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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public
5 University Direct Admission Program Act.
6 Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds all of the
7 following:
8 (1) Illinois has a strong system of public higher
9 education, including public universities and community
10 colleges across the State.
11 (2) The Illinois economy thrives when Illinois
12 students choose to pursue postsecondary education at
13 Illinois institutions of higher education.
14 (3) According to the National Bureau of Economic
15 Research, two-thirds of graduates stay and work in the
16 state in which they matriculated.
17 (4) Students who have been historically underserved,
18 such as students who are the first in their families to go
19 to college, students who come from low-income families or
20 communities, students of color, and students from rural
21 communities, among others, often face the greatest
22 barriers to accessing higher education, in part because of
23 a lack of information.
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1 (5) Every eligible high school senior in Illinois
2 should receive an offer to an Illinois institution of
3 higher education, including public universities and
4 community colleges.
5 (6) Every public community college student seeking a
6 transfer pathway who meets the requirements should receive
7 an offer to a public university in Illinois.
8 (7) Illinois can and should develop the tools and
9 technology and partner with vendors if appropriate to
10 dramatically simplify the public university and community
11 college application and admission process for Illinois
12 students.
13 Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
14 "Direct admissions information" means a student's name,
15 home address, birth date, telephone number, email address,
16 cumulative grade point average, and high school.
17 "Public university" means the University of Illinois at
18 Springfield, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
19 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
20 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
21 University, Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois
22 University, or any other public university established or
23 authorized by the General Assembly after the effective date of
24 this Act.
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1 Section 15. Direct admission program.
2 (a) The Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with
3 the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student
4 Assistance Commission, and the State Board of Education, shall
5 establish and administer a direct admission program.
6 Consistent with the federal Family Educational Rights and
7 Privacy Act of 1974, the Illinois School Student Records Act,
8 and the School Code, the direct admission program shall
9 automatically offer general admission into a public university
10 or community college to qualified high school seniors in this
11 State and to public community college students in this State
12 who qualify to transfer to a public university.
13 (b) Each public university in the direct admission program
14 shall identify and provide its grade point average standards
15 for general admission for first time admission and for
16 transfer students to the Illinois Student Assistance
17 Commission by March 1 of each year. The Illinois Student
18 Assistance Commission, in collaboration with the Board of
19 Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board, may
20 determine which students meet the standards for general
21 admission for each public university in the direct admission
22 program, and that information shall be made available to the
23 Board of Higher Education as needed for the administration of
24 the program. The Board of Higher Education, the Illinois
25 Student Assistance Commission, or a statewide student
26 application portal, as provided in subsections (g) and (h),
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1 shall notify the student and each public university for which
2 the student qualifies. Each public university and community
3 college may also notify qualified students.
4 (c) Beginning July 1, 2026 and each July 1 thereafter, the
5 Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall use data
6 collected from school districts pursuant to Section 10-20.5a
7 and paragraph 16 of Section 34-18 of the School Code for
8 purposes of subsection (b) to determine which students meet
9 the standards for general admission and may provide the data
10 to the Board of Higher Education.
11 (d) As all public community colleges in this State are
12 open-access institutions, high school student direct
13 admissions information shall be used to identify a student's
14 local public community college. All correspondence to a
15 student, pursuant to subsection (b), indicating the public
16 universities that offer the student direct admission shall
17 also indicate the student's acceptance to the community
18 college. The public community college may also notify students
19 within its district directly.
20 (e) Under the direct admission program, a public community
21 college shall offer admission to all students who are
22 residents of the community college district. Under the direct
23 admission program, a public university shall offer general
24 admission to any high school senior in this State who meets the
25 public university's standards for admission, as identified
26 under subsection (b), and to any public community college
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1 transfer student transferring to a public university who meets
2 all of the following requirements:
3 (1) Is enrolled at a public community college in this
4 State.
5 (2) Has earned a minimum of 30 graded, transferable
6 semester hours.
7 (3) Meets the minimum grade point average requirement
8 as set by the public university and as reported to
9 Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
10 (f) By July 1 of each year, community college districts
11 shall provide, on an equal basis and consistent with the
12 federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, for
13 any student who has met the 30-hour transferable credit hour
14 requirement set forth in paragraph (2) of subsection (e),
15 access to community college student direct admissions
16 information to the Illinois Community College Board. The
17 Illinois Community College Board shall transmit this
18 information to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for
19 the purpose of the direct admission program. Prior to
20 providing the student's direct admissions information and
21 transferable credit hours, each community college district
22 shall receive the written or electronic consent of the student
23 if the student is 18 years of age or older or the student's
24 parent of guardian if the student is younger than 18 years of
25 age. Community college students are encouraged to consult the
26 Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core
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1 Curriculum course list and other resources at the State and
2 university level to determine course transferability for
3 purposes of paragraph (2) of subsection (e). Community college
4 students who have not completed a degree prior to transfer
5 shall be notified by the public university in which they are
6 enrolled to consult the Student Transfer Achievement Reform
7 Act to determine if they are eligible for reverse transfer of
8 credits for the purpose of obtaining an associate degree.
9 (g) The Illinois Student Assistance Commission may gather
10 data and develop the technology to automatically notify high
11 school seniors in this State and public community college
12 transfer students of the direct admission program for the
13 public universities for which those students qualify, based on
14 the standards submitted under subsection (b) or, in the case
15 of public community colleges, based on the community college
16 district where those students reside.
17 (h) The Illinois Student Assistance Commission may use the
18 services of a statewide student application portal and
19 aggregator to provide the automatic notification in subsection
20 (g). The notification shall include the student's local public
21 community college, consistent with the requirements in
22 subsection (d).
