Bill Text: IL HB2778 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the School Code and various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Requires school districts and the governing board of each public university and community college district to provide paid administrative leave to an employee for purposes related to COVID-19 under specified conditions. Provides that an employee of a school district or an institution of higher education who is on paid administrative leave must receive their regular rate of pay. Sets forth other requirements. For any school closure or use of an e-learning day that is related to COVID-19 guidance, mandates, or rules, requires a school district to pay to its educational support personnel and contractors their daily, regular rate of pay and benefits. Requires a school district to return any sick leave used during the 2021-2022 school year by a teacher or employee for reasons related to the issuance of guidance, mandates, or rules related to COVID-19 and public health. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 36-3)
Status: (Vetoed) 2022-03-04 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken [HB2778 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB2778-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the School Code and various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Requires school districts and the governing board of each public university and community college district to provide paid administrative leave to an employee for purposes related to COVID-19 under specified conditions. Provides that an employee of a school district or an institution of higher education who is on paid administrative leave must receive their regular rate of pay. Sets forth other requirements. For any school closure or use of an e-learning day that is related to COVID-19 guidance, mandates, or rules, requires a school district to pay to its educational support personnel and contractors their daily, regular rate of pay and benefits. Requires a school district to return any sick leave used during the 2021-2022 school year by a teacher or employee for reasons related to the issuance of guidance, mandates, or rules related to COVID-19 and public health. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 36-3)
Status: (Vetoed) 2022-03-04 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken [HB2778 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB2778-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 Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 10-19.05 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-19.05) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 10-19.05. Daily pupil attendance calculation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | pupil of legal school age and in kindergarten or any of grades | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 1 through 12, a day of attendance shall be counted only for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | sessions of not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | under direct supervision of (i) teachers or (ii) non-teaching | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | duties and supervising in those instances specified in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 34-18. Days of attendance by pupils through verified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | participation in an e-learning program adopted by a school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | board and verified by the regional office of education or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | intermediate service center for the school district under | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Section 10-20.56 of this Code shall be considered as full days | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | of attendance under this Section. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (b) A pupil regularly enrolled in a public school for only | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | a part of the school day may be counted on the basis of |
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1 | one-sixth of a school day for every class hour of instruction | ||||||
2 | of 40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment, | ||||||
3 | unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80 | ||||||
4 | minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may be | ||||||
5 | counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of school | ||||||
6 | work completed each day to the minimum number of minutes that | ||||||
7 | school work is required to be held that day. | ||||||
8 | (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted as a | ||||||
9 | day of attendance upon certification by the regional | ||||||
10 | superintendent of schools and approval by the State | ||||||
11 | Superintendent of Education to the extent that the district | ||||||
12 | has been forced to use daily multiple sessions. | ||||||
13 | (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted as a | ||||||
14 | day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school day or | ||||||
15 | at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is utilized for an | ||||||
16 | in-service training program for teachers, up to a maximum of | ||||||
17 | 10 days per school year, provided that a district conducts an | ||||||
18 | in-service training program for teachers in accordance with | ||||||
19 | Section 10-22.39 of this Code, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 | ||||||
20 | full days may be used, in which event each such day may be | ||||||
21 | counted as a day required for a legal school calendar pursuant | ||||||
22 | to Section 10-19 of this Code; (2) when, of the 5 days allowed | ||||||
23 | under item (1), a maximum of 4 days are used for parent-teacher | ||||||
24 | conferences, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days are used, | ||||||
25 | in which case each such day may be counted as a calendar day | ||||||
26 | required under Section 10-19 of this Code, provided that the |
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1 | full-day, parent-teacher conference consists of (i) a minimum | ||||||
2 | of 5 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences, (ii) both a | ||||||
3 | minimum of 2 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences held in | ||||||
4 | the evening following a full day of student attendance and a | ||||||
5 | minimum of 3 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences held on | ||||||
6 | the day immediately following evening parent-teacher | ||||||
7 | conferences, or (iii) multiple parent-teacher conferences held | ||||||
8 | in the evenings following full days of student attendance in | ||||||
9 | which the time used for the parent-teacher conferences is | ||||||
10 | equivalent to a minimum of 5 clock hours; and (3) when days in | ||||||
11 | addition to those provided in items (1) and (2) are scheduled | ||||||
12 | by a school pursuant to its school improvement plan adopted | ||||||
13 | under Article 34 or its revised or amended school improvement | ||||||
14 | plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions | ||||||
15 | of 3 or more clock hours are scheduled to occur at regular | ||||||
16 | intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which such | ||||||
17 | sessions occur are utilized for in-service training programs | ||||||
18 | or other staff development activities for teachers, and (iii) | ||||||
