Bill Text: IL HB5820 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, the membership of the local school council for each secondary attendance center shall include 3 full-time student members (rather than one full-time student member). Makes related changes. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-11-10 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5820 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB5820-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 34-2.1 and 34-2.2 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/34-2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.1)
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7 | Sec. 34-2.1. Local School Councils - Composition - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Voter-Eligibility
- Elections - Terms. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) A local school council shall be established for each | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | attendance
center within the school district. Each local school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | council shall
consist of the following 12 voting members: the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | principal of the
attendance center, 2 teachers employed and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | assigned to perform the
majority of their employment duties at | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | the attendance center, 6 parents of
students currently enrolled | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | at the attendance center, one employee of the school district | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | employed and assigned to perform the majority of his or her | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | employment duties at the attendance center who is not a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | teacher, and 2 community
residents. Neither the parents nor the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | community residents who serve as
members of the local school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | council shall be employees of the Board of
Education. In each | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | secondary attendance center, the local school council
shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | consist of 13 voting members through the 2020-2021 school year, - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | - the 12 voting members described above
and one full-time |
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1 | student member , and 15 voting members beginning with the | ||||||
2 | 2021-2022 school year, the 12 voting members described above | ||||||
3 | and 3 full-time student members , appointed as provided in | ||||||
4 | subsection
(m) below.
In the event that the chief executive | ||||||
5 | officer of the Chicago School Reform
Board of Trustees | ||||||
6 | determines that a local school council is not carrying out
its | ||||||
7 | financial duties effectively, the chief executive officer is | ||||||
8 | authorized to
appoint a representative of the business | ||||||
9 | community with experience in finance
and management
to serve as | ||||||
10 | an advisor to the local school council for
the purpose of | ||||||
11 | providing advice and assistance to the local school council on
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12 | fiscal matters.
The advisor shall have access to relevant | ||||||
13 | financial records of the
local school council. The advisor may | ||||||
14 | attend executive sessions.
The chief executive officer shall
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15 | issue a written policy defining the circumstances under which a | ||||||
16 | local school
council is not carrying out its financial duties | ||||||
17 | effectively.
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18 | (b) Within 7 days of January 11, 1991, the Mayor shall | ||||||
19 | appoint the
members and officers (a Chairperson who shall be a | ||||||
20 | parent member and a
Secretary) of each local school council who | ||||||
21 | shall hold their offices until
their successors shall be | ||||||
22 | elected and qualified. Members so appointed shall
have all the | ||||||
23 | powers and duties of local school councils as set forth in
this | ||||||
24 | amendatory Act of 1991. The Mayor's appointments shall not | ||||||
25 | require
approval by the City Council.
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26 | The membership of each local school council shall be |
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1 | encouraged to be
reflective of the racial and ethnic | ||||||
2 | composition of the student population
of the attendance center | ||||||
3 | served by the local school council.
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4 | (c) Beginning with the 1995-1996 school year and in every | ||||||
5 | even-numbered
year thereafter, the Board shall set second | ||||||
6 | semester Parent Report Card
Pick-up Day for Local School | ||||||
7 | Council elections and may schedule elections at
year-round | ||||||
8 | schools for the same dates as the remainder of the school | ||||||
9 | system.
Elections shall be
conducted as provided herein by the | ||||||
10 | Board of Education in consultation with
the local school | ||||||
11 | council at each attendance center. | ||||||
12 | (c-5) Notwithstanding subsection (c), for the local school | ||||||
13 | council election set for the 2019-2020 school year, the Board | ||||||
14 | may hold the election on the first semester Parent Report Card | ||||||
15 | Pick-up Day of the 2020-2021 school year, making any necessary | ||||||
16 | modifications to the election process or date to comply with | ||||||
17 | guidance from the Department of Public Health and the federal | ||||||
18 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The terms of office | ||||||
19 | of all local school council members eligible to serve and | ||||||
20 | seated on or after March 23, 2020 through January 10, 2021 are | ||||||
21 | extended through January 10, 2021, provided that the members | ||||||
22 | continue to meet eligibility requirements for local school | ||||||
23 | council membership.