23 (i) The direct admission program shall provide admitted
24 high school seniors in this State and public community college
25 transfer students with the website address for the Illinois
26 Student Assistance Commission to find information regarding
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1 State grant programs, support for financial aid application
2 completion, scholarship searches, and other financial
3 aid-related information and shall encourage students to
4 determine their eligibility for financial aid by completing
5 the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or, if
6 applicable, an application for State financial aid.
7 (j) A public university or community college may verify
8 applicant information, including transcripts, Illinois
9 residency, and high school graduation in determining
10 eligibility for enrollment. A public university or community
11 college may revoke admission if an applicant does not meet the
12 public university's or community college's direct admission
13 criteria as specified in this Act before enrolling at the
14 public university or community college.
15 (k) Students who apply to a public university or community
16 college pursuant to this Act must not be required to pay an
17 application fee by any public university or community college
18 as part of the direct admission program.
19 (l) If informed consent to the redisclosure of a student's
20 direct admissions information is provided pursuant to
21 subsection (b-5) of Section 10-20.5a or subparagraph (b-5) of
22 paragraph 16 of Section 34-18 of the School Code, the Illinois
23 Student Assistance Commission may, as needed for the
24 administration of the direct admission program, redisclose the
25 student's direct admissions information to the Board of Higher
26 Education, the Illinois Community College Board, public
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1 universities for which the student qualifies under the direct
2 admission program, the University of Illinois at
3 Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois at Chicago if
4 the student qualifies under Section 20, the community college
5 district where the student resides, and, if applicable, a
6 third party that operates a statewide student application
7 portal. Direct admissions information may not be redisclosed
8 to other entities or individuals unless informed consent to
9 the redisclosure is provided pursuant to subsection (b-5) of
10 Section 10-20.5a or subparagraph (b-5) of paragraph 16 of
11 Section 34-18 of the School Code.
12 (m) The Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Student
13 Assistance Commission, and the Illinois Community College
14 Board may adopt joint rules to develop procedures for the
15 implementation of this Section.
16 Section 20. Access and outreach campaign. The Board of
17 Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois Student
18 Assistance Commission and the State Board of Education, shall
19 develop, in consultation with the University of Illinois at
20 Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a
21 process to inform qualifying State high school seniors about
22 the opportunity to apply to the University of Illinois at
23 Chicago or the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
24 Qualifying students shall be identified and encouraged to
25 apply in the following manner:
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1 (1) The University of Illinois at Chicago and the
2 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shall determine
3 the criteria by which students shall be identified for the
4 access and outreach campaign. The University of Illinois
5 at Chicago and the University of Illinois at
6 Urbana-Champaign shall provide the qualifying criteria to
7 the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, as long as the
8 qualifying criteria is based on data available to the
9 Illinois Student Assistance Commission, by February 1 each
10 year.
11 (2) The University of Illinois at Chicago and the
12 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shall provide
13 the Illinois Student Assistance Commission with the
14 content of the communication to be shared with students
15 describing how to request information on how to apply. The
16 Illinois Student Assistance Commission may use the same
17 portal or mechanisms for this communication as used for
18 offers of direct admission under Section 15.
19 (3) The Illinois Student Assistance Commission, in
20 collaboration with the Board of Higher Education and the
21 State Board of Education as needed for the administration
22 of this Section, shall provide the University of Illinois
23 at Chicago and the University of Illinois at
24 Urbana-Champaign with the direct admissions information of
25 the students who meet the qualifying criteria defined by
26 the University of Illinois at Chicago or the University of
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1 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2 (4) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
3 Student Assistance Commission may adopt any rules
4 necessary to administer this Section.
5 Section 25. Direct admission program and access and
6 outreach campaign report.
7 (a)In establishing the direct admission program, the Board
8 of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois
9 Community College Board, shall specifically evaluate the
10 impact on enrollment of low-income students, students of
11 color, first generation students, students from populations
12 underserved in higher education, and students from rural areas
13 of this State.
14 (b) The Board of Higher Education shall submit a report on
15 the direct admission program and the access and outreach
16 campaign to the Governor and General Assembly by August 1,
17 2029 and each August 1 thereafter. The report shall include,
18 but is not limited to, information related to implementation
19 of the direct admission program, the demographic, as collected
20 and available, and geographic data of students offered direct
21 admission and the public university or community college to
22 which direct admission was offered, the demographic, as
23 collected and available, and geographic data of students who
24 qualified under Section 20, those who applied, and those who
25 were offered admission, the demographic, as collected and
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1 available, and geographic data of high school seniors and
2 public community college transfer students who accepted direct
3 admission and enrolled in the public university or public
4 community college that offered that direct admission, changes
5 in admissions and enrollment over time of high school seniors
6 and public community college transfer students through the
7 direct admission program, and recommendations to improve the
8 direct admission program. The Board of Higher Education shall
9 collaborate with the Illinois Community College Board, the
10 State Board of Education, the Illinois Student Assistance
11 Commission, and public universities to collect data necessary
12 to fulfill the reporting requirements of this Section.
