Bill Text: IL HB0370 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires each public school and charter school to post (1) the current toll-free telephone number of the Department of Children and Family Services' child abuse hotline; (2) instructions to call 9-1-1 for emergencies; and (3) directions for accessing the Department's website for more information on reporting abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Sets forth other requirements concerning the posting of this information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-09-08 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0468 [HB0370 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB0370-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires each public school and charter school to post (1) the current toll-free telephone number of the Department of Children and Family Services' child abuse hotline; (2) instructions to call 9-1-1 for emergencies; and (3) directions for accessing the Department's website for more information on reporting abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Sets forth other requirements concerning the posting of this information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-09-08 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0468 [HB0370 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB0370-Enrolled.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 | 10-23.12, 27A-5, and 34-18.6 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-23.12) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.12)
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7 | Sec. 10-23.12. Child abuse and neglect; detection, | ||||||
8 | reporting, and prevention. | ||||||
9 | (a) To provide staff development for local
school site | ||||||
10 | personnel who work with pupils in grades kindergarten through
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11 | 8 , in the detection, reporting , and prevention of child abuse | ||||||
12 | and neglect.
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13 | (b) The Department of Children and Family Services may, in | ||||||
14 | cooperation with school officials, distribute appropriate | ||||||
15 | materials in school buildings listing the toll-free telephone | ||||||
16 | number established in Section 7.6 of the Abused and Neglected | ||||||
17 | Child Reporting Act, including methods of making a report under | ||||||
18 | Section 7 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, to | ||||||
19 | be displayed in a clearly visible location in each school | ||||||
20 | building. | ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
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22 | (105 ILCS 5/27A-5)
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1 | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 99-927 )
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2 | Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements.
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3 | (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian, | ||||||
4 | nonreligious, non-home
based, and non-profit school. A charter | ||||||
5 | school shall be organized and operated
as a nonprofit | ||||||
6 | corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity
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7 | authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
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8 | (b) A charter school may be established under this Article | ||||||
9 | by creating a new
school or by converting an existing public | ||||||
10 | school or attendance center to
charter
school status.
Beginning | ||||||
11 | on April 16, 2003 (the effective date of Public Act 93-3), in | ||||||
12 | all new
applications to establish
a charter
school in a city | ||||||
13 | having a population exceeding 500,000, operation of the
charter
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14 | school shall be limited to one campus. The changes made to this | ||||||
15 | Section by Public Act 93-3 do not apply to charter schools | ||||||
16 | existing or approved on or before April 16, 2003 (the
effective | ||||||
17 | date of Public Act 93-3). | ||||||
18 | (b-5) In this subsection (b-5), "virtual-schooling" means | ||||||
19 | a cyber school where students engage in online curriculum and | ||||||
20 | instruction via the Internet and electronic communication with | ||||||
21 | their teachers at remote locations and with students | ||||||
22 | participating at different times. | ||||||
23 | From April 1, 2013 through December 31, 2016, there is a | ||||||
24 | moratorium on the establishment of charter schools with | ||||||
25 | virtual-schooling components in school districts other than a | ||||||
26 | school district organized under Article 34 of this Code. This |
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1 | moratorium does not apply to a charter school with | ||||||
2 | virtual-schooling components existing or approved prior to | ||||||
3 | April 1, 2013 or to the renewal of the charter of a charter | ||||||
4 | school with virtual-schooling components already approved | ||||||
5 | prior to April 1, 2013. | ||||||
6 | On or before March 1, 2014, the Commission shall submit to | ||||||
7 | the General Assembly a report on the effect of | ||||||
8 | virtual-schooling, including without limitation the effect on | ||||||
9 | student performance, the costs associated with | ||||||
10 | virtual-schooling, and issues with oversight. The report shall | ||||||
11 | include policy recommendations for virtual-schooling.
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12 | (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by | ||||||
13 | its board of
directors or other governing body
in the manner | ||||||
14 | provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter school
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15 | shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and the Open | ||||||
16 | Meetings Act.
