Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2384 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2384 Introduced , by Rep. Cyril Nichols SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-22.24b 105 ILCS 5/34-18 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18 Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall (rather than may) employ a sufficient number of school counselors to maintain a (rather than the national and State recommended) student-counselor ratio of 250 to one. Provides that school districts shall require school counselors to meet with their assigned students at least once each month. Makes related changes. LRB103 26371 RJT 52733 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2384 Introduced , by Rep. Cyril Nichols SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-22.24b 105 ILCS 5/34-18 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18 105 ILCS 5/10-22.24b 105 ILCS 5/34-18 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18 Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall (rather than may) employ a sufficient number of school counselors to maintain a (rather than the national and State recommended) student-counselor ratio of 250 to one. Provides that school districts shall require school counselors to meet with their assigned students at least once each month. Makes related changes. LRB103 26371 RJT 52733 b LRB103 26371 RJT 52733 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2384 Introduced , by Rep. Cyril Nichols SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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6	6	Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall (rather than may) employ a sufficient number of school counselors to maintain a (rather than the national and State recommended) student-counselor ratio of 250 to one. Provides that school districts shall require school counselors to meet with their assigned students at least once each month. Makes related changes.
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14	14	1 AN ACT concerning education.
15	15	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
16	16	3 represented in the General Assembly:
17	17	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
18	18	5 10-22.24b and 34-18 as follows:
19	19	6 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24b)
20	20	7 Sec. 10-22.24b. School counseling services. School
21	21	8 counseling services in public schools may be provided by
22	22	9 school counselors as defined in Section 10-22.24a of this Code
23	23	10 or by individuals who hold a Professional Educator License
24	24	11 with a school support personnel endorsement in the area of
25	25	12 school counseling under Section 21B-25 of this Code.
26	26	13 School counseling services may include, but are not
27	27	14 limited to:
28	28	15 (1) designing and delivering a comprehensive school
29	29	16 counseling program that promotes student achievement and
30	30	17 wellness;
31	31	18 (2) incorporating the common core language into the
32	32	19 school counselor's work and role;
33	33	20 (3) school counselors working as culturally skilled
34	34	21 professionals who act sensitively to promote social
35	35	22 justice and equity in a pluralistic society;
36	36	23 (4) providing individual and group counseling;
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41	41	105 ILCS 5/10-22.24b 105 ILCS 5/34-18 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18 105 ILCS 5/10-22.24b 105 ILCS 5/34-18 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18
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44	44	Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall (rather than may) employ a sufficient number of school counselors to maintain a (rather than the national and State recommended) student-counselor ratio of 250 to one. Provides that school districts shall require school counselors to meet with their assigned students at least once each month. Makes related changes.
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79	79	1 (5) providing a core counseling curriculum that serves
80	80	2 all students and addresses the knowledge and skills
81	81	3 appropriate to their developmental level through a
82	82	4 collaborative model of delivery involving the school
83	83	5 counselor, classroom teachers, and other appropriate
84	84	6 education professionals, and including prevention and
85	85	7 pre-referral activities;
86	86	8 (6) making referrals when necessary to appropriate
87	87	9 offices or outside agencies;
88	88	10 (7) providing college and career development
89	89	11 activities and counseling;
90	90	12 (8) developing individual career plans with students,
91	91	13 which includes planning for post-secondary education, as
92	92	14 appropriate, and engaging in related and relevant career
93	93	15 and technical education coursework in high school as
94	94	16 described in paragraph (55);
95	95	17 (9) assisting all students with a college or
96	96	18 post-secondary education plan, which must include a
97	97	19 discussion on all post-secondary education options,
98	98	20 including 4-year colleges or universities, community
99	99	21 colleges, and vocational schools, and includes planning
100	100	22 for post-secondary education, as appropriate, and engaging
101	101	23 in related and relevant career and technical education
102	102	24 coursework in high school as described in paragraph (55);
103	103	25 (10) intentionally addressing the career and college
104	104	26 needs of first generation students;
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115	115	1 (11) educating all students on scholarships, financial
116	116	2 aid, and preparation of the Federal Application for
117	117	3 Federal Student Aid;
118	118	4 (12) collaborating with institutions of higher
119	119	5 education and local community colleges so that students
120	120	6 understand post-secondary education options and are ready
121	121	7 to transition successfully;
122	122	8 (13) providing crisis intervention and contributing to
