Bill Text: IL SB0469 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. In a provision regarding trustees of schools: provides that the school business of all school townships having school trustees shall be transacted by trustees (rather than 3 trustees); and removes language that provides that the school business of Township 38 North, Range 12 East shall be transacted by 4 trustees elected by the qualified voters of the township and 3 trustees appointed by the school districts within the township. In a provision regarding school counseling services, provides that school counseling services may include working to address the needs of all students without (rather than with) regard to citizenship status.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-11-21 - Referred to Rules Committee [SB0469 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB0469-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||
5 | 5-2 and 10-22.24b as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/5-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-2) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 5-2. Governing board. | ||||||
8 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the | ||||||
9 | school business of all school townships having school trustees | ||||||
10 | shall be transacted by three trustees, as provided in this | ||||||
11 | Article 5. | ||||||
12 | (b) (Blank). This subsection (b) applies only to the | ||||||
13 | trustees of schools of Township 38 North, Range 12 East. The | ||||||
14 | school business of the township shall be transacted by 4 | ||||||
15 | trustees elected by the qualified voters of the township, as | ||||||
16 | provided in this Article 5, and 3 trustees appointed by the | ||||||
17 | school districts within the township, as provided in this | ||||||
18 | subsection (b). An elected trustee and an appointed trustee | ||||||
19 | may represent the same school district. Any trustee, whether | ||||||
20 | elected or appointed, may serve as an officer of the trustees | ||||||
21 | of schools. | ||||||
22 | The 3 trustees to be appointed shall each be appointed for | ||||||
23 | a term of one year as follows: |
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1 | (1) The school boards of Argo Community High School | ||||||
2 | District 217, Summit School District 104, Willow Springs | ||||||
3 | School District 108, and Indian Springs School District | ||||||
4 | 109 shall collectively appoint one school board member as | ||||||
5 | a trustee through a nomination process and by a majority | ||||||
6 | vote or by consensus among the school boards. A trustee | ||||||
7 | appointed under this paragraph (1) may be reappointed for | ||||||
8 | a second term as provided under this paragraph (1). After | ||||||
9 | the appointed term or reappointed term of the trustee | ||||||
10 | expires, the school boards shall appoint a successor | ||||||
11 | trustee pursuant to this paragraph (1). | ||||||
12 | (2) The school boards of Western Springs School | ||||||
13 | District 101, La Grange School District 102, Lyons School | ||||||
14 | District 103, La Grange School District 105 South, | ||||||
15 | LaGrange Highlands School District 106, and Pleasantdale | ||||||
16 | School District 107 shall collectively appoint one school | ||||||
17 | board member as a trustee through a nomination process and | ||||||
18 | by a majority vote or by consensus among the school | ||||||
19 | boards. A trustee appointed under this paragraph (2) may | ||||||
20 | be reappointed for a second term as provided under this | ||||||
21 | paragraph (2). After the appointed term or reappointed | ||||||
22 | term of the trustee expires, the school boards shall | ||||||
23 | appoint a successor trustee pursuant to this paragraph | ||||||
24 | (2). | ||||||
25 | (3) Each year, among the school board presidents of | ||||||
26 | the school districts within the township, one school board |
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1 | president shall be selected through a nomination process | ||||||
2 | and by a majority vote to appoint a trustee. If no | ||||||
3 | president of a school board is nominated, another officer | ||||||
4 | of one of the school boards may be nominated. For the | ||||||
5 | even-numbered year term, a trustee appointed under this | ||||||
6 | paragraph (3) must be from a feeder elementary school | ||||||
7 | district for Argo Community High School District 217, and, | ||||||
8 | for the odd-numbered year term, a trustee appointed under | ||||||
9 | this paragraph (3) must be from a feeder elementary school | ||||||
10 | district for Lyons Township High School District 204. | ||||||
11 | (c) The trustees shall be a body politic and corporate, by | ||||||
12 | the name of "trustees of schools of township No. ...., range | ||||||
13 | No. ....," according to the number, or in case of school | ||||||
14 | townships created from two or more congressional townships, | ||||||
15 | such name shall be "trustees of .... township .... county, | ||||||
16 | Illinois." Such corporation shall have perpetual existence, | ||||||
17 | with power to sue and be sued, and to plead and be impleaded, | ||||||
18 | in all courts and places where judicial proceedings are had. | ||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 102-924, eff. 5-27-22; 103-790, eff. 8-9-24.)
