Bill Text: IL HB2674 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Authorizes a school board (or other eligible entity) to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes, parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on certain school holidays if (1) the person or persons honored by the holiday are recognized through instructional activities conducted on that day or, if the day is not used for student attendance, on the first school day preceding or following that day; and (2) the school board or other entity first holds a public hearing about the proposal. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2009.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-08-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0401 [HB2674 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB2674-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
1B-7.5 and 1B-7.10 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/1B-7.5 new)
Sec. 1B-7.5. Hiring of a district superintendent or chief
executive officer.
(a) Upon expiration of the contract of the school
district's superintendent who is serving at the time the
Financial Oversight Panel is established, a school district
under the authority of a Financial Oversight Panel, after
consultation with the Financial Oversight Panel, shall have the
authority to appoint a district superintendent with a type 75
certificate or a chief executive officer who has the skills of
school operations and school finance and who shall have the
ultimate responsibility for implementing the policies,
procedures, directives, and decisions of the school board and
the Financial Oversight Panel.
(b) The chief executive officer shall have the authority to
determine the agenda and order of business at school board
meetings, as needed in order to carry forward and implement the
objectives and priorities of the school board and Financial

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Oversight Panel in the administration and management of the
school district.
(c) The chief executive officer shall have all of the
powers and duties of a school district superintendent under
this Code and such other duties as may be assigned by the
school board and Financial Oversight Panel, in accordance with
this Code. The district shall not thereafter employ a
superintendent during the period that a chief executive officer
is serving the district.
(d) The Financial Oversight Panel shall have the final
approval of the superintendent or chief executive officer
position under this Section as well as the person, based upon
his or her skills to fulfill the position.
(105 ILCS 5/1B-7.10 new)
Sec. 1B-7.10. Hiring of a chief fiscal officer.
(a) In lieu of a Financial Oversight Panel Financial
Administrator under Section 1B-7 of this Code, a school
district under the authority of a Financial Oversight Panel,
after consultation with the Financial Oversight Panel, may
appoint a chief fiscal officer who, under the direction of the
school board and Financial Oversight Panel, shall have the
powers and duties of the district's chief school business
official and any other duties regarding budgeting, accounting,
and other financial matters that are assigned by the school
board or Financial Oversight Panel in accordance with this

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Code. The district may not employ a chief school business
official during the period that the chief fiscal officer is
serving in the district. The chief fiscal officer may but is
not required to hold a certificate with a chief school business
official endorsement issued under Article 21 of this Code.
(b) The Financial Oversight Panel shall have the final
approval of the chief fiscal officer position under this
Section as well as the person, based upon his or her skills to
fulfill the position.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.