13 (c) The Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Student
14 Assistance Commission, and the Illinois Community College
15 Board, may adopt any rules necessary to administer this
16 Section.
17 Section 30. The School Code is amended by changing
18 Sections 2-3.64a-5, 10-20.5a, and 34-18 as follows:
19 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5)
20 Sec. 2-3.64a-5. State goals and assessment.
21 (a) For the assessment and accountability purposes of this
22 Section, "students" includes those students enrolled in a
23 public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
24 or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
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1 board of control, a charter school operating in compliance
2 with the Charter Schools Law, a school operated by a regional
3 office of education under Section 13A-3 of this Code, or a
4 public school administered by a local public agency or the
5 Department of Human Services.
6 (b) The State Board of Education shall establish the
7 academic standards that are to be applicable to students who
8 are subject to State assessments under this Section. The State
9 Board of Education shall not establish any such standards in
10 final form without first providing opportunities for public
11 participation and local input in the development of the final
12 academic standards. Those opportunities shall include a
13 well-publicized period of public comment and opportunities to
14 file written comments.
15 (c) Beginning no later than the 2014-2015 school year, the
16 State Board of Education shall annually assess all students
17 enrolled in grades 3 through 8 in English language arts and
18 mathematics.
19 Beginning no later than the 2017-2018 school year, the
20 State Board of Education shall annually assess all students in
21 science at one grade in grades 3 through 5, at one grade in
22 grades 6 through 8, and at one grade in grades 9 through 12.
23 The State Board of Education shall annually assess schools
24 that operate a secondary education program, as defined in
25 Section 22-22 of this Code, in English language arts and
26 mathematics. The State Board of Education shall administer no
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1 more than 3 assessments, per student, of English language arts
2 and mathematics for students in a secondary education program.
3 One of these assessments shall be recognized by this State's
4 public institutions of higher education, as defined in the
5 Board of Higher Education Act, for the purpose of student
6 application or admissions consideration. The assessment
7 administered by the State Board of Education for the purpose
8 of student application to or admissions consideration by
9 institutions of higher education must be administered on a
10 school day during regular student attendance hours, and
11 student profile information collected by the assessment shall,
12 if available, be made available to the State's public
13 institutions of higher education in a timely manner.
14 Students who do not take the State's final accountability
15 assessment or its approved alternate assessment may not
16 receive a regular high school diploma unless the student is
17 exempted from taking the State assessments under subsection
18 (d) of this Section because the student is enrolled in a
19 program of adult and continuing education, as defined in the
20 Adult Education Act, or the student is identified by the State
21 Board of Education, through rules, as being exempt from the
22 assessment.
23 The State Board of Education shall not assess students
24 under this Section in subjects not required by this Section.
25 Districts shall inform their students of the timelines and
26 procedures applicable to their participation in every yearly
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1 administration of the State assessments. The State Board of
2 Education shall establish periods of time in each school year
3 during which State assessments shall occur to meet the
4 objectives of this Section.
5 The requirements of this subsection do not apply if the
6 State Board of Education has received a waiver from the
7 administration of assessments from the U.S. Department of
8 Education.
9 (d) Every individualized educational program as described
10 in Article 14 shall identify if the State assessment or
11 components thereof require accommodation for the student. The
12 State Board of Education shall develop rules governing the
13 administration of an alternate assessment that may be
14 available to students for whom participation in this State's
15 regular assessments is not appropriate, even with
16 accommodations as allowed under this Section.
17 Students receiving special education services whose
18 individualized educational programs identify them as eligible
19 for the alternative State assessments nevertheless shall have
20 the option of also taking this State's regular final
21 accountability assessment, which shall be administered in
22 accordance with the eligible accommodations appropriate for
23 meeting these students' respective needs.
24 All students determined to be English learners shall
25 participate in the State assessments. The scores of those
26 students who have been enrolled in schools in the United
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1 States for less than 12 months may not be used for the purposes
2 of accountability. Any student determined to be an English
3 learner shall receive appropriate assessment accommodations,
4 including language supports, which shall be established by
5 rule. Approved assessment accommodations must be provided
6 until the student's English language skills develop to the
7 extent that the student is no longer considered to be an
8 English learner, as demonstrated through a State-identified
9 English language proficiency assessment.
10 (e) The results or scores of each assessment taken under
11 this Section shall be made available to the parents of each
12 student.
13 In each school year, the scores attained by a student on
14 the final accountability assessment must be placed in the
15 student's permanent record pursuant to rules that the State
16 Board of Education shall adopt for that purpose in accordance
17 with Section 3 of the Illinois School Student Records Act. In
18 each school year, the scores attained by a student on the State
19 assessments administered in grades 3 through 8 must be placed
20 in the student's temporary record.
21 (f) All schools shall administer the State's academic
22 assessment of English language proficiency to all children
23 determined to be English learners.
24 (g) All schools in this State that are part of the sample
25 drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics, in
26 collaboration with their school districts and the State Board
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1 of Education, shall administer the academic assessments under
2 the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried out
3 under Section 411(b)(2) of the federal National Education
4 Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010) if the U.S. Secretary
5 of Education pays the costs of administering the assessments.
6 (h) (Blank).
7 (i) For the purposes of this subsection (i), "academically
8 based assessments" means assessments consisting of questions
9 and answers that are measurable and quantifiable to measure
10 the knowledge, skills, and ability of students in the subject
11 matters covered by the assessments. All assessments
12 administered pursuant to this Section must be academically
13 based assessments. The scoring of academically based
14 assessments shall be reliable, valid, and fair and shall meet
15 the guidelines for assessment development and use prescribed
16 by the American Psychological Association, the National
17 Council on Measurement in Education, and the American
18 Educational Research Association.
19 The State Board of Education shall review the use of all
20 assessment item types in order to ensure that they are valid
21 and reliable indicators of student performance aligned to the
22 learning standards being assessed and that the development,
23 administration, and scoring of these item types are
24 justifiable in terms of cost.
