Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1228 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Andrew S. Chesney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-19.05 Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the daily pupil attendance calculation, removes provisions specifying that days of attendance by pupils through verified participation in an e-learning program adopted by a school board and verified by the regional office of education or intermediate service center for the school district shall be considered as full days of attendance. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB104 04027 LNS 14051 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1228 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Andrew S. Chesney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-19.05 105 ILCS 5/10-19.05 Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the daily pupil attendance calculation, removes provisions specifying that days of attendance by pupils through verified participation in an e-learning program adopted by a school board and verified by the regional office of education or intermediate service center for the school district shall be considered as full days of attendance. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB104 04027 LNS 14051 b LRB104 04027 LNS 14051 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the daily pupil attendance calculation, removes provisions specifying that days of attendance by pupils through verified participation in an e-learning program adopted by a school board and verified by the regional office of education or intermediate service center for the school district shall be considered as full days of attendance. Effective July 1, 2025.
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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 10-19.05 as follows:
16	16	6 (105 ILCS 5/10-19.05)
17	17	7 Sec. 10-19.05. Daily pupil attendance calculation.
18	18	8 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for a
19	19	9 pupil of legal school age and in kindergarten or any of grades
20	20	10 1 through 12, a day of attendance shall be counted only for
21	21	11 sessions of not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day
22	22	12 under direct supervision of (i) teachers or (ii) non-teaching
23	23	13 personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching
24	24	14 duties and supervising in those instances specified in
25	25	15 subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section
26	26	16 34-18. Days of attendance by pupils through verified
27	27	17 participation in an e-learning program adopted by a school
28	28	18 board and verified by the regional office of education or
29	29	19 intermediate service center for the school district under
30	30	20 Section 10-20.56 of this Code shall be considered as full days
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32	32	22 (b) A pupil regularly enrolled in a public school for only
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68	68	1 one-sixth of a school day for every class hour of instruction
69	69	2 of 40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
70	70	3 unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
71	71	4 minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may be
72	72	5 counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of school
73	73	6 work completed each day to the minimum number of minutes that
74	74	7 school work is required to be held that day.
75	75	8 (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted as a
76	76	9 day of attendance upon certification by the regional
77	77	10 superintendent of schools and approval by the State
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79	79	12 has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
80	80	13 (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted as a
81	81	14 day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school day or
82	82	15 at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is utilized for an
83	83	16 in-service training program for teachers, up to a maximum of
84	84	17 10 days per school year, provided that a district conducts an
85	85	18 in-service training program for teachers in accordance with
86	86	19 Section 10-22.39 of this Code, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2
87	87	20 full days may be used, in which event each such day may be
88	88	21 counted as a day required for a legal school calendar pursuant
89	89	22 to Section 10-19 of this Code; (2) when, of the 5 days allowed
90	90	23 under item (1), a maximum of 4 days are used for parent-teacher
91	91	24 conferences, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days are used,
92	92	25 in which case each such day may be counted as a calendar day
93	93	26 required under Section 10-19 of this Code, provided that the
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104	104	1 full-day, parent-teacher conference consists of (i) a minimum
105	105	2 of 5 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences, (ii) both a
106	106	3 minimum of 2 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences held in
107	107	4 the evening following a full day of student attendance and a
108	108	5 minimum of 3 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences held on
109	109	6 the day immediately following evening parent-teacher
110	110	7 conferences, or (iii) multiple parent-teacher conferences held
111	111	8 in the evenings following full days of student attendance in
112	112	9 which the time used for the parent-teacher conferences is
113	113	10 equivalent to a minimum of 5 clock hours; and (3) when days in
114	114	11 addition to those provided in items (1) and (2) are scheduled
115	115	12 by a school pursuant to its school improvement plan adopted
116	116	13 under Article 34 or its revised or amended school improvement
117	117	14 plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions
118	118	15 of 3 or more clock hours are scheduled to occur at regular
119	119	16 intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which such
120	120	17 sessions occur are utilized for in-service training programs
121	121	18 or other staff development activities for teachers, and (iii)
122	122	19 a sufficient number of minutes of school work under the direct
123	123	20 supervision of teachers are added to the school days between
124	124	21 such regularly scheduled sessions to accumulate not less than
125	125	22 the number of minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more clock
126	126	23 hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Days scheduled for
127	127	24 in-service training programs, staff development activities, or
128	128	25 parent-teacher conferences may be scheduled separately for
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141	141	2 (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of teaching
142	142	3 hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by telephone to
143	143	4 the classroom may be counted as a half day of attendance;
144	144	5 however, these pupils must receive 4 or more clock hours of
145	145	6 instruction to be counted for a full day of attendance.
