April 1, 2013 or to the renewal of the charter of a charter | ||||||
14 | school with virtual-schooling components already approved | ||||||
15 | prior to April 1, 2013. | ||||||
16 | On or before March 1, 2014, the Commission shall submit to | ||||||
17 | the General Assembly a report on the effect of | ||||||
18 | virtual-schooling, including without limitation the effect on | ||||||
19 | student performance, the costs associated with | ||||||
20 | virtual-schooling, and issues with oversight. The report shall | ||||||
21 | include policy recommendations for virtual-schooling.
| ||||||
22 | (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by | ||||||
23 | its board of
directors or other governing body
in the manner | ||||||
24 | provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter school
| ||||||
25 | shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and the Open | ||||||
26 | Meetings Act.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (d) A charter school shall comply with all applicable | ||||||
2 | health and safety
requirements applicable to public schools | ||||||
3 | under the laws of the State of
Illinois.
| ||||||
4 | (e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a | ||||||
5 | charter school shall
not charge tuition; provided that a | ||||||
6 | charter school may charge reasonable fees
for textbooks, | ||||||
7 | instructional materials, and student activities.
| ||||||
8 | (f) A charter school shall be responsible for the | ||||||
9 | management and operation
of its fiscal affairs including,
but | ||||||
10 | not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each | ||||||
11 | charter
school's finances shall be conducted annually by an | ||||||
12 | outside, independent
contractor retained by the charter | ||||||
13 | school. To ensure financial accountability for the use of | ||||||
14 | public funds, on or before December 1 of every year of | ||||||
15 | operation, each charter school shall submit to its authorizer | ||||||
16 | and the State Board a copy of its audit and a copy of the Form | ||||||
17 | 990 the charter school filed that year with the federal | ||||||
18 | Internal Revenue Service. In addition, if deemed necessary for | ||||||
19 | proper financial oversight of the charter school, an authorizer | ||||||
20 | may require quarterly financial statements from each charter | ||||||
21 | school.
| ||||||
22 | (g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of | ||||||
23 | this Article; the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act; all | ||||||
24 | federal and State laws and rules applicable to public schools | ||||||
25 | that pertain to special education and the instruction of | ||||||
26 | English language learners, referred to in this Code as |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | "children of limited English-speaking ability"; and
its | ||||||
2 | charter. A charter
school is exempt from all other State laws | ||||||
3 | and regulations in this Code
governing public
schools and local | ||||||
4 | school board policies, except the following:
| ||||||
5 | (1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this Code regarding | ||||||
6 | criminal
history records checks and checks of the Statewide | ||||||
7 | Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent | ||||||
8 | Offender Against Youth Database of applicants for | ||||||
9 | employment;
| ||||||
10 | (2) Sections 10-20.14, 10-22.6, 24-24 , 34-19, and | ||||||
11 | 34-84a 34-84A of this Code regarding discipline of
| ||||||
12 | students;
| ||||||
13 | (3) the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees | ||||||
14 | Tort Immunity Act;
| ||||||
15 | (4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit | ||||||
16 | Corporation Act of 1986
regarding indemnification of | ||||||
17 | officers, directors, employees, and agents;
| ||||||
18 | (5) the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
| ||||||
19 | (6) the Illinois School Student Records Act;
| ||||||
20 | (7) Section 10-17a of this Code regarding school report | ||||||
21 | cards;
| ||||||
22 | (8) the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act; | ||||||
23 | and | ||||||
24 | (9) Section 27-23.7 of this Code regarding bullying | ||||||
25 | prevention ; and . | ||||||
26 | (10) (9) Section 2-3.162 2-3.160 of this the School |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Code regarding student discipline reporting. | ||||||
2 | The change made by Public Act 96-104 to this subsection (g) | ||||||
3 | is declaratory of existing law. | ||||||
4 | (h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a | ||||||
5 | school district, the
governing body of a State college or | ||||||
6 | university or public community college, or
any other public or | ||||||
7 | for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use
of a | ||||||
8 | school building and grounds or any other real property or | ||||||
9 | facilities that
the charter school desires to use or convert | ||||||
10 | for use as a charter school site,
(ii) the operation and | ||||||
11 | maintenance thereof, and
(iii) the provision of any service, | ||||||
12 | activity, or undertaking that the charter
school is required to | ||||||
13 | perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
| ||||||
14 | However, a charter school
that is established on
or
after the | ||||||
15 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
| ||||||
16 | Assembly and that operates
in a city having a population | ||||||
17 | exceeding
500,000 may not contract with a for-profit entity to
| ||||||
18 | manage or operate the school during the period that commences | ||||||
19 | on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | ||||||
20 | General Assembly and
concludes at the end of the 2004-2005 | ||||||
21 | school year.