123	123	9 the development of a specific crisis plan within the
124	124	10 school setting in collaboration with multiple
125	125	11 stakeholders;
126	126	12 (14) educating students, teachers, and parents on
127	127	13 anxiety, depression, cutting, and suicide issues and
128	128	14 intervening with students who present with these issues;
129	129	15 (15) providing counseling and other resources to
130	130	16 students who are in crisis;
131	131	17 (16) providing resources for those students who do not
132	132	18 have access to mental health services;
133	133	19 (17) addressing bullying and conflict resolution with
134	134	20 all students;
135	135	21 (18) teaching communication skills and helping
136	136	22 students develop positive relationships;
137	137	23 (19) using culturally sensitive culturally-sensitive
138	138	24 skills in working with all students to promote wellness;
139	139	25 (20) addressing the needs of undocumented students in
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151	151	1 United States, but whose parents are undocumented;
152	152	2 (21) contributing to a student's functional behavioral
153	153	3 assessment, as well as assisting in the development of
154	154	4 non-aversive behavioral intervention strategies;
155	155	5 (22) (i) assisting students in need of special
156	156	6 education services by implementing the academic supports
157	157	7 and social-emotional and college or career development
158	158	8 counseling services or interventions per a student's
159	159	9 individualized education program (IEP); (ii) participating
160	160	10 in or contributing to a student's IEP and completing a
161	161	11 social-developmental history; or (iii) providing services
162	162	12 to a student with a disability under the student's IEP or
163	163	13 federal Section 504 plan, as recommended by the student's
164	164	14 IEP team or Section 504 plan team and in compliance with
165	165	15 federal and State laws and rules governing the provision
166	166	16 of educational and related services and school-based
167	167	17 accommodations to students with disabilities and the
168	168	18 qualifications of school personnel to provide such
169	169	19 services and accommodations;
170	170	20 (23) assisting in the development of a personal
171	171	21 educational plan with each student;
172	172	22 (24) educating students on dual credit and learning
173	173	23 opportunities on the Internet;
174	174	24 (25) providing information for all students in the
175	175	25 selection of courses that will lead to post-secondary
176	176	26 education opportunities toward a successful career;
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187	187	1 (26) interpreting achievement test results and guiding
188	188	2 students in appropriate directions;
189	189	3 (27) counseling with students, families, and teachers,
190	190	4 in compliance with federal and State laws;
191	191	5 (28) providing families with opportunities for
192	192	6 education and counseling as appropriate in relation to the
193	193	7 student's educational assessment;
194	194	8 (29) consulting and collaborating with teachers and
195	195	9 other school personnel regarding behavior management and
196	196	10 intervention plans and inclusion in support of students;
197	197	11 (30) teaming and partnering with staff, parents,
198	198	12 businesses, and community organizations to support student
199	199	13 achievement and social-emotional learning standards for
200	200	14 all students;
201	201	15 (31) developing and implementing school-based
202	202	16 prevention programs, including, but not limited to,
203	203	17 mediation and violence prevention, implementing social and
204	204	18 emotional education programs and services, and
205	205	19 establishing and implementing bullying prevention and
206	206	20 intervention programs;
207	207	21 (32) developing culturally sensitive
208	208	22 culturally-sensitive assessment instruments for measuring
209	209	23 school counseling prevention and intervention
210	210	24 effectiveness and collecting, analyzing, and interpreting
211	211	25 data;
212	212	26 (33) participating on school and district committees
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223	223	1 to advocate for student programs and resources, as well as
224	224	2 establishing a school counseling advisory council that
225	225	3 includes representatives of key stakeholders selected to
226	226	4 review and advise on the implementation of the school
227	227	5 counseling program;
228	228	6 (34) acting as a liaison between the public schools
229	229	7 and community resources and building relationships with
230	230	8 important stakeholders, such as families, administrators,
231	231	9 teachers, and board members;
232	232	10 (35) maintaining organized, clear, and useful records
233	233	11 in a confidential manner consistent with Section 5 of the
234	234	12 Illinois School Student Records Act, the Family
235	235	13 Educational Rights and Privacy Act, and the Health
236	236	14 Insurance Portability and Accountability Act;
237	237	15 (36) presenting an annual agreement to the
238	238	16 administration, including a formal discussion of the
239	239	17 alignment of school and school counseling program missions
240	240	18 and goals and detailing specific school counselor
241	241	19 responsibilities;
242	242	20 (37) identifying and implementing culturally sensitive
243	243	21 culturally-sensitive measures of success for student
244	244	22 competencies in each of the 3 domains of academic, social
245	245	23 and emotional, and college and career learning based on
246	246	24 planned and periodic assessment of the comprehensive
247	247	25 developmental school counseling program;
248	248	26 (38) collaborating as a team member in Response to
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259	259	1 Intervention (RtI) and other school initiatives;
260	260	2 (39) conducting observations and participating in
261	261	3 recommendations or interventions regarding the placement
262	262	4 of children in educational programs or special education
263	263	5 classes;