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24 | (d) Beginning with the 1995-96 school year, the following
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25 | procedures shall apply to the election of local school council | ||||||
26 | members at each
attendance center:
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1 | (i) The elected members of each local school council | ||||||
2 | shall consist of
the 6 parent members and the 2 community | ||||||
3 | resident members.
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4 | (ii) Each elected member shall be elected by the | ||||||
5 | eligible voters of
that attendance center to serve for a | ||||||
6 | two-year term
commencing on July 1
immediately following | ||||||
7 | the election described in subsection
(c), except that the | ||||||
8 | terms of members elected to a local school council under | ||||||
9 | subsection (c-5) shall commence on January 11, 2021 and end | ||||||
10 | on July 1, 2022. Eligible
voters for each attendance center | ||||||
11 | shall consist of the parents and community
residents for | ||||||
12 | that attendance center.
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13 | (iii) Each eligible voter shall be entitled
to cast one | ||||||
14 | vote for up to
a total of 5 candidates, irrespective of | ||||||
15 | whether such candidates are parent
or community resident | ||||||
16 | candidates.
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17 | (iv) Each parent voter shall be entitled to vote in the | ||||||
18 | local
school
council election at each attendance center in | ||||||
19 | which he or she has a child
currently enrolled. Each | ||||||
20 | community resident voter shall be entitled to
vote in the | ||||||
21 | local school council election at each attendance center for
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22 | which he or she resides in the applicable attendance area | ||||||
23 | or voting
district, as the case may be.
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24 | (v) Each eligible voter shall be entitled to vote once, | ||||||
25 | but
not more
than once, in the local school council | ||||||
26 | election at each attendance center
at which the voter is |
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1 | eligible to vote.
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2 | (vi) The 2 teacher members and the non-teacher employee | ||||||
3 | member of each local school council
shall be
appointed as | ||||||
4 | provided in subsection (l) below each to serve for a
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5 | two-year
term coinciding with that of the elected parent | ||||||
6 | and community resident
members. From March 23, 2020 through | ||||||
7 | January 10, 2021, the chief executive officer or his or her | ||||||
8 | designee may make accommodations to fill the vacancy of a | ||||||
9 | teacher or non-teacher employee member of a local school | ||||||
10 | council.
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11 | (vii) At secondary attendance centers, the voting | ||||||
12 | student members
member shall
be appointed as provided in | ||||||
13 | subsection (m) below to serve
for a one-year term | ||||||
14 | coinciding with the beginning of the terms of the elected
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15 | parent and community members of the local school council. | ||||||
16 | For the 2020-2021 school year, the chief executive officer | ||||||
17 | or his or her designee may make accommodations to fill the | ||||||
18 | vacancy of a student member of a local school council.
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19 | (e) The Council shall publicize the date and place of the | ||||||
20 | election by
posting notices at the attendance center, in public | ||||||
21 | places within the
attendance boundaries of the attendance | ||||||
22 | center and by distributing notices
to the pupils at the | ||||||
23 | attendance center, and shall utilize such other means
as it | ||||||
24 | deems necessary to maximize the involvement of all eligible | ||||||
25 | voters.
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26 | (f) Nomination. The Council shall publicize the opening of |
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1 | nominations
by posting notices at the attendance center, in | ||||||
2 | public places within the
attendance boundaries of the | ||||||
3 | attendance center and by distributing notices
to the pupils at | ||||||
4 | the attendance center, and shall utilize such other means
as it | ||||||
5 | deems necessary to maximize the involvement of all eligible | ||||||
6 | voters.
Not less than 2 weeks before the election date, persons | ||||||
7 | eligible to run for
the Council shall submit their name,
date | ||||||
8 | of birth, social
security number, if
available,
and some | ||||||
9 | evidence of eligibility
to the Council. The Council shall | ||||||
10 | encourage nomination of candidates
reflecting the | ||||||
11 | racial/ethnic population of the students at the attendance
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12 | center. Each person nominated who runs as a candidate shall | ||||||
13 | disclose, in a
manner determined by the Board, any economic | ||||||
14 | interest held by such person,
by such person's spouse or | ||||||
15 | children, or by each business entity in which
such person has | ||||||
16 | an ownership interest, in any contract with the Board, any
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17 | local school council or any public school in the school
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18 | district.
