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Statutes > Illinois > Chapter105 > 1005 > 010500050Hprec_Sec_34_83 (105 ILCS 5/34‑83) (from Ch. 122, par. 34‑83) Sec. 34‑83. Board of examiners ‑ Certificates ‑ Examinations. A board of 3 examiners shall examine all applicants required to hold certificates to teach and the board of education shall issue gratuitously to those who pass a required test of character, scholarship and general fitness, such certificates to teach as they are found entitled to receive. No person may be granted or continue to hold a teaching certificate who has knowingly altered or misrepresented his or her teaching qualifications in order to acquire the certificate. Any other certificate held by such person may be suspended or revoked by the board of examiners, depending upon the severity of the alteration or misrepresentation. The board of examiners shall consist of the general superintendent of schools and 2 persons approved and appointed by the board of education upon the nomination of the general superintendent of schools. The board of examiners shall hold such examinations as the board of education may prescribe, upon the recommendation of the general superintendent of schools and shall prepare all necessary eligible lists, which shall be kept in the office of the general superintendent of schools and be open to public inspection. Members of the board of examiners shall hold office for a term of 2 years. The board of examiners created herein is abolished effective July 1, 1988. Commencing July 1, 1988, all new teachers employed by the board shall hold teaching certificates issued by the State Teacher Certification Board under Article 21. The State Board of Education in consultation with the board of examiners and the State Teacher Certification Board shall develop procedures whereby teachers currently holding valid certificates issued by the board of examiners, and all teachers employed by the board after August 1, 1985 and prior to July 1, 1988, shall no later than July 1, 1988 exchange certificates issued by the board of examiners for comparable certificates issued by the State Teacher Certification Board. On the exchange of a certificate on or before July 1, 1988, the State Teacher Certification Board shall not require any additional qualifications for the issuance of the comparable certificate. If prior to July 1, 1988 the board of examiners has issued types of teaching certificates which are not comparable to the types of certificates issued by the State Teacher Certification Board, such certificates shall continue to be valid for and shall be renewable by the holders thereof, and no additional qualifications shall be required by the State Teacher Certification Board for any such renewal; however, no individual who received a letter of continuing eligibility shall be issued an Initial or Standard Teaching Certificate, as provided in Section 21‑2 of this Code, unless that individual also holds such a valid and renewable certificate. The State Board of Education shall report by July 1, 1986, to the Illinois General Assembly on the procedures for exchange it has developed in consultation with the board of examiners and the State Teacher Certification Board as required in this Section. (Source: P.A. 91‑102, eff. 7‑12‑99.) |
(105 ILCS 5/34‑83.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 34‑83.1) Sec. 34‑83.1. Residence Requirements. Residency within any school district governed by this Article, if not required at the time of employment as a qualification of employment, shall not be considered in determining the compensation of a teacher or whether to retain, promote, assign or transfer that teacher. (Source: P.A. 82‑381.) |
(105 ILCS 5/34‑84) (from Ch. 122, par. 34‑84) Sec. 34‑84. Appointments and promotions of teachers. Appointments and promotions of teachers shall be made for merit only, and after satisfactory service for a probationary period of 3 years with respect to probationary employees employed as full‑time teachers in the public school system of the district before January 1, 1998 and 4 years with respect to probationary employees who are first employed as full‑time teachers in the public school system of the district on or after January 1, 1998 (during which period the board may dismiss or discharge any such probationary employee upon the recommendation, accompanied by the written reasons therefor, of the general superintendent of schools) appointments of teachers shall become permanent, subject to removal for cause in the manner provided by Section 34‑85. As used in this Article, "teachers" means and includes all members of the teaching force excluding the general superintendent and principals. There shall be no reduction in teachers because of a decrease in student membership or a change in subject requirements within the attendance center organization after the 20th day following the first day of the school year, except that: (1) this provision shall not apply to desegregation positions, special education positions, or any other positions funded by State or federal categorical funds, and (2) at attendance centers maintaining any of grades 9 through 12, there may be a second reduction in teachers on the first day of the second semester of the regular school term because of a decrease in student membership or a change in subject requirements within the attendance center organization. The school principal shall make the decision in selecting teachers to fill new and vacant positions consistent with Section 34‑8.1. (Source: P.A. 89‑15, eff. 5‑30‑95; 90‑548, eff. 1‑1‑98.) |