264	264	6 (40) analyzing data and results of school counseling
265	265	7 program assessments, including curriculum, small-group,
266	266	8 and closing-the-gap results reports, and designing
267	267	9 strategies to continue to improve program effectiveness;
268	268	10 (41) analyzing data and results of school counselor
269	269	11 competency assessments;
270	270	12 (42) following American School Counselor Association
271	271	13 Ethical Standards for School Counselors to demonstrate
272	272	14 high standards of integrity, leadership, and
273	273	15 professionalism;
274	274	16 (43) knowing and embracing common core standards by
275	275	17 using common core language;
276	276	18 (44) practicing as a culturally skilled
277	277	19 culturally-skilled school counselor by infusing the
278	278	20 multicultural competencies within the role of the school
279	279	21 counselor, including the practice of culturally sensitive
280	280	22 culturally-sensitive attitudes and beliefs, knowledge, and
281	281	23 skills;
282	282	24 (45) infusing the Social-Emotional Standards, as
283	283	25 presented in the State Board of Education standards,
284	284	26 across the curriculum and in the counselor's role in ways
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295	295	1 that empower and enable students to achieve academic
296	296	2 success across all grade levels;
297	297	3 (46) providing services only in areas in which the
298	298	4 school counselor has appropriate training or expertise, as
299	299	5 well as only providing counseling or consulting services
300	300	6 within his or her employment to any student in the
301	301	7 district or districts which employ such school counselor,
302	302	8 in accordance with professional ethics;
303	303	9 (47) having adequate training in supervision knowledge
304	304	10 and skills in order to supervise school counseling interns
305	305	11 enrolled in graduate school counselor preparation programs
306	306	12 that meet the standards established by the State Board of
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308	308	14 (48) being involved with State and national
309	309	15 professional associations;
310	310	16 (49) participating, at least once every 2 years, in an
311	311	17 in-service training program for school counselors
312	312	18 conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and sexual
313	313	19 violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth,
314	314	20 which shall include training concerning (i) communicating
315	315	21 with and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual
316	316	22 violence and expectant and parenting youth, (ii)
317	317	23 connecting youth victims of domestic or sexual violence
318	318	24 and expectant and parenting youth to appropriate in-school
319	319	25 services and other agencies, programs, and services as
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331	331	1 policies, procedures, and protocols with regard to such
332	332	2 youth, including confidentiality; at a minimum, school
333	333	3 personnel must be trained to understand, provide
334	334	4 information and referrals, and address issues pertaining
335	335	5 to youth who are parents, expectant parents, or victims of
336	336	6 domestic or sexual violence;
337	337	7 (50) participating, at least every 2 years, in an
338	338	8 in-service training program for school counselors
339	339	9 conducted by persons with expertise in anaphylactic
340	340	10 reactions and management;
341	341	11 (51) participating, at least once every 2 years, in an
342	342	12 in-service training on educator ethics, teacher-student
343	343	13 conduct, and school employee-student conduct for all
344	344	14 personnel;
345	345	15 (52) participating, in addition to other topics at
346	346	16 in-service training programs, in training to identify the
347	347	17 warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in
348	348	18 adolescents and teenagers and learning appropriate
349	349	19 intervention and referral techniques;
350	350	20 (53) obtaining training to have a basic knowledge of
351	351	21 matters relating to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
352	352	22 (AIDS), including the nature of the disease, its causes
353	353	23 and effects, the means of detecting it and preventing its
354	354	24 transmission, and the availability of appropriate sources
355	355	25 of counseling and referral and any other information that
356	356	26 may be appropriate considering the age and grade level of
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367	367	1 the pupils; the school board shall supervise such training
368	368	2 and the State Board of Education and the Department of
369	369	3 Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such
370	370	4 training;
371	371	5 (54) participating in mandates from the State Board of
372	372	6 Education for bullying education and social-emotional
373	373	7 literacy literary; and
374	374	8 (55) promoting career and technical education by
375	375	9 assisting each student to determine an appropriate
376	376	10 postsecondary plan based upon the student's skills,
377	377	11 strengths, and goals and assisting the student to
378	378	12 implement the best practices that improve career or
379	379	13 workforce readiness after high school.
380	380	14 School districts shall may employ a sufficient number of
381	381	15 school counselors to maintain a the national and State
382	382	16 recommended student-counselor ratio of 250 to 1. School
383	383	17 districts may have school counselors spend at least 80% of his
384	384	18 or her work time in direct contact with students. School
385	385	19 districts shall require school counselors to meet with their
386	386	20 assigned students at least once each month.
387	387	21 Nothing in this Section prohibits other qualified
388	388	22 professionals, including other endorsed school support
389	389	23 personnel, from providing the services listed in this Section.
390	390	24 (Source: P.A. 101-290, eff. 8-9-19; 102-876, eff. 1-1-23;
391	391	25 revised 12-9-22.)