146	146	7 (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted as a
147	147	8 day of attendance for first grade pupils and pupils in
148	148	9 full-day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours may be
149	149	10 counted as a half day of attendance by pupils in kindergartens
150	150	11 that provide only half days of attendance.
151	151	12 (g) For children with disabilities who are below the age
152	152	13 of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours because
153	153	14 of their disability or immaturity, a session of not less than
154	154	15 one clock hour may be counted as a half day of attendance;
155	155	16 however, for such children whose educational needs require a
156	156	17 session of 4 or more clock hours, a session of at least 4 clock
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158	158	19 (h) A recognized kindergarten that provides for only a
159	159	20 half day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more than
160	160	21 one half day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
161	161	22 kindergartens may count 2 and a half days of attendance in any
162	162	23 5 consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
163	163	24 kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the pupil
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176	176	1 the State Superintendent of Education. Attendance at
177	177	2 kindergartens that provide for a full day of attendance by
178	178	3 each pupil shall be counted the same as attendance by first
179	179	4 grade pupils. Only the first year of attendance in one
180	180	5 kindergarten shall be counted, except in the case of children
181	181	6 who entered the kindergarten in their fifth year whose
182	182	7 educational development requires a second year of kindergarten
183	183	8 as determined under rules of the State Board of Education.
184	184	9 (i) On the days when the State's final accountability
185	185	10 assessment is administered under subsection (c) of Section
186	186	11 2-3.64a-5 of this Code, the day of attendance for a pupil whose
187	187	12 school day must be shortened to accommodate required testing
188	188	13 procedures may be less than 5 clock hours and shall be counted
189	189	14 toward the 176 days of actual pupil attendance required under
190	190	15 Section 10-19 of this Code, provided that a sufficient number
191	191	16 of minutes of school work in excess of 5 clock hours are first
192	192	17 completed on other school days to compensate for the loss of
193	193	18 school work on the examination days.
194	194	19 (j) Pupils enrolled in a remote educational program
195	195	20 established under Section 10-29 of this Code may be counted on
196	196	21 the basis of a one-fifth day of attendance for every clock hour
197	197	22 of instruction attended in the remote educational program,
198	198	23 provided that, in any month, the school district may not claim
199	199	24 for a student enrolled in a remote educational program more
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212	212	1 a building holding year-round classes if the student is
213	213	2 classified as participating in the remote educational program
214	214	3 on a year-round schedule or (ii) for students enrolled in a
215	215	4 building not holding year-round classes if the student is not
216	216	5 classified as participating in the remote educational program
217	217	6 on a year-round schedule.
218	218	7 (j-5) The clock hour requirements of subsections (a)
219	219	8 through (j) of this Section do not apply if the Governor has
220	220	9 declared a disaster due to a public health emergency pursuant
221	221	10 to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.
222	222	11 The State Superintendent of Education may establish minimum
223	223	12 clock hour requirements under Sections 10-30 and 34-18.66 if
224	224	13 the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health
225	225	14 emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency
226	226	15 Management Agency Act.
227	227	16 (k) Pupil participation in any of the following activities
228	228	17 shall be counted toward the calculation of clock hours of
229	229	18 school work per day:
230	230	19 (1) Instruction in a college course in which a student
231	231	20 is dually enrolled for both high school credit and college
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233	233	22 (2) Participation in a Supervised Career Development
234	234	23 Experience, as defined in Section 10 of the Postsecondary
235	235	24 and Workforce Readiness Act, or any work-based learning
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248	248	1 Article 21B for assessment of competencies. Participation
249	249	2 in a work-based learning experience may include, but is
250	250	3 not limited to, scheduled events of State FFA
251	251	4 associations, the National FFA Organization, and 4-H
252	252	5 programs as part of organized competitions or exhibitions.
253	253	6 The student and the student's parent or legal guardian
254	254	7 shall be responsible for obtaining assignments missed
255	255	8 while the student was participating in a Supervised Career
256	256	9 Development Experience or other work-based learning
257	257	10 experience pursuant to this paragraph (2) from the
258	258	11 student's teacher.
259	259	12 (3) Participation in a youth apprenticeship, as
260	260	13 jointly defined in rules of the State Board of Education
261	261	14 and Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in
262	262	15 which student participation and outcomes are directed by
263	263	16 an educator licensed under Article 21B for assessment of
264	264	17 competencies. The student and the student's parent or
265	265	18 legal guardian shall be responsible for obtaining
266	266	19 assignments missed while the student was participating in
267	267	20 a youth apprenticeship pursuant to this paragraph (3) from
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269	269	22 (4) Participation in a blended learning program
270	270	23 approved by the school district in which course content,
271	271	24 student evaluation, and instructional methods are
272	272	25 supervised by an educator licensed under Article 21B.
273	273	26 (Source: P.A. 103-560, eff. 1-1-24.)
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