Except as provided in subsection (i) of this | ||||||
22 | Section, a school district may
charge a charter school | ||||||
23 | reasonable rent for the use of the district's
buildings, | ||||||
24 | grounds, and facilities. Any services for which a charter | ||||||
25 | school
contracts
with a school district shall be provided by | ||||||
26 | the district at cost. Any services
for which a charter school |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | contracts with a local school board or with the
governing body | ||||||
2 | of a State college or university or public community college
| ||||||
3 | shall be provided by the public entity at cost.
| ||||||
4 | (i) In no event shall a charter school that is established | ||||||
5 | by converting an
existing school or attendance center to | ||||||
6 | charter school status be required to
pay rent for space
that is | ||||||
7 | deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter | ||||||
8 | agreement,
in school district
facilities. However, all other | ||||||
9 | costs for the operation and maintenance of
school district | ||||||
10 | facilities that are used by the charter school shall be subject
| ||||||
11 | to negotiation between
the charter school and the local school | ||||||
12 | board and shall be set forth in the
charter.
| ||||||
13 | (j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age or | ||||||
14 | grade level.
| ||||||
15 | (k) If the charter school is approved by the Commission, | ||||||
16 | then the Commission charter school is its own local education | ||||||
17 | agency. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 97-152, eff. 7-20-11; 97-154, eff. 1-1-12; | ||||||
19 | 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 98-16, eff. 5-24-13; 98-639, eff. 6-9-14; | ||||||
20 | 98-669, eff. 6-26-14; 98-739, eff. 7-16-14; 98-783, eff. | ||||||
21 | 1-1-15; 98-1059, eff. 8-26-14; 98-1102, eff. 8-26-14; revised | ||||||
22 | 10-14-14.)
| ||||||
23 | (105 ILCS 5/34-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-19) | ||||||
24 | Sec. 34-19. By-laws, rules and regulations; business | ||||||
25 | transacted at
regular meetings; voting; records. The board |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | shall, subject to the limitations
in this Article, establish | ||||||
2 | by-laws, rules and regulations, which shall have the
force of | ||||||
3 | ordinances, for the proper maintenance of a uniform system of
| ||||||
4 | discipline for both employees and pupils, and for the entire | ||||||
5 | management of the
schools, and may fix the school age of | ||||||
6 | pupils, the minimum of which in
kindergartens shall not be | ||||||
7 | under 4 years, except that, based upon an assessment of the | ||||||
8 | child's readiness, children who have attended a non-public | ||||||
9 | preschool and continued their education at that school through | ||||||
10 | kindergarten, were taught in kindergarten by an appropriately | ||||||
11 | certified teacher, and will attain the age of 6 years on or | ||||||
12 | before December 31 of the year of the 2009-2010 school term and | ||||||
13 | each school term thereafter may attend first grade upon | ||||||
14 | commencement of such term, and in grade schools shall not be
| ||||||
15 | under 6 years. It may expel, suspend or, subject to the | ||||||
16 | limitations of all
policies established or adopted under | ||||||
17 | Section 10-22.6 or 14-8.05, otherwise discipline any
pupil | ||||||
18 | found guilty of gross disobedience, misconduct , or other | ||||||
19 | violation of the
by-laws, rules , and regulations, including | ||||||
20 | gross disobedience or misconduct perpetuated by electronic | ||||||
21 | means. An expelled pupil may be immediately transferred to an | ||||||
22 | alternative program in the manner provided in Article 13A or | ||||||
23 | 13B of this Code. A pupil must not be denied transfer because | ||||||
24 | of the expulsion, except in cases in which such transfer is | ||||||
25 | deemed to cause a threat to the safety of students or staff in | ||||||