Each person
nominated who runs as a candidate shall | ||||||
19 | also disclose, in a manner determined
by the Board, if he or | ||||||
20 | she ever has been convicted of any of the offenses
specified in | ||||||
21 | subsection (c) of Section 34-18.5; provided that neither this
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22 | provision nor any other provision of this Section shall be | ||||||
23 | deemed to require
the disclosure of any information that is | ||||||
24 | contained in any law enforcement
record or juvenile court | ||||||
25 | record that is confidential or whose accessibility or
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26 | disclosure is restricted or prohibited under Section 5-901 or
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1 | 5-905 of the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987.
Failure to make such | ||||||
2 | disclosure shall render a person ineligible
for election or to | ||||||
3 | serve on the local school council. The same
disclosure shall be
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4 | required of persons under consideration for appointment to the | ||||||
5 | Council
pursuant to subsections (l) and (m) of this Section.
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6 | (f-5) Notwithstanding disclosure, a person who has been | ||||||
7 | convicted of any
of
the
following offenses at any time shall be | ||||||
8 | ineligible for election or appointment
to a local
school | ||||||
9 | council and ineligible for appointment to a local school | ||||||
10 | council
pursuant to
subsections (l) and (m) of this Section: | ||||||
11 | (i) those defined in Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, | ||||||
12 | 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6,
11-9.1, 11-14.4, 11-16,
11-17.1, | ||||||
13 | 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20.1, 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 12-13, | ||||||
14 | 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, or
12-16, or subdivision (a)(2) of | ||||||
15 | Section 11-14.3, of the
Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal | ||||||
16 | Code of 2012, or (ii) any offense committed or attempted in any | ||||||
17 | other
state or
against the laws of the United States, which, if | ||||||
18 | committed or attempted in this
State,
would have been | ||||||
19 | punishable as one or more of the foregoing offenses.
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20 | Notwithstanding
disclosure, a person who has been convicted of | ||||||
21 | any of the following offenses
within the
10 years previous to | ||||||
22 | the date of nomination or appointment shall be ineligible
for | ||||||
23 | election or
appointment to a local school council:
(i) those | ||||||
24 | defined in Section 401.1, 405.1, or 405.2 of the Illinois | ||||||
25 | Controlled
Substances Act or (ii) any
offense committed
or | ||||||
26 | attempted in any other state or against the laws of the United |
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1 | States,
which, if
committed or attempted in this State, would | ||||||
2 | have been punishable as one or more
of the
foregoing offenses.
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3 | Immediately upon election or appointment, incoming local | ||||||
4 | school
council members
shall be
required to undergo a criminal | ||||||
5 | background investigation, to be completed prior
to the member | ||||||
6 | taking office,
in order to identify
any criminal convictions | ||||||
7 | under the offenses enumerated in Section 34-18.5.
The | ||||||
8 | investigation shall be conducted by the Department of State | ||||||
9 | Police in the
same manner as provided for in Section 34-18.5. | ||||||
10 | However, notwithstanding
Section 34-18.5, the social security | ||||||
11 | number shall be provided only if
available.
If it is determined | ||||||
12 | at any time that a local school council member or
member-elect | ||||||
13 | has been convicted
of any of the offenses enumerated in this | ||||||
14 | Section or failed to disclose a
conviction of any of the | ||||||
15 | offenses enumerated in Section 34-18.5, the general
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16 | superintendent shall notify the local school council member or | ||||||
17 | member-elect of
such
determination and the local school council | ||||||
18 | member or member-elect shall be
removed from the
local school | ||||||
19 | council by the Board, subject to a hearing,
convened pursuant | ||||||
20 | to Board rule, prior to removal.
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21 | (g) At least one week before the election date, the Council | ||||||
22 | shall
publicize, in the manner provided in subsection (e), the | ||||||
23 | names of persons
nominated for election.
