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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3240 Introduced , by Rep. Bradley Fritts SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new105 ILCS 5/27A-5 Creates the Mobile Panic Alert System Act. Provides that the Act may be referred to as Alyssa's Law. Requires, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, each public school to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting diverse emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies. Requires, for the 2026 fiscal year, the State Board of Education to issue a competitive solicitation to contract for a mobile panic alert system that may be used by each school district. Subject to appropriation, requires the State Board of Education to establish and administer a Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Program for the purpose of issuing grants to reimburse school districts for the cost of mobile panic alert systems from moneys appropriated from the Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund. Amends the State Finance Act and the Charter Schools Law of the School Code to make conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2026. LRB104 08287 LNS 18338 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3240 Introduced , by Rep. Bradley Fritts SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new105 ILCS 5/27A-5 New Act 30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new 105 ILCS 5/27A-5 Creates the Mobile Panic Alert System Act. Provides that the Act may be referred to as Alyssa's Law. Requires, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, each public school to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting diverse emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies. Requires, for the 2026 fiscal year, the State Board of Education to issue a competitive solicitation to contract for a mobile panic alert system that may be used by each school district. Subject to appropriation, requires the State Board of Education to establish and administer a Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Program for the purpose of issuing grants to reimburse school districts for the cost of mobile panic alert systems from moneys appropriated from the Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund. Amends the State Finance Act and the Charter Schools Law of the School Code to make conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2026. LRB104 08287 LNS 18338 b LRB104 08287 LNS 18338 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
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1515 1 AN ACT concerning education.
1616 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1717 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1818 4 Section 1. Short title; references to Act. This Act may be
1919 5 cited as the Mobile Panic Alert System Act. This Act may be
2020 6 referred to as Alyssa's Law.
2121 7 Section 5. Mobile panic alert system.
2222 8 (a) Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, each public
2323 9 school, including a charter school, shall implement a mobile
2424 10 panic alert system capable of connecting diverse emergency
2525 11 services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between
2626 12 multiple first responder agencies. Such system, to be known as
2727 13 "Alyssa's Alert", must integrate with local public safety
2828 14 answering point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and
2929 15 mobile activations.
3030 16 (b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), a
3131 17 school district may implement additional strategies or systems
3232 18 to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first
3333 19 responder agencies in a school security emergency.
3434 20 (c) For the 2026 fiscal year, the State Board of Education
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3636 22 mobile panic alert system that may be used by each school
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8282 1 State Police and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency in
8383 2 the development of the competitive solicitation for the mobile
8484 3 panic alert system.
8585 4 Section 10. Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Program.
8686 5 (a) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education
8787 6 shall establish and administer a Mobile Panic Alert System
8888 7 Grant Program for the purpose of issuing grants to reimburse
8989 8 school districts for the cost of the mobile panic alert
9090 9 systems described in subsection (a) of Section 5. Grants shall
9191 10 be awarded from moneys appropriated for that purpose from the
9292 11 Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund.
9393 12 (b) The Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund is created as
9494 13 a special fund in the State treasury. All money in the Mobile
9595 14 Panic Alert System Grant Fund shall be used, subject to
9696 15 appropriation, by the State Board of Education for the Mobile
9797 16 Panic Alert System Grant Program.
9898 17 Section 85. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
9999 18 Section 5.1030 as follows:
100100 19 (30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new)
101101 20 Sec. 5.1030. The Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund.
102102 21 Section 90. The School Code is amended by changing Section
103103 22 27A-5 as follows:
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114114 1 (105 ILCS 5/27A-5)
115115 2 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-466)
116116 3 Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements.
117117 4 (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian,
118118 5 nonreligious, non-home based, and non-profit school. A charter
119119 6 school shall be organized and operated as a nonprofit
120120 7 corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity
121121 8 authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
122122 9 (b) A charter school may be established under this Article
123123 10 by creating a new school or by converting an existing public
124124 11 school or attendance center to charter school status. In all
125125 12 new applications to establish a charter school in a city
126126 13 having a population exceeding 500,000, operation of the
127127 14 charter school shall be limited to one campus. This limitation
128128 15 does not apply to charter schools existing or approved on or
129129 16 before April 16, 2003.
130130 17 (b-5) (Blank).
131131 18 (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by
132132 19 its board of directors or other governing body in the manner
133133 20 provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter
134134 21 school shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and
135135 22 the Open Meetings Act. A charter school's board of directors
136136 23 or other governing body must include at least one parent or
137137 24 guardian of a pupil currently enrolled in the charter school
138138 25 who may be selected through the charter school or a charter
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149149 1 network election, appointment by the charter school's board of
150150 2 directors or other governing body, or by the charter school's
151151 3 Parent Teacher Organization or its equivalent.