(105 ILCS 5/34‑84a) (from Ch. 122, par. 34‑84a) Sec. 34‑84a. Maintenance of discipline. Subject to the limitations of all policies established or adopted under Section 14‑8.05, teachers, other certificated educational employees, and any other person, whether or not a certificated employee, providing a related service for or with respect to a student shall maintain discipline in the schools, including school grounds which are owned or leased by the board and used for school purposes and activities. In all matters relating to the discipline in and conduct of the schools and the school children, they stand in the relation of parents and guardians to the pupils. This relationship shall extend to all activities connected with the school program, including all athletic and extracurricular programs, and may be exercised at any time for the safety and supervision of the pupils in the absence of their parents or guardians. Nothing in this Section affects the power of the board to establish rules with respect to discipline, except that the rules of the board must provide, subject to the limitations of all policies established or adopted under Section 14‑8.05, that a teacher, other certificated employee, and any other person, whether or not a certificated employee, providing a related service for or with respect to a student may use reasonable force as needed to maintain safety for the other students, shall provide that a teacher may remove a student from the classroom for disruptive behavior, and must include provisions which provide due process to students. (Source: P.A. 89‑184, eff. 7‑19‑95.) |
(105 ILCS 5/34‑84a.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 34‑84a.1) Sec. 34‑84a.1. Principals shall report incidents of intimidation. The principal of each attendance center shall promptly notify and report to the local law enforcement authorities for inclusion in the Department of State Police's Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting Program each incident of intimidation of which he or she has knowledge and each alleged incident of intimidation which is reported to him or her, either orally or in writing, by any pupil or by any teacher or other certificated or non‑certificated personnel employed at the attendance center. "Intimidation" shall have the meaning ascribed to it by Section 12‑6 of the Criminal Code of 1961. (Source: P.A. 91‑357, eff. 7‑29‑99.) |
(105 ILCS 5/34‑84.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 34‑84.1) Sec. 34‑84.1. Teachers employed in Department of Defense overseas dependents' schools. By mutual agreement of a teacher and the board of education, the board may, but is not required to, grant the teacher a leave of absence to accept employment in a Department of Defense overseas dependents' school. If such a leave of absence is granted, the teacher may elect, for a period not exceeding the lesser of the period for which he is so employed or 5 years, (a) to preserve his permanent status under this Act, and (b) to continue receipt, on the same basis as if he were teaching in the school system subject to the board of education, of service credit earned for requirements of promotion, incremental increases in salary, leaves of absence and other privileges based on an established period of service or employment. A person employed to replace a teacher making the election provided for in this Section does not acquire permanent status as a teacher under this Article. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 1999.) |
(105 ILCS 5/34‑88) (from Ch. 122, par. 34‑88) Sec. 34‑88. School reports. Each attendance center shall prepare a report card in accordance with the guidelines established in paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (3) of Section 10‑17a which describes the performance of its schools and students. This report card shall be transmitted to the general superintendent who shall present report cards from each of the attendance centers within the district to the board. The board shall make available to a newspaper of general circulation serving the district a report which provides information detailing the performance of the district. (Source: P.A. 89‑15, eff. 5‑30‑95.) |
(105 ILCS 5/34‑128) (from Ch. 122, par. 34‑128) Sec. 34‑128. The Board shall provide free bus transportation for every child who is trainable mentally disabled, as defined in Article 14, who resides at a distance of one mile or more from any school to which he is assigned for attendance and who the State Board of Education determines in advance requires special transportation service in order to take advantage of special educational facilities. The board may levy, without regard to any other legally authorized tax and in addition to such taxes, an annual tax upon all the taxable property in the school district at a rate not to exceed .005% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, that will produce an amount not to exceed the annual cost of transportation provided in accordance with this Section. The board shall deduct from the cost of such transportation any amount reimbursed by the State under Article 14. Such levy is authorized in the year following the school year in which the transportation costs were incurred by the district. (Source: P.A. 89‑397, eff. 8‑20‑95.) |