25 (j) The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a
26 committee of no more than 21 members, consisting of parents,
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1 teachers, school administrators, school board members,
2 assessment experts, regional superintendents of schools, and
3 citizens, to review the State assessments administered by the
4 State Board of Education. The Committee shall select one of
5 its members as its chairperson. The Committee shall meet on an
6 ongoing basis to review the content and design of the
7 assessments (including whether the requirements of subsection
8 (i) of this Section have been met), the time and money expended
9 at the local and State levels to prepare for and administer the
10 assessments, the collective results of the assessments as
11 measured against the stated purpose of assessing student
12 performance, and other issues involving the assessments
13 identified by the Committee. The Committee shall make periodic
14 recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education and
15 the General Assembly concerning the assessments.
16 (k) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
17 implement this Section.
18 (Source: P.A. 103-204, eff. 1-1-24.)
19 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.5a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.5a)
20 Sec. 10-20.5a. Access to high school campus.
21 (a) In this Section:
22 "Direct admissions information" means a student's name,
23 home address, birth date, telephone number, email address,
24 cumulative grade point average, and high school.
25 "Directory information" means a high school student's
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1 name, home address, birth date, and telephone number.
2 "Public institution of higher education" has the meaning
3 given to that term in the Board of Higher Education Act.
4 (a-3) For school districts maintaining grades 10 through
5 12, to provide, on an equal basis, and consistent with the
6 federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974,
7 access to a high school campus and student directory
8 information to the official recruiting representatives of the
9 armed forces of Illinois and the United States, to the
10 Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and to State public
11 institutions of higher education for the purpose of informing
12 students of educational and career opportunities if the board
13 has provided such access to persons or groups whose purpose is
14 to acquaint students with educational or occupational
15 opportunities available to them. The board is not required to
16 give greater notice regarding the right of access to
17 recruiting representatives than is given to other persons and
18 groups. In this Section, "directory information" means a high
19 school student's name, address, and telephone number.
20 (a-5) For a school district maintaining grades 10 through
21 12, to provide, on an equal basis and consistent with the
22 federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and
23 the Illinois School Student Records Act, access to student
24 direct admissions information to the Illinois Student
25 Assistance Commission for the purpose of the direct admission
26 program.
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1 (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian submits a
2 signed, written request to the high school before the end of
3 the student's sophomore year (or if the student is a transfer
4 student, by another time set by the high school) that
5 indicates that the student or his or her parent or guardian
6 does not want the student's directory information to be
7 provided to official recruiting representatives, to the
8 Illinois Student Assistance Commission, or to public
9 institutions of higher education under subsection (a-3) (a) of
10 this Section, the high school may not provide access to the
11 student's directory information to these recruiting
12 representatives, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission,
13 or public institutions of higher education. The high school
14 shall notify its students and their parents or guardians of
15 the provisions of this subsection (b).
16 (b-5) If a student who is 18 years of age or older or the
17 parent or guardian of a student who is under 18 years of age
18 submits a signed, written or electronic consent that indicates
19 that the student or his or her parent or guardian does permit
20 the student's direct admissions information to be provided
21 under subsection (a-5), the high school shall provide the
22 student's direct admissions information to the Illinois
23 Student Assistance Commission.
24 The Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall provide
25 template opt-in language to those school districts maintaining
26 grades 10 through 12, which shall be made available on the
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1 Commission's website no later than June 30, 2025. The template
2 opt-in language shall specify that if the student or the
3 student's parent or guardian consents, the student's direct
4 admissions information will be sent to the Illinois Student
5 Assistance Commission and the direct admissions information
6 may, as needed for the administration of the direct admission
7 program under the Public University Direct Admission Program
8 Act, be redisclosed to the Board of Higher Education, the
9 Illinois Community College Board, public universities for
10 which the student qualifies under the direct admission
11 program, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and
12 the University of Illinois at Chicago if the student qualifies
13 under Section 20 of the Public University Direct Admission
14 Program Act, the community college district where the student
15 resides, and, if applicable, a third party that operates a
16 statewide student application portal. The template opt-in
17 language shall also specify that direct admissions information
18 may not be redisclosed to any other individual or entity
19 unless the opt-in language notifies the student or the
20 student's parent or guardian of such redisclosure and the
21 student or the student's parent or guardian consents to the
22 redisclosure.
23 The high school shall notify its students and their
24 parents or guardians of the provisions of this subsection
25 (b-5) and, at the time of school registration or at other
26 appropriate times prior to the end of a student's junior year,
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1 give its students and their parents or guardians the option
2 for a student's direct admissions information to be shared for
3 the purpose of the direct admission program.
4 (c) A high school may require official recruiting
5 representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the United
6 States to pay a fee for copying and mailing a student's
7 directory information in an amount that is not more than the
8 actual costs incurred by the high school.
9 (d) Information received by an official recruiting
10 representative under this Section may be used only to provide
11 information to students concerning educational and career
12 opportunities. Information and may not be released to a
13 person who is not involved in recruiting students for the
14 armed forces of Illinois or the United States or providing
15 educational opportunity information for the Board of Higher
16 Education, the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois
17 Student Assistance Commission, or public State institutions of
18 higher education.
19 (e) By July 1, 2026 and each July 1 thereafter, each school
20 district under this Section shall make high school January 1,
21 2024, student directory information shall be made
22 electronically accessible through a secure centralized data
23 system for official recruiting representatives of the armed
24 forces of Illinois and the United States, as well as to the
25 Illinois Student Assistance Commission and State public
26 institutions of higher education.