152152 4 (c-5) No later than January 1, 2021 or within the first
153153 5 year of his or her first term, every voting member of a charter
154154 6 school's board of directors or other governing body shall
155155 7 complete a minimum of 4 hours of professional development
156156 8 leadership training to ensure that each member has sufficient
157157 9 familiarity with the board's or governing body's role and
158158 10 responsibilities, including financial oversight and
159159 11 accountability of the school, evaluating the principal's and
160160 12 school's performance, adherence to the Freedom of Information
161161 13 Act and the Open Meetings Act, and compliance with education
162162 14 and labor law. In each subsequent year of his or her term, a
163163 15 voting member of a charter school's board of directors or
164164 16 other governing body shall complete a minimum of 2 hours of
165165 17 professional development training in these same areas. The
166166 18 training under this subsection may be provided or certified by
167167 19 a statewide charter school membership association or may be
168168 20 provided or certified by other qualified providers approved by
169169 21 the State Board.
170170 22 (d) For purposes of this subsection (d), "non-curricular
171171 23 health and safety requirement" means any health and safety
172172 24 requirement created by statute or rule to provide, maintain,
173173 25 preserve, or safeguard safe or healthful conditions for
174174 26 students and school personnel or to eliminate, reduce, or
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185185 1 prevent threats to the health and safety of students and
186186 2 school personnel. "Non-curricular health and safety
187187 3 requirement" does not include any course of study or
188188 4 specialized instructional requirement for which the State
189189 5 Board has established goals and learning standards or which is
190190 6 designed primarily to impart knowledge and skills for students
191191 7 to master and apply as an outcome of their education.
192192 8 A charter school shall comply with all non-curricular
193193 9 health and safety requirements applicable to public schools
194194 10 under the laws of the State of Illinois. The State Board shall
195195 11 promulgate and post on its Internet website a list of
196196 12 non-curricular health and safety requirements that a charter
197197 13 school must meet. The list shall be updated annually no later
198198 14 than September 1. Any charter contract between a charter
199199 15 school and its authorizer must contain a provision that
200200 16 requires the charter school to follow the list of all
201201 17 non-curricular health and safety requirements promulgated by
202202 18 the State Board and any non-curricular health and safety
203203 19 requirements added by the State Board to such list during the
204204 20 term of the charter. Nothing in this subsection (d) precludes
205205 21 an authorizer from including non-curricular health and safety
206206 22 requirements in a charter school contract that are not
207207 23 contained in the list promulgated by the State Board,
208208 24 including non-curricular health and safety requirements of the
209209 25 authorizing local school board.
210210 26 (e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a
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221221 1 charter school shall not charge tuition; provided that a
222222 2 charter school may charge reasonable fees for textbooks,
223223 3 instructional materials, and student activities.
224224 4 (f) A charter school shall be responsible for the
225225 5 management and operation of its fiscal affairs, including, but
226226 6 not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each
227227 7 charter school's finances shall be conducted annually by an
228228 8 outside, independent contractor retained by the charter
229229 9 school. The contractor shall not be an employee of the charter
230230 10 school or affiliated with the charter school or its authorizer
231231 11 in any way, other than to audit the charter school's finances.
232232 12 To ensure financial accountability for the use of public
233233 13 funds, on or before December 1 of every year of operation, each
234234 14 charter school shall submit to its authorizer and the State
235235 15 Board a copy of its audit and a copy of the Form 990 the
236236 16 charter school filed that year with the federal Internal
237237 17 Revenue Service. In addition, if deemed necessary for proper
238238 18 financial oversight of the charter school, an authorizer may
239239 19 require quarterly financial statements from each charter
240240 20 school.