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402	402	1 (105 ILCS 5/34-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
403	403	2 Sec. 34-18. Powers of the board. The board shall exercise
404	404	3 general supervision and jurisdiction over the public education
405	405	4 and the public school system of the city, and, except as
406	406	5 otherwise provided by this Article, shall have power:
407	407	6 1. To make suitable provision for the establishment
408	408	7 and maintenance throughout the year or for such portion
409	409	8 thereof as it may direct, not less than 9 months and in
410	410	9 compliance with Section 10-19.05, of schools of all grades
411	411	10 and kinds, including normal schools, high schools, night
412	412	11 schools, schools for defectives and delinquents, parental
413	413	12 and truant schools, schools for the blind, the deaf, and
414	414	13 persons with physical disabilities, schools or classes in
415	415	14 manual training, constructural and vocational teaching,
416	416	15 domestic arts, and physical culture, vocation and
417	417	16 extension schools and lecture courses, and all other
418	418	17 educational courses and facilities, including
419	419	18 establishing, equipping, maintaining and operating
420	420	19 playgrounds and recreational programs, when such programs
421	421	20 are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected with any
422	422	21 public school under the general supervision and
423	423	22 jurisdiction of the board; provided that the calendar for
424	424	23 the school term and any changes must be submitted to and
425	425	24 approved by the State Board of Education before the
426	426	25 calendar or changes may take effect, and provided that in
427	427	26 allocating funds from year to year for the operation of
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438	438	1 all attendance centers within the district, the board
439	439	2 shall ensure that supplemental general State aid or
440	440	3 supplemental grant funds are allocated and applied in
441	441	4 accordance with Section 18-8, 18-8.05, or 18-8.15. To
442	442	5 admit to such schools without charge foreign exchange
443	443	6 students who are participants in an organized exchange
444	444	7 student program which is authorized by the board. The
445	445	8 board shall permit all students to enroll in
446	446	9 apprenticeship programs in trade schools operated by the
447	447	10 board, whether those programs are union-sponsored or not.
448	448	11 No student shall be refused admission into or be excluded
449	449	12 from any course of instruction offered in the common
450	450	13 schools by reason of that student's sex. No student shall
451	451	14 be denied equal access to physical education and
452	452	15 interscholastic athletic programs supported from school
453	453	16 district funds or denied participation in comparable
454	454	17 physical education and athletic programs solely by reason
455	455	18 of the student's sex. Equal access to programs supported
456	456	19 from school district funds and comparable programs will be
457	457	20 defined in rules promulgated by the State Board of
458	458	21 Education in consultation with the Illinois High School
459	459	22 Association. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
460	460	23 Article, neither the board of education nor any local
461	461	24 school council or other school official shall recommend
462	462	25 that children with disabilities be placed into regular
463	463	26 education classrooms unless those children with
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474	474	1 disabilities are provided with supplementary services to
475	475	2 assist them so that they benefit from the regular
476	476	3 classroom instruction and are included on the teacher's
477	477	4 regular education class register;
478	478	5 2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable
479	479	6 charge therefor, and to use school funds for the payment
480	480	7 of such expenses as the board may determine are necessary
481	481	8 in conducting the school lunch program;
482	482	9 3. To co-operate with the circuit court;
483	483	10 4. To make arrangements with the public or
484	484	11 quasi-public libraries and museums for the use of their
485	485	12 facilities by teachers and pupils of the public schools;
486	486	13 5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for
487	487	14 the purpose of treating the pupils in the schools, but
488	488	15 accepting such treatment shall be optional with parents or
489	489	16 guardians;
490	490	17 6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms
491	491	18 when not otherwise needed, including light, heat, and
492	492	19 attendants, for free public lectures, concerts, and other
493	493	20 educational and social interests, free of charge, under
494	494	21 such provisions and control as the principal of the
495	495	22 affected attendance center may prescribe;
496	496	23 7. To apportion the pupils to the several schools;
497	497	24 provided that no pupil shall be excluded from or
498	498	25 segregated in any such school on account of his color,
499	499	26 race, sex, or nationality. The board shall take into
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510	510	1 consideration the prevention of segregation and the
511	511	2 elimination of separation of children in public schools
512	512	3 because of color, race, sex, or nationality. Except that
513	513	4 children may be committed to or attend parental and social
514	514	5 adjustment schools established and maintained either for
515	515	6 boys or girls only. All records pertaining to the
516	516	7 creation, alteration or revision of attendance areas shall
517	517	8 be open to the public. Nothing herein shall limit the
518	518	9 board's authority to establish multi-area attendance
519	519	10 centers or other student assignment systems for
520	520	11 desegregation purposes or otherwise, and to apportion the
521	521	12 pupils to the several schools. Furthermore, beginning in
522	522	13 school year 1994-95, pursuant to a board plan adopted by
