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4		-	AN ACT concerning education.
5		-	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6		-	represented in the General Assembly:
7		-	Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
8		-	10-19.05 as follows:
9		-	(105 ILCS 5/10-19.05)
10		-	Sec. 10-19.05. Daily pupil attendance calculation.
11		-	(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for a
12		-	pupil of legal school age and in kindergarten or any of grades
13		-	1 through 12, a day of attendance shall be counted only for
14		-	sessions of not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day
15		-	under direct supervision of (i) teachers or (ii) non-teaching
16		-	personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching
17		-	duties and supervising in those instances specified in
18		-	subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section
19		-	34-18. Days of attendance by pupils through verified
20		-	participation in an e-learning program adopted by a school
21		-	board and verified by the regional office of education or
22		-	intermediate service center for the school district under
23		-	Section 10-20.56 of this Code shall be considered as full days
24		-	of attendance under this Section.
25		-	(b) A pupil regularly enrolled in a public school for only
26		-	a part of the school day may be counted on the basis of
	3	+	1 AN ACT concerning education.
	4	+	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
	5	+	3 represented in the General Assembly:
	6	+	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
	7	+	5 10-19.05 as follows:
	8	+	6 (105 ILCS 5/10-19.05)
	9	+	7 Sec. 10-19.05. Daily pupil attendance calculation.
	10	+	8 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for a
	11	+	9 pupil of legal school age and in kindergarten or any of grades
	12	+	10 1 through 12, a day of attendance shall be counted only for
	13	+	11 sessions of not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day
	14	+	12 under direct supervision of (i) teachers or (ii) non-teaching
	15	+	13 personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching
	16	+	14 duties and supervising in those instances specified in
	17	+	15 subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section
	18	+	16 34-18. Days of attendance by pupils through verified
	19	+	17 participation in an e-learning program adopted by a school
	20	+	18 board and verified by the regional office of education or
	21	+	19 intermediate service center for the school district under
	22	+	20 Section 10-20.56 of this Code shall be considered as full days
	23	+	21 of attendance under this Section.
	24	+	22 (b) A pupil regularly enrolled in a public school for only
	25	+	23 a part of the school day may be counted on the basis of
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33		-	one-sixth of a school day for every class hour of instruction
34		-	of 40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
35		-	unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
36		-	minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may be
37		-	counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of school
38		-	work completed each day to the minimum number of minutes that
39		-	school work is required to be held that day.
40		-	(c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted as a
41		-	day of attendance upon certification by the regional
42		-	superintendent of schools and approval by the State
43		-	Superintendent of Education to the extent that the district
44		-	has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
45		-	(d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted as a
46		-	day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school day or
47		-	at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is utilized for an
48		-	in-service training program for teachers, up to a maximum of
49		-	10 days per school year, provided that a district conducts an
50		-	in-service training program for teachers in accordance with
51		-	Section 10-22.39 of this Code, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2
52		-	full days may be used, in which event each such day may be
53		-	counted as a day required for a legal school calendar pursuant
54		-	to Section 10-19 of this Code; (2) when, of the 5 days allowed
55		-	under item (1), a maximum of 4 days are used for parent-teacher
56		-	conferences, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days are used,
57		-	in which case each such day may be counted as a calendar day
58		-	required under Section 10-19 of this Code, provided that the
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	34	+	1 one-sixth of a school day for every class hour of instruction
	35	+	2 of 40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
	36	+	3 unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
	37	+	4 minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may be
	38	+	5 counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of school
	39	+	6 work completed each day to the minimum number of minutes that
	40	+	7 school work is required to be held that day.