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24 | (h) Voting shall be in person by secret ballot at the | ||||||
25 | attendance center
between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
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26 | (i) Candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall |
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1 | be declared
elected by the Council. In cases of a tie, the | ||||||
2 | Council shall determine the
winner by lot.
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3 | (j) The Council shall certify the results of the election | ||||||
4 | and shall
publish the results in the minutes of the Council.
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5 | (k) The general superintendent shall resolve any
disputes
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6 | concerning election procedure or results and shall ensure that, | ||||||
7 | except as
provided in subsections (e) and (g), no resources of | ||||||
8 | any attendance center
shall be used to endorse or promote any | ||||||
9 | candidate.
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10 | (l) Beginning with the 1995-1996 school year
and in every
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11 | even numbered
year thereafter, the Board shall appoint 2 | ||||||
12 | teacher
members to each
local school council. These | ||||||
13 | appointments shall be made in the following
manner:
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14 | (i) The Board shall appoint 2 teachers who are
employed | ||||||
15 | and assigned to
perform the majority of
their employment | ||||||
16 | duties at the attendance center
to serve on the local | ||||||
17 | school council of the attendance center for a two-year
term | ||||||
18 | coinciding with the terms of the elected parent and
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19 | community members of that local school council. These
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20 | appointments shall be made from among those teachers who | ||||||
21 | are nominated in
accordance with subsection (f).
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22 | (ii) A non-binding, advisory poll to ascertain the
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23 | preferences of the
school staff regarding appointments of | ||||||
24 | teachers to the local school council
for that attendance | ||||||
25 | center shall be conducted in accordance with the
procedures | ||||||
26 | used to elect parent and community Council |
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1 | representatives. At
such poll, each member of the school | ||||||
2 | staff shall be entitled to indicate
his or her preference | ||||||
3 | for up to 2 candidates from among those who submitted
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4 | statements of candidacy as described above. These | ||||||
5 | preferences shall be
advisory only and the Board shall | ||||||
6 | maintain absolute discretion to appoint
teacher members to | ||||||
7 | local school councils, irrespective of the preferences
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8 | expressed in any such poll.
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9 | (iii) In the event that a teacher representative is | ||||||
10 | unable to perform
his or her employment duties at the | ||||||
11 | school due to illness, disability, leave of
absence, | ||||||
12 | disciplinary action, or any other reason, the Board shall | ||||||
13 | declare
a temporary vacancy and appoint a replacement | ||||||
14 | teacher representative to serve
on the local school council | ||||||
15 | until such time as the teacher member originally
appointed | ||||||
16 | pursuant to this subsection (l) resumes service at the | ||||||
17 | attendance
center or for the remainder of the term. The | ||||||
18 | replacement teacher
representative shall be appointed in | ||||||
19 | the same manner and by the same procedures
as teacher | ||||||
20 | representatives are appointed in subdivisions (i) and (ii) | ||||||
21 | of this
subsection (l).
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22 | (m) Beginning with the 1995-1996 school year through the | ||||||
23 | 2020-2021 school year , and in every
year thereafter, the Board | ||||||
24 | shall appoint one student member to each
secondary attendance | ||||||
25 | center. Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year and for every | ||||||
26 | school year thereafter, the Board shall appoint 3 student |
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1 | members to each secondary attendance center. These | ||||||
2 | appointments shall be made in the
following manner:
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3 | (i) Appointments shall be made from among those | ||||||
4 | students who submit
statements of candidacy to the | ||||||
5 | principal of the attendance center, such
statements to be | ||||||
6 | submitted commencing on the first day of the twentieth
week | ||||||
7 | of school and
continuing for 2 weeks thereafter. The form | ||||||
8 | and manner of such candidacy
statements shall be determined | ||||||
9 | by the Board.