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20 | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24b) | ||||||
21 | Sec. 10-22.24b. School counseling services. School | ||||||
22 | counseling services in public schools may be provided by | ||||||
23 | school counselors as defined in Section 10-22.24a of this Code | ||||||
24 | or by individuals who hold a Professional Educator License | ||||||
25 | with a school support personnel endorsement in the area of |
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1 | school counseling under Section 21B-25 of this Code. | ||||||
2 | School counseling services may include, but are not | ||||||
3 | limited to: | ||||||
4 | (1) designing and delivering a comprehensive school | ||||||
5 | counseling program through a standards-based, | ||||||
6 | data-informed program that promotes student achievement | ||||||
7 | and wellness; | ||||||
8 | (2) (blank); | ||||||
9 | (3) school counselors working as culturally skilled | ||||||
10 | professionals who act sensitively to promote social | ||||||
11 | justice and equity in a pluralistic society; | ||||||
12 | (4) providing individual and group counseling; | ||||||
13 | (5) providing a core counseling curriculum that serves | ||||||
14 | all students and addresses the knowledge and skills | ||||||
15 | appropriate to their developmental level through a | ||||||
16 | collaborative model of delivery involving the school | ||||||
17 | counselor, classroom teachers, and other appropriate | ||||||
18 | education professionals, and including prevention and | ||||||
19 | pre-referral activities; | ||||||
20 | (6) making referrals when necessary to appropriate | ||||||
21 | offices or outside agencies; | ||||||
22 | (7) providing college and career development | ||||||
23 | activities and counseling; | ||||||
24 | (8) developing individual career plans with students, | ||||||
25 | which includes planning for post-secondary education, as | ||||||
26 | appropriate, and engaging in related and relevant career |
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1 | and technical education coursework in high school; | ||||||
2 | (9) assisting all students with a college or | ||||||
3 | post-secondary education plan, which must include a | ||||||
4 | discussion on all post-secondary education options, | ||||||
5 | including 4-year colleges or universities, community | ||||||
6 | colleges, and vocational schools, and includes planning | ||||||
7 | for post-secondary education, as appropriate, and engaging | ||||||
8 | in related and relevant career and technical education | ||||||
9 | coursework in high school; | ||||||
10 | (10) (blank); | ||||||
11 | (11) educating all students on scholarships, financial | ||||||
12 | aid, and preparation of the Federal Application for | ||||||
13 | Federal Student Aid; | ||||||
14 | (12) collaborating with institutions of higher | ||||||
15 | education and local community colleges so that students | ||||||
16 | understand post-secondary education options and are ready | ||||||
17 | to transition successfully; | ||||||
18 | (13) providing crisis intervention and contributing to | ||||||
19 | the development of a specific crisis plan within the | ||||||
20 | school setting in collaboration with multiple | ||||||
21 | stakeholders; | ||||||
22 | (14) providing educational opportunities for students, | ||||||
23 | teachers, and parents on mental health issues; | ||||||
24 | (15) providing counseling and other resources to | ||||||
25 | students who are in crisis; | ||||||
26 | (16) working to address barriers that prohibit or |
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1 | limit access to mental health services; | ||||||
2 | (17) addressing bullying and conflict resolution with | ||||||
3 | all students; | ||||||
4 | (18) teaching communication skills and helping | ||||||
5 | students develop positive relationships; | ||||||
6 | (19) using culturally sensitive skills in working with | ||||||
7 | all students to promote wellness; | ||||||
8 | (20) working to address the needs of all students | ||||||
9 | without with regard to citizenship status; | ||||||
10 | (21) (blank); ; | ||||||
11 | (22) providing academic, social-emotional, and college | ||||||
12 | and career supports to all students irrespective of | ||||||
13 | special education or Section 504 status; | ||||||
14 | (23) assisting students in goal setting and success | ||||||
15 | skills for classroom behavior, study skills, test | ||||||
16 | preparation, internal motivation, and intrinsic rewards; | ||||||
17 | (24) (blank); ; | ||||||
18 | (25) providing information for all students in the | ||||||
19 | selection of courses that will lead to post-secondary | ||||||
20 | education opportunities toward a successful career; | ||||||
21 | (26) interpreting achievement test results and guiding | ||||||
22 | students in appropriate directions; | ||||||
23 | (27) (blank); | ||||||
24 | (28) providing families with opportunities for | ||||||
25 | education and counseling as appropriate in relation to the | ||||||
26 | student's educational assessment; |
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1 | (29) consulting and collaborating with teachers and | ||||||
2 | other school personnel regarding behavior management and | ||||||
3 | intervention plans and inclusion in support of students; | ||||||
4 | (30) teaming and partnering with staff, parents, | ||||||
5 | businesses, and community organizations to support student | ||||||
6 | achievement and social-emotional learning standards for | ||||||
7 | all students; | ||||||
8 | (31) developing and implementing school-based | ||||||
9 | prevention programs, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
10 | mediation and violence prevention, implementing social and | ||||||