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17 | (d) For purposes of this subsection (d), "non-curricular | ||||||
18 | health and safety requirement" means any health and safety | ||||||
19 | requirement created by statute or rule to provide, maintain, | ||||||
20 | preserve, or safeguard safe or healthful conditions for | ||||||
21 | students and school personnel or to eliminate, reduce, or | ||||||
22 | prevent threats to the health and safety of students and school | ||||||
23 | personnel. "Non-curricular health and safety requirement" does | ||||||
24 | not include any course of study or specialized instructional | ||||||
25 | requirement for which the State Board has established goals and | ||||||
26 | learning standards or which is designed primarily to impart |
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1 | knowledge and skills for students to master and apply as an | ||||||
2 | outcome of their education. | ||||||
3 | A charter school shall comply with all non-curricular | ||||||
4 | health and safety
requirements applicable to public schools | ||||||
5 | under the laws of the State of
Illinois. On or before September | ||||||
6 | 1, 2015, the State Board shall promulgate and post on its | ||||||
7 | Internet website a list of non-curricular health and safety | ||||||
8 | requirements that a charter school must meet. The list shall be | ||||||
9 | updated annually no later than September 1. Any charter | ||||||
10 | contract between a charter school and its authorizer must | ||||||
11 | contain a provision that requires the charter school to follow | ||||||
12 | the list of all non-curricular health and safety requirements | ||||||
13 | promulgated by the State Board and any non-curricular health | ||||||
14 | and safety requirements added by the State Board to such list | ||||||
15 | during the term of the charter. Nothing in this subsection (d) | ||||||
16 | precludes an authorizer from including non-curricular health | ||||||
17 | and safety requirements in a charter school contract that are | ||||||
18 | not contained in the list promulgated by the State Board, | ||||||
19 | including non-curricular health and safety requirements of the | ||||||
20 | authorizing local school board.
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21 | (e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a | ||||||
22 | charter school shall
not charge tuition; provided that a | ||||||
23 | charter school may charge reasonable fees
for textbooks, | ||||||
24 | instructional materials, and student activities.
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25 | (f) A charter school shall be responsible for the | ||||||
26 | management and operation
of its fiscal affairs including,
but |
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1 | not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each | ||||||
2 | charter
school's finances shall be conducted annually by an | ||||||
3 | outside, independent
contractor retained by the charter | ||||||
4 | school. To ensure financial accountability for the use of | ||||||
5 | public funds, on or before December 1 of every year of | ||||||
6 | operation, each charter school shall submit to its authorizer | ||||||
7 | and the State Board a copy of its audit and a copy of the Form | ||||||
8 | 990 the charter school filed that year with the federal | ||||||
9 | Internal Revenue Service. In addition, if deemed necessary for | ||||||
10 | proper financial oversight of the charter school, an authorizer | ||||||
11 | may require quarterly financial statements from each charter | ||||||
12 | school.
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13 | (g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of | ||||||
14 | this Article, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, all | ||||||
15 | federal and State laws and rules applicable to public schools | ||||||
16 | that pertain to special education and the instruction of | ||||||
17 | English learners, and
its charter. A charter
school is exempt | ||||||
18 | from all other State laws and regulations in this Code
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19 | governing public
schools and local school board policies; | ||||||
20 | however, a charter school is not exempt from the following:
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21 | (1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this Code regarding | ||||||
22 | criminal
history records checks and checks of the Statewide | ||||||
23 | Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent | ||||||
24 | Offender Against Youth Database of applicants for | ||||||
25 | employment;
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26 | (2) Sections 10-20.14, 10-22.6, 24-24, 34-19, and |
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1 | 34-84a of this Code regarding discipline of
students;
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2 | (3) the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees | ||||||
3 | Tort Immunity Act;
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4 | (4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit | ||||||
5 | Corporation Act of 1986
regarding indemnification of | ||||||
6 | officers, directors, employees, and agents;
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7 | (5) the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
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8 | (5.5) subsection (b) of Section 10-23.12 and | ||||||
9 | subsection (b) of Section 34-18.6 of this Code; | ||||||
10 | (6) the Illinois School Student Records Act;
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11 | (7) Section 10-17a of this Code regarding school report | ||||||
12 | cards;
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13 | (8) the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act; | ||||||
14 | (9) Section 27-23.7 of this Code regarding bullying | ||||||
15 | prevention; | ||||||
16 | (10) Section 2-3.162 of this Code regarding student | ||||||
17 | discipline reporting; and | ||||||
18 | (11) Section 22-80 of this Code. | ||||||
19 | The change made by Public Act 96-104 to this subsection (g) | ||||||
20 | is declaratory of existing law. | ||||||
21 | (h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a | ||||||
22 | school district, the
governing body of a State college or | ||||||
23 | university or public community college, or
any other public or | ||||||
24 | for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use
of a | ||||||
25 | school building and grounds or any other real property or | ||||||
26 | facilities that
the charter school desires to use or convert |
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1 | for use as a charter school site,
(ii) the operation and | ||||||
2 | maintenance thereof, and
(iii) the provision of any service, | ||||||
3 | activity, or undertaking that the charter
school is required to | ||||||
4 | perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
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5 | However, a charter school
that is established on
or
after April | ||||||
6 | 16, 2003 (the effective date of Public Act 93-3) and that | ||||||
7 | operates
in a city having a population exceeding
500,000 may | ||||||
8 | not contract with a for-profit entity to
manage or operate the | ||||||
9 | school during the period that commences on April 16, 2003 (the
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10 | effective date of Public Act 93-3) and
concludes at the end of | ||||||
11 | the 2004-2005 school year.