	41	+	8 (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted as a
	42	+	9 day of attendance upon certification by the regional
	43	+	10 superintendent of schools and approval by the State
	44	+	11 Superintendent of Education to the extent that the district
	45	+	12 has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
	46	+	13 (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted as a
	47	+	14 day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school day or
	48	+	15 at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is utilized for an
	49	+	16 in-service training program for teachers, up to a maximum of
	50	+	17 10 days per school year, provided that a district conducts an
	51	+	18 in-service training program for teachers in accordance with
	52	+	19 Section 10-22.39 of this Code, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2
	53	+	20 full days may be used, in which event each such day may be
	54	+	21 counted as a day required for a legal school calendar pursuant
	55	+	22 to Section 10-19 of this Code; (2) when, of the 5 days allowed
	56	+	23 under item (1), a maximum of 4 days are used for parent-teacher
	57	+	24 conferences, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days are used,
	58	+	25 in which case each such day may be counted as a calendar day
	59	+	26 required under Section 10-19 of this Code, provided that the
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61		-	full-day, parent-teacher conference consists of (i) a minimum
62		-	of 5 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences, (ii) both a
63		-	minimum of 2 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences held in
64		-	the evening following a full day of student attendance and a
65		-	minimum of 3 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences held on
66		-	the day immediately following evening parent-teacher
67		-	conferences, or (iii) multiple parent-teacher conferences held
68		-	in the evenings following full days of student attendance in
69		-	which the time used for the parent-teacher conferences is
70		-	equivalent to a minimum of 5 clock hours; and (3) when days in
71		-	addition to those provided in items (1) and (2) are scheduled
72		-	by a school pursuant to its school improvement plan adopted
73		-	under Article 34 or its revised or amended school improvement
74		-	plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions
75		-	of 3 or more clock hours are scheduled to occur at regular
76		-	intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which such
77		-	sessions occur are utilized for in-service training programs
78		-	or other staff development activities for teachers, and (iii)
79		-	a sufficient number of minutes of school work under the direct
80		-	supervision of teachers are added to the school days between
81		-	such regularly scheduled sessions to accumulate not less than
82		-	the number of minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more clock
83		-	hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Days scheduled for
84		-	in-service training programs, staff development activities, or
85		-	parent-teacher conferences may be scheduled separately for
86		-	different grade levels and different attendance centers of the
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89		-	district.
90		-	(e) A session of not less than one clock hour of teaching
91		-	hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by telephone to
92		-	the classroom may be counted as a half day of attendance;
93		-	however, these pupils must receive 4 or more clock hours of
94		-	instruction to be counted for a full day of attendance.
95		-	(f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted as a
96		-	day of attendance for first grade pupils and pupils in
97		-	full-day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours may be
98		-	counted as a half day of attendance by pupils in kindergartens
99		-	that provide only half days of attendance.
100		-	(g) For children with disabilities who are below the age
101		-	of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours because
102		-	of their disability or immaturity, a session of not less than
103		-	one clock hour may be counted as a half day of attendance;
104		-	however, for such children whose educational needs require a
105		-	session of 4 or more clock hours, a session of at least 4 clock
106		-	hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
107		-	(h) A recognized kindergarten that provides for only a
108		-	half day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more than
109		-	one half day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
110		-	kindergartens may count 2 and a half days of attendance in any
111		-	5 consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
112		-	kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the pupil
113		-	shall have the following day as a day absent from school,
114		-	unless the school district obtains permission in writing from
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117		-	the State Superintendent of Education. Attendance at
118		-	kindergartens that provide for a full day of attendance by
119		-	each pupil shall be counted the same as attendance by first
120		-	grade pupils. Only the first year of attendance in one
121		-	kindergarten shall be counted, except in the case of children
122		-	who entered the kindergarten in their fifth year whose
123		-	educational development requires a second year of kindergarten
124		-	as determined under rules of the State Board of Education.
125		-	(i) On the days when the State's final accountability
126		-	assessment is administered under subsection (c) of Section
127		-	2-3.64a-5 of this Code, the day of attendance for a pupil whose
128		-	school day must be shortened to accommodate required testing
129		-	procedures may be less than 5 clock hours and shall be counted
130		-	toward the 176 days of actual pupil attendance required under
131		-	Section 10-19 of this Code, provided that a sufficient number
132		-	of minutes of school work in excess of 5 clock hours are first
133		-	completed on other school days to compensate for the loss of
134		-	school work on the examination days.
