Bill Text: IL SB1856 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the length of a school term.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-20 - Referred to Assignments [SB1856 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB1856-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB1856 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-19 from Ch. 122, par. 10-19
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the length of a school term.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Section
10-19 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19)
Sec. 10-19. Length of school term - experimental programs.
Each school board shall annually prepare a calendar for the the
school term, specifying the opening and closing dates and
providing a minimum term of at least 185 days to insure 176
days of actual pupil attendance, computable under Section
18-8.05, except that for the 1980-1981 school year only 175
days of actual pupil attendance shall be required because of
the closing of schools pursuant to Section 24-2 on January 29,
1981 upon the appointment by the President of that day as a day
of thanksgiving for the freedom of the Americans who had been
held hostage in Iran. Any days allowed by law for teachers'
institutes but not used as such or used as parental institutes
as provided in Section 10-22.18d shall increase the minimum
term by the school days not so used. Except as provided in
Section 10-19.1, the board may not extend the school term
beyond such closing date unless that extension of term is
necessary to provide the minimum number of computable days. In

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case of such necessary extension school employees shall be paid
for such additional time on the basis of their regular
contracts. A school board may specify a closing date earlier
than that set on the annual calendar when the schools of the
district have provided the minimum number of computable days
under this Section. Nothing in this Section prevents the board
from employing superintendents of schools, principals and
other nonteaching personnel for a period of 12 months, or in
the case of superintendents for a period in accordance with
Section 10-23.8, or prevents the board from employing other
personnel before or after the regular school term with payment
of salary proportionate to that received for comparable work
during the school term.
A school board may make such changes in its calendar for
the school term as may be required by any changes in the legal
school holidays prescribed in Section 24-2. A school board may
make changes in its calendar for the school term as may be
necessary to reflect the utilization of teachers' institute
days as parental institute days as provided in Section
10-22.18d.
The calendar for the school term and any changes must be
submitted to and approved by the regional superintendent of
schools before the calendar or changes may take effect.
With the prior approval of the State Board of Education and
subject to review by the State Board of Education every 3
years, any school board may, by resolution of its board and in

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agreement with affected exclusive collective bargaining
agents, establish experimental educational programs, including
but not limited to programs for self-directed learning or
outside of formal class periods, which programs when so
approved shall be considered to comply with the requirements of
this Section as respects numbers of days of actual pupil
attendance and with the other requirements of this Act as
respects courses of instruction.
(Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)