19 | a sufficient number of minutes of school work under the direct | ||||||
20 | supervision of teachers are added to the school days between | ||||||
21 | such regularly scheduled sessions to accumulate not less than | ||||||
22 | the number of minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more clock | ||||||
23 | hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Instead of school | ||||||
24 | improvement days with students in attendance a minimum of 3 | ||||||
25 | clock hours, a school district may opt to have a school | ||||||
26 | improvement day without students in attendance for up to 4 |
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1 | times in a given school year. Each such day may be counted as a | ||||||
2 | day of attendance, provided that a sufficient number of clock | ||||||
3 | hours have been accumulated beyond the 5 clock hours per day | ||||||
4 | that students would have been in session. Days scheduled for | ||||||
5 | in-service training programs, staff development activities, or | ||||||
6 | parent-teacher conferences may be scheduled separately for | ||||||
7 | different grade levels and different attendance centers of the | ||||||
8 | district. | ||||||
9 | (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of teaching | ||||||
10 | hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by telephone to | ||||||
11 | the classroom may be counted as a half day of attendance; | ||||||
12 | however, these pupils must receive 4 or more clock hours of | ||||||
13 | instruction to be counted for a full day of attendance. | ||||||
14 | (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted as a | ||||||
15 | day of attendance for first grade pupils and pupils in | ||||||
16 | full-day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours may be | ||||||
17 | counted as a half day of attendance by pupils in kindergartens | ||||||
18 | that provide only half days of attendance. | ||||||
19 | (g) For children with disabilities who are below the age | ||||||
20 | of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours because | ||||||
21 | of their disability or immaturity, a session of not less than | ||||||
22 | one clock hour may be counted as a half day of attendance; | ||||||
23 | however, for such children whose educational needs require a | ||||||
24 | session of 4 or more clock hours, a session of at least 4 clock | ||||||
25 | hours may be counted as a full day of attendance. | ||||||
26 | (h) A recognized kindergarten that provides for only a |
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1 | half day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more than | ||||||
2 | one half day of attendance counted in any one day. However, | ||||||
3 | kindergartens may count 2 and a half days of attendance in any | ||||||
4 | 5 consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a | ||||||
5 | kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the pupil | ||||||
6 | shall have the following day as a day absent from school, | ||||||
7 | unless the school district obtains permission in writing from | ||||||
8 | the State Superintendent of Education. Attendance at | ||||||
9 | kindergartens that provide for a full day of attendance by | ||||||
10 | each pupil shall be counted the same as attendance by first | ||||||
11 | grade pupils. Only the first year of attendance in one | ||||||
12 | kindergarten shall be counted, except in the case of children | ||||||
13 | who entered the kindergarten in their fifth year whose | ||||||
14 | educational development requires a second year of kindergarten | ||||||
15 | as determined under rules of the State Board of Education. | ||||||
16 | (i) On the days when the State's final accountability | ||||||
17 | assessment is administered under subsection (c) of Section | ||||||
18 | 2-3.64a-5 of this Code, the day of attendance for a pupil whose | ||||||
19 | school day must be shortened to accommodate required testing | ||||||
20 | procedures may be less than 5 clock hours and shall be counted | ||||||
21 | toward the 176 days of actual pupil attendance required under | ||||||
22 | Section 10-19 of this Code, provided that a sufficient number | ||||||
23 | of minutes of school work in excess of 5 clock hours are first | ||||||
24 | completed on other school days to compensate for the loss of | ||||||
25 | school work on the examination days. | ||||||
26 | (j) Pupils enrolled in a remote educational program |
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1 | established under Section 10-29 of this Code may be counted on | ||||||
2 | the basis of a one-fifth day of attendance for every clock hour | ||||||
3 | of instruction attended in the remote educational program, | ||||||
4 | provided that, in any month, the school district may not claim | ||||||
5 | for a student enrolled in a remote educational program more | ||||||
6 | days of attendance than the maximum number of days of | ||||||
7 | attendance the district can claim (i) for students enrolled in | ||||||
8 | a building holding year-round classes if the student is | ||||||
9 | classified as participating in the remote educational program | ||||||
10 | on a year-round schedule or (ii) for students enrolled in a | ||||||
11 | building not holding year-round classes if the student is not | ||||||
12 | classified as participating in the remote educational program | ||||||
13 | on a year-round schedule. | ||||||
14 | (j-5) The clock hour requirements of subsections (a) | ||||||
15 | through (j) of this Section do not apply if the Governor has | ||||||
16 | declared a disaster due to a public health emergency pursuant | ||||||
17 | to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | ||||||
18 | The State Superintendent of Education may establish minimum | ||||||
19 | clock hour requirements under Sections 10-30 and 34-18.66 if | ||||||
20 | the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | ||||||
21 | emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
22 | Management Agency Act. | ||||||
23 | (k) Pupil participation in any of the following activities | ||||||
24 | shall be counted toward the calculation of clock hours of | ||||||
25 | school work per day: | ||||||
26 | (1) Instruction in a college course in which a student |
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1 | is dually enrolled for both high school credit and college | ||||||
2 | credit. | ||||||
3 | (2) Participation in a Supervised Career Development | ||||||
4 | Experience, as defined in Section 10 of the Postsecondary | ||||||
5 | and Workforce Readiness Act, in which student | ||||||
6 | participation and learning outcomes are supervised by an | ||||||
7 | educator licensed under Article 21B. | ||||||
8 | (3) Participation in a youth apprenticeship, as | ||||||
9 | jointly defined in rules of the State Board of Education | ||||||
10 | and Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in | ||||||
11 | which student participation and outcomes are supervised by | ||||||
12 | an educator licensed under Article 21B. | ||||||
13 | (4) Participation in a blended learning program | ||||||
14 | approved by the school district in which course content, | ||||||
15 | student evaluation, and instructional methods are | ||||||
16 | supervised by an educator licensed under Article 21B.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 101-12, eff. 7-1-19; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
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18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
19 | becoming law.
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