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10 | (ii) During the twenty-second week of school in every | ||||||
11 | year,
the principal of
each attendance center shall conduct | ||||||
12 | a non-binding, advisory poll to
ascertain the preferences | ||||||
13 | of the school students regarding the appointment
of a | ||||||
14 | student students to the local school council for that | ||||||
15 | attendance center. At
such poll, each student shall be | ||||||
16 | entitled to indicate his or her preference
for up to one | ||||||
17 | candidate from among those who submitted statements of
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18 | candidacy as described above. The Board shall promulgate | ||||||
19 | rules to ensure
that these non-binding, advisory polls are | ||||||
20 | conducted in a fair and
equitable manner and maximize the | ||||||
21 | involvement of all school students. The
preferences | ||||||
22 | expressed in these non-binding, advisory polls shall be
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23 | transmitted by the principal to the Board. However, these | ||||||
24 | preferences
shall be advisory only and the Board shall | ||||||
25 | maintain absolute discretion to
appoint student members to | ||||||
26 | local school councils, irrespective of the
preferences |
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1 | expressed in any such poll.
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2 | (iii) For the 1995-96 school year only, appointments | ||||||
3 | shall be made from
among those students who submitted | ||||||
4 | statements of candidacy to the principal
of the attendance | ||||||
5 | center during the first 2 weeks of the school year.
The
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6 | principal shall communicate the results of any nonbinding, | ||||||
7 | advisory poll to the
Board. These results shall be advisory | ||||||
8 | only, and the Board shall maintain
absolute discretion to | ||||||
9 | appoint student members to local school councils,
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10 | irrespective of the preferences expressed in any such poll.
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11 | (n) The Board may promulgate such other rules and | ||||||
12 | regulations for
election procedures as may be deemed necessary | ||||||
13 | to ensure fair elections.
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14 | (o) In the event that a vacancy occurs during a member's | ||||||
15 | term, the
Council shall appoint a person eligible to serve on | ||||||
16 | the Council, to fill
the unexpired term created by the vacancy, | ||||||
17 | except that any teacher vacancy
shall be filled by the Board | ||||||
18 | after considering the preferences of the school
staff as | ||||||
19 | ascertained through a non-binding advisory poll of school | ||||||
20 | staff.
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21 | (p) If less than the specified number of persons is elected | ||||||
22 | within each
candidate category, the newly elected local school | ||||||
23 | council shall appoint
eligible persons to serve as members of | ||||||
24 | the Council for two-year terms.
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25 | (q) The Board shall promulgate rules regarding conflicts of | ||||||
26 | interest
and disclosure of economic interests which shall apply |
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1 | to local school
council members and which shall require reports | ||||||
2 | or statements to be filed
by Council members at regular | ||||||
3 | intervals with the Secretary of the
Board. Failure to comply | ||||||
4 | with such rules
or intentionally falsifying such reports shall | ||||||
5 | be grounds for
disqualification from local school council | ||||||
6 | membership. A vacancy on the
Council for disqualification may | ||||||
7 | be so declared by the Secretary of the
Board. Rules regarding | ||||||
8 | conflicts of interest and disclosure of
economic interests | ||||||
9 | promulgated by the Board shall apply to local school council
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10 | members. No less than 45 days prior to the deadline, the | ||||||
11 | general
superintendent shall provide notice, by mail, to each | ||||||
12 | local school council
member of all requirements and forms for | ||||||
13 | compliance with economic interest
statements.
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14 | (r) (1) If a parent member of a local school council ceases | ||||||
15 | to have any
child
enrolled in the attendance center governed by | ||||||
16 | the Local School Council due to
the graduation or voluntary | ||||||
17 | transfer of a child or children from the attendance
center, the | ||||||
18 | parent's membership on the Local School Council and all voting
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19 | rights are terminated immediately as of the date of the child's | ||||||
20 | graduation or
voluntary transfer. If the child of a parent | ||||||
21 | member of a local school council dies during the member's term | ||||||
22 | in office, the member may continue to serve on the local school | ||||||
23 | council for the balance of his or her term. Further,
a local | ||||||
24 | school council member may be removed from the Council by a
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25 | majority vote of the Council as provided in subsection (c) of | ||||||
26 | Section
34-2.2 if the Council member has missed 3 consecutive |
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1 | regular meetings, not
including committee meetings, or 5 | ||||||
2 | regular meetings in a 12 month period,
not including committee | ||||||
3 | meetings.