523	523	14 October 1, 1993, the board shall offer, commencing on a
524	524	15 phased-in basis, the opportunity for families within the
525	525	16 school district to apply for enrollment of their children
526	526	17 in any attendance center within the school district which
527	527	18 does not have selective admission requirements approved by
528	528	19 the board. The appropriate geographical area in which such
529	529	20 open enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by
530	530	21 the board of education. Such children may be admitted to
531	531	22 any such attendance center on a space available basis
532	532	23 after all children residing within such attendance
533	533	24 center's area have been accommodated. If the number of
534	534	25 applicants from outside the attendance area exceed the
535	535	26 space available, then successful applicants shall be
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546	546	1 selected by lottery. The board of education's open
547	547	2 enrollment plan must include provisions that allow
548	548	3 low-income students to have access to transportation
549	549	4 needed to exercise school choice. Open enrollment shall be
550	550	5 in compliance with the provisions of the Consent Decree
551	551	6 and Desegregation Plan cited in Section 34-1.01;
552	552	7 8. To approve programs and policies for providing
553	553	8 transportation services to students. Nothing herein shall
554	554	9 be construed to permit or empower the State Board of
555	555	10 Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other
556	556	11 transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving
557	557	12 racial balance in any school;
558	558	13 9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to
559	559	14 establish and approve system-wide curriculum objectives
560	560	15 and standards, including graduation standards, which
561	561	16 reflect the multi-cultural diversity in the city and are
562	562	17 consistent with State law, provided that for all purposes
563	563	18 of this Article courses or proficiency in American Sign
564	564	19 Language shall be deemed to constitute courses or
565	565	20 proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ
566	566	21 principals and teachers, appointed as provided in this
567	567	22 Article, and fix their compensation. The board shall
568	568	23 prepare such reports related to minimal competency testing
569	569	24 as may be requested by the State Board of Education and, in
570	570	25 addition, shall monitor and approve special education and
571	571	26 bilingual education programs and policies within the
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582	582	1 district to ensure that appropriate services are provided
583	583	2 in accordance with applicable State and federal laws to
584	584	3 children requiring services and education in those areas;
585	585	4 10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize
586	586	5 volunteer personnel for: (i) non-teaching duties not
587	587	6 requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils,
588	588	7 including library duties; and (ii) supervising study
589	589	8 halls, long distance teaching reception areas used
590	590	9 incident to instructional programs transmitted by
591	591	10 electronic media such as computers, video, and audio,
592	592	11 detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored
593	593	12 extracurricular activities. The board may further utilize
594	594	13 volunteer nonlicensed personnel or employ nonlicensed
595	595	14 personnel to assist in the instruction of pupils under the
596	596	15 immediate supervision of a teacher holding a valid
597	597	16 educator license, directly engaged in teaching subject
598	598	17 matter or conducting activities; provided that the teacher
599	599	18 shall be continuously aware of the nonlicensed persons'
600	600	19 activities and shall be able to control or modify them.
601	601	20 The general superintendent shall determine qualifications
602	602	21 of such personnel and shall prescribe rules for
603	603	22 determining the duties and activities to be assigned to
604	604	23 such personnel;
605	605	24 10.5. To utilize volunteer personnel from a regional
606	606	25 School Crisis Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part
607	607	26 of the Safe to Learn Program established pursuant to
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618	618	1 Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act of
619	619	2 1995, to provide assistance to schools in times of
620	620	3 violence or other traumatic incidents within a school
621	621	4 community by providing crisis intervention services to
622	622	5 lessen the effects of emotional trauma on individuals and
623	623	6 the community; the School Crisis Assistance Team Steering
624	624	7 Committee shall determine the qualifications for
625	625	8 volunteers;
626	626	9 11. To provide television studio facilities in not to
627	627	10 exceed one school building and to provide programs for
628	628	11 educational purposes, provided, however, that the board
629	629	12 shall not construct, acquire, operate, or maintain a
630	630	13 television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio
631	631	14 facilities to a licensed television station located in the
632	632	15 school district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed
633	633	16 one school radio transmitting station and provide programs
634	634	17 for educational purposes;
635	635	18 12. To offer, if deemed appropriate, outdoor education
636	636	19 courses, including field trips within the State of
637	637	20 Illinois, or adjacent states, and to use school
638	638	21 educational funds for the expense of the said outdoor
639	639	22 educational programs, whether within the school district
640	640	23 or not;
641	641	24 13. During that period of the calendar year not
642	642	25 embraced within the regular school term, to provide and
643	643	26 conduct courses in subject matters normally embraced in