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1 (f) By July 1, 2026 and each July 1 thereafter, each school
2 district under this Section shall make student direct
3 admissions information, for students graduating in the next
4 year, electronically accessible through a secure, centralized
5 data system for the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for
6 the purpose of the direct admission program.
7 (g) The Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community
8 College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and
9 the State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary to
10 administer this Section.
11 (Source: P.A. 103-204, eff. 1-1-24.)
12 (105 ILCS 5/34-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
13 Sec. 34-18. Powers of the board. The board shall exercise
14 general supervision and jurisdiction over the public education
15 and the public school system of the city, and, except as
16 otherwise provided by this Article, shall have power:
17 1. To make suitable provision for the establishment
18 and maintenance throughout the year or for such portion
19 thereof as it may direct, not less than 9 months and in
20 compliance with Section 10-19.05, of schools of all grades
21 and kinds, including normal schools, high schools, night
22 schools, schools for defectives and delinquents, parental
23 and truant schools, schools for the blind, the deaf, and
24 persons with physical disabilities, schools or classes in
25 manual training, constructural and vocational teaching,
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1 domestic arts, and physical culture, vocation and
2 extension schools and lecture courses, and all other
3 educational courses and facilities, including
4 establishing, equipping, maintaining and operating
5 playgrounds and recreational programs, when such programs
6 are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected with any
7 public school under the general supervision and
8 jurisdiction of the board; provided that the calendar for
9 the school term and any changes must be submitted to and
10 approved by the State Board of Education before the
11 calendar or changes may take effect, and provided that in
12 allocating funds from year to year for the operation of
13 all attendance centers within the district, the board
14 shall ensure that supplemental general State aid or
15 supplemental grant funds are allocated and applied in
16 accordance with Section 18-8, 18-8.05, or 18-8.15. To
17 admit to such schools without charge foreign exchange
18 students who are participants in an organized exchange
19 student program which is authorized by the board. The
20 board shall permit all students to enroll in
21 apprenticeship programs in trade schools operated by the
22 board, whether those programs are union-sponsored or not.
23 No student shall be refused admission into or be excluded
24 from any course of instruction offered in the common
25 schools by reason of that student's sex. No student shall
26 be denied equal access to physical education and
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1 interscholastic athletic programs supported from school
2 district funds or denied participation in comparable
3 physical education and athletic programs solely by reason
4 of the student's sex. Equal access to programs supported
5 from school district funds and comparable programs will be
6 defined in rules promulgated by the State Board of
7 Education in consultation with the Illinois High School
8 Association. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
9 Article, neither the board of education nor any local
10 school council or other school official shall recommend
11 that children with disabilities be placed into regular
12 education classrooms unless those children with
13 disabilities are provided with supplementary services to
14 assist them so that they benefit from the regular
15 classroom instruction and are included on the teacher's
16 regular education class register;
17 2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable
18 charge therefor, and to use school funds for the payment
19 of such expenses as the board may determine are necessary
20 in conducting the school lunch program;
21 3. To co-operate with the circuit court;
22 4. To make arrangements with the public or
23 quasi-public libraries and museums for the use of their
24 facilities by teachers and pupils of the public schools;
25 5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for
26 the purpose of treating the pupils in the schools, but
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1 accepting such treatment shall be optional with parents or
2 guardians;
3 6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms
4 when not otherwise needed, including light, heat, and
5 attendants, for free public lectures, concerts, and other
6 educational and social interests, free of charge, under
7 such provisions and control as the principal of the
8 affected attendance center may prescribe;
9 7. To apportion the pupils to the several schools;
10 provided that no pupil shall be excluded from or
11 segregated in any such school on account of his color,
12 race, sex, or nationality. The board shall take into
13 consideration the prevention of segregation and the
14 elimination of separation of children in public schools
15 because of color, race, sex, or nationality. Except that
16 children may be committed to or attend parental and social
17 adjustment schools established and maintained either for
18 boys or girls only. All records pertaining to the
19 creation, alteration or revision of attendance areas shall
20 be open to the public. Nothing herein shall limit the
21 board's authority to establish multi-area attendance
22 centers or other student assignment systems for
23 desegregation purposes or otherwise, and to apportion the
24 pupils to the several schools. Furthermore, beginning in
25 school year 1994-95, pursuant to a board plan adopted by
26 October 1, 1993, the board shall offer, commencing on a
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1 phased-in basis, the opportunity for families within the
2 school district to apply for enrollment of their children
3 in any attendance center within the school district which
4 does not have selective admission requirements approved by
5 the board. The appropriate geographical area in which such
6 open enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by
7 the board of education. Such children may be admitted to
8 any such attendance center on a space available basis
9 after all children residing within such attendance
10 center's area have been accommodated. If the number of
11 applicants from outside the attendance area exceed the
12 space available, then successful applicants shall be
13 selected by lottery. The board of education's open
14 enrollment plan must include provisions that allow
15 low-income students to have access to transportation
16 needed to exercise school choice. Open enrollment shall be
17 in compliance with the provisions of the Consent Decree
18 and Desegregation Plan cited in Section 34-1.01;
19 8. To approve programs and policies for providing
20 transportation services to students. Nothing herein shall
21 be construed to permit or empower the State Board of
22 Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other
23 transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving
24 racial balance in any school;
25 9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to
26 establish and approve system-wide curriculum objectives
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1 and standards, including graduation standards, which
2 reflect the multi-cultural diversity in the city and are
3 consistent with State law, provided that for all purposes
4 of this Article courses or proficiency in American Sign
5 Language shall be deemed to constitute courses or
6 proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ
7 principals and teachers, appointed as provided in this
8 Article, and fix their compensation. The board shall
9 prepare such reports related to minimal competency testing
10 as may be requested by the State Board of Education and, in
11 addition, shall monitor and approve special education and
12 bilingual education programs and policies within the
13 district to ensure that appropriate services are provided
14 in accordance with applicable State and federal laws to
15 children requiring services and education in those areas;
16 10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize
17 volunteer personnel for: (i) non-teaching duties not
18 requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils,
19 including library duties; and (ii) supervising study
20 halls, long distance teaching reception areas used
21 incident to instructional programs transmitted by
22 electronic media such as computers, video, and audio,
23 detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored
24 extracurricular activities. The board may further utilize
25 volunteer nonlicensed personnel or employ nonlicensed
26 personnel to assist in the instruction of pupils under the
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1 immediate supervision of a teacher holding a valid
2 educator license, directly engaged in teaching subject
3 matter or conducting activities; provided that the teacher
4 shall be continuously aware of the nonlicensed persons'
5 activities and shall be able to control or modify them.