11 | emotional education programs and services, and | ||||||
12 | establishing and implementing bullying prevention and | ||||||
13 | intervention programs; | ||||||
14 | (32) developing culturally sensitive assessment | ||||||
15 | instruments for measuring school counseling prevention and | ||||||
16 | intervention effectiveness and collecting, analyzing, and | ||||||
17 | interpreting data; | ||||||
18 | (33) participating on school and district committees | ||||||
19 | to advocate for student programs and resources, as well as | ||||||
20 | establishing a school counseling advisory council that | ||||||
21 | includes representatives of key stakeholders selected to | ||||||
22 | review and advise on the implementation of the school | ||||||
23 | counseling program; | ||||||
24 | (34) acting as a liaison between the public schools | ||||||
25 | and community resources and building relationships with | ||||||
26 | important stakeholders, such as families, administrators, |
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1 | teachers, and board members; | ||||||
2 | (35) maintaining organized, clear, and useful records | ||||||
3 | in a confidential manner consistent with Section 5 of the | ||||||
4 | Illinois School Student Records Act, the Family | ||||||
5 | Educational Rights and Privacy Act, and the Health | ||||||
6 | Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; | ||||||
7 | (36) presenting an annual agreement to the | ||||||
8 | administration, including a formal discussion of the | ||||||
9 | alignment of school and school counseling program missions | ||||||
10 | and goals and detailing specific school counselor | ||||||
11 | responsibilities; | ||||||
12 | (37) identifying and implementing culturally sensitive | ||||||
13 | measures of success for student competencies in each of | ||||||
14 | the 3 domains of academic, social and emotional, and | ||||||
15 | college and career learning based on planned and periodic | ||||||
16 | assessment of the comprehensive developmental school | ||||||
17 | counseling program; | ||||||
18 | (38) collaborating as a team member in Multi-Tiered | ||||||
19 | Systems of Support and other school initiatives; | ||||||
20 | (39) conducting observations and participating in | ||||||
21 | recommendations or interventions regarding the placement | ||||||
22 | of children in educational programs or special education | ||||||
23 | classes; | ||||||
24 | (40) analyzing data and results of school counseling | ||||||
25 | program assessments, including curriculum, small-group, | ||||||
26 | and closing-the-gap results reports, and designing |
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1 | strategies to continue to improve program effectiveness; | ||||||
2 | (41) analyzing data and results of school counselor | ||||||
3 | competency assessments; | ||||||
4 | (42) following American School Counselor Association | ||||||
5 | Ethical Standards for School Counselors to demonstrate | ||||||
6 | high standards of integrity, leadership, and | ||||||
7 | professionalism; | ||||||
8 | (43) using student competencies to assess student | ||||||
9 | growth and development to inform decisions regarding | ||||||
10 | strategies, activities, and services that help students | ||||||
11 | achieve the highest academic level possible; | ||||||
12 | (44) practicing as a culturally skilled school | ||||||
13 | counselor by infusing the multicultural competencies | ||||||
14 | within the role of the school counselor, including the | ||||||
15 | practice of culturally sensitive attitudes and beliefs, | ||||||
16 | knowledge, and skills; | ||||||
17 | (45) infusing the Social-Emotional Standards, as | ||||||
18 | presented in the State Board of Education standards, | ||||||
19 | across the curriculum and in the counselor's role in ways | ||||||
20 | that empower and enable students to achieve academic | ||||||
21 | success across all grade levels; | ||||||
22 | (46) providing services only in areas in which the | ||||||
23 | school counselor has appropriate training or expertise, as | ||||||
24 | well as only providing counseling or consulting services | ||||||
25 | within his or her employment to any student in the | ||||||
26 | district or districts which employ such school counselor, |
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1 | in accordance with professional ethics; | ||||||
2 | (47) having adequate training in supervision knowledge | ||||||
3 | and skills in order to supervise school counseling interns | ||||||
4 | enrolled in graduate school counselor preparation programs | ||||||
5 | that meet the standards established by the State Board of | ||||||
6 | Education; | ||||||
7 | (48) being involved with State and national | ||||||
8 | professional associations; | ||||||
9 | (49) complete the required training as outlined in | ||||||
10 | Section 10-22.39; | ||||||
11 | (50) (blank); | ||||||
12 | (51) (blank); | ||||||
13 | (52) (blank); | ||||||
14 | (53) (blank); | ||||||
15 | (54) (blank); and | ||||||
16 | (55) promoting career and technical education by | ||||||
17 | assisting each student to determine an appropriate | ||||||
18 | postsecondary plan based upon the student's skills, | ||||||
19 | strengths, and goals and assisting the student to | ||||||
20 | implement the best practices that improve career or | ||||||
21 | workforce readiness after high school. | ||||||
22 | School districts may employ a sufficient number of school | ||||||
23 | counselors to maintain the national and State recommended | ||||||
24 | student-counselor ratio of 250 to 1. School districts may have | ||||||
25 | school counselors spend at least 80% of his or her work time in | ||||||
26 | direct contact with students. |
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