241241 21 (g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of
242242 22 this Article, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act,
243243 23 all federal and State laws and rules applicable to public
244244 24 schools that pertain to special education and the instruction
245245 25 of English learners, and its charter. A charter school is
246246 26 exempt from all other State laws and regulations in this Code
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257257 1 governing public schools and local school board policies;
258258 2 however, a charter school is not exempt from the following:
259259 3 (1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this Code
260260 4 regarding criminal history records checks and checks of
261261 5 the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer
262262 6 and Violent Offender Against Youth Database of applicants
263263 7 for employment;
264264 8 (2) Sections 10-20.14, 10-22.6, 22-100, 24-24, 34-19,
265265 9 and 34-84a of this Code regarding discipline of students;
266266 10 (3) the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees
267267 11 Tort Immunity Act;
268268 12 (4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit
269269 13 Corporation Act of 1986 regarding indemnification of
270270 14 officers, directors, employees, and agents;
271271 15 (5) the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
272272 16 (5.5) subsection (b) of Section 10-23.12 and
273273 17 subsection (b) of Section 34-18.6 of this Code;
274274 18 (6) the Illinois School Student Records Act;
275275 19 (7) Section 10-17a of this Code regarding school
276276 20 report cards;
277277 21 (8) the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act;
278278 22 (9) Section 27-23.7 of this Code regarding bullying
279279 23 prevention;
280280 24 (10) Section 2-3.162 of this Code regarding student
281281 25 discipline reporting;
282282 26 (11) Sections 22-80 and 27-8.1 of this Code;
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293293 1 (12) Sections 10-20.60 and 34-18.53 of this Code;
294294 2 (13) Sections 10-20.63 and 34-18.56 of this Code;
295295 3 (14) Sections 22-90 and 26-18 of this Code;
296296 4 (15) Section 22-30 of this Code;
297297 5 (16) Sections 24-12 and 34-85 of this Code;
298298 6 (17) the Seizure Smart School Act;
299299 7 (18) Section 2-3.64a-10 of this Code;
300300 8 (19) Sections 10-20.73 and 34-21.9 of this Code;
301301 9 (20) Section 10-22.25b of this Code;
302302 10 (21) Section 27-9.1a of this Code;
303303 11 (22) Section 27-9.1b of this Code;
304304 12 (23) Section 34-18.8 of this Code;
305305 13 (25) Section 2-3.188 of this Code;
306306 14 (26) Section 22-85.5 of this Code;
307307 15 (27) subsections (d-10), (d-15), and (d-20) of Section
308308 16 10-20.56 of this Code;
309309 17 (28) Sections 10-20.83 and 34-18.78 of this Code;
310310 18 (29) Section 10-20.13 of this Code;
311311 19 (30) Section 28-19.2 of this Code;
312312 20 (31) Section 34-21.6 of this Code;
313313 21 (32) Section 22-85.10 of this Code;
314314 22 (33) Section 2-3.196 of this Code;
315315 23 (34) Section 22-95 of this Code;
316316 24 (35) Section 34-18.62 of this Code;
317317 25 (36) the Illinois Human Rights Act; and
318318 26 (37) Section 2-3.204 of this Code; and .
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329329 1 (38) the Mobile Panic Alert System Act.
330330 2 The change made by Public Act 96-104 to this subsection
331331 3 (g) is declaratory of existing law.
332332 4 (h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a
333333 5 school district, the governing body of a State college or
334334 6 university or public community college, or any other public or
335335 7 for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use of a
336336 8 school building and grounds or any other real property or
337337 9 facilities that the charter school desires to use or convert
338338 10 for use as a charter school site, (ii) the operation and
339339 11 maintenance thereof, and (iii) the provision of any service,
340340 12 activity, or undertaking that the charter school is required
341341 13 to perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
342342 14 Except as provided in subsection (i) of this Section, a school
343343 15 district may charge a charter school reasonable rent for the
344344 16 use of the district's buildings, grounds, and facilities. Any
345345 17 services for which a charter school contracts with a school
346346 18 district shall be provided by the district at cost. Any
347347 19 services for which a charter school contracts with a local
348348 20 school board or with the governing body of a State college or
349349 21 university or public community college shall be provided by
350350 22 the public entity at cost.
351351 23 (i) In no event shall a charter school that is established
352352 24 by converting an existing school or attendance center to
353353 25 charter school status be required to pay rent for space that is
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365365 1 agreement, in school district facilities. However, all other
366366 2 costs for the operation and maintenance of school district
367367 3 facilities that are used by the charter school shall be
368368 4 subject to negotiation between the charter school and the
369369 5 local school board and shall be set forth in the charter.
370370 6 (j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age
371371 7 or grade level.
372372 8 (k) If the charter school is authorized by the State
373373 9 Board, then the charter school is its own local education
374374 10 agency.
375375 11 (Source: P.A. 102-51, eff. 7-9-21; 102-157, eff. 7-1-22;
376376 12 102-360, eff. 1-1-22; 102-445, eff. 8-20-21; 102-522, eff.
377377 13 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-676, eff. 12-3-21;
378378 14 102-697, eff. 4-5-22; 102-702, eff. 7-1-23; 102-805, eff.
379379 15 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-175,
380380 16 eff. 6-30-23; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24;
381381 17 103-641, eff. 7-1-24; 103-806, eff. 1-1-25; revised 10-9-24.)
382382 18 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-466)
383383 19 Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements.