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654	654	1 the program of the schools during the regular school term
655	655	2 and to give regular school credit for satisfactory
656	656	3 completion by the student of such courses as may be
657	657	4 approved for credit by the State Board of Education;
658	658	5 14. To insure against any loss or liability of the
659	659	6 board, the former School Board Nominating Commission,
660	660	7 Local School Councils, the Chicago Schools Academic
661	661	8 Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict Councils
662	662	9 or of any member, officer, agent, or employee thereof,
663	663	10 resulting from alleged violations of civil rights arising
664	664	11 from incidents occurring on or after September 5, 1967 or
665	665	12 from the wrongful or negligent act or omission of any such
666	666	13 person whether occurring within or without the school
667	667	14 premises, provided the officer, agent, or employee was, at
668	668	15 the time of the alleged violation of civil rights or
669	669	16 wrongful act or omission, acting within the scope of his
670	670	17 or her employment or under direction of the board, the
671	671	18 former School Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago
672	672	19 Schools Academic Accountability Council, Local School
673	673	20 Councils, or the former Subdistrict Councils; and to
674	674	21 provide for or participate in insurance plans for its
675	675	22 officers and employees, including, but not limited to,
676	676	23 retirement annuities, medical, surgical and
677	677	24 hospitalization benefits in such types and amounts as may
678	678	25 be determined by the board; provided, however, that the
679	679	26 board shall contract for such insurance only with an
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690	690	1 insurance company authorized to do business in this State.
691	691	2 Such insurance may include provision for employees who
692	692	3 rely on treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone for
693	693	4 healing, in accordance with the tenets and practice of a
694	694	5 recognized religious denomination;
695	695	6 15. To contract with the corporate authorities of any
696	696	7 municipality or the county board of any county, as the
697	697	8 case may be, to provide for the regulation of traffic in
698	698	9 parking areas of property used for school purposes, in
699	699	10 such manner as is provided by Section 11-209 of the
700	700	11 Illinois Vehicle Code;
701	701	12 16. (a) To provide, on an equal basis, access to a high
702	702	13 school campus and student directory information to the
703	703	14 official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of
704	704	15 Illinois and the United States for the purposes of
705	705	16 informing students of the educational and career
706	706	17 opportunities available in the military if the board has
707	707	18 provided such access to persons or groups whose purpose is
708	708	19 to acquaint students with educational or occupational
709	709	20 opportunities available to them. The board is not required
710	710	21 to give greater notice regarding the right of access to
711	711	22 recruiting representatives than is given to other persons
712	712	23 and groups. In this paragraph 16, "directory information"
713	713	24 means a high school student's name, address, and telephone
714	714	25 number.
715	715	26 (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian
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726	726	1 submits a signed, written request to the high school
727	727	2 before the end of the student's sophomore year (or if the
728	728	3 student is a transfer student, by another time set by the
729	729	4 high school) that indicates that the student or his or her
730	730	5 parent or guardian does not want the student's directory
731	731	6 information to be provided to official recruiting
732	732	7 representatives under subsection (a) of this Section, the
733	733	8 high school may not provide access to the student's
734	734	9 directory information to these recruiting representatives.
735	735	10 The high school shall notify its students and their
736	736	11 parents or guardians of the provisions of this subsection
737	737	12 (b).
738	738	13 (c) A high school may require official recruiting
739	739	14 representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the
740	740	15 United States to pay a fee for copying and mailing a
741	741	16 student's directory information in an amount that is not
742	742	17 more than the actual costs incurred by the high school.
743	743	18 (d) Information received by an official recruiting
744	744	19 representative under this Section may be used only to
745	745	20 provide information to students concerning educational and
746	746	21 career opportunities available in the military and may not
747	747	22 be released to a person who is not involved in recruiting
748	748	23 students for the armed forces of Illinois or the United
749	749	24 States;
750	750	25 17. (a) To sell or market any computer program
751	751	26 developed by an employee of the school district, provided
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762	762	1 that such employee developed the computer program as a
763	763	2 direct result of his or her duties with the school
764	764	3 district or through the utilization of school district
765	765	4 resources or facilities. The employee who developed the
766	766	5 computer program shall be entitled to share in the
767	767	6 proceeds of such sale or marketing of the computer
768	768	7 program. The distribution of such proceeds between the
769	769	8 employee and the school district shall be as agreed upon
770	770	9 by the employee and the school district, except that
771	771	10 neither the employee nor the school district may receive
772	772	11 more than 90% of such proceeds. The negotiation for an
773	773	12 employee who is represented by an exclusive bargaining
774	774	13 representative may be conducted by such bargaining
775	775	14 representative at the employee's request.