Except as provided in subsection (i) | ||||||
12 | of this Section, a school district may
charge a charter school | ||||||
13 | reasonable rent for the use of the district's
buildings, | ||||||
14 | grounds, and facilities. Any services for which a charter | ||||||
15 | school
contracts
with a school district shall be provided by | ||||||
16 | the district at cost. Any services
for which a charter school | ||||||
17 | contracts with a local school board or with the
governing body | ||||||
18 | of a State college or university or public community college
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19 | shall be provided by the public entity at cost.
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20 | (i) In no event shall a charter school that is established | ||||||
21 | by converting an
existing school or attendance center to | ||||||
22 | charter school status be required to
pay rent for space
that is | ||||||
23 | deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter | ||||||
24 | agreement,
in school district
facilities. However, all other | ||||||
25 | costs for the operation and maintenance of
school district | ||||||
26 | facilities that are used by the charter school shall be subject
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1 | to negotiation between
the charter school and the local school | ||||||
2 | board and shall be set forth in the
charter.
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3 | (j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age or | ||||||
4 | grade level.
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5 | (k) If the charter school is approved by the Commission, | ||||||
6 | then the Commission charter school is its own local education | ||||||
7 | agency. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 98-16, eff. 5-24-13; 98-639, eff. 6-9-14; 98-669, | ||||||
9 | eff. 6-26-14; 98-739, eff. 7-16-14; 98-783, eff. 1-1-15; | ||||||
10 | 98-1059, eff. 8-26-14; 98-1102, eff. 8-26-14; 99-30, eff. | ||||||
11 | 7-10-15; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-245, eff. 8-3-15; 99-325, eff. | ||||||
12 | 8-10-15; 99-456, eff. 9-15-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
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13 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 99-927 )
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14 | Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements.
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15 | (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian, | ||||||
16 | nonreligious, non-home
based, and non-profit school. A charter | ||||||
17 | school shall be organized and operated
as a nonprofit | ||||||
18 | corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity
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19 | authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
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20 | (b) A charter school may be established under this Article | ||||||
21 | by creating a new
school or by converting an existing public | ||||||
22 | school or attendance center to
charter
school status.
Beginning | ||||||
23 | on April 16, 2003 (the effective date of Public Act 93-3), in | ||||||
24 | all new
applications to establish
a charter
school in a city | ||||||
25 | having a population exceeding 500,000, operation of the
charter
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1 | school shall be limited to one campus. The changes made to this | ||||||
2 | Section by Public Act 93-3 do not apply to charter schools | ||||||
3 | existing or approved on or before April 16, 2003 (the
effective | ||||||
4 | date of Public Act 93-3). | ||||||
5 | (b-5) In this subsection (b-5), "virtual-schooling" means | ||||||
6 | a cyber school where students engage in online curriculum and | ||||||
7 | instruction via the Internet and electronic communication with | ||||||
8 | their teachers at remote locations and with students | ||||||
9 | participating at different times. | ||||||
10 | From April 1, 2013 through December 31, 2016, there is a | ||||||
11 | moratorium on the establishment of charter schools with | ||||||
12 | virtual-schooling components in school districts other than a | ||||||
13 | school district organized under Article 34 of this Code. This | ||||||
14 | moratorium does not apply to a charter school with | ||||||
15 | virtual-schooling components existing or approved prior to | ||||||
16 | April 1, 2013 or to the renewal of the charter of a charter | ||||||
17 | school with virtual-schooling components already approved | ||||||
18 | prior to April 1, 2013. | ||||||
19 | On or before March 1, 2014, the Commission shall submit to | ||||||
20 | the General Assembly a report on the effect of | ||||||
21 | virtual-schooling, including without limitation the effect on | ||||||
22 | student performance, the costs associated with | ||||||
23 | virtual-schooling, and issues with oversight. The report shall | ||||||
24 | include policy recommendations for virtual-schooling.
| ||||||
25 | (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by | ||||||
26 | its board of
directors or other governing body
in the manner |
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1 | provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter school
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2 | shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and the Open | ||||||
3 | Meetings Act.