26 | the alternative program. A pupil who is suspended in excess of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | 20 school days may be immediately transferred to an alternative | ||||||
2 | program in the manner provided in Article 13A or 13B of this | ||||||
3 | Code. A pupil must not be denied transfer because of the | ||||||
4 | suspension, except in cases in which such transfer is deemed to | ||||||
5 | cause a threat to the safety of students or staff in the | ||||||
6 | alternative program. The bylaws, rules and regulations of the | ||||||
7 | board
shall be enacted, money shall be appropriated or | ||||||
8 | expended, salaries shall be
fixed or changed, and textbooks, | ||||||
9 | electronic textbooks, and courses of instruction shall be | ||||||
10 | adopted or
changed only at the regular meetings of the board | ||||||
11 | and by a vote of a
majority of the full membership of the | ||||||
12 | board; provided that
notwithstanding any other provision of | ||||||
13 | this Article or the School Code,
neither the board or any local | ||||||
14 | school council may purchase any textbook for use in any public | ||||||
15 | school of the
district from any textbook publisher that fails | ||||||
16 | to furnish any computer
diskettes as required under Section | ||||||
17 | 28-21. Funds appropriated for textbook purchases must be | ||||||
18 | available for electronic textbook purchases and the | ||||||
19 | technological equipment necessary to gain access to and use | ||||||
20 | electronic textbooks at the local school council's discretion. | ||||||
21 | The board shall be further
encouraged to provide opportunities | ||||||
22 | for public hearing and testimony before
the adoption of bylaws, | ||||||
23 | rules and regulations. Upon all propositions
requiring for | ||||||
24 | their adoption at least a majority of all the members of the
| ||||||
25 | board the yeas and nays shall be taken and reported. The | ||||||
26 | by-laws, rules and
regulations of the board shall not be |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | repealed, amended or added to, except
by a vote of 2/3 of the | ||||||
2 | full membership of the board. The board shall keep
a record of | ||||||
3 | all its proceedings. Such records and all
by-laws, rules and | ||||||
4 | regulations, or parts thereof, may be proved by a copy
thereof | ||||||
5 | certified to be such by the secretary of the board, but if they | ||||||
6 | are
printed in book or pamphlet form which are purported to be | ||||||
7 | published by
authority of the board they need not be otherwise | ||||||
8 | published and the book or
pamphlet shall be received as | ||||||
9 | evidence, without further proof, of the
records, by-laws, rules | ||||||
10 | and regulations, or any part thereof, as of the
dates thereof | ||||||
11 | as shown in such book or pamphlet, in all courts and places
| ||||||
12 | where judicial proceedings are had. | ||||||
13 | Notwithstanding any other provision in this Article or in | ||||||
14 | the School
Code, the board may delegate to the general | ||||||
15 | superintendent or to the
attorney the authorities granted to | ||||||
16 | the board in the School Code, provided
such delegation and | ||||||
17 | appropriate oversight procedures are made pursuant to
board | ||||||
18 | by-laws, rules and regulations, adopted as herein provided, | ||||||
19 | except that
the board may not delegate its authorities and | ||||||
20 | responsibilities regarding (1)
budget approval obligations; | ||||||
21 | (2) rule-making functions; (3) desegregation
obligations; (4) | ||||||
22 | real estate acquisition, sale or lease in excess of 10 years
as | ||||||
23 | provided in Section 34-21; (5) the levy of taxes; or (6) any | ||||||
24 | mandates
imposed upon the board by "An Act in relation to | ||||||
25 | school reform in cities over
500,000, amending Acts herein | ||||||
26 | named", approved December 12, 1988 (P.A.
85-1418). |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (Source: P.A. 96-864, eff. 1-21-10; 96-1403, eff. 7-29-10; | ||||||
2 | 97-340, eff. 1-1-12; 97-495, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. | ||||||
3 | 7-13-12.)
|