135		-	(j) Pupils enrolled in a remote educational program
136		-	established under Section 10-29 of this Code may be counted on
137		-	the basis of a one-fifth day of attendance for every clock hour
138		-	of instruction attended in the remote educational program,
139		-	provided that, in any month, the school district may not claim
140		-	for a student enrolled in a remote educational program more
141		-	days of attendance than the maximum number of days of
142		-	attendance the district can claim (i) for students enrolled in
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	70	+	1 full-day, parent-teacher conference consists of (i) a minimum
	71	+	2 of 5 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences, (ii) both a
	72	+	3 minimum of 2 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences held in
	73	+	4 the evening following a full day of student attendance and a
	74	+	5 minimum of 3 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences held on
	75	+	6 the day immediately following evening parent-teacher
	76	+	7 conferences, or (iii) multiple parent-teacher conferences held
	77	+	8 in the evenings following full days of student attendance in
	78	+	9 which the time used for the parent-teacher conferences is
	79	+	10 equivalent to a minimum of 5 clock hours; and (3) when days in
	80	+	11 addition to those provided in items (1) and (2) are scheduled
	81	+	12 by a school pursuant to its school improvement plan adopted
	82	+	13 under Article 34 or its revised or amended school improvement
	83	+	14 plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions
	84	+	15 of 3 or more clock hours are scheduled to occur at regular
	85	+	16 intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which such
	86	+	17 sessions occur are utilized for in-service training programs
	87	+	18 or other staff development activities for teachers, and (iii)
	88	+	19 a sufficient number of minutes of school work under the direct
	89	+	20 supervision of teachers are added to the school days between
	90	+	21 such regularly scheduled sessions to accumulate not less than
	91	+	22 the number of minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more clock
	92	+	23 hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Days scheduled for
	93	+	24 in-service training programs, staff development activities, or
	94	+	25 parent-teacher conferences may be scheduled separately for
	95	+	26 different grade levels and different attendance centers of the
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145		-	a building holding year-round classes if the student is
146		-	classified as participating in the remote educational program
147		-	on a year-round schedule or (ii) for students enrolled in a
148		-	building not holding year-round classes if the student is not
149		-	classified as participating in the remote educational program
150		-	on a year-round schedule.
151		-	(j-5) The clock hour requirements of subsections (a)
152		-	through (j) of this Section do not apply if the Governor has
153		-	declared a disaster due to a public health emergency pursuant
154		-	to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.
155		-	The State Superintendent of Education may establish minimum
156		-	clock hour requirements under Sections 10-30 and 34-18.66 if
157		-	the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health
158		-	emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency
159		-	Management Agency Act.
160		-	(k) Pupil participation in any of the following activities
161		-	shall be counted toward the calculation of clock hours of
162		-	school work per day:
163		-	(1) Instruction in a college course in which a student
164		-	is dually enrolled for both high school credit and college
165		-	credit.
166		-	(2) Participation in a Supervised Career Development
167		-	Experience, as defined in Section 10 of the Postsecondary
168		-	and Workforce Readiness Act, or any work-based learning
169		-	experience in which student participation and learning
170		-	outcomes are directed supervised by an educator licensed
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173		-	under Article 21B for assessment of competencies.
174		-	Participation in a work-based learning experience may
175		-	include, but is not limited to, scheduled events of State
176		-	FFA associations, the National FFA Organization, and 4-H
177		-	programs as part of organized competitions or exhibitions.
178		-	The student and the student's parent or legal guardian
179		-	shall be responsible for obtaining assignments missed
180		-	while the student was participating in a Supervised Career
181		-	Development Experience or other work-based learning
182		-	experience pursuant to this paragraph (2) from the
183		-	student's teacher.
184		-	(3) Participation in a youth apprenticeship, as
185		-	jointly defined in rules of the State Board of Education
186		-	and Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in
187		-	which student participation and outcomes are directed
188		-	supervised by an educator licensed under Article 21B for
189		-	assessment of competencies. The student and the student's
190		-	parent or legal guardian shall be responsible for
191		-	obtaining assignments missed while the student was
192		-	participating in a youth apprenticeship pursuant to this
193		-	paragraph (3) from the student's teacher.
194		-	(4) Participation in a blended learning program
195		-	approved by the school district in which course content,
196		-	student evaluation, and instructional methods are
197		-	supervised by an educator licensed under Article 21B.
198		-	(Source: P.A. 101-12, eff. 7-1-19; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
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	106	+	1 district.
	107	+	2 (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of teaching
	108	+	3 hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by telephone to
	109	+	4 the classroom may be counted as a half day of attendance;
	110	+	5 however, these pupils must receive 4 or more clock hours of
	111	+	6 instruction to be counted for a full day of attendance.
	112	+	7 (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted as a
	113	+	8 day of attendance for first grade pupils and pupils in
	114	+	9 full-day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours may be
	115	+	10 counted as a half day of attendance by pupils in kindergartens
	116	+	11 that provide only half days of attendance.
	117	+	12 (g) For children with disabilities who are below the age
	118	+	13 of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours because
	119	+	14 of their disability or immaturity, a session of not less than
	120	+	15 one clock hour may be counted as a half day of attendance;
	121	+	16 however, for such children whose educational needs require a
	122	+	17 session of 4 or more clock hours, a session of at least 4 clock
	123	+	18 hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
	124	+	19 (h) A recognized kindergarten that provides for only a
	125	+	20 half day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more than
	126	+	21 one half day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
	127	+	22 kindergartens may count 2 and a half days of attendance in any
	128	+	23 5 consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
	129	+	24 kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the pupil
	130	+	25 shall have the following day as a day absent from school,
	131	+	26 unless the school district obtains permission in writing from
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	142	+	1 the State Superintendent of Education. Attendance at
	143	+	2 kindergartens that provide for a full day of attendance by
	144	+	3 each pupil shall be counted the same as attendance by first
	145	+	4 grade pupils. Only the first year of attendance in one
	146	+	5 kindergarten shall be counted, except in the case of children
	147	+	6 who entered the kindergarten in their fifth year whose
	148	+	7 educational development requires a second year of kindergarten
	149	+	8 as determined under rules of the State Board of Education.
