Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB4136 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4136 Introduced , by Rep. Sue Scherer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-19 from Ch. 122, par. 10-19 Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that, for the 2023-2024 school year, the school board of Decatur School District 61 may allow pupils to attend for less than the required minimum term of actual pupil attendance in an emergency if those pupils (i) receive an additional 2 clock hours of school work beyond the end of the scheduled school day for up to 25 days and (ii) receive the same total amount of clock hours of school work that they would have received if they had attended for the required minimum term. Defines "emergency". Effective immediately. LRB103 34280 RJT 64106 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4136 Introduced , by Rep. Sue Scherer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-19 from Ch. 122, par. 10-19 105 ILCS 5/10-19 from Ch. 122, par. 10-19 Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that, for the 2023-2024 school year, the school board of Decatur School District 61 may allow pupils to attend for less than the required minimum term of actual pupil attendance in an emergency if those pupils (i) receive an additional 2 clock hours of school work beyond the end of the scheduled school day for up to 25 days and (ii) receive the same total amount of clock hours of school work that they would have received if they had attended for the required minimum term. Defines "emergency". Effective immediately. LRB103 34280 RJT 64106 b LRB103 34280 RJT 64106 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4136 Introduced , by Rep. Sue Scherer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	105 ILCS 5/10-19 from Ch. 122, par. 10-19 105 ILCS 5/10-19 from Ch. 122, par. 10-19
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5	5	Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that, for the 2023-2024 school year, the school board of Decatur School District 61 may allow pupils to attend for less than the required minimum term of actual pupil attendance in an emergency if those pupils (i) receive an additional 2 clock hours of school work beyond the end of the scheduled school day for up to 25 days and (ii) receive the same total amount of clock hours of school work that they would have received if they had attended for the required minimum term. Defines "emergency". Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning education.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
15	15	5 10-19 as follows:
16	16	6 (105 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19)
17	17	7 Sec. 10-19. Length of school term - experimental programs.
18	18	8 (a) Each school board shall annually prepare a calendar
19	19	9 for the school term, specifying the opening and closing dates
20	20	10 and providing a minimum term of at least 185 days to insure 176
21	21	11 days of actual pupil attendance, computable under Section
22	22	12 10-19.05, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) and
23	23	13 except that for the 1980-1981 school year only 175 days of
24	24	14 actual pupil attendance shall be required because of the
25	25	15 closing of schools pursuant to Section 24-2 on January 29,
26	26	16 1981 upon the appointment by the President of that day as a day
27	27	17 of thanksgiving for the freedom of the Americans who had been
28	28	18 held hostage in Iran. Any days allowed by law for teachers'
29	29	19 institutes but not used as such or used as parental institutes
30	30	20 as provided in Section 10-22.18d shall increase the minimum
31	31	21 term by the school days not so used. Except as provided in
32	32	22 Section 10-19.1, the board may not extend the school term
33	33	23 beyond such closing date unless that extension of term is
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4136 Introduced , by Rep. Sue Scherer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	105 ILCS 5/10-19 from Ch. 122, par. 10-19 105 ILCS 5/10-19 from Ch. 122, par. 10-19
39	39	105 ILCS 5/10-19 from Ch. 122, par. 10-19
40	40	Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that, for the 2023-2024 school year, the school board of Decatur School District 61 may allow pupils to attend for less than the required minimum term of actual pupil attendance in an emergency if those pupils (i) receive an additional 2 clock hours of school work beyond the end of the scheduled school day for up to 25 days and (ii) receive the same total amount of clock hours of school work that they would have received if they had attended for the required minimum term. Defines "emergency". Effective immediately.
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68	68	1 necessary to provide the minimum number of computable days. In
69	69	2 case of such necessary extension school employees shall be
70	70	3 paid for such additional time on the basis of their regular
71	71	4 contracts. A school board may specify a closing date earlier
72	72	5 than that set on the annual calendar when the schools of the
73	73	6 district have provided the minimum number of computable days
74	74	7 under this Section. Nothing in this Section prevents the board
75	75	8 from employing superintendents of schools, principals and
76	76	9 other nonteaching personnel for a period of 12 months, or in
77	77	10 the case of superintendents for a period in accordance with
78	78	11 Section 10-23.8, or prevents the board from employing other
79	79	12 personnel before or after the regular school term with payment
80	80	13 of salary proportionate to that received for comparable work
81	81	14 during the school term. Remote learning days, blended remote
82	82	15 learning days, and up to 5 remote and blended remote learning
83	83	16 planning days established under Section 10-30 or 34-18.66
84	84	17 shall be deemed pupil attendance days for calculation of the
85	85	18 length of a school term under this Section.
86	86	19 (b) In this subsection (b), "emergency" means when
87	87	20 students are faced with an unforeseen event that impacts the
88	88	21 students' ability to attend school.
89	89	22 For the 2023-2024 school year, the school board of Decatur
90	90	23 School District 61 may allow pupils to attend for less than the
91	91	24 required minimum term of actual pupil attendance under
92	92	25 subsection (a) in an emergency if those pupils (i) receive an
93	93	26 additional 2 clock hours of school work beyond the end of the
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104	104	1 scheduled school day for up to 25 days and (ii) receive the
105	105	2 same total amount of clock hours of school work that they would
106	106	3 have received if they had attended for the required minimum
107	107	4 term.
108	108	5 (c) A school board may make such changes in its calendar
109	109	6 for the school term as may be required by any changes in the
110	110	7 legal school holidays prescribed in Section 24-2. A school
111	111	8 board may make changes in its calendar for the school term as
112	112	9 may be necessary to reflect the utilization of teachers'
113	113	10 institute days as parental institute days as provided in
114	114	11 Section 10-22.18d.
115	115	12 (d) The calendar for the school term and any changes must
116	116	13 be submitted to and approved by the regional superintendent of
117	117	14 schools before the calendar or changes may take effect.
118	118	15 (e) With the prior approval of the State Board of
119	119	16 Education and subject to review by the State Board of
120	120	17 Education every 3 years, any school board may, by resolution
121	121	18 of its board and in agreement with affected exclusive
122	122	19 collective bargaining agents, establish experimental
123	123	20 educational programs, including but not limited to programs
124	124	21 for e-learning days as authorized under Section 10-20.56 of
125	125	22 this Code, self-directed learning, or outside of formal class
126	126	23 periods, which programs when so approved shall be considered
127	127	24 to comply with the requirements of this Section as respects
128	128	25 numbers of days of actual pupil attendance and with the other
129	129	26 requirements of this Act as respects courses of instruction.
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140	140	1 (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 101-12, eff. 7-1-19;
141	141	2 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
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