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4 | (d) For purposes of this subsection (d), "non-curricular | ||||||
5 | health and safety requirement" means any health and safety | ||||||
6 | requirement created by statute or rule to provide, maintain, | ||||||
7 | preserve, or safeguard safe or healthful conditions for | ||||||
8 | students and school personnel or to eliminate, reduce, or | ||||||
9 | prevent threats to the health and safety of students and school | ||||||
10 | personnel. "Non-curricular health and safety requirement" does | ||||||
11 | not include any course of study or specialized instructional | ||||||
12 | requirement for which the State Board has established goals and | ||||||
13 | learning standards or which is designed primarily to impart | ||||||
14 | knowledge and skills for students to master and apply as an | ||||||
15 | outcome of their education. | ||||||
16 | A charter school shall comply with all non-curricular | ||||||
17 | health and safety
requirements applicable to public schools | ||||||
18 | under the laws of the State of
Illinois. On or before September | ||||||
19 | 1, 2015, the State Board shall promulgate and post on its | ||||||
20 | Internet website a list of non-curricular health and safety | ||||||
21 | requirements that a charter school must meet. The list shall be | ||||||
22 | updated annually no later than September 1. Any charter | ||||||
23 | contract between a charter school and its authorizer must | ||||||
24 | contain a provision that requires the charter school to follow | ||||||
25 | the list of all non-curricular health and safety requirements | ||||||
26 | promulgated by the State Board and any non-curricular health |
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1 | and safety requirements added by the State Board to such list | ||||||
2 | during the term of the charter. Nothing in this subsection (d) | ||||||
3 | precludes an authorizer from including non-curricular health | ||||||
4 | and safety requirements in a charter school contract that are | ||||||
5 | not contained in the list promulgated by the State Board, | ||||||
6 | including non-curricular health and safety requirements of the | ||||||
7 | authorizing local school board.
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8 | (e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a | ||||||
9 | charter school shall
not charge tuition; provided that a | ||||||
10 | charter school may charge reasonable fees
for textbooks, | ||||||
11 | instructional materials, and student activities.
| ||||||
12 | (f) A charter school shall be responsible for the | ||||||
13 | management and operation
of its fiscal affairs including,
but | ||||||
14 | not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each | ||||||
15 | charter
school's finances shall be conducted annually by an | ||||||
16 | outside, independent
contractor retained by the charter | ||||||
17 | school. To ensure financial accountability for the use of | ||||||
18 | public funds, on or before December 1 of every year of | ||||||
19 | operation, each charter school shall submit to its authorizer | ||||||
20 | and the State Board a copy of its audit and a copy of the Form | ||||||
21 | 990 the charter school filed that year with the federal | ||||||
22 | Internal Revenue Service. In addition, if deemed necessary for | ||||||
23 | proper financial oversight of the charter school, an authorizer | ||||||
24 | may require quarterly financial statements from each charter | ||||||
25 | school.