6 The general superintendent shall determine qualifications
7 of such personnel and shall prescribe rules for
8 determining the duties and activities to be assigned to
9 such personnel;
10 10.5. To utilize volunteer personnel from a regional
11 School Crisis Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part
12 of the Safe to Learn Program established pursuant to
13 Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act of
14 1995, to provide assistance to schools in times of
15 violence or other traumatic incidents within a school
16 community by providing crisis intervention services to
17 lessen the effects of emotional trauma on individuals and
18 the community; the School Crisis Assistance Team Steering
19 Committee shall determine the qualifications for
20 volunteers;
21 11. To provide television studio facilities in not to
22 exceed one school building and to provide programs for
23 educational purposes, provided, however, that the board
24 shall not construct, acquire, operate, or maintain a
25 television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio
26 facilities to a licensed television station located in the
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1 school district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed
2 one school radio transmitting station and provide programs
3 for educational purposes;
4 12. To offer, if deemed appropriate, outdoor education
5 courses, including field trips within the State of
6 Illinois, or adjacent states, and to use school
7 educational funds for the expense of the said outdoor
8 educational programs, whether within the school district
9 or not;
10 13. During that period of the calendar year not
11 embraced within the regular school term, to provide and
12 conduct courses in subject matters normally embraced in
13 the program of the schools during the regular school term
14 and to give regular school credit for satisfactory
15 completion by the student of such courses as may be
16 approved for credit by the State Board of Education;
17 14. To insure against any loss or liability of the
18 board, the former School Board Nominating Commission,
19 Local School Councils, the Chicago Schools Academic
20 Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict Councils
21 or of any member, officer, agent, or employee thereof,
22 resulting from alleged violations of civil rights arising
23 from incidents occurring on or after September 5, 1967 or
24 from the wrongful or negligent act or omission of any such
25 person whether occurring within or without the school
26 premises, provided the officer, agent, or employee was, at
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1 the time of the alleged violation of civil rights or
2 wrongful act or omission, acting within the scope of his
3 or her employment or under direction of the board, the
4 former School Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago
5 Schools Academic Accountability Council, Local School
6 Councils, or the former Subdistrict Councils; and to
7 provide for or participate in insurance plans for its
8 officers and employees, including, but not limited to,
9 retirement annuities, medical, surgical and
10 hospitalization benefits in such types and amounts as may
11 be determined by the board; provided, however, that the
12 board shall contract for such insurance only with an
13 insurance company authorized to do business in this State.
14 Such insurance may include provision for employees who
15 rely on treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone for
16 healing, in accordance with the tenets and practice of a
17 recognized religious denomination;
18 15. To contract with the corporate authorities of any
19 municipality or the county board of any county, as the
20 case may be, to provide for the regulation of traffic in
21 parking areas of property used for school purposes, in
22 such manner as is provided by Section 11-209 of the
23 Illinois Vehicle Code;
24 16. In this paragraph 16:
25 "Direct admissions information" means a student's
26 name, home address, birth date, telephone number, email
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1 address, cumulative grade point average, and high school.
2 "Directory information" means a high school student's
3 name, home address, birth date, and telephone number.
4 "Public institution of higher education" has the
5 meaning given to that term in the Board of Higher
6 Education Act.
7 (a) To provide, on an equal basis and consistent with
8 the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of
9 1974 and the Illinois School Student Records Act, access
10 to a high school campus and student directory information
11 to the official recruiting representatives of the armed
12 forces of Illinois and the United States, to the Illinois
13 Student Assistance Commission, and to public institutions
14 of higher education for the purposes of informing students
15 of the educational and career opportunities available in
16 the military if the board has provided such access to
17 persons or groups whose purpose is to acquaint students
18 with educational or occupational opportunities available
19 to them. The board is not required to give greater notice
20 regarding the right of access to recruiting
21 representatives than is given to other persons and groups.
22 In this paragraph 16, "directory information" means a high
23 school student's name, address, and telephone number.
24 (a-5) To provide, on an equal basis and consistent
25 with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
26 of 1974 and the Illinois School Student Records Act,
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1 access to student direct admissions information to the
2 Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the purpose of
3 the direct admission program.
4 (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian
5 submits a signed, written request to the high school
6 before the end of the student's sophomore year (or if the
7 student is a transfer student, by another time set by the
8 high school) that indicates that the student or his or her
9 parent or guardian does not want the student's directory
10 information to be provided to official recruiting
11 representatives, to the Illinois Student Assistance
12 Commission, and to public institutions of higher education
13 under subparagraph subsection (a) of this paragraph 16 of
14 this Section, the high school may not provide access to
15 the student's directory information to these recruiting
16 representatives, the Illinois Student Assistance
17 Commission, and public institutions of higher education.
18 The high school shall notify its students and their
19 parents or guardians of the provisions of this
20 subparagraph subsection (b).
