Bill Text: IL SB1578 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that of the 4 days annually that a regional superintendent may arrange for or conduct district, regional, or county institutes, 2 days may be used as a teacher's and educational support personnel workshop (instead of just a teacher's workshop). Provides that the days in any school year spent by educational support personnel during the term time spent in attendance upon a teachers' institute shall be considered time expended in the service of the school district and no deduction of wages shall be made for such attendance. Allows a school board to make a pro-rata deduction from the salary of any educational support personnel who fail or refuse to attend the teachers' institute.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0525 [SB1578 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1578-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that of the 4 days annually that a regional superintendent may arrange for or conduct district, regional, or county institutes, 2 days may be used as a teacher's and educational support personnel workshop (instead of just a teacher's workshop). Provides that the days in any school year spent by educational support personnel during the term time spent in attendance upon a teachers' institute shall be considered time expended in the service of the school district and no deduction of wages shall be made for such attendance. Allows a school board to make a pro-rata deduction from the salary of any educational support personnel who fail or refuse to attend the teachers' institute.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0525 [SB1578 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1578-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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||
5 | 3-11 and 24-3 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/3-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-11)
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7 | Sec. 3-11. Institutes or inservice training workshops. In | ||||||
8 | counties
of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the regional | ||||||
9 | superintendent may
arrange for or conduct district, regional, | ||||||
10 | or county institutes, or
equivalent professional educational | ||||||
11 | experiences, not more than 4 days
annually. Of those 4 days, 2 | ||||||
12 | days may be used as a teacher's and educational support | ||||||
13 | personnel workshop,
when approved by the regional | ||||||
14 | superintendent, up to 2 days may be used
for conducting | ||||||
15 | parent-teacher conferences or up to 2 days may be utilized
as | ||||||
16 | parental institute days as provided in Section 10-22.18d. | ||||||
17 | Educational support personnel may be exempt from a workshop if | ||||||
18 | (i) the workshop is not relevant to the work they do and (ii) | ||||||
19 | the workshop is not related to the health and safety of | ||||||
20 | students. A school
district may use one of its 4 institute days | ||||||
21 | on the last day of the school
term. "Institute" or | ||||||
22 | "Professional educational experiences" means any
educational | ||||||
23 | gathering, demonstration of methods of instruction,
visitation |
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1 | of schools or other institutions or facilities, sexual
abuse | ||||||
2 | and sexual assault awareness seminar, or training in First Aid | ||||||
3 | (which may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation or | ||||||
4 | defibrillator training) held or approved
by the regional | ||||||
5 | superintendent and declared by him to be an institute day,
or | ||||||
6 | parent-teacher conferences. With the concurrence of the State
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7 | Superintendent of Education, he or she may employ such | ||||||
8 | assistance as is
necessary
to conduct the institute. Two or | ||||||
9 | more adjoining counties may jointly hold
an institute. | ||||||
10 | Institute instruction shall be free to holders of
certificates | ||||||
11 | good in the county or counties holding the institute, and to
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12 | those who have paid an examination fee and failed to receive a | ||||||
13 | certificate.
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14 | In counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the regional
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15 | superintendent may arrange for or conduct district, regional, | ||||||
16 | or county
inservice training workshops, or equivalent | ||||||
17 | professional educational
experiences, not more than 4 days | ||||||
18 | annually. Of those 4 days, 2 days may
be used for conducting | ||||||
19 | parent-teacher conferences and up to 2 days may be
utilized as | ||||||
20 | parental institute days as provided in Section 10-22.18d. A
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21 | school district may use one of those 4 days on the last day of | ||||||
22 | the school
term. "Inservice Training Workshops" or | ||||||
23 | "Professional educational
experiences" means any educational | ||||||
24 | gathering, demonstration of methods of
instruction, visitation | ||||||
25 | of schools or other institutions or
facilities, sexual abuse | ||||||
26 | and sexual assault awareness seminar, or training in First Aid |
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1 | (which may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation or | ||||||
2 | defibrillator training) held
or approved by the regional | ||||||
3 | superintendent and declared by him to be
an inservice training | ||||||
4 | workshop, or parent-teacher conferences. With the
concurrence | ||||||
5 | of the State Superintendent of Education, he may employ such
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6 | assistance as is necessary to conduct the inservice training | ||||||
7 | workshop.
With the approval of the regional superintendent, 2 | ||||||
8 | or more adjoining
districts may jointly hold an inservice | ||||||
9 | training workshop. In addition,
with the approval of the | ||||||
10 | regional superintendent, one district may conduct
its own | ||||||
11 | inservice training workshop with subject matter consultants
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12 | requested from the county, State or any State institution of | ||||||
13 | higher learning.
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14 | Such teachers institutes as referred to in this Section may | ||||||
15 | be held
on consecutive or separate days at the option of the | ||||||
16 | regional
superintendent having jurisdiction thereof.
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17 | Whenever reference is made in this Act to "teachers | ||||||
18 | institute", it
shall be construed to include the inservice | ||||||
19 | training workshops or
equivalent professional educational | ||||||
20 | experiences provided for in this Section.
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21 | Any institute advisory committee existing on April 1, 1995, | ||||||
22 | is dissolved
and the duties and responsibilities of the | ||||||
23 | institute advisory committee are
assumed by the regional office | ||||||
24 | of education advisory board.
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25 | Districts providing inservice training programs shall | ||||||
26 | constitute inservice
committees, 1/2 of which shall be |
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1 | teachers, 1/4 school service personnel
and 1/4 administrators | ||||||
2 | to establish program content and schedules.
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3 | The teachers institutes shall include teacher training | ||||||
4 | committed to (i)
peer counseling programs and other | ||||||
5 | anti-violence and conflict
resolution programs, including | ||||||
6 | without limitation programs for preventing at
risk students | ||||||
7 | from committing violent acts, and (ii) educator ethics and | ||||||
8 | teacher-student conduct. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school | ||||||
9 | year, the teachers institutes shall include instruction on | ||||||
10 | prevalent student chronic health conditions.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 95-969, eff. 1-1-09; 96-431, eff. 8-13-09.)
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12 | (105 ILCS 5/24-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-3)
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13 | Sec. 24-3. Attendance at teachers' institute. The days in | ||||||
14 | any school year spent by a teacher or educational support | ||||||
15 | personnel during the term time
spent in attendance upon a | ||||||
16 | teachers' institute or equivalent professional
educational | ||||||
17 | experiences held under the direction of the county
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18 | superintendent of schools shall be considered time expended in | ||||||
19 | the service
of the district and no deduction of wages shall be | ||||||
20 | made for such
attendance. The board may make a pro-rata | ||||||
21 | deduction from the salary of
any teacher or educational support | ||||||
22 | personnel who fail fails or refuse refuses to attend such | ||||||
23 | institute , unless, in the case of educational support | ||||||
24 | personnel, they are exempt from attending .
The boards shall | ||||||
25 | close the schools for county institute.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 85-697.)
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