If a parent member of a local school council ceases | ||||||
4 | to be eligible to serve
on the Council for any other reason, he | ||||||
5 | or she shall be removed by the Board
subject
to a hearing, | ||||||
6 | convened pursuant to Board rule, prior to removal.
A vote to | ||||||
7 | remove a Council member by the local school council shall
only | ||||||
8 | be valid if the Council member has been notified personally or | ||||||
9 | by
certified mail, mailed to the person's last known address, | ||||||
10 | of the Council's
intent to vote on the Council member's removal | ||||||
11 | at least 7 days prior to the
vote. The Council member in | ||||||
12 | question shall have the right to explain
his or her actions and | ||||||
13 | shall be eligible to vote on the
question of his or her removal | ||||||
14 | from the Council. The provisions of this
subsection shall be | ||||||
15 | contained within the petitions used to nominate Council
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16 | candidates.
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17 | (2) A person may continue to serve as a community resident | ||||||
18 | member of a
local
school council as long as he or she resides | ||||||
19 | in the attendance area served by
the
school and is not employed | ||||||
20 | by the Board nor is a parent of a student enrolled
at the | ||||||
21 | school. If a community resident member ceases to be eligible to | ||||||
22 | serve
on the Council, he or she shall be removed by the Board | ||||||
23 | subject to a hearing,
convened pursuant to Board rule, prior to | ||||||
24 | removal.
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25 | (3) A person may continue to serve as a teacher member of a | ||||||
26 | local school
council as long as he or she is employed and |
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1 | assigned to perform a majority of
his or her duties at the | ||||||
2 | school, provided that if the teacher representative
resigns | ||||||
3 | from employment with the Board or
voluntarily transfers to | ||||||
4 | another school, the teacher's membership on the local
school | ||||||
5 | council and all voting rights are terminated immediately as of | ||||||
6 | the date
of the teacher's resignation or upon the date of the | ||||||
7 | teacher's voluntary
transfer to another school. If a teacher | ||||||
8 | member of a local school council
ceases to be eligible to serve | ||||||
9 | on a local school council for any other reason,
that member | ||||||
10 | shall be removed by the Board subject to a hearing, convened
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11 | pursuant to Board rule, prior to removal. | ||||||
12 | (s) As used in this Section only, "community resident" | ||||||
13 | means a person, 17 years of age or older, residing within an | ||||||
14 | attendance area served by a school, excluding any person who is | ||||||
15 | a parent of a student enrolled in that school; provided that | ||||||
16 | with respect to any multi-area school, community resident means | ||||||
17 | any person, 17 years of age or older, residing within the | ||||||
18 | voting district established for that school pursuant to Section | ||||||
19 | 34-2.1c, excluding any person who is a parent of a student | ||||||
20 | enrolled in that school. This definition does not apply to any | ||||||
21 | provisions concerning school boards.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
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23 | (105 ILCS 5/34-2.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.2)
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24 | Sec. 34-2.2. Local school councils - Manner of operation.
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25 | (a) The annual organizational meeting of each local school |
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1 | council
shall be held at the attendance center or via | ||||||
2 | videoconference or teleconference if guidance from the | ||||||
3 | Department of Public Health or Centers for Disease Control and | ||||||
4 | Prevention limits the size of in-person meetings at the time of | ||||||
5 | the meeting. At the annual organization meeting,
which shall be | ||||||
6 | held no sooner than July 1 and no later than July 14, a parent
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7 | member of the local school council shall be selected by the | ||||||
8 | members of such
council as its chairperson, and a secretary | ||||||
9 | shall be selected by the members of
such council from among | ||||||
10 | their number, each to serve a term of one year.