776	776	15 (b) For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
777	777	16 (1) "Computer" means an internally programmed,
778	778	17 general purpose digital device capable of
779	779	18 automatically accepting data, processing data and
780	780	19 supplying the results of the operation.
781	781	20 (2) "Computer program" means a series of coded
782	782	21 instructions or statements in a form acceptable to a
783	783	22 computer, which causes the computer to process data in
784	784	23 order to achieve a certain result.
785	785	24 (3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from the
786	786	25 marketing or sale of a product after deducting the
787	787	26 expenses of developing and marketing such product;
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798	798	1 18. To delegate to the general superintendent of
799	799	2 schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts
800	800	3 and expenditures in amounts of $10,000 or less;
801	801	4 19. Upon the written request of an employee, to
802	802	5 withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues,
803	803	6 payments, or contributions payable by such employee to any
804	804	7 labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational
805	805	8 Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an amount
806	806	9 shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which
807	807	10 is equal to the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any
808	808	11 payments or contributions, and the board shall transmit
809	809	12 such withholdings to the specified labor organization
810	810	13 within 10 working days from the time of the withholding;
811	811	14 19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a
812	812	15 municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, a
813	813	16 county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook
814	814	17 County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park
815	815	18 District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the
816	816	19 Chicago Transit Authority, or a housing authority of a
817	817	20 municipality with a population of 500,000 or more that a
818	818	21 debt is due and owing the municipality, the county, the
819	819	22 Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park
820	820	23 District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the
821	821	24 Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing authority by an
822	822	25 employee of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold,
823	823	26 from the compensation of that employee, the amount of the
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834	834	1 debt that is due and owing and pay the amount withheld to
835	835	2 the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest
836	836	3 Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
837	837	4 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago
838	838	5 Transit Authority, or the housing authority; provided,
839	839	6 however, that the amount deducted from any one salary or
840	840	7 wage payment shall not exceed 25% of the net amount of the
841	841	8 payment. Before the Board deducts any amount from any
842	842	9 salary or wage of an employee under this paragraph, the
843	843	10 municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
844	844	11 District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan
845	845	12 Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority,
846	846	13 or the housing authority shall certify that (i) the
847	847	14 employee has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to
848	848	15 dispute the debt that is due and owing the municipality,
849	849	16 the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
850	850	17 Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
851	851	18 District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing
852	852	19 authority and (ii) the employee has received notice of a
853	853	20 wage deduction order and has been afforded an opportunity
854	854	21 for a hearing to object to the order. For purposes of this
855	855	22 paragraph, "net amount" means that part of the salary or
856	856	23 wage payment remaining after the deduction of any amounts
857	857	24 required by law to be deducted and "debt due and owing"
858	858	25 means (i) a specified sum of money owed to the
859	859	26 municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
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870	870	1 District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan
871	871	2 Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority,
872	872	3 or the housing authority for services, work, or goods,
873	873	4 after the period granted for payment has expired, or (ii)
874	874	5 a specified sum of money owed to the municipality, the
875	875	6 county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
876	876	7 Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
877	877	8 District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing
878	878	9 authority pursuant to a court order or order of an
879	879	10 administrative hearing officer after the exhaustion of, or
880	880	11 the failure to exhaust, judicial review;
881	881	12 20. The board shall is encouraged to employ a
882	882	13 sufficient number of licensed school counselors to
883	883	14 maintain a student/counselor ratio of 250 to 1. Each
884	884	15 counselor shall spend at least 75% of the counselor's his
885	885	16 work time in direct contact with students and shall
886	886	17 maintain a record of such time. Each counselor shall meet
887	887	18 with the counselor's assigned students at least once each
888	888	19 month;
889	889	20 21. To make available to students vocational and
890	890	21 career counseling and to establish 5 special career
891	891	22 counseling days for students and parents. On these days
892	892	23 representatives of local businesses and industries shall
893	893	24 be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
894	894	25 of career opportunities available to them in the various
895	895	26 businesses and industries. Special consideration shall be
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906	906	1 given to counseling minority students as to career
907	907	2 opportunities available to them in various fields. For the
908	908	3 purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a
909	909	4 person who is any of the following:
910	910	5 (a) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
911	911	6 origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
912	912	7 America, including Central America, and who maintains
913	913	8 tribal affiliation or community attachment).
914	914	9 (b) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
915	915	10 original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
916	916	11 Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
917	917	12 Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
918	918	13 the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
919	919	14 (c) Black or African American (a person having origins
920	920	15 in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
921	921	16 (d) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
922	922	17 Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
923	923	18 culture or origin, regardless of race).