384384 20 (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian,
385385 21 nonreligious, non-home based, and non-profit school. A charter
386386 22 school shall be organized and operated as a nonprofit
387387 23 corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity
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400400 1 by creating a new school or by converting an existing public
401401 2 school or attendance center to charter school status. In all
402402 3 new applications to establish a charter school in a city
403403 4 having a population exceeding 500,000, operation of the
404404 5 charter school shall be limited to one campus. This limitation
405405 6 does not apply to charter schools existing or approved on or
406406 7 before April 16, 2003.
407407 8 (b-5) (Blank).
408408 9 (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by
409409 10 its board of directors or other governing body in the manner
410410 11 provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter
411411 12 school shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and
412412 13 the Open Meetings Act. A charter school's board of directors
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414414 15 guardian of a pupil currently enrolled in the charter school
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416416 17 network election, appointment by the charter school's board of
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418418 19 Parent Teacher Organization or its equivalent.
419419 20 (c-5) No later than January 1, 2021 or within the first
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421421 22 school's board of directors or other governing body shall
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437437 2 school's performance, adherence to the Freedom of Information
438438 3 Act and the Open Meetings Act, and compliance with education
439439 4 and labor law. In each subsequent year of his or her term, a
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443443 8 training under this subsection may be provided or certified by
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447447 12 (d) For purposes of this subsection (d), "non-curricular
448448 13 health and safety requirement" means any health and safety
449449 14 requirement created by statute or rule to provide, maintain,
450450 15 preserve, or safeguard safe or healthful conditions for
451451 16 students and school personnel or to eliminate, reduce, or
452452 17 prevent threats to the health and safety of students and
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454454 19 requirement" does not include any course of study or
455455 20 specialized instructional requirement for which the State
456456 21 Board has established goals and learning standards or which is
457457 22 designed primarily to impart knowledge and skills for students
458458 23 to master and apply as an outcome of their education.
459459 24 A charter school shall comply with all non-curricular
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472472 1 promulgate and post on its Internet website a list of
473473 2 non-curricular health and safety requirements that a charter
474474 3 school must meet. The list shall be updated annually no later
475475 4 than September 1. Any charter contract between a charter
476476 5 school and its authorizer must contain a provision that
477477 6 requires the charter school to follow the list of all
478478 7 non-curricular health and safety requirements promulgated by
479479 8 the State Board and any non-curricular health and safety
480480 9 requirements added by the State Board to such list during the
481481 10 term of the charter. Nothing in this subsection (d) precludes
482482 11 an authorizer from including non-curricular health and safety
483483 12 requirements in a charter school contract that are not
484484 13 contained in the list promulgated by the State Board,
485485 14 including non-curricular health and safety requirements of the
486486 15 authorizing local school board.
487487 16 (e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a
488488 17 charter school shall not charge tuition; provided that a
489489 18 charter school may charge reasonable fees for textbooks,
490490 19 instructional materials, and student activities.
491491 20 (f) A charter school shall be responsible for the
492492 21 management and operation of its fiscal affairs, including, but
493493 22 not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each
494494 23 charter school's finances shall be conducted annually by an
495495 24 outside, independent contractor retained by the charter
496496 25 school. The contractor shall not be an employee of the charter
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508508 1 in any way, other than to audit the charter school's finances.
509509 2 To ensure financial accountability for the use of public
510510 3 funds, on or before December 1 of every year of operation, each
511511 4 charter school shall submit to its authorizer and the State
512512 5 Board a copy of its audit and a copy of the Form 990 the
513513 6 charter school filed that year with the federal Internal
514514 7 Revenue Service. In addition, if deemed necessary for proper
515515 8 financial oversight of the charter school, an authorizer may
516516 9 require quarterly financial statements from each charter
517517 10 school.