However, an | ||||||
11 | organizational meeting held by members elected to a local | ||||||
12 | school council under subsection (c-5) of Section 34-2.1 may be | ||||||
13 | held no sooner than January 11, 2021 and no later than January | ||||||
14 | 31, 2021. Whenever a vacancy in the office of chairperson or | ||||||
15 | secretary of a local school
council shall occur, a new | ||||||
16 | chairperson (who shall be a parent member) or
secretary, as the | ||||||
17 | case may be, shall be elected by the members of the local
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18 | school council from among their number to serve as such
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19 | chairperson or secretary for the unexpired term of office in | ||||||
20 | which the
vacancy occurs. At each annual organizational | ||||||
21 | meeting, the time and
place of any regular meetings of the | ||||||
22 | local school council shall be fixed.
Special meetings of the | ||||||
23 | local school council may be called by the
chairperson or by any | ||||||
24 | 4 members by giving notice thereof in writing,
specifying the | ||||||
25 | time, place and purpose of the meeting. Public notice of
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26 | meetings shall also be given in accordance with the Open |
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1 | Meetings Act.
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2 | (b) Members and officers of the local school council shall | ||||||
3 | serve
without compensation and without reimbursement of any | ||||||
4 | expenses incurred in
the performance of their duties, except | ||||||
5 | that the board of education may by
rule establish a procedure | ||||||
6 | and thereunder provide for reimbursement of
members and | ||||||
7 | officers of local school councils for such of their reasonable
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8 | and necessary expenses (excluding any lodging or meal expenses) | ||||||
9 | incurred in
the performance of their duties as the board may | ||||||
10 | deem appropriate.
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11 | (c) A majority of the full membership of the local school | ||||||
12 | council
shall constitute a quorum, and whenever a vote is taken | ||||||
13 | on any measure
before the local school council, a quorum being | ||||||
14 | present, the affirmative
vote of a majority of the votes of the | ||||||
15 | full membership then serving of the
local school council shall | ||||||
16 | determine the outcome thereof; provided that
whenever the | ||||||
17 | measure before the local school council is (i) the evaluation
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18 | of the principal, or (ii) the renewal of his or her performance | ||||||
19 | contract or
the inclusion of any provision or modification of | ||||||
20 | the contract, or (iii)
the direct selection by the local school | ||||||
21 | council of a new principal
(including
a new principal to fill a | ||||||
22 | vacancy) to serve under a 4 year performance
contract, or (iv) | ||||||
23 | the determination of the names of candidates to be submitted
to | ||||||
24 | the general superintendent for the position of
principal, the
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25 | principal and
any student members member of a high school | ||||||
26 | council shall not be counted for purposes of
determining |
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1 | whether a quorum is present to act on the measure and shall | ||||||
2 | have no
vote thereon; and provided further that 7 affirmative | ||||||
3 | votes of the local school
council shall be required for the | ||||||
4 | direct selection by the local school
council
of a new principal
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5 | to serve under a 4 year performance contract but not for the | ||||||
6 | renewal of a
principal's performance contract.
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7 | (d) Student members of high school councils shall not be | ||||||
8 | eligible
to vote on personnel matters, including but not | ||||||
9 | limited to principal
evaluations and contracts and the | ||||||
10 | allocation of teaching and staff resources.
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11 | (e) The local school council of an attendance center which | ||||||
12 | provides
bilingual education shall be encouraged to provide | ||||||
13 | translators at each
council meeting to maximize participation | ||||||
14 | of parents and the community.
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15 | (f) Each local school council of an attendance center which | ||||||
16 | provides
bilingual education shall create a Bilingual Advisory | ||||||
17 | Committee or
recognize an existing Bilingual Advisory | ||||||
18 | Committee as a standing committee.
The Chair and a majority of | ||||||
19 | the members of the advisory committee shall be
parents of | ||||||
20 | students in the bilingual education program. The parents on the
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21 | advisory committee shall be selected by parents of students in | ||||||
22 | the
bilingual education program, and the committee shall select | ||||||
23 | a Chair. The
advisory committee for each secondary attendance | ||||||
24 | center shall include at
least one full-time bilingual education | ||||||
25 | student. The Bilingual Advisory
Committee shall serve only in | ||||||
26 | an advisory capacity to the local school council.
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1 | (g) Local school councils may utilize the services of an | ||||||
2 | arbitration
board to resolve intra-council disputes.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
5 | becoming law.
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