21 (b-5) If a student who is 18 years of age or older or
22 the parent or guardian of a student under 18 years of age
23 submits a signed, written or electronic consent that
24 indicates that the student or his or her parent or
25 guardian does permit the student's direct admissions
26 information to be provided, the high school shall provide
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1 the student's direct admissions information to the
2 Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
3 The Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall provide
4 template opt-in language to those school districts maintaining
5 grades 10 through 12, which shall be made available on the
6 Commission's website no later than June 30, 2025. The template
7 opt-in language shall specify that if the student or the
8 student's parent or guardian provides consent, the student's
9 direct admissions information will be sent to the Illinois
10 Student Assistance Commission and the direct admissions
11 information may, as needed for the administration of the
12 direct admission program under the Public University Direct
13 Admission Program Act, be redisclosed to the Board of Higher
14 Education, the Illinois Community College Board, public
15 universities for which the student qualifies under the direct
16 admission program, the University of Illinois at
17 Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois at Chicago if
18 the student qualifies under Section 20 of the Public
19 University Direct Admission Program Act, the community college
20 district where the student resides, and, if applicable, a
21 third party that operates a statewide student application
22 portal. The template opt-in language shall also specify that
23 direct admissions information may not be redisclosed to any
24 other individual or entity unless the opt-in language notifies
25 the student or the student's parent or guardian of such
26 redisclosure and the student or the student's parent or
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1 guardian consents to the redisclosure.
2 The high school shall notify its students and their
3 parents or guardians of the provisions of this subparagraph
4 (b-5) and, at the time of school registration or at other
5 appropriate times prior to the end of a student's junior year,
6 give its students and their parents or guardians the option
7 for the student information to be shared for the purpose of the
8 direct admission program.
9 (c) A high school may require official recruiting
10 representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the
11 United States to pay a fee for copying and mailing a
12 student's directory information in an amount that is not
13 more than the actual costs incurred by the high school.
14 (d) Information received by an official recruiting
15 representative under this Section may be used only to
16 provide information to students concerning educational and
17 career opportunities. Information available in the
18 military and may not be released to a person who is not
19 involved in recruiting students for the armed forces of
20 Illinois or the United States or providing educational
21 opportunity information for the Board of Higher Education,
22 the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student
23 Assistance Commission, or public institutions of higher
24 education.
25 (e) By July 1, 2026 and each July 1 thereafter, the
26 school district shall make student directory information
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1 electronically accessible for official recruiting
2 representatives of the armed forces of Illinois or the
3 United States, to the Illinois Student Assistance
4 Commission, and to public institutions of higher
5 education;
6 (f) By July 1, 2026 and each July 1 thereafter, the
7 school district shall make student direct admissions
8 information electronically accessible through a secure,
9 centralized data system to the Illinois Student Assistance
10 Commission for the purpose of the direct admission
11 program.
12 (g) The Board of Higher Education, the Illinois
13 Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance
14 Commission, and the State Board of Education may adopt any
15 rules necessary to administer this paragraph 16.
16 17. (a) To sell or market any computer program
17 developed by an employee of the school district, provided
18 that such employee developed the computer program as a
19 direct result of his or her duties with the school
20 district or through the utilization of school district
21 resources or facilities. The employee who developed the
22 computer program shall be entitled to share in the
23 proceeds of such sale or marketing of the computer
24 program. The distribution of such proceeds between the
25 employee and the school district shall be as agreed upon
26 by the employee and the school district, except that
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1 neither the employee nor the school district may receive
2 more than 90% of such proceeds. The negotiation for an
3 employee who is represented by an exclusive bargaining
4 representative may be conducted by such bargaining
5 representative at the employee's request.
6 (b) For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
7 (1) "Computer" means an internally programmed, general
8 purpose digital device capable of automatically accepting
9 data, processing data and supplying the results of the
10 operation.
11 (2) "Computer program" means a series of coded
12 instructions or statements in a form acceptable to a
13 computer, which causes the computer to process data in
14 order to achieve a certain result.