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26 | (g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of |
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1 | this Article, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, all | ||||||
2 | federal and State laws and rules applicable to public schools | ||||||
3 | that pertain to special education and the instruction of | ||||||
4 | English learners, and
its charter. A charter
school is exempt | ||||||
5 | from all other State laws and regulations in this Code
| ||||||
6 | governing public
schools and local school board policies; | ||||||
7 | however, a charter school is not exempt from the following:
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8 | (1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this Code regarding | ||||||
9 | criminal
history records checks and checks of the Statewide | ||||||
10 | Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent | ||||||
11 | Offender Against Youth Database of applicants for | ||||||
12 | employment;
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13 | (2) Sections 10-20.14, 10-22.6, 24-24, 34-19, and | ||||||
14 | 34-84a of this Code regarding discipline of
students;
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15 | (3) the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees | ||||||
16 | Tort Immunity Act;
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17 | (4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit | ||||||
18 | Corporation Act of 1986
regarding indemnification of | ||||||
19 | officers, directors, employees, and agents;
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20 | (5) the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
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21 | (5.5) subsection (b) of Section 10-23.12 and | ||||||
22 | subsection (b) of Section 34-18.6 of this Code; | ||||||
23 | (6) the Illinois School Student Records Act;
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24 | (7) Section 10-17a of this Code regarding school report | ||||||
25 | cards;
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26 | (8) the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act; |
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1 | (9) Section 27-23.7 of this Code regarding bullying | ||||||
2 | prevention; | ||||||
3 | (10) Section 2-3.162 of this Code regarding student | ||||||
4 | discipline reporting; and | ||||||
5 | (11) Sections 22-80 and 27-8.1 of this Code. | ||||||
6 | The change made by Public Act 96-104 to this subsection (g) | ||||||
7 | is declaratory of existing law. | ||||||
8 | (h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a | ||||||
9 | school district, the
governing body of a State college or | ||||||
10 | university or public community college, or
any other public or | ||||||
11 | for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use
of a | ||||||
12 | school building and grounds or any other real property or | ||||||
13 | facilities that
the charter school desires to use or convert | ||||||
14 | for use as a charter school site,
(ii) the operation and | ||||||
15 | maintenance thereof, and
(iii) the provision of any service, | ||||||
16 | activity, or undertaking that the charter
school is required to | ||||||
17 | perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
| ||||||
18 | However, a charter school
that is established on
or
after April | ||||||
19 | 16, 2003 (the effective date of Public Act 93-3) and that | ||||||
20 | operates
in a city having a population exceeding
500,000 may | ||||||
21 | not contract with a for-profit entity to
manage or operate the | ||||||
22 | school during the period that commences on April 16, 2003 (the
| ||||||
23 | effective date of Public Act 93-3) and
concludes at the end of | ||||||
24 | the 2004-2005 school year.
Except as provided in subsection (i) | ||||||
25 | of this Section, a school district may
charge a charter school | ||||||
26 | reasonable rent for the use of the district's
buildings, |
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1 | grounds, and facilities. Any services for which a charter | ||||||
2 | school
contracts
with a school district shall be provided by | ||||||
3 | the district at cost. Any services
for which a charter school | ||||||
4 | contracts with a local school board or with the
governing body | ||||||
5 | of a State college or university or public community college
| ||||||
6 | shall be provided by the public entity at cost.
| ||||||
7 | (i) In no event shall a charter school that is established | ||||||
8 | by converting an
existing school or attendance center to | ||||||
9 | charter school status be required to
pay rent for space
that is | ||||||
10 | deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter | ||||||
11 | agreement,
in school district
facilities. However, all other | ||||||
12 | costs for the operation and maintenance of
school district | ||||||
13 | facilities that are used by the charter school shall be subject
| ||||||
14 | to negotiation between
the charter school and the local school | ||||||
15 | board and shall be set forth in the
charter.
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16 | (j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age or | ||||||
17 | grade level.
| ||||||
18 | (k) If the charter school is approved by the Commission, | ||||||
19 | then the Commission charter school is its own local education | ||||||
20 | agency. | ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 98-16, eff. 5-24-13; 98-639, eff. 6-9-14; 98-669, | ||||||
22 | eff. 6-26-14; 98-739, eff. 7-16-14; 98-783, eff. 1-1-15; | ||||||
23 | 98-1059, eff. 8-26-14; 98-1102, eff. 8-26-14; 99-30, eff. | ||||||
24 | 7-10-15; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-245, eff. 8-3-15; 99-325, eff. | ||||||
25 | 8-10-15; 99-456, eff. 9-15-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-927, | ||||||
26 | eff. 6-1-17.)
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1 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.6) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.6)
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2 | Sec. 34-18.6. Child abuse and neglect ; - detection,
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3 | reporting , and prevention. | ||||||
4 | (a) The Board of Education may provide staff
development | ||||||
5 | for local school site personnel who work with pupils in grades
| ||||||
6 | kindergarten through 8 , in the detection, reporting , and | ||||||
7 | prevention of child
abuse and neglect.
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8 | (b) The Department of Children and Family Services may, in | ||||||
9 | cooperation with school officials, distribute appropriate | ||||||
10 | materials in school buildings listing the toll-free telephone | ||||||
11 | number established in Section 7.6 of the Abused and Neglected | ||||||
12 | Child Reporting Act, including methods of making a report under | ||||||
13 | Section 7 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, to | ||||||
14 | be displayed in a clearly visible location in each school | ||||||
15 | building. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
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17 | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||||||
18 | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||||||
19 | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | ||||||
20 | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | ||||||
21 | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | ||||||
22 | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | ||||||
23 | Public Act.
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