518518 11 (g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of
519519 12 this Article, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act,
520520 13 all federal and State laws and rules applicable to public
521521 14 schools that pertain to special education and the instruction
522522 15 of English learners, and its charter. A charter school is
523523 16 exempt from all other State laws and regulations in this Code
524524 17 governing public schools and local school board policies;
525525 18 however, a charter school is not exempt from the following:
526526 19 (1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this Code
527527 20 regarding criminal history records checks and checks of
528528 21 the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer
529529 22 and Violent Offender Against Youth Database of applicants
530530 23 for employment;
531531 24 (2) Sections 10-20.14, 10-22.6, 22-100, 24-24, 34-19,
532532 25 and 34-84a of this Code regarding discipline of students;
533533 26 (3) the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees
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544544 1 Tort Immunity Act;
545545 2 (4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit
546546 3 Corporation Act of 1986 regarding indemnification of
547547 4 officers, directors, employees, and agents;
548548 5 (5) the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
549549 6 (5.5) subsection (b) of Section 10-23.12 and
550550 7 subsection (b) of Section 34-18.6 of this Code;
551551 8 (6) the Illinois School Student Records Act;
552552 9 (7) Section 10-17a of this Code regarding school
553553 10 report cards;
554554 11 (8) the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act;
555555 12 (9) Section 27-23.7 of this Code regarding bullying
556556 13 prevention;
557557 14 (10) Section 2-3.162 of this Code regarding student
558558 15 discipline reporting;
559559 16 (11) Sections 22-80 and 27-8.1 of this Code;
560560 17 (12) Sections 10-20.60 and 34-18.53 of this Code;
561561 18 (13) Sections 10-20.63 and 34-18.56 of this Code;
562562 19 (14) Sections 22-90 and 26-18 of this Code;
563563 20 (15) Section 22-30 of this Code;
564564 21 (16) Sections 24-12 and 34-85 of this Code;
565565 22 (17) the Seizure Smart School Act;
566566 23 (18) Section 2-3.64a-10 of this Code;
567567 24 (19) Sections 10-20.73 and 34-21.9 of this Code;
568568 25 (20) Section 10-22.25b of this Code;
569569 26 (21) Section 27-9.1a of this Code;
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581581 2 (23) Section 34-18.8 of this Code;
582582 3 (24) Article 26A of this Code;
583583 4 (25) Section 2-3.188 of this Code;
584584 5 (26) Section 22-85.5 of this Code;
585585 6 (27) subsections (d-10), (d-15), and (d-20) of Section
586586 7 10-20.56 of this Code;
587587 8 (28) Sections 10-20.83 and 34-18.78 of this Code;
588588 9 (29) Section 10-20.13 of this Code;
589589 10 (30) Section 28-19.2 of this Code;
590590 11 (31) Section 34-21.6 of this Code;
591591 12 (32) Section 22-85.10 of this Code;
592592 13 (33) Section 2-3.196 of this Code;
593593 14 (34) Section 22-95 of this Code;
594594 15 (35) Section 34-18.62 of this Code;
595595 16 (36) the Illinois Human Rights Act; and
596596 17 (37) Section 2-3.204 of this Code; and .
597597 18 (38) the Mobile Panic Alert System Act.
598598 19 The change made by Public Act 96-104 to this subsection
599599 20 (g) is declaratory of existing law.
600600 21 (h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a
601601 22 school district, the governing body of a State college or
602602 23 university or public community college, or any other public or
603603 24 for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use of a
604604 25 school building and grounds or any other real property or
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616616 1 for use as a charter school site, (ii) the operation and
617617 2 maintenance thereof, and (iii) the provision of any service,
618618 3 activity, or undertaking that the charter school is required
619619 4 to perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
620620 5 Except as provided in subsection (i) of this Section, a school
621621 6 district may charge a charter school reasonable rent for the
622622 7 use of the district's buildings, grounds, and facilities. Any
623623 8 services for which a charter school contracts with a school
624624 9 district shall be provided by the district at cost. Any
625625 10 services for which a charter school contracts with a local
626626 11 school board or with the governing body of a State college or
627627 12 university or public community college shall be provided by
628628 13 the public entity at cost.
629629 14 (i) In no event shall a charter school that is established
630630 15 by converting an existing school or attendance center to
631631 16 charter school status be required to pay rent for space that is
632632 17 deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter
633633 18 agreement, in school district facilities. However, all other
634634 19 costs for the operation and maintenance of school district
635635 20 facilities that are used by the charter school shall be
636636 21 subject to negotiation between the charter school and the
637637 22 local school board and shall be set forth in the charter.
638638 23 (j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age
639639 24 or grade level.
640640 25 (k) If the charter school is authorized by the State
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652652 1 agency.
653653 2 (Source: P.A. 102-51, eff. 7-9-21; 102-157, eff. 7-1-22;
654654 3 102-360, eff. 1-1-22; 102-445, eff. 8-20-21; 102-466, eff.
655655 4 7-1-25; 102-522, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-676,
656656 5 eff. 12-3-21; 102-697, eff. 4-5-22; 102-702, eff. 7-1-23;
657657 6 102-805, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-154, eff.
658658 7 6-30-23; 103-175, eff. 6-30-23; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-605,
659659 8 eff. 7-1-24; 103-641, eff. 7-1-24; 103-806, eff. 1-1-25;
660660 9 revised 11-26-24.)
661661 10 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
662662 11 changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
663663 12 that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
664664 13 represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
665665 14 not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
666666 15 made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
667667 16 Public Act.
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