15 (3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from the
16 marketing or sale of a product after deducting the
17 expenses of developing and marketing such product;
18 18. To delegate to the general superintendent of
19 schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts
20 and expenditures in amounts of $35,000 or less;
21 19. Upon the written request of an employee, to
22 withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues,
23 payments, or contributions payable by such employee to any
24 labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational
25 Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an amount
26 shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which
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1 is equal to the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any
2 payments or contributions, and the board shall transmit
3 such withholdings to the specified labor organization
4 within 10 working days from the time of the withholding;
5 19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a
6 municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, a
7 county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook
8 County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park
9 District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the
10 Chicago Transit Authority, or a housing authority of a
11 municipality with a population of 500,000 or more that a
12 debt is due and owing the municipality, the county, the
13 Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park
14 District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the
15 Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing authority by an
16 employee of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold,
17 from the compensation of that employee, the amount of the
18 debt that is due and owing and pay the amount withheld to
19 the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest
20 Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
21 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago
22 Transit Authority, or the housing authority; provided,
23 however, that the amount deducted from any one salary or
24 wage payment shall not exceed 25% of the net amount of the
25 payment. Before the Board deducts any amount from any
26 salary or wage of an employee under this paragraph, the
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1 municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
2 District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan
3 Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority,
4 or the housing authority shall certify that (i) the
5 employee has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to
6 dispute the debt that is due and owing the municipality,
7 the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
8 Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
9 District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing
10 authority and (ii) the employee has received notice of a
11 wage deduction order and has been afforded an opportunity
12 for a hearing to object to the order. For purposes of this
13 paragraph, "net amount" means that part of the salary or
14 wage payment remaining after the deduction of any amounts
15 required by law to be deducted and "debt due and owing"
16 means (i) a specified sum of money owed to the
17 municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
18 District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan
19 Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority,
20 or the housing authority for services, work, or goods,
21 after the period granted for payment has expired, or (ii)
22 a specified sum of money owed to the municipality, the
23 county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
24 Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
25 District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing
26 authority pursuant to a court order or order of an
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1 administrative hearing officer after the exhaustion of, or
2 the failure to exhaust, judicial review;
3 20. The board is encouraged to employ a sufficient
4 number of licensed school counselors to maintain a
5 student/counselor ratio of 250 to 1. Each counselor shall
6 spend at least 75% of his work time in direct contact with
7 students and shall maintain a record of such time;
8 21. To make available to students vocational and
9 career counseling and to establish 5 special career
10 counseling days for students and parents. On these days
11 representatives of local businesses and industries shall
12 be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
13 of career opportunities available to them in the various
14 businesses and industries. Special consideration shall be
15 given to counseling minority students as to career
16 opportunities available to them in various fields. For the
17 purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a
18 person who is any of the following:
19 (a) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
20 origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
21 America, including Central America, and who maintains
22 tribal affiliation or community attachment).
23 (b) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
24 original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
25 Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
26 Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
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1 the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
2 (c) Black or African American (a person having origins
3 in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
4 (d) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
5 Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
6 culture or origin, regardless of race).
7 (e) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
8 person having origins in any of the original peoples of
9 Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
10 Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school
11 days;
12 22. To report to the State Board of Education the
13 annual student dropout rate and number of students who
14 graduate from, transfer from, or otherwise leave bilingual
15 programs;
16 23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and
17 Neglected Child Reporting Act or other applicable State or
18 federal law, to permit school officials to withhold, from
19 any person, information on the whereabouts of any child
20 removed from school premises when the child has been taken
21 into protective custody as a victim of suspected child
22 abuse. School officials shall direct such person to the
23 Department of Children and Family Services or to the local
24 law enforcement agency, if appropriate;
25 24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of
26 existing school facilities, projected enrollment, and
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1 efficient utilization of available resources, for capital
2 improvement of schools and school buildings within the
3 district, addressing in that policy both the relative
4 priority for major repairs, renovations, and additions to
5 school facilities and the advisability or necessity of
6 building new school facilities or closing existing schools
7 to meet current or projected demographic patterns within
8 the district;
9 25. To make available to the students in every high
10 school attendance center the ability to take all courses
11 necessary to comply with the Board of Higher Education's
12 college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
13 26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching
14 profession, whereby qualified professionals become
15 licensed teachers, by allowing credit for professional
16 employment in related fields when determining point of
17 entry on the teacher pay scale;
18 27. To provide or contract out training programs for
19 administrative personnel and principals with revised or
20 expanded duties pursuant to this Code in order to ensure
21 they have the knowledge and skills to perform their
22 duties;
23 28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special
24 needs programs, and to allocate such funds and other lump
25 sum amounts to each attendance center in a manner
26 consistent with the provisions of part 4 of Section
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1 34-2.3. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
2 require any additional appropriations of State funds for
3 this purpose;
4 29. (Blank);
5 30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or
6 any other law to the contrary, to contract with third
7 parties for services otherwise performed by employees,
8 including those in a bargaining unit, and to lay off
9 layoff those employees upon 14 days' days written notice
10 to the affected employees. Those contracts may be for a
11 period not to exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a
12 system-wide basis. The board may not operate more than 30
13 contract schools, provided that the board may operate an
14 additional 5 contract turnaround schools pursuant to item
15 (5.5) of subsection (d) of Section 34-8.3 of this Code,
16 and the governing bodies of contract schools are subject
17 to the Freedom of Information Act and Open Meetings Act;
18 31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures
19 governing the layoff or reduction in force of employees
20 and the recall of such employees, including, but not
21 limited to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force
22 or recall rights of such employees and the weight to be
23 given to any particular criterion. Such criteria shall
24 take into account factors, including, but not limited to,
25 qualifications, certifications, experience, performance
26 ratings or evaluations, and any other factors relating to
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1 an employee's job performance;
2 32. To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in the
3 hiring of personnel or the selection of contractors;
4 33. (Blank); and
5 34. To establish a Labor Management Council to the
6 board comprised of representatives of the board, the chief
7 executive officer, and those labor organizations that are
8 the exclusive representatives of employees of the board
9 and to promulgate policies and procedures for the
10 operation of the Council.
11 The specifications of the powers herein granted are not to
12 be construed as exclusive, but the board shall also exercise
13 all other powers that may be requisite or proper for the
14 maintenance and the development of a public school system, not
15 inconsistent with the other provisions of this Article or
16 provisions of this Code which apply to all school districts.
17 In addition to the powers herein granted and authorized to
18 be exercised by the board, it shall be the duty of the board to
19 review or to direct independent reviews of special education
20 expenditures and services. The board shall file a report of
21 such review with the General Assembly on or before May 1, 1990.
22 (Source: P.A. 102-465, eff. 1-1-22; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
23 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; 103-8, eff. 1-1-24; revised 7-17-24.)
24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25 becoming law.Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.