	150	+	9 (i) On the days when the State's final accountability
	151	+	10 assessment is administered under subsection (c) of Section
	152	+	11 2-3.64a-5 of this Code, the day of attendance for a pupil whose
	153	+	12 school day must be shortened to accommodate required testing
	154	+	13 procedures may be less than 5 clock hours and shall be counted
	155	+	14 toward the 176 days of actual pupil attendance required under
	156	+	15 Section 10-19 of this Code, provided that a sufficient number
	157	+	16 of minutes of school work in excess of 5 clock hours are first
	158	+	17 completed on other school days to compensate for the loss of
	159	+	18 school work on the examination days.
	160	+	19 (j) Pupils enrolled in a remote educational program
	161	+	20 established under Section 10-29 of this Code may be counted on
	162	+	21 the basis of a one-fifth day of attendance for every clock hour
	163	+	22 of instruction attended in the remote educational program,
	164	+	23 provided that, in any month, the school district may not claim
	165	+	24 for a student enrolled in a remote educational program more
	166	+	25 days of attendance than the maximum number of days of
	167	+	26 attendance the district can claim (i) for students enrolled in
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	178	+	1 a building holding year-round classes if the student is
	179	+	2 classified as participating in the remote educational program
	180	+	3 on a year-round schedule or (ii) for students enrolled in a
	181	+	4 building not holding year-round classes if the student is not
	182	+	5 classified as participating in the remote educational program
	183	+	6 on a year-round schedule.
	184	+	7 (j-5) The clock hour requirements of subsections (a)
	185	+	8 through (j) of this Section do not apply if the Governor has
	186	+	9 declared a disaster due to a public health emergency pursuant
	187	+	10 to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.
	188	+	11 The State Superintendent of Education may establish minimum
	189	+	12 clock hour requirements under Sections 10-30 and 34-18.66 if
	190	+	13 the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health
	191	+	14 emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency
	192	+	15 Management Agency Act.
	193	+	16 (k) Pupil participation in any of the following activities
	194	+	17 shall be counted toward the calculation of clock hours of
	195	+	18 school work per day:
	196	+	19 (1) Instruction in a college course in which a student
	197	+	20 is dually enrolled for both high school credit and college
	198	+	21 credit.
	199	+	22 (2) Participation in a Supervised Career Development
	200	+	23 Experience, as defined in Section 10 of the Postsecondary
	201	+	24 and Workforce Readiness Act, or any work-based learning
	202	+	25 experience in which student participation and learning
	203	+	26 outcomes are directed supervised by an educator licensed
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	214	+	1 under Article 21B for assessment of competencies.
	215	+	2 Participation in a work-based learning experience may
	216	+	3 include, but is not limited to, scheduled events of State
	217	+	4 FFA associations, the National FFA Organization, and 4-H
	218	+	5 programs as part of organized competitions or exhibitions.
	219	+	6 The student and the student's parent or legal guardian
	220	+	7 shall be responsible for obtaining assignments missed
	221	+	8 while the student was participating in a Supervised Career
	222	+	9 Development Experience or other work-based learning
	223	+	10 experience pursuant to this paragraph (2) from the
	224	+	11 student's teacher.
	225	+	12 (3) Participation in a youth apprenticeship, as
	226	+	13 jointly defined in rules of the State Board of Education
	227	+	14 and Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in
	228	+	15 which student participation and outcomes are directed
	229	+	16 supervised by an educator licensed under Article 21B for
	230	+	17 assessment of competencies. The student and the student's
	231	+	18 parent or legal guardian shall be responsible for
	232	+	19 obtaining assignments missed while the student was
	233	+	20 participating in a youth apprenticeship pursuant to this
	234	+	21 paragraph (3) from the student's teacher.
	235	+	22 (4) Participation in a blended learning program
	236	+	23 approved by the school district in which course content,
	237	+	24 student evaluation, and instructional methods are
	238	+	25 supervised by an educator licensed under Article 21B.
	239	+	26 (Source: P.A. 101-12, eff. 7-1-19; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
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