924	924	19 (e) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
925	925	20 person having origins in any of the original peoples of
926	926	21 Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
927	927	22 Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school
928	928	23 days;
929	929	24 22. To report to the State Board of Education the
930	930	25 annual student dropout rate and number of students who
931	931	26 graduate from, transfer from, or otherwise leave bilingual
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942	942	1 programs;
943	943	2 23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and
944	944	3 Neglected Child Reporting Act or other applicable State or
945	945	4 federal law, to permit school officials to withhold, from
946	946	5 any person, information on the whereabouts of any child
947	947	6 removed from school premises when the child has been taken
948	948	7 into protective custody as a victim of suspected child
949	949	8 abuse. School officials shall direct such person to the
950	950	9 Department of Children and Family Services or to the local
951	951	10 law enforcement agency, if appropriate;
952	952	11 24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of
953	953	12 existing school facilities, projected enrollment, and
954	954	13 efficient utilization of available resources, for capital
955	955	14 improvement of schools and school buildings within the
956	956	15 district, addressing in that policy both the relative
957	957	16 priority for major repairs, renovations, and additions to
958	958	17 school facilities and the advisability or necessity of
959	959	18 building new school facilities or closing existing schools
960	960	19 to meet current or projected demographic patterns within
961	961	20 the district;
962	962	21 25. To make available to the students in every high
963	963	22 school attendance center the ability to take all courses
964	964	23 necessary to comply with the Board of Higher Education's
965	965	24 college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
966	966	25 26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching
967	967	26 profession, whereby qualified professionals become
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978	978	1 licensed teachers, by allowing credit for professional
979	979	2 employment in related fields when determining point of
980	980	3 entry on the teacher pay scale;
981	981	4 27. To provide or contract out training programs for
982	982	5 administrative personnel and principals with revised or
983	983	6 expanded duties pursuant to this Code in order to ensure
984	984	7 they have the knowledge and skills to perform their
985	985	8 duties;
986	986	9 28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special
987	987	10 needs programs, and to allocate such funds and other lump
988	988	11 sum amounts to each attendance center in a manner
989	989	12 consistent with the provisions of part 4 of Section
990	990	13 34-2.3. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
991	991	14 require any additional appropriations of State funds for
992	992	15 this purpose;
993	993	16 29. (Blank);
994	994	17 30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or
995	995	18 any other law to the contrary, to contract with third
996	996	19 parties for services otherwise performed by employees,
997	997	20 including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
998	998	21 employees upon 14 days written notice to the affected
999	999	22 employees. Those contracts may be for a period not to
1000	1000	23 exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a system-wide basis.
1001	1001	24 The board may not operate more than 30 contract schools,
1002	1002	25 provided that the board may operate an additional 5
1003	1003	26 contract turnaround schools pursuant to item (5.5) of
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1014	1014	1 subsection (d) of Section 34-8.3 of this Code, and the
1015	1015	2 governing bodies of contract schools are subject to the
1016	1016	3 Freedom of Information Act and Open Meetings Act;
1017	1017	4 31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures
1018	1018	5 governing the layoff or reduction in force of employees
1019	1019	6 and the recall of such employees, including, but not
1020	1020	7 limited to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force
1021	1021	8 or recall rights of such employees and the weight to be
1022	1022	9 given to any particular criterion. Such criteria shall
1023	1023	10 take into account factors, including, but not limited to,
1024	1024	11 qualifications, certifications, experience, performance
1025	1025	12 ratings or evaluations, and any other factors relating to
1026	1026	13 an employee's job performance;
1027	1027	14 32. To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in the
1028	1028	15 hiring of personnel or the selection of contractors;
1029	1029	16 33. (Blank); and
1030	1030	17 34. To establish a Labor Management Council to the
1031	1031	18 board comprised of representatives of the board, the chief
1032	1032	19 executive officer, and those labor organizations that are
1033	1033	20 the exclusive representatives of employees of the board
1034	1034	21 and to promulgate policies and procedures for the
1035	1035	22 operation of the Council.
1036	1036	23 The specifications of the powers herein granted are not to
1037	1037	24 be construed as exclusive, but the board shall also exercise
1038	1038	25 all other powers that may be requisite or proper for the
1039	1039	26 maintenance and the development of a public school system, not
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1050	1050	1 inconsistent with the other provisions of this Article or
1051	1051	2 provisions of this Code which apply to all school districts.
1052	1052	3 In addition to the powers herein granted and authorized to
1053	1053	4 be exercised by the board, it shall be the duty of the board to
1054	1054	5 review or to direct independent reviews of special education
1055	1055	6 expenditures and services. The board shall file a report of
1056	1056	7 such review with the General Assembly on or before May 1, 1990.
1057	1057	8 (Source: P.A. 101-12, eff. 7-1-19; 101-88, eff. 1-1-20;
1058	1058	9 102-465, eff. 1-1-22; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-894, eff.
1059	1059	10 5-20-22.)
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